Puffer Genealogy

PUFFER, Henry Elmer[1]

Male 1855 - 1920  (65 years)


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  • Name PUFFER, Henry Elmer 
    Birth 1 May 1855  Downers Grove, IL Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Male 
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    Residence 1860  Lisle, IL Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    _COLOR 11 
    Death 10 Jul 1920  Downers Grove, IL Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Burial Downers Grove, IL Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Address:
    Oak Hill Cemetery 
    Person ID I19186  Puffers
    Last Modified 19 Dec 2021 

    Father PUFFER, Reuben Wilson,   b. 28 Jan 1823, Oxford, MA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Jul 1877, Downers Grove, IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 54 years) 
    Mother KENYON, Rozella Sandusky,   b. 10 Apr 1822, Petersburg, NY Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Dec 1914, Downers Grove, IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 92 years) 
    Marriage 18 Oct 1843  [5
    Residence 1860  Lisle, IL Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Family ID F3207  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family HASKINS, Mary Adelaide,   b. 1 Apr 1854, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Aug 1920, Chicago, IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 66 years) 
    Marriage 9 Aug 1875  Cook County, IL Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Married 1 Dec 1875  Chicago, IL Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 7
    Children 
     1. PUFFER, Alice Lucile,   b. 27 Oct 1876, PA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Nov 1957, Victoria, Capital Regional District, British Columbia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years)
     2. PUFFER, Edwin Wilson,   b. 17 Jan 1881, Chicago, IL Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Aug 1948, Chicago, IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 67 years)
     3. PUFFER, Robert Elmer,   b. 31 Dec 1883, Donners Grove, IL Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Apr 1912, Chicago, IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 28 years)
    Family ID F5179  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 17 Mar 2024 

  • Photos 3 Photos

  • Notes 
    • Was at one time a manufacturer of electrical instruments in Philadelphia, PA; later at Chicago, now agent of the Maxwell Automobile Co. (1915).

      He was badly injured in 1912 when the car in which he was riding collided with an Illinois Central train. His son, Robert, was killed along with his son's wife.

  • Sources 
    1. [S2] Descendants of George Puffer of Braintree, Massachusetts 1639-2020, Red Letter Edition, 144.

    2. [S345] Illinois, Deaths and Stillbirths Index, 1916-1947.

    3. [S425] _1860 United States Federal Census.

    4. [S548] Illinois Statewide Death Index, 1916-1950.

    5. [S2] Descendants of George Puffer of Braintree, Massachusetts 1639-2020, Red Letter Edition, 143.

    6. [S906] Illinois Marriage Index, 1860-1920.

    7. [S478] Illinois State Archives.