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PUFFER, James Richard

Male 1931 - 2021  (89 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  PUFFER, James Richard was born on 10 Dec 1931 in Milwaukee, WI; was christened on 17 Jan 1932 in Milwaukee, WI (son of PUFFER, Joseph John and TIMONEN, Lempi Maria); died on 29 Jul 2021 in Billings, MT; was buried in Missoula, MT.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Name: James Richard Shoenbaum
    • Name: Jimmie Shoenbaum
    • _COLOR: 11
    • Adopted: 1938, Milwaukee, WI
    • Residence: 1940, Milwaukee, WI

    Notes:

    FindaGrave:
    GRID=230246145

    Adopted:
    Adopted by his step-father Carl F. Schoenbaum after his mother remarried

    James married HEIKEN, Irene in 2003. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    James married CARROLL, Colleen Rose in 1978. Colleen was born on 3 May 1935 in Dickinson, ND; died on 14 Jun 2001 in Missoula County, MT; was buried in Missoula, MT. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. SCHOENBAUM, Robert
    2. SHOENBAUM, Carl

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  PUFFER, Joseph JohnPUFFER, Joseph John was born on 4 Apr 1907 in WI (son of PUFFER, George Byron and STEFFEK, Anna E.); died on 24 Jun 1947 in WI; was buried in Milwaukee, WI.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Name: John Joseph Puffer
    • _COLOR: 11
    • Residence: 1928, Milwaukee, WI
    • Residence: 1929, Milwaukee, WI

    Joseph married TIMONEN, Lempi Maria on 11 Jan 1930 in Milwaukee, WI, and was divorced after 1930 in WI. Lempi (daughter of TIMONEN, John and SIIPAINEN, Anna) was born on 9 Dec 1911 in Milwaukee, WI; died on 23 Nov 1998 in Stark County, OH. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  TIMONEN, Lempi Maria was born on 9 Dec 1911 in Milwaukee, WI (daughter of TIMONEN, John and SIIPAINEN, Anna); died on 23 Nov 1998 in Stark County, OH.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • _COLOR: 2
    • Confirmation: 10 Apr 1927, Milwaukee, WI
    • Residence: 3 Apr 1930, West Allis, WI

    Children:
    1. 1. PUFFER, James Richard was born on 10 Dec 1931 in Milwaukee, WI; was christened on 17 Jan 1932 in Milwaukee, WI; died on 29 Jul 2021 in Billings, MT; was buried in Missoula, MT.
    2. PUFFER, Richard
    3. SCHOENBAUM, Joanne died before 2021.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  PUFFER, George ByronPUFFER, George Byron was born on 9 Oct 1884 in Janesville, WI (son of PUFFER, George and DOHENY, Ellen); died on 3 Jun 1968 in Milwaukee, WI; was buried in Milwaukee, WI.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Name: George Bary Puffer
    • _COLOR: 11
    • Residence: 1918, Milwaukee, WI
    • Residence: 1 Apr 1940, Racine, WI

    Notes:

    According to his 1918 WWI Draft Registration Card, he was a steward or cook for the Milwaukee Tug Boat Line, in Milwaukee, WI. Res. 404 Mineral St., Milwaukee, WI.

    FindaGrave:
    GRID=152709414

    George married STEFFEK, Anna E. on 31 Dec 1906 in Milwaukee, WI. Anna (daughter of STEFFECK, John and MLIESIWA, Katharina) was born on 21 May 1887 in Milwaukee, WI; died on 2 Dec 1964 in Milwaukee, WI; was buried in New Berlin, WI. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  STEFFEK, Anna E. was born on 21 May 1887 in Milwaukee, WI (daughter of STEFFECK, John and MLIESIWA, Katharina); died on 2 Dec 1964 in Milwaukee, WI; was buried in New Berlin, WI.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • _COLOR: 11

    Notes:

    FindaGrave:
    GRID=191195067

    Children:
    1. PUFFER, Edward John was born on 19 Dec 1909 in WI; died on 15 Sep 1965 in Milwaukee, WI; was buried in Milwaukee, WI.
    2. 2. PUFFER, Joseph John was born on 4 Apr 1907 in WI; died on 24 Jun 1947 in WI; was buried in Milwaukee, WI.
    3. PUFFER, John James was born on 23 Jun 1909 in Milwaukee, WI; died on 20 Nov 1947 in Milwaukee, WI; was buried in Milwaukee, WI.

  3. 6.  TIMONEN, John was born on 5 May 1875 in Finland; died on 2 Sep 1943 in WI.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • _COLOR: 2
    • Arrival: 19 Dec 1904, New York, NY
    • Naturalization: 12 Jul 1915, Milwaukee, WI

    John married SIIPAINEN, Anna on 19 Nov 1910 in Milwaukee, WI. Anna was born in 1881 in Finland; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 7.  SIIPAINEN, AnnaSIIPAINEN, Anna was born in 1881 in Finland; and died.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Arrival: 1904, WI

    Children:
    1. 3. TIMONEN, Lempi Maria was born on 9 Dec 1911 in Milwaukee, WI; died on 23 Nov 1998 in Stark County, OH.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  PUFFER, GeorgePUFFER, George was born on 19 Jul 1859 in Readsboro, VT (son of PUFFER, William and CANEDY, Maria); died on 16 Jul 1930 in Janesville, WI.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Ref#: 425
    • _COLOR: 11
    • Residence: 1865, Adams, MA
    • Residence: 1930, Janesville, WI

    Notes:

    He removed to Janesville, WI and about 1895 to Milwaukee, WI.

    His last name (sometimes Buffer) and dates are often mis-recorded, misreported, or misremembered by many people reporting them.
    The 1860, and 1870 Federal Censuses are informationally correct. The 1880 and 1900 Federal Census incorrectly records his birthplace to Massachusetts.
    The 1905 Wisconsin State Census he is listed as living in Milwaukee, WI with wife and 8 children. This is incorrect as, at that time, he was in the Wisconsin State Penitentiary.

    As a number of newspaper reports show he was accused and convicted of attempted murder of a police officer and sentenced to 8 years. One of his daughters had sworn out a warrant because he was "..in the habit of creating family disturbances.", having been one of numerous "..complaints that have been lodged against Puffer by members of his family." The police reports show he was a heavy drinker and "had trouble with his wife and family on many occasions."

    The 1906 and 1907 Milwaukee, WI, City Directory list Nellie as the widow of George, even though he was alive. They had obviously separated or divorced by then.

    He must have served his sentence almost to the end as the 1930 Federal Census shows him in the Rock County Asylum in Janesville, WI. It records the wrong birth place (MA) ca 1860 and states he was married.

    A brief mention in a 1930s newspaper indicates that "he was of Janesville", 75 years old, and left a widow and 5 children. A longer obituary in the Janesville Daily Gazette describes him as 75, a machinist, resident of Janesville for 40 years, born in MA in 1855. Survived by his widow and 5 children, all of Milwaukee." Burial in Mt. Olivet Cemetery. No other George Puffer of this age is in the Janesville area at this time, concluding that this George is the son of William and Maria Canady Puffer and the husband of Nellie.

    FindaGrave:
    GRID=152709214

    Residence:
    An inmate at the Rock County Asylum in 1930

    George married DOHENY, Ellen on 3 Jul 1883 in Janesville, WI. Ellen (daughter of DOHENY, Patrick and BUTLER, Mary) was born on 4 Jul 1860 in Janesville, WI; died on 8 Dec 1932 in Milwaukee, WI; was buried in Milwaukee, WI. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  DOHENY, EllenDOHENY, Ellen was born on 4 Jul 1860 in Janesville, WI (daughter of DOHENY, Patrick and BUTLER, Mary); died on 8 Dec 1932 in Milwaukee, WI; was buried in Milwaukee, WI.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • _COLOR: 11

    Notes:

    FindaGrave:
    GRID=152672169

    Buried:
    GRID=

    Children:
    1. 4. PUFFER, George Byron was born on 9 Oct 1884 in Janesville, WI; died on 3 Jun 1968 in Milwaukee, WI; was buried in Milwaukee, WI.
    2. PUFFER, Arthur Patrick Sr. was born on 23 Aug 1886 in Janesville, WI; died on 1 Jul 1963 in Wauwatosa, WI; was buried in Milwaukee, WI.
    3. PUFFER, Mary was born on 4 May 1889 in Janesville, WI; died on 29 Oct 1962 in Milwaukee, WI; was buried on 2 Nov 1962 in Milwaukee, WI.
    4. PUFFER, Ella V. was born on 8 Sep 1891 in Janesville, WI; died on 29 Nov 1958 in WI; was buried in Milwaukee, WI.
    5. PUFFER, Lillian was born on 20 Sep 1893 in Janesville, WI; died on 26 Jul 1933 in WI; was buried in Milwaukee, WI.
    6. PUFFER, Ruth G. was born on 14 Jun 1896 in Milwaukee, WI; died in 1951 in WI; was buried in Oak Creek, WI.
    7. PUFFER, Martin Lawrence was born on 2 Apr 1901 in Milwaukee, WI; died on 19 Apr 1950 in WI; was buried in Milwaukee, WI.
    8. PUFFER, Charles James was born on 22 Oct 1903 in Milwaukee, WI; died on 29 Dec 1974 in Milwaukee, WI; was buried in Milwaukee, WI.

  3. 10.  STEFFECK, JohnSTEFFECK, John was born on 24 Dec 1848 in Austria; died on 10 Nov 1908 in Milwaukee, WI; was buried in Milwaukee, WI.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • _COLOR: 11
    • Residence: 1908, Milwaukee, WI
    • Residence: 1929, Milwaukee, WI

    John married MLIESIWA, Katharina on 24 Apr 1876 in Manitowoc, WI. Katharina was born on 6 Jun 1848 in Germany; died on 16 Oct 1899 in Milwaukee, WI; was buried in Milwaukee, WI. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 11.  MLIESIWA, Katharina was born on 6 Jun 1848 in Germany; died on 16 Oct 1899 in Milwaukee, WI; was buried in Milwaukee, WI.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • _COLOR: 11

    Children:
    1. 5. STEFFEK, Anna E. was born on 21 May 1887 in Milwaukee, WI; died on 2 Dec 1964 in Milwaukee, WI; was buried in New Berlin, WI.


 

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