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	FindAGrave Memorial 193364301
  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 Cemetery
  Person ID	I14086	Puffers
  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	14 Apr 2024

  
  

  Family 2	Amilda M.,   b. Dec 1860, England d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F24060	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	14 Apr 2024

  
  

• Photos

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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).

  
  

• 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.