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PUFFER, Winthrop Lee

Male 1934 - 2006  (71 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  PUFFER, Winthrop Lee was born on 14 Jun 1934 in Clinton, MA (son of PUFFER, Stanwood Adams and HOLDEN, Arline Lillian); died on 15 Jan 2006 in MA; was buried in Nashua, NH.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • _COLOR: 11
    • Residence: 1940, Hudson, MA

    Notes:

    FindaGrave:
    GRID=152243956

    Winthrop married LINSCOTT, Wilma M. in CA 1966 in Billerica, MA. Wilma was born on 24 Apr 1928; died on 11 Apr 2021 in Manchester, NH. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. Living
    2. Living
    3. Living

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  PUFFER, Stanwood AdamsPUFFER, Stanwood Adams was born on 9 Aug 1909 in Needham, MA (son of PUFFER, Rev. Joseph Adams and RICE, Emily Hope); died on 23 Sep 1991 in MA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • SSN issued: MA
    • Social Security Number: 011-09-3146
    • _COLOR: 2
    • Residence: 1910, Berlin, MA
    • Residence: 1920, Berlin, MA

    Stanwood married HOLDEN, Arline Lillian in 1929 in Hudson, MA, and was divorced in CA 1940 in MA. Arline (daughter of HOLDEN, Herbert Harlow and COSTELLOW, Alice Gertrude) was born on 22 Mar 1910 in MA; died on 1 Aug 1987 in Lexington, MA; was buried in Hudson, MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  HOLDEN, Arline Lillian was born on 22 Mar 1910 in MA (daughter of HOLDEN, Herbert Harlow and COSTELLOW, Alice Gertrude); died on 1 Aug 1987 in Lexington, MA; was buried in Hudson, MA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • _COLOR: 11
    • Residence: 5 Apr 1940, Hudson, MA
    • Residence: 1941, Marlborough, MA

    Notes:

    FindaGrave:
    GRID=231492515

    Children:
    1. PUFFER, Janet Elizabeth was born on 9 Jun 1931 in Clinton, MA; died on 29 Feb 2012 in West Brookfield, MA.
    2. 1. PUFFER, Winthrop Lee was born on 14 Jun 1934 in Clinton, MA; died on 15 Jan 2006 in MA; was buried in Nashua, NH.
    3. PUFFER, Pamela A. was born on 23 Jan 1940 in NH; and died; was buried in Newington, NH.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  PUFFER, Rev. Joseph AdamsPUFFER, Rev. Joseph Adams was born in CA 1872 in ME (son of PUFFER, William Henry and COFFIN, Susanna Wood); died on 29 Jul 1958 in Berlin, MA; was buried in Berlin, MA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Ref#: 416
    • Name: Joseph Puffer
    • _COLOR: 11
    • Birth: 13 Feb 1872, Harrington, ME
    • Residence: 1880, Harrington, ME
    • Degree: 1896, Middletown, CT; B.A.; Address:
      Wesleyan University
    • Degree: 1900, Boston, MA; B.S.T.; Address:
      Boston University
    • Death: Bef 1972, ME

    Notes:

    He entered Wesleyan University in 1892 and graduated in 1896 (A.B.); graduated from Boston University in 1900 (S.T.B.) and was a student at Clark University 1905-7. From 1902-06 he was principal of the Lyman School for Boys, a state institution at Westborough, MA. He was ordained pastor of the Unitarian Church of Gardner, MA in 1905 and remained there three years. From 1908 to 1912 he was pastor of the First Church of Needham, MA. From 1910 to the present time he has been director of the Beacon Vocational Bureau of Boston, 8 Beacon Street. He resides at Needham, MA. He's widely known as a lecturer on sociology. He is the author of "The Boy and His Gang" (1912); "Vocational Guidance" (1913). In 1915 he was appointed Lecturer for the University of IL.

    Teacher, Harrington, Maine, 1888-1889. Pastor Methodist Episcopal Church, Biddeford Pool, Maine, 1900-1901. Principal high school, Richmond, Maine, 1902.

    Principal Massachusetts Industrial School for Boys, Westboro, Massachusetts, 1902-1905. Pastor First Unitarian Church, Gardner, Massachusetts, 1905-1908, First Parish Church, Needham, Massachusetts, 1908-1911. Probation officer Boston Juvenile Court, 1907-1910.

    Director Beacon Vocation Bureau, Boston, 1910-1918. Instructor teachers’ institute, 1910-1913. Lecturer in farmers’ institute, University of Illinois, 1913-1914.

    Lecturer on vocational problems, normal schools and colls., 1914-1918. Field secretary, National Public Welfare League, Kansas City, Missouri, 1918-1920. Associate editor of Public Welfare, 1918-1920.

    Lecturer and vocational secretary Army Young Men’s Christian Association, Eastern, Central and Southern departments, 1918-1919. Field secretary National Child Welfare Association, New York, 1920-1921, of National Public Welfare League, Kansas City, Missouri, 1921-1923. Field director Co-operative Club International, Kansas City, Missouri Dir Beacon Boys’ Bureau, Boston.

    Author: The Boy and His Gang, 1912. Vocational Guidance, 1914. Editor of Vocational Guidance Series, 1915.

    FindaGrave:
    GRID=94083843

    Joseph married RICE, Emily Hope on 1 Oct 1903 in Boston, MA. Emily (daughter of RICE, Willis and FAY, Harriet Susan) was born on 5 Jan 1874 in Berlin, MA; died on 17 Nov 1962 in Washington, DC; was buried in Berlin, MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  RICE, Emily HopeRICE, Emily Hope was born on 5 Jan 1874 in Berlin, MA (daughter of RICE, Willis and FAY, Harriet Susan); died on 17 Nov 1962 in Washington, DC; was buried in Berlin, MA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • _COLOR: 11

    Notes:

    FindaGrave:
    GRID=94084008

    Children:
    1. PUFFER, Evelyn Hope was born on 30 Oct 1905 in Berlin, MA; died on 31 Dec 2011 in Medford, NJ; was buried in Berlin, MA.
    2. PUFFER, Dr. Ruth Rice was born on 20 Aug 1907 in Berlin, MA; died on 2 Sep 2002 in McMinnville, OR; was buried in Berlin, MA.
    3. 2. PUFFER, Stanwood Adams was born on 9 Aug 1909 in Needham, MA; died on 23 Sep 1991 in MA.
    4. PUFFER, Marjorie was born on 30 Aug 1912 in Needham, MA; died on 28 Oct 1999 in McMinnville, OR; was buried in Berlin, MA.

  3. 6.  HOLDEN, Herbert Harlow was born in 1875 in Nova Scotia, Canada; died on 17 Sep 1959 in Cambridge, MA; was buried in Cambridge, MA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • _COLOR: 11
    • Residence: 5 Apr 1940, Hudson, MA

    Notes:

    FindaGrave:
    GRID=210717619

    Herbert married COSTELLOW, Alice Gertrude on 1 Jun 1908 in Hudson, NY. Alice was born on 12 Sep 1881 in Waterboro, ME; died on 5 Oct 1972 in Stoughton, MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 7.  COSTELLOW, Alice Gertrude was born on 12 Sep 1881 in Waterboro, ME; died on 5 Oct 1972 in Stoughton, MA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • _COLOR: 2
    • Residence: 5 Apr 1940, Holden, MA

    Children:
    1. 3. HOLDEN, Arline Lillian was born on 22 Mar 1910 in MA; died on 1 Aug 1987 in Lexington, MA; was buried in Hudson, MA.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  PUFFER, William HenryPUFFER, William Henry was born in 1832 in Columbia, ME; was christened on 29 Sep 1858 in Columbia, ME (son of PUFFER, John Sr. and STANWOOD, Catherine Redman); died on 17 Dec 1912 in Harrington, ME; was buried in Harrington, ME.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Ref#: 336
    • Name: William Ross Puffer
    • _COLOR: 11
    • Birth: 19 Jun 1832, Columbia, ME
    • Death: Bef 1932

    Notes:

    He worked in the saw mills and lumber camps until six months before he came of age, when he bought his time and entered Cherryfield Academy. He continued his studies at various academies for the next five years, teaching in winters. For thirty years he taught school at Washington County, ME., and was one of the best known and most successful teachers in that section. He taught in Columbia Falls, Addison, Harrington, Mill bridge, Cherryfield, Josesport and Machias. He was a prominent leader in the Methodist church, a great reader and somewhat independent thinker.

    "Henry another of John Sr. sons older than Taphenus lived here from 1867-1871 also lumbering and mill business. Then he turned into a student and became a teacher and a preacher and spent his life teaching and preaching in the surrounding towns. He taught 40 terms in the same school (Turkey Hill) going toward Geo. Norton's place on the right side of the road in old school house mother attended." Hazel Bradeen

    FindaGrave:
    GRID=88149429

    William married COFFIN, Susanna Wood in 1868 in ME. Susanna (daughter of COFFIN, Joseph Adams and COFFIN, Anna Nash) was born on 10 Oct 1842 in Columbia, ME; died on 27 Jul 1897 in Columbia, ME; was buried in Harrington, ME. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  COFFIN, Susanna WoodCOFFIN, Susanna Wood was born on 10 Oct 1842 in Columbia, ME (daughter of COFFIN, Joseph Adams and COFFIN, Anna Nash); died on 27 Jul 1897 in Columbia, ME; was buried in Harrington, ME.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Name: Susan Ann O'Brien
    • _COLOR: 11
    • Birth: 1843, Columbia, ME
    • Residence: 1880, Harrington, ME
    • Death: Bef 1943

    Notes:

    To get an education she went across the state to the State Normal School at Gorham about 1860, and was the first woman of her native town to acquire a normal school education. She taught for about two years in her native village, Harrington, ME, before her marriage. She was a leader in church work and did her own thinking,. In religion she was a Baptist. Like her brothers, she had good business ability and ran a general store for several years.

    FindaGrave:
    GRID=88149481

    Children:
    1. PUFFER, William Henry Jr. was born in 1869 in Columbia, ME; died on 20 Aug 1948 in ME; was buried in Harrington, ME.
    2. 4. PUFFER, Rev. Joseph Adams was born in CA 1872 in ME; died on 29 Jul 1958 in Berlin, MA; was buried in Berlin, MA.
    3. PUFFER, Elijah Elmore was born in 1878 in Columbia, ME; died on 4 Aug 1888 in Columbia Falls, ME; was buried in Harrington, ME.
    4. PUFFER, Maureen Ann was born on 27 Apr 1888 in Olmsted County, MN; died before 1988.

  3. 10.  RICE, WillisRICE, Willis was born on 9 Aug 1845 in Marlborough, MA (son of RICE, Abel and BIGELOW, Mary Howe); died on 17 Apr 1927 in Berlin, MA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • _COLOR: 2

    Willis married FAY, Harriet Susan on 3 Apr 1873 in Millbury, MA. Harriet was born on 23 Feb 1850 in Berlin, MA; died on 13 Sep 1923. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 11.  FAY, Harriet Susan was born on 23 Feb 1850 in Berlin, MA; died on 13 Sep 1923.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • _COLOR: 2

    Children:
    1. 5. RICE, Emily Hope was born on 5 Jan 1874 in Berlin, MA; died on 17 Nov 1962 in Washington, DC; was buried in Berlin, MA.


 

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