Original 1860-80s European SKIGGS FAMILY, taken in Roanoke, VA.

Description

PHOTO IS OF THE SKIGGS FAMILY. MOM, DAD AND FOUR DAUGHTERS. PHOTO IS MOUNTED ON BOARD WITH EMBOSSED PHOTOGRAPHERS NAME OF LANDES of ROANOKE , Virginia. A FEW LIGHT SPOTS, BUT OTHER WISE OK. PHOTO IS FIXED ON A PIECE OF HARDBOARD SIZE 280×315.
Please contact me if you know of any people called SKIGGS, a very unusual surname. Can anyone trace this family tree? The fathers name is F. E. Skiggs, has it been shortened from another surname?