Brief Life History of James H
When James H Skinner was born on 16 March 1809, in Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Thomas Skinner, was 38 and his mother, Lena Jane, was 41. He had at least 1 daughter with Mary Sophia Bryant. He lived in Erie, Erie, Pennsylvania, United States in 1850. He died on 12 September 1878, at the age of 69, and was buried in Erie Cemetery, Erie, Erie, Pennsylvania, United States.
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- James Skinner, "United States Census, 1870"
- James Skinner, "Find A Grave Index"
- James Skinner, "United States Census, 1850"
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1812
War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
1812 · Harrisburg Becomes the State Capital
Harrisburg had important parts with migration, the Civil War, and the Industrial Revolution.
1830 · The Second Great Awakening
Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
Name Meaning
English: occupational name for someone who stripped the hide from animals to be used in the production of fur garments, or to be tanned for leather, from Middle English skinner ‘skinner’, an agent derivative of Middle English skin(n) ‘hide, pelt’ (Old Norse skinn).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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