Puffer Genealogy

PUFFER, Willis Ezra Sr.[1, 2]

Male 1892 - 1979  (86 years)


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  • Name PUFFER, Willis Ezra 
    Suffix Sr. 
    Birth 6 Aug 1892  Racine, WI Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Gender Male 
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    Milit-Beg 10 Dec 1917  Slocum, NY Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4
    Residence 1918  Niagara, NY Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Milit-End 10 Jul 1918  [3, 4
    • Honorable discharged as a US Army PFC.
    Residence 11 Apr 1950  Houston, TX Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    _COLOR 11 
    Death May 1979  Hasty, AR Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial Hasty, AR Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    Agee Cemetery 
    Person ID I14435  Puffers
    Last Modified 2 Dec 2023 

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

    Family 1 MONK, Neva Etta,   b. 22 Nov 1896, TX Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Apr 1979, Houston, TX Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years) 
    Marriage 14 Jul 1919  TX Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Divorce Bef 14 Apr 1950  TX Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. PUFFER, Willis Ezra Jr.,   b. CA 1920, TX Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Jan 1984, Harris County, TX Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 64 years)
     2. PUFFER, Willimina Edna,   b. 26 Feb 1922, Wichita Falls, TX Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Dec 1999, TX Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years)
     3. PUFFER, William Edward,   b. 31 Jan 1926, Harris County, TX Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Jan 1993, Houston, TX Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 66 years)
     4. PUFFER, Alvin Loren,   b. 3 Apr 1931, Harris County, TX Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Nov 1988, Harris County, TX Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 57 years)
     5. PUFFER, George Elmo,   b. 18 Aug 1932, Harris County, TX Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Nov 1977, Harris County, TX Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 45 years)
    Family ID F10314  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 17 Mar 2024 

    Family 2 YOUNG, Jennie,   b. Abt 1866   d. Bef 1966 (Age < 99 years) 
    Marriage 22 Sep 1914  Chicago, IL Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Divorce Bef 11 Apr 1950  TX Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Family ID F10315  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 17 Mar 2024 

    Family 3 ROST, Alta Violet,   b. 4 Jul 1902, Chicago, IL Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Apr 1994, Hasty, AR Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 91 years) 
    Family ID F10316  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 17 Mar 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 
    1. [S225] Texas Birth Index, 1903-2000, Database online.
      Record for Donna Jeanne Puffer

    2. [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

    3. [S352] BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010.

    4. [S1310] New York Abstracts of World War I Military Service, 1917-1919.

    5. [S1403] _1950 United States Federal Census.

    6. [S261] Texas-EASy.

    7. [S312] Cook County, Illinois, Marriages Index, 1871-1920.