James Arthur Frederick Skeggs, 18961963 (aged 67 years)

James Arthur Frederick SKEGGS (c. 1914)
Name
James Arthur Frederick /Skeggs/
Given names
James Arthur Frederick
Surname
Skeggs
Citation details: Baptism: Keith Robert Locke SKEGGS (1931), FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:CVBC-S7PZ : 10 April 2021), Keith Robert Locke Skeggs, 1931 : accessed 9 Jan 2022
Birth
Text:

cal 1896

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: 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

Citation details: James Arthur Frederick SKEGGS (1896-1963), https://livesofthefirstworldwar.iwm.org.uk/lifestory/5708637 : accessed 13 Feb 2022
Epidemic
Bubonic plague
February 1, 1901 (aged 4 years)
Source citation:

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Note: Bubonic plague breaks out in Cape Town.
Census
March 31, 1901 (aged 4 years)

1901 England - Census transcript - Thomas Skeggs - Household
603, Foleshill Road, Coventry, Warwickshire, England

NameRelationConditionAgeMAgeFOccupationEmpHomeBirthplaceInfirm
Thomas SkeggsheadMar48Labourer (Woodyard)Hertfordshire
Emma …wifeMar42Foleshill, Warwickshire
Minnie F SkeggsdaughterUnm15Woolwich, Kent
Victor A Skeggsson13Errand BoyWoolwich, Kent
Horace G Skeggsson12Woolwich, Kent
Alice M Skeggsdaughter11Woolwich, Kent
Charley G Skeggsson9Woolwich, Kent
Dorothy E Skeggsdaughter8Woolwich, Kent
James Arthur Skeggsson4Woolwich, Kent
Florence B Skeggsdaughter1Foleshill, Warwickshire
Residence
War
Second Boer War
from October 11, 1899 to May 31, 1902 (aged 5 years)
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Historical Event
South African Republic
from 1852 to 1902 (aged 5 years)
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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.
Historical Event
Orange Free State
from 1854 to 1902 (aged 5 years)
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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.
Epidemic
Pneumonic plague
February 1904 (aged 7 years)
Source citation:

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Note: Pneumonic plague breaks out in Johannesburg.
Epidemic
Tuberculosis
1906 (aged 9 years)
Source citation:

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Note: Tuberculosis reaches epidemic proportions in South Africa.
Marriage of a parent
Text:

SAMUEL WILLIAM HAZLEWOOD married one of these people
Emma Skeggs, Annie Fitzpatrick

Historical Event
Union of South Africa
May 31, 1910 (aged 13 years)
Source citation:

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Note: Union of South Africa established.
Epidemic
Smallpox
1912 (aged 15 years)
Source citation:

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Note: Smallpox outbreaks: The outbreak of smallpox is reported in the Malay Location, Johannesburg and cases of smallpox are discovered in Durban.
War
World War I
from July 28, 1914 to November 11, 1918 (aged 22 years)
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Epidemic
Spanish flu
1918 (aged 21 years)
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Note: An estimated 500,000 people die from the Spanish flu epidemic in South Africa, the fifth hardest hit country in the world.
Prime minister
Louis Botha
from May 31, 1910 to August 27, 1919 (aged 23 years)
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Marriage
Citation details: Marriage: James A F SKEGGS and Elsie E HIGGS (1921), vol: 6D, p: 1305, https://www.findmypast.com/transcript?id=BMD%2FM%2F1921%2F4%2FAZ%2F001129%2F142 : accessed 13 Feb 2022
Citation details: James Arthur Frederick SKEGGS (1896-1963), https://livesofthefirstworldwar.iwm.org.uk/lifestory/5708637 : accessed 13 Feb 2022
Prime minister
Jan Christiaan Smuts
from September 3, 1919 to June 30, 1924 (aged 28 years)
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Death of a wife
between January 1926 and March 1926 (aged 29 years) Age: 28 years
Citation details: Death: Elsie E SKEGGS (1926), vol: 8A, p:199, https://www.findmypast.com/transcript?id=BMD%2FD%2F1926%2F1%2FAZ%2F000925%2F052 : accessed 13 Feb 2022
Marriage
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: 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
Wall Street Crash
October 1929 (aged 33 years)
Source citation:

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Note: The Wall Street Crash sets off the Great Depression, the most severe worldwide economic depression in the 20th century.
Death of a mother
Text:

Q2

Citation details: Death: Emma Hazlewood (1932), https://www.findmypast.com/transcript?id=BMD/D/1932/2/AZ/000404/011 : accessed 16 Nov 2018
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
Prime minister
James Barry Munnik Hertzog
from June 30, 1924 to September 5, 1939 (aged 43 years)
Source citation:

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Census
September 29, 1939 (aged 43 years)
Citation details: War register: James A SKEGGS and household (1939), https://www.findmypast.com/transcript?id=TNA/R39/4033/4033I/007/07 : accessed 13 Feb 2022
Date of entry in original source: September 29, 1939

1939 England - Census transcript - James Arthur Frederick Skeggs - Household

ScheduleSubNumNameRoleSexDOBMCOccupation
531Skeggs, James AM23 Jun 1896Mdetective constable
532Skeggs, EsmeraldaF17 Apr 1906Munpaid domestic duties
533Skeggs (Brackley), GwennethF24 Nov 1925Sat school
Occupation
detective constable
1939 (aged 42 years)
Employer: Macclesfield Boro Police Force
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
Family residence
Address: Meriden, Gawsworth Rd, Macclesfield
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
World War II
from September 1, 1939 to September 2, 1945 (aged 49 years)
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Prime minister
Jan Christiaan Smuts
from September 5, 1939 to June 4, 1948 (aged 51 years)
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Occupation
Director: Marine Park Hotel
1948 (aged 51 years)
Prime minister
Daniel Francois Malan
from June 4, 1948 to November 30, 1954 (aged 58 years)
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Prime minister
Johannes Gerhardus Strijdom
from November 30, 1954 to August 24, 1958 (aged 62 years)
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Economic Event
Rand adopted
February 14, 1961 (aged 64 years)
South Africa
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Note: Decimalisation of currency replaces the South African pound with the South African rand.
Historical Event
Republic of South Africa
May 31, 1961 (aged 64 years)
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Note: South Africa becomes a republic.
Prime minister
Hendrik Frensch Verwoerd
from September 2, 1958 to September 6, 1966 (3 years after death)
Source citation:

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Death of a father
Death
Citation details: Death: James A F SKEGGS (1963), https://www.findmypast.com/transcript?id=BMD%2FD%2F1963%2F3%2FAZ%2F000699%2F019 : accessed 13 Feb 2022
FamilySearch ID
Family with parents
father
1853
Birth: about 1853Hertfordshire, England
Death:
mother
18591932
Birth: about 1859Foleshill, Warwickshire, England
Death: May 29, 1932Coventry, Warwickshire, England
Marriage MarriageFebruary 8, 1880Coventry, Warwickshire, England
6 years
elder sister
1885
Birth: between July 1885 and September 1885 32 26 Woolwich, Kent, England
Death:
23 months
elder brother
1887
Birth: May 10, 1887 34 28 Woolwich, Kent, England
Death:
3 years
elder brother
1889
Birth: about 1889 36 30 Woolwich, Kent, England
Death:
2 years
elder sister
1890
Birth: about 1890 37 31 Woolwich, Kent, England
Death:
3 years
elder brother
1892
Birth: about 1892 39 33 Woolwich, Kent, England
Death:
2 years
elder sister
1893
Birth: about 1893 40 34
Death:
4 years
himself
James Arthur Frederick SKEGGS (c. 1914)
18961963
Birth: June 23, 1896 43 37 Woolwich, Kent, England
Death: between July 1963 and September 1963Blackpool, Lancashire, England
5 years
younger sister
1900
Birth: about 1900 47 41 Foleshill, Warwickshire, England
3 years
younger brother
1902
Birth: calculated 1902 49 43 Foleshill, Warwickshire, England
Mother’s family with Samuel William Hazlewood
stepfather
mother
18591932
Birth: about 1859Foleshill, Warwickshire, England
Death: May 29, 1932Coventry, Warwickshire, England
Marriage Marriagebetween April 1908 and May 1908Coventry, Warwickshire, England
Family with Esmeralda Locke
himself
James Arthur Frederick SKEGGS (c. 1914)
18961963
Birth: June 23, 1896 43 37 Woolwich, Kent, England
Death: between July 1963 and September 1963Blackpool, Lancashire, England
wife
19061985
Birth: April 17, 1906 29 23
Death: between January 1985 and March 1985Penzance, Cornwall, England
Marriage MarriageApril 3, 1929St Michael, Macclesfield, Cheshire, England
2 years
son
19312010
Birth: May 20, 1931 34 25 Macclesfield, Cheshire, England
Death: December 8, 2010Gordons Bay, Western Cape, South Africa
Family with Elsie Ellen Higgs
himself
James Arthur Frederick SKEGGS (c. 1914)
18961963
Birth: June 23, 1896 43 37 Woolwich, Kent, England
Death: between July 1963 and September 1963Blackpool, Lancashire, England
wife
18981926
Birth: calculated 1898
Death: between January 1926 and March 1926Macclesfield, Cheshire, England
Marriage Marriagebetween October 1921 and December 1921Coventry, Warwickshire, England
4 years
daughter
19252004
Birth: November 24, 1925 29 27 Macclesfield, Cheshire, England
Death: March 8, 2004Exeter, Devon, England

Descendants of James Arthur Frederick Skeggs

  1. Generation 1
    1. James Arthur Frederick SKEGGS (c. 1914)

      James Arthur Frederick Skeggs, detective constable (in 1939) and director: Marine Park Hotel (in 1948), son of Thomas Skeggs and Emma Hewitt, was born on June 23, 1896 in Woolwich, Kent, England and died between July 1963 and September 1963 in Blackpool, Lancashire, England.

      He married 2 times. The first time he married Esmeralda Locke, daughter of Robert Arthur Locke and Laura Stubbs, on April 3, 1929 in St Michael, Macclesfield, Cheshire, England. She was born on April 17, 1906 and died between January 1985 and March 1985 in Penzance, Cornwall, England.

      The second time he married Elsie Ellen Higgs between October 1921 and December 1921 in Coventry, Warwickshire, England. She was born calculated 1898 and died between January 1926 and March 1926 in Macclesfield, Cheshire, England.

      Children of James Arthur Frederick Skeggs and Esmeralda Locke:

      1. Keith Robert Locke Skeggs (19312010)

      Children of James Arthur Frederick Skeggs and Elsie Ellen Higgs:

      1. Gwenneth Skeggs (19252004)
  2. Generation 2 back to top
    1. Keith Robert Locke Skeggs, son of James Arthur Frederick Skeggs and Esmeralda Locke, was born on May 20, 1931 in Macclesfield, Cheshire, England and died on December 8, 2010 in Gordons Bay, Western Cape, South Africa at the age of 79.

      He married 2 times. The first time he married Magrietha Elizabeth Snyman, daughter of Willem Sterrenberg Snyman and Aletta Johanna Elizabeth Lettie Masureik, on November 9, 1973 in Brits, North West Province, South Africa. She was born on April 17, 1921 in Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa and died on December 1, 1984 in 44, Oak Street, Somerset West, Western Cape, South Africa at the age of 63.

      The second time he married Maritha Viljoen, daughter of Severus Marthinus Viljoen and Magdalena Catherina Crafford, on March 13, 1986 in Truro, Cornwall, England. She was born on February 13, 1933 in Cape Province, South Africa and died on April 19, 2005 in Somerset West, Western Cape, South Africa at the age of 72.

      Keith Robert Locke Skeggs had 1 child.

    2. Gwenneth Skeggs, daughter of James Arthur Frederick Skeggs and Elsie Ellen Higgs, was born on November 24, 1925 in Macclesfield, Cheshire, England and died on March 8, 2004 in Exeter, Devon, England at the age of 78.

  3. Generation 3 back to top
    The details of this generation are private.

Ancestors of James Arthur Frederick Skeggs

  1. Generation 1
    1. James Arthur Frederick SKEGGS (c. 1914)

      James Arthur Frederick Skeggs, detective constable (in 1939) and director: Marine Park Hotel (in 1948), son of Thomas Skeggs and Emma Hewitt, was born on June 23, 1896 in Woolwich, Kent, England and died between July 1963 and September 1963 in Blackpool, Lancashire, England.

  2. Generation 2 back to top
      2 of 2 individuals (100% complete).
    1. Thomas Skeggs, gunner Royal Artillery (in 1891) and labourer (Woodyard) (in 1901), was born about 1853 in Hertfordshire, England.

    2. Emma Hewitt was born about 1859 in Foleshill, Warwickshire, England and died on May 29, 1932 in Coventry, Warwickshire, England.

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