Anne Or Hannah Tanton (Taunton)

1811 — 1883

  • about 1811 — 3 October 1883
  • (1841 Census)
  • Also Married William 1 Skinner 15/10/1831 in Kent
  • Bornabout 1811, (1841 Census)
  • Died3 October 1883, Waneka, Dunn Co, WI. U.S.A.
  • OccupationAlso Married William 1 Skinner 15/10/1831 in Kent
  • HusbandWilliam 1 Skinner
  • Children10

Biography

Marriage from David Hills INDEX

Emigr USA May 1st 1848 on Independence frm London

Following from Virginia Gorton Bonne

Burial 5/10/1883WANEKA: Mrs. Wm. Skinner died at the residence of Wm. Tanton, Wednesday, Oct 3rd, and was buried Friday. Mrs. S. was seventy two years old and has long been a resident of this town. [Dunn Co. News 5:3>
]ELK CREEK: The memorial service of Mrs. Skinner was largely attended at the Baptist church last Sabbath. The terrible cold weather of last week made us wish to emigrate to Florida. [Dunn Co. News, 1>
1 Nov 1853, p5-1-4]DIED: In Spring Brook, Oct 3rd, Mrs. Ann Skinner, widow of the late Wm Skinner of this town, in the 83 year of her age. Mr. and Mrs. Skinner immigrated from England in 1848 with a large family of ch>ildren and settled first in New York. They removed to the southern part of Wisconsin in 1853 and to Spring Brook in 1861. They gave two of their sons to the war of the rebellion, one dying in the se>rvice, and the other soon after his return home, and the rest of their children, six sons and one daughter, now mourn the loss of kind and indulgent parents. But "Grandmother Skinner" will be missed >and mourned also in the large circle of friends and neighbors with whom she had mingled in sickness and sorrow as well as in joy and gladness. She rests at last "from her labors and her works do foll>
ow her." [Dunn Co. News, 3 Nov 1883, 4:2]

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  • 10Children
  • 30Grandchildren
  • 35Great-grandchildren
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