PUFFER, Willis Ezra Sr.^{[1, 2]}

1892 - 1979  (86 years)

• Name	PUFFER, Willis Ezra
  Suffix	Sr.
  Birth	6 Aug 1892	Racine, WI   [2]
  Gender	Male
  FindaGrave	FindAGrave Memorial 106285634 grave not found
  Milit-Beg	10 Dec 1917	Slocum, NY   [3, 4]
  Residence	1918	Niagara, NY   [2]
  Milit-End	10 Jul 1918  [3, 4]
  	Honorable discharged as a US Army PFC.
  Residence	11 Apr 1950	Houston, TX   [5]
  _COLOR	11
  _FSFTID	K6QT-S7R
  Death	May 1979	Hasty, AR
  Burial	Hasty, AR
  	Address: Agee Cemetery
  Person ID	I14435	Puffer 062124
  Last Modified	2 Dec 2023

  
  

  Father	PUFFER, George Loran,   b. 17 Dec 1864, Racine, WI d. 9 Mar 1937, Jackson, MI (Age 72 years)
  Mother	CRAMPTON, Wilhelmina,   b. Jun 1865, NY d. 20 Jul 1904, Racine County, WI (Age 39 years)
  Marriage	5 Dec 1899	Lockport, NY
  Family ID	F11161	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	MONK, Neva Etta,   b. 22 Nov 1896, TX d. 29 Apr 1979, Houston, TX (Age 82 years)
  Marriage	14 Jul 1919	TX   [6]
  Divorce	Bef 14 Apr 1950	TX
  Children	1. PUFFER, Willis Ezra Jr.,   b. CA 1920, TX d. 7 Jan 1984, Harris County, TX (Age 64 years)   2. PUFFER, Willimina Edna,   b. 26 Feb 1922, Wichita Falls, TX d. 1 Dec 1999, TX (Age 77 years)   3. PUFFER, William Edward,   b. 31 Jan 1926, Harris County, TX d. 29 Jan 1993, Houston, TX (Age 66 years)   4. PUFFER, Alvin Loren,   b. 3 Apr 1931, Harris County, TX d. 9 Nov 1988, Harris County, TX (Age 57 years)   5. PUFFER, George Elmo,   b. 18 Aug 1932, Harris County, TX d. 20 Nov 1977, Harris County, TX (Age 45 years)
  Family ID	F10314	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	25 Aug 2024

  
  

  Family 2	YOUNG, Jennie,   b. Abt 1866   d. Bef 1966 (Age < 99 years)
  Marriage	22 Sep 1914	Chicago, IL   [7]
  Divorce	Bef 11 Apr 1950	TX   [5]
  Family ID	F10315	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	25 Aug 2024

  
  

  Family 3	ROST, Alta Violet,   b. 4 Jul 1902, Chicago, IL d. 1 Apr 1994, Hasty, AR (Age 91 years)
  Family ID	F10316	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	25 Aug 2024

  
  

• Photos

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• Notes

  Ed Note: in some Federal Censuses he is listed as Willis C. According to his 1918 WWI Draft Registration Card he was a clerk at the Harrison Radiator Co., Lockport, NY According to the WWII Draft Registration Card (1942) he worked at the Rice Hotel in Houston, TX. -- MERGED NOTE ------------ WWI Veteran, Enlisted Dec 10, 1917, at Ft. Slocum, NY. Troop F, of the 16th Calavary. PCF on Feb 1 1919. Honorably discharged 10 Jul 1919. Ed Note: in some Federal Censuses he is listed as Willis C. According to his 1918 WWI Draft Registration Card he was a clerk at the Harrison Radiator Co., Lockport, NY According to the WWII Draft Registration Card (1942) he worked at the Rice Hotel in Houston, TX.

  
  

• Sources

  [S225] Texas Birth Index, 1903-2000, Database online. Record for Donna Jeanne Puffer [S423] WWI Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, Registration Location: Niagara County, New York; Roll: ; Draft Board: . Birth date: 6 Aug 1892 Birth place: Wisconsin,United States of America Residence date: Residence place: Niagara, New York http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=ww1draft&h=2433230&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt [S352] BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010. [S1310] New York Abstracts of World War I Military Service, 1917-1919. [S1403] _1950 United States Federal Census. [S261] Texas-EASy. [S312] Cook County, Illinois, Marriages Index, 1871-1920.