Puffer Genealogy
DEAN, Esther Estella
1865 - 1949 (84 years)-
Name DEAN, Esther Estella Nickname Stella Birth 12 Feb 1865 Cedar Falls, IA [1, 2, 3] Gender Female FindaGrave Residence 1880 Spencer, IA Residence 1885 Spencer, IA Residence 1900 Spencer, IA [4] - She is a 'servant' at a hotel in Clay County, IA in 1900. The record shows she's married, but her husband had died and doesn't show on the census, just her two small girls.
Residence 1905 Spencer, IA [5] Residence 1920 Lakeville, IA [6] Residence 1940 Sioux City, IA [7] _COLOR 11 Death 2 Dec 1949 Fresno County, CA [1] Burial Fowler, CA Address:
Fowler CemeteryPerson ID I2807 Puffers Last Modified 26 Nov 2020
Father DEAN, William Morris, b. 2 Mar 1823, Detroit, MI d. 9 Apr 1890, Spencer, IA (Age 67 years) Mother HAIGH, Hannah, b. Apr 1847, Delhi, IA d. 18 May 1934, Spencer, IA (Age 87 years) Marriage 1865 IA Family ID F1260 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 PUFFER, George F., b. 26 Oct 1851, Huron County, OH d. 5 Nov 1891, Sanborn, IA (Age 40 years) Marriage 13 Feb 1888 IA Children 1. PUFFER, Georgia Alice, b. 8 Mar 1888, Spencer, IA d. Aft 1912, WI (Age > 25 years) 2. PUFFER, Cady, b. 13 Oct 1889, La Crosse County, WI d. 13 Dec 1962, IA (Age 73 years) 3. PUFFER, Julia, b. 17 May 1891, IA d. 4 Oct 1959, Boise, ID (Age 68 years) 4. PUFFER, Mildred, b. 17 May 1891, Clay County, IA d. Bef 1900, IA (Age < 8 years) 5. PUFFER, Irma Gladys, b. 24 Dec 1893, Spencer, IA d. Bef 1993 (Age < 99 years) 6. PUFFER, Olive Alice Evelyn, b. 4 Apr 1899, Spencer, IA d. 5 Jul 1976, Fresno, CA (Age 77 years) 7. PUFFER, Alta Vae, b. 1897, Spencer, IA d. 23 Jul 1949, Cumberland, IA (Age 52 years) Family ID F4063 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 17 Mar 2024
Family 2 ARNETT, Thomas A., b. 26 Feb 1867, Neponset, IL d. 29 Jan 1938, Storm Lake, IA (Age 70 years) Marriage 16 Jun 1915 Spencer, IA Family ID F4138 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 17 Mar 2024
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Notes - As to how her youngest children could be born after George had died and still be listed as his children, "She simply listed that George was the father even though he had been dead for many years. Charlotte Gilbert Puffer, Stella's mother-in-law, did not feel that Stella was an 'appropriate' mother for her three legitimate children: Georgia Alice (1888), Cady (1889 - my grandfather) and Julia (1891) and so Charlotte took them to her daughter Julia Puffer Olmstead in Wisconsin. The three children were raised by Charlotte and Julia and her husband George Olmstead. George was later transferred to Idaho where he became Supervisor of the Railroad Company and Vice President of a bank." Sharon (granddaughter of Cady Puffer).
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Sources - [S770] California, Death and Burial Records from Select Counties, 1873-1987.
- [S235] California Death Index, 1940-1997.
- [S664] Iowa Marriage Records, 1880-1951.
- [S304] _1900 United States Federal Census.
- [S366] Iowa State Census Collection, 1836-1925.
- [S306] _1920 United States Federal Census.
- [S437] _1940 United States Federal Census.
- [S770] California, Death and Burial Records from Select Counties, 1873-1987.