Life Events
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| Birth | Mary Mathew Graham was born on 28 May 1869 in High Church, Glasgow, Lanarkshire.
The name on her birth registration was 'Elizabeth Gow Graham.2' |
| (with Parents) 1871 Census | Mary appeared on the 1871 Census of Glasgow Springburn, Lanarkshire with her parents. She was one year old and born in Glasgow.3 |
| (Mentioned) Probate | She was mentioned in the inventory of her father Thomas Graham's estate on 10 Jul 1876. Her grandfather Archibald Nairn was the executor dative and factor for the orphaned children.1 |
| 1881 Census | Mary appeared on the 1881 Census of Edinburgh St Cuthberts, Edinburgh, at Orphan Hospital. Mary was a scholar, age 11, birthplace Glasgow. [Her two sisters were with their maternal grandmother, one brother with an aunt, and the other brother in an orphanage in Yorkshire]4 |
| Marriage | Mary Mathew Graham married William Skinner.5
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| 1901 Census | William and Mary M N Skinner appeared on the 1901 Census of Inveravon, Banffshire, at Pitchaish. William was 45, a general practitioner, and was born in Portmahomack, Rosshire. Mary was 30, a general practitioner wife, and was born in Glasgow. With them was William's son William G G (19), and 3 domestic servants - general, nurse, and a coachman.6 |
| (Widowed) Death | Her husband William died on 31 Jan 1910. She had four children of tender years.7 |
| (Mentioned) Obituary | She was mentioned, but not by name, in William Skinner's 1910 obituary which is reproduced here:
Dr William Skinner, of Ballindalloch, Banffshire, died on January 31st as the result of an accident he sustained on January 21st. About 2 a.m. on that morning he was summoned to see a patient at Advie; in the darkness was thrown from the trap and evidently kicked by the frightened horse which become entangled in the harness. At 5 a.m. a party of workmen found Dr. Skinner lying bleeding and unconscious in the snow. he was removed to a neighbouring farmhouse and attended to by his neighbours, Dr. Sellar, Aberloud, and Dr. Findlay, Glenlivet. The injuries were so severe that little hope could be entertained of his recovery. Special advice was called in, but he only once regained consciousness. Dr. Skinner was a native of Portmahomack, Eastern Ross. He graduated M.B. and C.M.Edin. in 1882, and spent all his professional life in Ballindalloch. He was Parochial Medical Officer for Inveravon and Knockando. He was a member of the British Medical Association. He was very much esteemed in Speyside; he gave his services ungrudgingly and often without reward to the poor, and he was never known to refuse an appeal for assistance, no matter at what hour or from what part of his wide district it was made. He was a great favourite in the neighbourhood in which he practised, and will be much missed by his many friends. A regular attendant of the meetings of the Northern Counties Branch of the Association, his colleagues will miss his kindly and genial presence at their gatherings. Dr. Skinner is survived by a widow and four children, all of tender years, to whom the sympathy of the doctor's many friends is freely extended. 7 |
| Death | Mary died on 2 Apr 1932.5
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