Puffer Genealogy

PUFFER, Clarissa Caroline

PUFFER, Clarissa Caroline

Female 1894 - 1909  (15 years)

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  • Name PUFFER, Clarissa Caroline 
    Nickname Clara 
    Birth 15 Apr 1894  Muskegon County, MI Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Female 
    Adopted 1908 
    Cremated Adrian, MI Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Address:
    State Industrial Home Cemetery 
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    _COLOR 11 
    Death 16 Jun 1909  Adrian, MI Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Cause: blood poisoning following a "prick on her face with a darning needle" 
    Burial 17 Jun 1909  Adrian, MI Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • GRID=unknown
    Person ID I11213  Puffers
    Last Modified 8 Mar 2021 

    Father EVANS, Thomas Alfred,   b. 14 Feb 1850, Nales, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Oct 1938, Muskegon, MI Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 88 years) 
    Relationship Adopted 
    Mother COVEY, Virginia Ellen,   b. Aug 1854, DE Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Dec 1938, Muskegon, MI Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 84 years) 
    Relationship Adopted 
    Marriage 25 Apr 1883  Greenville, MI Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Residence 1900  Muskegon, MI Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Residence 1910  Muskegon, MI Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Family ID F1263  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Father PUFFER, Solomon L.,   b. Nov 1848, South Boardman, MI Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Aug 1908, Michigan City, IN Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 59 years) 
    Mother DYKE, Alice L.,   b. Mar 1866, South Boardman, MI Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 1966 (Age < 99 years) 
    Marriage 25 Apr 1886  Holton Township, MI Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 5
    Divorce 5 Oct 1903  Muskegon, MI Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    • GRID=for extreme cruelty
    Family ID F2222  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Photos
    clarissa caroline puffer death cert.jpg
    clarissa caroline puffer death cert.jpg

  • Notes 
    • Her birth father's name is Solomon Puffer, mother Alice Dyke, according to her death certificate. She was adopted in 1908 by Thomas and Virginia Evans.

      She died of sepsis (blood poisoning) after she pricked her face with a darning needle (a large, not very sharp needle, with a large eye for use with yarn, etc.) She was an inmate at the State Industrial School for Girls, in Adrian, MI at the time of her death. Founded in 1879 "..for the reception, care, and training of convicted female juvenile offenders between the ages of seven and twenty."

      According to her death certificate she is buried at the school cemetery, however no information exits on this cemetery.

  • Sources 
    1. [S112] Death Certificate.

    2. [S753] Michigan Marriage Records, 1867-1952.

    3. [S304] _1900 United States Federal Census.

    4. [S444] _1910 United States Federal Census.

    5. [S716] Michigan Divorce Records, 1897-1952.