When Hannah Skinner married, she was described as being from “Baltimore, Cork, Ireland” Brisbane Courier 8 June 1899 p7. Her marriage certificate echoed this place of origin and gave her age as 26. She had arrived in Brisbane 23 November 1891 as a dressmaker, aged 20. These records indicate, not unusually, varying years of birth. Hannah Skinner’s birth: civil records Civil (government) records and baptismal (church records) provide different information. The marriage civil records for those not Catholic commenced … Continue reading