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Edith Widing Yaffee

Posted on 5/5/2011 at 6:25:52 PM

Facts/Data

Birth

1895 (Helsingfors, Finland)

Death

1961 (Freeport, Maine)

Lived/Active

District Of Columbia

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Often Known For

portrait painter

Edith Louise Widing was born on Helsingfors, Finland on 16 January 1895, probably the daughter of Rudolph and Elvira K. Widing. They arrived in Boston on 19 May 1910 on the ship Saxonia from Sweden. Rudolph’s occupation was listed as lithographer. Ivar Widing, probably Edith’s brother, arrived from Sweden on the Saxonia on 21 April 1905. The Widing family was living in Boston, MA in 1914. At the same address were Ivar Widing, illustrator, of Munro and Widing, and Rudolph Widing, lithographer. All three were still at the same address in 1915 and 1916. Edith was not listed in the Widing home after 1916, probably because she married Herman Albert Yaffee.

Edith went on to some success as an artist. Her marriage to the artist Herman Yaffee became a sensation when he married another woman under an assumed name while he was still legally married to Edith.