SKELCY/SKELCHER Surname

[chris_49]

Carol, did you get my reply to your message just now (1955pm 13/2). It timed out and I'm not sure if the re-try worked. Chris.

[carol02]

Hi Chris Yes I did get your message. Did you know George had a brother William Enoch who married Ann Draper.s sister Hannah? Carol

[chris_49]

Thanks Carol. I knew about William Enoch - he turns up as the father of several Skelceys. How sure can you be that he's my George's brother? I'm not surprised at yet another Draper turning up in Cubbington though. Chris

[philmalin46]

Hi
I have a Skelcey in my family tree and I have just started to try and find out about them. My Grandmother was Mabel Malin (Nee Skelcey) her father was James Skelsey from Cubbington. i have found quite a few Skelcey's on this website  http://www.hunimex.com/warwick/freecens/index.html . If you look on numbers 2467 thru to 2475 you will find them. The main one is 2475 which cover Cubbington in 1891 has quite a few Skelcey's listed. Hope this is of help. obviously if anyone can help me with information on the Skelcey's in Cubbington / Leamington i would be grateful.  below is what i copied off the above website, it shows my Grandmothers family, when Mabel (grandmother)was only 7 months old.

33,Regent St,1,James Skelcey,Head,M,32,,Labourer In Timber Yard,Employed,Cubbington Warwickshire,,
,,,Sarah A. Skelcey,Wife,M,,36,,,Cubbington Warwickshire,,
,,,George H. Skelcey,Son,S,17,,Agricultural Labourer,Employed,Cubbington Warwickshire,,
,,,Ellen Skelcey,Dau,,,13,Scholar,,Cubbington Warwickshire,,
,,,William Skelcey,Son,,11,,Scholar,,Cubbington Warwickshire,,
,,,Emma Skelcey,Dau,,,9,Scholar,,Cubbington Warwickshire,,
,,,Annie Skelcey,Dau,,,7,Scholar,,Cubbington Warwickshire,,
,,,James Skelcey,Son,,5,,Scholar,,Cubbington Warwickshire,,
,,,Frank Skelcey,Son,,3,,,,Cubbington Warwickshire,,
,,,Mabel Skelcey,Dau,,,7m,,,Cubbington Warwickshire,,

Phil

[chris_49]

I'm sorry to have to disappoint you, Phil, but it's unlikely that this Mabel is your grandmother.  This Mabel Skelcey never married, unless there is a very odd skeleton in the cupboard we don't know about. George H Skelcey was my grandfather, and I met Great-Aunt Mabel a few times. Like all but one of her sisters, she went into domestic service - but unlike the others, she seemed to make a career out of it.

She lived until her mid-nineties, dying in the mid 80's. A niece, who is still around, looked after her in her final years, and I'll contact her to find out if there's anything strange we've not so far been told about,

Chris

PS I'm collecting data on all the descendants of James and Sarah if anyone's interested, or can contribute anything.

[chris_49]

Phil, I've just had a thought on your grandmother Mabel. There was another James Skelsey born in Cubbington about the same time as my great-grandfather (1848 as opposed to 1853) but he disappears off the radar in later censuses - probably left the area. Might he be your great-grandfather?

Chris

[chris_49]

Phil, I just spoke to a cousin of the previous generation who knew my Great-Aunt Mabel since she was quite a young woman. She's adamant that she (Mabel) never married or had children. In those days, if you had a career in service, you weren't allowed to marry. 

I gather there is another Mabel Skelcey with a father born in Cubbington who may be your grandmother. Chris

[philmalin46]

Chris,
The information I have is very sketchy, the only thing I have to go on is that my Grandmothers maiden name was Mabel Skelcey and that she married a William H Malin. No dates or much else apart that they came from Cubbington and that one of Mabels sisters (no first name) married a man with the surname Bolt.  Also that Mabels brother Thomas Skelsey may have married a Lizzie Malin. I have found another Mabel Skelsey but again have no real evidence that it is the right one. From what I have discovered is that memories and information from family, is not always correct. the Mabel I am looking at now, is below. Mabel Skelcey was my grandmother and lived in 9 The Holt, Lillington until she died.
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One of the posts I did find, was amusing, have a look.
 
http://freespace.virgin.net/steve.johnson90/PAGES/CEB%20March.htm

Any help with above and any info anyone can give me on the skelcey's and how the families are joined, will be greatly appreciated.

thanks

Phil Malin

[chris_49]

Hi Phil, it does look as if this might be your grandmother. (My great-aunt Mabel lived in Leamington in later years.) This family were living in Cubbington very near to mine in 1891 and it was easy to confuse this George (born 1858 I think) with my great-grandfather's brother George born 1863 who was also living nearby with his family. None of my great-aunts married a Bolt and you have at least one other great-aunt besides Harriet - Mary who at 15 may well have been in service by 1901.

Carol02 has traced the Skelcey line in Cubbington back to the 1740s. The actual relationships are difficult to prove exactly, but the circumstantial evidence is strong, and it seems certain that we are related, though not as closely as you might have thought!

I was amused by the ear-biting incident, though I don't suppose it was funny at the time! I don't know who this William Samuel Skelsey might have been, can't see any candidates - unlikely to have been my great-uncle Will who would have been 40 at the time and had no middle name as far as I know. (Besides, if he was lacking an ear I think I'd have heard about it.)

Chris