Puffer Genealogy
PUFFER, Thomas James[1, 2]
1846 - 1912 (66 years)-
Name PUFFER, Thomas James Birth 1 Jan 1846 North Crosby, Leeds, Ontario, Canada [2, 3] Gender Male FindaGrave Ref# 360 [2] Residence 1851 Ontario, Canada [3] Residence 1891 Snowdon, Haliburton, Ontario, Canada [4] _COLOR 11 Death 14 Sep 1912 Saskatchewan, Canada [5] Burial Carnduff, Estevan Census Division, Saskatchewan, Canada Address:
Canduff CemeteryPerson ID I14086 Puffer 062124 Last Modified 28 Oct 2022
Father PUFFER, Dr. Isaac, b. 20 Feb 1807, Lowville, NY d. 28 Feb 1884, Minden, Haliburton, Ontario, Canada (Age 77 years) Mother MCQUAY, Jane, b. 1 Apr 1816, County Monaghan, Ireland d. 9 Jun 1901, Spencer, MI (Age 85 years) Marriage 6 Feb 1832 [6] Family ID F4283 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 JOHNSON, Wilhelmina, b. 1842, Cork, Ireland d. 24 Nov 1906, Saskatchewan, Canada (Age 64 years) Marriage 13 Jul 1870 Minden, Haliburton, Ontario, Canada [7, 8] Residence 31 Mar 1901 Assiniboia, Saskatchewan, Canada [9] Residence 1906 Assiniboia, Saskatchewan, Canada [10] Children 1. PUFFER, Frederick Dudley, b. 12 Sep 1871, Minden, Haliburton, Ontario, Canada d. 4 May 1953, Wolseley, Saskatchwan, Canada (Age 81 years) 2. PUFFER, Harold Percival Homer, b. 13 Mar 1873, Minden, Haliburton, Ontario, Canada d. 12 Dec 1917, Spuzzum, British Columbia, Canada (Age 44 years) 3. PUFFER, Charles Albert, b. 14 Mar 1874, Belmont Township, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada d. Bef 1974, Canada (Age < 99 years) 4. PUFFER, Edgar Edgerton, b. 20 Mar 1877, Ingoldsby, Haliburton, Ontario, Canada d. 4 Oct 1958, Edmonton, Edmonton Census Division, Alberta, Canada (Age 81 years) 5. PUFFER, Clarence Aubrey, b. 14 Dec 1878, Minden, Haliburton, Ontario, Canada d. 23 Jun 1918, Govan, Saskatoon Census Division, Saskatchewan, Canada (Age 39 years) 6. PUFFER, Florence Coral, b. Dec 1886, Ontario, Canada d. Bef 1986, Canada (Age < 99 years) Family ID F9059 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 21 Jun 2024
Family 2 Amilda M., b. Dec 1860, England d. Yes, date unknown Family ID F24060 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 22 Jun 2024
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Notes - He was a carpenter by trade and for many years a lumberman. He was employed in bridge-building on the D.S.S. & A Mich., the Minneapolis & St. Paul and the C.P.N. railroads. He was once away from home eighteen months working in the Rocky Mountains on snow sleds. In 1889 he went to live with his son in Saskatchewan, Canada. He was prominent in the order of Orangemen having been master of his lodge in Minden, Ontario, for many years. In religion he was a Methodist.
In 1911 he is listed as a postmaster and re-married to Amilda M. (no marriage date).
- He was a carpenter by trade and for many years a lumberman. He was employed in bridge-building on the D.S.S. & A Mich., the Minneapolis & St. Paul and the C.P.N. railroads. He was once away from home eighteen months working in the Rocky Mountains on snow sleds. In 1889 he went to live with his son in Saskatchewan, Canada. He was prominent in the order of Orangemen having been master of his lodge in Minden, Ontario, for many years. In religion he was a Methodist.
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Sources - [S2] Descendants of George Puffer of Braintree, Massachusetts 1639-2020, Red Letter Edition, 289, 340.
- [S2] Descendants of George Puffer of Braintree, Massachusetts 1639-2020, Red Letter Edition, 197, 289, 340.
- [S684] Canada Census 1851.
- [S677] Canada Census 1891.
- [S811] www.ehealthsask.ca.
- [S2] Descendants of George Puffer of Braintree, Massachusetts 1639-2020, Red Letter Edition, 197, 339.
- [S266] Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927.
- [S2] Descendants of George Puffer of Braintree, Massachusetts 1639-2020, Red Letter Edition, 289.
- [S463] Canada Census 1901.
- [S1248] Canada Northwest Provinces Census, 1906.
- [S2] Descendants of George Puffer of Braintree, Massachusetts 1639-2020, Red Letter Edition, 289, 340.