Ninth Generation


5852. William Van Allen Skillman was born on 12 July 1890 in Rochester, Monroe, NY. In 1920 he was a machinist at dental company in Rochester, Monroe, NY. He died on 28 November 1960 at the age of 70 in Rochester, Monroe, NY. William died on 28 November 1960 at the age of 70 in Irondequoit, Monroe, NY. SKILLMAN - Monday, November 28, 1960, William V. Skillman, formerly of 179 Aragon Avenue, survived by two sons, Frank and Selwyn Skillman; six grandchildren. He was retired from the Willmot Castle Corporation.

Friends may call at the Burns-Hanna Funeral Home, 1795 Ridge Road East, between 2:00 - 5:00 and 7:00 - 9:00 p.m. Services Wednesday afternoon at 2:00 o'clock. Interment, Irondequoit Cemetery. He was buried on 3 December 1960 at Irondequoit Cemetery; Section C, Lot#181, Grave 1 in Irondequoit, Monroe, NY. He was employed at Eastman Kodak in Rochester, Monroe, NY. He retired at Wilmont Castle Corp. in Rochester, Monroe, NY.

William Van Allen Skillman and Ethel Rose were married on 16 November 1917 in Rochester, Monroe, NY. They were married on 12 March 1918 at Paul Moore Strayer, Minister in Rochester, Monroe, NY. They appeared in the census in 1920 at 66 Garfield St. in Rochester, Monroe, NY. Ethel Rose, daughter of Henry Rose and Fannie Gibson, was born on 4 May 1890 in Somerset, Eng.. She was born in 1891 in England. She emigrated in 1903 from England. Ethel died Appendicitis. on 22 January 1925 at the age of 34 in Rochester, Monroe, NY. SKILLMAN - Entered into rest, in this city, Monday, January 19, 1925, Ethel, wife of William V. Skillman, aged 34 years. She leaves to mourn her loss her husband; two sons (step-sons), Frank and Selwyn; four sisters, Mrs. William Smith, Mrs. William Foreman, of this city, May Rose and Mrs. Elsie McDonnell, of England; two brothers, Britton and Leonard Rose, of England.

Funeral will be held from the residence of her sister, Mrs. William Smith, No. 25 Lux street, on Thursday afternoon, January 22, 1925, at 2 o'clock. Burial at Mount Hope Cemetery.

William Van Allen Skillman and Nettie A. Dunham were married between 1920 and 1930 in Rochester, Monroe, NY. They appeared in the census in 1930 at Irondequoit Twp., Aragon Ave. in Rochester, Monroe, NY. Nettie A. Dunham, daughter of Andrew Jackson Dunham and Mary Gierloff, was born in March 1884 in Clyde Village, Wayne, NY. She died on 30 April 1957 at the age of 73 in Irondequoit, Monroe, NY. SKILLMAN - Tuesday, April 30, 1957, Nettie A. Skillman, nee Dunham, of 179 Aragon Avenue, Survived by her husband, William V. Skillman; two sons, Frank W. and Selwyn Skillman; two sisters, Mrs. Nora Pangborn and Miss Minnie Dunham, both of Clyde, New York; several nieces and nephews; six grandchildren.

Friends may call a t the Burns-Hanna Funeral Home, between Goodman a nd Culver Road from 2:00 - 5:00; and 7:00 - 9:00 p.m. Services Friday morning at 8:30 and 9 o'clock at St. Salome's Church. She was buried on 3 May 1957 at Irondequoit Cemetery, Section C, Lot#181, Grave 2 in Irondequoit, Monroe, NY. Nettie died in Rochester, Monroe, NY.

William Van Allen Skillman and Bessie Selwyn Hollingsworth were married on 1 April 1913 in Rochester, Monroe, NY. Bessie Selwyn Hollingsworth, daughter of Joseph William Hollingsworth and Margaret Amelia Bell, was born on 18 August 1892 in Rochester, Monroe, NY. She died on 18 July 1978 at the age of 85 in Rochester, Monroe, NY.

William Van Allen Skillman-32551 and Bessie Selwyn Hollingsworth-57452 had the following children:

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Frank William Skillman-32556.

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Selwyn Clarence Skillman-32557.