1881 Newfoundland Census Skinner

[serendipity]

trying to find birth and parents of Rev. Frederic Skinner of Newfoundland, Bermuda, Nova Scotia and Barbados...born approx 1853. Married Emma Lightbourn Peniston in Halifax, Nova Scotia in 1877.


sara
serendipidy

[samthompson]

Hello


here are some things that I am sure you have

the 1880 census for Frederic and family - he is listed as born in the West Indies

Frederic SKINNER   M   Male   English   27   Bermuda, <West Indies>   Clergyman   Church of England 
 Emma SKINNER   M   Female   English   23   Bermuda, <West Indies>      Church of England 
 Constance SKINNER      Female   English   2   N. F.Land. <Newfoundland>      Church of England 
 Gelpin SKINNER      Male   English   <1 Born: Jan; 3/12   Nova Scotia      Church of England 
 Emily PENISTON   W   Female   English   51   Bermuda, <West Indies>      Church of England 
 Georgina HIPON      Female   German   20   Nova Scotia   Servant   Church of England 


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Source Information:
  Census Place Lunenburg, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia
  Family History Library Film   1375805
  NA Film Number   C-13169
  District   11
  Sub-district   A
  Division   3
  Page Number   13
  Household Number   69

their marriage

At St. Luke's Cathedral, Halifax, N.S., July 3rd, by the Lord Bishop of Nova Scotia, assisted by Rev. John ABBOTT, Rector of St. Luke's, the Rev. Frederick SKINNER, of Rose Blanche, N.F., to Emma LIGHTBURN, eldest daughter of the late W.B. PENISTON, Esq., M.D. of Bermuda.

later in 1877 Rev Skinner is back in Rose Blanche and married the following

http://66.102.7.104/search?q=cache:XW5Xuq-9sIoJ:www.niagara.com/~hanam/information/provincial.archives.newfoundland+%22rose+blanche%22+newfoundland+skinner&hl=en

4.    Date of Marriage: 6 December 1877
      ROSE, Thomas  Rose Blanche  Bacholar
      HANNAM, Elizabeth Rose Blanche Widow
      Rev. Skinner

I am guessing that the baptism of their daughter Constance  born in Newfoundland might be in these archives
http://www.therooms.ca/archives/ci_E.asp

PLACE: EASTERN POINT   
PARISH: ROSE BLANCHE   
RELIGION: CHURCH OF ENGLAND   
BAPTISMS: 1860-1892 VOL. 99 REEL NO. L
MARRIAGES: 1860-1891 VOL. 99 REEL NO. L

Look at this site for the Anglican Church (Church of England) in Cornerbrook, Newfoundland - there are contact numbers and addresses including one for an archivist. I would hope that if your Rev Frederick Skinner was a minister of the church there may be records pertaining to him.

http://westernnewfoundland.anglican.org/

Good luck

Thelma

[samthompson]

hello again

St Lukes Church in Halifax was destroyed by fire in 1905 but their records may be archived. The marriage records of your Frederic and Emma should list parents names, etc.

Here is a link to the Archives of the Anglican Church in Halifax

http://www.nspeidiocese.ca/archives/Archives.htm

Perhaps if you email the Archivist or Archive offices they would be able to assist you with finding some documentation.

Good luck

Thelma

[samthompson]

Me again

in this book

Title: Business and general directory of Newfoundland, 1877 : containing classified lists of the business men of St. John's and the leading towns and districts of the colony
Author: Rochfort, John A.
Publisher: Montreal, Quebec: Lovell Print. and Pub. Co., 1877

there are listing for Rev Frederick Skinner at LaPoile (Fortune's Bay) and a Rev HM Skinner at Salvage (Bonavista Bay)

http://www.ourroots.ca/e/viewpage.asp?ID=608350&size=3

Emily Peniston (Emma's mother) died back in Barbados in 1889. Did the Skinners return to the West Indies? Emma is listed as deceased after 1894 (not very specific).

Thelma

Ps there is no 1881 census for Newfoundland. Until the 1940's Newfoundland was not part of Canada - it was still part of the British Empire. Have you tried posting on any of the West Indies message boards or the Newfoundland or Nova Scotia boards?

[serendipity]

Themla, You've been a great help. Thanks for all the info. I think I have Frederic covered now but I still can't find anything on Edwin Peniston Skinner, who I believe is my ggrandfather. I'm not sure where or when he was born. If you come/came across that name could you let me know...thanks a million. sara

[samthompson]

Hi there

here is a reference to your Edwin

http://www.rootsweb.com/~bmuwgw/wantonsurname.html

More About EMMA LIGHTBOURN PENISTON:
Fact 1: September 21, 1853, baptism Pembroke, Bermuda
Notes for FREDERICK SKINNER:
curate of Trinity Church, Hamilton.
More About FREDERICK SKINNER:
Fact 5: Rev, of Rosa Blanche, Newfoundland

Children of EMMA PENISTON and FREDERICK SKINNER are:

i. ELLA FRANCES PENISTON SKINNER, b. July 03, 1878, Rosa Blanche, Newfoundland, Canada; m. MURRELL HOWARD COX, June 12, 1910, St Peter's, Brooklyn, NY; b. of Barbados.

ii. SKINNER, b. June 20, 1880, Parsonage, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia.

iii. EDWIN PENISTON SKINNER, b. February 03, 1882, parsonage, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia.

iv. CLARENCE PENISTON SKINNER, b. January 30, 1884, Devonshire, Bermuda; m. MARIAN TOPPIN PARKINSON, April 16, 1909, Pembroke, Bermuda.

v. SKINNER, b. November 04, 1885, Hastings, Barbados.

Ella Cox and husband Howard show up on the 1910, 1920, 1930 census - she lists her birthplace as NewYork and she has been married twice. In 1910 she lists her age as 36 and 1930 she is 55

This couple may or may not be  related to the Skinners

Here is a coincidence - I live in Calgary and noticed this obit reference for a Robert Peniston Skinner, age 19 who died in 1992. IF you are interested in this let me know and I will see if I can find the whole obit for you.

SKINNER, ROBERT PENISTON 19 13 SEP 92 BERNARD/MONICA (P) 15 SEP 92

Nova Scotia is planning on putting their Vital Statistics online in 2006 and that may help you with your search.

Thelma

[samthompson]

Went to soon

here are some more tidbits

http://www.bklyn-genealogy-info.com/PaperTrails/marriage.html

1910 Cox-Skinner
Contact: removed but you can see the email address at the site above
#1 - Marriage License
June 12, 1910.

Groom:  Murrell Howard Cox age 24
Occupation: Salesman
Place of Birth: Barbados B.W.I.
Name of Father: Charles
Counrty of Birth: B.W.I.
Maiden Name of Mother: Elizabeth Howard
Country of Birth: B.W.I.
Bride: Ella Frances Peniston Skinner
age 22
Occupation: Stenographer
Place of Birth: Barbados B.W.I.
Name of Father: Fredric
Country of Birth: England or Barbados
Maiden Name of Mother: Emma Peniston
Country of Birth: Bermuda
Both reside at 93 Sterling Place, are white,
and have never been married before.
The witnesses are Hubert Howard Cox and Gladys Skinner.
Clergy:  W. G. McCready (?spelling)
Address: 345 State St.6th St.

http://web.infinity.net/~franknel/knaggs_3919/KnaggsDescReport.html

Edith Augusta Knaggs, b. 21 Oct 1884 in Trinidad.  She married Reginald Peniston Skinner, b. 1885 in Barbados, d. 12 Apr 1933 in Kansas.  Edith died 14 Jul 1960 in Boise, Idaho.

*Click here to see a photo of Edith, Reginald, and their first two children.

Children:
i Edith Mary Skinner, b. 21 Dec 1905.  She married Walter Bauerle.  Edith died Jan 1998 in Eureka, California.
ii Fred Skinner, b. 18 Apr 1907.  He married (1) Edith Sharpe, married 1930, d. 1969 in Washington State, U.S.A.  He married (2) Eleanor Mc Goon, married 1970, d. 1994 in Snohomish, Washington.  Fred died 14 Sep 2000 in Washington State, U.S.A.
Fred's obituary states that his parents lived in Barbados and Bermuda before immigrating to the U.S. when Fred was 11. Fred owned and operated a poultry farm near Everett, Washington.
iii Donald Skinner, b. 26 Mar 1909.  He married Gladys Connelly.  Donald died Dec 2000 in Seattle, Washington.
iv Emma Skinner, b. 22 Jul 1911.  She married John  Wright.
v George Skinner, b. 14 May 1912 in Barbados, d. Infancy in Barbados.
vi Anna "Nancy" Skinner, b. 8 Apr 1914 in Barbados.  She married Walter Spalding.
vii Joy Skinner, b. 2 Oct 1915 in Bermuda.  She married George Shively.

You probably have all this but  it may be some interest to you.

Thelma

[samthompson]

Hello

another brain storm - at the Ellis Island site there are records that include your Skinners

Ella Francis Skinner
arriving Sept 30, 1908
SS Bermudian, departed Hamilton, Bermuda
age 20
cousin is H N Natlington, (maybe Watlington), Devonshire, Bermuda
going to 764 Union Street, Brooklyn, New York
born Bridgetown, Barbados

Ella Skinner
arriving Sept 22, 1905
SS Bermudian, departed Hamilton, Bermuda
age 17
going to 127 E 21 Street, New York

Edwin Skinner
Arriving Aug 22, 1910
SS Triut or Truit, departed Bermuda
age 30, single
born Canada
last residence Hamilton, Bermuda
relative is C P Skinner, 39 Front Street, Hamilton
last time in US 1908
going to see R ? Skinner, brother, 396 East 154 Street, New York

Edwin Skinner
arriving Nov 20, 1918
departed Hamilton, Bermuda
age 38, married
school master
permanent residence Somerset, Bermuda
relative Mrs Edwin Skinner, Somerset, Bermuda
final destination, Cleveland, Ohio
last time in the US 1912 (2 years written in)
going to see brother Reginald Skinner, 1403 Superior Avenue N E, Cleveland, Ohio
born Lunenburg, Nova Scotia


Murrell Howard Cox is also in these records

in 1919 Edith Skinner with Mary, Donald, Emma, Nancy arrive in New York - Mrs JWM Skinner of Somerset, Bermuda is listed as their aunt. Arriving with them is Mrs Mildred Skinner age 29 with Joy age 3 and Alan less than a year, Mrs F Gibbons of Somerset, Bermuda is listed as mother and grandmother.

If you haven't seen these records go to this site to search. You have to register to see the information but it is free to register.

http://www.ellisisland.org/default.asp

Good luck

Thelma

[samthompson]

okay another entry for Ella Francis Cox on July 3, 1914 from Bermuda with children Roderick and Doris, last permanent residence, Brooklyn New York, relative is Mrs C S Cox of Black Rock, St Michaels, Barbados, mother in law going to see brother, Stanish O Skinner (hard to read could be something else), 226 Seely Street, Brooklyn, New York

Ella Cox arriving Sept 18, 1911 from Bermuda with Roderick age 6 months, permanent address is 446 145 Street, Brooklyn New York, she is born in Bridgetown, Barbados and he is born in Brooklyn, New York

Thelma