- Volume 2 Number 4
- Fall 1985
- Letter From the Editor
- American Genealogical
- Fall 1985
- Research Institute
- Brief History of
- the Skinner (Trade) Name
- Debrett Update
- Edmund E. Skinner Obituary
- Far Side
- Flying Fur
- John F. Skinner Obituary
- Marget Kellam: Female smith
- miscSKINNERlaneous
- Nellie Skinner Obituary
- Queries
- Recent Acquisitions
- Royal Chewing Out
- Skinner-Davis Scrapbook (Part 2)
- Skinner Ethnics
- Skinner Logo
- Skinner Places
- Skinner Satin Company
- Unclaimed Property
- Volunteers Needed
- Wylie K. Skinner Obituary
- Edmund E. Skinner Obituary
Thanks to William Weiler for transcription of this article.
In response to the articles appearing in the Summer 1985 issue of the Update (Volume 2 # 3) regarding the Scottish connection of the Skinner name...
"...The main bunch of Skinners are in England. A friend of a friend was born and lived most of her life in England. She had a Skinner family among her friends in England and they claimed they were of DANISH descent. She claims that Skinner is quite a common name in England and that it is a trade name..."
-JBS
"...I was just a trifle upset about the Hail to the Chief song, which Scott composed for `The Lady of the Lake' being cited as a Skinner song. It isn't a traditional old battle hymn, but part of a romantic tale.
"Clan McAlpine could well have Skinners as one of the septs, but the name is not Scottish alone. You have pockets of Skinners all over England and several GERMAN names seem to have been Anglicized to Skinner, either because they were pronounced that way or because the spelling, i.e. Shiner, seemed to develop into that form..."
-Anne Y. Zink
Any more fur flying around ?? - Gregg