by sp1 » Fri May 31, 2019 9:30 am
The oldest surviving son of Charles [113] and Esther (Cartwright) Skidmore,
236. BENJAMIN7 SKIDMORE, miner of Dudley, was born on 24 October 1819 at Blue Ball, Merry Hill and baptised at St Mary's, Oldswinford on 27 May 1821. He lived at least for a time after the death of his father with his maternal grandparents in Merry Hill.
He married Elizabeth Palmer (born about 1817 in Worcester) on 29 October 1849 at St Edmund's, Dudley. They lived in the Dock area of Dudley, in 1851 in Dock Lane, in 1857 in Cross Street, while the 1861 census finds them at 50 Chapel Street, Holly Hall with their two sons.