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Beginners => Family History Beginners Board => Topic started by: phil47 on Saturday 27 June 09 08:12 BST (UK)
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Hi,
does anyone have any info about the Skinner family who used to have a hotel or public house in the Portabello Road in London about 1900 to 1910.
Their son, Percival Francis Skinner is my grandfather.
Thanks
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Hi phil47 and welcome to rootschat ;D
Have you looked in the Rc Surnames list to see if anyone else is hunting your people? At the top of this page 4th button from left Surnames- click there and look. Also I'd suggest, add your Surname interests..
Have you looked for your Skinners in 1901 or 1911 census? How old would your grandfather have been then- assuming he was born at that time :D
charlotte
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Hi phil47,
Could this be a possibility in 1901?
186 (Colville Hotel), Portobello Road, Kensington.
RG13/28 12/16
George F Skinner head mar 36 Licensed Victualler Paddington ,London
Annie " wife mar 34 Worcester, Worcs.
Nelly M E " dau 11 Padddington
Elsie A F " dau 2 "
George H Pearson servant s 20 Barman Rothwell, Northants
Rupert Warner " s 21 " Hanley, staffs.
Henry J Stone " s 19 " Exeter, Devon
Mercy Parsons " s 22 " Dalston, London
Dorothea Stanley " s 22 Housemaid Dom " "
This may not be your family as Portobella Road is a long road and i m sure there would be other pubs/hotels, this is just the first i came to.
Perhaps Percivals siblings might hold a clue.
Best wishes
cathy :)
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I wonder if Annie is his second wife? There's a big gap between Nellie and Elsie- doesn't have to be wife #2 but would be worth keeping in mind as a possibility.
cathy, you probably found the correct family- even tho it's a long road the likelihood of two Licensed Vict. of the same surname in the onroad is small ???
charlotte
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Aha!
Same family in 1891
19 Goldney Road, Paddington.
RG12/7 44/16
George F Skinner head mar 26 Mercantile clerk Paddington
Annie " wife mar 24 Worcester
Percival F " son 3 Paddington
Nellie M E " dau 1 Paddington
Might be worth having a look on Google maps street view for no 186, the numbers on the doors are usually a better indication of the correct house.
I agree Charlotte, there is an unusual gap in children perhaps indicative of other children who didnt survive?
Best wishes
Cathy :)
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Linking to Kevan's pub history page for the Colville http://deadpubs.co.uk/LondonPubs/Kensington/ColvilleHotel.shtml
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Yes Cathy, distinct possibilty that there were other children born who didn't survive long... freebmd would cover that. I guess nothing hinges on it but curiosity drives one to puzzle over these things.
I sometimes think our ancestors would be amazed at how interested we are at the details of their lives.
charlotte
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My great grandfather was Percival Francis Skinner...........Regards, Keith Skinner, England.
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Hi,
does anyone have any info about the Skinner family who used to have a hotel or public house in the Portabello Road in London about 1900 to 1910.
Their son, Percival Francis Skinner is my grandfather.
Thanks
Heres a photo of the pub with the name Skinner above the door, that´ll be George Frank Skinner. I myself am trying to find out who was the landlord in the 1980´s