Ninth Generation

6861. William Ernest Skillman was born on 3 December 1878 in West Union Twp., Steuben, NY. He appeared in the census in 1900 in West Union Twp., Steuben, NY. In 1900 he was a farm laborer in West Union Twp., Steuben, NY. William died on 20 January 1955 at the age of 76. He was buried in 1955 at Whitesville Rural Cemetery in Whitesville, Allegany, NY.

William Ernest Skillman and Kathleen "Kathy" Rohrabacher were married in 1907. Kathleen "Kathy" Rohrabacher, daughter of Abraham Lincoln Rohrabacher and Zelia O. Taggart, was born on 21 September 1890 in West Union Twp., Steuben, NY. She died after a three-year illness in 1964 at the age of 74 at Jones Memorial Hospital in Wellsville, Allegany, NY. Obit in Wellsville Daily Reporter, Wellsville, Allegany, NY. She was buried at Whitesville Rural Cemetery in Whitesville, Allegany, NY. Kathy was a member of the Methodist Church in Whitesville, Allegany, NY.

William Ernest Skillman-7338 and Kathleen "Kathy" Rohrabacher-9926 had the following children:

+9322	i.	Christine M. Skillman-9930.
+9323	ii.	Franklin Abraham Skillman-9929.
9324	iii.	Lida Mae Skillman was born in January 1921. She died in August 1921 at the age of 0. Obit: Lida Mae, the seven-months-old child of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Skillman died Tuesday night, Aug. 9, following a short illness of cholera infant. The funeral service will be held today, Thursday at 2 p.m., at home, with burial in Rural Cemetery. The family has the sympathy of many friends in the loss. She was buried in August 1921 at Whitesville Rural Cemetery in Whitesville, Allegany, NY.
+9325	iv.	Rose Marie Skillman-9932.
9326	v.	Erla Eloise Skillman was born in 1928. Find-a-Grave has born 1926. No picture of gravestone. She died in 1929 at the age of 1. She was buried in 1929 at Whitesville Rural Cemetery in Whitesville, Allegany, NY.

Minerva Edwards (private).