Skews, James Edward

[groom]

I can't see the same family together post 1891.  I think William had died but this could be his wife Hannah in 1901. 

There is this death

Dec 1896
Skews    William    58    Strood    2a   327

[groom]

This looks like the death of the 1852 James Skews, but I cant see any more deaths, so it does look as if the James Skeur could be the right one.

Deaths Mar 1915   
Skews    James    63    Dartford    2a   1098

[groom]

The only Jemima Aldridge I can find b.c.1873 (as Mrs J Skews was age 46 on shipping record) was b Norfolk and was married to William Abraham Aldridge and had sons Leonard William & Harold G???
Her maiden name was possibly Hingle
Do any of these names ring a bell?

Suz

I think this could be the Jemima Aldridge that died aged 78 in Norwich in 1949.
Volume   4B Page  651
 
 

[suzard]

Could be them in 1891 - Image looks possible
SKEUR William    53    General LabourerNorthfleet, Kent   
SKEUR Harriett    51Swanscombe, Kent   
SKEUR Louisa 12       
SKEUR James    10    
SKEUR Rose 8    
Living at  32, Rural Vale, Northfleet All children born Northfleet
RG12 piece 649 folio 16 page 25

Kay

Good find - image definately reads Skews
It looks like James and Rose have been entered in the wrong order -Rose was age 1 in 1881 - so possibly they should have been entered as Rose age 10 and James age 8

1881
37 Perry St Northfleet Kent
#William Skews Head M 44 Genl labourer Northfleet Kent
Harriet wife 42 Swanscomb Kent
Albert son 12 scholar Northfleet
Frederick J son 10 scholar Northfleet
Emma daughter 7 Northfleet
Minnie daughter 5 Gravesend Kent
Louisa daughter 2 Northfleet
Rose daughter 1 Northfleet
RG11 877 100 53

This looks like Rose's birth reg
Rose Selina Skews Jun qtr 1880 N Aylesford reg dist kent 2A 498

this looks like Rose in 1901
10 Gaitskell Rd Lewisham London
Amos Robinson Head M 24 Commercial Traveller Clothing Ilkeston Derbys
Ellen wife 38 Bow London
Edgar son 16 Clerk Builders Merchants Holloway
Lillian May daughter 1 month
ROSE SKEWS nurse 22 nurse Gateshead Kent
RG13 544 16 23

Suz

[Kay99]

Good find - Sadly James is illusive in 1901

Kay

[suzard]

Have found the family in 1871
Barrack Field Northfleet kent
William Skews Head M34 Bricklayers Lab Northfleet
Harriett wife 31 Swanscomb
Harriett M daughter 11 scholar Marylebone London
Caroline daughter 9 scholar Gravesend
Alice daughter 5 scholar Northfleet
Annie daughter 4 Northfleet
Albert son 2 Northfleet
RG10 895 99 20
Lots of children to research -if we have the correct family

Albert is interesting
Looks like his birth reg
Albert William Skews
Mar qtr 1869 North Aylesford Kent 2a 442

there is this
Canadian British Regimental Service
reg no 33 1/8 1350
Albert William Skews
97th Foot Soldiers
Atttestaion 26 Nov 1885 Gravesend Kent
p.o.b. Northfleet Kent
religion C of E
age 18

looks like he married
Marriage reg
Albert William Skews
Mercy Hibben
Sept qtr 1894
Dartford Kent
2a 888

and he died same quarter
Death reg
Albert William Skews
age 24
Sept qtr 1894
Dartford 2a 244

1901 Barnfield Dartford Kent
Mercy Skews servant widow 30 Cook Stone Kent
to a solicitor

Mercy remarried
Dec qtr 1901 to George Judge

looks like may be a tragic story there -and a Canadian connection?

Suz

[Kay99]

Interesting family pages re the Skews in Northfleet and the family of William b 1837
http://www.terrys.org.uk/charts/s/skews400.htm
http://www.terrys.org.uk/charts/s/skews500.htm

Kay

[groom]

Those charts are interesting as it shows William as a brother of the James who married Jane and died in 1915.

[Barbarajk]

I can't express my gratitude enough!  Thank you so much for doing such an amazing job trying to piece the puzzle of the Skews family!  I have a little bit more information since I just contacted my Aunt Margaret Rose, 86 years old.  Apparently her mom and dad, never talked about family or life in England.  However we do have the original marriage certificate and birth certificates of James Edward and Jemima.

They were married in the New Parish Church, in 1915.  Bromley is also on the document?
Their parents were, James Aldridge and Emma Aldridge.  Can't read her maiden name but looks like Post?  James parents were William and Harriet Skews.  Her maiden name, Carter.

Oh yes, Harriet Skews was born in 1895.

According to my aunt, James skews came to Canada for a few years and then went back to England to marry Harriet.  They came to Canada, don't know when.  The daughter Alice was born in Canada and they took her back to England to see her parents.  I know the record was found of the three of them returning to Canada when Alice was three.  Apparently they also brought Harriet's two brothers, Jim and Len with them.  They moved to Ontario, while James and Jemima moved to Winnipeg. 

What I do know is Jemima had 4 children, Alice, a set of twins, Mayvin and Maylee?, Margaret Rose and my father, James.