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     Jean Anderson Skinner was born circa 1864 in Coull, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. She was the daughter of William Skinner and Margaret S Ross. She was the daughter of William Skinner and Margaret S Skinner in the 1891 census Tarland Migvie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.¹ She married George Hubert Ede, son of Charles Ede and Emma Ede, on 29 September 1892 in Tarlande, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, after the banns had been read. George was aged 30 and a Doctor of Medicine from Bramley in Surrey. Jane was the Ministers daughter aged 28.² She was the wife of George Hubert Ede in the 1901 census in Ardo, Station Road, Bramley, Surrey, England. George was a general practitioner living wth his wife and daughter. They had a servant governess living in the household called Beatrice E D Stiff and Emma Woolgar a domestic servant.³ She was the wife of George Hubert Ede in the 1911 census in Ardo, Station Road, Bramley, Surrey, England. George was a medical practitioner living with his wife and two daughters who were at school. They lived in an eight roomed home with three domestic servants.⁴ Her husband George died on 11 April 1917 in Ardo, Station Road, Bramley, Surrey, England.^5,6 She died on 31 July 1947 in St Luke's Hospital, 10 Warren Road, Guildford, Surrey, England, her usual address was Edencroft, Bramley, Surrey.^6,7 She was buried on 4 August 1947 in Holy Trinity, Bramley, Surrey, England.⁸ Her estate was probated on 17 December 1947 in London to a widow Bessie Watson Shepherd. Her estate was valued at £170 15s 1d.⁶ A second grant was issued in London to Harry Crawley Ross Skinner DSO MC Lt Col H M Army. Her estate was valued at £2173 19s 7d.⁶

     Emma Dorothy Ede was born on 17 September 1893 in Bramley, Surrey, England.^1,2 She was the daughter of George Hubert Ede and Jean Anderson Skinner. She was baptised on 25 October 1893 in Holy Trinity, Bramley, Surrey, England, her father was a Medical Practitioner.² She was the daughter of George Hubert Ede and Jean Anderson Ede in the 1901 census in Ardo, Station Road, Bramley, Surrey, England.³ Dorothy attended St Catherine's School from September 1901 until Easter 1912. She was an excellent scholar winning many prizes.⁴ She was the daughter of George Hubert Ede and Jean Anderson Ede in the 1911 census in Ardo, Station Road, Bramley, Surrey, England.⁵ She died on 16 August 1915 in Bramley, Surrey, England, at age 21.⁶ She was buried on 19 August 1915 in Holy Trinity, Bramley, Surrey, England.⁷ In a report about the death of Emma Dorothy Ede, gave a list of mourners, floral tributes and an appreciation by Mrs Leonard Phillips, Commandant of Thorncombe Military Hospital. The initial report in the newspaper begins ‘A gloom is cast over the village’, and that Dorothy was universally beloved. She joined the nursing staff of Thorncombe on the outbreak of was ‘most intellectual and painstaking nurse and very anxious about her work’. The funeral was conducted by Rev D Green (vicar of Bramley) and Rev C Etty, and included two hymns. Among the wreaths was one from Mrs Russell Baker and old girls of the School. Mrs Phillips’ tribute reads: ‘A great power for good, and her example she always set of unselfish service, always eager to help both patients and fellow-workers, never grumbling, or wishing to have the best work given to her, but doing it all in a cheerful spirit which, without doubt did much to help in her patients’ recovery, and made her one of the most valued nurses and popular workers at Thorncombe Hospital’. She had not been at work since 1 August and all were looking forward to her return ‘when we heard that she was seriously ill, only a few hours before her death’.^8,9 Dorothy's name appears on the Surrey V.A.D. Nurse Memorial in Farnham Road Hospital in Guildford.⁴