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| Birth: | 20 Dec 1875 in Shanghi, China |
| Death: | 25 Nov 1953 in Boston |
| Sex: | F |
| Father: | John Graeme Purdon b. 31 Jul 1834 in Philadelphia, Pa |
| Mother: | Clara Pomeroy Rogers b. 13 Nov 1838 in Northampton, Mass |
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| Reference: 24 |
| Changed: 12 Jul 1998 |
| Burial: 27 Nov 1953 Forest Hills Cemetary, Brookline, Mass |
| Baptism: Shanghai, China |
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Individual:
Ethel Purdon was born in Shanghai China where her father was
active in trading.:. I remember her as a very 'warm arid
humourous person. As children Jimmy and I used (to spend some
summers in Mass. with. our: Grandparents. I have two
recollections of those summers; one time, there: was a storm
and. as a 4 year old I guess was afraid. The memory of having:
hot chocolate, sitting on Grandma's bed and listening to
stories of the .Derbys and Coffins. She had a. way of telling
these tales as adventure stories. Gradually the fear seemed to
disappear, I was told later by Aunt Jeannie that episode took
place during the hurricane of 1938. Another fleeting memory; we
were sitting on the porch in Nahant. I was about 8 or 9.. I
guess she must have known that she was getting sick because she
asked me to remember the stories that she told, so I could tell
them to my cousins. She said since I was the oldest grandchild
that I had a responsibility to tell these stones when she could
no longer do it Even then she made me feel very important and I
felt that I had a responsibility We used to spend every other
Christmas at 275 Malboro. Every Saturday night we would have
roast chicken and I can remember that Grandma would always
carve, she said Grandpa, always made a mess of it. During; the
day i would go into her room. sit on tne chaise with her and
help put the genealogy book together, she would let me use the
iron to put in the pictures. The Introduction to that book
explained her great interest and her desire to have future
generations learn about their ancestors. Grandma had so many
wonderful (qualities however when it came to cooking, she could
not boil an. egg. I remember tea at 4' o'clock. Grandma with
the tea service, cookies., cake and watercress sandwiches. We
.always? had tea in the downstairs drawing room. then cocktails
in the living room and then dinner She was a good mother and
wife. I am quite sure that she believed that a woman's place
was in the home!;, caring for the children, house and whatever
else she would have to do to please her husband. She would
probably have wanted her gnandaughters be brought up to in the
same maner. I wonder what she would think of todays modern
woman.
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