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     Sarah Skill was born before 1760.
Sarah Skill married Edward Popplewell, son of Gainsborough patriarch? Popplewell, on 23 May 1785 in Kingston upon Hull, Yorkshire.

     Ann Skinner was christened on 28 June 1835 in St Mary, Whitechapel, London. Ann daughter of William & Hannah Skinner... , shoemaker, born 4 June? [illegible]. She was the daughter of William Skinner and Hannah Miller.
     Ann Skinner appeared on the 1841 census in the household of William Skinner and Hannah Miller in Crown Court, Whitechapel, London, Middlesex.

     Ann Skinner was born on 3 August 1843 in London. She was christened on 20 August 1843 in St Mary, Whitechapel, London. Ann, daughter of William & Hannah Skinner, 9 Glasshouse St, hawker, born 3 August. She was the daughter of William Skinner and Hannah Miller. Charles, Ann, William, Elizabeth and Thomas were listed as the children of William Skinner in the 1851 census in 9 Glasshouse St, Whitechapel, London.

     Charles Skinner was born on 23 April 1838 in London. He was the son of William Skinner and Hannah Miller. Charles Skinner was christened on 3 June 1838 in St Mary, Whitechapel, London. Charles, son of William & Hannah Skinner, Shorter? Rents, shoemaker, born 23 April.
     Charles Skinner appeared on the 1841 census in the household of William Skinner and Hannah Miller in Crown Court, Whitechapel, London, Middlesex. Charles, Ann, William, Elizabeth and Thomas were listed as the children of William Skinner in the 1851 census in 9 Glasshouse St, Whitechapel, London.
     Charles died in 1918 in South Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

     Elizabeth Skinner was born on 27 July 1848 in London. She was christened on 13 August 1848 in St Mary, Whitechapel, London. ITAL:Elizabeth, daughter of William & Hannah Skinner, Glasshouse St, labourer, born 27 July. She was the daughter of William Skinner and Hannah Miller. Charles, Ann, William, Elizabeth and Thomas were listed as the children of William Skinner in the 1851 census in 9 Glasshouse St, Whitechapel, London.

     Eveleyn Bruce Skinner married Irene Devonshire, daughter of Frederick Augustus Devonshire and Margaret Spear, in 1909 in Victoria.

     Hannah Skinner was born on 27 January 1841 in London. She was the daughter of William Skinner and Hannah Miller. Hannah Skinner was christened on 7 March 1841 in St Mary, Whitechapel, London. Hannah, daughter of Wm & Hannah Skinner, Crown Court, coster monger born 27 January. She was christened on 7 March 1841 in London. Hannah daughter of William & Harriet Skinner, of Crown Court, costermonger, born 27 January. She was christened on 7 April 1841 in London. Hannah daughter of William & Hannah? Skinner, of Crown Court, costermonger, born 27 January [entry crossed out].
     Hannah Skinner appeared on the 1841 census in the household of William Skinner and Hannah Miller in Crown Court, Whitechapel, London, Middlesex.
Hannah Skinner married Alexander Mystery in 1867 in Victoria, Australia.
     Hannah died in 1902 in South Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

     Susannah Skinner married Thomas Rich, son of Thomas Rich and Ann Unknown, in 1847 in St Mark's, Kingston upon Hull, Yorkshire.
     Susannah Skinner and Thomas Rich were recorded on the 1881 census in Sutton, Yorkshire. Thomas Rich 69, oil miller, born Sutton, wife Susannah Rich 65 , born Garthorpe, Norfolk, son James Rich 18,labourer (oil mills) born Hull.

     Thomas Richard Skinner was born on 21 May 1850 in London. He was christened on 10 June 1850 in St Mary, Whitechapel, London. Thomas Richard, son of William & Hannah Skinner, Glasshouse St, Costermonger, born 21 May 1850. He was the son of William Skinner and Hannah Miller. Charles, Ann, William, Elizabeth and Thomas were listed as the children of William Skinner in the 1851 census in 9 Glasshouse St, Whitechapel, London.
     Thomas died in 1904 in Prahran, Victoria, Australia. A Richard Skinner with the same parentage died 1916/2889, aged 59, at South Melbourne.

     William Skinner was born circa 1814.
William Skinner married Hannah Miller on 16 November 1834 in St Dunstan, Stepney, London, England. William Skinner of this parish, bachelor, a minor and Hannah Miller of this parish spinster & a minor, by banns. Both made their mark in the presence of Thomas Skinner & Elizabeth Skiinner?.
     William Skinner and Hannah Miller were recorded on the 1841 census in Crown Court, Whitechapel, London, Middlesex. William Skinner 22, costermonger, Hannah Skinner 25, Ann Skinner 6, Charles Skinner3, Hannah Skinner 4 months, all born Ireland, living with the Rooney family.
     William Skinner and Hannah Miller were recorded on the 1851 census in 9 Glasshouse St, Whitechapel, London. Williams Skinner 36, cow keeper, born Glasshouse St, wife Ann Skinner 36. born St Botolph Aldgate, children Charles Skinner 11, Edna [Hannah?] Skinner 9, Ann Skinner 7, Williams Skinner 5, Elizabeth Skinner 2, Thomas Skinner 1. all born in Glasshouse St.
     William Skinner arrived per "New Great Britain" on 18 February 1855 at Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, from England. William 37, Charles 13, Hannah 11, William 8, travelled as unassisted passengers having departed London 27 Oct 1854..
     William died on 15 May 1893 in South Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. He is probably the William Skinner who died 15 May 1893 at Nelson Rd, South Melbourne, father of William. See The Age 15 May 1894, In Memoriam notices. He was aged 86, parents unknown.

     William Skinner was born on 24 November 1845 in London. He was christened on 14 December 1845 in St Mary, Whitechapel, London. William son of William & Hannah Skinner, Whites Yard, shop keeper, born 24 Nov. He was the son of William Skinner and Hannah Miller. Charles, Ann, William, Elizabeth and Thomas were listed as the children of William Skinner in the 1851 census in 9 Glasshouse St, Whitechapel, London.
     William died on 5 June 1908 in Ascot Vale, Victoria, Australia, aged 62. On the 5th June 1908 at his residence, Mascoma, Mt Alexander Rd, Ascot Bale, William Skinner (late of Keilor & Southmelbourne), husband of Ada and father of Lena, Wiliam, Daisie, Ernest, Alma and Mrs C Damyon, of St Kilda, aged 61. A pioneer of South Melbourne.

     William Skippon married Ellen Bullett, daughter of Samuel Bullett/Bulletout and Mary Baldwin, on 12 December 1758 in Earl Stonham, Suffolk. He was Kippon in the banns book..
     William died as a pauper before 9 February 1785 in Wetheringsett, Suffolk, England.

     Effame or Ann Skipwith married Sir Henry Vavasour Kt. Effame or Ann Skipwith was also known as Margaret in records.

     Ann Skottowe was born on 12 October 1767. Eldest daughter of the Hon. John Skottowe, Governor of St Helena. She was the daughter of John Skottowe.
Ann Skottowe married Henry Harding Parker, son of Michael Parker and Anne D'Esterre, in 1790. At Chesham, Henry Harding Parker, esq, of the county of Corke, and lieutenant in the Royal Navy, to Miss Skottowe, daughter of the late Jn S, esq., governor of St Helena.
     Ann died in 1808 in London, England.

     Elizabeth died in 1771. She was born in 1771. She was the daughter of John Skottowe.

     John Skottowe was born circa 1725 in Norfolk, England. He was the son of Thomas Skottowe and Anne Casup and had 5 known siblings. He was the son of Thomas Skottowe. John Skottowe was christened on 20 February 1729 in South Shields, Durham, England.
     John died Gov of St Helena on 12 February 1786 in Chesham, Buckinghamshire, England.
     His will was proved in April 1786 at the Prerogative Court of Canterbury.

     John Skottowe was born in 1774. He was the son of John Skottowe.
     John died in 1820.

     John Skottowe was born circa 1700. He was the son of Thomas Skottowe and Elizabeth Coulson.
     John died Ramsey's Waterford chronicle reported in 1771:Yesterday, died in Georges St, in the 72nd year of his age, John Skottowe, esq. formerly a Captain in the 3rd Regt of Horse, a gentleman universly beloved; he was an affectionate husband, a tender parent, a sincere friend, which his death lamented by all had the pleasure of his acquaintance. The footnote in The Irish genealogist 4: 6 (1973) states, 3rd son of Thomas Skottowe of Little Melton, Norfolk, and Elizabeth, daughter and heiress of Christopher Coulson of Ayton Hall, Yks, He married Elizabeth Berkley of co. Carlow and left 2 sons, Coulson, murdered in 1798 and Charles who married a neice of Jemmett Browne, Archbishop of Tuam. A few years after John Skottowe's death, his nephew Thoams Skottowe (who hda been the last colonial secretary to the Council of South Carolina and who had married Mary, daughter of Edmund Bellinger, 3rd Landgrave of South Carolina) also settled in Waterford. His sons were Sir Edmund & Sir Nicholas; the latter was one ofthe founders of the Atkins and Skottowe Bank in Waterford. See Pilip Skottowe, The leaf and the tree, 1963 in 1771.

     Margaret Skottowe was born on 10 August 1769 This date relates to an elder sister who died in 1776 at Fareham, England. A second Margaret was born c 1777 in St Helena. She was the daughter of John Skottowe.
Margaret Skottowe married Richard Neville Parker, son of Michael Parker and Anne D'Esterre, on 1 October 1795. At Passage, near Cork, Richard Neville Parker, Esq. to Miss Margaret Skottowe, daughter John Skottowe, Esq. late Governor St Helena.
     Margaret died on 22 March 1851 in Cork, Cork, Ireland, aged 81.

     Richard Skottowe was born in 1779. He was the son of John Skottowe.
     Richard died circa 1814.

     Thomas Skottowe was born in 1775 in St Helena. He was the son of John Skottowe.
     Thomas died The Greentree family website states: Thomas, John Skottowe and Margaret Greentree’s second son, was baptized by his uncle, Robartes Carr, on St. Helena in 1775.[1]
Little is known about him, except that he was a Captain in the 46th Regiment of Foot, appointed on August 29, 1798.[2] In 1804, he died at Morne Bruce on the island of Dominica. British soldiers sent to these tropical islands typically did not survive long, with disease quickly carrying them off.
The Gentleman’s Magazine recorded his death: July … [ellipses are in the original] At Dominica, much regretted by the regiment, Capt. Thomas Skottowe, of the 46th foot.[3]
He has a permanent memorial on the island at St. George’s Church in Roseau: To the memory of / Captn Thomas Skottowe / late of the 46th Regiment / Who departed this life / at Morne Bruce Dominica / on the 18th Day of July 1804 / Aged 29 Years.
The final item that remains of his short life is his handwritten will in The National Archives at Kew: I do hereby will and bequeath at my [decease] the entire of my property between my sister Mrs. Henry Harding Parker, widow to Captain Henry Harding Parker late of the Navy and my youngest brother, Richard Skottowe, to be equally divided share and share alike. Thomas Skottowe Captn 46th Regt Cork December 11th, 1803.[4]
[1] St. Helena Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1767–1835. Microfilm no. 0498605, Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah.

[2] War Office. A List of the Officers of the Army and Marines… 48th ed. London: printed by C. Rosworth, 1800.
[3] Gentleman’s Magazine, vol. 74, pt. 2, 1804, p. 881.
[4] Thomas Skottowe will (1804); Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills; PROB 11/1416/116. in 1804 in Dominica.

     Thomas Skottowe was born in 1696 in The Manor, Little Melton, Norfolk, England. He was the son of Thomas Skottowe (1164-1756) and Elizabeth Coulson. He was the son of Thomas Skottowe and Elizabeth Coulson.
     Thomas died on 9 February 1771 in Great Ayton, Yorkshire, England. A memorial in the church at Great Ayton reads: In memory of Thomas Skottowe, Esq, Lord of this Manor, who died February 9th 1771, aged 75 years. Also of Ann his wife who diedd May 2nd 1751 aged 50 years. A Testimony of Affection by their son N. S..

     Thomas Skottowe was born in 1665.
Thomas Skottowe married Elizabeth Coulson circa 1690.
     Thomas died in 1756 in Norfolk, England.

     Lt Colonel Charles Francis Skyring was born on 1 March 1814 in Gibraltar?. He was the son of George Skyring & Mary Claringbold.
Lt Colonel Charles Francis Skyring married Georgianna Halahan, daughter of Dr John Wallen Halahan and Mary Anne Creighton, on 12 October 1848 in King's Chapel, the Garrison, Gibraltar.
Lt Colonel Charles Francis Skyring served in the military as a Captain in the Royal Engineers. He was known as 'Major General' and was military governor of Mauritius. Charles Francis Skyring went from Captain directly to Lieut Col, RE on April 2nd 1855.(no Major in between).About 1855/60 he was the head of all the British Royal Engineers in Scotland & he & Georgianna attended several Royal functions at that time.
     Lt Colonel Charles Francis Skyring and Georgianna Halahan were recorded on the 1851 census in Hythe Barracks, Hythe, Kent. Charles Francis Skyring, married, 37, resident engineer, Captain Royal Engineers, born Gibralter; Georgiana, wife, 26, born Canada; Dashwood Easthope Skyring, aged 1, born Hythe.
     Lt Colonel Charles Francis Skyring and Georgianna Halahan travelled to Quebec, Canada, in 1856 per the "Anglo Saxon".
     Charles died on 10 April 1868 in Rondebosch, Cape Town, South Africa, aged 54.
     His will was proved in 1868 in London, England. The will of the Charles Francis Skyring late of the Island of Mauritius in Africa, Lt Colonel in the Corps of Royal Engineers dn Colonel in the Army deceased who died 10 April at the Cape of Good Hope was proved at the Principal Registry by the oath of Georgiana Skyring of 26 South-street Grosvenor Square in the county of Middlesex, widow the relict the sole executrix. Effects under £1000.

     Charles Francis John Skyring was also known as Charles Flamstead in records. He was born on 26 May 1853 in Granton, Edinburgh, Scotland. He was the son of Lt Colonel Charles Francis Skyring and Georgianna Halahan. Dashwood, Florence, Charles, Edith and Ethel were listed as the children of Georgianna Halahan in the 1871 census in 2 Braye Rd, Alderney, Channel Islands, UK.
     Charles died on 20 April 1927 aged 73.

     Dashwood Easthope Skyring was christened on 31 October 1849 in Hythe, Kent. He was the son of Lt Colonel Charles Francis Skyring and Georgianna Halahan. Dashwood was listed as the son of Lt Colonel Charles Francis Skyring in the 1851 census in Hythe Barracks, Hythe, Kent. Dashwood, Florence, Charles, Edith and Ethel were listed as the children of Georgianna Halahan in the 1871 census in 2 Braye Rd, Alderney, Channel Islands, UK.
     Dashwood died on 20 April 1927 in San Gorgonia, Riverside, California, USA, aged 77.

     Edith Strathmore? Skyring was also known as Edith Mary in records. She was born on 25 July 1856 in Jersey, Channel Islands. She was the daughter of Lt Colonel Charles Francis Skyring and Georgianna Halahan. Dashwood, Florence, Charles, Edith and Ethel were listed as the children of Georgianna Halahan in the 1871 census in 2 Braye Rd, Alderney, Channel Islands, UK.
Edith Strathmore? Skyring married George Milne in Alderney, Channel Islands, UK.
     Edith died circa 1890.

     Ethel Mary Aileen Skyring was also known as Ethel Mary Amelia in records. She was born on 22 May 1863 in Duddingston, Midlothian, Scotland. She was the daughter of Lt Colonel Charles Francis Skyring and Georgianna Halahan. Dashwood, Florence, Charles, Edith and Ethel were listed as the children of Georgianna Halahan in the 1871 census in 2 Braye Rd, Alderney, Channel Islands, UK.
Ethel Mary Aileen Skyring married Prof William Charles Flamstead Walters on 27 November 1886 in Christchurch, New Zealand. He was Master of Christ's College, Christchurch, NZ. See www.myjacobfamily.com/favershamjacobs/williamcfwalters.htm and Daryl Lundy's website www.thepeerage.comfor more on this line.
     Ethel died on 22 October 1902 in London, England, aged 39.

     Florence Elizabeth Skyring was born on 5 May 1851 in Blatsoe, Bedfordshire, England. She was the daughter of Lt Colonel Charles Francis Skyring and Georgianna Halahan. Dashwood, Florence, Charles, Edith and Ethel were listed as the children of Georgianna Halahan in the 1871 census in 2 Braye Rd, Alderney, Channel Islands, UK.

     Ianthe Florence Skyring was born at sea on 5 June 1857 off the coast of Spain. She was the daughter of Lt Colonel Charles Francis Skyring and Georgianna Halahan.
Ianthe Florence Skyring married Francis William Henry Cavendish on 14 October 1876 in St Martin in the Fields, Westminster. Ianthe Florence Skyring was buried on 20 July 1917 in the Baptist chapel, Chalfont St Peter, Buckinghamshire. FUNERAL of Mrs F.W.H. Cavendish The funeral of Mrs Ianthe Florence Cavendish, widow of the late Mr F.W.H. Cavendish, DL. JP. (formerly of St Margaret's, Trinity Place, Eastbourne )who died at Brake Cottage, Gerrards Cross, on Friday July 20, took place at the Parish Church of Chalfont St Peter's, Bucks, on Thursday afternoon. The service was read by the Vicar, Rev. Charles S.A. Whittington MMA. The chief mourners were Mr Nigel Cavendish (son) Staff Lieutenant R.F.Cavendish, Miss Dorothy Cavendish, Professor and Mrs C.F. Walters and Miss Morgan.
     Ianthe died on 20 July 1917 in Gerard's Cross, Buckinghamshire, England, aged 60. "The Times" London: Tuesday July 24, 1917: pg1: issue 41538 :colA; DEATHS : CAVENDISH: On the 20th July at Gerrards Cross, Ianthe Florence CAVENDISH, widow of Francis W.H. Cavendish DL JP and daughter of the late Major -General C.F. Skyring RE. "
++ Eastbourne Gazette" Wednesday July 25, 1917: "DEATH of Mrs F.W.H. Cavendish : An Old Eastbourne Resident_ We regret to announce the death of Mrs Ianthe Florence Cavendish, widow of Mr F.W.H. Cavendish. DL. JP. of Eastbourne which took place at Gerrards Cross, Bucks on Friday last. Mrs Cavendish, a daughter of the late Major General C.F. Skyring RE, was well known to many of the older residents of Eastbourne. Her husband, a member of the ducal house of Devonshire, was a prominent magistrate and took an active intererst in local affairs. After her husbands death Mrs Cavendish left "St Margaret's" Trinity Place and with her son, Mr Nigel Cavendish, resided in France for several years.
Soon after the ourbreak of the war she went to live at Gerrards Cross. The deceased lady, who possessed undoubted literary gifts and a fine sence of humor, was the author of an amusing novel, entilted "Dr Brown's Partner" the leading character of which was drawn from well known Eastbourne medical man. Mrs Cavendish had a valuable knowledge of the leading members of Eastbourne society, and on many occasions she contributed articles on events of other days in the columns of this newspaper..