Eighth Generation

3689. Elizabeth Shaddle "Lizzie" Skillman was born in January 1867 in New Jersey. Ancestry.com and 1900 Census give birthdate as Nov 1871 in New Jersey. She died on 19 February 1904 at the age of 37. Obit in NY Times 22 & 23 Feb 1904.
Colwell. - On Feb. 19, 1904, Elizabeth Skillman, beloved wife of Frederick L. Colwell of Stamford, Conn., and daughter of Joseph P. Skillman.
Funeral services at the residence of her father, 325 West 77th St., Tuesday, Feb. 23, 11 A.M. Interment at convenience of family.

Warren Ward Brooks (private).

Elizabeth Shaddle "Lizzie" Skillman-1765 and Warren Ward Brooks-7879 had the following children:

Elizabeth Shaddle "Lizzie" Skillman and Frederick Lewis Colwell were married on 9 May 1899. They appeared in the census in 1900 in New Castle, Westchester, NY. Frederick Lewis Colwell, son of Lewis Colwell and Catherine Lavina Bertholf, was born on 3 July 1865 in Kings Co., NY. He appeared in the census in 1920 at Ward 3 in Yonkers, Westchester, NY. In the 1920 Census his daughter, Gladys, 29, was living with him. He appeared in the census in 1920 in Yonkers, Westchester, NY. In the 1920 Census his daughter, Gladys, 29, was living with him. Frederick appeared in the census in 1930 in Yonkers, Westchester, NY. In the 1930 Census his daughter Gladys was living with him. He died on 22 January 1947 at the age of 81 in Yonkers, Westchester, NY. He was buried on 25 January 1947 at Greenlawn Cemetery in Brooklyn, Kings, NY.