Joanna Elizabeth (Skinner) Yarrington (1835 - 1906)

Born 15 Feb 1835 in Islip, Suffolf County, Long Island, New York, USA

Died 18 Feb 1906 at age 71 in Sayville, Suffolk, Long Island, New York, USA

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Biography

Daughter of William Skinner and Mary Rhodes, wife of Captain Charles Wesley Yarrington and mother of Charles, Adrian Monroe, Mary Viola and Samuel Hammond Yarrington.

In 1850, Joanna E., aged 15, could be found living in the home of her parents, William and Mary Skinner, in Islip, with siblings, Charles W., Isaac C., Floyd R., Charlotte, Sarah C., Marett, Emily A., Matilda E. and Hetta G. Skinner. Her father was shown to be farmer.

In 1870, Joanna E. Yarrington was shown living in Islip, post office Sayville, with her husband, Charles Yarrington, and children Charles E., Adrian M. and Mary V. Yarrington. Joanna's husband, Charles, was described as fisherman. Living not far away, was her brother, Floyd Skinner, a fish oil manufacturer, and his family, wife Caroline P., and children Josephine and Emory F. Skinner.

In 1900, Joanna and Charles Yarrington were living on Gillette Avenue in Islip, NY. Living with them was Charles' widowed aunt, Delia Umpstead, aged 78. Charles was shown to be a fisherman. Living not far away was John Yarrington, an oysterman, his wife Sarah, and son Herbert.

Obituary - Mrs. Joanna Skinner Yarrington, wife of Charles Yarrington, and a native and life-long resident of Sayville, died last Sunday morning just as the bells of her beloved church were calling people to the house of worship. For practically 15 years she had been confined to the house by ill health and for the past six months was bed ridden. During the past six weeks she has been many times at the point of death, only to rally again. Her faithful husband and other members of the family were constantly by her bedside. Deceased was a member of one of the oldest families in Sayville and at the time of her birth, 71 years ago, the number of inhabitants in this village, now of nearly 3,000 people, did not exceed a dozen and a half. During her younger years she was noted as a choir singer of great sweetness of voice. Though usually carrying the leading contralto, she was equally capable taking on any one of the other parts. Her place was in the Methodist church choir, of this village, which was distinguished in the '60's and 70's as being among the best singers on Long Island. This choir numbered then about thirty powerful voices, which included those of three sisters and two brothers of the departed. Deceased is survived by her husband, two sons, Prof. Adrian Yarrington and Samuel Yarrington of Brooklyn, and one daughter, Mrs. William F. LeCluse, of this village. Three sisters, Mrs. William C. Smith, Mary E. Skidmore and Miss Emily Skinner, and one brother, Isaac C. Skinner. The funeral was held from her late home on Candee Avenue on Tuesday at 3:00 p.m., the Rev. H.S. Still, pastor of the M.E. church paying a deserved tribute to the Christian virtues of a good woman. The interment was in the Union Cemetery.

(1850, 1870, 1900 US Federal Census; Ancestry: Suffolk County News (Sayville), February 23, 1906, Page 2)

Sources

• 1865 census: New York State Census, 1865," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVNV-FQ84 : accessed 12 May 2016), Joanna E Yarrington in household of Charles W Yarrington, District 01, Islip, Suffolk, New York, United States; citing source p. 8, line 15, household ID 35, State Library, Albany; FHL microfilm 2,057,294.

• 1880 census: "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZNM-DFF : accessed 12 May 2016), Joanna Yarrington in household of Charles Yarrington, Sayville, Suffolk, New York, United States; citing enumeration district ED 321, sheet 293B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0935; FHL microfilm 1,254,935.

• 1900 census: United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSGN-NKC : accessed 12 May 2016), Joanna Yarrington in household of Charles Yarrington, Islip Township, Election District 5, Suffolk, New York, United States; citing sheet 5B, family 110, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,241,166.

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