PUFFER, Loretta Jane

1897 - Aft 1920  (> 24 years)

• Name	PUFFER, Loretta Jane
  Birth	CA 1897	MO   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Name	Loretta Jane Van Auken
  	Some records show she's the daughter of Chenery Puffer and other show she's the daughter of Henry Ames Van Auken.
  Residence	1920	Saint Louis, MO   [1]
  	A stenographer in 1920
  _COLOR	8
  Death	Aft 1920	MO
  	She is found in the 1920 Federal Census and the 1920 City Directory for Saint Louis, MO. No other records are found.
  Person ID	I56014	Puffers
  Last Modified	1 Sep 2022

  
  

  Father	PUFFER, Chenery Willis,   b. 31 Mar 1878, Winchester, IL d. 4 May 1924, Pittsburgh, PA (Age 46 years)
  Mother	DEPEW, Maud Della,   b. CA 1880, IL d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	22 Dec 1906	Manhattan, NY   [2]
  Family ID	F14499	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Father	VAN AUKEN, Henry Ames,   b. CA 1860   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F22821	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	COOVER, Richard Thompson,   b. Oct 1895, Harrisburg, PA d. 9 Apr 1971, PA (Age 75 years)
  Marriage	16 Oct 1915	Hagerstown, MD   [3]
  Divorce	21 May 1919	PA   [4]
  Family ID	F21557	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Apr 2024

  
  

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• Notes

  She is the daughter of Chenery Willis as shown in a news article in 1915. She was a student at National Park Seminary before her marriage. She married Robert Thomas Coover in 1915. However no other information can be found for her. She could be Loretta Jane Van Auken. Perhaps she was given up for adoption by the Puffers to be raised by the Van Aukens? Mr. Van Auken and Chenery Puffer spent the winter of 1915 "south", according to the news article. She left her husband 14 Dec 1915 and Robert T. Coover sued for divorce. Sources: Harrisburg Daily Independent, Harrisburg, PA, 26 Nov 1915, Page 15; Harrisburg Telegraph, Harrisburg, PA, 10 May 1916, Page 14

  
  

• Sources

  [S306] _1920 United States Federal Census. [S446] New York Marriages, 1686-1980. [S740] _Newspaper Announcement, Saint Louis Post-Dispatch, Saint Louis, MO, 7 Nov 1915, page 6. [S996] Pennsylvania Marriages, 1852-1968.