Samuel SKINNER
1802 - 1888 (85 years)-
Name Samuel SKINNER Birth 16 Mar 1802 Cornwallis, Kings, Nova Scotia 
Gender Male Death 21 Jan 1888 Saint John, New Brunswick [1] Burial Fernhill Cemetery, Saint John, Saint John, New Brunswick [2] 
Siblings6 brothers and 8 sisters Person ID I6833 bmds Last Modified 14 Nov 2020
Father Charles SKINNER, b. 3 Jan 1747/1748, Colchester, New London, Connecticut d. Bef 1837, Nova Scotia (Age < 88 years) Mother Sarah OSBORN, b. 22 Jul 1760, Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts d. 15 Jul 1848, Cornwallis, Kings, Nova Scotia (Age 87 years) Family ID F2402 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Phebe Sherwood GOLDING, b. Abt 1814, Wickham, Queens, New Brunswick d. 21 Nov 1863, Saint John, New Brunswick (Age 49 years) Marriage 1 May 1832 Wickham, Queens, New Brunswick Age at Marriage Samuel : 30 years old | Phebe : ~ 18 years old. Notes - Samuel and Phebe were married by Rev. Joseph Churchill Skinner
Children 6 sons and 7 daughters + 1 . Hon. Charles Nelson SKINNER, b. 12 Mar 1833, Saint John, New Brunswick d. 22 Sep 1910, Saint John, Saint John, New Brunswick (Age 77 years)+ 2 
. Sarah Ann SKINNER, b. 1835, Saint John, Saint John, New Brunswick d. 9 Mar 1910, Saint John, Saint John, New Brunswick (Age 75 years)3 . Elizabeth Golding SKINNER, b. 1836, Saint John, Saint John, New Brunswick d. 3 May 1894, Saint John, Saint John, New Brunswick (Age 58 years)4 . Mary Manning SKINNER, b. 8 Nov 1838, Saint John, Saint John, New Brunswick d. 20 Feb 1915, Saint John, Saint John, New Brunswick (Age 76 years)5 . William Henry SKINNER, b. 1840, Saint John, Saint John, New Brunswick d. 18 Jun 1874, Saint John, Saint John, New Brunswick (Age 34 years)+ 6 . Rebecca SKINNER, b. 9 Jul 1841, Saint John, Saint John, New Brunswick d. 12 Oct 1917, Saint John, Saint John, New Brunswick (Age 76 years)+ 7 . Judge Robert Chipman SKINNER, b. 6 Dec 1843, Saint John, Saint John, New Brunswick d. 28 May 1892, Fredericton, York, New Brunswick (Age 48 years)+ 8 . Alfred Osborne SKINNER, b. 16 Oct 1846, Saint John, Saint John, New Brunswick d. 31 May 1927, Saint John, Saint John, New Brunswick (Age 80 years)+ 9 . Matilda Eliza SKINNER, b. Oct 1847, Saint John, Saint John, New Brunswick d. 15 Dec 1907, Saint John, Saint John, New Brunswick (Age 60 years)10 . Frederick Smith SKINNER, b. 5 Oct 1849, Saint John, Saint John, New Brunswick d. 7 Jul 1921, Saint John, Saint John, New Brunswick (Age 71 years)11 . Emma Sophia SKINNER, b. 23 Oct 1852, Saint John, Saint John, New Brunswick d. 29 Oct 1914, Saint John, Saint John, New Brunswick (Age 62 years)12 . Isabella Jane SKINNER, b. 23 Dec 1855, Saint John, Saint John, New Brunswick d. 21 Sep 1932, Saint John, Saint John, New Brunswick (Age 76 years)13 . Samuel Leverett SKINNER, b. 1856, Saint John, Saint John, New Brunswick d. 5 Apr 1901, Saint John, Saint John, New Brunswick (Age 45 years)Family ID F2555 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Birth - 16 Mar 1802 - Cornwallis, Kings, Nova Scotia 
Marriage - 1 May 1832 - Wickham, Queens, New Brunswick 
Death - 21 Jan 1888 - Saint John, New Brunswick 
Burial - - Fernhill Cemetery, Saint John, Saint John, New Brunswick Pin Legend 
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Notes - According to “Biographical Review… Province of New Brunswick”, Samuel Skinner was born in Nova Scotia and during his life was a leading builder and contractor of St. John, N.B.
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Sources - [S4] Obituary.
The death of Samuel SKINNER occurred Saturday night in his 86th year. He was about the house in his customary health on Saturday and took his meals as usual. About an hour after he he had taken his tea, he complained of feeling unwell and about ten o’clock he passed quietly to his rest. The deceased was the youngest child of a family of fifteen children, all of whom are now dead. His father, Charles SKINNER came to St. John during the progress of the Revolutionary war. He was born in Concord, Conn. and came to New Brunswick in 1778, landing in Saint John. He taught school at Maugerville for two years and then removed with his family to Cornwallis, N.S. It was there that Samuel Skinner was born. When a young man Samuel Skinner came to St. John and began business as a carriage manufacturer. For a number of years he carried on a successful business on Haymarket Square. About thirty years ago he retired to private life. Thirteen children were born to him, twelve of whom are now living – five sons and seven daughters. Four of his sons, Judge SKINNER, Chas. N. SKINNER, M.P., A. O. SKINNER and Fred SKINNER reside in St. John.
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