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John Skinner

John Skinner

Male 1820 - 1869  (48 years)

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  • Name John Skinner  [1
    Born 7 May 1820  Orwell, , Kinross-Shire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    • Birth record found in Orwell, Kinross-shire
    Gender Male 
    Died 3 Mar 1869  Lochee, Dundee, Angus, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    • Died at 9 pm at Park Place

      The Post Statutory records were found by Rob Fenwick 1869.dist.282/5 - Lochee death entry 46. His daughter Isabella was the informant. The Dundee Council says he was 44 when he died and that he was buried in the Western Burial Ground.

      The death record says John was 44 when he died (born about 1825) but his headstone says he died 3 Mar 1869 and that he was 47 years old (born about 1822). The 1851 census says he was 30 (born about 1821).
    Buried Dundee, , Angus, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    • Western Burial Ground on Perth Road - Lair VII 170
    Person ID I56173  Munro
    Last Modified 28 Feb 2007 

    Father Robert Skinner,   b. Abt 1790,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Mother Ann Smith,   b. Abt 1792,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Family ID F19246  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mary Scott Elder,   b. 1823, Dundee, , Angus, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Jan 1918, Dundee, , Angus, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 95 years) 
    Married 23 Aug 1845  Liff, , Angus, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    • "Liff & Benvie, Forfarshire" [1]
    Children 
    +1. Mary Ann Skinner,   b. 1846, Dundee, , Angus, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Mar 1925, Dundee, , Angus, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years)
     2. Isabella Skinner,   b. 1848, Dundee, , Angus, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Dec 1878, Dundee, , Angus, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 30 years)
     3. Agnes Skinner,   b. 1850, Dundee, , Angus, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Jul 1852, Dundee, , Angus, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 2 years)
     4. John Skinner,   b. 20 Dec 1856, Dundee, , Angus, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     5. Jane Elder Skinner,   b. 13 Dec 1857, Dundee, , Angus, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Nov 1931, Dundee, , Angus, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 73 years)
     6. Thomas Skinner,   b. 10 May 1860, Dundee, , Angus, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    +7. William Skinner,   b. 14 Aug 1862, Dundee, , Angus, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 May 1919, Dundee, , Angus, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 56 years)
    Last Modified 20 Jan 2009 
    Family ID F19243  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • John worked as a shore porter, coachman and carter.

      He is found in the 1841 census (book 25 - p. 41-2 - Perth Road, Dundee) and in the 1851 census (age 30).

      Dundee Council burial records indicate that an Anne Skinner was buried in lair VII 170 on 23 Feb 1940 at age 69 years or born about 1871. It is not known how she is related.

      Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA [1]

  • Sources 
    1. [S530] Clan Munro files - Beach, John H., John H. Beach, Email from John H. Beach - 12 Feb 1998 (Reliability: 3).