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Vernon Villiers SKINNER

Male 1868 - 1951  (82 years)


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  • Name Vernon Villiers SKINNER 
    Birth 22 Nov 1868  Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Census 1870  Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Census 1880  Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Census 1900  Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Census 1910  Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Census 1920  Los Angeles, California Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1930  Los Angeles, California Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Census 1950  Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Death 17 May 1951  Los Angeles, California Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 7] 
    Burial Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Los Angeles, California Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Siblings 4 brothers and 1 sister 
    Person ID I6537  bmds
    Last Modified 16 Jun 2022 

    Father Dr. John SKINNER,   b. 16 Feb 1824, Cornwallis, Kings, Nova Scotia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Dec 1909, Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 85 years) 
    Mother Jane Reid TERWILLIGER,   b. 26 Feb 1835, New Scotland, Albany, New York Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Apr 1922, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 87 years) 
    Family ID F30  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Janet W. WATSON,   b. 2 Feb 1883, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Feb 1977, Thousand Oaks, Ventura, California Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 94 years) 
    Marriage 25 Oct 1913  Los Angeles, California Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    Age at Marriage Vernon : 44 years old | Janet : 30 years old. 
    Children 3 daughters 
    +1Female. Hellen Vernon SKINNER,   b. 12 Sep 1914, Los Angeles, California Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Jun 2007, Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 92 years)
     2Female. Edith Villiers SKINNER,   b. 4 Jul 1916, Los Angeles, California Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Oct 2008, Media, Delaware, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 92 years)
    +3Female. Alice Reid SKINNER,   b. 10 Oct 1923, Los Angeles, California Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Dec 2011, Sedona, Yavapai, Arizona Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 88 years)
     
    Family ID F2396  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 22 Nov 1868 - Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1870 - Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1880 - Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1900 - Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1910 - Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 25 Oct 1913 - Los Angeles, California
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1920 - Los Angeles, California
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1930 - Los Angeles, California
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1950 - Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 17 May 1951 - Los Angeles, California
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Los Angeles, California
    Pin Legend  : Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  • Notes 
    • Vernon studied in Harvard Law School, and graduated in 1897. He was at the head of Mass. State Penitentiary System. Then he left Massachusetts and settled in California (abt. 1914) where he married Jenny.

      Source: The Municipal Register, City of Boston, 1908. p. 74
      Vernon V. Skinner, Penal Institutions Commissioner. Term ends in 1910. Salary, $5000.

      Source: The New York Times, December 25, 1909
      Boston penal officials out. – Mayor Removes Commissioner Skinner and Deputy Carruth.
       BOSTON, Dec. 24. – Mayor George A. Hibbard’s Christmas surprise for Penal Commissioner Vernon V. Skinner to-day was his removal from office and the appointment in his place of Stree Commissioner Gui C. Emerson. Mayor Hibbard directed Emerson to dismiss Deputy Commissioner Herbert S. Carruth as well.
       Mayor Hibbard bases his action on the allegation that Skinner and Carruth have been guilty of “suppression and misrepresentation” of the conditions existing at Deer Island, where the Suffolk County Hous of Correction is maintained.
       Skinner on Wednesday testified before the Finance Commission that the penal institution’s steamer Monitor had been loaned for private excursions at the request of the Mayor or his secretary, James C. White; that officers at the Deer Island institution had been kept in office after having been detected supplying prisoners with morphine, and that intoxication among the officers at the institution was not extremely rare.

      Source: History of the Harvard Law School and of Early Legal Conditions in America, vol. I, 1908.
      Skinner, Vernon Villiers: born Boston, Nov. 22, 1868, son of Dr. John and Jeanie (Reid) Skinner; admitted Suffolk bar 1897, U.S. Circuit and Circuit Court of Appeals 1899; in partnership with George J. Weller since 1901 under firm name of Weller & Skinner; offices, 16 Court Sq. Boston, residence, 2848 Washington St., Boston; has served as treasurer Lincoln Club of Bonston (Inc.), vice-president Rep. City Committee and Penal Institutions Commissioner of Boston; member of Marshall Club, and ranks high as an officer in the Masonic and Odd Fellow fraternities.

      Source: Harvard alumni directory, 1914
      Skinner, Vernon Villiers [l 94-97, LL.B. Law] 662 S. Hill St., Los Angeles, Cal.

      Source: Harvard alumni directory, 1919
      Skinner, Vernon Villiers [l 94-97, LL.B. Merc.] 5543 Sierra Vista Ave., Los Angeles, Cal.

  • Sources 
    1. [S22] 1870 US Census, Boston, 9th ward - Family #710.
      Skinner Vernon V. | Son | age: 1 | birthplace: Mass. | occup.: at home

    2. [S18] 1880 US Census, Page 36 - family #380.
      Census place: Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts.
      Skinner Vernon V | Son | age: 11 | birthplace: MA | father’s bp: NS | mother’s bp: NY | occup.: At School

    3. [S12] 1900 US Census, Boston, 22th ward - family #301.
      Census place: Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts
      Skinner Vernon V. | Son | birth: March 1869 | age: 31 | birthplace: Mass. | father’s bp: Canada Eng. | mother’s bp: NY | occupation : Lawyer

    4. [S13] 1910 US Census, Boston, 22th ward - family #470.
      Census place: Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts
      Skinner Vernon V | Son | marital status: single | age: 41 | birthplace: Mass | father’s bp: Can. English | mother’s bp: NY | occup.: Lawyer, General practice

    5. [S11] 1930 US Census, 4 Apr 1930, Los Angeles, 143th ward - family #38.
      Census place: Los Angeles, California
      Skinner Vernon W. | Head | home: owned ($17,000) | age: 59 | age at marriage: 43 | birthplace: Mass. | father’s bp: Nova Scotia | fother’s bp: NY | occup.: Salesman, Hardware

    6. [S10] California Death Records (1940-1997), (website).
      Skinner Vernon Villiers b.:11/22/1868 | Mother: Terwilliger | Father: Skinner bp.:Massachusetts | dp:.Los Angeles(19) | d.: 17 may 1951 | SSN:560-26-1129

    7. [S4] Obituary.
      Vernon V. Skinner
      Funeral services for Vernon V. Skinner, 82, retired Los Angeles attorney, will be conducted tomorrow at 1 p.m. in Pierce Bros. Hollywood Chapel with interment in Forest Lawn. Born in Boston, Mass., he had lived in Los Angeles for 44 years and died Thursday at his home, 55431/2 Sierra Vista. He leaves his widow Jennie.
      — The Los Angeles Times. 20 May 1951, Sunday.

    8. [S5] Find A Grave, → Memorial ID 85518700.

    9. [S15] Internet.
      Name: Vernon V Skinner | Event: Marriage | Event Date: 25 Oct 1913 | Event Place: Los Angeles, California | Gender: Male | Age: 38 | Father: John Skinner | Mother: Jennie R Terwilliger | Spouse:  Janet W Watson | Spouse’s Gender: Female | Spouse’s Father: William Watson | Spouse’s Mother: Helen Shearer
      From California, County Marriages, 1850-1952