STANWOOD, Catherine Redman^[1]

1797 - 1886  (89 years)

• Name	STANWOOD, Catherine Redman
  Birth	6 May 1797	Gloucester, MA   [1, 2]
  Gender	Female
  FindaGrave	FindAGrave Memorial 20024274
  _COLOR	6
  Death	25 Jun 1886	Columbia, ME   [2]
  Burial	Columbia Falls, ME   [2]
  Person ID	I18467	Puffers
  Last Modified	27 Sep 2021

  
  

  Father	STANWOOD, Henry,   b. 28 Aug 1767, Gloucester, MA d. Bef 1811, Gloucester, MA (Age < 43 years)
  Mother	MERRITT, Mary Allen,   b. 15 Aug 1765, MA d. 15 Feb 1834, Columbia, ME (Age 68 years)
  Marriage	16 Oct 1790	Gloucester, MA   [2, 3, 4]
  Family ID	F3012	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	PUFFER, John Sr.,   b. 29 Nov 1793, Canton, MA d. 28 Jun 1877, Columbia, ME (Age 83 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1816	Boston, MA   [5, 6]
  Children	1. PUFFER, Jerusha Ann,   b. 24 Aug 1817, Boston, MA d. 2 Aug 1890, Columbia Falls, ME (Age 72 years)   2. PUFFER, Catherine Redman,   b. 15 Nov 1819, Boston, MA d. 16 Jul 1908, Columbia, ME (Age 88 years)   3. PUFFER, Mary Allen,   b. 11 Mar 1822, Boston, MA d. 18 Oct 1898, Columbia, ME (Age 76 years)   4. PUFFER, John Jr.,   b. 29 Jul 1825, Frankfort, ME d. 25 Feb 1910, Columbia, ME (Age 84 years)   5. PUFFER, Alice H.,   b. 15 Apr 1827, Columbia, ME d. 27 Dec 1859, Columbia, ME (Age 32 years)   6. PUFFER, Redman,   b. 1 Oct 1829, Columbia, ME d. 6 Aug 1833, Columbia, ME (Age 3 years)   7. PUFFER, William Henry,   b. 1832, Columbia, ME d. 17 Dec 1912, Harrington, ME (Age 80 years)   8. PUFFER, Elijah Redman,   b. 29 Jul 1834, Columbia Falls, ME d. 1917, Columbia, ME (Age 82 years)   9. PUFFER, Taphenes N.,   b. 12 Sep 1836, Columbia, ME d. 19 Aug 1897, Columbia, ME (Age 60 years)   10. PUFFER, Winthrop Jefferson,   b. 22 Dec 1838, Columbia Falls, ME d. 22 Oct 1841, Columbia, ME (Age 2 years)   11. PUFFER, Susanna Arabella,   b. 28 Jul 1843, Columbia Falls, ME d. 23 Oct 1898, Columbia, ME (Age 55 years)
  Family ID	F10604	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Apr 2024

  
  

• Photos

  catherine redman stanwood gs3.jpg

  
  

• Notes

  Her gravestone reads "Asleep in Jesus blessed sleep From which none ever wakes to weep A calm and undisturbed repose Unbroken by the last of foes" A letter from Roberta Puffer lists her as "(the one who was heir to the German throne." (Ed Note: this has long been a family anectdote. Small doll china in the possession of David Caranci, is supposed to have come from a German castle. DMC 2-18-16) A letter from Hazel Bradeen says "Through the Redmond side she was heir to the German Throne." According to some old deeds she's named as Catherine E.

  
  

• Sources

  [S2] Descendants of George Puffer of Braintree, Massachusetts 1639-2020, Red Letter Edition, 179. [S638] Early Pleasant River Families of Washington County, Maine, page 476. [S48] NEHGR. [S324] Massachusetts Marriages, 1633-1850. [S638] Early Pleasant River Families of Washington County, Maine, pages 149, 150. [S2] Descendants of George Puffer of Braintree, Massachusetts 1639-2020, Red Letter Edition, 178. [S328] _1870 United States Federal Census.