Puffer Genealogy
COVEY, Virginia Ellen
1854 - 1938 (84 years)
Generation: 1
Generation: 2
1. COVEY, Virginia Ellen was born in Aug 1854 in DE; died on 2 Dec 1938 in Muskegon, MI; was buried in Muskegon, MI. Other Events and Attributes:
- _COLOR: 11
Notes:
FindaGrave:
GRID=85774868Virginia married EVANS, Thomas Alfred on 25 Apr 1883 in Greenville, MI. Thomas was born on 14 Feb 1850 in Nales, England; died on 17 Oct 1938 in Muskegon, MI; was buried on 19 Oct 1938 in Muskegon, MI. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 2. PUFFER, Clarissa Caroline
was born on 15 Apr 1894 in Muskegon County, MI; died on 16 Jun 1909 in Adrian, MI; was buried on 17 Jun 1909 in Adrian, MI.
Generation: 2
2. 
PUFFER, Clarissa Caroline (1.Virginia1) was born on 15 Apr 1894 in Muskegon County, MI; died on 16 Jun 1909 in Adrian, MI; was buried on 17 Jun 1909 in Adrian, MI. Other Events and Attributes:
- Cremated: Adrian, MI; Address:
State Industrial Home Cemetery - _COLOR: 11
- Adopted: 1908
Notes:
Her birth father's name is Solomon Puffer, mother Alice Dyke, according to her death certificate. She was adopted in 1908 by Thomas and Virginia Evans.
She died of sepsis (blood poisoning) after she pricked her face with a darning needle (a large, not very sharp needle, with a large eye for use with yarn, etc.) She was an inmate at the State Industrial School for Girls, in Adrian, MI at the time of her death. Founded in 1879 "..for the reception, care, and training of convicted female juvenile offenders between the ages of seven and twenty."
According to her death certificate she is buried at the school cemetery, however no information exits on this cemetery.
FindaGrave:
GRID=129409479 no stone
Buried:
GRID=unknown- Cremated: Adrian, MI; Address: