Notes for Janet Garner Allen: Rodney and Janet met at Rice University. Janet had been engaged to a good friend of Rodney's, She and her fiance were returning from Galveston when they had a head-on collision. Her fiance was killed in this car accident, and Janet was also injured. Rodney inherited her fiance's other car and also became her boyfriend. He sold the car and kept the girl.
Rodney was manager of the Stauffer plant in Freeport from 1926 to 1942. He was transferred to New York, and Janet and Rodney lived in Bronxville for many years. He retired about 1967.
More About Janet Garner Allen: Comment 2: Donated home to Sarah Laurence College. Education: 1926, BA Rice Institute. Ethnicity/Relig.: Epilscopal, then Angelical Reformed Church. Occupation: Hospital volunteer, Bronxville hospital. Personality/Intrst: Bridge. Residence: 1942, #6 Mead Way, Bronxville, NY.
More About Janet Garner Allen and Rodney Albert Schmidt: Marriage: 15 May 1928, Houston, Texas.
Children of Janet Garner Allen and Rodney Albert Schmidt are:
Janet Garner Allen (b. 19 Oct 1904, d. 23 Dec 1991)
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