Hughes, Ellen Hennessey, 1894-1986.

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Birth 1894
Death 1986

Biographical notes:

Ellen Cecilia (Hennessey) Hughes was born on June 29, 1894, in Dorchester, Mass. She graduated from Boston Normal School in 1913 and taught in Boston schools for ten years before her marriage to Alfred C. Hughes in 1923. They had four children: Dorothy, Marie, Alfred C., Jr., and Kenneth. She was active in school associations, serving as president of the Randall C. Morris Home and School Association (1941-1942), the Roslindale Home and School Association (1945-1946), and the Boston Home and School Association (1949). She was also a member of the Maria Fo Mission Circle and the Guild of the Holy Name. Grandmother of ten and great-grandmother of five, Ellen (Hennessey) Hughes died in 1986 and is buried in West Roxbury, Mass.

From the description of Papers, 1911-1981 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 86145712

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Subjects:

  • Catholic women
  • Home and school
  • Irish American women

Occupations:

  • Teachers

Places:

  • Massachusetts (as recorded)
  • Jamaica (as recorded)
  • Massachusetts--Boston (as recorded)