John Skinner
1840–1903
Coachman. From Godstone, Surrey; lived with his parents in Cudham, close to Down, in 1861. Employed at Down from 1866, and after CD’s death by Emma Darwin. Married Helen Nightingale at Chelsfield, Kent, in 1867. Lived in Cambridge after Emma moved there for the winters.
Sources
CD’s Classed account books (Down House MS)
Census returns of England and Wales 1841 (The National Archives: Public Record Office HO107/1077/4/2747), 1861 (RG9/462/46/7), 1891 (RG12/1280/135/32)
England, select marriages 1538–1973 (Ancestry.co.uk, accessed 5 July 2018)
UK and Ireland, Find a grave index, 1300s–current (Ancestry.co.uk, accessed 5 July 2018)
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