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- - a manufacturer and dealer in lime, cement, plaster of paris, salt, coal, wood, etc; prominent farmer at L77 NBETR
Limestone from his farm was used for the London asylum, bridge abutments, foundations of St. Peter's Cathedral and other buildings.
1851 census: Barnabas Skuse, 7, living at Westminster with parents, 2 brothers, 4 sisters; b. Canada
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[HCM p. 1001]: Barnabus Skuse, manufacturer and dealer in lime, cements, plaster paris, salt, coal, wood, &c., &c., also one of the prominent farmers of the township, is the son of John and Ann (Jennings) Skuse. ...Barnabas Skuse was born on the old homestead in 1843, and was reared to farm life. He secured a common school education, and married Miss Hannah Griffith, daughter of Nathan Griffith. She died several years after marriage, and Mr. Skuse took for his secon wife Miss Anna Griffith, sister of his first wife. Six children were the result of the last marriage - Eddie, Eliza, Jane, Harriet, Louise and Lizzie (twins). Mr. Skuse followed farming for some time, and then, in 1863, engaged in the lime trade until 1868. He then farmed until 1882, after which he bought his present farm, on which is a valuable lime quarry and good building stone, which Mr. Skuse disposes of in London, and is doing a large and successful business. He is well known in London, and furnished stone for the first Insane Asylum, for the Kensington Bridge, the Westminster Bridge, for Birrell's wholesale store, and the Catholic Cathedral. Mr. Skuse is a Reformer in politics, is a member of the Masonic fraternity, A.O.U.W., and a member of the Royal Aranum. His judgment is well respected by the people of the township, and he was appointed Deputy-Reeve for three years.
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1843 - 1890 (47 years)
