Eighth Generation

3562. Edward Van Dyke Skillman was born on 17 November 1853 in Skillman, Somerset, NJ. Bellis and "New Jersey-A History" have Phila., Pa. Newspaper obit has old Skillman homestead, Skillman, N.J. He died on 29 March 1915 at the age of 61 in Trenton, Mercer, NJ. Died while walking near his home in Trenton.
Obit in Trenton Sun. Times Adv. for 4/4/1915 gives address as 532 West State St. He was a hardware manufacturer in Trenton, Mercer, NJ. Skillman Hardware Manufacturing Co., West End Ave., Trenton, N.J. Produces hardware for all classes, but it confines itself chiefly to house hardware. Edward was buried at Greenwood Cemetery in Trenton, Mercer, NJ.

Edward Van Dyke Skillman and Addie Burk Smith were married on 30 October 1879. Addie Burk Smith, daughter of Joseph M. Smith and Josephine E. Tiffany, was born in 1858. She died on 17 August 1897 at the age of 39. She was buried at Greenwood Cemetery in Trenton, Mercer, NJ.

Edward Van Dyke Skillman-868 and Addie Burk Smith-1322 had the following children:

+6046	i.	Ethel Tiffany Skillman-1323.
+6047	ii.	Addie Van Dyke Skillman-1324.
+6048	iii.	Josephine W. Skillman-1325.
6049	iv.	Mary Aileen Skillman was born on 17 October 1887 in Trenton, Mercer, NJ. She died in November 1887 at the age of 0 in Trenton, Mercer, NJ.
6050	v.	Edna van Voorhees Skillman was born on 2 November 1887 in Trenton, Mercer, NJ. Born during Blizzard of 1888. SS puts birth at 1887? In 1920 she was a secretary at Skillman Co., real estate in Trenton, Mercer, NJ. She died on 2 March 1980 at the age of 92 in Trenton, Mercer, NJ. Edna was buried at Trinity Epis. Church Cathedral of NJ in Trenton, Mercer, NJ. She had Social Security Number 138-30-7950.
+6051	vi.	Mary Natalie Skillman-1328.