1828 - Yes, date unknown
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| Name |
SHENO, Louisa R. |
| Birth |
29 Oct 1828 |
Baldwin, ME  [1, 3] |
- The Gibson genealogy (and others) incorrectly state her maiden name as "Shaw".
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| Gender |
Female |
| Death |
Yes, date unknown |
| Person ID |
I11399 |
Puffers |
| Last Modified |
20 Feb 2020 |
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| Notes |
- Supposing that she had been lost in the steamer Portland, W.F. Whitney of Ashburnham, filed her will Nov 4 1899. She bequeathed to brother Charles F. Kelly and Sister Lucy Jane Moody. It appears that she was living May, 1904, and had married again. Under the name Louisa R. Develen, Charlton, she wrote to the court asking for her will, May, 1904.
"On November 27, 1898, the steamer Portland departed Boston for her scheduled run to Portland, Maine. She was never seen again. That evening a storm arose in the waters off New England. Before it abated the following day, hundreds of vessels and shore properties were damaged. The Portland was lost with no survivors, and that storm has come to be known as "The Portland Gale." To this day it is not known exactly how many passengers were aboard or who they all were. The only passenger list was aboard the vessel. As a result of this tragedy, ships would thereafter leave a passenger manifest ashore. It is estimated that 190 died that evening, passengers and crew." Nat'l Archives
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| Sources |
- [S2] Descendants of George Puffer of Braintree, Massachusetts 1639-2020, Red Letter Edition, 135.
- [S142] Winter 2006, Vol. 38, No. 4 The Final Voyage of the Portland Reconstructing the List of the Steamer.
- [S849] John Gibson of Cambridge, Massachusetts: And His Descendants, 1634-1899, Volume 1, page 270.
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Puffer Genealogy
