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, as head of a family in Kettering. He has been married for
27 years and was born in Northamptonshire.
Next on the household list, in the position where the wife would
normally go, is 35-year-old Helen Mary Skinner. She was born
in Lincolnshire, is single, a housekeeper, has four children, all alive.
The following four children are living with them –
George Herman Henson Skinner, son, aged 13 and born in
London.
Helen Mercia Henson Skinner, daughter, aged 12 born London.
Patricia Mary Henson Skinner, daughter, aged 12, born London.
Dorothy Mabel Henson Skinner, daughter, aged 8, born London.
It is statistically virtually impossible that this is not the same
group of children. Where their original surname of Davis came
from remains a mystery however.
We now know that George Herman was born about 1897. He
would be 17 in 1914 so it is just possible that he signed up
before war was declared. No military records of a George H
Henson/Skinner/Davis exist in a cavalry regiment. The records
of a George H Henson are shown above in the heading.
We find no more evidence of George Herman in the war and
begin to doubt if he had any connection with Kings Cliffe until
suddenly he appears in a ship manifest in 1921.
The Booker Bros & McConnell Line ship “Chancellor” is sailing
from Liverpool to Demerara, on 4th November 1921. One of
four first class passengers (and the only passengers) is –
“George Herman Henson of Kings Cliffe bound for Demerara”.
He is a “stock overseer” and is intending to stay in Demerara for
at least a year.
The Booker Bros. Company is the original name of the Booker
wholesalers who still operate in this country. At the early part of
the 1900’s they owned most of the sugar plantations in British
Guyana (capital Demerara) and undoubtedly George, and the
other passengers, are employees of the company heading out
to their jobs in a company freighter. He claims to be 28 years
old, which is slightly at odds with our known birth date.
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27 years and was born in Northamptonshire.
Next on the household list, in the position where the wife would
normally go, is 35-year-old Helen Mary Skinner. She was born
in Lincolnshire, is single, a housekeeper, has four children, all alive.
The following four children are living with them –
George Herman Henson Skinner, son, aged 13 and born in
London.
Helen Mercia Henson Skinner, daughter, aged 12 born London.
Patricia Mary Henson Skinner, daughter, aged 12, born London.
Dorothy Mabel Henson Skinner, daughter, aged 8, born London.
It is statistically virtually impossible that this is not the same
group of children. Where their original surname of Davis came
from remains a mystery however.
We now know that George Herman was born about 1897. He
would be 17 in 1914 so it is just possible that he signed up
before war was declared. No military records of a George H
Henson/Skinner/Davis exist in a cavalry regiment. The records
of a George H Henson are shown above in the heading.
We find no more evidence of George Herman in the war and
begin to doubt if he had any connection with Kings Cliffe until
suddenly he appears in a ship manifest in 1921.
The Booker Bros & McConnell Line ship “Chancellor” is sailing
from Liverpool to Demerara, on 4th November 1921. One of
four first class passengers (and the only passengers) is –
“George Herman Henson of Kings Cliffe bound for Demerara”.
He is a “stock overseer” and is intending to stay in Demerara for
at least a year.
The Booker Bros. Company is the original name of the Booker
wholesalers who still operate in this country. At the early part of
the 1900’s they owned most of the sugar plantations in British
Guyana (capital Demerara) and undoubtedly George, and the
other passengers, are employees of the company heading out
to their jobs in a company freighter. He claims to be 28 years
old, which is slightly at odds with our known birth date.
97
