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Robert Black SKINNER

Male 1886 - Yes, date unknown


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Robert Black SKINNER was born on 28 Mar 1886 (son of Rev. Isaac R. SKINNER and Isabell BLACK); and died.

    Notes:

    He lived and worked for many years in Boston, and whose wife Ethel, was an accountant; and Robert Black Skinner, who founded a highly successful construction business in Boston (the First Church of Christian Scientist mother church in Boston and the Central Park Children’s Zoo in New York being prime examples), kept a Park Avenue Penthouse in New York, and a hobby farm near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. He married twice and had two children by his first wife, and Raymond McCully Skinner. Raymond was born in River Hebert, N.S. in 1883. He worked for the Boston street railway and took night courses, eventually obtaining a degree in electrical engineering. In 1910 he went to Vancouver, B.C. where he supervised the construction of major hydro-electric power installations for B.C.Electric Co. A member of the Association of Professional Engineers of B.C., he died in the early 1950’s….”


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Rev. Isaac R. SKINNER was born on 27 May 1846 in Cornwallis, Kings, Nova Scotia (son of Deacon William H. SKINNER and Elizabeth Ann WOODWORTH); died on 16 Oct 1896 in Weston, Kings, Nova Scotia; was buried in Berwick Cemetery, Berwick, Kings, Nova Scotia.

    Notes:

    Pursuing his chosen path to become a Baptist minister, he was graduated from Acadia College in 1873, and then served in various pastorates, including Amherst, N.S.; Andover N.B.; River Hebert N.S.; Wittenburg, N.S.; and Oak Bay, N.B.

    From The Daily Telegraph, Saint John, July 31, 1876 : Rev. Isaac R. Skinner was ordained to the Christian ministry in the Baptist Church, Andover (Victoria Co.)

    Isaac married Isabell BLACK on 14 May 1878 in Sackville, Westmorland, New Brunswick. Isabell (daughter of Josiah BLACK) was born about 1848 in Amherst, Cumberland, Nova Scotia; died on 20 Mar 1892 in Wittenburg, Colchester, Nova Scotia; was buried in Berwick Cemetery, Berwick, Kings, Nova Scotia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Isabell BLACK was born about 1848 in Amherst, Cumberland, Nova Scotia (daughter of Josiah BLACK); died on 20 Mar 1892 in Wittenburg, Colchester, Nova Scotia; was buried in Berwick Cemetery, Berwick, Kings, Nova Scotia.

    Notes:

    From The Daily Telegraph, Saint John, May 27, 1878 : m. Sackville (West. Co.) 14th inst., by Rev. D.A. Steele, Rev. Isaac SKINNER / Eliza Isabel BLACK youngest d/o Josiah BLACK, Esq.

    Children:
    1. William Josiah SKINNER was born about 1880 in Nova Scotia; and died.
    2. 1. Robert Black SKINNER was born on 28 Mar 1886; and died.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Deacon William H. SKINNER was born on 8 Jul 1814 in Kings, Nova Scotia (son of William SKINNER and Lois WHITE); died on 29 Jun 1890 in Weston, Kings, Nova Scotia; was buried in Berwick Cemetery, Berwick, Kings, Nova Scotia.

    William married Elizabeth Ann WOODWORTH on 27 Oct 1835 in Kings, Nova Scotia. Elizabeth (daughter of Abner WOODWORTH and Hannah LOVELESS) was born on 9 Jun 1804 in Cornwallis, Kings, Nova Scotia; died on 24 Oct 1901 in Weston, Kings, Nova Scotia; was buried in Berwick Cemetery, Berwick, Kings, Nova Scotia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Elizabeth Ann WOODWORTH was born on 9 Jun 1804 in Cornwallis, Kings, Nova Scotia (daughter of Abner WOODWORTH and Hannah LOVELESS); died on 24 Oct 1901 in Weston, Kings, Nova Scotia; was buried in Berwick Cemetery, Berwick, Kings, Nova Scotia.
    Children:
    1. Hannah SKINNER was born on 12 Jan 1837; died before 1838.
    2. Alice B. SKINNER was born on 15 Nov 1839 in Weston, Kings, Nova Scotia; died on 24 Sep 1912 in Weston, Kings, Nova Scotia; was buried in Berwick, Kings, Nova Scotia.
    3. William Albert SKINNER was born on 28 Jan 1841 in Kings, Nova Scotia; died after 1911.
    4. Isabel SKINNER was born on 7 May 1843; died on 15 Apr 1856.
    5. John Woodworth SKINNER was born on 18 Nov 1844 in Weston, Kings, Nova Scotia; died on 6 Jun 1927 in Weston, Kings, Nova Scotia; was buried in Berwick Cemetery, Berwick, Kings, Nova Scotia.
    6. Rebecca SKINNER was born on 24 May 1846 in Weston, Kings, Nova Scotia; died on 16 Sep 1937 in Aylesford, Kings, Nova Scotia; was buried in Union Cemetery, Aylesford, Kings, Nova Scotia.
    7. 2. Rev. Isaac R. SKINNER was born on 27 May 1846 in Cornwallis, Kings, Nova Scotia; died on 16 Oct 1896 in Weston, Kings, Nova Scotia; was buried in Berwick Cemetery, Berwick, Kings, Nova Scotia.
    8. Sophia SKINNER was born on 29 Jan 1850; died on 1 Dec 1934 in Weston, Kings, Nova Scotia; was buried in Berwick Cemetery, Berwick, Kings, Nova Scotia.
    9. Seldon V. SKINNER was born about 1853 in Nova Scotia; and died.

  3. 6.  Josiah BLACK
    Children:
    1. 3. Isabell BLACK was born about 1848 in Amherst, Cumberland, Nova Scotia; died on 20 Mar 1892 in Wittenburg, Colchester, Nova Scotia; was buried in Berwick Cemetery, Berwick, Kings, Nova Scotia.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  William SKINNER was born on 13 Dec 1791 in Cornwallis, Kings, Nova Scotia (son of Charles SKINNER and Sarah OSBORN); died on 11 Jul 1870 in Berwick, Kings, Nova Scotia.

    William married Lois WHITE on 28 Apr 1812 in Cornwallis, Kings, Nova Scotia. Lois (daughter of Timothy WHITE and Weighty PORTER) was born on 29 Sep 1794 in Cornwallis, Kings, Nova Scotia; died in Nov 1863 in Berwick, Kings, Nova Scotia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Lois WHITE was born on 29 Sep 1794 in Cornwallis, Kings, Nova Scotia (daughter of Timothy WHITE and Weighty PORTER); died in Nov 1863 in Berwick, Kings, Nova Scotia.
    Children:
    1. Lavinia SKINNER was born on 20 Feb 1813 in Kings, Nova Scotia; died on 11 Jan 1900 in Somerset, Kings, Nova Scotia.
    2. 4. Deacon William H. SKINNER was born on 8 Jul 1814 in Kings, Nova Scotia; died on 29 Jun 1890 in Weston, Kings, Nova Scotia; was buried in Berwick Cemetery, Berwick, Kings, Nova Scotia.
    3. Deacon Charles SKINNER was born on 31 Aug 1817 in Cornwallis, Kings, Nova Scotia; died on 13 Mar 1902 in Wilmot, Annapolis, Nova Scotia; was buried in Pine Grove Cemetery, Middleton, Annapolis, Nova Scotia.
    4. Benjamin SKINNER was born on 26 Oct 1820 in Cornwallis, Kings, Nova Scotia; died in 1867 in Buffalo, Erie, New York.
    5. Margaret SKINNER was born on 4 Jun 1822 in Cornwallis, Kings, Nova Scotia; died on 17 Jan 1863 in Berwick, Kings, Nova Scotia; was buried in Berwick Cemetery, Berwick, Kings, Nova Scotia.
    6. Rev. Isaac Judson SKINNER was born on 1 Nov 1824 in Kings, Nova Scotia; died on 30 Mar 1896 in Liverpool, Queens, Nova Scotia.
    7. Weighty SKINNER was born on 1 Sep 1826 in Kings, Nova Scotia; died in 1829.
    8. Sarah Ann SKINNER was born on 27 Oct 1827 in Kings, Nova Scotia; died on 17 Apr 1893.
    9. Rebecca SKINNER was born on 18 Jul 1831 in Kings, Nova Scotia; and died.
    10. Edward Manning SKINNER was born on 5 Feb 1834 in Kings, Nova Scotia; died on 7 Oct 1890 in Cornwallis, Kings, Nova Scotia; was buried in Berwick Cemetery, Berwick, Kings, Nova Scotia.

  3. 10.  Abner WOODWORTH was born on 19 Jan 1773 in Cornwallis, Kings, Nova Scotia; died on 3 Sep 1859 in Cornwallis, Kings, Nova Scotia.

    Abner married Hannah LOVELESS. Hannah was born on 1 Feb 1765 in Horton, Kings, Nova Scotia; died on 18 Mar 1856 in Berwick, Kings, Nova Scotia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 11.  Hannah LOVELESS was born on 1 Feb 1765 in Horton, Kings, Nova Scotia; died on 18 Mar 1856 in Berwick, Kings, Nova Scotia.
    Children:
    1. 5. Elizabeth Ann WOODWORTH was born on 9 Jun 1804 in Cornwallis, Kings, Nova Scotia; died on 24 Oct 1901 in Weston, Kings, Nova Scotia; was buried in Berwick Cemetery, Berwick, Kings, Nova Scotia.
    2. Frances WOODWORTH was born on 23 Jan 1813 in Horton, Kings, Nova Scotia; died on 29 Jan 1868 in Kentville, Kings, Nova Scotia.