My name is Albert Dudley Skyrme

I only started my tree in 2007 mainly because I was interested in my family 
name and its origin.There are many suggestions on its origin, the most popular 
being the Vikings landing on the isle of Skye.Two brothers made their way 
south on the mainland, one ending in Pembrokeshire and the other in 
Herefordshire. They were known as skyemen hence the name Skyrme has 
evolved.I have, to date ,not traced my paternal greatgrandfather as my 
grandfather was born out of wedlock and I have no name to follow. I have 
however, continued to trace the Skyrme line.My branch of the Skyrme family have 
their roots in Herefordshire, mainly in the villages of Preston-on-
wye,Tyberton,Mocass, Ploughfield, Holywell and Blakemere.They were either 
tailors,dressmakers or in service. My grandfather Albert Skyrme moved to South Wales 
for work. He became a miner, in fact there is a working in the Cory colliery known as 
Skyrme deep, my father James Reginald Skyrme worked alongside his father in the mine 
at the age of 12. During the Depression in the 1920's my father and grandfather went 
to America to look for work, they stayed with my fathers aunt Mary Holland ( nee 
Evans ) in Chicago Illinois, they stayed for 12 months but could not find work and 
retuned to Wales. As children the only information we had, was that my grandfather 
was an orphan and was brought up by his sister. I have since discovered that his so 
called sister was in fact his mother, he was probably ashamed that he was 
illigitimate. His mother Olive Skyrme eventually married Enoch Portman also of 
Herefordshire.