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    • William the Conqueror’s mother (1020)
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    • A sea battle (1810)
    • Capt. James Skinner hiding in a harem in Kabul (1842)
    • Uncle Jack in Florence during the war (1944)
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    • Uncle Edward Holroyd Pearce sells statue for £6.8M (bought for £7) (1989)
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Past relations and some stories about them

1020

A Skinner family legend about William the Conqueror's mother, and a much more likely sequel. Read more...

1100

The Pyne family came from Upton Pyne, near Exeter, c.1100. Read more...

1616

Celebration in Whitehall for the new Prince of Wales, later Charles I. Read more...

1641

Bishop Skinner in the Tower of London - he came out alive! 

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1649

Remembering the beheading of Charles I in 1649, and the rebellion of 1745. Read more...

1810

A sea battle, the Log of it copied by cousin George Chaplin Holroyd, a cadet. Read more...

1842

Capt. James Skinner hid in a harem in Cabul (Kabul), but an Afghan killed him in the end. He was buried in a ruined fort above the river of Jugdulluk. Read more...

1944

Uncle Jack was a Captain in the Eighth Army during the Second World War, and invaded Italy with the Americans. He reached Florence, where lived an English cousin, Gwendoline, who has married an Italian aristocrat many years before the war started. Read more...

1982

Cousin Gwendoline Strozzi's son Uberto died without heir, leaving a fortune of £18 million, which a forger attempted to embezzle. He was prevented from doing so largely by another Italian cousin, Maurizio Burlamacchi. Read more...

1989

Uncle Edward Holroyd Pearce bought a statue for his garden for £7 and sold it about 40 years later for £6.82 million. Read more...

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www.skinnerancestry.co.uk/
www.tameside.gov.uk/blueplaque/raymondjones
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raymond_Ray-Jones
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Ray-Jones

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Ray-Jones Family

close
  • Home
  • Background
    • Genealogical Charts
    • Ray….Jones
    • Chaplin
    • Jones
    • Pearce
      • Edward Holroyd Pearce
      • Jack Pearce
    • Pearce & Hurst
    • Skinner
    • Welcher
    • Chaplin and Skinner Family pedigrees
  • Stories
    • William the Conqueror’s mother (1020)
    • The Pyne family (1100)
    • Celebration for the Prince of Wales, later Charles I (1616)
    • Bishop Skinner in the Tower of London (1641)
    • The beheading of Charles I, then Rebellion (1649-1745)
    • A sea battle (1810)
    • Capt. James Skinner hiding in a harem in Kabul (1842)
    • Uncle Jack in Florence during the war (1944)
    • Maurizio Burlamacchi foils attempted embezzlement of £18M (1982)
    • Uncle Edward Holroyd Pearce sells statue for £6.8M (bought for £7) (1989)
  • Genealogy
    • Popular Surnames
      • Ayrton
      • Chaplin
      • Dant
      • Harding
      • Hurst
      • Jones
      • Maclean
      • Pearce
      • Ray-Jones
      • Skinner
      • Welcher
    • All Surnames
    • Genealogical Charts
    • How are any two individuals related?
  • Blog
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  • Contact