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England (Counties as in 1851-1901) => Norfolk Lookup Requests => Norfolk => England => Norfolk Completed Look up Requests => Topic started by: wendygreatorex on Monday 28 September 15 17:25 BST (UK)
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a chatter kindly left a message for me that they had found Charlotte Skipper in a hospital in Norwich in one of the censuses. Try as I may I cannot find this message or Charlotte in a Norwich census...PLEASE could that person remessage me. She has been a missing person on my tree for a few years now. :)
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Hi in case you receive no reply, when/where was Charlotte born?
Keyboard86
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Hi on another thread, Charlotte was in Great Hospital St Helens in Norwich aged 77 in 1871
Keyboard86
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just beat me to it ;D
http://www.rootschat.com/links/01g7r/
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Hi on my site shown as Charlotte SKIPPON 77 b Aldeburgh, Suffolk
Census ref RG10/1811/108/7
Keyboard86
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Hi in case you receive no reply, when/where was Charlotte born?
Keyboard86
And this Charlotte dies as Charlotte Skippon Dec qtr 1873 Norwich 4b 78 aged 79
So, what are you missing re Charlotte Skipper, life/marriage etc?
OK see from your other thread Charlotte was born Catfield, from your other thread, have you located also :-
Robert 1829
John 1830
Caroline 1841
All born Catfield
1851 census HO107/1808/74/2
Keyboard86
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thank you for your replies!
Charlotte was born in 1794 in Catfield Norfolk, daughter of Edward & Mary Myhill. She married William Skipper in Catfield on 27-12-1814. I have them in census 1841, 1851 but lost to me after that....I've spent quite a few years looking for both of them. I followed their children but to no avail. I have a death cert for William Skipper in 1881 living in Costessey, Norwich, but can't e sure he's 'mine'.
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Hi again was the 1851 the last census you could locate even the children shown in 1851 above, have you located any born prior to these?
Keyboard86
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Hi their must be more children possibly married or moved away, if this is 1841:-
Wm Skipper 1796
Charlt 1801
Rob 1830
John 1832
Eliza 1834
Car J 1840
Residing Catfield
Census ref HO107/775/ 16/8 / 8
Keyboard86
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There is a marriage for Elizabeth Skipper to John Pearson 1849 Catfield, father William, witnesses John and Charlotte Skipper
http://www.rootschat.com/links/01g7u/
Also Robert Skipper buried 7 July 1852 age 24
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Have found out what happened to the Skipper family and why you can't find on census after 1851, plus no death entries.
William, Charlotte, 2 daughters, plus son William, wife Hannah and 3 children, emigrated to the US!
William junior arrived in New York 25/9/1852, William senior arrived 27/12/1852 - so clearly they had gone ahead first.
On 23/11/1853, on the ship 'Florida', the following arrived:
Charlotte Skipper 50
Eliza Skipper 19
Caroline Skipper 11
Hannah Skipper 29
Charlotte Skipper 9 (from age must have been born pre Wm/Hannah's marriage?)
Catherine Skipper 7 (born as Louisa Catherine)
William Skipper 3
However, according to the ships passenger listing, 3 of them died during the voyage i.e. Charlotte 50, Eliza 19 and William 3!
William and Hannah eventually settled in Monguagon, Wayne, Michigan but had a further child bc.1856 in New York, a daughter named Amanda/Amedea (or something like).
Of William/Charlotte's 11 children I found, this seems to be what happened to them:
Edward born 1815, died 1815
William born 1818 - married Hannah Harmer 1843, went to US 1852, died in Michigan 27/12/1889 (his wife died 17/3/1872).
Edward born 1819, died 1820
Mary born 1820 - think she married a John Howard 11/9/1843 Thorpe St. Andrew, father shown as William Skipper, Bricklayer. Cannot find in census after marriage.
Rebecca born c.1822 - married Thomas Page 1842. Cannot find after marriage.
Ann born 1823 - married William Brunson 1848 - she and family remained in UK
Lewis Myhill - married Ann Bird 1848 but he died in 1850.
Robert - born 1827, died 1852.
John born 1829 - was a Tailor but cannot find after 1851 and didn't appear to go to US with rest of family.
Elizabeth born 1833 - married John Pearson 1849. Cannot find after marriage.
Jane Caroline born 1840 - went with family to US.
By 1861 - William junior has settled in Michigan as I mentioned above.
William senior is, I think, in Canada in 1861 - found a William Skipper, widower, aged 70, Bricklayer, living alone in West Gwillembury, Simcoe, Canada West.
Haven't actually searched but wondering whether the married daughters (with exception of Ann who remained here) and their families also went to the US since I can't find them in UK records.
Nor can I find out what happened to their son, John born 1829, a tailor, after 1851.
Annette
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Annette....what can I say :o This is definitely MY William Skipper! His son Lewis is my great grandfather...a story behind him! I had only just got round to thinking America/emigration but as they lived in a tiny village in deepest darkest Norfolk I'd not seriously considered it! I can't thank you enough...this is my first ancestor to emigrate...awesome...so many questions..why? possibly because there'd been death of 2 sons, possibly lack of work...would you kindly email me with the sources so I can add to my tree info. I woke this morning thinking I'd dreamt this. THANK YOU so much.