Skews, James Edward

[Barbarajk]

Thank you Kay
That's a wonderful resource!  I'll look through that for a few minutes and then I better get to bed as it's 2:27 am here.  I can't wait to show my father all this info you have found tomorrow at dinner!
Thank you, thank you!
Barbara

[Kay99]

Have good night. 

Kay

PS Just looked the 1851 census that Groom posted on the previous page for William Skews who was at Waterloo and in 1851 he was a confectioner

[Kay99]

On the Family Search site I can't see any other children for Sarah or a marriage for her in Bexley

The only thing I can see is a burial for Sarah Skews on 17 Oct 1815 in Bexley, Kent.  No age is given

Kay

[Kay99]

Maybe this is a relative?
Robert Skews born 1827
AB Seaman Coast guard
Kent census 1861

This one looks to be unrelated or very distant.  He was born in Plymouth in Devon

Kay

[Barbarajk]

Hi Kay
Do you think that there are two William Skews in 1851?  Is it possible to be in Waterloo and be listed as a confectioner?
Barbara

[groom]

Hello

Do you think that there are two William Skews in 1851?  Is it possible to be in Waterloo and be listed as a confectioner?

No it's fine. The Battle of Waterloo was 1815, so he fought there, lost his arm, returned home and was a confectioner in 1851.

From the piece you found:  "In one house, now no. 10, lived William Skews, confectioner, and a Waterloo veteran who had lost an arm in that battle. "  So it's the same man.

[Kay99]

It is the same William

In 1861 he is listed as a Greenwich (Army) Pensioner and a Confectioner.  A later profession after losing his arm?

Kay

[groom]

You could search through this to see if you can find him at Waterloo. I found my cousin's gx3 grandfather but it took some time. It said on the search there was no one of his name, but I found him listed.

http://www.archive.org/stream/waterloorollcall00daltuoft#page/n3/mode/2up

[Barbarajk]

Thank you Kay
This will keep me busy for awhile!
Barbara