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Dr. Edward Manning SKINNER

Male 1837 - 1918  (80 years)


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  • Name Edward Manning SKINNER 
    Prefix Dr. 
    Born 2 Oct 1837  Cambridge, Queens, New Brunswick Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Census 1851  Wickham, Queens, New Brunswick Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1865  Roxbury, Norfolk, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Naturalization 31 Oct 1868  U.S. Circuit Court, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Census 1870  Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Census 1880  Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1900  Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Died 8 Feb 1918  Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5
    Buried Mt Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 7
    Person ID I6461  bmds
    Last Modified 19 May 2020 

    Father Rev. Joseph Churchill SKINNER,   b. 16 Feb 1800, Parrsboro, Cumberland, Nova Scotia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Mar 1860, Cambridge, Queens, New Brunswick Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 60 years) 
    Mother Eliza A. CHASE,   b. 22 Jun 1803, Cornwallis, Kings, Nova Scotia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1888, Saint John, New Brunswick Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 84 years) 
    Family ID F2390  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Caroline Elizabeth MAIR,   b. Oct 1830, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Feb 1909, Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years)  [8
    Married 13 Jul 1864  Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [9
    Children 
     1. Carrie Mair SKINNER,   b. 13 Sep 1865, Roxbury, Norfolk, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Jan 1928, Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 62 years)
     2. Hannah Marion SKINNER,   b. 14 Oct 1866, Roxbury, Norfolk, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Dec 1957, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 91 years)
     3. Edward Manning SKINNER, Jr.,   b. 29 Sep 1867, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 31 Jul 1907, Bangor, Penobscot, Maine Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 39 years)
     4. Mabel E. SKINNER,   b. 20 Mar 1870,   d. 27 Oct 1870, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 0 years)
    Family ID F2388  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Caroline Mair WHITE,   b. 31 Dec 1854, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Married 9 Jun 1910  New York, New York Find all individuals with events at this location  [10
    Family ID F2389  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 2 Oct 1837 - Cambridge, Queens, New Brunswick Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1851 - Wickham, Queens, New Brunswick Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 13 Jul 1864 - Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1865 - Roxbury, Norfolk, Massachusetts Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsNaturalization - 31 Oct 1868 - U.S. Circuit Court, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1870 - Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1880 - Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1900 - Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 8 Feb 1918 - Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Mt Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • Edward graduated from Harvard Medical School in 1862. He was a Manufacturing Druggist. (US 1880 Census). He resided in Park Road, Forest Hills in June 1903 (?), and moved to Riverside, Riverside California. (US 1910 Census)

      Source: Harvard Medical School alumni questionaire, Center for the History of Medicine, Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard University, Edward Manning SKINNER, b. Cambridge, New Brunswick October 1837, son of Rev. Joseph Churchill Skinner and Eliza Chase

      Source: The Medical register for the state of Massachusetts, Francis Henry Brown, 1875, p. 233: SKINNER, Edward M., 133 Tremont St., Boston — 1863. M. D. (Harv.) 1862

      Source: A History of dental and oral science in America, American Academy of Dental Science (Boston, Mass.), S.S. White, 1876: He was Treasurer of a Dental association.

      Source: Boston Directory (1890): Name: Edward M. Skinner, Location 1: 31 Central whf. | Location 2: Forest Hills, J.P. | Occupation: wholesale drugs.

      Source: The Harvard Medical School v. 2 (Thomas Francis Harrington – Lewis Publishing, 1905) : 1341. Edward Manning Skinner, adress: 62 Forest Hills St., Jamaica Plain; Harvard Med. Alumn Assn.; M.M.S.S.

  • Sources 
    1. [S15] Internet.
      From U.S. Circuit Court, Boston, Massachusetts
      Edward Manning Skinner, b. New Brunswick, 2 October 1837, naturalized 31 October 1868. U.S. Circuit Court, Boston, MA.

    2. [S20] 1870 US Census.
      Skinner, Edward | age: 35 | bp: New Brunswick | occup: Apothicary

    3. [S12] 1900 US Census.

    4. [S30] Book.
      The Harvard Graduates’ Magazine - William Roscoe Thayer, 1934 (page 694)

    5. [S4] Obituary.
      Dr Edward Manning Skinner, for may years a practicing physician in Boston, died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. George A. Botsford, Florence st. Chestnut Hill, yesterday. He was 76 years old. Dr Skinner was born in Cambridge, N.B. and came to Boston when very young. He graduated from the Harvard Medical School in 1862. He is survived by his wife, two daughters, Mrs Botsford and Miss Carrie M. Skinner. The funeral will be held Monday afternoon at 2 o’clock at St Paul’s Cathedral, Boston.
      Boston Evening Globle, February 9, 1918.

    6. [S5] Find A Grave, → Memorial ID 147710628.

    7. [S2] Newspaper.
      Funeral of Dr. E. M. Skinner
      Services for Old-Time Boston Physician Helt ad St. Paul’s Cathedral
       The funeral of Dr. Edward Manning Skinner, for fifty-eigth years a resident of Boston, was held this afternoon from St. Paul’s Cathedral. Rev. Frederick J. Walton of the cathedral staff read the service, and the Copley Quartette sang several hymns. The burial was at Mt. Auburn
      The Boston Evening Transcript, Feb. 11th, 1918.

    8. [S30] Book.
      Boston Medical and Surgical Journal, 1864, page 508:
      Married in this city, 13th inst. Edward M. Skinnner, M.D., to Miss Caroline M. Mair.

    9. [S68] Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915.
      Groom: Edward M. Skinner (b: 1837 | father: Joseph C. | mother: Eliza)
      Bride: Caroline E. Spalding (b: 1828 | father: Thomas Mair | mother: Hannah Mair)

    10. [S2] Newspaper.
      SKINNER-WHITE. – On Thursday, June 9, 1910, at St. Mark’s Church, New York, by the Rev. Loring W. Blatten, assisted by the Rev. W. Hawkes Pott, Caroline Mair White to Dr. Edward Manning Skinner of Boston.
      The New York Times, 10 Jun 1910.