Person:Margaret Skinner (15)

Margaret Skinner's origins have yet to be established. She claimed in the 1841 census to have been born in Devon, and the age quoted when she died suggests she was born around 1803. Her first confirmed sighting is on 25th March 1832, when she was married at Tiverton in Devon to an agricultural labourer named John May.

Margaret and John stayed in Tiverton after their marriage, having at least four children there. The 1841 census finds them living at Jurishayes Cottages, in the rural west of Tiverton parish, over two miles from the town itself.

Margaret died in 1849. She was said to be 46 years old. John survived her, remarrying seven years later.

1. ↑ ^1.0 1.1 England. 1841 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class HO107; Piece 255; Book 7; Folio 4; Page 3, 6 Jun 1841.

   Address: Jurishayes Cottages, Tiverton, Devon
   John May, male, 30 [1806-11], Ag Lab, born in county
   Margaret May, female, 35 [1801-6], born in county
   Henry May, male, 8 [1832/3], born in county
   Elizabeth May, female, 5 [1835/6], born in county
   Emma May, female, 3 [1837/8], born in county
   William May, male, 1 [1839/40], born in county

2. ↑ ^2.0 2.1 Deaths index, in General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration. (London: General Register Office).

   d. Margaret MAY, December Quarter 1849, Tiverton Registration District, Volume 10, page 228, aged 46 [1802/3]