Shep's Place Family Tree

Some of the other names in their neighbourhood were Cowling, Corey, Rundle, Venning and Rowe.

In 1851 the Skitches lived at 40 Higherend in Marhamchurch. Humphrey now 43 and Elizabeth 42 had five children at home: Robert 15, an agricultural labourer; Mary ten, a scholar; Humphrey seven; Elizabeth five; and John one.

At Marhamchurch in 1861 Humphrey 52 is classified as a "cordwainer" rather than a shoemaker. A cordwainer does finer work than a shoemaker, so this is a higher station for Humphry. Elizabeth 51 yrs has four children at home: William 22, a carpenter; Humphry Jr, an apprentice cordwainer; Elizabeth 15, an apprentice cordwainer; and John eleven years, a scholar. All of the children were born in Marhamchurch.