GENTILINI, Martha Norine, née Rowley (1936-2017)

[Paul Theroff]

Martha Norine Rowley Gentilini
Birth
19 Dec 1936
San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, USA
Death
23 Jul 2017 (aged 80)
Burial
Cypress Lawn Memorial Park
Colma, San Mateo County, California, USA

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/280654490/martha-norine-gentilini

The gravestone says that she was a mother and grandmother, but neither it nor the page gives the names of her husband or children.

She and her sisters are listed as living in the 2019 Debrett's, but her sisters died in 2009 and 1998, respectively.

They are daughters of Julius Henry Rowley (1905-1982), of the Rowley Baronets.


Jean Alma Rowley
Birth
3 Sep 1946
San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, USA
Death
2 Sep 2009 (aged 62)
San Mateo County, California, USA
Burial
Cypress Lawn Memorial Park
Colma, San Mateo County, California, USA

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/76206718/jean_alma-rowley

Though Jean's Findagrave page mentions "Rowley" as her only surname, the gravestone itself gives her married surname as "Garcia".


Violet Lee Rowley
Birth
1951
San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, USA
Death
4 Sep 1998 (aged 46–47)
San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, USA
Burial
Cypress Lawn Memorial Park
Colma, San Mateo County, California, USA

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/87652503/violet_lee-rowley

[Paul Theroff]

The parents and many of the siblings of Julius Henry Rowley can be found by links on his Findagrave page:

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/87652499/julius_h-rowley

Julius Leigh ROWLEY (3 Mar 1864-5 Jan 1943); m.1st 1890 Florence Welch (d.1893); m.2nd 1899 Alma Coe (1875-1964)
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1.Robin Julius Leigh (11 Apr 1892-1974); m.3 Apr 1920 Edith May Mumford (d.1984)
2.Frederica Mina Mabel (1894-    ); m. Harvey Anderson, from California
3.Julius Henry (1905-1982); m. Martha Foster (1917-2001)
4.Douglas Lionel (1911-1991); m.Aletha Feliz (1911-1975)
5.Norine Florence (1901-1946); m. ___ O'Leary
6.Violet Frances (1903-1997); m. ___Fenwick
7.Geraldine Winifred (29 Jan 1909 [1910, per Findagrave]-1975); m.9 Jul 1932 Clarence Arthur Allenden
8.Hildred Vivian (1912-2009); m.Roy Wayne Wycoff (1905-1976)
9.Alma Julia (1915-2004)

[Paul Theroff]

A son of Hildred Wycoff, née Rowley died just last year, in 2025:

James Leroy “Jim” Wycoff
Birth
29 Oct 1943
Santa Rosa, Sonoma County, California, USA
Death
16 Oct 2025 (aged 81)
Stonyford, Colusa County, California, USA
Burial
Stonyford Cemetery
Stonyford, Colusa County, California, USA

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/288384482/james_leroy-wycoff

His wife and children are named in the obituary pasted onto the page.

[Richard R]

The peerage dot com website gives a little info on the issue of Martha & Lawrence Gentilini:

https://thepeerage.com/p41107.htm#i411067