Marriage record: Frank Skinner & Emma Berthold married in Lutheran ceremony in Eau Claire, WI. Frank Skinner, born Menomonie, WI, s/o St Skinner & Ellen Burns. Emma, born Germany, was d/o August Bert>hold & Mary Foerster. Witnesses were Otto Kohlke & Wm. A. Berthold. In 1902 Frank lived on Whipple Street, Eau Claire, WI. He and his wife, Emma, also witnessed his brother, Harland's, wedding in 1>
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1880 CENSUS, Menomonie, Dunn Co. WI, p231C, Stephen Skinner entry: Stephen 36 [should be 46] ENG ENG ENG janitor at public school; Ellen wife 27 IN PA OH; Abbie dau 9 WI ENG IN; Frank son WI ENG IN; H>
attie dau 4 WI ENG IN; Harland son 1 WI ENG IN.
1900 CENSUS, Rice Lake, Barron Co. WI, Stephen Skiner entry: Stephen Oct 1833 66 m29yrs ENG ENG ENG imm 1846 54y US naturalized Harness maker; Ella B. wife Sep 1842 57 m29y 7/6 IN PA OH; Walter J. H.> [Harland] son May 1881 19 single WI ENG IN day laborer; Laurel A. [Adelbert] son Mar 1885 15 s WI ENG IN school; Frank T.W. son Jul 1873 26 m2[months] WI ENG IN; Emma M. dau-in-law Sep 1880 19 m2[mon>
ths] 0/0 WI GER GER. [Ellen's birthdate should be 1852.]
1910 CENSUS, 412 Charles? St., Eau Claire (ward 9, ED57 S9B), Eau Claire Co. WI, 22 Apr, Frank Skinner entry: Frank 34 m1 10yrs WI US US laborer servant ___?,read & write yes, owns free house; Emma wi>fe 28 m1 10yrs 3ch/2 living GER speaks German GER GER (both parents speak German) imm 1884 speaks English r&w yes, Loraine dau 8 WI WI GER school; Paul son 6 WI WI GER school.
1920 CENSUS, Bryan St., Kalamazoo city, Kalamazoo Co. MI, ED176 S8B, p226B, Frank W. Skinner entry: Frank W. rents 46 married WI ENG IN (unreadable)paper mill; Emma M. wife imm 1882 Na GER GER GER (a>ll spoke German) sorter paper mill; Loranne dau 19single WI WI GER (mother spoke Ger) clerk drug store; Paul F. son 16 school WI WI GER (mother spoke Ger)
1930 CENSUS, 1211 Portage St., Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo Twp., Kalamazoo Co. MI, 12 Apr ED39-34 S15B, p156B, Frank Skinner entry: Frank rents $35 per month, owns radio, 58 mar (1st mar age 27?) WI WI WI, >works paper mill; Emma wife 48 (1st mar age 19) GER GER GER imm 1890 na, factory machine operator; Paul F. son 25 mar (1st mar age 23) WI WI GER press man, paper mill; Joesphine dau-in-law 21 mar (1st>
mar age 19) NE IL MO operator, beauty parlor.
DEATH OF STEPHEN SKINNER. Stephen Skinner, aged 69 years died yesterday at 4:30 o'clock, at 242 Oxford avenue. He has been an invalid since the Civil War. The cause of death was asthma. He leaves a> wife, three sons and six daughters. The eldest son, Frank Skinner, resides on Whipple street. The youngest son, Adelbert, and Mrs. Edna Robertson, a daughter reside at the family home. Deceased ha>s been a resident of this city about sixty years. He was a member of the Old Settlers Association. During the civil war he served in Co. I, 30th Regt. Wis. Vol. The funeral will take place tomorrow >at 3 o'clock p.m. from the residence. Rev. Milbank officiating. Deceased also leaves one brother in Washington, James; one at Eli Mound, George; one at Amy, Charles; one at Eau Claire, Albert A; and >a sister Mrs. R. R. Lee of Amy. [19 Apr 1902, Marshall Cousins papers, 2:96 & 5:36&37]
There is a Frank Skinner listed as buried in St. Croix Co. Poor Farm & Asylum Cem. in Star Prairie, WI, who lived in Barron Co. WI prior to coming to Poor Farm, and died age 67 on 13 Feb 1945. [His ag>e is not quite right for this Frank Skinner, but it might be he.]