Puffer Genealogy

PUFFER, Dr. Ethel Dench[1, 2]

Female 1872 - 1950  (77 years)


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  • Name PUFFER, Ethel Dench 
    Prefix Dr. 
    Birth 10 Oct 1872  Framingham, MA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Female 
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    _COLOR 11 
    Death 1950 
    Burial Keene, NH Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    Woodland Cemetery 
    Person ID I17597  Puffers
    Last Modified 22 Jul 2019 

    Father PUFFER, George Dana,   b. 1 Apr 1835, Sudbury, MA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Dec 1888, Framingham, MA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 53 years) 
    Mother DENCH, Ellen,   b. 18 Jul 1841, Framingham, MA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Oct 1922, Washington, DC Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years) 
    Marriage 18 Oct 1871  Framingham, MA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4
    Notes 
    • Some records incorrectly list her husband as John Puffer
    Family ID F8433  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family HOWES, Benjamin Alfred,   b. Aug 1875, Keene, NH Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1952, NH Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years) 
    Marriage 5 Aug 1908  Framingham, MA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 5
    Children 
     1. HOWES, Ellen Dench,   b. 19 Jan 1915, Scarsdale, NY Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Mar 1976, Wandsworth, London, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 61 years)
     2. HOWES, Benjamin Thomas,   b. 28 Jan 1917, New York City, NY Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 May 1987, Bloomfield, CT Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 70 years)
    Family ID F5651  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 17 Mar 2024 

  • Photos 3 Photos

  • 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.

  • Sources 
    1. [S2] Descendants of George Puffer of Braintree, Massachusetts 1639-2020, Red Letter Edition, 245.

    2. [S361] U.S. Passport Applications, 1795-1925.
      Birth date: 10 Oct 1872 Birth place: Framingham, Massachusetts Residence date: Residence place: Framingham, Massachusetts

    3. [S2] Descendants of George Puffer of Braintree, Massachusetts 1639-2020, Red Letter Edition, 244.

    4. [S541] Massachusetts Marriage Records, 1840-1915.

    5. [S699] Massachusetts Marriage Index, 1901-1955, 1966-1970.