Skelley Family History & Genealogy

Buena Vista (Young) Skelley of Stark County, Ohio United States was born on January 30, 1858 in Carrollton, Carroll County to John W Young and Lucinda (Richardson) Young. She had a brother Mortimer C Young. She was in a relationship with John Skelley, and had a child Ethel May (Skelley) Benson. Buena Vista Skelley died at age 92 years old on March 7, 1950 in Canton, Stark County, and was buried at Forest Hill cemetery Canton ohio in Canton.

Hugh Skelley was born on August 17, 1791 in Armstrong County, Pennsylvania United States, and died at age 59 years old on November 11, 1850 in Cambria City, Cambria County. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Hugh Skelley.

John W Skelley of Louisville, Stark County, Ohio United States was born in April 1859, and died at age 44 years old on June 5, 1903 in Louisville.

Mary Philomena (Skelley) Aurentz was born on February 14, 1834 in New Alexandria, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania United States to Hugh Skelley and Mary Skelley, and had siblings Joseph Skelley and Michael Albert Skelley. Mary Aurentz married Soloman A. Aurentz, and died at age 74 years old on December 11, 1908 in Fort Wayne, Allen County, IN. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Mary Philomena Aurentz.

Hugh Skelley was born on September 5, 1893 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois United States, and died at age 80 years old on October 4, 1973 in Engelwood, Bergen County, NJ. Hugh Skelley was buried in Valhalla, Westchester County, NY. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Hugh Skelley.

James A. Skelley was born on July 23, 1859 in Altoona, Blair County, Pennsylvania United States, and died at age 73 years old on October 22, 1932. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember James A. Skelley.

Michael Skelley died at 1800s. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Michael Skelley.

Joseph Skelley was born on May 5, 1830 in Altoona, Blair County, Pennsylvania United States, and died at age 44 years old on March 9, 1875. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Joseph Skelley.

Mary (Easly) Skelley was born on August 16, 1798 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania United States to Andrew Easly and Elizabeth Easly. She was in a relationship with Hugh Skelley, and had children Joseph Skelley, Mary Philomena Aurentz, and Michael Albert Skelley. Mary Skelley died at age 72 years old in 1870 in Derry, Westmoreland County. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Mary Skelley.

Jerome H. Skelley was born on July 30, 1898 in Davenport, Scott County, Iowa United States, and died at age 52 years old on October 16, 1950. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Jerome H. Skelley.

He was born James Harold Skelley in Alleghenyville, Pennsylvania to James and Martha Skelley. His family moved to Davenport, Iowa when he was four. He had four sisters and three brothers. Skelley was educated at Sacred Heart School in Davenport and St. Bede Academy in Peru, Illinois. He left home at the age of 15 and joined the circus. He acted in his first stage production, The Time, the Place and the Girl, at the LaSalle Theater in Chicago when he was 16. For a short period of time he was a backup first baseman for the Boston Braves and a prizefight manager. For his professional name he shortened his middle name Harold to Hal and dropped the final "e" in Skelley. Skelly became a veteran of medicine shows, musical comedy, burlesque, Lew Dockstader's minstrels and opera. He joined the A.M. Zinn musical comedy company in San Francisco where his eccentric dancing ability earned him the nickname "Tumbling Harold Skelly". Always enamored with the circus, he spent a year with Barnum & Bailey. Skelly toured China and Japan with a musical comedy troupe, the Raymond Teale Company. Skelly made his Broadway debut in Fiddler’s Three (1918) and went on to appear in ten other shows on Broadway. In 1927, he played a starring role alongside Barbara Stanwyck, in her first Broadway hit, the musical production Burlesque. Paramount Pictures invited the two to star in the 1929 talkie film version of the show, retitled The Dance of Life because studio executives judged the original title too risqué. Stanwyck turned down the offer, while Skelly accepted, reprising his role as "Skid Johnson". He would make a total of ten films, including the Woman Trap (1929), Behind the Make-Up (1930), and The Shadow Laughs (1933), and was also featured on two movie soundtracks. Skelly was killed in a train-auto accident in West Cornwall, Connecticut when the truck he was driving was struck by the New York to Pittsfield train of the New Haven Railroad at a crossing. News reports at the time said he was staying with friends and he was looking for a dog that had run away. His widow, Eunice, brought his body back to New York City for the funeral, which was held in the Actor's Chapel at Saint Malachy's Catholic Church in Manhattan. His mother and his brother Hugh accompanied the body back to Davenport for burial at St. Marguerite's Cemetery, now known as Mount Calvary Cemetery.

Gertrude Skelley was born on November 9, 1870 in Altoona, Blair County, Pennsylvania United States, and died at age 88 years old on July 18, 1959 in Aspinwall, Allegheny County. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Gertrude Skelley.

Michael Albert Skelley was born on July 30, 1843 in Cambria County, Pennsylvania United States, and died at age 63 years old on April 4, 1907 in Derry, Westmoreland County. Michael Skelley was buried in New Derry. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Michael Albert Skelley.

Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Ethel May (Skelley) Benson.

Hughette (Skelley) Somerville was born on July 6, 1918 in St. Louis, Missouri United States, and died at age 93 years old on March 19, 2012 in Harwich, Barnstable County, MA. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Hughette Somerville.

Ann Skelley was born on September 27, 1907 in Davenport, Scott County, Iowa United States, and died at age 84 years old on September 22, 1992 in Evanston, Cook County, IL. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Ann Skelley.

Martha (Greene) Skelley was born on October 27, 1870 in Sterling, Whiteside County, Illinois United States. She was in a relationship with James A. Skelley, and had children Joseph Harold Skelley, Hugh Skelley, Hildegard Lau, Jerome H. Skelley, Lourde Skelley, Berthella G McCue, Monica Hogan, and Ann Skelley. Martha Skelley died at age 92 years old on June 26, 1963. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Martha Skelley.

Catherine (Kerr) Skelley was born on February 11, 1837 in Latrobe, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania United States, and died at age 38 years old on June 20, 1875. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Catherine Skelley.

Lorene M. (Woodward) Skelley was born on March 1, 1925 in Missouri United States, and died at age 87 years old on September 27, 2012. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Lorene M. Skelley.

Hildegard (Skelley) Lau was born on May 10, 1896 in Green Bay, Brown County, Wisconsin United States, and died at age 86 years old on December 11, 1982 in Cook County, IL. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Hildegard Lau.