1894 - 1909 (15 years)
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Name |
PUFFER, Clarissa Caroline |
Nickname |
Clara |
Birth |
15 Apr 1894 |
Muskegon County, MI [1] |
Gender |
Female |
Adopted |
1908 |
Cremated |
Adrian, MI [1] |
Address: State Industrial Home Cemetery |
FindaGrave |
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_COLOR |
11 |
Death |
16 Jun 1909 |
Adrian, MI [1] |
Cause: blood poisoning following a "prick on her face with a darning needle" |
Burial |
17 Jun 1909 |
Adrian, MI |
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Person ID |
I11213 |
Puffers |
Last Modified |
8 Mar 2021 |
Father |
EVANS, Thomas Alfred, b. 14 Feb 1850, Nales, England d. 17 Oct 1938, Muskegon, MI (Age 88 years) |
Relationship |
Adopted |
Mother |
COVEY, Virginia Ellen, b. Aug 1854, DE d. 2 Dec 1938, Muskegon, MI (Age 84 years) |
Relationship |
Adopted |
Marriage |
25 Apr 1883 |
Greenville, MI [2] |
Residence |
1900 |
Muskegon, MI [3] |
Residence |
1910 |
Muskegon, MI [4] |
Family ID |
F1263 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Father |
PUFFER, Solomon L., b. Nov 1848, South Boardman, MI d. 19 Aug 1908, Michigan City, IN (Age 59 years) |
Mother |
DYKE, Alice L., b. Mar 1866, South Boardman, MI d. Bef 1966 (Age < 99 years) |
Marriage |
25 Apr 1886 |
Holton Township, MI [3, 5] |
Divorce |
5 Oct 1903 |
Muskegon, MI [5] |
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Family ID |
F2222 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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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.
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Sources |
- [S112] Death Certificate.
- [S753] Michigan Marriage Records, 1867-1952.
- [S304] _1900 United States Federal Census.
- [S444] _1910 United States Federal Census.
- [S716] Michigan Divorce Records, 1897-1952.
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