1892 - 1919 (27 years)
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Name |
PUFFER, Lewis Richardson |
Birth |
12 Jan 1892 |
West Newton, MA [1, 3, 4, 5] |
Gender |
Male |
FindaGrave |
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Residence |
1918 |
Hartford, CT [3] |
_COLOR |
11 |
_FSFTID |
L48C-5LF |
Death |
21 Mar 1919 |
Hartford, CT [6] |
- He was run over by a train as he attempted to board it while it was moving.
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Burial |
Cambridge, MA |
Address: Mount Auburn Cemetery |
Person ID |
I21136 |
Puffer 062124 |
Last Modified |
4 Aug 2022 |
Father |
PUFFER, William Lewis, b. 15 Jul 1860, Sudbury, MA d. 8 Mar 1948, Laconia, NH (Age 87 years) |
Mother |
BAILEY, Anna Wyncoop, b. 2 Sep 1857, Brewster, NY d. 2 Jun 1925, West Newton, MA (Age 67 years) |
Marriage |
8 Aug 1888 |
Trenton, NY [1, 7] |
Family ID |
F8432 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Family |
THAYER, Margaret Treat, b. 26 Mar 1892, MA d. 13 Feb 1978, Alameda, CA (Age 85 years) |
Marriage |
23 Jun 1917 |
Harvard, MA [8, 9] |
Children |
| 1. PUFFER, Jean, b. 27 Oct 1919, Harvard, MA d. 26 Apr 2002, Oakland, CA (Age 82 years) |
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Family ID |
F5724 |
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 |
- According to his 1918 WWI Draft Registration Card he was a refrigeration engineer at The Automatic Refrigerator Co., in Hartford, CT.
Lewis Puffer killed himself when Margaret was pregnant with Jean. He threw himself in front of a train on Windsor Street, Hartford, CT. Margaret raised Jean on her own. When Jean moved to California, Margaret joined her and they lived together in Oakland until her death.
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Sources |
- [S2] Descendants of George Puffer of Braintree, Massachusetts 1639-2020, Red Letter Edition, 312.
- [S466] _Massachusetts Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, Database online.
Record for Jean Puffer
- [S423] WWI Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, Registration Location: Hartford County, Connecticut; Roll: ; Draft Board: .
Birth date: 12 Jan 1892 Birth place: Massachusetts,United States of America Residence date: Residence place: Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut
http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=ww1draft&h=27267908&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt
- [S466] _Massachusetts Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988.
- [S188] Massachusetts Births, 1840-1915.
- [S740] _Newspaper Announcement, Hartford Courant, Hartford, CT, 22 Mar 1919, page 4.
- [S747] US Newspaper Extractions from the Northeast, 1704-1930.
- [S444] _1910 United States Federal Census.
- [S740] _Newspaper Announcement, Hartford Courant, Hartford, CT, 29 Jun 1917, page 9.
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