Puffer Genealogy
PUFFER, Alfred Eugene[1, 2, 3]
1868 - 1934 (66 years)-
Name PUFFER, Alfred Eugene Birth 18 Apr 1868 Bennington, VT 
[1, 3, 4] Gender Male FindaGrave Ref# 397 [1] Residence 1881 IA - He and his sister, Eudora, stayed with their uncle Alfred and family after their mother died in 1881.
Residence 1885 Des Moines, IA Residence 1900 Minneapolis, MN [5] Residence 1910 Minneapolis, MN [6] Residence 1920 Minneapolis, MN [7] Residence 1930 Minneapolis, MN [8] _COLOR 11 Death 16 May 1934 Minneapolis, MN [9] Burial 19 May 1934 Minneapolis, MN Address:
Lakewood Cemetery- Monument Lot, Section 4 Lot 234 Grave 1
Person ID I34466 Puffers Last Modified 6 Aug 2023
Father PUFFER, Wales Warren, b. 9 Oct 1837, Bennington, VT d. 16 Feb 1886, Bennington, VT (Age 48 years) Mother LINCOLN, Rebecca Mary, b. Dec 1839, New York, NY d. 21 Apr 1881, Indianola, IA (Age 41 years) Marriage 3 Dec 1857 Bennington, VT [4, 10] Family ID F9312 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 STEENSTRA, Maud E., b. May 1870, NY d. Yes, date unknown Marriage 27 Jun 1888 Saint Paul, MN [11, 12] Residence 1901 Spokane, WA [13] Divorce Aft Nov 1901 Spokane, WA Children 1. PUFFER, Harlan Eugene, b. 6 Nov 1890, Minneapolis, MN d. 1 Feb 1966, Los Angeles, CA (Age 75 years)Family ID F13582 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 14 Apr 2024
Family 2 PIERCE, Eva Maude, b. 11 Feb 1879, Reedsburg, WI d. 2 Feb 1942, Minneapolis, MN (Age 62 years) Marriage 5 May 1896 Eau Claire County, WI [11, 14, 15, 16] Children 1. PUFFER, Eugene Alfred, b. 13 Dec 1896, Minneapolis, MN d. 19 Jul 1962, Rosamond, CA (Age 65 years)2. PUFFER, Norma, b. 19 Nov 1900, Minneapolis, MN d. 9 Mar 1901, Minneapolis, MN (Age 0 years)3. PUFFER, Martha, b. 19 Nov 1900, Minneapolis, MN d. 31 Mar 1901, Minneapolis, MN (Age 0 years)4. PUFFER, Claude Fred, b. 11 Aug 1903, Minneapolis, MN d. 15 Jan 1984, Minneapolis, MN (Age 80 years)5. PUFFER, Aileen Martha, b. 24 Mar 1906, Minneapolis, MN d. Bef 2006 (Age < 99 years)Family ID F9712 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 14 Apr 2024
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Notes - His mother died when he was 13 years old, his father when he was fifteen. He worked on the farm during the fall when but 11 years old and nine months of each of the two following years. He then went to live in the family of Dr. Robert A. Patchin, Des Moines, IA, where he remained until 19 years old. He became a railroad switchman at Minneapolis. In an accident May 14, 1894, he lost a thumb. He started again as common laborer in the Threshing Machine Co.'s branch office, and worked his way upward as assistant shipper, shipper, repair helper, assistant bookkeeper, bookkeeper, traveling salesman, collector, assistant manager. For seven years he was assistant manager of a branch house and six years manager. When three threshing machine concerns united, he became manager and secretary of the Automatic Carbonator Co., in a position he held three years. He is now manager of the branch house of the Holt Manufacturing Co., at Omaha, NE. He is a member of the Masonic Order, the Knights of Pythias, Royal Arcanum, Modern Samaritans, and United Commerical Travelers. He is very musical, first tenor of the Masonic Quartette, and his children are gifted musically.
The Federal Census of 1900 for Brainard, MN, Crow Wing, shows him as an 'inmate' at the "Northern Pacific R.R. Sanitarium" on 18 Jun 1900.
The Wisconsin Historical Society shows him married to Eva M Pierce on May 28, 1896
- His mother died when he was 13 years old, his father when he was fifteen. He worked on the farm during the fall when but 11 years old and nine months of each of the two following years. He then went to live in the family of Dr. Robert A. Patchin, Des Moines, IA, where he remained until 19 years old. He became a railroad switchman at Minneapolis. In an accident May 14, 1894, he lost a thumb. He started again as common laborer in the Threshing Machine Co.'s branch office, and worked his way upward as assistant shipper, shipper, repair helper, assistant bookkeeper, bookkeeper, traveling salesman, collector, assistant manager. For seven years he was assistant manager of a branch house and six years manager. When three threshing machine concerns united, he became manager and secretary of the Automatic Carbonator Co., in a position he held three years. He is now manager of the branch house of the Holt Manufacturing Co., at Omaha, NE. He is a member of the Masonic Order, the Knights of Pythias, Royal Arcanum, Modern Samaritans, and United Commerical Travelers. He is very musical, first tenor of the Masonic Quartette, and his children are gifted musically.
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Sources - [S2] Descendants of George Puffer of Braintree, Massachusetts 1639-2020, Red Letter Edition, 246, 315.
- [S366] Iowa State Census Collection, 1836-1925.
- [S379] Minnesota, Births and Christenings Index, 1840-1980, Database online.
Record for Harlan Eugene Puffer - [S538] Vermont Vital Records, 1720-1908.
- [S304] _1900 United States Federal Census.
- [S444] _1910 United States Federal Census.
- [S306] _1920 United States Federal Census.
- [S382] _1930 United States Federal Census.
- [S195] Wisconsin Marriages, 1836-1930.
- [S2] Descendants of George Puffer of Braintree, Massachusetts 1639-2020, Red Letter Edition, 246.
- [S2] Descendants of George Puffer of Braintree, Massachusetts 1639-2020, Red Letter Edition, 314.
- [S387] Minnesota Marriages Index, 1849-1950.
- [S375] _US City Directories, 1821-1995.
- [S259] Minnesota-EASy.
- [S215] Wisconsin Vital Record Index, pre-1907.
- [S877] Wisconsin Marriage Records,, 1820-2004.
- [S2] Descendants of George Puffer of Braintree, Massachusetts 1639-2020, Red Letter Edition, 246, 315.
