Genealogy Chat

Can anybody please look up any skeer or skeers from the chorlton/manchester and warwick area. The name is quite uncommon but can I find it. I beleive my grandfather was born in chorlton in the 1880's nothing seems to match him on free bmd although i have a marriage certificate which states he was called thomas william kenneth skeer and was married in chorlton in 1918 aged 30 and his father was a wood carver. In the directory in 1929 he was living in gorton manchester he was a music teacher and came under the name kenneth scott skeer. He was also a theatre manager in accrington in the early 1920's. Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated. Thank you Roseanne

Have you tried going to familysearch.org and typing in just the surname and country. This will bring up all the people with that surname and similar spellings and you may be able to track him down that way. Alison

There is a Thomas Skeet 12 in Lancaster in 1901 William Skeet 11 in Lancaster but not same district Maybe the r was mistaken for a t? John

Thank you Alison, I have tried but he was not yet born. I have found a William Skeer who possibly was his uncle but no father Thomas. This is where I found the link with warwick. Thanks again Roseanne

Thanks John The Thomas Skeet on the 1901 census has his father named as samuel. My grandfather Thomas's father was also called thomas. Thanks again Roseanne

Thank you Elton Do you have access to the details. There is five years difference between the ages but his father was called thomas Thank you Roseanne

Elton Do you think this could be the right one? My wedding certificate says father thomas wood carver. What about the age? Roseanne

Would you mind? Thank you so much I could then send for a birth certificate. There are no mort thomas skeer's that match anywhere so it must be the right one. Thank you again Roseanne

Roseanne, Elton There's this marriage on FreeBMD: Marriages Jun 1881 O'Toole Ellen Manchester 8d 347 SKEER Thomas Manchester 8d 347 Look for Thomas jr. to be born after this. Crista

Thank you everybody I cannot thank you all enough Elton the birth certificate you found for thomas william must be the right one my grandfather is thomas william i did see a thomas charles on the free bmd but i did not want to send for it because of the charles - i am glad i did not and this must be the right family because of the wood carver. And also, thank you for the wedding details. Brilliant work thank you so much. Roseanne