Burial 8/5/1906 Waneka Cem. Dunn Co, U.S.A.

From VGB1850 CENSUS, Vernon Twp., Oneida Co. NY, p95B, William Skinner entry: William 42 ENG; Ann 39 ENG cannot read/write; James 14 ENG; Alpha 12 male ENG; Edwin 9 ENG; John 7 ENG; Rhoda 5 ENG; A. George 8/1>2 male NY. [Oldest remaining son, Stephen, is missing from this record, but found working and living on a nearby farm.]
1860 CENSUS, Jefferson Twp., Jefferson Co. WI, p288, William Skinner entry: William 55 farmer $1600/300 ENG; Anna 48 ENG; William 29 farm hand ENG; Stephen 27 farm hand ENG; James 25 farm hand ENG; Al>bert 23 farm hand ENG; Edwin 21 farm hand ENG; John 19 farm hand ENG; Roda (sic) female 14 ENG; George 10 NY; Charles 8 NY. [Is William, age 29, the son believed to have died in England, or is it Will>
iam Tanton?]
1880 CENSUS, Spring Brook, Dunn Co. WI, p311, Robert R. Lee entry: Robert R. 42 married farmer NY NY NY; Rhoda 30 wife married ENG ENG ENG; Annie 18 dau WI NY ENG; George 16 son school WI NY NY; Edwin> 14 son school WI NY ENG; Ira 2 son WI NY ENG. [Annie & George are not Rhoda's children. If they are siblings, the mother's birth place is wrong on one of them.]
1900 CENSUS, Spring Brook Twp., Dunn Co. WI, 11 Jul, ED96 S11A, p229A, Robert R. Lee entry: Robert Apr 1838 62 married 35yrs NY NY NY farmer owns free & clear farm; Rhoda wife Dec 1844 55 m35y 3ch/3 >living ENG ENG ENG; Lee L. son Dec 1877 22 single WI NY ENG laborer; John Welter boarder Sep 1880 19 single IA GER GER laborer; Verena Pedrun boarder Feb 1870 30 single SWITZ SWITZ SWITZ imm 1896 ser>
vant.
Death registration #183 or 1107: Mrs. Rhoda Lee died 6 May 1906, nee Rhoda Skinner, born 11 Dec 1843 , white female housekeeper, 62y 4m 25d; father Wm. Skinner, b. ENG; mother Ann Skinner b. ENG; husb>and Robert R. Lee; cause of death, jaundice, year & a half, died at home in Spring Brook, Dunn Co. WI. Undertaker or person conducting burial A. V. Mayhew; buried at Waneka, Spring Brook, Dunn Co. WI.>
Certificate 28 Jul 1906; registered 2 Aug 1906.
LEE. Mrs. Robt Lee died Sunday afternoon at her home at Amy. The funeral was held Tuesday. She leaves a husband, three sons, one daughter and four brothers. The children are, Edwin and Ira of Sprin>g Brook, George of Rice Lake, and Mrs. Nelson Squires of Fall City. Dunn Co. News 11 May 1906, p5.
OBITUARY. It is with deep sorrow that we chronicle the death of Mrs. Robt. Lee, formerly Miss Rhoda Skinner. She passed away at her home in Amy Sunday, May 6, surrounded by Lee immediate family who s>o kindly administered to every want. Her illness which began about a year and a half ago, was liver trouble with complications. Through this long period she was always patient and thoughtful of othe>rs and bore her sufferings with a heroic spirit. Rhoda Skinner was born in England Dec. 11, 1843, and came to New York with her parents at the age of three years. In 1854 they came to Wis. In 1861 >they moved to Dunn County which has been her home ever since. She was married to Robt. Lee Jan. 1, 1861. Two sons were born of this union who together with their father, five brothers and two step>children remain to mourn her death. Truly a good woman has gone from our midst who is not only mourned by relatives but by the community at large. She was a member of the Amy Aid society and the fir>st one to be called away by death. She was also a firm temperance worker. The funeral occurred May 8, from the Amy Baptist church, Rev. Vaughn officiating. The large concourse of friends and the ma>ny beautiful floral tokens bespeak the esteem and love in which the departed was held. Interment took place in the Waneka cemetery. Dunn Co. News, 18 May 1906, p5.