Puffer Genealogy
PUFFER, Harlan Eugene
1890 - 1966 (75 years)
Generation: 1
Generation: 3
Generation: 4
1. PUFFER, Harlan Eugene was born on 6 Nov 1890 in Minneapolis, MN (son of PUFFER, Alfred Eugene and STEENSTRA, Maud E.); died on 1 Feb 1966 in Los Angeles, CA. Other Events and Attributes:
- SSN issued: CA
- Name: Harlan C. Puffer
- Social Security Number: 562-07-4684
- _COLOR: 2
- Residence: 1900, Spokane, WA
- Residence: 1910, Spokane, WA
- Residence: 1912, Spokane, WA
- Arrival: Aft 10 Jun 1920, CA
- Residence: 1923, Oak Park, IL
- Residence: 1942, Los Angeles, CA
Notes:
According to his 1918 WWI Draft Registration Card he was an automobile salesman for Marquetts Instrument Co., Chicago, IL
A printing salesman in 1950.
Residence:
Living with mother and step-fatherHarlan married ENGLESTAD, Rene on 18 Sep 1914 in Spokane, WA. Rene (daughter of ENGLESTAD, Charles and ANDERSON, Bertha) was born on 13 Feb 1895 in New York, NY; died on 6 Jan 1945 in Los Angeles, CA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Harlan married BOYLE, Kathryn G. in CA 1945 in CA. Kathryn (daughter of BOYLE, Louis Clair and BURSON, Gertrude) was born on 15 Nov 1894 in Fort Scott, KS; died on 7 Sep 1984 in Mount Shasta, CA; was buried in Mount Shasta, CA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
2. 
PUFFER, Alfred Eugene was born on 18 Apr 1868 in Bennington, VT (son of PUFFER, Wales Warren and LINCOLN, Rebecca Mary); died on 16 May 1934 in Minneapolis, MN; was buried on 19 May 1934 in Minneapolis, MN. Other Events and Attributes:
- Ref#: 397
- _COLOR: 11
- Residence: 1881, IA
- Residence: 1885, Des Moines, IA
- Residence: 1900, Minneapolis, MN
- Residence: 1910, Minneapolis, MN
- Residence: 1920, Minneapolis, MN
- Residence: 1930, Minneapolis, MN
Notes:
His mother died when he was 13 years old, his father when he was fifteen. He worked on the farm during the fall when but 11 years old and nine months of each of the two following years. He then went to live in the family of Dr. Robert A. Patchin, Des Moines, IA, where he remained until 19 years old. He became a railroad switchman at Minneapolis. In an accident May 14, 1894, he lost a thumb. He started again as common laborer in the Threshing Machine Co.'s branch office, and worked his way upward as assistant shipper, shipper, repair helper, assistant bookkeeper, bookkeeper, traveling salesman, collector, assistant manager. For seven years he was assistant manager of a branch house and six years manager. When three threshing machine concerns united, he became manager and secretary of the Automatic Carbonator Co., in a position he held three years. He is now manager of the branch house of the Holt Manufacturing Co., at Omaha, NE. He is a member of the Masonic Order, the Knights of Pythias, Royal Arcanum, Modern Samaritans, and United Commerical Travelers. He is very musical, first tenor of the Masonic Quartette, and his children are gifted musically.
The Federal Census of 1900 for Brainard, MN, Crow Wing, shows him as an 'inmate' at the "Northern Pacific R.R. Sanitarium" on 18 Jun 1900.
The Wisconsin Historical Society shows him married to Eva M Pierce on May 28, 1896
FindaGrave:
GRID=66535783
Residence:
He and his sister, Eudora, stayed with their uncle Alfred and family after their mother died in 1881.
Buried:
Monument Lot, Section 4 Lot 234 Grave 1Alfred married STEENSTRA, Maud E. on 27 Jun 1888 in Saint Paul, MN, and was divorced after Nov 1901 in Spokane, WA. Maud (daughter of STEENSTRA, Thomas H. and WOOWARD, Sarah Ellen) was born in May 1870 in NY; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
3. STEENSTRA, Maud E. was born in May 1870 in NY (daughter of STEENSTRA, Thomas H. and WOOWARD, Sarah Ellen); and died. Other Events and Attributes:
- _COLOR: 11
- Residence: 4 Jun 1880, Saint Paul, MN
- Residence: 1940, Los Angeles, CA
- Residence: 4 Apr 1950, Alhambra, CA
Notes:
A vocal, music teacher, soprano
FindaGrave:
GRID=123978674Children:
- 1. PUFFER, Harlan Eugene was born on 6 Nov 1890 in Minneapolis, MN; died on 1 Feb 1966 in Los Angeles, CA.
Generation: 3
4. PUFFER, Wales Warren was born on 9 Oct 1837 in Bennington, VT (son of PUFFER, Capt. Martin Luther and FOLLETT, Mary Ann); died on 16 Feb 1886 in Bennington, VT; was buried in North Bennington, VT. Other Events and Attributes:
- Ref#: 292
- _COLOR: 11
- Residence: 1850, Bennington, VT
- Milit-Beg: 6 Sep 1862, Hoosick, NY; a musician in the regimental band
- Milit-End: 19 Jul 1865, Raleigh, NC
- Residence: 1870, Bennington, VT
Notes:
He served in 2nd Vermont infantry as a musician through the Civil War. He was wounded during the war and after the war he returned to Bennington, VT where he lived until about 1875, when he went to IA. He was a machinist and blacksmith. He was a gifted musician and a musical conductor of note.
Birth:
A blacksmith
FindaGrave:
GRID=193986384Wales married LINCOLN, Rebecca Mary on 3 Dec 1857 in Bennington, VT. Rebecca (daughter of LINCOLN, Ira Pratt and ALLEN, Mary Rebecca) was born in Dec 1839 in New York, NY; died on 21 Apr 1881 in Indianola, IA; was buried in Indianola, IA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
5. LINCOLN, Rebecca Mary was born in Dec 1839 in New York, NY (daughter of LINCOLN, Ira Pratt and ALLEN, Mary Rebecca); died on 21 Apr 1881 in Indianola, IA; was buried in Indianola, IA. Other Events and Attributes:
- _COLOR: 11
- Residence: 1850, Peru, VT
Notes:
Family history says that she is the daughter of Mordecai Lincoln, uncle to Abraham Lincoln.
There is no doubt about Rebecca Mary Lincoln's marriage to Wales Warren, but no proof exists that she was Mordecai's daughter or even a descendant of his.
The dates are more than a century off.
Mordecai b. 1686, Hingham, MA. Children:
John, b. 1716
Deborah, b. 1718
Mary, b. 1719
Hannah, b. 1720
Anne
Sarah
Mordecai; b. 1730
Thomas, b. 1732
Abraham, b. 1736.
Mary Rebecca, wife of Wales was b. 1839. Even if she was the daughter of Mordecai's son, Mordecai, we're still 109 years off.
FindaGrave:
GRID=117631873Children:
- PUFFER, Ira Wales was born on 5 Dec 1858 in Bennington, VT; died on 11 Apr 1942 in Bennington, VT; was buried in Bennington, VT.
- PUFFER, Eudora Louise was born on 17 Dec 1861 in Bennington, VT; died on 25 Nov 1943 in Spokane, WA; was buried in Unknown.
- PUFFER, Charles Lincoln was born on 2 Aug 1866 in Bennington, VT; died on 25 Jan 1917 in Union, KY; was buried on 26 Jan 1917 in Caseyville, KY.
- 2. PUFFER, Alfred Eugene was born on 18 Apr 1868 in Bennington, VT; died on 16 May 1934 in Minneapolis, MN; was buried on 19 May 1934 in Minneapolis, MN.
- PUFFER, Phillip Norman was born on 24 Jan 1870 in Bennington, VT; died on 9 Feb 1870 in Bennington, VT.
- PUFFER, William Hale was born on 8 Dec 1872 in Bennington, VT; died on 14 Jul 1943 in Minneapolis, MN; was buried in Minneapolis, MN.
- PUFFER, Frederick Norman was born on 9 Nov 1874 in Bennington, VT; died on 23 Sep 1900 in San Francisco, CA; was buried on 25 Sep 1900 in Colma, CA.
6. STEENSTRA, Thomas H. was born in Apr 1840 in Saint Louis County, MO; died on 15 May 1910 in Spokane, WA; was buried in Spokane, WA. Other Events and Attributes:
- _COLOR: 11
Notes:
FindaGrave:
GRID=61194892Thomas married WOOWARD, Sarah Ellen. Sarah was born in 1842 in MI; died on 25 Jun 1913 in Spokane, WA; was buried in Spokane, WA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
7. WOOWARD, Sarah Ellen was born in 1842 in MI; died on 25 Jun 1913 in Spokane, WA; was buried in Spokane, WA. Other Events and Attributes:
- _COLOR: 11
Notes:
FindaGrave:
GRID=140596133Children:
- 3. STEENSTRA, Maud E. was born in May 1870 in NY; and died.
Generation: 4
8. 
PUFFER, Capt. Martin Luther was born on 2 May 1802 in Sudbury, MA; was christened on 9 May 1802 in Sudbury, MA (son of PUFFER, Deacon Samuel T. Jr. and EAMES, Joanna); died on 18 Aug 1854 in Bennington, VT; was buried in Bennington, VT. Other Events and Attributes:
- Ref#: 178
- _COLOR: 11
Notes:
He was a machinist, resided in Bennington, VT.
FindaGrave:
GRID=22434543Martin married FOLLETT, Mary Ann on 13 Apr 1830 in Bennington, VT. Mary was born in 1810 in Pawtucket, RI; died in 1892 in Bennington, VT. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
9. FOLLETT, Mary Ann was born in 1810 in Pawtucket, RI; died in 1892 in Bennington, VT. Other Events and Attributes:
- _COLOR: 2
Children:
- PUFFER, Maria Louise was born on 30 Aug 1832 in Bennington, VT; died on 5 Aug 1912 in Chicago, IL; was buried on 7 Aug 1912 in Canfield, OH.
- PUFFER, Charlotte Mary was born in CA 1833 in Bennington, VT; died on 16 Jul 1912 in Pittsburgh, PA; was buried on 18 Jul 1912 in Pittsburgh, PA.
- 4. PUFFER, Wales Warren was born on 9 Oct 1837 in Bennington, VT; died on 16 Feb 1886 in Bennington, VT; was buried in North Bennington, VT.
- PUFFER, Capt. Alfred Edson was born in Aug 1839 in Bennington, VT; died on 20 Jul 1918 in Fall River County, SD; was buried on 23 Jul 1918 in Hot Springs, SD.
- PUFFER, Col. Norman Martin was born on 4 May 1847 in Bennington, VT; died on 16 Sep 1912 in Bennington, VT; was buried in Bennington, VT.
10. LINCOLN, Ira Pratt was born in 1810 in VT (son of LINCOLN, Zebina and BROWN, Polly); died before 1910. Other Events and Attributes:
- _COLOR: 8
Ira married ALLEN, Mary Rebecca. Mary was born in 1798 in VT; died in 1866 in Bennington, VT; was buried in Bennington, VT. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
11. ALLEN, Mary Rebecca was born in 1798 in VT; died in 1866 in Bennington, VT; was buried in Bennington, VT. Other Events and Attributes:
- _COLOR: 11
Children:
- LINCOLN, Ira was born in CA 1835 in VT; died before 1935.
- 5. LINCOLN, Rebecca Mary was born in Dec 1839 in New York, NY; died on 21 Apr 1881 in Indianola, IA; was buried in Indianola, IA.
- LINCOLN, Julia A. was born in 1841 in VT; died in 1907 in Bennington County, VT; was buried in Bennington, VT.
- LINCOLN, Susan was born in CA 1842 in VT; died before 1942 in VT.
- LINCOLN, Cornelia Elizabeth was born in 1845 in Peru, VT; died in 1915 in VT.