Thread: SKINNER AND SMITH FROM KENT

My 3rd G Grandfather John George Skinner (born abt 1806-died 2 April 1884 ) in Kent married Sarah Jane Smith (born abt 1816- died 7 Dec 1885). They migrated to Pt Adelaide Australia arriving June 1840 on the ship Orleana with their first 3 children

1. William Skinner born abt 1836 married Letitia Morris in Adelaide 15 March 1860

2. John Skinner born 5 Jan 1837 in Orpington Kent married Ann Saunders (born abt 1841 in Somerset shire)- daughter of Richard Saunders and Rebecca Jones

John Skinner born c 1837 in England, married in Adelaide on 29 May 1861 to Ann Saunders (daughter of Richard Saunders & Rebecca Jones). They had 7 children. John died 23 May 1896 at Hope Valley and Ann died at some time after 1896.



Their children were:-



Lydia Ann Skinner 1862-1935, married Joseph Henry Stow and had 8 chidldren - Lydia May, Edgar Joseph, Eva Alice, Henry James, Ivy Maud, Walter Gordon, Leonard Edward & Violet Maud.



Emily Elizabeth 1863-1952, married to John Duffy in 1912. They had no children. both are burried at Curramulka on York Peninsula.



William Henry 1866-1939, married to Selina Jane Coleman in 1890 and had 7 children - William Henry Thomas, Hurtle Edward Horace, Harrold Ethelbert James, Dorothy Irene Blackwell, Miriam Hessie, Arthur Lindsay Claremont and Hazel Lavinia Pearl.



Harriet Maria 1868-1869.



Edward Thomas 1870-1938, never married.



Eliza Jane 1872-? nothing more known.



Alice May 1875-1956, married in 1894 to William Thomas Whiting and had 2 children Albion William and Alick Leslie.



3.Sarah Elizabeth Skinner April 1939 in England married Edwin Foyle in Adelaide in 1864



John and Sarah had another 8 children in South Australia

I have heaps of Skinner info for Australia but I Know nothing about John and Sarah before they migrated



I hope someone out there can help



TERRI BROWN

BRISBANE

AUSTRALIA

Hello,

Tough one this as they left before the first census. Orpington comes under the Bromley area. You might find that a gentleman named Phil Warn who is the online Parish Clerk for Orpington may be able to help.

http://www.kent-opc.org/Parishes/Orpington.html

From the site, these are the some of the sort of records that are held at Bromley Local Studies Library and the Record Office Orpington.

and which he is prepared to look up, as well as the usual Church records.

Settlement Certificates

Removal Orders

*******y Examinations

Parish-assisted Immigrants

Churchwarden's Accounts

Overseer's Accounts

Surveyor's Accounts

Workhouse Records



Poll Tax

Hearth Tax

Window Tax

Hair Powder Tax

Land Tax Assessments 1780-1831

Land Tax Assessments 1799-1805



Quarter Sessions

Militia Lists

Muster Rolls

Description Books

Tithe Apportionment c1830s

Transportations



Victoria