Descendants of John T. Skinner [1760-1824] and
Patience Hanisey [1764-1840]
Also
Ackerman, Dodd, Frederick, Kuhnle, Leap and Showalter Families
LINKS:
Complete Family Tree of the South Jersey
Skinners
The Skinners of North and Central Jersey, 1665-1800 (Unrelated to the South Jersey Skinners)
SUMMARY:
John T.
Skinner and Patience Hanisey lived at Pitman Grove, Gloucester County, NJ. This
page contains links to information dealing with my line of the family - a line
that begins with John and Patience and passes through their son, Richard
Skinner Sr. and grandson Richard Skinner Jr.
The file on John T. Skinner includes information on his father John
Skinner (d. 1808) as well as the Haniseys and related families of their
time. All known family images of later
generations, including photos donated by the descendants of three of the four
children of William Harrison Skinner, are included in the files linked below.
BIOGRAPHIES, STORIES & IMAGES:
LIST OF SURNAMES
The following
families, most with photographs, are included in this work:
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NEW JERSEY: Batten Camden and Gloucester County, NJ Corson Gloucester County, NJ Dare Cumberland County, NJ Garton Cumberland County, NJ Henry Camden and
Gloucester County, NJ and Philadelphia, PA Leap - Camden and Gloucester County, NJ Lloyd Camden and Gloucester County, NJ Locke Gloucester County, NJ Mills Cumberland County, NJ Shreve - Gloucester County, NJ Shull Cumberland
County, NJ and Philadelphia, PA Sparks - Camden and Gloucester County, NJ Thoman - Gloucester County, NJ Turner Gloucester County, NJ Zimmerman Gloucester County, NJ |
OTHER
STATES: Ackerman Philadelphia, PA and Germany Bossert Philadelphia, PA Brenner Philadelphia, PA Brautigam Philadelphia, PA Burkle Philadelphia, PA Dodd Marion County, WV Frederick Telford and Philadelphia, PA Gossmann Philadelphia, PA and Germany Hughlett Delaware County, PA Kuhnle Philadelphia, PA Lee Philadelphia, PA Liebert Philadelphia, PA Pirman
Philadelphia, PA Shepherd New Castle County, DE Showalter Huntingdon County, PA Ungerbuehler Philadelphia, PA and New Castle County,
DE Weppler Philadelphia, PA and Germany Williman Philadelphia, PA Yaecht Philadelphia, PA |
CEMETERY BURIAL SUMMARY
Richard Skinner Jr. and Elizabeth
(Corson) Skinner
Granddaughters Mary and Mizeal Skinner
Manahath Cemetery, Glassboro
Harry Skinner and
Elizabeth (Sparks) Skinner
Omar Skinner, son of Harry
Charles Locke and Ida (Skinner) Locke, sister to Harry
Louis Shreve and Rennie (Skinner) Shreve, sister to Harry
Blande Shreve, son of Louis
Bessie (Shreve), daughter of Louis
Horace Thoman and Ursula (Skinner) Thoman, daughter of Harry
Warren Skinner, son of Harry, and wife Viola May (Leap) Skinner
Mary Leap, foster mother of May Skinner
Earl Skinner and
Lillian (Showalter) Skinner
Frank Frederick and Elizabeth (Ackerman) Frederick
Dave and Annette (Frederick) Skinner memorial plaque; buried at sea
I
dont want to work the coal mines Ill spend enough time under the ground as
it is.
Joseph Showalter as retold by
daughter Lillian
Best
time of life
They were so religious the Skinners, that
they bought the Sunday paper on Saturday and read it on Monday
Lillian Skinner commenting on
her in-laws Warren & May Skinner
So many family stories; So many
photographs.
I could not discard them so they are all here.
Kevin Skinner
PHOTOGRAPHIC PROCESSES
Photographs included
in this collection are of the following types:
Tintypes
Tintype photographs
were common from the Civil War into the 1900's.
Tintypes involved images on a thin sheet of iron. They were inexpensive, durable and popular,
bringing the ownership of photographs to the working class.
The key to the
success of the tintypes was the speed and ease of processing them. The negatives could easily be manufactured at
any location by painting chemicals onto iron sheets. Once the negatives were utilized to take
pictures and removed from the camera, little additional processing was
required. The normal process of
utilizing negatives in an elaborate lab process to transfer the images to
photographic paper was unnecessary. In
the tintype process, the negatives and the final photographs are one and the
same. The exposed
negatives were simply coated with a protective varnish finish, dried and
given to the customer. In this regards, they represented the first nearly
"instant" photography process.
The light and dark areas of
a tintype image are reversed, like any negative, but look like a normal
photograph because of the peculiar color of the chemical coating. In those portions of a tintype that have been
exposed to light, the silver metallic coating becomes dark as occurs with any
type of negative. However, when viewed
under light, the metallic coating acts as a mirror becoming a brilliant white
color, as is necessary for the lighter areas of a photograph. Similarly, in those portions of the negative
that have not seen light, the chemical coating remains in its original form
light and translucent, which is normal for a negative. However, this translucent coating allows the
black iron sheet behind the chemicals to be visible. As a result, the translucent coating looks
dark, as is necessary for the darker areas of a photograph.
Despite their low
quality, tintypes seem very alive and appealing to the eye. The metallic, mirror-like surface of the
lighter areas of a tintype are simply brighter under light (reflect more light)
than the white paper of a traditional photograph.
Like any negative,
tintype images are reversed left-to-right.
Everyone parts his or her hair on the opposite side in a tintype
image!
It was common to be
able to obtain tintype images from street photographers at fairs, carnivals and
beaches. They were a lower cost and
lower quality alternative to the photographs obtained in studios.
Often, a
"multiplying" camera lens was used to provide multiple, identical
images for sale to customers on a single metal negative. After the photos were taken, the plate was
removed from the camera and dipped into a chemical bath to stop further
exposure. A coat of varnish provided
protection
"Tinning"
shears were used to cut the iron sheets into the individual
images, giving tintypes their name. The
crude cutting process often resulted in odd-shaped photographs. In a few minutes, the photographs were
available to the waiting customers.
Studios would sometimes
offer small, one-inch square, high-quality tintypes called gem tintypes. These were glued onto decorative card
stock. The fancy cards, about the size
of a normal photograph and each containing a tiny tintype, were designed to fit
in Victorian photograph albums.
B) Studio Prints (per www.edinphoto.org.uk/)
In the latter half
of the 1800's, high-quality photographs that people sat for in studios were
normally made on tissue-thin sheets of paper.
The thin photos were then glued to heavier card stock backing. The backing was typically pre-printed with
the name and address of the studio, either below the photo or on the back.
The studio
photographs were made in two sizes. Cabinet
Prints, the larger size, consisted of 4 by 5.5 inch
photographs mounted on 4.5 by 6.5 inch heavy,
decorative card stock. Cartes de visite, the smaller size, were 2.25 by 3.5 inch photographs mounted on 2.5 by 4
inch card stock.
The
majority of photos from
this era have a distinctive brown color tone due to the type of photographic
process that was employed.
C) Post Cards
At the turn of the
century, it became common practice to make photographs on thick photographic
paper, eliminating the need to glue tissue-thin photographs onto card stock
backgrounds as had been done in the past.
This type of presentation has continued to the present day. The earliest versions of this presentation
were in the form of postcards, in which the photographic paper was thick and in
the shape of a postcard. The photographs
contained an address area on the reverse side for easy mailing.
As time went on,
changing photographic processes replaced the brown tones of earlier photographs
with the grey-scale tones of today.
Photographs went from being brown-and-white to
black-and-white.
THE YEAR 1905 (from an unknown internet source)
The average life expectancy in the U.S. was 47 years.
Only 14 percent of the homes in the U.S. had a bathtub.
Only 8 percent of the homes had a telephone.
A three-minute call from Denver to New York City cost eleven dollars.
There were only 8,000 cars in the U.S., and only 144 miles of paved roads.
The maximum speed limit in most cities was 10 mph.
Alabama, Mississippi, Iowa, and Tennessee were each more heavily populated than
California.
With a mere 1.4 million people, California was only the 21st most populous
state in the Union.
The tallest structure in the world was the Eiffel Tower!
The average wage in the U.S. was 22 cents per hour.
The average U.S. worker made between $200 and $400 per year.
A competent accountant could expect to earn $2000 per year, a dentist $2,500
per year, a veterinarian between $1,500 and $4,000 per year, and a mechanical
engineer about $5,000 per year.
More than 95 percent of all births in the U.S. took place at home.
Ninety percent of all U.S. doctors had no college education. Instead, they
attended so-called medical schools, many of which were condemned in the press
and by the government as "substandard."
Sugar cost four cents a pound. Eggs were fourteen cents a dozen. Coffee was
fifteen cents a pound.
Most women washed their hair once a month, and used
borax or egg yolks for shampoo.
Five leading causes of death in the U.S. were:
1. Pneumonia and influenza
2. Tuberculosis
3. Diarrhea
4. Heart disease
5. Stroke
The American flag
had 45 stars. Arizona, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Hawaii, and Alaska hadn't been
admitted to the Union yet.
The population of Las Vegas, Nevada, was only 30!!!
Crossword puzzles, canned beer, and ice tea hadn't
been invented yet.
There was no Mother's Day or Father's Day.
Two out of every 10 U.S. adults couldn't read or write.
Only 6 percent of all Americans had graduated from high school.
Marijuana, heroin, and morphine were all available over the counter at the
local corner drugstores. Back then a pharmacist said, "Heroin clears the
complexion, gives buoyancy to the mind, regulates the stomach and bowels, and
is, in fact, a perfect guardian of health."
Eighteen percent of households in the U.S. had at least one full-time servant
or domestic help.
There were about 230 reported murders in the entire U.S.
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