My father, Joseph Wilmer Skill was a Real
Estate Broker and Land Developer.
My mother worked for the Federal
Government. I was born in Cape May, New Jersey on March 15,1934. I have
two brothers that were born before me, sons of my father's first wife,
Anna and one brother that was born in 1943, son of my father's third
wife. This makes for some confusion when doing Genealogy research.
Fortunately, Genealogy is my hobby and I dearly love my brothers, so I
find my searches fascinating, especially so, my Mother's family. They
descended from King Donalbein of Scotland. His brother is far more
well known, since Shakespeare included his story in "Macbeth".
Malcolm and his brother Donalbain (my ancester) were the sons of King Duncan of Scotland. Although Shakespeare
elaborated on Malcolm's true story, he did bring out the very real
differences between the two brothers.
Donalbain was not anxious to be a King,
but ascended to the throne at the death of his father, only to be
replaced by cruelty and treachery. The rest of the story is in the
History books of Scotland. Many years later, his descendants landed in
Pennsylvania. Our family, in Bucks County, Pa.
My father's family originated in
Gloucester County, New Jersey in this country. I am currently
tracing the family back from my Great-Great Grandfather, John Skill that
married Hester Jones of Delaware in 1804.
I have many photos of people in the late
1800's and early 1900's that lived in Bucks County, Pa. and surrounding
area. if anyone that reads this would like to contact me about the
family or the photos or just to say "Hello", my address is:
no1rosemom@yahoo.com
Linda
