Puffer Genealogy

PUFFER, Edith Iva May[1]

Female 1896 - 1965  (69 years)


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  • Name PUFFER, Edith Iva May 
    Birth 10 Sep 1896  Shell Rock, IA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Female 
    Residence 1900  Brush Creek, MN Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    _COLOR 11 
    Death 7 Nov 1965  Kingsley, IA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Burial Kingsley, IA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    Kingsley Cemetery 
    Person ID I24048  Puffers
    Last Modified 24 Jun 2022 

    Father PUFFER, John Chester,   b. 21 Oct 1872, Bremer County, IA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1945, Polk County, WI Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years) 
    Mother O'BRIEN, Margaret,   b. Jan 1876, Shell Rock, IA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Mar 1959, San Diego, CA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 83 years) 
    Marriage 30 Nov 1895  Waverly, IA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Residence 1900  Brush Creek, MN Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Divorce 1 Nov 1907  Bremer County, IA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Married 3 Jun 1911  Waterloo, IA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 7
    • They were re-married in Waterloo, IA by the JP J. E. Dempster.
    Family ID F5732  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family CORNISH, Harry Barr,   b. 19 Apr 1891, Kingsley, IA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Apr 1946, Kingsley, IA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 55 years) 
    Marriage 30 May 1912  Kingsley, IA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. CORNISH, Lillian Louise,   b. 13 Oct 1912, Kingsley, IA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Oct 1986, Manatee, FL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 74 years)
     2. CORNISH, Forrest Harold,   b. 28 Jun 1915, Kingsley, IA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Jun 1974, NE Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 58 years)
     3. CORNISH, Esther Margaret,   b. 15 Feb 1918, Kingsley, IA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Apr 2006, Tucson, AZ Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 88 years)
     4. CORNISH, Earl Lester,   b. 31 May 1921, Kingsley, IA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Jul 1944, San Diego, CA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 23 years)
     5. CORNISH, Merle Chester,   b. 31 May 1921, Kingsley, IA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Jan 2001, IA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years)
     6. CORNISH, Lloyd Wendel,   b. 31 Dec 1931, Kingsley, IA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 May 2014, Kingsley, IA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years)
    Family ID F14949  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 17 Mar 2024 

  • Photos 2 Photos

  • Notes 
    • She was adopted by her husband's father and mother (before they were married), after her father was sent to prison and her mother couldn't keep her. Iva and her 'brother' Harry fell in love and wanted to marry, so Byron and Inez had to undue the adoption arrangement and Iva and Harry were married in 1912 and raised they family in Kingsley, Plymouth Co, IA.

  • Sources 
    1. [S318] Iowa Births and Christenings Index, 1800-1999, Database online.
      Record for Iva Puffer

    2. [S807] US Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007.

    3. [S304] _1900 United States Federal Census.

    4. [S648] Iowa County Marriages, 1838-1934.

    5. [S740] _Newspaper Announcement, Waterloo Daily Courier, 20 Aug 1907.

    6. [S664] Iowa Marriage Records, 1880-1951.

    7. [S740] _Newspaper Announcement, The Courier, Waterloo, IA, 3 Jun 1911, Page 3.