Josiah Osborne SKRINE

1824 - 1862  (~ 37 years)

• Name	Josiah Osborne SKRINE
  Birth	Bath, Somerset   [1]
  Christening	13 Jun 1824	Lyncombe & Widcombe Parish Church, Bath, Somerset
  Gender	Male
  Census	7 Jun 1841	Stable of Newfield Cottage, Entry Hill, L&W, Bath   [2]
  	Male Servant
  	Age: 15+
  	Lived there alone. Josiah was at this time servant to Rev Whitwell ELWIN, who was an important contributor to the Quarterly Review, of which he became editor in 1853. ELWIN notably complained that "Darwin has lamentably failed to prove his thesis, and should limit himself to publishing a book on pigeons".
  Occupation	22 Jun 1847	Dolemead, Bath   [3]
  	Plasterer
  Occupation	29 Sep 1847  [4]
  	Plasterer
  Residence	29 Sep 1847	2 Bridge Place, Widcombe, Bath, Somerset   [4]
  Census	30 Mar 1851	Mitre Court, Chepstow, Monmouthshire   [5]
  	Plasterer
  	Age: 30
  	Listed as "Joseph". Presumably working with his brother, John, who was also in Chepstow. Josiah's wife and children were living with Emma's parents in Bath at this time. Son Josiah was born in Chepstow the previous year.
  Census	7 Apr 1861	6 Richard's Place, Lyncombe & Widcombe, Bath   [1]
  	Painter
  	Age: 36
  	This is where his wife was living in 1841 before their marriage.
  		Widcombe circa 1840, showing Waterloo Buildings. Richards Place, judging by the 1841 census enumeration order, was probably a group of buildings to the rear of Sussex Place and facing Waterloo Buildings.
  Occupation	25 Apr 1862  [6]
  	Journeyman Painter
  Probate	No Will filed 1862-3.
  Death	25 Apr 1862	Waterloo Buildings, Dolemead, Bath, Somerset   [6]
  Notes	Father is mistakenly on marriage certificate as WILLIAM.
  Person ID	I392	Gadd
  Last Modified	6 Apr 2007

  
  

  Father	Josiah SKRINE,   c. 10 Nov 1776, Monkton Combe, Somerset d. 13 May 1848, Lye's Court, Widcombe, Bath, Somerset (Age ~ 71 years)
  Mother	Sarah OSBORNE,   c. 25 Dec 1785, Bitton, Gloucestershire d. 23 Dec 1862, Trafalgar Cottage, Lynton & Widcombe, Bath, Somerset (Age ~ 76 years)
  Marriage	4 Sep 1806	Corsham, Wiltshire   [7]
  Family ID	F663	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Emma ROSE,   c. 26 May 1822, St. James, Bath d. CIR Nov 1897, Bath, Somerset (Age ~ 75 years)
  Marriage	22 Jun 1847	Lyncombe & Widcombe Parish Church, Bath, Somerset   [3, 4]
  Children	+ 1. Frederick George SKRINE,   b. 15 Sep 1847, 2 Bridge Place, Widcombe, Bath, Somerset d. CIR Feb 1927, Bristol, Gloucestershire (Age 79 years)   2. Josiah Osborne SKRINE,   b. CIR Nov 1850, Chepstow, Monmouth d. Q1 1891, Bath, Somerset (Age 40 years)
  Family ID	F137	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Mar 2007

  
  

• Sources

  [S361] 1861 Census, (7 April 1861). [S377] 1841 Census, (7th June 1841). [S400] SKRINE-ROSE Marriage Certificate, (22 June 1847). [S368] Frederick George Skrine - Birth Certificate, (29 Sep 1847). [S46] 1851 Census, (30 March 1851). [S405] SKRINE, Josiah - Death Certificate, (3 May 1862). [S303] Witnesses: J. Pritchard & John Hayward (both of whom seem to be regulars).