1872 - 1950 (77 years)
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Name |
PUFFER, Ethel Dench |
Prefix |
Dr. |
Birth |
10 Oct 1872 |
Framingham, MA [1, 2] |
Gender |
Female |
FindaGrave |
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11 |
Death |
1950 |
Burial |
Keene, NH |
Address: Woodland Cemetery |
Person ID |
I17597 |
Puffers |
Last Modified |
22 Jul 2019 |
Father |
PUFFER, George Dana, b. 1 Apr 1835, Sudbury, MA d. 24 Dec 1888, Framingham, MA (Age 53 years) |
Mother |
DENCH, Ellen, b. 18 Jul 1841, Framingham, MA d. 14 Oct 1922, Washington, DC (Age 81 years) |
Marriage |
18 Oct 1871 |
Framingham, MA [3, 4] |
Notes |
- Some records incorrectly list her husband as John Puffer
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Family ID |
F8433 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Family |
HOWES, Benjamin Alfred, b. Aug 1875, Keene, NH d. 1952, NH (Age 76 years) |
Marriage |
5 Aug 1908 |
Framingham, MA [1, 5] |
Children |
| 1. HOWES, Ellen Dench, b. 19 Jan 1915, Scarsdale, NY d. Mar 1976, Wandsworth, London, England (Age 61 years) |
| 2. HOWES, Benjamin Thomas, b. 28 Jan 1917, New York City, NY d. 28 May 1987, Bloomfield, CT (Age 70 years) |
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Family ID |
F5651 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Last Modified |
14 Apr 2024 |
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Notes |
- Graduate of Smith College (A.B. 1892); studied at Berlin and Freiburg, Germany; received the degree of Ph. D. at Radcliffe in 1902. In 1891-2 she taught in the Kenne (Keene?), NH High School; in 1892-5 she was instructor in mathematics in Smith College and in 1902 was assistant in psychology in Radcliffe. From 1898 until the time of her marriage she was assistant professor of philosophy at Wellesley College and from 1901 until she married, she was instructor in psychology at Simmons College. She is a member of the the American Philosophical Society; the Folklore Society; the Authors Club; the Boston Deutsch Gesellshaft; the College Club, of which she was president in 1907. She is author of "Studies in Symmetry" (1902) an "The Psychology of Beauty". She resided in Keene.
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Sources |
- [S2] Descendants of George Puffer of Braintree, Massachusetts 1639-2020, Red Letter Edition, 245.
- [S361] U.S. Passport Applications, 1795-1925.
Birth date: 10 Oct 1872 Birth place: Framingham, Massachusetts Residence date: Residence place: Framingham, Massachusetts
- [S2] Descendants of George Puffer of Braintree, Massachusetts 1639-2020, Red Letter Edition, 244.
- [S541] Massachusetts Marriage Records, 1840-1915.
- [S699] Massachusetts Marriage Index, 1901-1955, 1966-1970.
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