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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- 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"
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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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