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May be worth getting this death certificate to see who the informant was??

Name: Amy Anna C Skelland
Birth Date: 13 Aug 1883
Death Registration Month/Year: 1973
Registration district: Sheffield
Inferred County: Yorkshire West Riding
Volume: 2d
Page: 625

William Mosford SKELLAND married my 3rd cousin twice removed Amy Anna Caroline HAWES on 15/6/1904 in Madras. So far I've identified two of their children, Frederick William Mosford S( born 28/3/1905 in India and christened at Pondicherry on 13/5/1905), and Marguerite Linda S (born 24/11/1906 in India and christened at Cannanore, India, on 16/12/1906.These good people do not appear in the 1911 Census of England and Wales, so we might deduce they were still in India then?
Does anyone who has contributed to this thread have access to incoming passenger lists (Ancestry.com) - this might tell use when the family returned to the UK.
The backgrounds of the photos may then be telling, first India then UK?
Guessing that the albums show the family of FWMS and MLS, and knowing(?) that the former had no issue, it may be that Marguerite Linda or her descendants (if any) might be interested (what happened to her>?). Or the HAWES family?
I have contact with several Living HAWES, who, as far as I know, were only aware that Amy Anna Caroline had married a chap called SKELLAND, and know nothing about where, when, who he was or their fates.
HTH
Don
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Hi, many thanks for your previous messages re my step grandfathers family. i have now managed to find a few more details about him.
Frederick William Mosford Skelland born 28/03/1905 in Pondicherry, India. His father William Mosford (Engineering Asst), mother Amy Anna Caroline. He was an Electrical Engineer.
At some point after 1933 an address in Guildford crops up.
He was killed in a motorcycle accident in 1955 on the IOW and is buried there with my grandmother (nee Stringer/Hardwick)

I've three albums of photos dating around 1910-1950 of family members of we presume the Skelland family. We don't know who they are and as they are not blood relatives we like to return them to those who are as they could be important to them.

If anyone thinks they may be part of the family please drop me an e-mail.
Thanks Derry

Well i can't find one of Margaret and John's sons marrying and yes derry is the daughter of Dorothy's daughter.

There was John 1869 upolsterer 1891 in 1901 married to Eleanor living in Stretford lancashire a upolsterer
1911 John upolsterer.
Eleanor wife no children born to this marriage!!!!!

William 1870 clerk in 1891 cotton dealer 1901 single

Henry 1872 machanic in 1891 Henry not married in 1911.

Maryb
Can't find William M Skelland 1870 or frederick on 1911 could they be abroad?

Dear Derry,
I am now assuming the step-daughter is your Mother.

We have not yet pinned down Frederick Skelland's birth, which should be 1905, just wondering which of his names he was using.
Does not have to be William Mosford Skelland's (1870) son, could be a nephew.

Pat

What is the significance of the 'to return photographs' title?

Great-grandfather?

1851 England Census
John Skelland Age: 39 Estimated birth year: abt 1812 Relation: Head Spouse's name: Mary Gender: Male Where born: Tattenhall, Cheshire, England Civil parish: Tattenhall County/Island: Cheshire
Country: England Street Address: - Occupation:Farmer 30(?) acres
Registration district: Great Boughton Sub-registration district: Tattenhall ED, institution, or vessel: 31b
Household schedule number: 50
John Skelland 39
Mary Skelland 39 Bishops Castle Shropshire
Mary Skelland 14
John Skelland 13
Samuel Skelland 11
Thomas Skelland 10
William Skelland 4
Hannah Skelland 2
Ann Skelland 5 Mo
Source Citation: Class: HO107; Piece: 2171; Folio: 222; Page: 14; GSU roll: 87159-87161.

Margaret and John Skellan also had John 1869 and henry 1872.
1911 Henry head and single.
Margaret mother and widow
113,Maidstone Road New Southgate.
Middlesex.

Maryb

Are you looking for his children or ancestors? As appears to be only step-daughter:

IN PROUD AND LOVING MEMORY OF
FREDERICK WILIAM MOSFORD
SKELLAND
DEARLY LOVED HUSBAND OF DOROTHY
AND ADORED FATHER OF JOYCE
DIED APRIL 1ST 1955, AGED 50 YEARS
“HE DID EVIL UNTO NO MAN EITHER BY WORD OR DEED”

AND OF DOROTHY FLORENCE
HIS BELOVED WIFE
AND DEAREST “MUMMY” OF JOYCE
REUNITED WITH HIM
ON OCTOBER 7TH 1963
AGED 60 YEARS

“A LOVING MEMORY ALWAYS”

SKELLAND .. On Friday April 1st, at the Royal I.W. County Hospital, Ryde, Frederick William Mosford, beloved husband of Dorothy and father of Joyce, North View, Fishbourne, I.W. --- Mrs. SKELLAND and daughter wish to thank Mr. Gordon WALKER, Mr. Wilson HARLOW, and the house physician, matron, night and day staffs of the County Hospital for their attention and kindness.

ISLE OF WIGHT COUNTY PRESS Saturday April 9th 1955, page 7.
BINSTEAD HILL FATALITY
INQUEST ON MOTOR CYCLIST ADJOURNED
Mr. Frederick William Mosford SKELLAND, aged 50, of Northview, Fishbourne-lane, Fishbourne, died at the Royal I.W. County Hospital on Friday week, two days after his motor cycle had been in collision with another motor cycle driven by Mr. B. YOUNG, of Roselle, Fishbourne-lane, Fishbourne. The collision occurred at the junction of Binstead Hill and Newnham-road, and both motor cyclists were removed to hospital, where Mr. YOUNG is detained.
The Coroner (Mr. J. V. BULLIN) opened the inquest on Mr. SKELLAND, an inspector for the Southern electricity Board, at his office at Ryde on Monday. Mr. C. MERRILL represented the family. After evidence of identification had been given by Miss Dolly Joyce STRINGER, of Queen Alexandra’s Hospital, Cosham, a step-daughter, the inquest was adjourned until April 25th. The Coroner said a material witness (Mr. YOUNG) was in hospital, and was not likely to be fit enough to give evidence until then.

1901 England Census
William M Skelland
Age: 31 Estimated birth year: abt 1870 Relation: Head Mother's Name: Margaret M Gender: Male Where born: Ashton, Cheshire, England Civil parish: Pendlebury Ecclesiastical parish: Christchurch County/Island: Lancashire Country: England Street Address: 89 Station Road Occupation: cotton spinner Registration district: Salford Sub-registration district: Pendleton ED, institution, or vessel: 74 Household schedule number: 111
William M Skelland 31 single
Margaret M Skelland 57 mother widow
Source Citation: Class: RG13; Piece: 3721; Folio: 120; Page: 19.

John Skelland married Margaret Mary Mosford A.M/J 1866 in great boughton Cheshire 8a 531.

Maryb

1871 England Census
William Mosford Skelland Age: 1 Estimated birth year: abt 1870 Relation: Son Father's Name: John Mother's Name: Margaret Mary Gender: Male Where born: Ashton, Cheshire, England Civil parish: Ashton County/Island: Cheshire Country: England Registration district: Chester Sub-registration district: Tattenhall ED, institution, or vessel: 15 Household schedule number: 84
John Skelland 33 farmer Tattenhall Cheshire
Margaret Mary Skelland 27 could be 37 Liverpool
John Skelland 2
William Mosford Skelland 1
Elizabeth Newport 19
Sarah Creven 15
John Astbury 22
James Roberts 20
Alfred Rowe 14
Source Citation: Class: RG10; Piece: 3720; Folio: 28; Page: 16; GSU roll: 842127.

Could not see any Skelland and Springer/Stringer children

An ancestor?:
Births Mar 1870
Skelland William Mosford Chester 8a 363

Was he born 1905 and married Dorothy F Springer in Northamptonshire 1938.
Dorothy F Skelland died London 1963.

At inquest into death of Frederick there was a Dolly Joyce Stringer stedaughter.
Maryb

Have you searched the trees on here? maybe tried Friends reunited for his children and/or grandchildren? I foyu have the death cert the informant may be a start point?

Hi I'm seeking the family of FREDERICK WILLIAM MOSFORD
SKELLAND, died 01/04/55 on the Isle of Wight.