Captain
Henry
Lufkin
Skeet
Born in Ipswich, Suffolk, England
Ancestors 
Son of William Skeet
and Susannah Blythe (Mixer) Skeet
Brother of
Eliza Clara Skeet, Susanna Skeet, Susanna Skeet, Hannah Skeet, Ann Blyth Skeet, William Skeet, Julia Skeet and Robert Mixer Skeet
Husband of
Harriet Anne (Garland) Skeet
— married
6 Jan 1857 (to 1872) in Tillington, Sussex, England
Husband of
Agnes MacFarlane (Dalziel) Skeet
— married
6 Jan 1875 in New Zealand
Descendants 
Father of
Robert Challen Skeet, Harry May Skeet, Alfred Skeet, Bertram Vivian Skeet, Annie Harriette Skeet and Lottie Nora (Skeet) Didsbury
Died
at about age 46
in Waiwera Hot Springs, New Zealand
Profile last modified
| Created 5 Nov 2017
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Biography
Henry was born in 1836. He passed away in 1882.
Daily Telegraph 27 Nov 1882 DEATH SKEET - On the 5th November, at Waiwera Hot Springs, Captain Henry Lufkin Skett, N.Z.M., late Chief Surveyor West Coast Commisson.
BAY OF PLENTY TIMES 8 Nov 1882 DEATH SKEET - On November 5th, at Waiwera, Henry Lufkin Skett, Captain N.Z.M., late District Surveyor Tauranga.
Sources
- Christening 3 October 1841 at Tillington, Westhampnett, Sussex from IGI
UK Census 1851 at Westhampnett, Sussex William Skeet, age 58, born Henley, Suffolk Susannah. wife, age 56. born Stratford St. Mary, Suffolk Henry Lufkin, son, age 15, born ST. Peters, Ipswich
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz
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Jocelyn Snell
Captain Skeets grave is in a small cemetery site in Weranui Road, Waiwera. NZ
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