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Henry Skinner

Male 1824 - 1902  (78 years)


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  • Name Henry Skinner 
    Birth 26 Mar 1824  Kings Co, NS Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Census 3 Aug 1870  Bradford, Chickasaw, IA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    age 46, born NS, farmer 
    Census 10 Jun 1880  Richland, Chickasaw, IA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    age 58, born NS, farmer, parents born NS/NH 
    Census 18 Jun 1900  Brookings, Brookings, SD Find all individuals with events at this location 
    age 74, born Mar 1826 in CAN, imm in 1870 retired farmer, parents born CT/CT 
    Death 22 Dec 1902  Brookings, Brookings, SD Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial Greenwood Cemetery, Brookings, SD Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I7006  Family Tree | 12 Generation Ancestor Chart, Descendants of Francis & Elizabeth (Peck) Perkins
    Last Modified 20 Sep 2014 

    Father Alfred Skinner 
    Mother Aligail Bigelow 
    Family ID F2345  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Ruth Ann Illsley,   b. 1 Jan 1826, Kings Co, NS Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Jun 1906, Brookings Co, SD Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years)  [1
    Marriage 26 Mar 1845  Cornwallis, Kings, NS Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
    +1. James Stanley Skinner,   b. 22 Nov 1847, Kings Co, NS Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Jul 1935, Tacoma, Pierce, WA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 87 years)
     2. Agnes A Skinner,   b. 1848, Kings Co, NS Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Oct 1861, Kings Co, NS Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 13 years)
    +3. Alfred L Skinner,   b. 1 Feb 1854, Nova Scotia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 May 1920, Idaho Co, ID Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 66 years)
    +4. William Henry Skinner,   b. 24 Jul 1856, Cornwallis, Kings, NS Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Apr 1935, Alameda Co, CA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years)
    +5. Samuel W Skinner,   b. 18 Sept 1857, Nova Scotia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1898, Salida, Chaffee, CO Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 40 years)
     6. John P Skinner,   b. 1859   d. Bef 1870 (Age 11 years)
    +7. Charles Archibald “Archie” Skinner,   b. Feb 1861, Nova Scotia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1957, Brookings, Brookings, SD Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 95 years)
     8. Randall Oscar Skinner,   b. 1863, Kings Co, NS Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Oct 1867, Cornwallis, Kings, NS Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 4 years)
     9. Bradford Skinner,   b. 12 Jan 1868, Somerset, Kings, NS Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Sep 1879, Chickasaw Co, IA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 11 years)
     10. Mary Skinner   d. Bef 1870
    Family ID F2325  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 6 Feb 2012 

  • Headstones
    Henry Skinner Gravestone
    Henry Skinner Gravestone
    HENRY SKINNER / March 26, 1824 / Dec. 23, 1901

  • Notes 
    • From An Illustrated History of Northern Idaho, Embracing Nez Perce, Idaho, Latah, Kootenai and Shoshone Counties, Western Historical Publishing Company, 1903

      The father of Charles Skinner came from England to the place where Hartford, Connecticut, now stands in an early day and the city is partly on land that he owned. Charles was born there and married Sarah Orborne, of Maine, then removed to New Brunswick. His son, Alfred, married Abigail Bigelow, to whom was born Henry Skinner, in Kings County, Nova Scotia, on March 26, 1824. On March 26, 1845, this gentleman was united to Ruth A., daughter of James and Mary Illsley, a native of Kings County, Nova Scotia, and to them were born William H. Skinner, the subject of this sketch, on July 24, 1856, in Cornwallis, Nova Scotia, and also James Stanley, now in Lewiston; Alfred L., in Lewiston; Samuel W., John, and Oscar, deceased; Charles A., in Brookings, South Dakota; Bradford, deceased; Mary and Agnes A., both deceased.
      (see William H Skinner for remainder of article)

      from Newspapers - Vital Statistics, 1902 G- Z (rootsweb.ancestry.com/~canbrnep/vitstat1902gz.htm)
      Skinner, Henry, died 22 Dec 1902, native of Western Kings Co., in 78th year, widow the former Ruth A. Illsley, Cornwallis, NS. [BR 20 Feb 1902- from The Press, Brookings, South Dakota, USA, 26 Dec. issue- write-up].

  • Sources 
    1. [S161] Various Authors, Family trees submitted by Ancestry members, (Ancestry.com), 6 Feb 2012, Greene Family Tree by kaarin171.