Eleventh Generation


11054. Herbert Irwin Skillman was born on 28 September 1915 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA. He died on 28 March 1993 at the age of 77 in Brookhaven, Delaware, PA. He had Social Security Number 165-01-0297.

Herbert Irwin Skillman and Amelia Catherine Vogt were married on 23 June 1945 at Holmes Presbyterian Church in Holmes, PA. Skillman - Vogt

The marriage of Amelia Catherine Vogt, daughter of Mr.and Mrs. Albert C. Vogt, 223 West Winona Avenue, Holmes, and Herbert Skillman, USN, son of Augustus Skillman, 6865 Guyer avenue, Philadelphia, was solemnized on Saturday, June 23 in the Holmes Presbyterian Church. The Reverend Douglas A. McMurchey performed the ceremony.

The bride who was given by her father wore a gown made with a lace bodice and marquisette skirt which fell in a train, the sleeves were long and her fingertip length veil was arranged on her head with orange blossoms, she carried a bouquet of white roses and baby's breath, centered with an orchid.

The maid of honor, Margaret Ditchfield, of Folcroft, wore pale green marquisette, with a tight bodice and a skirt trimmed with ruching. The bridesmaids, Pearl Vibery and Mary Porte, both of Morton wore similar gowns in pale pink and pale blue, with matching veils and headdresses. They carried bouquets of blue, pink and white delphiniums, with streamers matching their respective gowns.

Charles C. Tindall, of Booths Corners, was best man and the ushers were Howard F. Vogt of Holmes and Oscar C. Vogt, of Parkside, both brothers of the bride.

Mrs. Vogt wore a street dress of aqua, with white accessories and pink and white sweet peas. Mrs. Doris McIntyre sang before the ceremony, and Mrs. Dorothy Gray the wedding music. After a reception, at the home of the bride's parents, Mr. Skillman and his bride left for a wedding trip to the Pocono Mountains. Amelia Catherine Vogt, daughter of Albert Christian Vogt and Emily S. Gresinger, was born on 8 February 1920 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA. She died on 26 March 2009 at the age of 89 in Marcus Hook, Delaware, PA. She had Social Security Number 164-12-8565.