↑ FIND A GRAVE, database with images (http://findagrave.com : accessed 29 April 2017), memorial no. 30657847, Lydia Ganey Skipper (1849-1912), created and photographed by "Tom Reece"; citing Nelson Cemetery, Leland, Brunswick County, North Carolina, USA, additional picture by "Marcus Stanley." Find A Grave: Memorial #30657847 - gravestone photographs included.
"United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MW8W-GSJ : 17 October 2014), Lydia Skipper in household of Wesley Skipper, North Carolina, United States; citing p. 13, family 100, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 552,624.
"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MC68-HF7 : 11 August 2016), Liddie Skipper in household of Wesley Skipper, Town Creek, Brunswick, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district ED 27, sheet 605C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0953; FHL microfilm 1,254,953.
"United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSTP-X2L : accessed 29 April 2017), Lydia Skipper in household of Wesley Skipper, Town Creek Township, Brunswick, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 19, sheet 2B, family 46, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,184.
"United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:ML3H-X89 : accessed 29 April 2017), Lydia Skipper in household of Wesley Skipper, Town Creek, Brunswick, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 23, sheet 2B, family 37, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1098; FHL microfilm 1,375,111.
FindAGrave record of husband Wesley Skipper which includes a transcription of Wesley's obituary. The obituary states, "His wife, Mrs. Lydia Skipper, preceded him to the grave seven weeks and two days." - FIND A GRAVE, database with images (http://findagrave.com : accessed 29 April 2017), memorial no. 29381109, Wesley Skipper (1845-1913), created and photographed by "Tom Reece"; citing Nelson Cemetery, Leland, Brunswick County, North Carolina, USA. Find A Grave: Memorial #29381109 - gravestone photograph and obituary transcription included.
Death Record of son John Wesley Skipper as evidence of parent/child relationship - "North Carolina Deaths, 1931-1994," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FPP8-WD7 : 29 June 2015), Lydia Gainey in entry for John Wesley Skipper, 04 Jun 1931; citing Town Creek, Brunswick, North Carolina, fn 1483 cn 174, State Department of Archives and History, Raleigh; FHL microfilm 1,943,038.
Death Record of son W[illiam] I[saac] Skipper as evidence of parent/child relationship - "North Carolina Deaths, 1906-1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F3ZR-17Z : 8 December 2014), Lydia Ganey in entry for W I Skipper, 23 Apr 1923; citing Wilmington, New Hanover, North Carolina, reference fn 767 cn 216, State Department of Archives and History, Raleigh; FHL microfilm 1,893,173.
Death Record of son James Dixon Skipper as evidence of parent/child relationship - "North Carolina Deaths, 1931-1994," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FP4M-XXD : 1 July 2015), Lydia Gainey in entry for James Dixon Skipper, 21 Oct 1974; citing Southport, Brunswick, North Carolina, v 34A cn 34328, State Department of Archives and History, Raleigh; FHL microfilm 1,983,957.
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