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July 2009
(Generations 1,2,3,4,5 etc. are numbered 1,3,5,7,9 etc.  Additional Spouses are 2,4,6,8 etc.)
Compiled by Gordon Speer, 3304 Woodlawn Road, Sterling, IL 61081

1,1 James SKINNER m. ..... .....  (King's Crown, Scotland)
  3,11 William SKINNER m. Beatrix "Bessie" IRONSIDE
	After their son William was born, the family moved from the Bank of Behelch to the
        Backhill of Clackria, Scotland.	Her father was Robert IRONSIDE of the Mains of
        Clackria (Clackreah). The old Skinner homestead, built of granite, is in the Parish
        of Longside, Scotland, about 36 miles north of Aberdeen and six miles from Peterhead.
        It was still standing in 1873, left on account of its age.
    5,111 William SKINNER (1777-       )
    5,112 Elizabeth SKINNER (1782-       )
    5,113 Alexander SKINNER (8/1/1784-4/29/1833) m. 11/17/1808 Elizabeth ARMSTRONG
          (5/31/1791-3/11/1870)	She was born in Parish of Duns, Berwickshire, Scotland.  Her
          family moved to Argyle, NY, in 1795 and settled on a farm. He was born in Old Deer,
          Scotland, and came to America in January of 1806.  He worked as a carpenter for a time
          for Archibald Armstrong.  He was injured in the harvest field and nursed back to
          health by Betty Armstrong, whom he later married.
      7,1131 Elison SKINNER (1/30/1810-10/28/1852) m. Duncan McNAUGHTON  Caledonia, NY
      7,1132 Elizabeth SKINNER (1/4/1812-1/22/1812) died in infancy  South Argyle, NY
      7,1133 Margaret SKINNER (3/8/1813-10/21/1862) m. 3/24/1840 Thomas MOOREHEAD  Hanover, IL
         9,11336 Albert MOOREHEAD m. Ellen GOLDEN  Hanover, IL
          11,113361 John Thomas MOOREHEAD (10/29/1882-1955) 
          11,113362 Margaret MOOREHEAD (9/21/1884-1951) m. 10/18/1904 William Edwin NOTON  Hanover, IL
            13,Albert Henry NOTON (1907-1941) m. Eunice Elizabeth EDGERTON (1910-     )
              15,Betty Jean NOTON (1934-       )
              15,Albert Henry NOTON (1935-       )
              15,Ronald Edwin NOTON (1938-       )
          11,113363 Bertha MOOREHEAD (7/11/1886-1958)
          11,113364 Anna MOOREHEAD (9/9/1888-1941)
          11,113365 George MOOREHEAD (9/7/1890-1964)
          11,113366 Archie MOOREHEAD (11/1/1892-12/5/1975) m. 3/3/1915 Edna SMITH  Hanover, IL
          11,113367 William MOOREHEAD (10/24/1894-1921)
          11,113368 Cora MOOREHEAD (10/14/1896-       )  m. Earl RITENOUR   Savanna, IL
          11,113369 Henry MOOREHEAD (3/18/1899- 1967) 
      7,1134 William SKINNER (1/17/1815-6/17/1874) m. 1/31/1854 Alice ARMSTRONG (10/25/1825-1/23/1865)
             South Argyle, NY
        9,11341 William SKINNER (6/17/1857-6/15/1867)  almost ten years
        9,11342 George SKINNER (10/12/1858-11/1/1886) 
        9,11343 Archie SKINNER (11/16/1861-   ) m.10/25/1882 Ida M. BUMP (7/1/1860-  )  Argyle, NY
          11,113431 Alice R. SKINNER (5/7/1888-       )   Argyle, NY
          11,113432 Mary Bell SKINNER (9/28/1894-       )  Argyle, NY 
        8, m. 2nd 5/21/1868 Nancy BAIN (2/17/1822-1/  /1910) South Argyle, NY
      7,1135 Eliza SKINNER (2/11/1817-12/13/1867) m. Alex LAURANCE  Cedar Rapids, IA
      7,1136 Mary Ann SKINNER (2/6/1819-3/27/1819) died in infancy  South Argyle, NY
      7,1137 Archibald A. SKINNER (5/29/1820-1/9/1904) m. 9/5/1844 Lois E. OGDEN
             (12/18/1825-2/19/1883) Sandy Hill, NY
        9,11371 Alice Augusta SKINNER (6/15/1846-5/28/1847) died in infancy
        9,11372 Benjamin SKINNER (5/20/1850-7/10/1850)  died in infancy
       8, m. 2nd 8/20/1884 Susan WARREN   Saratoga Springs, NY
      7,1138 Alexander SKINNER (4/17/1822-7/24/1847)  South Argyle, NY
      7,1139 Susan K. SKINNER (7/25/1824-2/12/1852) m. David MILLER  South Argyle, NY
      7,113A Mary Ann SKINNER (11/5/1826-5/26/1907) m. 9/20/1852 James W. FRENCH
             (10/26/1826-2/14-1890) South Argyle, NY - farmed at Somonauk, IL, half a mile NW
             of the church and cemetery. He died when they moved to Goldfield, IA  and was returned
             to Somonauk for burial. She lived in Goldfield.
        9,113A1 Alexander Skinner FRENCH m. Theresa Agnes McCLELLAN   Somonauk, IL - Goldfield, IA
                They were farmers three miles north of Goldfield, west of the Otter Creek bridge.
          11,113A14 Frances May FRENCH m. Harland Russell SPEER  Goldfield, IA - University City, MO
            13,113A142 Gordon Eugene SPEER m. Elizabeth Lucille GLENN  St. Louis, MO - Sterling, IL
      7,113B Jane SKINNER(12/30/1830-10/6/1875) m.3/27/1859 David MILLER(her brother-in-law) South Argyle