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William Henry (Henry) Skelton


1827
Male
Person 00000131

Born 17/01/1827 at Stoke Damerel, Devon (C)
Father: William Skelton (1800)
Mother: Elizabeth (Betsy) Gullick (1796)
or 17/2/28 by Audrey's birthday book

Christened 05/08/1828 at Plymouth, Devon (H)
St Andrews

1830 at Totnes, Devon (F)

1841 at Totnes, Devon (C)
13

1843 at Exeter, Devon (F)

1843 at Totnes, Devon (F)

1844 at Stone Hill, Kent (F)

1845 at Aldringham, Suffolk (F)

around 1846 at Beccles (F)
Apprenticed as "improver in bootmaking"

around 1849 at Harleston, Norfolk (F)
joined father's business

1850 at Stoke on Trent, Staffs (CF)
Ran bootmaking business.

1851 at Stoke on Trent (C)
boot maker, 23, at parents' home

Married 14/05/1853 at Stoke on Trent, Staffs (FR)
to Hannah Mercy Barnett (1831)

around 1856 at Stoke on Trent, Staffs (F)
moved to a larger shop in Church Street

1861 at Stoke on Trent (C)
33, on Church Street - boot and shoe maker - master/employer - with wife and 4 kids plus brother John and sister Patience, and an
apprentice and a lodger

1871 at Penkhull, Stoke on Trent, Staffs (C)
master leather cutter, 43, wife and kids

1881 at Stoke on Trent, Staffs (FC)
53, Leather seller and shoemaker,
12, Church St, with wife and 7 kids

1891 at Stoke on Trent, Staffs (FC)
3 Glebe Street
age 63, with wife and 3 grown up kids
Bootmaker, leather and oil dealer

1901 at Stoke on Trent, Staffs (CF)
3, Glebe Street
73, leather dealer and bootmaker, with wife and one daughter

1911 at Bilston (C)
11 Broach St
shoemaker.,widower, 83, with daughter Eunice

Died June 1912 at Wolverhampton district, Staffs (FR)
6b/648 age 84

Children
William Henry Skelton (1854)
Edward Thomas Skelton (1856)
Charles John Skelton (1858)
Arthur Jabez Skelton (1859)
Elizabeth Skelton (1861)
Arthur Skelton (1862)
Emma Patience Skelton (1867)
Anne Skelton (1869)
Eunice Skelton (1872)
Arthur Barnett Skelton (1875)
William Henry (Henry) Skelton
William Skelton (1800)
William Skelton (1764)
Mary Heath (1768)
Richard Heath (1740)
Mary Thorn (1740)
Elizabeth (Betsy) Gullick (1796)
John Gullick (1765)
Joseph Gullick (1735)
Elizabeth ? (1736)
Sarah Wood (1769)

Last updated 07/11/2023

Source Key: A=Baptist records B=Burial register C=Census F=Family H=Christening register I=IGI L=Letter M=Marriage register P=Personally known R=Registry office (certificate or index) S=Website T=Tombstone W=Will Y=Boyds marriage index



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