Puffer Genealogy

HARRIS, Flora Etta

Female 1892 - 1910  (17 years)


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  • Name HARRIS, Flora Etta 
    Birth 14 Sep 1892  Jamaica, VT Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Female 
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    Name Flora Etta Puffer 
    Residence 1900  Weston, VT Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Residence 23 Apr 1910  West Dummerston, VT Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    _COLOR 11 
    Death 10 May 1910  Dummerston, VT Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3
    Cause: of pulmonary tuberculosis 
    • Her death certificate states that her father is Ellis I. Gould.
      In Apr 1910, a month before her death from pneumonia, she is staying with her aunt and uncle (Ethan H. and Jennie R. Hulett) in West Dummerston, VT where she died.
    Burial West Dummerston, VT Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    West Dummerston Baptish Church Cemetery 
    Person ID I35414  Puffers
    Last Modified 20 Aug 2022 

    Father HARRIS, Alva Atwood,   b. 27 Apr 1870, Pawlet, VT Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Jun 1935, Jamaica, VT Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 65 years) 
    Mother HOWARD, Etta M.,   b. May 1872, Jamaica, VT Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 May 1908, Rutland, VT Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 36 years) 
    Marriage 13 Dec 1889  Jamaica, VT Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F16802  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Photos
    flora etta puffer death cert.jpg
    flora etta puffer death cert.jpg

  • Notes 
    • According to her birth cert. she is the daughter of Ellis P. Gould and Etta M. Howard. There is no marriage records for her parents, and it's assumed she was born out of wedlock. She seems to have taken the name Puffer after her mother married Roy Rolland Puffer in Nov of 1893. She also appears in records as Flora Etta Harris, her mother's 2nd husband was a Harris.

      According to the 1910 Federal Census she is boarding with Ethan H. Hulett, her uncle, in Dummerston, VT.

      She died of tuberculosis, at the home of her uncle in West Dummerston, VT.

  • Sources 
    1. [S112] Death Certificate.

    2. [S444] _1910 United States Federal Census.

    3. [S710] Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954.