See also
| Name: | James McLane SKIMMING |
| Sex: | Male |
| Father: | Robert MCLANE ( - ) |
| Mother: | Janet SKIMMING (1866- ) |
| Birth | 27 Nov 1888 | Meiklecarse, Minnigaff |
Jame is registered as "illigitimate" on his birth cert, his parents married on 7 Dec 1888 (10 days after James was born).
The birth was at Meikelcarse which is the same address as James Skimming and Catherine Marr on the 1881 census.