George Nelson Skinner

Brief Life History of George Nelson

When George Nelson Skinner was born on 10 December 1858, in East Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States, his father, Lewis Terrill Skinner, was 35 and his mother, Sophronia Maria Wolcott, was 32. He married Delcena Maria Hayes on 25 December 1884. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. He died on 10 July 1927, in Vernon, Tolland, Connecticut, United States, at the age of 68.

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Family Time Line

George Nelson Skinner
1858–1927
Delcena Maria Hayes
1861–1927
Marriage: 25 December 1884
George Raymond Skinner
1885–1954
Ethel Maria Skinner
1887–1980
Luther Calvin Skinner
1889–1956
Lewis Terril Skinner
1895–1972
Ruthellen Skinner
1897–1934
Mabel Skinner
1899–1900
Della Frances Skinner
1902–1903

Sources (11)

  • George N Skinner in household of Lewis F Skinner, "United States Census, 1870"
  • George in entry for Della M. Hayes Skinner, "Connecticut, Charles R. Hale Collection, Vital Records, 1640-1955"
  • George N Skinner, "United States Census, 1860"

World Events (8)

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1868 · Land in Groton Given to US Navy for Navy Station

In 1868, the State of Connecticut gave the Navy 112 acres of land along the Thames River. This became the location of the Naval Submarine Base. It was designed to hold 1,400 men and 20 submarines. During WWII it was expanded to 497 acres. 

1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.

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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