This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: pwwbear Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.michigan.counties.wayne/17964/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Looking for any information on William E Skinner, born Stratford England 1891. His enlistment papers in the Canadian Army in WW1 give his address as 40 or 50 Humbolt Ave. Detroit See Here: http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/databases/cef/001042-119.02-e.php?image_url=http://data2.archives.ca/cef/gat3/105319a.gif&id_nbr=232831 He died during the war, in 1918. http://www.vac-acc.gc.ca/remembers/sub.cfm?source=collections/virtualmem/Detail&casualty=576737 Date of birth Feb. 22, 1891. Died Aug. 8, 1918. He gives his next of kin as his mother, Mrs. Willie Skinner. This is all I have on him, other than one of his WW1 medals ended up in Chatham Ontario. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.
You can get his entire military file by contacting the National Archives in Ottawa. There should be some mention of it on one of the two websites that you've mentioned but, if you can't find it, I'll be happy to look it up for you. Marc > From: gc-gateway@rootsweb.com > To: MIWAYNE-L@rootsweb.com > Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:36:18 +0000 > Subject: [MIWAYNE] William E Skinner > > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Author: pwwbear > Surnames: > Classification: queries > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.michigan.counties.wayne/17964/mb.ashx > > Message Board Post: > > Looking for any information on William E Skinner, born Stratford England 1891. His enlistment papers in the Canadian Army in WW1 give his address as 40 or 50 Humbolt Ave. Detroit > See Here: > http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/databases/cef/001042-119.02-e.php?image_url=http://data2.archives.ca/cef/gat3/105319a.gif&id_nbr=232831 > > He died during the war, in 1918. http://www.vac-acc.gc.ca/remembers/sub.cfm?source=collections/virtualmem/Detail&casualty=576737 > > > Date of birth Feb. 22, 1891. Died Aug. 8, 1918. > > He gives his next of kin as his mother, Mrs. Willie Skinner. > > This is all I have on him, other than one of his WW1 medals ended up in Chatham Ontario. > > Important Note: > The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board. > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MIWAYNE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message _________________________________________________________________ Windows Live: Friends get your Flickr, Yelp, and Digg updates when they e-mail you. http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9691817