She was the daughter of Samuel L. Gouverneur and Marian Campbell Gouverneur.
On December 5, 1888 as Rose De Chine Gouverneur, she married Roswell Randall Hoes at the District of Columbia.
She was the author of the Catalogue of American Historical Costumes, including those of the Mistresses of the White House, as shown in the United States National Museum in 1915.
On July 11, 1927, her son, Laurence Gouverneur Hoes, announced that the building used by President James Monroe as his law office in Fredericksburg, Virginia had been bought by descendants of the Monroe family. The building became the James Monroe Museum. It was furnished with objects, books and documents inherited and collected by his mother, Rose Gouverneur Hoes. In 1977, Governor Mills Godwin spoke at the 50th anniversary of the museum and praised Rose Gouverneur Hoes and her son, Laurence Gouverneur Hoes for their purchase of the building at 908 Charles Street when it was under threat of demolition.
Sources: The Evening Star, July 12, 1927 and The Free Lance Star, Tuesday April 26, 1977.
She died on Friday, May 26, 1933, at the Washington Sanitarium in Takoma Park. She was a resident of the Concord Apartments. She was the widow of Captain Roswell Randall Hoes, United States Navy, retired. The funeral was held at St. Margaret's Church at Connecticut Avenue and Bancroft Place Northwest. Interment was in Frederick, Maryland.
Source: The Evening Star, Sunday, May 28, 1933.
She was the daughter of Samuel L. Gouverneur and Marian Campbell Gouverneur.
On December 5, 1888 as Rose De Chine Gouverneur, she married Roswell Randall Hoes at the District of Columbia.
She was the author of the Catalogue of American Historical Costumes, including those of the Mistresses of the White House, as shown in the United States National Museum in 1915.
On July 11, 1927, her son, Laurence Gouverneur Hoes, announced that the building used by President James Monroe as his law office in Fredericksburg, Virginia had been bought by descendants of the Monroe family. The building became the James Monroe Museum. It was furnished with objects, books and documents inherited and collected by his mother, Rose Gouverneur Hoes. In 1977, Governor Mills Godwin spoke at the 50th anniversary of the museum and praised Rose Gouverneur Hoes and her son, Laurence Gouverneur Hoes for their purchase of the building at 908 Charles Street when it was under threat of demolition.
Sources: The Evening Star, July 12, 1927 and The Free Lance Star, Tuesday April 26, 1977.
She died on Friday, May 26, 1933, at the Washington Sanitarium in Takoma Park. She was a resident of the Concord Apartments. She was the widow of Captain Roswell Randall Hoes, United States Navy, retired. The funeral was held at St. Margaret's Church at Connecticut Avenue and Bancroft Place Northwest. Interment was in Frederick, Maryland.
Source: The Evening Star, Sunday, May 28, 1933.
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