| Home Surname List Name Index Sources GEDCOM File Email Us | Seventh Generation1685. Franklin Burret/Bromley "Frank" Skillman was born in April 1842 in Three Mile Run, New Brunswick, Somerset, NJ. He died Drowning on 26 September 1884 at the age of 42 in Long Branch, Monmouth, NJ. Frank B. Skillman's Body Found. Long Branch, N.J., September 26. - The body of Frank B. Skillman was found on the beach near the foot of Cottage Place to-day. Mr. Skillman fell overboard from the yacht Modesty, near Sandy Hook, Saturday evening, while fishing with the owner of the yacht, John C. Cracknell of Bayonne City, and a party of friends. The dead man had been in the employ of the Pennsylvania Railroad for 21 years as a clerk. He lived at No. 10 Colden-street, Jersey City. He leaves a widow, one son, and two daughters. Obit in New York Times, 9/27/1884: "Mr. Skillman fell overboard from the yacht Modesty, near Sandy Hook, Saturday evening, while fishing with the owner of the yacht, John C. Cracknell of Bayonne City, and a party of friends." On 26 September 1884 he was a Railroad clerk, Pennsylvania Railroad. in Jersey City, Hudson, NJ. Frank served in the military Civil War. He is listed in Ancestry's Civil War Pension Index, filed N.J., widow Sarah L. Skillman. Franklin Burret/Bromley "Frank" Skillman and Sarah Louise/Louisa Voorhees were married on 16 April 1867 in Manhattan, New York, NY. Sarah Louise/Louisa Voorhees, daughter of Peter Voorhees and Sarah Deats, was born on 18 December 1848 in New York, Kings, NY. She lived 25 Olean in Jersey City, Hudson, NJ in 1900. She died Carcinoma Uterus. on 3 January 1910 at the age of 61 at Christ Hospital in Jersey City, Hudson, NJ. Sarah Louise Skillman, died 03 January 1910, place of death, Christ Hospital, Jersey City, Hudson, NJ; Widow; born 18 December 18??; age 62 years and 16 days; occupation, none; birthplace, New York; father, Peter Voorhees, born in New York State; mother, Sarah Deats, born in New York State; cause of death, Carcinoma Uterus; burial, NY Bay Cemetery; informant, Ella Anderson, 20 Olean Avenue. Sarah was buried after 3 January 1910 at New York Bay View Cemetery in Jersey City, Hudson, NJ. Franklin Burret/Bromley "Frank" Skillman-1918 and Sarah Louise/Louisa Voorhees-1924 had the following children:
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