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1841 Census
Moon Field, Pluckley, Kent

Emigr USA May 1st 1848 on Independence frm London

CD2 Page 12Burial 20/4/1902 Forest Hill Cemetery, Eau Clare, WI. U.S.A.

Following from Virginia Gorton BonneStephen's death certificate lists his parents as Wm. & Ann Skinner. No informant listed.
1850 CENSUS, Vernon Twp., Oneida Co. NY, p95A, Thos. Chinton entry: Stephen SKINNER 17 ENG, listed as laborer.
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 f/h ENG; James 25 f/h ENG; Albert 23 f/h >ENG; Edwin 21 f/h ENG; John 19 f/h ENG; Roda female 14 ENG; George 10 NY; Charles 8 NY. [Is William, age 29, the son believed to have died in England, or is it William Tanton?]

[1870 STEPHEN NOT FOUND ON CENSUS of WI, MN, MI or IL.]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, 12 Jun, p203B & 204A, Stephen S. Skinner entry: Stephen S. Oct 1833 66 m29yrs ENG ENG ENG imm 1846 54y US naturalized Harness maker; Ella B. wife Sep 1842 57 m2>9y 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[months] 0/0 WI GER GER. [Ellen's birth date should be 1852.]
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 Elk 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]