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Elizabeth Reid Skea (née Scollay), born in April 1863, married John Skea. They had come to Canada in about 1887 and had homesteaded in Langley in 1888 on Telegraph Trail near Otter. Elizabeth was a school teacher in Langley. Elizabeth and John had 6 children: Cathrine Ann (b. 1887), James (b. 1889), Elizabeth Reid (b. 1891), John Scollay (b. 1894), Rhoda Violet (b. 1898), Jane Cooper (b. 1901), and David Reid (b. 1903). Elizabeth died in Langley on November 3, 1945, at the age of 82.
Term Source: HPC Records (SKEA-1/755)

John Skea was born January 30 1863, in the Orkney Isles. He married Elizabeth Scollay (b. April 1863) in 1885 in the Orkney Isles. They had come to Canada in about 1887 and had homesteaded in Langley in 1888 on Telegraph Trail near Otter. They had seven children: Cathrine (Kate) Ann (b. 1887 in Scotland), James (b. 1889), Elizabeth (Beth) Reid (b. 1891), John (Jack) Scollay (b. 1894), Rhoda Violet (b. 1898), Jane (Daisy?) Cooper (b. 1901), and David Reid (b. 1903). John died in Langley on April 29, 1949, at the age of 87.