Puffer Genealogy

PUFFER, Lucena

Female 1823 - 1905  (81 years)


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  • Name PUFFER, Lucena 
    Birth Aug 1823  Watson, NY Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Female 
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    Ref# 491 
    _COLOR 11 
    Death 23 Jun 1905  Oakland, CA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial Oakland, CA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    Mountain View Cemetery 
    Person ID I39062  Puffers
    Last Modified 8 Mar 2021 

    Father PUFFER, Thomas,   b. 14 Mar 1797, Watson, NY Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Mar 1844, Watson, NY Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 46 years) 
    Mother TREMAINE, Lucy A.,   b. 25 Apr 1798, Watson, NY Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Apr 1855, WI Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 57 years) 
    Marriage CA 1816 
    Family ID F5140  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family PARSONS, George W.,   b. 1830, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1882, CA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 52 years) 
    Marriage 18 Mar 1850  IL Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • On March 19, 1850, the day after their wedding, they began their covered wagon venture across the continent to settle in Oakland, Alameda, California
    Children 
     1. PARSONS, Mary A.,   b. 1856, CA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1929, CA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 73 years)
     2. PARSONS, Charles Dudley,   b. 17 Aug 1858, CA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Dec 1862, CA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 4 years)
     3. PARSONS, Martha Davis,   b. 13 Jul 1860, CA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Feb 1942, Alameda County, CA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years)
     4. PARSONS, George Washington Jr.,   b. 1862, CA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1927, Alameda County, CA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 65 years)
    Family ID F13576  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 17 Mar 2024 

  • Photos
    george w parsons gs.jpg
    george w parsons gs.jpg

  • Notes 
    • She was a school teacher in Rock County, WI (Janesville).
      She authored a journal, Spring, 1850- June 1851, documenting life on trail from Missouri to the Sierra Nevada Carson River Route emigrant trail crossing (near today’s California Highway 88). Her journal has been used to re-research Nevada and Dayton history. "Covered Wagon Women, Diaries and Letters from The Western Trails, (First Bison Books Printing) 1996."

  • Sources 
    1. [S304] _1900 United States Federal Census.