Joni, An uncle of mine, Thomas Lindsay married an Annie Skillen on Oct 6, 1890 in St. Annes Parish Church Belfast. Her father was a Hugh Skillen, tailor. She died in 1946 at 41 Ewart's Row Belfast. I believe she had a brother John. That is really all I know about this Skillen family. Gord On Jan 29, 2008, at 7:18 PM, Joni Rabena wrote: > Hi, Fellow Researchers, > > I'm looking for information for a friend of mine, Robert Hugh > Skillen, who > lives in Canada. He was born in County Down, Belfast, in the 1940s. > He had > two siblings, William and Ann. They were all orphans. Their father was > Robert Cecil Skillen who worked in Boyce Brothers in Finaghy. Their > mother > was Mary Matilda Spence who lived in or around Woodstock > Castlereagh Rd. > Area; she worked in Foster Greens Hospital. They both would have > been born > around 1915. > > Both of Robert's siblings (William and Ann) have died and he has no > one left > in his family and is interested in finding out more info about his > parents. > He has no idea who his grandparents were. > > Any help, suggestions, would be very much appreciated! > > Thank you, > > Joni >

Gord, Thank you for this information. I'll see if this family matches at all to Bobby's info. He did say that the Skillens named their children the same as the next Skillens so he knew it would be hard to find info. I would imagine if I can find Bobby's grandparents that it will lead to a lot of new families for him. Joni -----Original Message----- From: nir-down-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:nir-down-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Gord Lindsay Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2008 12:00 PM To: nir-down@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [NIR-DOWN] (no subject) Joni, An uncle of mine, Thomas Lindsay married an Annie Skillen on Oct 6, 1890 in St. Annes Parish Church Belfast. Her father was a Hugh Skillen, tailor. She died in 1946 at 41 Ewart's Row Belfast. I believe she had a brother John. That is really all I know about this Skillen family. Gord On Jan 29, 2008, at 7:18 PM, Joni Rabena wrote: > Hi, Fellow Researchers, > > I'm looking for information for a friend of mine, Robert Hugh Skillen, > who lives in Canada. He was born in County Down, Belfast, in the > 1940s. > He had > two siblings, William and Ann. They were all orphans. Their father was > Robert Cecil Skillen who worked in Boyce Brothers in Finaghy. Their > mother was Mary Matilda Spence who lived in or around Woodstock > Castlereagh Rd. > Area; she worked in Foster Greens Hospital. They both would have been > born around 1915. > > Both of Robert's siblings (William and Ann) have died and he has no > one left in his family and is interested in finding out more info > about his parents. > He has no idea who his grandparents were. > > Any help, suggestions, would be very much appreciated! > > Thank you, > > Joni > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NIR-DOWN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message