Puffer Genealogy

PUFFER, Richard Wilson[1, 2]

Male 1892 - 1970  (78 years)


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  • Name PUFFER, Richard Wilson 
    Birth 3 Jul 1892  Pennfield, MI Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3
    Gender Male 
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    Residence 1918  Detroit, MI Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    _COLOR 11 
    Death 1 Aug 1970  Pasadena, CA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4
    Burial Altadena, CA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    Mountain View Cemetery 
    • GRID=
    Person ID I20762  Puffers
    Last Modified 30 Jan 2024 

    Father PUFFER, Ellsworth Hazzard,   b. 30 Jun 1862, Hornell, NY Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Apr 1942, Battle Creek, MI Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years) 
    Mother MERRILL, Georgiana,   b. 6 Sep 1868, Battle Creek, MI Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Dec 1918, Battle Creek, MI Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 50 years) 
    Marriage 14 Sep 1884  Pennfield, MI Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 5, 6
    Family ID F7680  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 KNOX, Susie June,   b. 4 Jun 1890, Leroy, MI Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Mar 1943, Los Angeles County, CA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 52 years) 
    Marriage 21 Aug 1912  Battle Creek, MI Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 7
    Children 
     1. PUFFER, Ellsworth Henry,   b. 16 Aug 1913, Detroit, MI Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Sep 1992, Mesa, AZ Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years)
     2. PUFFER, Mary Jane,   b. 16 Aug 1918, MI Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Oct 2008, San Francisco, CA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 90 years)
    Family ID F7690  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 17 Mar 2024 

    Family 2 BEDDOW, Naomi Elizabeth,   b. 3 Dec 1891, PA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Mar 1969, Pasadena, CA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years) 
    Marriage 23 Jul 1932  Orange, CA Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    Family ID F14806  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 17 Mar 2024 

  • Photos 2 Photos

  • Notes 
    • Lived on the farm until 1909; attended the Battle Creek High School and the Mich. Business and Normal College; bookkeeper in the office of the Mich. Central R.R. at Detroit five years; now in the hardware business in Detroit, MI. He is a member of the M.E. Church.

      WWI Veteran, US Marines, 2nd Marine Division, lost an arm.

  • Sources 
    1. [S2] Descendants of George Puffer of Braintree, Massachusetts 1639-2020, Red Letter Edition, 328.

    2. [S423] WWI Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, Registration Location: Wayne County, Michigan; Roll: ; Draft Board: .
      Birth date: 3 Jul 1892 Birth place: Michigan,United States of America Residence date: Residence place: Detroit, Wayne, Michigan
      http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=ww1draft&h=19846487&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt

    3. [S235] California Death Index, 1940-1997.

    4. [S163] SSDI.

    5. [S183] Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925.

    6. [S740] _Newspaper Announcement, Battle Creek Enquirer, Battle Creek, Michigan ยท Sunday, October 26, 1941, page 28.

    7. [S1146] Michigan County Marriages, 1822-1940.

    8. [S341] California County Marriages, 1850-1952.