Carol Houghton1

F, #80491

Biography

A Contributor to Houghton Surname ProjectN
Corresponded with authorN
Research1930American Women Playwrights, 1900-19301
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Citations

  1. [S882] Ancestry.Com, online www.ancestry.com, Biography and Genealogy Master Index (BGMI): Houghton Surname.

Carolyn King Houghton1

F, #80492, b. 1961?

Biography

Corresponded with authorN
A Contributor to Houghton Surname ProjectN
Birth1961?1
Research1984Biography Index, 19841
Pedigree

Citations

  1. [S882] Ancestry.Com, online www.ancestry.com, Biography and Genealogy Master Index (BGMI): Houghton Surname.

Charles B. Houghton1

M, #80493, b. 1941

Biography

Corresponded with authorN
A Contributor to Houghton Surname ProjectN
Birth19411
Research1996Standard and Poor's Register of Corporations, Directors and Executives. 1996, 19971
Pedigree

Citations

  1. [S882] Ancestry.Com, online www.ancestry.com, Biography and Genealogy Master Index (BGMI): Houghton Surname.

Dr. Charles Joseph Houghton PhD1,2

M, #80494, b. 1932

Family: Grace Margaret Lemke b. 1932

Biography

A Contributor to Houghton Surname ProjectN
Corresponded with authorN
Birth1932Castle Gate, Carbon Co., UT, USA, age 7 in 1940 census1,2
Marriage1
Graduation1964Ohio State University, Lima, OH, USA, PhD in Mathmetics; thesis: Finite-Coherent Peano Space
Researchbetween 1971 and 2003American Men & Women of Science. 1971-2003
OccupationBinghamton University, Binghamton, Broome Co., NY, USA, Department of Mathematical Sciences
Pedigree

Citations

  1. [S654] Electronic Web Site, , http://www.genealogybank.com/gbnk/obituaries; Houghton Surname.
  2. [S1455] Eugene H. Halverson, Smith, Nielson, Hall, & Houghton, p. 273.
  3. [S1455] Eugene H. Halverson, Smith, Nielson, Hall, & Houghton, p. 274.

Charles Thomas Houghton1

M, #80495, b. circa 1892

Biography

Corresponded with authorN
A Contributor to Houghton Surname ProjectN
Birthcirca 18921
Research1974Who's Who. 1974
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Citations

  1. [S882] Ancestry.Com, online www.ancestry.com, Biography and Genealogy Master Index (BGMI): Houghton Surname.

Claude Houghton1

M, #80496, b. 1889, d. 1961

Biography

A Contributor to Houghton Surname ProjectN
Corresponded with authorN
Birth18891
Death19611
AuthorHOUGHTON, CLAUDE; pseudonym of Claude Houghton Oldfield, (1889-1961)

* * Claire de Lune, (pm) Colour Jun 1915
* * The End: A Fancy in Prose, (pp) Colour Oct 1915; very short end-of-the-world fantasy.
* * Insomnia, (pm) Colour Jun 1915
* * Magic, (pm) Colour Apr 1917
* * To Isadore Fernandes, (pp) Colour Feb 1916
* * The Victory, (vi) Colour Nov 1915
ResearchBiography Index 1960
Dictoinary of Literary Pseudonyms. 1987
Lincoln Library of Language Arts. 1978
Who Was Who among Englis and european authors, 1931-1949
Who Was Who in Literature, 1906-1934.
Childhood in Poetry. 1972
Encyclopedia of Science Fiction. 1979
Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature. 1979
Twientieth Centry Authors. 1942, 1955
World Authors, 1900-1950. 1996
Pedigree

Citations

  1. [S882] Ancestry.Com, online www.ancestry.com, Biography and Genealogy Master Index (BGMI): Houghton Surname.

David L. Houghton1

M, #80497, b. 1953

Biography

Corresponded with authorN
A Contributor to Houghton Surname ProjectN
Birth19531
Research1991Standard and Poor's Register of Corporations, Directors and Executives. 1991-2003
Pedigree

Citations

  1. [S882] Ancestry.Com, online www.ancestry.com, Biography and Genealogy Master Index (BGMI): Houghton Surname.

David Robert Houghton1

M, #80498, b. 1928

Biography

Corresponded with authorN
A Contributor to Houghton Surname ProjectN
Birth19281
Research1978Who's Who in Ocean and Freshwater Science. 1978
Who's Who in te World. 1980
Pedigree

Citations

  1. [S882] Ancestry.Com, online www.ancestry.com, Biography and Genealogy Master Index (BGMI): Houghton Surname.

Dawn Lynn Ilnicki1

F, #80499, b. 21 July 1957

Family: Steven Blake Houghton b. 23 Dec 1953

Biography

Corresponded with authorN
A Contributor to Houghton Surname ProjectN
BirthJul 21, 19571
Note1959Inventor (Pampers diaper):

DirectoryPatent.com

Houghton Dawn Ilnicki (1 - 5 of 5 results)
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Weisman Paul Thomas, Houghton Dawn Ilnicki, Gellert Dale Albert: Dual layered cores and absorbent articles containing them.. Procter & Gamble November 20, 1986: EP0202125-A2 (21 worldwide citation)

The present invention provides absorbent articles, such as disposable diapers, which utilize substantially water-insoluble hydrogel material to enhance the absorbent capacity of such articles. In these articles, the hydrogel material, combined in particulate form with hydrophilic fiber material, is ...
2
Weisman Paul Thomas, Houghton Dawn Ilnicki, Gellert Dale Albert: Absorbent articles with dual-layered cores. Procter & Gamble November 26, 1986: GB2175212-A (4 worldwide citation)

The present invention provides absorbent articles, such as disposable diapers, which utilize substantially water-insoluble hydrogel material to enhance the absorbent capacity of such articles. In these articles, the hydrogel material, combined in particulate form with hydrophilic fiber material, is ...
3
Houghton Dawn Ilnicki, Ahr Nicholas Albert: Article absorbant a elements adaptateurs souples inertes a lhumidite, Absorbent article having moisture insensitive, resilient shaping members. The Procter &Amp Gamble Company October 29, 1991: CA1291328 (1 worldwide citation)

AN ABSORBENT ARTICLE HAVING MOISTURE INSENSITIVE, RESILIENT SHAPING MEMBERS ABSTRACT The present invention provides a disposable absorbent articlesuch as an incontinent pad that is both comfortable and suitablefor absorbing and containing large volumes of body liquids rapidlywithout leakage, especia ...
4
Houghton Dawn Ilnicki, Ahr Nicholas Albert: Article absorbant a strates impermeables aux liquides, Absorbent article having liquid impervious shelves. The Procter &Amp Gamble Company October 29, 1991: CA1291327

AN ABSORBENT ARTICLE HAVING LIQUID IMPERVIOUS SHELVES ABSTRACT The present invention provides a disposable absorbent articlesuch as an incontinent pad that is both comfortable and suitablefor absorbing and containing large volumes of body liquids rapidlywithout leakage, especially a subsequent gush ...
5
Houghton Dawn Ilnicki, Weisman Paul Thomas, Gellert Dale Albert: Articles absorptifs a double couche entre deux, Absorbent articles with dual-layered cores. The Procter &Amp Gamble Company November 14, 1989: CA1262814

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MarriageMay 5, 19791
Research1995Who's Who of American Women. 1995
Pedigree

Citations

  1. [S415] E-mail from Steven Blake Houghton, March 13, 2013.

Diane Houghton1

F, #80500, b. 1940

Biography

Corresponded with authorN
A Contributor to Houghton Surname ProjectN
Birth19401
Research1988Contemporary Authors. Vol. 123. 1988
Pedigree

Citations

  1. [S882] Ancestry.Com, online www.ancestry.com, Biography and Genealogy Master Index (BGMI): Houghton Surname.

Diane Murley Houghton1

F, #80501, b. 1935

Biography

Corresponded with authorN
A Contributor to Houghton Surname ProjectN
Birth19351
Research2004Who's Who in America. 2004
Pedigree

Citations

  1. [S882] Ancestry.Com, online www.ancestry.com, Biography and Genealogy Master Index (BGMI): Houghton Surname.

Dr. Douglas E. Houghton M. D.1

M, #80502, b. 1962

Biography

Corresponded with authorN
A Contributor to Houghton Surname ProjectN
Birth19621
Research1998Who's Who in Medicine and Healthcare. 19981
Pedigree

Citations

  1. [S882] Ancestry.Com, online www.ancestry.com, Biography and Genealogy Master Index (BGMI): Houghton Surname.

E. C. Houghton1

M, #80503, b. 1931

Biography

Corresponded with authorN
A Contributor to Houghton Surname ProjectN
Birth19311
Research1988Dun & Bradstreet Reference Book of Corporate Managements. 1988, 1990
Who's Who in the South and Southwest. 1984, 19861
Pedigree

Citations

  1. [S882] Ancestry.Com, online www.ancestry.com, Biography and Genealogy Master Index (BGMI): Houghton Surname.

E. J. W. Houghton1

M, #80504, b. 1867, d. 1955

Biography

A Contributor to Houghton Surname ProjectN
Corresponded with authorN
Birth18671
Death19551
ResearchObituaries from the Times. 1951-1960. 19791
Pedigree

Citations

  1. [S882] Ancestry.Com, online www.ancestry.com, Biography and Genealogy Master Index (BGMI): Houghton Surname.

Edgar W. Houghton1

M, #80505, b. 1856, d. 1927

Biography

A Contributor to Houghton Surname ProjectN
Corresponded with authorN
Birth18561
Death19271
ResearchBiographical Dictionary of American Architects. 19561
Duplicate
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Citations

  1. [S882] Ancestry.Com, online www.ancestry.com, Biography and Genealogy Master Index (BGMI): Houghton Surname.

Edna Nawana Houghton1

F, #80506, b. 26 February 1908, d. 18 March 2003

Biography

A Contributor to Houghton Surname ProjectN
Corresponded with authorN
BirthFeb 26, 1908Floyd Co., TX, USA, age 2 in 1910 census; age 11 in 1920 census; age 22 in 1930 census2
ResearchDictionary of Texas Artists, 1800-1945
Who's Who in American Art. 1999
DeathMar 18, 2003Lubbock, Lubbock Co., TX, USA2,1
BurialFloydada Cemetery, Floydada, TX, USA
Pedigree

Citations

  1. [S654] Electronic Web Site, , http://www.mindspring.com/~eehiv/rutledge/d2864.htm#P2864
  2. [S654] Electronic Web Site, , http://www.genealogybank.com/gbnk/obituaries; Houghton Surname.

Dr. Edward Francis Houghton Ph.D.1

M, #80507, b. 7 October 1938

Family: Marian Edith Eddy b. 3 Oct 1932, d. 25 Jul 2017

  • Marriage*: Dr. Edward Francis Houghton Ph.D. married Marian Edith Eddy on Jun 20, 1964.5

Biography

A Contributor to Houghton Surname ProjectY
Corresponded with authorY
NotableY
BirthOct 7, 1938New Brunswick, NJ, USA, age 1 in 1940 census4,3,5
MarriageJun 20, 19645
Graduation1971UC Berkeley, Berkeley, Alameda Co., CA, USA, PhD in music
Researchbetween 1974 and 1999Directory of American Scholars. 1974-2002
Who's Who in American Music: Classical. 19834
EmailJun 30, 2013Dear Charles,

Thank you very much for the two files. The info on my grandfather Edward Houghton is very good. I had found some of the same info thanks to data now accessible on line. My earliest memory of him is sitting on his lap while he operated a wrecking crane on the Pennsylvania Rail Road--pretty impressive stuff. Thanks even more for the file on James Houghton, which is news to me but rings true. My grandfather always asserted that we were Irish. I haven't had time yet to trace his lineage. All your notes are excellent and well documented. It may be a while before I can return to the family history. I am helping my daughter Cathryn deal with the complex estates left by the death of my son David and his family in an airplane accident two years ago:
http://aquasafaris.com/in-memorium/
Thanks again for the most valuable genealogical info.
Most cordially,

Ed

Edward F. Houghton, Ph.D.
Professor of Music and Dean of Arts Emeritus
University of California, Santa Cruz
Email: houghtn@ucsc.edu
Residence: 114 Rockridge Lane, Santa Cruz, CA 95060
Tel: 831 426 4842
Fax: 831 429 6457
Cell: 831 227 4029
Living2017Edward F. Houghton, Ph.D.
Professor of Music Emeritus, Dean of Arts 1992-2007
University of California, Santa Cruz
Email: houghtn@ucsc.edu
Residence: 114 Rockridge Lane, Santa Cruz, CA 95060
Tel: 831 426 4842
Cell: 831 227 4029

NotableMusic scholar
Contributn
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Citations

  1. [S654] Electronic Web Site, , http://arts.ucsc.edu/faculty/houghton/
  2. [S415] E-mail from Edward Francis Houghton, Jun 18, 2013.
  3. [S1479] 1940 U.S. Federal Census , New Brunswick, Middlesex, New Jersey; Roll: T627_2360; Page: 6B; Enumeration District: 12-80; line 45, dwl 30-135.
  4. [S882] Ancestry.Com, online www.ancestry.com, Biography and Genealogy Master Index (BGMI): Houghton Surname.
  5. [S415] E-mail from Edward Francis Houghton, July 10, 2013.

Esther Mae Houghton1

F, #80508, b. 1895

Biography

Corresponded with authorN
A Contributor to Houghton Surname ProjectN
Birth18951
ResearchWho's Who in American Women, 19581
Pedigree

Citations

  1. [S882] Ancestry.Com, online www.ancestry.com, Biography and Genealogy Master Index (BGMI): Houghton Surname.

Evelyn M. Houghton1

F, #80509, b. 1928

Biography

Corresponded with authorN
A Contributor to Houghton Surname ProjectN
Birth19281
Researchbetween 1981 and 1988Dun & Bradstreet Reference Book of Corporate Managements. 1986, 1988
Stand & Poor's Register of Corporations, Directos and Executives. 1984, 1987
Who's Who in Insurance. 1981, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1988
Pedigree

Citations

  1. [S882] Ancestry.Com, online www.ancestry.com, Biography and Genealogy Master Index (BGMI): Houghton Surname.

George Knight Houghton1

M, #80510, b. 3 October 1929, d. 14 October 2006

Family: Jenette Faber b. c 1928, d. 13 Sep 1987

Biography

Corresponded with authorN
A Contributor to Houghton Surname ProjectN
BirthOct 3, 1929IL, USA, age 6/12 in 1930 census2
Marriage3
Research1975Standard & Poor's Register of Corporations, Directors and Executives. 1975 edition. Volume 2: Directors and Executives. New York: Standard & Poor's Corp., 1975. (St&PR 1975)
Who's Who in Finance and Industry. 23rd edition, 1983-1984. Wilmette, IL: Marquis Who's Who, 1983. (WhoFI 23)
Standard & Poor's Register of Corporations, Directors and Executives. 1984 edition. Volume 2: Directors and Executives. New York: Standard & Poor's Corp., 1984. (St&PR 1984)
Standard & Poor's Register of Corporations, Directors and Executives. 1987 edition. Volume 2: Directors and Executives. New York: Standard & Poor's Corp., 1987. (St&PR 1987)
Standard & Poor's Register of Corporations, Directors and Executives. 1991 edition. Volume 2: Directors and Executives. New York: Standard & Poor's Corp., 1991. (St&PR 1991)
Standard & Poor's Register of Corporations, Directors and Executives. 1993 edition. Volume 2: Directors and Executives. New York: Standard & Poor's Corp., 1993. (St&PR 1993)
Standard & Poor's Register of Corporations, Directors and Executives. 1996 edition. Volume 2: Directors and Executives. New York: Standard & Poor's Corp., 1996. (St&PR 1996)
Standard & Poor's Register of Corporations, Directors and Executives. 1997 edition. Volume 2: Directors and Executives. New York: Standard & Poor's Corp., 1997. (St&PR 1997)
Who's Who in Finance and Industry. 27th edition, 1992-1993. Wilmette, IL: Marquis Who's Who, 1991. (WhoFI 27)1
DeathOct 14, 2006Chicago, Cook Co., IL, USA, age 774
ObituaryOct 19, 2006Asheville, Buncombe Co., NC, USA, HOUGHTON, G Knight; 77 ; Asheville C-T (NC); 2006-10-195
Duplicate
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Citations

  1. [S882] Ancestry.Com, online www.ancestry.com, Biography and Genealogy Master Index (BGMI): Houghton Surname.
  2. [S1233] 1930 U.S. Federal Census , Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois; ; Roll: 491; Enumeration District: 1796; Sheet: 1B; line 63, dwl 4723-10-20.
  3. [S654] Electronic Web Site, , http://www.genealogybank.com/gbnk/obituaries; Houghton Surname.
  4. [S93] Newspaper Obituary, HOUGHTON, G Knight; 77; IL; Chicago T; 2006-10-23; jmoo.
  5. [S93] Newspaper Obituary, HOUGHTON, G Knight; 77; ; Asheville C-T (NC); 2006-10-19; wrabb.

Georgiana Houghton1

F, #80511, b. 1814, d. 1884

Biography

Corresponded with authorN
A Contributor to Houghton Surname ProjectN
Birth18141
Death18841
ResearchA Biographical Dictionary of Women Artists in Europe and America since 1850. By Penny Dunford. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1989. (BiDWomA)
Encyclopedia of Occultism & Parapsychology. A compendium of information on the occult sciences, magic, demonology, superstitions, spiritism, mysticism, metaphysics, psychical science, and parapsychology, with biographical and bibliographical notes and comprehensive indexes. Second edition. Edited by Leslie A. Shepard. Detroit: Gale Research, 1984-1985. (EncO&P 2)
Encyclopedia of Occultism & Parapsychology. A compendium of information on the occult sciences, magic, demonology, superstitions, spiritism, mysticism, metaphysics, psychical science, and parapsychology, with biographical and bibliographical notes and comprehensive indexes. Third edition. Two volumes. Edited by Leslie A. Shepard. Detroit: Gale Research, 1991. (EncO&P 3)
Encyclopedia of Occultism & Parapsychology. A compendium of information on the occult sciences, magic, demonology, superstitions, spiritism, mysticism, metaphysics, psychical science, and parapsychology, with biographical and bibliographical notes and comprehensive indexes. Fourth edition. Two volumes. Edited by J. Gordon Melton. Detroit: Gale Group, 1996. (EncO&P 4)
Encyclopedia of Occultism & Parapsychology. A compendium of information on the occult sciences, magic, demonology, superstitions, spiritism, mysticism, metaphysics, psychical science, and parapsychology, with biographical and bibliographical notes and comprehensive indexes. Fifth edition. Two volumes. Edited by J. Gordon Melton. Detroit: Gale Group, 2001. (EncO&P 5)1
BiographyTHE AFTERLIFE
If many Americans of the nineteenth century tended to deny death, it was not on ideological principle. After the middle of the century, however, a belief in Spiritualism provided large numbers of people with a philosophic and even, in many cases, a religious basis for the denial of death. Spiritualism, which began in America, and spread quickly to many parts of the Western world, was not an organized movement. It had no unified doctrine except the conviction that the human spirit survived the death of the body. This conviction was based on what, for Spiritualists, was the indisputable fact that the spirits of the dead could communicate with the living.
Though a belief in the existence of spirits is common in many societies, Spiritualism sought to transform this belief into empirically verifiable fact. In a society making a transition from a religious to a rational, materialist world view, Spiritualism, which combined the two positions, was particularly attractive. Organizations were formed, journals published, and public and private activities of all kinds took place. The issue of human survival of death was one of considerable interest and debate, and the data available as proof were found acceptable by many people, at every level of society.84
Much of this evidence was derived from mediumistic seances, and took a wide variety of forms, from knockings, rappings, and table tilting to the materialization of objects and spirit beings. Photography became another form of evidence in 1861, when William Mumler, an engraver for a Boston jewelry firm, announced that he had not only made a successful photograph of a spirit, but had been able to obtain repeatable results. He went into business as a spirit photographer, providing pictures for ten dollars apiece at a time when a normal portrait photograph could be obtained for a few cents. The procedure was not substantially different from a normal portrait sitting. The person desiring a photograph of a deceased friend or relative would simply pose as if for their own picture. The spirit "extra," as it was called, did not appear in the studio, but in the negative and the subsequent print.85
Response to Mumler's announcement in the Spiritualist press is typified by this quote from an 1863 editorial:
If [spirits] can appear and throw their image upon a glass, so as to be visible to us, the whole question of impossibility falls, for the photographer's art is merely the preserving of such an image when once thrown upon his camera or plate.86
Photographers nevertheless tended to be skeptical, as indicated by this editorial in the American Journal of Photography:
How wonderful is the recent progress of our art! We now in the usual way go through the process of having our picture taken, but when the finished photograph is presented, lo! beside our lovely image is the attendant spirit, a babe, or a grandfather, or an unknown!... spirit photographs show, that the spirits dress in clothes of earthly fashion, that they sit in chairs, and that in sitting for their pictures they put on the smirks which some have supposed peculiar to mortals.87
By 1869, Mumler had moved his operation to New York City, where he was promptly arrested and charged with public fraud, larceny, and obtaining money under false pretenses.88 The arguments of the defense and prosecuting attorneys during the highly-publicized trial correspond precisely to the opposing sides of the argument over spirit photography itself. Mumler's defense attorney argued that Mumler used ordinary photographic methods, and that his success in obtaining spirit figures was not subject to his control. He also stressed that Mumler's procedures had been scrutinized and no evidence of deception found, and that many customers had recognized the features of departed loved ones in his pictures, even in cases in which no likenesses of these persons existed. The fact that many of the spirit "extras" in Mumler's photographs had been identified was the central feature of the defense attorney's argument. How, he asked, could identifiable spirit portraits be produced by fraudulent means?
The prosecutor offered a simple explanation. He suggested that the vagueness of the spirit forms in Mumler's photographs left most of the matter of identification to the imagination, and that the sitters credulously imagined that they saw what they wished to see. In his words:
Those who went to [Mumler] prepared to believe, of course did believe on very slight proof.... that is all this evidence [of recognition] proves. It proves the existence of a belief in the prisoner's statements, not the truth of those statements."89 (Emphasis in original.)
Though the prosecutor was certainly correct in this assessment, the argument can be made to work both ways. The Spiritualists, who wanted to believe Mumler, looked only at the evidence that supported their belief. The skeptics, on the other hand, did not want to believe Mumler, and did precisely the same thing. Since the two beliefs were diametrically opposed, it was impossible for either side to convince the other. The veracity of photography was never at issue. Both sides believed implicitly that photographs could not lie, and both arguments in fact depended upon that presumption.
The real conflict, therefore, was between a belief system that included the existence of spirits and one that did not. The ideological nature of the conflict was made explicit by the prosecutor, who attacked Spiritualism on religious grounds. Spiritualism, he passionately asserted, was "antagonistic to the Christian religion."90 Though the weight of public opinion was clearly on the prosecutor's side, neither attorney proved his case, and the judge dismissed the charges for lack of evidence.
While mentions of other spirit photographers turn up in the Spiritualist literature of the period, most of them wisely avoided publicity, moving from place to place, quietly catering to the Spiritualist community. The next spirit photographer to receive wide attention was the first practitioner in England, Frederick Hudson, who emerged in the early 1870s.
Detailed descriptions of sittings with Hudson are provided by Miss Georgiana Houghton, author of the first book on spirit photography, which is essentially a series of such descriptions.91 To say that Miss Houghton was a trusting and credulous person would be a grievous understatement. She lived her life under the guidance of a personal band of seventy archangels, who not only chose her home and the wallpaper and carpets to decorate it, but even directed her feet when she went for a walk. Since she believed implicitly in Hudson, her account often guilelessly reveals his methods. In one instance, she notes that Hudson's associate, a well-known medium, had been sitting behind the backdrop curtain, this being the location in which her spiritual influence was the most effective. The photograph made on that occasion shows a white-robed figure emerging from behind the curtain.
Other examples of Hudson's spirit photography indicate that British ghosts differ from American ghosts, the Old World spirits being swathed in supernatural drapery while in the New World they appear much the same as mortal beings, only less substantial. Though the drapery in Hudson's pictures frequently covered or obscured the faces of the spirit figures, they were no less recognizable to his customers than Mumler's. Miss Houghton, for one, frequently consulted her otherworld guides as to the identity of these figures, and always trusted their identifications.
Spiritualism in France took a somewhat different form than it had in England and America. In France, it became allied with the already-popular doctrine of Mesmerism, or Animal Magnetism. Mesmerism was both a pseudoscience and a system of healing derived from mystical tenets of the existence, within and around all living creatures, of a "subtle" or "etheric" body connected to all other living bodies in the universe.92 According to this doctrine, the etheric body exerts a "magnetic force," which can not only be transferred from one body to another, but transmitted through a conductive medium. For healing purposes, a large tub would be filled with bottles full of magnetized iron filings, under water. Patients, who would grip iron rods inserted into the tub, experienced bodily sensations which led to a convulsive state, and then to a cure.
The link of Mesmerism to Spiritualism came about through the fact that certain of Mesmer's patients exhibited features of what would later be called mediumistic trance. The link to spirit photography was made by a Parisian photographer named Buguet, who routinely had himself--and sometimes his camera--mesmerized before attempting spirit pictures. Buguet's career, which began in 1873, ended in 1875, when he was arrested on charges of swindling. His sensational trial followed the pattern of Mumler's in most respects, but differed in one significant particular: Buguet immediately confessed that he had never taken a genuine spirit photograph.
This nevertheless did not daunt Buguet's customers and supporters in the slightest. Witness after witness testified that they were satisfied that his pictures were authentic, and that they recognized the spirit figures as departed loved ones, even when confronted in the courtroom with the dummy heads, false beards, cheesecloth, and other paraphernalia with which the prosecutor insisted that Buguet had accomplished his results. One photograph caused a considerable stir when it was discovered that the spirit face, positively identified as belonging to a man dead for twelve years, actually belonged to a man very much alive, and very much annoyed to be serving as a spirit before his time.
The Spiritualist position in the scandal was that Buguet had made a false confession under duress, or in the interests of gaining leniency, and that his mediumship--and his photography--was genuine, though he may occasionally have resorted to trickery when his powers were at an ebb. This last argument was often used in cases in which mediums were accused of fraud. One editor even postulated that Buguet was under the influence of bad spirits, and used the opportunity to ponder whether it would be possible to ascertain why "good influences" acted at one time and bad ones at another, and how to tell the difference. Very few Spiritualists accepted Buguet's statement of guilt. He retracted his confession after the trial, but never attempted to re-establish himself as a spirit photographer.
The spirits in Buguet's photographs combine the drapery of Hudson's spirits with the incorporeal but clearly-defined faces of Mumler's. As opponents of Spiritualism frequently pointed out, these were all popular notions of the appearance of ghosts. The "extras" in these pictures were recognizable as spirits (if not necessarily the spirits of friends and relatives) because they matched the expectations of their viewers.
For believers in spirit photography, however, trickery was not an issue. Like Spiritualism itself, spirit photography fulfilled a genuine need. For Spiritualists, death was merely a state of being that existed after life. If it reassured them to believe that life did not terminate, their convictions differed only in degree from those of society at large. The majority sought the less extreme--and more conventional--means of assurance that their culture provided.

Continue Introduction
The Site of Death
The Body
War
The Funeral
The Cemetery
The Afterlife
Purchase a copy of the printed publication, CMP Bulletin, vol. 9, No. 4.2
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Citations

  1. [S882] Ancestry.Com, online www.ancestry.com, Biography and Genealogy Master Index (BGMI): Houghton Surname.
  2. [S654] Electronic Web Site, , http://cmp1.ucr.edu/terminals/memento_mori/afterlife.html

Gordon Houghton1

M, #80512, b. 1965

Biography

Corresponded with authorN
A Contributor to Houghton Surname ProjectN
Birth19651
Research2004Contemporary Authors. A bio-bibliographical guide to current writers in fiction, general nonfiction, poetry, journalism, drama, motion pictures, television, and other fields. Volume 199. Detroit: Gale1
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Citations

  1. [S882] Ancestry.Com, online www.ancestry.com, Biography and Genealogy Master Index (BGMI): Houghton Surname.

Harmon Houghton1

M, #80513, b. 1945

Biography

Corresponded with authorN
A Contributor to Houghton Surname ProjectN
Birth19451
ResearchWho's Who in the East. 18th edition, 1981-1982. Wilmette, IL: Marquis Who's Who, 1981. (WhoE 18)1
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Citations

  1. [S882] Ancestry.Com, online www.ancestry.com, Biography and Genealogy Master Index (BGMI): Houghton Surname.

Harry Paul Houghton1

M, #80514, b. 1921

Biography

Corresponded with authorN
A Contributor to Houghton Surname ProjectN
Birth19211
ResearchWard's Who's Who among U.S. Motor Vehicle Manufacturers, 1977. Detroit: Ward's Communications, 1977. 'Automotive Suppliers' Section' begins on page 449. (Ward H)1
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Citations

  1. [S882] Ancestry.Com, online www.ancestry.com, Biography and Genealogy Master Index (BGMI): Houghton Surname.

Hedwin Houghton1

M, #80515

Biography

A Contributor to Houghton Surname ProjectN
Corresponded with authorN
ResearchMrs. Hedwin Houghton: The Reader's Encyclopedia of American Literature. By Max J. Herzberg. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Co., 1962. (REnAL)
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Citations

  1. [S882] Ancestry.Com, online www.ancestry.com, Biography and Genealogy Master Index (BGMI): Houghton Surname.

Herbert Houghton1

M, #80516, b. 1920, d. 2002

Biography

A Contributor to Houghton Surname ProjectN
Corresponded with authorN
Birth19201
Death20021
ResearchWho's Who. An annual biographical dictionary. 155th Year of Issue, 2003. New York: Palgrave, 2003. Obituary section. (Who 155N)
Who's Who. An annual biographical dictionary. 134th Year of Issue, 1982-1983. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1982. (Who 134)
Who's Who. An annual biographical dictionary. 135th Year of Issue, 1983-1984. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1983. (Who 135)
Who's Who. An annual biographical dictionary. 137th Year of Issue, 1985-1986. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1985. (Who 137)
Who's Who. An annual biographical dictionary. 140th Year of Issue, 1988. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1988. (Who 140)
Who's Who. An annual biographical dictionary. 142nd Year of Issue, 1990. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1990. (Who 142)
Who's Who. An annual biographical dictionary. 144th Year of Issue, 1992. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1992. (Who 144)
Who's Who. An annual biographical dictionary. 146th Year of Issue, 1994. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1994. (Who 146)
Who's Who. An annual biographical dictionary. 150th Year of Issue, 1998. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1998. (Who 150)
Who's Who. An annual biographical dictionary. 151st Year of Issue, 1999. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1999. (Who 151)
Who's Who. An annual biographical dictionary. 152nd Year of Issue, 2000. New York: St. Martin's Press, 2000. (Who 152)
Who's Who. An annual biographical dictionary. 153rd Year of Issue, 2001. New York: Palgrave, 2001. (Who 153)
Who's Who. An annual biographical dictionary. 154th Year of Issue, 2002. New York: Palgrave, 2002. (Who 154)1
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Citations

  1. [S882] Ancestry.Com, online www.ancestry.com, Biography and Genealogy Master Index (BGMI): Houghton Surname.

Hubert Whitney Houghton1

M, #80517, b. 1916, d. 28 November 1990

Family: Doris (?)

  • Marriage*: Hubert Whitney Houghton married Doris (?)2

Biography

A Contributor to Houghton Surname ProjectN
Corresponded with authorN
Birth1916Lafayette, NY, USA3,1,2
Marriage2
Mil. EnlsOct 14, 1942San Francisco, San Francisco Co., CA, USA, Name: Hubert W Houghton Birth Year: 1916 Race: White, citizen Nativity State or Country: New York State: New York County or City: Niagara Enlistment Date: 14 Oct 1942 Enlistment State: California Enlistment City: San Francisco Branch: Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA Branch Code: Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA Grade: Private Education: 4 years of college Civil Occupation: Teacher Marital Status: Single, with dependents Height: 67 Weight: 1393
ResearchOct 14, 1942
Authorbetween 1956 and 1967Organizing orientation activities by Hubert Whitney Houghton
Science Research Associates, 1956
     
Certification requirements for school personnel workers. by Hubert Whitney Houghton
U.S. Office of Education, 1967

Certification requirements for school pupil personnel workers by Hubert Whitney Houghton
U. S. Dept. of Health, Education, and Welfare, Office of Education; for sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S.Govt.Print.Off., 1967
OccupationState University of New York, NY, USA, professor
Research1974Leaders in Education. Fifth edition. New York: R.R. Bowker, 1974. (LEduc)1
ObituaryNov 28, 1990Tampa, FL, USA, Tampa Tribune, The (FL) - November 28, 1990
Deceased Name: HUBERT WHITNEY HOUGHTON
HUBERT WHITNEY HOUGHTON, 74, of Lakeland died Monday at Lakeland Regional Hospital. A native of Lafayette, N.Y., he moved to this area from Ridge Manor. He was a retired college professor for the State University of New York, and was also employed by the New York State Education Department and Health Education Welfare in Washington, D.C. He is survived by his wife, Doris; and his mother, Ethel of Buffalo, N.Y. Coleman and Ferguson Funeral Home, Dade City.

Copyright (c) 1990 The Tribune Co2
DeathNov 28, 1990Lakeland Regional Hospital, Lakeland, FL, USA, age 742
Pedigree

Citations

  1. [S882] Ancestry.Com, online www.ancestry.com, Biography and Genealogy Master Index (BGMI): Houghton Surname.
  2. [S654] Electronic Web Site, , http://www.genealogybank.com/gbnk/obituaries; Houghton Surname.
  3. [S882] Ancestry.Com, online www.ancestry.com, U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946 Record.

Jack E. Houghton Jr1

M, #80518, b. May 1950

Family: Charlene Mason

Biography

Corresponded with authorN
A Contributor to Houghton Surname ProjectN
BirthMay, 19502
Education1972State University of New York at Oswego, B.A., 1972; Western New England College, M.B.A., 1987
Law School Attended:
Western New England College, J.D., 1976; Boston University, LL.M., 1995
Marriage3
Research1979Who's Who in American Law. Second edition. Wilmette, IL: Marquis Who's Who, 1979. (WhoAmL 2)2
Living2021
BiographyPittsfield, MA, USA, Jack E. Houghton Jr. is solo practitioner who has been serving individuals and businesses throughout Western Massachusetts since 1977. His principal areas of practice include; litigation, estate planning, tax proceedings, real estate, personal injury, probate and divorce proceedings, social security, landlord tenant law, and wills and trusts. The main focus of the Law Offices of Jack E. Houghton Jr., is commercial and consumer bankruptcy law. Attorney Houghton has been the Berkshire County Chapter 7 Bankruptcy Panel Trustee appointed by the United States Department of Justice since 1991.
Admitted to Practice:
Massachusetts State Courts, 1977
U.S. Tax Court, 1978
Massachusetts Federal District Court, 1979
Northern District of New York, 1979
U.S. Court of Appeals, (First Circuit), 1979
U.S. Supreme Court, 1994
Education and Credentials:
State University of New York at Oswego, B.A., 1972
Western New England School of Law, J.D., 1976
Western New England College, M.B.A., 1987
Boston University, L.L.M., Banking and Financial Studies, 1995
Honors, Memberships, and Professional Activities:
Listed in: Who's Who in American Law, 1978
Chapter 7 Panel Bankruptcy Trustee, U.S. Trustee's Office, 1991 -Present
Adjunct Professor, Western New England Law School, 1996-1997
Member and regional delegate of the Massachusetts Bar Associations 1996-1998
Current Member of the National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorney
Current Member and Former President of the Berkshire County Bar Association
Member of the American Bankruptcy Association
Certified in Creditors' Rights Law and Business Bankruptcy Law by the Commercial Law League of America.
Pedigree

Citations

  1. [S654] Electronic Web Site, , http://www.genealogybank.com/gbnk/obituaries; Houghton Surname.
  2. [S882] Ancestry.Com, online www.ancestry.com, Biography and Genealogy Master Index (BGMI): Houghton Surname.
  3. [S415] E-mail from Lois Houghton, May 26, 2021.

Dr. John Houghton1

M, #80519, b. 1922

Biography

Corresponded with authorN
A Contributor to Houghton Surname ProjectN
Birth19221
Researchbetween 1974 and 2003Who's Who. An annual biographical dictionary. 126th Year of Issue, 1974-1975. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1974. (Who 126)
Who's Who. An annual biographical dictionary. 134th Year of Issue, 1982-1983. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1982. (Who 134)
Who's Who. An annual biographical dictionary. 135th Year of Issue, 1983-1984. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1983. (Who 135)
Who's Who. An annual biographical dictionary. 137th Year of Issue, 1985-1986. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1985. (Who 137)
Who's Who. An annual biographical dictionary. 140th Year of Issue, 1988. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1988. (Who 140)
Who's Who. An annual biographical dictionary. 142nd Year of Issue, 1990. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1990. (Who 142)
Who's Who. An annual biographical dictionary. 144th Year of Issue, 1992. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1992. (Who 144)
Who's Who. An annual biographical dictionary. 146th Year of Issue, 1994. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1994. (Who 146)
Who's Who. An annual biographical dictionary. 150th Year of Issue, 1998. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1998. (Who 150)
Who's Who. An annual biographical dictionary. 151st Year of Issue, 1999. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1999. (Who 151)
Who's Who. An annual biographical dictionary. 152nd Year of Issue, 2000. New York: St. Martin's Press, 2000. (Who 152)
Who's Who. An annual biographical dictionary. 153rd Year of Issue, 2001. New York: Palgrave, 2001. (Who 153)
Who's Who. An annual biographical dictionary. 154th Year of Issue, 2002. New York: Palgrave, 2002. (Who 154)
Who's Who. An annual biographical dictionary. 155th Year of Issue, 2003. New York: Palgrave, 2003. (Who 155)1
Pedigree

Citations

  1. [S882] Ancestry.Com, online www.ancestry.com, Biography and Genealogy Master Index (BGMI): Houghton Surname.

John Gordon Houghton1

M, #80520, b. 1946

Family 1: Sallie Sue Addieway b. 10 Dec 1945, d. 4 Jan 2012

Family 2: Karen Elisabeth Krog b. 1950

Biography

A Contributor to Houghton Surname ProjectN
Corresponded with authorN
Birth19461
MarriageDec 3, 1966Denton Co., TX, USA, Sallie A. Houghton, and John Gordon Houghton3
MarriageJun 17, 1975Bexar Co., TX, USA4
Research1978American Men & Women of Science. A biographical directory of today's leaders in physical, biological, and related sciences. 13th edition, Social & Behavioral Sciences. One volume. New York: R.R. Bowke1
Residence2008Austin, Travis Co., TX, USA
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  1. [S882] Ancestry.Com, online www.ancestry.com, Biography and Genealogy Master Index (BGMI): Houghton Surname.
  2. [S654] Electronic Web Site, , http://kalloch.org/killough_ged/fam09317.htm
  3. [S97] Marriage Certificate, Texas Marriage Collection, 1814-1909 and 1966-2002 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005. Houghton Surname Search.
  4. [S1364] Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997, online Ancestry.Com, Roll Number: 1983_0009.
  5. [S1364] Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997, online Ancestry.Com, Roll Number: 1963_0008.
  6. [S1364] Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997, online Ancestry.Com, Roll Number: 1967_0007.