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Personal data Merrit Standish Skillman 

  • He was born on December 12, 1878 in Medford, Steele Co., MN.
  • (note1) .Source 1
    Sources: Linda Daughtery & Curtis Phillips
  • He died on January 8, 1947 in Vly. Spgs., Minnehaha Co., SD, he was 68 years old.
  • He is buried after January 7, 1947 in Pleasant View Cem., Vly. Spgs., Minnehaha Co., SD.
  • This information was last updated on April 26, 2019.

Household of Merrit Standish Skillman

He is married to Inga Louise Running.

They got married at fortasse, somewhere, Verenigde Staten.


Child(ren):



Notes about Merrit Standish Skillman

Merrit Standish Skillman

Source: Author: Daugherty, Linda, Title: "Daugherty and Kin," (Publication location unknown, Publisher: WorldConnect at RootsWeb.com, Publication date: xxxi Oct MMV), Repository: The Cloud

Link: https://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=lindave&id=I59286

"... Merrit Standish SKILLMAN 1 Sex: M Birth: 12 DEC 1878 in Medford, MN 1 ...

Occupation: bookkeeper 1 Event: Record Change 31 OCT 2005 1

Death: 08 JAN 1947 in Valley Springs, SD 1

Father: Franklin L. SKILLMAN b: 21 JAN 1844 in Chenango co., NY
Mother: Elizabeth F. HOPKINS

Marriage 1 Inga Louise RUNNING

Children

1. Allen Harold SKILLMAN b: 07 JAN 1908
2. Clifford Milan SKILLMAN b: 27 JAN 1905
3. Dorothy Louise SKILLMAN b: 23 APR 1903 in Minnehaha Co., SD
4. Elizabeth Francis SKILLMAN
5. James Russell SKILLMAN
6. Lyle Merit SKILLMAN b: 05 APR 1913
7. Norman Lester SKILLMAN b: 03 JUN 1918 in Valley Springs, SD
8. Raymond Charles SKILLMAN b: 04 JUL 1924
9. Roland Franklin SKILLMAN b: 04 NOV 1906
10. Shirley Miles SKILLMAN

Sources:

1. Note: Text: Date of Import: 20 Jan 2008"

Author: Phillips, Curt, Title: "Merit S Skillman," (Publication location: Vly. Spgs., SD, Publisher: Find-a-Grave, Publication date: xii May MMXII), Repository: The Cloud

Link: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/90045260/merit-s-skillman

"Photo [of his stone] added by Curt Phillips

Merit S Skillman Birth 1878 Death 1947 (aged 68– 69) Burial Pleasant View Cemetery Valley Springs, Minnehaha County, South Dakota, USA Memorial ID 90045260

Family Members
Spouse

Inga L Skillman 1879-1964

Created by: Curt Phillips Added: 12 May 2012 Find A Grave Memorial 90045260"
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Ancestors (and descendant) of Merrit Standish Skillman

Merrit Standish Skillman
1878-1947


Inga Louise Running
1879-1964

Raymond Charles Skillman
1924-1998

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Historical events

Birthday December 12, 1878

  • The temperature on December 12, 1878 was about -0.7 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from November 3, 1877 to August 20, 1879 the cabinet Kappeijne van de Coppello, with Mr. J. Kappeijne van de Coppello (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1878: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
    • January 28 » Yale Daily News becomes the first independent daily college newspaper in the United States.
    • February 19 » Thomas Edison patents the phonograph.
    • June 10 » League of Prizren is established, to oppose the decisions of the Congress of Berlin and the Treaty of San Stefano, as a consequence of which the Albanian lands in the Balkans were being partitioned and given to the neighbor states of Serbia, Montenegro, Bulgaria, and Greece.
    • July 1 » Canada joins the Universal Postal Union.
    • July 13 » Treaty of Berlin: The European powers redraw the map of the Balkans. Serbia, Montenegro and Romania become completely independent of the Ottoman Empire.
    • December 31 » Karl Benz, working in Mannheim, Germany, filed for a patent on his first reliable two-stroke gas engine, and he was granted the patent in 1879.

Day of death January 8, 1947

  • The temperature on January 8, 1947 was between -11.3 °C and -0.9 °C and averaged -6.4 °C. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from July 3, 1946 to August 7, 1948 the cabinet Beel I, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1947: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 9.5 million citizens.
    • July 1 » The Philippine Air Force is established.
    • August 4 » The Supreme Court of Japan is established.
    • September 15 » Typhoon Kathleen hit the Kantō region in Japan killing 1,077.
    • September 30 » Pakistan joins the United Nations.
    • November 6 » Meet the Press, the longest running television program in history, makes its debut.
    • December 2 » Jerusalem Riots of 1947: Riots break out in Jerusalem in response to the United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine.


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