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Topic: SKELCY/SKELCHER Surname (Read 15061 times)
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chris_49
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Hi Kevin,
Pleased to meet you, you are my second cousin. I'm a grandson of eldest George Henry. You're right about all the brothers and sisters, the only one missing is Ellen b 1877 who died as a teenager. The birth years you have for the others are right or very nearly. Lizzie's first name was Hannah, Emma was Florence and Annie was Sarah, but they all preferred their middle names.
I'm in touch with my late mother's cousin, Rose's daughter - you'll know who I mean - whom I believe is also in touch with your mum. (And with my own first cousins, and second cousins such as grandchildren of James and Lois). Do you still keep up with your aunt on the Skelcey side, and your first cousins, including the son of your late uncle? I've not managed to make contact with them. Please excuse oblique references, but it's a convention not to name living people without their permission on Rootschat (or anywhere on the internet for that matter.)
Most non-London Skelceys and Skelseys seem to originate in Cubbington. I have a big family tree on genesreunited - you have to be a member to see it -with a lot of Skelceys and a fair few Greens on it. Or I could provide you with more family details by private message.
Chris
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Skelcey (Skelsey Skelcy Skeley Shelsey Kelcy Skelcher) - Warks, Yorks, Lancs
Hancox - Warks
Green - Warks
Draper - Warks
Morris - Denbs Mont Salop
Davies - Cheshire, North Wales
Fellowes - Cheshire, Denbighshire
Hicks - Cornwall
Lloyd and Jones (Mont)
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KevinThornicroft
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Hello Cousin, that's absoutely brilliant.
I do keep in touch with the aunts and cousins.
I am a member of Genes Reunited, although currently only a free member so I don't think I can currently access you tree. Looks like I'll be joining tonight.
Kevin
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KevinThornicroft
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Hi Chris
Just to let you know I am now a fully paid up member of Genes Reunited. Not sure yet how it all works, do you need to send me message on GenesReunited so that I can share my tree?
Cheers
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Oblivion
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Nudging for someone coming to have a look-there's lots of us about ! 
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pedroparker
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Hi, random, i know, but Skelcher isn't a run of the mill name. So here goes if it helps.
I have a Hannah Skelcher who is my great great great great grandmother  on my tree b. 1795 d. 1854
She married a Richard Newman, and as far as i know was from Northamptonshire, possibly Farthinghoe.
Hope it helps.
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carol02
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I found an inquest in the Leamington Courier of Annie Skelcher, age 28, wife of William Skelcher, labourer of 35 Albion Row, Leamington.
She was going to bed at 9.15 p.m on Monday 28th May 1888. the paraffin lamp she was carrying exploded and her clothing caught fire. She was admitted to Warneford Hospital with severe burns to the body. She died on the Saturday from shock to the system. Verdict. Accidental death.
Carol
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loisand
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Hi, I haven't read all this thread yet, but will do later, George Skelsey who married Ann Draper, daughter of Edward & Ann Draper, Edward & Ann Draper was my husbands 3 x grandparents. On my side of the family I have Whittles (from Leicester) so am really keen to see if the Whittle you mention further in the thread originates from Leicester, I have her at the moment coming from Foleshill on my tree.
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Burrows, Bartle, Pearsall, Priestman, Whittle, Stevenson, Steans, Waples, Kirk, Lee, Taylor, Twining, Draper, Rowley
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chris_49
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Hi Lois, and and welcome to this thread - make sure you've a lot of spare time to read it all! (Some bits are better skipped first time, especially the long posts exchanged between me and BushInn).
I too am descended from George Skelcey and Ann Draper - not an exclusive club, they had 8 surviving children, 40+ grandchildren and uncounted great-descendants - and so related to all those hundreds of Skelseys and Drapers of Cubbington.
Bear with me on this and apologies if you know it. Eliza Whittle gives her birthplace on censuses as Cubbington. In 1870 when widowed she married Henry Draper, and her daughter Jane born Foleshill was living with them in 1881. The IGI suggests Eliza was born a Harrod (though I've found no evidence of the marriage, just a baptism of Elkiza Harrod in Cubbington in 1839). This confuses matters because a Harriet Harrod married a George Skelcey, and Jane Whittle married his (fairly distant) cousin and near contemporary George Skelcey, son of George and Ann (so also a cousin of her stepfather's) in 1884. In 1891 and 1901 George and Jane's eldest daughter Edith Harriet Skelcey is living with Henry and Eliza. Edith then married another cousin, Francis Edward Draper - a grandson of Richard Draper - in 1907, and the widowed Henry is living with them in 1911. Cubbington is a bit like this.
The name I've seen spelled Whittell and even Whitehall but I pay no attention to that - Skelsey can be any old spelling. I've not investigated them because they're not my direct relatives - there are enough of those to be going on with. I'm in touch with loads of Skelcey and Draper relatives, many still in and around Cubbington. I'm descended from George's second son James - which one is your husband from?
Chris
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Skelcey (Skelsey Skelcy Skeley Shelsey Kelcy Skelcher) - Warks, Yorks, Lancs
Hancox - Warks
Green - Warks
Draper - Warks
Morris - Denbs Mont Salop
Davies - Cheshire, North Wales
Fellowes - Cheshire, Denbighshire
Hicks - Cornwall
Lloyd and Jones (Mont)
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loisand
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Hi Chris,
Edward Draper b 1794 Rowington m Ann Taylor at Hampton in Arden, their son Richard Draper m Jane ? 1867, their son Richard Edward draper m Emily ? 1921, their son Harold Richard Draper m Annie May Rowley, hubby is the grandson of Harold & Annie May Draper.
Edward Draper b 1794, daughter Ann Draper m George Skelsey 1851 Cubbington, so if your descended from them it makes you and my hubby very distant cousins.
Mysterys seem to run in the Draper household, from reading the thread it also looks like mysteries ran in the Skelsey households too
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chris_49
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Hi Lois,
Sorry for not getting back sooner. All the evidence we have, including from relatives who've seen the marriage records, is that the Ann Draper who married George Skelcey in 1850 was one of the daughters of Thomas and Julia Draper of Cubbington - her sister Hannah married his brother William Enoch, and the John Draper and Richard Draper whose descendants marry in are her brothers. This Ann was the right age give or take a year on all censuses, too, and always gives her birthplace as Cubbington (1861 through to 1911).
The Rowington born Ann Draper was older (born 1832?) and seems to have been still unmarried in 1861, living with her siblings including a Hannah, true, but that one also unmarried in 1861. Ann Skelcey lived until 1914 and her age was given as 84 when she died. The Rowington Ann couldn't be found in 1871 - she just might be the one who died in 1869 aged 46 in Warwick district. Chris
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Skelcey (Skelsey Skelcy Skeley Shelsey Kelcy Skelcher) - Warks, Yorks, Lancs
Hancox - Warks
Green - Warks
Draper - Warks
Morris - Denbs Mont Salop
Davies - Cheshire, North Wales
Fellowes - Cheshire, Denbighshire
Hicks - Cornwall
Lloyd and Jones (Mont)
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loisand
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Oh Noooo....got to recheck my tree now, didn't think there was so many Drapers, and now I'm finding millions of Rowleys....fingers crossed that I can sort it out!!! 
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