When Herbert William Puffer was born on 16 June 1862, in Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States, his father, William Johnson Puffer, was 23 and his mother, Rosina Ruth Bruce, was 19. He married May Leone Decker on 30 September 1885, in Sacramento, California, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in San Francisco, California, United States for about 20 years and Stockton, San Joaquin, California, United States in 1930. He died on 8 May 1932, in California, United States, at the age of 69, and was buried in Colma, San Mateo, California, United States.
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German: variant of Puff 2.
English: probably a variant of Pougher, an occupational name from Middle English pougher ‘maker or seller of bags, sacks, or pouches’.
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