Puffer Genealogy

PUFFER, James Francis Jr.[1, 2, 3]

Male 1853 - 1918  (64 years)


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  • Name PUFFER, James Francis 
    Suffix Jr. 
    Nickname Frank 
    Birth 15 Aug 1853  Lowell, MA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Gender Male 
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    Ref# 227  [2
    Name Frank Puffer 
    Name J. Frank Puffer 
    Residence 1865  Lowell, MA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1892  Lowell, MA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    _COLOR 11 
    Death 15 May 1918  Lowell, MA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial Lowell, MA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    Lowell Cemetery 
    Person ID I16888  Puffers
    Last Modified 5 Nov 2022 

    Father PUFFER, James Francis,   b. 18 Jan 1828, Tewksbury, MA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 May 1891, Lowell, MA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 63 years) 
    Mother PERKINS, Marietta S.,   b. 11 Oct 1827, Rutland, VT Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Jan 1888, Lowell, MA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 60 years) 
    Marriage 24 Nov 1852  Lowell, MA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5
    Residence 1865  Lowell, MA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Family ID F3056  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 RICE, Julia H.,   b. 1853, Mount Pleasant, OH Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Mar 1891, Lowell, MA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 38 years) 
    Marriage 2 Apr 1874  Lowell, MA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 7
    Residence 1880  Lowell, MA Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    Children 
     1. PUFFER, James Ernest,   b. 2 Jan 1875, Lowell, MA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Aug 1948, Boston, MA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 73 years)
     2. PUFFER, George Francis,   b. 6 Apr 1879, Lowell, MA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Jan 1937, Aurora, IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 57 years)
    Family ID F3299  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 17 Mar 2024 

    Family 2 CLIFTON, Mary Jane,   b. Sep 1865, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Mar 1913, Lowell, MA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 47 years) 
    Marriage 5 Apr 1893  Lowell, MA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Children 
     1. PUFFER, Baby,   b. 17 Apr 1892, Lowell, MA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1892, Lowell, MA Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. PUFFER, John Chambre,   b. 12 Aug 1895, Lowell, MA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Nov 1951, Lowell, MA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 56 years)
    Family ID F3300  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 17 Mar 2024 

  • Photos
    washington house and tavern lowell.jpg
    washington house and tavern lowell.jpg

  • Notes 
    • His ancestors were from Tewksbury and lived early at what is now Lowell. His grandfather kept a ferry at Central village and was toll keeper of the first covered bridge. He attended the public schools and a commercial school in Boston. He entered the employ of his father's firm, Puffer & Bradley, and in 1888 bought the business, which he conducted under the firm name of James F. Puffer & Sons, at 9-13 Market St., Lowell, dealers in furniture, carpets and house furnishing goods. In politics he was a Republican. He was in the common council in 1882. He is was a member of St. Anne's P.E. church; member of the Free Masons, Odd Fellows , Knights of Pythias, Elks and United Workmen.

      After he was widowed he stayed for a time at the Washington Pub and Tavern, Lowell, made famous for visits from Edgar Allen Poe and Charles Dickens.

      He was a member of the Centralville Methodist Episcopal Church, Lowell, beginning 6 Mar 1910.

      He was a city employee (Lowell) in 1892. He was born in Canada and his wife was born in Lowell, MA.

      ED Note: there is a Frank Puffer who sold "Rare Indian Relics" and advertised in the Harvard Register in Jan 1880. Could this be the same man?

  • Sources 
    1. [S2] Descendants of George Puffer of Braintree, Massachusetts 1639-2020, Red Letter Edition, 125, 195-196.

    2. [S2] Descendants of George Puffer of Braintree, Massachusetts 1639-2020, Red Letter Edition, 125, 195.

    3. [S188] Massachusetts Births, 1840-1915.

    4. [S2] Descendants of George Puffer of Braintree, Massachusetts 1639-2020, Red Letter Edition, 124.

    5. [S541] Massachusetts Marriage Records, 1840-1915.

    6. [S680] Massachusetts State Census, 1865.

    7. [S2] Descendants of George Puffer of Braintree, Massachusetts 1639-2020, Red Letter Edition, 196.

    8. [S386] _1880 United States Federal Census.