Jeanne Dorothy ROWE

1917 - 1988  (71 years)

• Name	Jeanne Dorothy ROWE
  Birth	1 Apr 1917	Marshalltown, Marshall, Iowa
  Gender	Female
  Census	1920	Des Moines, Polk, Iowa   [1]
  Census	1930	Des Moines, Polk, Iowa   [2]
  Census	1940	Lincoln, Lancaster, Nebraska   [3]
  Census	1950	Asan, Guam   [4]
  Death	19 Apr 1988	Palo Alto, Santa Clara, California   [5, 6, 7]
  Burial	Golden Gate Natl. Cemetery, San Bruno, San Mateo, California   [8]
  Siblings	1 sister
  + 1. Virginia Robertson ROWE,   b. 15 Aug 1913, Des Moines, Polk, Iowa d. 26 Dec 2009, San Francisco, California  (Age 96 years) + 2. Jeanne Dorothy ROWE,   b. 1 Apr 1917, Marshalltown, Marshall, Iowa d. 19 Apr 1988, Palo Alto, Santa Clara, California  (Age 71 years)
  Person ID	I7	bmds
  Last Modified	7 Jul 2022

  
  

  Father	George Lewis ROWE,   b. 18 Jan 1889, Miner, South Dakota d. 2 Nov 1975, Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles, California (Age 86 years)
  Mother	Marie Henrietta FRANZ,   b. 18 May 1892, Des Moines, Polk, Iowa d. 2 Sep 1977, Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles, California (Age 85 years)
  Family ID	F6	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Carlton SKINNER,   b. 8 Apr 1913, Mayfield, Santa Clara, California d. 22 Jun 2004, Chelsea, Suffolk, Massachusetts (Age 91 years)
  Marriage	4 May 1943	Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio   [9, 10]
  Age at Marriage	Jeanne : 26 years old | Carlton : 30 years old.
  Divorce Filed	Feb 1967	California   [11]
  Divorce	Aft Feb 1967	California
  Children	1 son and 2 daughters
  	+ 1. Franz Carlton SKINNER,   b. 5 Apr 1945, Lincoln, Lancaster, Nebraska (Age 79 years)   2. Andrea Weymouth SKINNER,   b. 12 Apr 1948, Washington, District of Columbia d. 19 Apr 1982, Los Angeles, California (Age 34 years) + 3. Barbara McDuffee SKINNER,   b. 4 Sep 1957, San Rafael, Marin, California (Age 66 years)
  Family ID	F2	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Gov. and Mrs. Carlton Skinner Of Guam and their two children Andrea and Franz. Mrs Skinner and the children have been spending the summer with her parents Mr. and Mrs. George Rowe of Lakewood-Village. Also in the party were Mr. and Mrs. Rowe, Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Holland and their children George Raymond and Stephen, Mr. and Mrs. M. R. Eshelman, Mr. and Mrs. Ted Lewis, Miss Madge Lewis and the hosts’ two sons Drew and Eric. Mr. and Mrs. Skinner have taken a plane for Washington D. C. for a few weeks prior to returning to Guam (Source: Long Beach Press-Telegram, September 23, 1951) JUST BACK FROM a month’s stay in Mexico are Mrs. Carlton Skinner of Belvedere and her younger daughter, Barbara. They traveled with Mrs. Skinner’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. George L. Rowe of Seal Beach. They visited Rosarita Beach, and stayed at Quintas Papagayos, near Ensenada. In Southern California. Mrs. Skinner visited former Belvedere residents, Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Boyer at Balboa, and Mr. and Mrs. Harry Colmery in Pasadena. (Source: Daily Independent Journal from San Rafael, California. Saturday, July 30, 1966)

  
  

• Sources

  [S6] 1920 US Census, Des Moines Ward 1, Polk, Iowa. Dorothy Rowe | age: 2y8m | bp: Iowa [S11] 1930 US Census. Dorothy J. Rowe | age: 13 | bp: Iowa [S7] 1940 US Census, Ward 6, Lincoln City, Lancaster, Nebraska. Jeanne Rowe | age: 23 | bp: Iowa [S8] 1950 US Census. Jeanne Skinner | age: 33 | wife | bp: USA [S9] Social Security Death Index. Jeanne Skinner | b. 1 Apr 1917 | d.19 Apr 1988 | Res: 94104 (San Francisco, San Francisco, CA) | ssn:506-18-7312 | Issued:Nebraska [S10] California Death Records (1940-1997), (website). [S4] Obituary. Jeanne R. Skinner – A memorial service will be at 2 p.m. next Saturday for Jeanne R. Skinner, former Belvedere resident who was active in civic and social work in Marin.  Mrs. Skinner died Tuesday, April 19, 1988, at the Veteran Medical Center in Palo Alto. She had been hospitalized for many years after a grave illness in the mid-1960s.  She had lived in Belvedere in the 1950s and 1960s.  Mrs. Skinner was born in Marshalltown, Iowa, and was a graduate of the University of Nebraska, where she was a member of Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority. She had done graduate work at that university and at Dominican College in San Rafael.  During World War II, she was selected for the first Women’s Auxiliary Volunteer Emergency Service training class at Northampton, Mass. She subsequently served as an ensign and lieutenant in the Navy, first in public relations in Washington D.C., and New York, later in the navy relief activity at Third Naval District headquarters in New York.  Before moving to Marin and while married to Carlton Skinner, she had been first lady in Guam, where her husband was the last Naval governor and first civilian governor of the territory from 1949 to 1953. At that time, she organized and presided over Government House, the official governor’s residence.  Mrs. Skinner was a sustaining member of the Junior League of San Francisco and treasurer of the Marin unit of the league. She earlier had been secreterary of the Washington league and committee chairman in both the Washington and New York leagues.  She also had been treasurer of St. Stephen’s Church in Belvedere, a board member of several Marin social organizations and helped establish the Junior League’s Reading and Languague Development Center.  Mrs. Skinner is survived by her son, Franz Skinner of Bolinas; her daughter, Barbara Skinner Lucet of Paris; her sister, Mrs. Harvey Holland of Santa Monica; and four grandchildren. — The Marin Independent Journal, Apr 23, 1988. [S5] Find A Grave, → Memorial ID 48875601. [S2] Newspaper. Ensign Rowe is Bride of Lieut. Skinner  The marriage of Ensign Jeanne Rowe. U.S.N.R. to Lieut. Carlton Skinner, U.S.C.G.R., took place Saturday in Dayton, Ohio.  Only members of the immediate families attended the ceremony that was performed at the home of the bride’s sister, Mrs. Harvison Catlin Holland. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Lewis Rowe, of Lincoln, Nebr., and Lieutenant Skinner is the son of Mrs. Marian W. Skinner Beach, of Milford, Conn., and Prof. Macy M. Skinner of the University of Washington in Seattle.  The bride is a graduate of the University of Nebraska and took her graduate work there. She is a member of Kappa Kappa Gamma, Pi Lambda Theta and Psi Chi. At present she is with the Navy Department here.  Lieutenant Skinner attended Wesleyan University in Middletown, Conn., and was graduated from the University of California, where he was affiliated with Delta Upsilon fraternity. A Washington newspaperman before entering the service, he was formerly Director of Information for the United States Maritime Commision. He is a member of the National Press Club and the Capital Yacht Club. — The Washington Post, 4 May 1943 [S2] Newspaper. Ensiqn Jeanne Rowe Bride Of Lieut. Carleton Skinner The marriage of Ensign Jeanne Rowe, U. S. N. R., daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Lewis Rowe of Lincoln, to Lieut. Carleton Skinner of the United States coast guard reserve, was solemnized on Saturday, May 1, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Harvison C. Holland in Dayton, Ohio.  Mrs. Holland was her sister’s only attendant. The bride was given in marriage by her father, and wore her white summer uniform.  Ensign Skinner is a graduate of the University of Nebraska where she took her post-graduate work. She is a member of Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority, and Pi Lambda Theta, honorary. At present, as an officer in the WAVES she is in the navy department, division of public relations, Washington, D. C.  Lieut Skir.ner attended Wesleyan university, Middletown, Conn., and was graduated from the University of Southern California, at Los Angeles, where he is a member of Delta Upsilon fraternity. Before entering the service Lieut. Skinner was director of information for the United States maritime commission. He has been on sea duty in the north Atlantic and Arctic waters for the past year and a half. His present assignment is for public relations duty at the coast guard headquarters, Washington, D. C. He is a member of the National Press club and the Capital Yacht club, Washing-jl ton, D. C. He is the son of Mrs. Marian W. Skinner Beach, president of the Weylister secretarial junior college, Milford, Conn., and of Prof. Macy M. Skinner of the University of Washington, Seattle.  Lieut. Skinner and his bride left for a honeymoon trip late in the afternoon after which they will return to Washington, D. C, where they will reside at 2458 Twentieth street, N. W., Apt. 503.  Out of town guest s at the wedding were Mr. and Mrs. George Rowe, parents of the bride, and Mrs. Marian Beach, mother of the bridegroom. — The Lincoln Star (Lincoln, Nebraska). 1 May 1943. [S2] Newspaper. Mrs. Carlton Skinner Asks For Divorce – Carlton Skinner of Belvedere, prominent management consultant and expert on South Pacific government, has been sued for divorce by his wife, Jeanne, in Marin Superior Court. She charges cruelty. The couple has been separated since Dec. 29, the complaint states. Mrs. Skinner seeks custody of their three children, support, and a portion of the family property, which includes a sailboat. Their rented home is at 80 Beach Road, Belvedere. The Skinners have been married 23 years. He is president of a San Francisco management firm bearing his name. He served for a time last year as chairman of the State Tourism and Visitors Commission. He was the first civilian governor of Guam from 1949 to 1953, and later was appointed by the late President Kennedy to the South Pacific Commission, which is responsible for non-selfgoverning territories in the Pacific. — Daily Independent Journal from San Rafael, California, Thursday, February 16, 1967 - page 10