Genealogy Chat

A fresh pair of eyes please, would love some help or any suggestions

Harry Skeats born 1895 Gosport Hampshire ?

I have found his WW1 Army pension records ok on Ancestry it his have checked with my friend
Have his marriage and death records but can not pin his birth down

a mystery man a friend asked me to seach for him seemed to think he was put in a children's home, his name is on the records on here but I know they do not know any more about him, have spent all day and getting no farther forwards, just a couple of names some times Skeats or Skeates .

thank you Annabel

:-S

Is this him?

Births Dec 1894
Skeats William Henry Southampton 2c 33

Right county and Harry is an alternative for Henry.

On the Army papers he was 18 yrs 5 months on 13th April 1913 so this is the right quarter.

Will go and look at censuses now.

There is a Harry in 1911 says born Isle of Wight which is only over the water so a possible.

On his marriage cert, what name is given for his father? And occupation?

Thanks for your help Janice much appreciated

I have not seen his marriage or death certs, just on the records as I know who he married and where he died and the years.

My friend said he was never Henry always Harry but who knows he could have been his past was never talked about, they know he comes from Hampshire ended up in Oxfordshire and worked on the railways, have been going though the census at Yelford to get any clues but none

I think your friend should buy the marriage cert as she knows it's definitely the right couple.

Hopefully he's not illegitimate and there will be a father's name and occupation there. The witnesses could give clues, and there would be a possibly useful address.

With so little to go on at the moment, I think this will be a slow journey so facts will need to carefully assembled.

Is this the death?

Name: Harry Skeates
Birth Date: 12 Oct 1895
Date of Registration: Apr-May-Jun 1977
Age at Death: 81
Registration district: Oxford
Inferred County: Oxfordshire
Volume: 20
Page: 2374

Looks like he's on the railway records for Oxford station :-)


UK, Railway Employment Records, 1833-1963 about H Skeates
Name: H Skeates
Residence Date: 7 Apr 1919
Station: Oxford
Company: Great Western
Class Number: 264
Piece: 266
Description: Alphabetical register of characters 1918-1927

Swirly writing but I think it says fitter's mate.

Yes that's him Janice,


I think they have his wedding cert but no clues on it, looked at so many records today as its night time here I am giving it away and going to have my tea, once again thanks for your help and interest.


Annabel :-)

There's this one on Isle of Wight records with mother's maiden name Urry but it's 1891:


Year Surname Forenames Other surnames Sub-District Ref
1891 SKEATS
Henry William URRY Cowes C36/E298

A tree on A*estry has this;


Name: Harry Denver Skeats
Birth: 12 Oct 1895 - England
Death: Jun 1977 - Witney, Oxfordshire, England
Marriage: Married Dec 1919 (Dec 1919) - Witney, Oxfordshire
Parents: Fanny Skeats
Spouse: Ethel (I removed the middle and surname)

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1901 England Census
about Harry Skeens


Name:Harry Skeens
Age:6
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1895
Relation:Lodger
Gender:Male
Where born:Gosport, Hampshire, England

Civil parish:Alverstoke
Ecclesiastical parish:St Mary
County/Island:Hampshire


Registration district:Alverstoke
Sub-registration district:Alverstoke


John W Charlton42
Fanny Skeens35
Charles Skeens13
Harry Skeens6


EDIT>>>>> this chap is Leopold Herbert in 1911, still living with his widowed mother and he is in the marines

Thank you for your reply s

I think I can rule out Harry Skeens looks like his correct name is Leopold Herbert, found his birth and marriage in Hampshire.

Harry Denver Skeats is wrong he was down at the docks in WW1 you can read it on Ancestry, different Harry Skeats but they got the correct wife,

Annabel