James Arthur Skeggs1896–
- Name
- James Arthur Skeggs
- Given names
- James Arthur
- Surname
- Skeggs
| Birth | June 23, 1896 43 37 Citation details: "England, Cheshire Parish Registers, 1538-2000," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FQP4-1ZC : accessed 24 January 2015), James Arthur Skeggs and Esmeralda Locke, 03 Apr 1929, Marriage; citing item 4, St Michael, Macclesfield, Cheshire, England, Record Office, Chester; FHL microfilm 2,262,786. Citation details: http://search.findmypast.com/record?id=gbc%2f1901%2f0018190989 : accessed 24 Jan 2015 Source: 1939 Register, UK Citation details: Skeggs household (6 people) http://search.findmypast.com/record?id=tna%2fr39%2f4033%2f4033i%2f007%2f07&_ga=1.37864547.1561470702.1438525405 : accessed 15 Jan 2016, citing Ref: RG101/4033I/007/7 Letter Code: LFIC Text: DOB: 23 Jun 1896 Note: Age given as 32y at marriage
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| Birth of a sister | Florence B “Florrie” Skeggs about 1900 (Age 3 years) Citation details: http://search.findmypast.com/record?id=gbc%2f1901%2f0018190989 : accessed 24 Jan 2015 |
| Epidemic | February 1, 1901 (Age 4 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1901_in_South_Africa Note: Bubonic plague breaks out in Cape Town
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| Census | March 31, 1901 (Age 4 years) Citation details: Household: Thomas SKEGGS (1901), https://search.findmypast.com/record?id=gbc%2f1901%2f0018190989 : accessed 15 Nov 2018 |
| Residence | April 3, 1901 (Age 4 years) Address: 603 Foleshill Road
Coventry
Warwickshire
England Citation details: http://search.findmypast.com/record?id=gbc%2f1901%2f0018190989 : accessed 24 Jan 2015 |
| War | from October 11, 1899 to May 31, 1902 (Age 3 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Boer_War Note: Second Boer War
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| Historical Event | from 1852 to 1902 Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_African_Republic Note: The South African Republic (Dutch: Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek, ZAR), often referred to as the Transvaal and sometimes as the Republic of Transvaal, was an independent and internationally recognised country in Southern Africa from 1852 to 1902.
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| Historical Event | from 1854 to 1902 Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orange_Free_State Note: The Orange Free State (Dutch: Oranje-Vrijstaat, Afrikaans: Oranje-Vrystaat) was an independent Boer sovereign republic in southern Africa during the second half of the 19th century, and later a British colony and a province of the Union of South Africa. It is the historical precursor to the present-day Free State province
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| Epidemic | February 1904 (Age 7 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1904_in_South_Africa Note: Pneumonic plague breaks out in Johannesburg
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| Epidemic | 1906 (Age 9 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1906_in_South_Africa Note: Tuberculosis reaches epidemic proportions in South Africa
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| Marriage of a parent | Samuel William Hazlewood — Emma Hewitt — View this family between April 1908 and May 1908 (Age 11 years) Citation details: https://www.findmypast.com/transcript?id=BMD/M/1908/2/AZ/000177/135 : accessed 15 Nov 2018 Text: SAMUEL WILLIAM HAZLEWOOD married one of these people Emma Skeggs, Annie Fitzpatrick |
| Historical Event | May 31, 1910 (Age 13 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_of_South_Africa Note: Union of South Africa established
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| Epidemic | 1912 (Age 15 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1912_in_South_Africa Note: Smallpox outbreaks: The outbreak of smallpox is reported in the Malay Location, Johannesburg and cases of smallpox are discovered in Durban
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| War | from July 28, 1914 to November 11, 1918 (Age 18 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I Note: World War I
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| Epidemic | 1918 (Age 21 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1918_in_South_Africa Note: Spanish flu: An estimated 500,000 people die from the Spanish flu epidemic in South Africa, the fifth hardest hit country in the world
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| Marriage | Esmeralda Locke — View this family April 3, 1929 (Age 32 years) Citation details: "England, Cheshire Parish Registers, 1538-2000," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FQP4-1ZC : accessed 24 January 2015), James Arthur Skeggs and Esmeralda Locke, 03 Apr 1929, Marriage; citing item 4, St Michael, Macclesfield, Cheshire, England, Record Office, Chester; FHL microfilm 2,262,786. Citation details: http://search.findmypast.com/record?id=bmd%2fm%2f1929%2f2%2faz%2f001041%2f136 : accessed 4 June 2016 Citation details: Birth registration Keith R.L. SKEGGS: http://search.findmypast.com/record?id=bmd%2fb%2f1931%2f3%2faz%2f001099%2f075 : accessed 31 October 2015 |
| Economic Event | October 1929 (Age 33 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://goo.gl/MgHbRM Note: The Wall Street Crash sets off the Great Depression, the most severe worldwide economic depression in the 20th century
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| Birth of a son #1 | Keith Robert Locke Skeggs May 20, 1931 (Age 34 years) Citation details: "England and Wales, Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/QVQQ-1FCZ : accessed 26 December 2014), Keith R L Skeggs, 1931; from "England & Wales Births, 1837-2006," index, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Birth Registration, Macclesfield, Cheshire, England, citing General Register Office, Southport, England. Note: Keith had given the impression that he was born on 20 May 1926
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| Death of a mother | Emma Hewitt May 29, 1932 (Age 35 years) Age: 72 years Publication: Record transcription Citation details: Death: Emma Hazlewood (1932), https://www.findmypast.com/transcript?id=BMD/D/1932/2/AZ/000404/011 : accessed 16 Nov 2018 Text: Q2 Source: Coventry Evening Telegraph Citation details: Memoriam: Emma HAZLEWOOD / SKEGGS (1932), May 29, 1937, https://search.findmypast.com/bna/viewarticle?id=bl%2f0000337%2f19370529%2f101 : accessed 16 Nov 2018 |
| Occupation | detective constable 1939 (Age 42 years)Employer: Manlesfield Boro Police Force Source: 1939 Register, UK Citation details: Skeggs household (6 people) http://search.findmypast.com/record?id=tna%2fr39%2f4033%2f4033i%2f007%2f07&_ga=1.37864547.1561470702.1438525405 : accessed 15 Jan 2016, citing Ref: RG101/4033I/007/7 Letter Code: LFIC |
| Residence | Esmeralda Locke — View this family 1939 (Age 42 years) Address: Meriden,
Gawsworth Rd,
Macclesfield Source: 1939 Register, UK Citation details: Skeggs household (6 people) http://search.findmypast.com/record?id=tna%2fr39%2f4033%2f4033i%2f007%2f07&_ga=1.37864547.1561470702.1438525405 : accessed 15 Jan 2016, citing Ref: RG101/4033I/007/7 Letter Code: LFIC Date of entry in original source: 1939 Quality of data: primary evidence |
| War | from September 1, 1939 to September 2, 1945 (Age 43 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II Note: World War II
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| Occupation | Director: Marine Park Hotel 1948 (Age 51 years) Source: Western Times Publication: Newspaper Citation details: Wetern Times July 30, 1948, p8, https://search.findmypast.com/bna/viewarticle?id=bl%2f0000265%2f19480730%2f105 : accessed 15 Nov 2018 |
| Historical Event | February 14, 1961 (Age 64 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1961_in_South_Africa Note: Decimalisation of currency replaces the South African pound with the South African rand
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| Historical Event | May 31, 1961 (Age 64 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1961_in_South_Africa Note: South Africa becomes a republic
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| Death of a wife | Esmeralda Locke between January 1985 and March 1985 (Age 88 years) Publication: Record transcription Citation details: Death: Esmeralda SKEGGS (1985), https://www.findmypast.com/transcript?id=BMD/D/1985/3/75209699 : accessed 15 Nov 2018 |
| Historical Event | February 11, 1990 (Age 93 years) Note: Nelson Mandela [released] (http://www.useful.url)
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| Historical Event | April 27, 1994 (Age 97 years) Note: First General Elections
Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_African_general_election,_1994 |
| Death of a son | Keith Robert Locke Skeggs December 8, 2010 (Age 114 years) Address: 130 Lancaster Rd |
| Death | yes |
- Generation 1
James Arthur Skeggs , detective constable (in 1939) and director: Marine Park Hotel (in 1948), son ofThomas Skeggs andEmma Hewitt , was born on June 23, 1896 in Woolwich, Kent, England. He marriedEsmeralda Locke , daughter ofRobert Arthur Locke andLaura Stubbs , on April 3, 1929 in St Michael, Macclesfield, Chesire, England. She was born on April 17, 1906 and died between January 1985 and March 1985 in Penzance, Cornwall, England.Children of
James Arthur Skeggs andEsmeralda Locke :Keith Robert Locke Skeggs (1931–2010)
- Generation 2back to top
Keith Robert Locke Skeggs , son ofJames Arthur Skeggs andEsmeralda Locke , was born on May 20, 1931 in Macclesfield, Chesire, England and died on December 8, 2010 in Gordons Bay, Western Cape at the age of 79.Keith Robert Locke Skeggs had 1 child.
- Generation 3back to topThe details of this generation are private.