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can anyone help with search for either JOHN or FREDERICK SKOOF who fathered : JOHN born 1919 ; WILLIAM born 1920; ANTHONY born 1923 and ELSIE born 1924 - all born in SCULCOATES YORKS - mother's name: MAUD KIRK - any help would be greatly appreciated. thanks - Susan

Have you looked on freebmd?

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What details do you know about him, he is obviously mistranscribed on census's or possibly from abroad..

Have you got his Marriage certificate to give his Fathers name..

Cant find a marriage for them.

Surname: Skoof

Recorded in various spellings throughout Northern Europe including: Scough, Skough, Skoof, Skoogh, Skoughman, and probably others, this is a Scandanavian-Viking, and apparently particularly Swedish, surname of ancient origins. It is believed to derive from the pre 7th century word 'skogr', meaning a wood, and as such is cognate with the English surname of Shaw or Shawe. This suggests that it is either topographical for a person who lived by a wood, or it is locational from a place called Skou, Skog, or Skough. Unlike Denmark and Norway where surnames are predominately patronymics, Swedish are more diverse, and topographical surnames, which is to say that their surnames that have a strong relation to natural features in the countryside, and as a type are as popular as in Britain and other Eurpean countries. However Sweden, as in most parts of Scandanavia was very late in adopting fixed hereditary spellings for their surnames. This was because in the very small and scattered communities of Scandanavia, upto as late as the 20th century, there was little need for bureaucracy, everybody knew each other! However we have been able to obtain a number of relatively early recordings. These include: Maria Scoff, who married Cornelius Besemer at Ouderkerker, Zuid Holland, in The Netherlands, on July 1st 1694, Lars and Hellena Skough, whose son also called Lars, was christened at Gefle, Sweden, on May 15th 1721, and Paulus Skoof, the daughter of Flori Skoof, christened at Krimpen Ann De Lek, Zuid Holland, on March 15th 1819.





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Deaths of a couple of the offspring

Name: John Skoof
Birth Date: 4 Nov 1919
Death Registration Month/Year: Feb 1995
Age at death (estimated): 75
Registration district: Marlborough
Inferred County: Wiltshire
Register number: 11B
Entry Number: 289


Name: William Skoof
Birth Date: 17 Nov 1920
Death Registration Month/Year: Jun 1998
Age at death (estimated): 77
Registration district: Doncaster
Inferred County: Nottinghamshire, Yorkshire
Register number: E5D
Entry Number: 124

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As the births were all post-WW1, it is feasible that the father was from overseas, and came to this country during the War.

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