Caroline (Laity) Skewes (1824)

Born 8 Feb 1824 in Colenso, St Hilary

Ancestors

Wife of Richard Skewes — married 2 Jan 1847 in St Hilary, Cornwall, UK

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Caroline (Laity) Skewes was born in Cornwall, England.

Biography

Caroline was born in 1824. She is the daughter of Ralph Laity and Mary Laity.

Sources

Baptismal records, Church of England, Parish of St Hilary, Cornwall. Records generally list date of baptism, name of child, names of parents (but not mother’s maiden name), parents’ place of residence, and after 1813, father’s occupation. After about 1850, also give child’s date of birth. LDS, films #0254217, #1595569, and #1595958 Marriage records, Church of England, Parish of St Hilary, Cornwall; LDS films #0246886 and #1595569. Transcripts of records before1813 are included in W. P. W. Phillimore & Thomas Taylor (eds.), Cornwall Parish Registers, Marriages , LDS film #0496689

Cornwall Census, 1841, Superintendent Registrar’s District of Penzance, Registrar’s District of Marazion, Enumeration Districts 1, 2, and 3 (which comprise the town of Marazion) and 9, 10, 11, and 12 (which comprise the rest of the Parish of St Hilary), conducted June 1841; LDS film #0241266

Cornwall Census 1851, Parish of St Hilary. Available on microfilm at the Redruth Library, Cornwall. Copied by Janet and Michael Foreman. [LDS film#221072]

• Further research in parish records of St Hilary, Lds film #1595569. Read by Carin Thomas spring 2000