campbell/skillington farm in grantham

[kalasira]

hi can any one help me ,i know my grandparents had a farm in granthem but where i dont know,all i know is his crop,s failed and he shot him self ?,my grandmum re-marryed a skillington and they kepted shire horse,s i know its nothing but maybe the surnames may ring a bell,thanks x

[CaroleW]

Can you include a timescale - 18th/19th/20th century?

Also - some christian names

[groom]

Hi

As you mention grandparent, I guess we are talking 20th century.

There is this death

Ronald P Cambell
age 51
Dec quarter 1948
Grantham 3b 91

But we really need more details.

[kalasira]

thanks for replying,if i have this right ,my dad was born round about 1924,on boxing day in sheffield,his parents my granparents,were called maud and william skillington,this is where i get lost,maude,first husband was called campbell (SURNAME)I  do know they had a farm,and that campbell shot him self,when i went to the village called skillington a farmer did rememer them,so they would have been around 1800,they were surposed to have kepted shire horse,s then maud re-marryed and became a skillington  

[kalasira]

the campbell,s had a farm the crop failed he shot him self his first name i don't know,grandma remarry-ed a skillington he was called william and they kept-ed shire horse,s i am saying 1800 .s cos my dad was born 1924,to William and Maude in Sheffield ,first granfather i have no first name, just surname campbell ,

[CaroleW]

There is no marriage between a William Skillington and a Maud Campbell

Do you have a copy of your fathers birth certificate as there are a couple of Skillington births in Yorkshire - one in Sheffield with mothers maiden name Neave and the other in Dewsbury  maiden name Skillington

[CaroleW]

I am assuming your father was Harry Campbell Skillington b 29.12.1924 died Stockport 1998

Births

Harry C Skillington mother's maiden name = Neave March qtr 1925 Sheffield
Volume  9c Page 1019

[CaroleW]

Harry Skillington married Maud Neave March qtr 1918 Lincoln 7A 941

[CaroleW]

Maud Skillington born 25.7.1897 died in Sheffield in 1978

Maud Neave was born September qtr 1897 Horncastle 7A 552

She was only 21 when she married Skillington so rather young to have been previously married