Henry Josiah SKRINE

1879 - 1963

• Name	Henry Josiah SKRINE
  Birth	21 Aug 1879	13 Waterloo Buildings, Bath   [1, 2]
  		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.
  Gender	Male
  Census	3 Apr 1881	6 Upper Trafalgar Place, L&W, Bath   [3]
  Census	5 Apr 1891	128 Calton Road, Bath, Somerset   [2]
  Census	31 Mar 1901	128 Calton Road, Bath, Somerset   [4]
  	Electrical Engineer
  	Age: 21
  Residence	1909	13 Goodhind Street, Pennywell Road, Bristol
  		What remains of Goodhind Street, opposite number 13.
  Occupation	1911	Assistant Stage Manager, Empire Theatre, Bristol
  	This date would correspond with the time he was living in Ellbroad Street, at one end of which was the Theatre.
  		Bristol Empire Theatre
  		Sketch of extent of Empire Theatre, Bristol
  Residence	1911	33 Ellbroad Street, St. Philip's, Bristol
  		Ellbroad Street on Broadweir Market Day 1904 George GADD is standing outside his premises on the right of the picture. His son, George F GADD had probably moved out when he married in September 1903. People are emerging from the dwelling three doors down, occupied in 1911 by Henry J SKRINE and his family, probably when Henry worked at the Empire Theatre nearby. Martha GADD (George's grandmother) died in the house next to the shop in 1873. This photo appears in "Victorian and Edwardian Bristol" with an introduction by Reece Winstone, who notes that "the man in the doorway proved to be the father of two now elderly Bristolians who were delighted to see this photograph".
  Census	02 Apr 1911	18 Stanley Street, Bristol
  	Electrician in Music Hall.
  	Age: 31
  		1911 Census - Henry Josiah SKRINE and family
  Residence	26 Sep 1911	Stanley Street, Bristol
  		Stanley Street North
  		Stanley Street, Bristol "Here we are looking across an area of empty ground where three streets of pavement-edge, terraced houses had once stood and perhaps a thousand people had lived. They had been moved out and rehoused , for their own good by people who knew what was best for them, in tower blocks like the one in the distance. The camera position would have been in Thrissell Street. The single house in the foreground is in Stanley Street, whose surface runs right-left across the middle of the picture. In the distance is Gladstone Street where houses still stand on one side of the road. They would be demolished before the end of the year. Wednesday 19th January 1972."
  Occupation	02 Oct 1915
  	Entered service as member of Royal Flying Corps, service number 9334.
  	Height 5ft 9 3/4 inches, chest 36 inches. Transferred to RAF on its formation, 1 Apr 1918. See service record at PRO in AIR 79/120.
  Event	Jul 1916	Battle of Albert, France
  	Henry's second cousin Claremont SKRINE and Kate's cousin Frank STEVENS were killed within 2 days of each other in the same battle.
  Occupation	30 Apr 1920
  	Deemed discharged from RAF.
  Residence	1913-1944	51 Cotswold Road, Southville, Bristol
  		51 Cotswold Road, Bristol
  		51 Cotswold Road, Southville, Bristol
  Probate	1963
  	No Will filed 1963-1965.
  Death	May 1963	Bristol Reg'n District
  	Age: 83
  	Q2 1963, Vol. 78 p. 181.
  Person ID	I406	Gadd
  Last Modified	4 Jul 2020

  
  

  Father	Frederick George SKRINE,   b. 15 Sep 1847, 2 Bridge Place, Widcombe, Bath, Somerset d. CIR Feb 1927, Bristol, Gloucestershire (Age 79 years)
  Mother	Sarah Ann YOUNG,   b. Abt 1845, Radstock, Somerset d. CIR Aug 1911, Bath, Somerset (Age 66 years)
  Marriage	CIR Nov 1868	Bath Registry Office   [1]
  Family ID	F138	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Kate STEVENS,   b. 17 Jun 1875, Fonthill Gifford, Hindon, Wiltshire d. Q2 1952, Bristol, Gloucestershire (Age 76 years)
  Marriage	03 Aug 1901	St Thomas a Beckett, Widcombe, Bath   [5]
  Children	+ 1. Clifford Jack SKRINE,   b. 14 Aug 1902, Bath, Somerset d. 17 Nov 1968, Frenchay Hospital, Bristol (Age 66 years) + 2. Violet Irene SKRINE,   b. 20 Mar 1904, Bridgend, Glamorgan, Wales d. Apr 1987, Weymouth, Dorset (Age 83 years) + 3. Ida Florence SKRINE,   b. 21 Dec 1905, Frome, Somerset d. 22 Nov 1986 (Age 80 years) + 4. Leila Lilian SKRINE,   b. 22 Feb 1910, Bristol, Gloucestershire d. 23 Feb 2000, Nursing Home (Age 90 years) + 5. Ruby Olive SKRINE,   b. 26 Sep 1911, Stanley Street, Bristol d. 4 Jul 1995, Walsgrave Hospital, Coventry (Age 83 years)
  Photos » Slide Show		Henry Josiah SKRINE (1879 - 1963) and wife Kate STEVENS (1875 - 1952) Walking together with child's perambulator
  		Skrine family c 1917 Back row: Clifford, Kate, Violet, Henry Front row: Ida, Ruby, Leila
  		Ruby Olive SKRINE with ?Wills Tobacco girls, 1920s
  Family ID	F144	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	25 Jul 2011

  
  

• Sources

  [S367] Henry Josiah Skrine - Birth Certificate, (22 Sep 1879). [S360] 1891 Census, (5th April 1891). [S355] 1881 Census, (3 April 1881). [S359] 1901 Census, (31 March 1901). [S285] Army service record, which gained information from marriage certificate.