SKIMIN, William A

Abt 1882 - 1945  (63 years)

• Name	SKIMIN, William A
  Birth	Abt 1882	Pelham Township, Ontario, Canada
  Gender	Male
  Death	2 May 1945	Rochester, Monroe County, NY
  Person ID	I114012	Laur from Germany
  Last Modified	1 Oct 2016

  
  

  Father	SKIMIN, William J,   b. Abt 1852, Brant, Bruce County, Ontario, Canada d. 20 Sep 1938, Buffalo, Erie County, NY (Age 86 years)
  Mother	ROSA, Margarete,   b. Abt 1852, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Niagara, Ontario, Canada d. 15 Sep 1912, Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY (Age 60 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1875
  Family ID	F39657	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	SHAW, Margaret May,   b. Abt 1885   d. 5 Jan 1922, Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY (Age 37 years)
  Children	1. SKIMIN, William J,   b. Abt 1909, New York d. Yes, date unknown   2. SKIMIN, Edward R,   b. Abt 1917
  Family ID	F39663	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	18 Oct 2025

  
  

  Family 2	Lillian J,   b. Abt 1889, England d. 19 May 1964, Buffalo, Erie County, NY (Age 75 years)
  Family ID	F39672	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	18 Oct 2025

  
  

• Notes

  Niagara Gazette - 5/2/1945 William A. Skimin, 63, of 543 Memorial parkway, New York Central railroad engineer, who was killed in this morning's train wreck at Rochester, N. Y., was an employe of the New York Central railroad for the last 35 years and was widely known here. A native of Pelham, Ont., Mr. Skimin came to Niagara Falls shortly after the turn of the century and had resided4ier« since. He was a member of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen. He is survived by his wife, Lillian, and by two sons, Yeoman Second Class William Skimin, Jr., of the United States Coast Guard at Sackett's Harbor, N. Y., and Edward Skimin, of this city; three brothers. Jacob and Andrew Skimin, of this Point, Mich., and five sisters, Mrs. Gertrude Monan, ° of this city, Mrs, Patrick J. Caher and Mrs. Mary Landers, of Buffalo, Mrs. George V. Allen, of Mount Vernon, N. Y., and Mrs. William Monan, of Blaisdell, N. Y. Funeral arrangements have not yet been made.