Frances Alma SMITH^[1]

1901 - 1979  (78 years)

• Name	Frances Alma SMITH
  Born	24 Jan 1901	Columbia, ME   [1]
  Gender	Female
  FindaGrave	FindAGrave Memorial 63090930
  Died	18 May 1979	Canaan, CT
  Buried	South Buxton, ME
  	Address: South Buxton Cemetery
  Person ID	I23809	Puffers
  Last Modified	29 Nov 2020

  
  

  Father	Bartlett Campbell SMITH, II,   b. 1 Jan 1874, Columbia, ME ,   d. 1 Sep 1949, Steuben, ME  (Age 75 years)
  Mother	Bessie G. DORR,   b. 4 Jan 1882, Columbia, ME ,   d. 13 Apr 1901, Columbia, ME  (Age 19 years)
  Married	18 Oct 1899	Columbia, ME   [2, 3]
  Family ID	F10820	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Charles Kimball Worcester FRENCH,   b. 14 Feb 1898, Columbia, ME ,   d. 26 Nov 1967, Lakeville, CT  (Age 69 years)
  Married	7 Nov 1917	Columbia, ME
  Children	1. Stanley Nelson FRENCH, Sr.,   b. 15 Jan 1918, Columbia, ME ,   d. 18 Nov 1983, Waynesboro, VA  (Age 65 years)   2. Owen Forrester FRENCH,   b. 6 Dec 1922, Buxton, ME ,   d. 9 Apr 2010, Ocala, FL  (Age 87 years)   3. Mary Edith FRENCH,   b. 30 Dec 1924, Providence, RI ,   d. 30 Mar 2005, Providence, RI  (Age 80 years)   4. Norma Imogene FRENCH,   b. 25 Feb 1925, Bar Mills, ME ,   d. 21 Jun 1990, Torrington, CT  (Age 65 years)   5. Carol Westford FRENCH,   b. 14 Nov 1926, Columbia, ME ,   d. 20 Apr 1996, Providence, RI  (Age 69 years)
  Last Modified	1 Mar 2021
  Family ID	F10872	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Headstones

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  Photos » Slide Show		charles k w french2 gs.jpg
  		Frances Alma Smith Dec 1901.jpg
  		Gramma French-face.jpg
  		bartlett campbell smith WW1.jpg

  
  

• Notes

  Frances's mother, Bessie G. Dorr, died shortly after her birth. She was raised by her grandmother Augusta "Gustie" (Small) and her 2nd husband, Nelson Wallace . She was born in the old Ed Puffer home (then lived in by Roberta Puffer), in the little corner room next to the road. "I remember so well when the Dr. came, he put his satchel bag in a chair and put his coat on it. Mama wanted Cliff and I to go to bed so she told us the doctor had a baby in that bag and put his coat on it to keep the little dear warm, that he was going to leave the baby with Bessie, and sure enough he did, for when we came down stairs the next morning there was a darling baby girl in bed with Bessie". by Elizabeth Roberta Puffer. The 1910 Federal Census shows Frances living with her grandmother and step-grandfather Augusta Small and Wallace Nelson. She is 9 yo.

  
  

• Sources

  [S168] Maine Birth Records, 1621-1922. Birth date: 24 Jan 1901 Birth place: Columbia [S505] Maine Marriage Records, 1705-1922. Birth date: abt 1874 Birth place: Marriage date: 1 Dec 1904 Marriage place: Addison [S201] Maine Marriages 1892-1996 (except 1967 to 1976 ).