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Dr. Roy Churchill SKINNER

Male 1874 - 1919  (45 years)


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  • Name Roy Churchill SKINNER 
    Prefix Dr. 
    Birth 8 Oct 1874  Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Census 1880  Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Census 1900  Jamaica Plain, Suffolk, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Census 1910  Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Death 10 Oct 1919  Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5
    Burial Brookdale Cemetery, Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Siblings 1 brother 
    Person ID I8920  bmds
    Last Modified 10 Jul 2017 

    Father Dr. Joseph Crandall SKINNER,   b. 30 Aug 1835, Queens, New Brunswick Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 May 1884 (Age 48 years) 
    Mother Alice Frances GILBERT,   b. 13 May 1845, Old Town, Penobscot, Maine Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Jan 1881, Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 35 years) 
    Family ID F2819  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Ethel Hersey MACOMBER,   b. 27 Aug 1874, New Bedford, Bristol, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Jul 1963, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 88 years) 
    Marriage 4 Sep 1909  Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Age at Marriage Roy : 34 years old | Ethel : 35 years old. 
    Children
    +1Male. Joseph Churchill SKINNER,   b. 16 Nov 1913, Jamaica Plain, Suffolk, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Dec 1985, Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years)
     
    Family ID F3553  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 8 Oct 1874 - Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1880 - Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1900 - Jamaica Plain, Suffolk, Massachusetts
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 4 Sep 1909 - Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1910 - Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 10 Oct 1919 - Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Brookdale Cemetery, Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts
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  • Notes 
    • Roy went to the Roxbury Latin School (1893-1897), and graduated from Harvard University: A.B.; D.M.D., 1909 (Tufts Dental School). He is a dentist (as his father). After his father suicide, he lived by his uncle Edward M. Skinner.

      From Harvard College. Class of 1897, Second Report (June 1902) :
      ROY CHURCHILL SKINNER – Since graduation I have been employed with the Carter’s Ink Company of 172 Columbus Avenue, Boston.

      From Harvard College. Class of 1897, Third Report (June 1907) :
      RAY CHURCHILL SKINNER – Up to three years ago I was in the employ of the Carter Ink Company of Boston. I spent a year as manager of Washington Court, Cambridge, on leaving this concern. I am at present studying for a degree in Dentistry.

      From Quindecennial 1897-1912, Fourth Report – Harvard College (April 1912) :
      ROY CHURCHILL SKINNER – After graduating I entered the employ of the Carter’s Ink Company of Boston. On leaving this concern I spent a year as manager of Washington Court, Cambridge. In the fall of 1906 I began the study of dentistry at the Tufts College Dental School. Since graduation in 1909, have been practising this profession in Boston, at 118 Commonwealth Avenue.

      From Harvard College, Class of 1897 – Report V (June, 1917) :
      ROY CHURCHILL SKINNER
      Born at Dedham, Mass., Oct. 8, 1874.
      Parents Joseph Crandall, Alice F. (Gilbert) Skinner.
      School: Roxbury Latin School.
      Years in College: 1893-97.
      Degrees: A.B.; D.M.D. 1909 (Tufts Dental School).
      Married: A.B.; D.M.D. 1909 (Tufts Dental School).
      Child: Joseph Churchill, Nov. 15, 1913.
      Occupation: Dentist.
      Address: (business) 29 Commonwealth Ave., Boston, Mass.; (home) 10 Heckle St., Wellesley Hills, Mass..
      The advent, in 1913, of a prospective Harvard man has been the most important event in my affairs since the publication of the last report.
       A fairly prolific garden has occupied my leisure hours in an endeavor to reduce the High Cost of Living. I have alos been interested in dental affairs as a whole, and have served for the last three years, as secretary of the Metropolitan District of the Massachusetts Dental Society.

      From Harvard college, class of 1897. Twenty-fifth Anniversary Report (1922) :
      ROY CHURCHILL SKINNER — Born at Dedham, Mass., Oct. 8, 1874. Son of Joseph Crandall and Alice F. (Gilbert) Skinner. School: Roxbury Latin School. Years in college: 1893-97. AB; DMD 1909 (Tufts Dental School). Married: Ethel Hersey Macomber, Sept. 4, 1909, Boston, Mass. Child: Joseph Churchill, Nov. 15, 1913. Died at Wellesley Hills, Mass., Oct. 10, 1919.
       Roy Churchill Skinner entered Harvard in the fall of 1893. In the years immediately following his graduation in 1897, he held several mercantile positions, but a characteristic super-sensitiveness to the rights of others made the keen competition of business life distasteful to him.
       He consequently determined to follow his late father’s profession of dentistry, and in 1906 entered the Tufts College Dental School. After receiving his degree in 1909, he practiced his profession in Boston, continuing with increasing success until his death, Oct. 10, 1919. He He married Ethel Hersey Macomber Sept. 4, 1909, and their son, Joseph Churchill, was born Nov. 11, 1913.
       Roy Skinner’s genial, sincere, and generous temperament quickly endeared him to those with whom he came in contact both professionally and socially. The remarkable fund of energy he possessed enabled him to accomplish much in his vocation and in his hours of play, which he loved to spend on or near salt water. During his last months, when he suffered from an obscure disease which he knew was incurable, he carried on the daily routine of a busy life with e buoyancy of spirit and quiet courage which enabled him to conceal his condition from all except his immediate family. This was typical of the man whose character earned him the affection and respect of all of us who knew him.

  • Sources 
    1. [S18] 1880 US Census.

    2. [S12] 1900 US Census.
      Census place: Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts
      He lives by his uncle Edward M.

    3. [S13] 1910 US Census, 28 Apr 1910, Boston, 23th ward - family #145.
      Skinner, Roy C. | Head | age: 35 | birthplace: MA | father’s bp: English Can. | mother’s bp: Maine | occupation: Dentist (general practice)

    4. [S15] Internet.
      The Journal of the National Dental Association (1897-1922).

    5. [S4] Obituary.
      DR ROY C. SKINNER DIES AT WELLESLEY HILLS HOME WELLESLEY, Oct 11 — Dr Roy Churchill Skinner of Wellesley Hills, a prominent dentist with offices on Commonwealth av, Boston, died at his home yesterday. Dr Skinner was a son of the late Joseph Crandall Skinner of Boston and a nephew of the late Dr E. Manning Skinner, also of Boston, He is survived by his wife, a son, Joseph Churchill Skinner; a brother. Ralph Skinner of New York city, and two cousins. Miss Carrie Skinner and Mrs Botsford of Chestnut Hill.
      Boston Evening Globe, October 11, 1919 – Page 5.

    6. [S5] Find A Grave, → Memorial ID 175881459.

    7. [S69] Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915.