1883 - 1912 (28 years)
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Name |
PUFFER, Robert Elmer |
Birth |
31 Dec 1883 |
Donners Grove, IL [1, 2] |
Gender |
Male |
Birth |
31 Dec 1883 |
IL [1] |
Death |
29 Apr 1912 |
Chicago, IL [1, 3] |
Cause: killed in an autombile/train accident |
FindaGrave |
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_COLOR |
11 |
_FSFTID |
LLWX-1FV |
Death |
29 Apr 1912 |
Chicago, IL [1, 3, 4] |
Cause: killed in an autombile/train accident |
- His father was the executor of his estate
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Burial |
2 May 1912 |
Downers Grove, IL |
Address: Oak Hill Cemetery |
Person ID |
I20436 |
Puffer 062124 |
Last Modified |
2 Dec 2023 |
Father |
PUFFER, Henry Elmer, b. 1 May 1855, Downers Grove, IL d. 10 Jul 1920, Downers Grove, IL (Age 65 years) |
Mother |
HASKINS, Mary Adelaide, b. 1 Apr 1854, Canada d. 18 Aug 1920, Chicago, IL (Age 66 years) |
Marriage |
9 Aug 1875 |
Cook County, IL [5] |
Married |
1 Dec 1875 |
Chicago, IL [1, 6] |
Family ID |
F5179 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Family |
PINKERTON, Jessie Pearl, b. 15 Mar 1885, Buffalo, NY d. 29 Apr 1912, Downers Grove, IL (Age 27 years) |
Marriage |
6 Sep 1906 |
Bradford, NY [7] |
Children |
| 1. PUFFER, Helen Adelaide, b. 10 Oct 1907, Chicago, IL d. 2 Jan 1972, Sonoma County, CA (Age 64 years) |
| 2. PUFFER, Ruth, b. 12 Apr 1910, Downers Grove, IL d. Nov 1975, Largo, FL (Age 65 years) |
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Family ID |
F5968 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Last Modified |
30 Jun 2024 |
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Photos
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2 Photos |
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Notes |
- Both he and his wife lost their lives in a railroad accident. The car they were riding in was stuck by the engine of a passenger train. His father was also injured.
Watertown Daily Times, Apr 29, 1912
"Chicago. April 29.-Three persons were instantly killed and two others probably fatally hurt when an automobile and an IL Central train, both traveling at top speed, collided at North Riverside. The dead are: Robert E. Puffer, Mrs. C. M. Streibe, and Mrs. Puffer. The injured; H. E. (Helen-DMC) Puffer and W. V. Logan. The dead and injured are all Chicagoans. They were rushing to the city from the Puffers' country place near Downer's Grove. The automobile was running parallel to the IL Central tracks. The driver turned to cross the tracks without noticing a passenger train traveling in the same direction. The train caught the automobile across the tonneau, throwing the occupants high in the air.
The Frankfort News Journal, Frankfort Ky, Tuesday, April 30, 1912"
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Both he and his wife lost their lives in a railroad accident. The car they were driving was stuck by the engine of a passenger train. His father was also injured.
Watertown Daily Times, Apr 29, 1912
"Chicago. April 29.-Three persons were instantly killed and two others probably fatally hurt when an automobile and an IL Central train, both traveling at top speed, collided at North Riverside. The dead are: Robert E. Puffer, Mrs. C. M. Streibe, and Mrs. Puffer. The injured; H. E. (Helen-DMC) Puffer and W. V. Logan. The dead and injured are all Chicagoans. They were rushing to the city from the Puffers' country place near Downer's Grove. The automobile was running parallel to the IL Central tracks. The driver turned to cross the tracks without noticing a passenger train traveling in the same direction. The train caught the automobile across the tonneau, throwing the occupants high in the air.
The Frankfort News Journal, Frankfort Ky, Tuesday, April 30, 1912"
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Sources |
- [S2] Descendants of George Puffer of Braintree, Massachusetts 1639-2020, Red Letter Edition, 144.
- [S996] Pennsylvania Marriages, 1852-1968.
- [S740] _Newspaper Announcement, Stevens Point Journal, Stevens Point, WI, 30 Apr 1912,, page 2.
- [S1374] Illinois Wills and Probate Records, 1772-1999.
- [S906] Illinois Marriage Index, 1860-1920.
- [S478] Illinois State Archives.
- [S661] Pennsylvania County Marriages, 1885-1950.
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