Puffer Genealogy

PUFFER, Stephen Perry Jr.[1]

Male 1914 - 2011  (97 years)


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  • Name PUFFER, Stephen Perry 
    Suffix Jr. 
    Birth 24 Oct 1914  Amherst, MA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4
    Gender Male 
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    Residence 1920  Amherst, MA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    _COLOR 11 
    Death 5 Dec 2011  North Amherst, MA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 4
    Burial Hadley, MA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    Saint Brigids Cemetery 
    Person ID I32784  Puffers
    Last Modified 26 Apr 2022 

    Father PUFFER, Stephen Perry Sr.,   b. 1 Sep 1889, Amherst, MA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Oct 1975, Northampton, MA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 86 years) 
    Mother KELLOGG, Ruth Sybil,   b. 24 Aug 1890, Amherst, MA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Mar 1987, North Amherst, MA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 96 years) 
    Marriage 25 Oct 1913  Amherst, MA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 5
    Residence 1950  Amherst, MA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Residence 1960  Amherst, MA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Family ID F7873  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family RASKEVITZ, Doma Margaret,   b. 8 May 1915, Scranton, PA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 May 1997, Amherst, MA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years) 
    Residence 1950  Amherst, MA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Children 
     1. PUFFER, Barbara,   b. Abt 1936, Amherst, MA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 2022, MA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age > 87 years)
    Family ID F7648  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 21 Apr 2024 

  • Photos
    stephen perry puffer.jpg
    stephen perry puffer.jpg

  • Notes 
    • From his earliest years, he worked at his grandfather's grist mill on M ontague Road and for the family business. As a teen, in deepest winter, h e cut ice on frozen Factory Hollow Pond (aka Puffers Pond). Puffers Pon d was home to him. Later, his family donated the pond and surrounding a rea to the Town of Amherst for recreation and conservation purposes. H e started Puffer Construction Company.

      A WWII Veteran of the US Navy from 1943 to 1945, in Ft. Pierce, FL.

  • Sources 
    1. [S306] _1920 United States Federal Census, Database online. Year: 1920; Census Place: Amherst, Hampshire, Massachusetts; Roll: T625_704; Page: 6A; Enumeration District: 136; Image: .
      Record for Stephen P Puffer Jr.

    2. [S1047] United States Obituary Collection.

    3. [S1178] Genealogy of descendants of John Nutting of South Amherst, Mass.

    4. [S740] _Newspaper Announcement, The Recorder, Greenfield, MA, 10 Dec 2011, page a2.

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

    6. [S1403] _1950 United States Federal Census.

    7. [S375] _US City Directories, 1821-1995.