Puffer Genealogy

PUFFER, Rodney Charles Sr.[1]

Male 1888 - 1960  (72 years)


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  • Name PUFFER, Rodney Charles 
    Suffix Sr. 
    Birth 17 Dec 1888  Brewer, ME Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Male 
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    Residence 1918  Penobscot County, ME Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    _COLOR 11 
    Death 26 Dec 1960  San Antonio, TX Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3
    Cause: of intracerebral hemorrhage 
    Address:
    Fort Sam Houston 
    Burial 29 Dec 1960  [2, 3, 4
    Person ID I21534  Puffers
    Last Modified 24 May 2022 

    Father PUFFER, Seth N.,   b. 9 Feb 1837, Dexter, ME Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Feb 1914, Brewer, ME Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years) 
    Mother MOHOLLAND, Eliza Jane,   b. 30 Mar 1856, Bangor, ME Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Jun 1944, South Portland, ME Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 88 years) 
    Marriage 21 Dec 1889  Brewer, ME Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F5353  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family HARBORTH, Gertha Ida,   b. 11 Oct 1911, Guadalupe County, TX Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 31 May 1992, San Antonio, TX Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years) 
    Marriage Abt 1942  San Antonio, TX Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Living
     2. Living
    Family ID F4098  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 17 Mar 2024 

  • Photos
    rodney charles puffer sr gs.jpg
    rodney charles puffer sr gs.jpg

  • Notes 
    • WWI Veteran, PFC, US Army, PFC, Co. B, 1, QMC,

      According to his 1918 WWI Draft Registration Card he was a tire maker at United States Rubber Works in Hartford, CT.

      In Dec, 1915 an article appeared in The Seattle Star that he was arraigned in the Municipal court in Bangor, ME on a warrant charging him with assault and battery on a 2 year old child. The child was crying and to stop him Puffer abused him. He was given 6 months in jail.

  • Sources 
    1. [S423] WWI Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, Registration Location: Penobscot County, Maine; Roll: ; Draft Board: .
      Birth date: 17 Dec 1892 Birth place: Maine,United States of America Residence date: Residence place: Penobscot, Maine
      http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=ww1draft&h=24934525&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt

    2. [S1323] US Veteran's Gravesites, 1775-2019.

    3. [S594] Texas Death Certificates, 1903-1982.

    4. [S597] U.S. National Cemetery Interment Control Forms, 1928-1962.