Skelton, Frederick

Frederick Skelton. He was born in 1885 in Sheffield, Yorkshire, the son of Frederick, a fish fryer b. ca. 1853 in Sheffield, and Sarah (nee Cryer; she had been born ca. 1854 in Sheffield) Skelton. His parents had married in mid-1877 in Ecclesall Bierlow, Sheffield. He was christened 2 June 1885 in Sheffield, apparently in the Church of England tradition. His known brothers and sisters were Kate Ellenor, b. 1878, James Arthur, b. 1881, Charles Edward, b. 1888, George William, b. 1891, and Clara Elizabeth, b. 1897. In 1901, living at Cinder Hill, Ecclesfield, Yorkshire with his family, he was described as a coal miner. In 1911, he lived in Ecclesall Bierlow, Sheffield, with his parents and sister Clara Elizabeth, 13. He was noted as a monumental mason, aged 26, and was not married. His brother Charles had gone to Canada and was in 1911 living in Hamilton (he died in 1950 in New York). He left Liverpool, England, 26 March 1913 as a steerage (third class) passenger on  the steamship Hesperian and came to Halifax, Nova Scotia, 3 April 1913. He was bound for Hamilton, Ontario, and was noted as an unmarried stone cutter aged 28. His religious affiliation was Methodist. His mother lived at 69 Valley Road, Heeley, in 1915. Contemporary press stated he had been working in a motor works in Hamilton, Ontario, for the past two years, and that he had taken an interest in the Christadelphians. He was coming back to England to get married. The Cunard Line stated he was 30 years old and that his point of origin was Hamilton, Ontario. Mr. Skelton did not survive the sinking of the Lusitania. The material presented on this page has been researched by Peter Engberg-Klarström. Copyright 2017 Peter Engberg-Klarström. Feel free to use the research, but please refer to my research if used in publications or if published or posted on other pages on the Internet

Sheffield Independent 11 May 1915