Puffer Genealogy

PUFFER, Alphonso C.

PUFFER, Alphonso C.

Male 1846 - 1931  (85 years)

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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  PUFFER, Alphonso C.PUFFER, Alphonso C. was born in Mar 1846 in Readsboro, VT; died on 3 Apr 1931 in Los Angeles, CA; was buried in Altadena, CA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Ref#: 348
    • Name: Alonzo Puffer
    • _COLOR: 11
    • Residence: 1850, Hampton, NY
    • Name: 1909; Adolphus C. Puffer
    • Residence: 1909, Pasadena, CA
    • Residence: 1930, Pasadena, CA

    Notes:

    He removed to Methuen, MA where he was overseer in a cotton mill. In 1930 he was an 'inmate' (patient) at the Pasadena Home for the Aged.

    FindaGrave:
    GRID=7716335

    Died:
    The Puffer Genealogy says he died in Waterbury, CT

    Alphonso married JONES, Mary F. on 21 May 1869 in Methuen, MA. Mary (daughter of JONES, Charles F.) was born on 24 Jul 1850 in Tunbridge, VT; died on 2 Feb 1923 in Waterbury, CT; was buried in Waterbury, CT. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 2. PUFFER, Mary Gertrude  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 26 May 1872 in Methuen, MA; died on 18 Sep 1872 in Methuen, MA.
    2. 3. PUFFER, Grace A.  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 2 Aug 1873 in Methuen, MA; died on 7 Apr 1959 in Hartford, CT.
    3. 4. PUFFER, Charles Edward  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 11 Jul 1875 in Methuen, MA; died on 2 May 1958 in Waterbury, CT; was buried in Waterbury, CT.
    4. 5. PUFFER, Alethea Roxanna  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 29 Sep 1881 in Methuen, MA; died on 27 Mar 1968 in Middlebury, CT; was buried in Waterbury, CT.
    5. 6. PUFFER, Rena M.  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 27 Jul 1873 in Methuen, MA; died on 24 Jan 1970 in Waterbury, CT; was buried in Waterbury, CT.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  PUFFER, Mary Gertrude Descendancy chart to this point (1.Alphonso1) was born on 26 May 1872 in Methuen, MA; died on 18 Sep 1872 in Methuen, MA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • _COLOR: 2

    Notes:

    Died:
    She doesn't appear in the 1880 Federal Census.


  2. 3.  PUFFER, Grace A. Descendancy chart to this point (1.Alphonso1) was born on 2 Aug 1873 in Methuen, MA; died on 7 Apr 1959 in Hartford, CT.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • _COLOR: 2
    • Residence: 1920, Springfield, MA

    Notes:

    She appears in the 1940 Federal Census, in Springfield, MA, single.


  3. 4.  PUFFER, Charles EdwardPUFFER, Charles Edward Descendancy chart to this point (1.Alphonso1) was born on 11 Jul 1875 in Methuen, MA; died on 2 May 1958 in Waterbury, CT; was buried in Waterbury, CT.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Ref#: 424
    • _COLOR: 11
    • Residence: 1910, Waterbury, CT
    • Residence: 1918, Waterbury, CT

    Notes:

    He graduated from the Methuen High School. He was employed at the time of his marriage in the office of Plume & Atwood, Thomaston, CT.

    He came to Waterbury, CT in 1901 and became an insurance agent with Judd & Puffer Insurance Company, 144 Bank Street, Waterbury, CT.

    FindaGrave:
    GRID=76463601

    Charles married EMERSON, Georgia Harriet on 8 Sep 1897 in Methuen, MA. Georgia (daughter of EMERSON, Julian Frank and SMITH, Harriet I.) was born on 26 May 1873 in MA; died on 5 Dec 1968 in Waterbury, CT; was buried in Waterbury, CT. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 7. PUFFER, Donald Emerson  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 30 Sep 1898 in Waterbury, CT; died on 15 Feb 1989 in Delray Beach, FL; was buried in Boca Raton, FL.
    2. 8. PUFFER, Mary  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 25 Sep 1900 in Thomaston, CT; died on 17 Jul 1993 in Alexandria, VA; was buried in Alexandria, VA.
    3. 9. PUFFER, Richard Francis  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 24 Apr 1908 in Waterbury, CT; died on 30 Oct 1978 in Middlebury, CT; was buried in Middlebury, CT.

  4. 5.  PUFFER, Alethea RoxannaPUFFER, Alethea Roxanna Descendancy chart to this point (1.Alphonso1) was born on 29 Sep 1881 in Methuen, MA; died on 27 Mar 1968 in Middlebury, CT; was buried in Waterbury, CT.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • _COLOR: 11
    • Residence: 1910, Waterbury, CT
    • Residence: 1950, Waterbury, CT

    Notes:

    A private secretary

    FindaGrave:
    GRID=76463822

    Residence:
    A stenographer


  5. 6.  PUFFER, Rena M.PUFFER, Rena M. Descendancy chart to this point (1.Alphonso1) was born on 27 Jul 1873 in Methuen, MA; died on 24 Jan 1970 in Waterbury, CT; was buried in Waterbury, CT.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Name: Lena Puffer
    • _COLOR: 11
    • Birth: 27 Jul 1883, Methuen, MA
    • Residence: 1910, Waterbury, CT
    • Residence: 1913, Waterbury, CT
    • Arrival: 31 Aug 1913, New York, NY
    • Residence: 1950, Waterbury, CT

    Notes:

    A cashier at a brass factory


    -- MERGED NOTE ------------

    It's not proven she belongs in this family however its the only family that fits with dates and places.

    Birth:
    She is single, sailing from Glasgow, Scotland arriving in NYC, NY on 13 Aug 1913. Her address in the US is 114 Buckingham Street, Waterbury, CT.

    FindaGrave:
    GRID=76463888

    Residence:
    A stenographer in 1910

    Arrival:
    Aboard the SS Caledonia sailing from Glasgow, Scotland 23 Aug 1913. Her destination was 114 Buckingham Street, Waterbury, CT



Generation: 3

  1. 7.  PUFFER, Donald EmersonPUFFER, Donald Emerson Descendancy chart to this point (4.Charles2, 1.Alphonso1) was born on 30 Sep 1898 in Waterbury, CT; died on 15 Feb 1989 in Delray Beach, FL; was buried in Boca Raton, FL.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Social Security Number: 022-10-8615
    • _COLOR: 11
    • Milit-Beg: 5 Jul 1918
    • Milit-End: 18 Mar 1919

    Notes:

    A Veteran

    FindaGrave:
    GRID=187954310

    Donald married LEWIS, Hazel Louise in CA 1920 in MA. Hazel (daughter of LEWIS, Ernest A. and PALMER, Emma E.) was born on 29 Mar 1900 in Otis, MA; died on 22 Jan 1997 in Delray Beach, FL; was buried in Boca Raton, FL. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 10. DE MERJIAN, Mary  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1916 in MA; and died.
    2. 11. PUFFER, Donald Lewis  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 27 Apr 1922 in Waterbury, CT; died on 23 Oct 1992 in San Mateo, CA.
    3. 12. PUFFER, Harriet Louise  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 1 Dec 1926 in Belmont, MA; died on 26 Dec 2010 in Boynton Beach, FL.

  2. 8.  PUFFER, MaryPUFFER, Mary Descendancy chart to this point (4.Charles2, 1.Alphonso1) was born on 25 Sep 1900 in Thomaston, CT; died on 17 Jul 1993 in Alexandria, VA; was buried in Alexandria, VA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • _COLOR: 11

    Notes:

    FindaGrave:
    GRID=163886566

    Family/Spouse: WILMOT, Benneville Dayton. Benneville (son of WILMOT, Benneville Noyes and POPE, Alice May) was born on 29 Jul 1898 in Union City, CT; died on 29 Jun 2000 in Fairfax, VA; was buried in Alexandria, VA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 13. Living  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 14. WILMOT, Benneville Dayton Jr.  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 3 Sep 1929 in CT; and died.

  3. 9.  PUFFER, Richard FrancisPUFFER, Richard Francis Descendancy chart to this point (4.Charles2, 1.Alphonso1) was born on 24 Apr 1908 in Waterbury, CT; died on 30 Oct 1978 in Middlebury, CT; was buried in Middlebury, CT.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • SSN issued: CT
    • Social Security Number: 044-03-9689
    • _COLOR: 11
    • Residence: 1 Apr 1940, Waterbury, CT

    Notes:

    FindaGrave:
    GRID=76337453

    Richard married LEACH, Suzanne Hill on 8 Apr 1932 in Waterbury, CT. Suzanne (daughter of LEACH, Robert Hill and WOODRUFF, Florence Ethel) was born on 26 Oct 1910 in Waterbury, CT; died on 11 Oct 1998 in Essex Junction, VT; was buried in Middlebury, CT. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 15. PUFFER, Robert Leach  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 14 Feb 1934 in Waterbury, CT; died on 5 Feb 2009 in Hilo, HI; was buried in Hilo, HI.
    2. 16. PUFFER, Richard F. Jr.  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 12 May 1937 in Waterbury, CT; died on 8 May 2020 in Concord, MA; was buried in Lincoln, MA.
    3. 17. Living  Descendancy chart to this point


Generation: 4

  1. 10.  DE MERJIAN, Mary Descendancy chart to this point (7.Donald3, 4.Charles2, 1.Alphonso1) was born about 1916 in MA; and died.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Residence: 1920, Woburn, MA
    • Residence: 1930, Belmont, MA

    Notes:

    A ward of the family.. (exchange student?). A note in the 1930 Federal Census says "childrens maid", I believe.

    Birth:
    Her parent were both born in Syria.

    Residence:
    A border, with (supposedly her brothers), Armen M. and Joseph M. Demerjian, in the house of Thomas Flaherty.


  2. 11.  PUFFER, Donald LewisPUFFER, Donald Lewis Descendancy chart to this point (7.Donald3, 4.Charles2, 1.Alphonso1) was born on 27 Apr 1922 in Waterbury, CT; died on 23 Oct 1992 in San Mateo, CA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • SSN issued: MA
    • Social Security Number: 022-12-9083
    • _COLOR: 2
    • Residence: 1940, Belmont, MA
    • Milit-Beg: 8 Feb 1944
    • Residence: 1945, Treadwell, NY
    • Milit-End: 22 May 1945

    Notes:

    A WWII Veteran

    Donald married BRACKETT, Shirley on 8 Feb 1947 in MA. Shirley (daughter of BRACKETT, Martin Richard and FURLONG, Frances Adelaide) was born on 13 Sep 1924 in Port Washington, NY; died on 2 Aug 1994 in Portland, ME. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 18. Living  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 19. PUFFER, Audrey P.  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 10 Jan 1950 in Winchester, MA; and died.
    3. 20. Living  Descendancy chart to this point
    4. 21. Living  Descendancy chart to this point
    5. 22. Living  Descendancy chart to this point
    6. 23. Living  Descendancy chart to this point

  3. 12.  PUFFER, Harriet Louise Descendancy chart to this point (7.Donald3, 4.Charles2, 1.Alphonso1) was born on 1 Dec 1926 in Belmont, MA; died on 26 Dec 2010 in Boynton Beach, FL.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • _COLOR: 2

    Harriet married CANTY, Francis Peter on 27 Sep 1946 in Peterborough, NH, and was divorced on 11 Aug 1988 in Franklin County, OH. Francis (son of CANTY, John Joseph and JOYCE, Margaret Ellen) was born on 12 Jul 1924 in Newton, MA; died on 16 Aug 2003 in Leesburg, FL; was buried in Bartlett, NH. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 24. Living  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 25. Living  Descendancy chart to this point
    3. 26. CANTY, William A.  Descendancy chart to this point

  4. 13.  Living Descendancy chart to this point (8.Mary3, 4.Charles2, 1.Alphonso1)

    Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  5. 14.  WILMOT, Benneville Dayton Jr.WILMOT, Benneville Dayton Jr. Descendancy chart to this point (8.Mary3, 4.Charles2, 1.Alphonso1) was born on 3 Sep 1929 in CT; and died.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Name: Benneville Dayton Wilmot
    • Residence: 1930, Naugatuck, CT
    • Residence: 1940, Haverford, PA
    • Residence: 1948, Merion Station, PA; Address:
      Episcopal Academy
    • Residence: 1949, Hartford, CT; Address:
      Trinity College


  6. 15.  PUFFER, Robert LeachPUFFER, Robert Leach Descendancy chart to this point (9.Richard3, 4.Charles2, 1.Alphonso1) was born on 14 Feb 1934 in Waterbury, CT; died on 5 Feb 2009 in Hilo, HI; was buried in Hilo, HI.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • SSN issued: CT
    • Residence: Hilo, HI
    • _COLOR: 11
    • Residence: 1 Apr 1940, Waterbury, CT

    Notes:

    FindaGrave:
    GRID=143792836

    Robert married SAINT GEORGE, Elizabeth Louise in CA 1958 in Waterbury, CT. Elizabeth (daughter of SAINT GEORGE, Harvey L. and GAUTHIER, Della E.) was born on 30 May 1929 in Yakima, WA; died on 30 May 2001 in Portland, OR. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 27. Living  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 28. PUFFER, Stephanie L  Descendancy chart to this point died before 2009.
    3. 29. PUFFER, Gus  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1960 in CT; died after 2009 in CT.

    Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  7. 16.  PUFFER, Richard F. Jr.PUFFER, Richard F. Jr. Descendancy chart to this point (9.Richard3, 4.Charles2, 1.Alphonso1) was born on 12 May 1937 in Waterbury, CT; died on 8 May 2020 in Concord, MA; was buried in Lincoln, MA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • _COLOR: 11
    • Residence: 1940, Waterbury, CT

    Notes:

    FindaGrave:
    GRID=215739591

    Richard married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 30. Living  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 31. Living  Descendancy chart to this point

  8. 17.  Living Descendancy chart to this point (9.Richard3, 4.Charles2, 1.Alphonso1)

    Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]