PUFFER, Ruth Aileen

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• vital: 10 Dec 1892, Worcester, MA

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Graduate of Worcester High School; married.

Ruth married WEST, Walter Titus Sr. on 29 Jun 1915 in Worcester, MA, and was divorced in Sep 1963 in Pinellas County, FL. Walter (son of WEST, Rollo Grant and KELLY, Anna M.) was born on 14 May 1887 in Thompson, CT; died in Sep 1969 in Pinellas County, FL. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. WEST, Walter Titus Jr. was born on 1 Jun 1933 in Worcester, MA; died on 4 Apr 2005.

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• Residence: 1900, Worcester, MA

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Educated in the public schools of Ashburnham. He learned the trade of carpenter and joiner, in the employ of his father. He followed his trade in his native town. For three years he was in Fitchburg; he was employed in a chair factory in Gardner and for several years was in charge of the Somerville Desk Co. He was employed in woodworking concerns in Worcester for many years and resided at 18 Franconia St. When a young man he served in Co. E., 10th Regt. M.V.M. of Ashburnham. He died from the affects of an automobile accident. He was thrown from his machine while driving in Fitchburg and was taken to the Fitchburg Hospital, where he died 10 days later. He is interred in Hope Cemetery, Worcester.

The Gibson genealogy incorrectly states his parentage. He is correctly listed here.

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Reuben married SHEPARD, Sarah Eliza Ellen on 1 Nov 1881 in Worcester, MA. Sarah (daughter of SHEPARD, Charles and STAPLES, Sarah E.) was born on 21 Mar 1863 in Farmington, ME; died in 1947 in Worcester, MA; was buried in Worcester, MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Residence: 1880, Worcester, MA
• Residence: 1900, Worcester, MA

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He resided at Ashby, Gardner, and for more than fifty years at Ashburnham. He was a carpenter, contractor and builder. He built many houses in Ashburnham, Gardner, Winchendon, Ashby and Leominster, the Congregational Church at Gardner and the Methodist Church at Ashburnham. He was active in the Methodist Church at Ashburnham and a leader in the raising of the building fund. He sold land in Gardner in 1838 to Walter Fairbanks (W.D. 337-282). He was for many years a manufacturer of sash and blinds.

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Reuben married ALDRICH, Esther on 2 Jun 1849. Esther was born on 1 Aug 1825 in Richmond, NH; died on 6 Dec 1883 in Ashburnham, MA; was buried in Ashburnham, MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Charles married STAPLES, Sarah E. on 3 Feb 1862 in Leicester, MA. Sarah was born in CA 1827 in Providence, RI; died on 19 Jul 1905 in Worcester, MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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His will, dated Sept. 9, 1848, was proved at Worcester, bequeathing to wife Sarah and children, Lucy P. Farr, Nancy Conant, Jacob Jr., Sarah Kendall, Reuben, Stephen, Maria P. Wakefield, Elhanon (deceased).

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Jacob married HAYNES, Hannah on 25 Nov 1790 in Princeton, MA. Hannah (daughter of HAYNES, Joseph Sr. and STRATTON, Hannah Heath) was born on 5 Jan 1773 in Worcester, MA; died on 12 Jul 1825 in Ashby, MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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