Puffer Genealogy

SMITH, Frances Alma[1]

Female 1901 - 1979  (78 years)


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  • Name SMITH, Frances Alma 
    Birth 24 Jan 1901  Columbia, ME Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Baptism 7 Dec 1930  Providence, RI Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Address:
    Saint Thomas Church 
    • Per letter from the directory to my mother, Norma I. Caranci date 14 May 1942.
    Gender Female 
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    Death 18 May 1979  Canaan, CT Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial South Buxton, ME Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Address:
    South Buxton Cemetery 
    Person ID I23638  Puffers
    Last Modified 1 May 2022 

    Father SMITH, Bartlett Campbell II,   b. 1 Jan 1874, Columbia, ME Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Sep 1949, Steuben, ME Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years) 
    Mother DORR, Bessie Graham,   b. 4 Jan 1882, Columbia, ME Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Apr 1901, Columbia, ME Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 19 years) 
    Marriage 18 Oct 1899  Columbia, ME Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5
    Residence 14 Jun 1900  Columbia, ME Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Family ID F10753  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family FRENCH, Charles Kimball Worcester,   b. 14 Feb 1898, Columbia, ME Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Nov 1967, Lakeville, CT Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 69 years) 
    Marriage 7 Nov 1917  Columbia, ME Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • By a Justice of the Peace
    Married 7 Nov 1917  Columbia, ME Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 12 Sep 1918  Columbia, ME Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    • He was a laborer at the Northern Maine Packing Co. Corrinna, ME
    Residence 1930  Providence, RI Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    Residence 1940  Providence, RI Find all individuals with events at this location  [9
    Residence 1942  Providence, RI Find all individuals with events at this location  [10
    Address:
    14 Winchester Street 
    • Worked in the Wanskuck Mill on Branch Avenue
    Residence 1950  Providence, RI Find all individuals with events at this location  [11
    Address:
    14 Winchester Street 
    Children 
     1. FRENCH, Stanley Nelson Sr.,   b. 15 Jan 1918, Columbia, ME Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Nov 1983, Waynesboro, VA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 65 years)
     2. FRENCH, Owen Forrester,   b. 6 Dec 1922, Buxton, ME Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Apr 2010, Ocala, FL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 87 years)
     3. FRENCH, Mary Edith,   b. 30 Dec 1927, Providence, RI Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Mar 2005, Providence, RI Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years)
     4. FRENCH, Norma Imogene,   b. 25 Feb 1925, Bar Mills, ME Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Jun 1991, Torrington, CT Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 66 years)
     5. FRENCH, Carol Westford,   b. 14 Nov 1926, Columbia, ME Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Apr 1996, Providence, RI Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 69 years)
     6. GLEASON, Joseph D.,   b. 7 Jun 1929, East Providence, RI Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Feb 1982, Alexandria, VA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 52 years)  [Father: Foster]  [Mother: Foster]
    Family ID F10804  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 17 Mar 2024 

  • Photos 5 Photos

  • 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 
    1. [S165] Maine Birth Records, 1621-1922.
      Birth date: 24 Jan 1901 Birth place: Columbia

    2. [S1388] Family Records.

    3. [S1278] Maine, Faylene Hutton Cemetery Collection, 1780-1990.

    4. [S500] Maine Marriage Records, 1705-1922.
      Birth date: abt 1874 Birth place: Marriage date: 1 Dec 1904 Marriage place: Addison

    5. [S198] Maine Marriages 1892-1996 (except 1967 to 1976 ).

    6. [S304] _1900 United States Federal Census.

    7. [S423] WWI Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918.

    8. [S382] _1930 United States Federal Census.

    9. [S437] _1940 United States Federal Census.

    10. [S1084] WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947.

    11. [S1403] _1950 United States Federal Census.