Marian Weymouth JUNKINS
1880 - 1966 (85 years)-
Name Marian Weymouth JUNKINS Birth 30 Jul 1880 Lawrence, Essex, Massachusetts 
[1, 2] Gender Female Census 1900 Lawrence, Essex, Massachusetts [3] Census 1910 Mayfield, Santa Clara, California [4] Census 1920 Julien, Dubuque, Iowa [5] Census 1930 Milford, New Haven, Connecticut [6] Census 1940 Milford, New Haven, Connecticut [7] Death 25 Apr 1966 Belvedere, Marin, California [2, 8, 9, 10] Burial Bellevue Cemetery, Lawrence, Essex, Massachusetts [11] 
Siblings2 sisters Person ID I32 bmds Last Modified 3 Apr 2022
Father George Selby JUNKINS, b. 10 May 1846, North Berwick, York, Maine d. 12 Nov 1900, Lawrence, Essex, Massachusetts (Age 54 years) Mother Josephine Mary McDUFFEE, b. 2 Feb 1848, Rochester, Strafford, New Hampshire d. 6 Aug 1913, Dubuque, Dubuque, Iowa (Age 65 years) Family ID F32 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Macy Millmore SKINNER, b. 10 Dec 1871, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts d. 9 Feb 1964, Ohio (Age 92 years) [12] Marriage 19 Sep 1903 Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts [13, 14] Age at Marriage Marian : 23 years old | Macy : 31 years old. Divorce 7 Oct 1920 Dubuque, Iowa [15] Children 2 sons and 1 daughter + 1 
. Selby Millmore SKINNER, b. 19 Jul 1905, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts d. 29 Apr 2002, Kirtland, Lake, Ohio (Age 96 years)2 . Barbara Reid SKINNER, b. 19 Nov 1907, Palo Alto, California d. 30 Apr 1953, Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany (Age 45 years)+ 3 . Carlton SKINNER, b. 8 Apr 1913, Mayfield, Santa Clara, California d. 22 Jun 2004, Chelsea, Suffolk, Massachusetts (Age 91 years)Family ID F5 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 2 George Wilson BEACH, b. 10 Oct 1861, Dubuque, Iowa d. 13 Jan 1955, Belvedere, Marin, California (Age 93 years) Marriage 31 Jul 1933 Rye, Westchester, New York Age at Marriage Marian : 53 years old | George : 71 years old. Family ID F31 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Birth - 30 Jul 1880 - Lawrence, Essex, Massachusetts Census - 1900 - Lawrence, Essex, Massachusetts 
Marriage - 19 Sep 1903 - Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts 
Census - 1910 - Mayfield, Santa Clara, California 
Census - 1920 - Julien, Dubuque, Iowa 
Divorce - 7 Oct 1920 - Dubuque, Iowa 
Census - 1930 - Milford, New Haven, Connecticut 
Marriage - 31 Jul 1933 - Rye, Westchester, New York Census - 1940 - Milford, New Haven, Connecticut 
Death - 25 Apr 1966 - Belvedere, Marin, California 
Burial - - Bellevue Cemetery, Lawrence, Essex, Massachusetts Pin Legend 
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Notes - Source: American Women. The Official Who’s who Among the Women of the Nation, 1935. p. 37
BEACH, Marian Weymouth (Mrs. George W. Beach), educator; b. Lawrence, Mass., July 23, d. George Selby and Josephine (MacDuffee) Junkins; m. Macy Milmore Skinner, Sept 19, 1903; m. 2nd George Wilson Beach, July 31, 1933 ; Hus. occ. retired ; ch. Selby M. Skinner, b. July 19, 1905; Barbara (Skinner) Gilmore, b. Nov. 19, 1907: Carlton G. Skinner, b. Apr. 8. 1913. Edn. AB, Radcliffe Coll., 1903; attended Stanford Univ. ; Middlebury Coll. ; AM Columbia Univ.; 1923. Previously: Prof. of Eng. and dean of women, Dubuque Univ.; dir., Katherine Gibbs Sch., Boston, Mass. Church: Congregational. Politics: Republican. Mem. DAR ; PEO ; Nat League of Am. Pen Women. Author: School Text.
Source : Who’s who in the East, 1942. p. 63
BEACH, Marian Weymouth Skinner (Mrs. George W. Beach), secretarial educator; b. Lawrence, Mass.; d. George Selby nnd Josephine (McDuffee) Junkins; BA, Radcliffe; M.A., Columbia, 1922; postgrad. Stanford, 1907-08, Middlebury Coll., summer 1906, Marburg U. (Germany), summer 1904; m. Macy Milmore Skinner, Sept. 19, 1903 (div. 1920) ; children – Selby Millmore, Barbara (Mrs. Max Mandellaub), Carlton ; m. 2d. George Wilson Beach, July 31, 1933. Tchr. pub. schs. 1914-16, Dubuque (Ia.) High Sch., 1918-19 ; prof. English, dean women Dubuque U., 1919-22 ; dir. Katherine Gibbs Sch., 1925-27; founder Weylister Jr. Coll (in association with Miss Louise Scott), 1927.
Book: The Bent Twig Author: Canfield, Dorothy. New York: Henry Holt and, 1916.
480 p. published also under the name: Mrs. Dorothea Frances (Canfield) Fisher or Dorothy Canfield Fisher. With introduction and notes by Marian W. Skinner, New York, H. Holt and, 1946.
Source: California Passenger and Crew Lists, 1893-1957 Name: Marian W. S. Beach; Arrival date: 11 Apr 1949; Port of Departure: Antwerp, Belgium; Ship Name: Dalerdyk.
Source: New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957 Name: Marian W. Beach; Arrival date: 14 Jul 1951; Port of departure: Liverpool, England; Ship Name: Parthia.
Mrs. Beach Visiting Carlton Skinners After Year Abroad — Mr. and Mrs. Carlton Skinner of Belevedere have as their guest Mr. Skinner’s mother. Mrs. George Beach of Los Altos, who returned last week after a year’s residence in Frankfurt, Germany. Mr. Beach will join her later and they plan to take an apartment on Belvedere lagoon. The Skinners, with their children, Franz and Andrea, returned to Belvedere last summer after 3.1/4 years in Guam, where Mr. Skinner was the governor. He has left government service and is now with a steamship line. (Source: Daily Independent Journal from San Rafael, California, January 20, 1954, page 19)
Mrs. Beach Returns From 3-Month Trip — Mrs. Marian Skinner Beach of Belvedere has recently returned from a three-months trip. Leaving her home in mid- March, she spent a weekend with her son, Professor Selby M. Skinner, in Cleveland and then went on to Washington, D.C. where she was a delegate to the Biennial Conference of the National League of American Pen Women. From there she flew to Cuba, Haiti, the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, seeing Several friends on the way. At St. Thomas she boarded a ship for a trip down the east coast of South America, stopping at Rio de Janeiro., Montevideo and Buenos Aires. Flying from there to Santiago, Chile, she sailed north to Panama, making stops at Lima, Peru; Guayaquil, Buena Ventura and Balboa. From there she flew to San Francisco via Guatamala City. Mrs. Beach is also the mother of Carlton Skinner, former Governor of Guam, now executive assistant to the President of the American President Lines. (Source: Daily Independent Journal from San Rafael, California, July 4, 1956, page 18)
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Sources - [S19] LDS.
- [S10] California Death Records (1940-1997), (website).
- [S12] 1900 US Census.
Junkins, Marion W. | daughter | b: Jul 1878 | bp: Mass.
- [S13] 1910 US Census.
Marion W. Skinner | Wife | age: 29y | bp: Mass. | Head: Macy M. Skinner
- [S6] 1920 US Census, 18 Jan 1920, Dubuque (Julien Twsp), Family #448.
Skinner Marion | Head | age: 39 | marital status: married | birthplace: Mass. | father’s bp: Maine | mother’s bp: NH | occupation: Teacher, college
- [S11] 1930 US Census.
Skinner, Marion W. | head | widowed | age: 49 | bp: Mass.
- [S7] 1940 US Census.
Beach, Marion | wife | age: 59 | bp: Mass. | occup: President of a private school
- [S9] Social Security Death Index.
Marian Beach – b. 23 Jul 1880 | d. Apr 1966 | Res: 94920 (Belvedere Tiburon, Marin, CA) | SSN: 046-20-7425 | Issued: Connecticut
- [S4] Obituary.
Mrs. Marion Beach, 84, Dies
Mrs. Marion W. Skinner Beach, 84, of Belvedere, educator and former college president, died last night at a local hospital after a short illness. She resided at 23 Cove Road.
A native of Lawrence, Mass., Mrs. Beach was a graduate of Radcliffe College and received an M.A. from Columbia University. She had also pursued graduate studies at Stanford University, Middleburg College, and Marburg University, Germany.
In 1927 Mrs. Beach founded Weylister Secretarial College in Milford, Conn., and was its president until it became a college of the University of Bridgeport in 1948. She then served as director of the college and advisor to the president of the university.
Before founding Weylister College, Mrs. Beach was director of the Katharine Gibbs School in Boston and was professor of English and dean of women at University of Dubuque, Iowa.
During World War II she was advisor to the personnel director of Chance-Vought Aircraft Corp., Bridgeport, Conn.
Her father, George Selby Junkins was mayor of Lawrence, Mass.
She was married in 1903 to Prof. Macy M. Skinner of Harvard. In 1933 she was married to George W. Beach, manufacturer and civic leader of Minneapolis, Minn., and Dubuque, Iowa.
Mrs. Beach was editor of the school edition of Dorothy Canfield Fisher’s “The Bent Twig” and author of articles on English, and on school and college administration. She was a member of the American Assn. of University Women, the National League of American Penwomen, P.E.O. Sisterhood, and Gamma Phi Beta.
She leaves two sons, Dr. Selby Skinner of Baltimore, Md., and Carlton Skinner of Belvedere and five grandchildren.
Burial will be in Lawrence, Mass.
— The Independant Journal, Wednesday, April 27, 1966.
- [S4] Obituary.
Mrs. Marion Beach, Educator, Dies at 84
Mrs. Marion W. Skinner Beach of Belvedere, retired educator and former college president, died Tuesday in Marin General Hospital after a brief illness. She was 84, Services and burial will be in Lawrence, Mass., her birthplace. Mrs. Beach was founder of the Weylister Secretarial College in Milford, Conn., and served as its president from 1927 to 1948, when it became a college of the University of Bridgeport. , She then served as director of the college and advisor to the president of the university. She was the author of numerous articles on school and college administration. Earlier in her career she was director of the Katharine Gibbs School in Boston and professor of English and dean of women at the University of Dubuque in Iowa. During World War II, she was advisor to the personnel director of the Chance-Vought Aircraft Corp. in Bridgeport, Conn.
Mrs. Beach was a graduate of Radcliffe College was received a masters degree at Columbia University. She was married In 1903 to Macy M. Skinner, a Harvard University professor; and in 1933 to George W. Beach, a manufacturer and civic leader of Minneapolis and Dubuque. Her father, George Selby Jenkins, was a mayor of Lawrence, Mass. She is survived by two sons, Carlton Skinner of Belvedere and Dr. Selby Skinner of Baltimore, Md., and five grandchildren.
— The San Francisco Examiner, Thursday, April 28, 1966.
- [S5] Find A Grave, → Memorial ID 178251176.
- [S20] Junkins Family Association.
- [S2] Newspaper.
Miss Marian W. Junkins, Radcliffe ’03 and Dr. Macy M. Skinner, Harvard ’94, instructor in German at Harvard University, were married at Appleton Chapel, Saturday, by Professor Max L. Kellner, of the Episcopal Theological School. The bride was given away by her mother, Mrs. Josephine M. Junkins of Lawrence.
Miss Helen M. Junkins, Boston University Medical School, ’03, was the bridesmaid, and Vernon V. Skinner, Harvard Law School, ’97, the best man. The ushers were Waldo Kendall, Harvard, ’98, a former instructor at Harvard, and Thomas F. Currier, Harvard, ’94, of Harvard library. Mrs. Fay Davis, organist of the North Avenue Congregational Church, contributed the music.
Miss Irwin, dean of Radcliffe, a number of Harvard professors and their wives, many of the members of the Radcliffe class of 1903, and the families of the bride and groom witnessed the ceremony.
— Cambridge Tribune (Massachusetts), 26 Sep 1903.
- [S2] Newspaper.
The engagement is annouced of Miss Marian Weymouth Junkins, Radclife ’03, youngest daughter of the late Ex-Mayor George H. Junkins and Mrs. Junkins of Lawrence, and Dr. Macy Millmore Skinner, Harvard, ’94, instructor in German at Harvard University, son of Dr. John Skinner of 2849 Washington Street and nephew of Dr. E. M. Skinner of Park Road, Forest Hills.
- [S13] 1910 US Census.
- [S19] LDS.