Virginia Baynes

born: 23 December 1899 San Diego, California, United States of America

died: 03 October 1963 San Diego County, California, United States of America (age 63)

American actress. She acted in films for three years in the late 1910s for Rolin, Vitagraph, and Douglas Fairbanks. In 1917, she was selected by her friends as the "worth while girl" outlined by the "Round Table" club of the Graduate School at Harvard University, having been felt to match all of the qualifications outlined by the group. In 1920, she married Meinrad Aloysius Schur (1896-1944), a U.S. Navy Ensign who later became a Lieutenant Commander; they had a daughter, Virginia Anne (Schur) Glendening (1928-2001). Mrs. Virginia Baines Schur joined the San Diego Genealogical Society in 1946, becoming its first librarian and serving as such until the year of her passing. She is buried alongside her husband at Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery in San Diego. She also gave her birth date as 25 December 1899 (Christmas Day), which is the date presented on her headstone. The 23rd is given in family histories (as well as some passenger lists) and is the date I have decided to go with above.

Real name: Marie Virginia Baines

Films listed on this page: complete Hal Roach filmography.

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1917 Lonesome Luke, Messenger [?] 1917 Lonesome Luke In When Clubs Are Trump [?] 1917 All Aboard [?] 1917 Lonesome Luke In We Never Sleep [?] Acknowledgements: The Harold Lloyd Encyclopedia by Annette D'Agostino Lloyd (book) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M957-XTY (1900 Census) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV9Z-XR2N (1930 pass. list) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH16-NXW (1930 Census) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZQ9-PPB (1930 pass. list) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV9Z-NCN2 (1930 pass. list) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZQS-Q8K (1931 pass. list) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV9Z-KHX2 (1934 pass. list) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:WYDC-7BW2 (1935 pass. list) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K9HD-4HK (1940 Census) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6XGM-HXPQ (1950 Census) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VGRJ-64Q (CA Death Index) https://www.familysearch.org/en/tree/person/details/KXWW-YRX (family tree, FamilySearch) https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/3429867 (Find a Grave) https://billiongraves.com/grave/Virginia-Baines/25369687 (BillionGraves) https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/608099681/ (Los Angeles Evening Express, 28 Apr 1916) https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=LAH19160530.2.312 (Los Angeles Evening Herald, 30 May 1916) https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/608032473/ (Los Angeles Evening Express, 05 Oct 1916) https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/608027238/ (Los Angeles Evening Express, 20 Jan 1917) https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=LAH19170209.2.151 (Los Angeles Evening Herald, 09 Feb 1917) https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=LAH19170209.2.344 (Los Angeles Evening Herald, 09 Feb 1917) https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=LAH19170209.2.572 (Los Angeles Evening Herald, 09 Feb 1917) https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=LAH19170711.2.679 (Los Angeles Evening Herald, 11 Jul 1917) https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/608082054/ (Los Angeles Evening Express, 18 Jul 1917) https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=SDDU19191211.2.140 (San Diego Union, 11 Dec 1919) https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/1046755158/ (San Diego Sun, 27 Dec 1919) https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=q&hs=1&r=1&results=1&txq=%22virginia+baynes%22&dafdq=&dafmq=&dafyq=&datdq=&datmq=&datyq=&puq=&txf=txIN&ssnip=txt&oa=&e=-------en--20--1-byDA-txt-txIN-%22virginia+baines%22------- (California Digital Newspaper Collection, search) https://www.newspapers.com/search/results/?keyword=%22virginia+baynes%22&region=us-ca&sort=paper-date-asc (Newspapers.com, search) https://www.newspapers.com/search/results/?keyword=%22virginia+schur%22&region=us-ca&sort=paper-date-asc (Newspapers.com, search) https://archive.org/details/elderjohncrandal00cran/page/72/mode/1up?q=%22virginia+baines%22 ('Elder John Crandall of Rhode Island and His Descendents,' John Cortland Crandall) https://archive.org/details/maxsonfamilydesc00brow/page/223/mode/1up?q=%22virginia+baines%22 ('The Maxson Family,' Walter LeRoy Brown) https://casdgs.org/Charter-Members (San Diego Genealogical Society) https://goldennuggetlibrary.sfgenealogy.org/dames4.htm (California State Society Colonial Dames of the 17th Century Lineage Book V. 1, 1953) 1916 L.A. City Dir.: Baynes Virginia clk r 1117 W 1st 1917 L.A. City Dir.: Baynes Virginia photoplayer r 433 S Hope Jesse Brisson (bio notes and research) This page was last updated on: 21 December 2025