Robert PUFLETT (1846 – 1914)

Name

Robert Puflett

Gender

Male

Birthdate

1846

Birthplace

Victoria, Australia

Marriage(s)

19 September 1872
Dunedin

Date of death

10 July 1914

Place of death

Napier

Parents

  • Thomas Puflett (1817-1870)
  • Margaret Puflett, nee Dixon (1816-1869)

Partner(s)

  • Annie McIntyre Puflett, nee Mercer

Children

  • Thomas Puflett (1874-1875)
  • Jessie Tait (1876-1949)
  • Andrew Mercer Puflett (1878-1934)
  • Maggie Mayo (1879-1955)
  • George Harper Puflett (1881-1946)
  • Annie Livingston Puflett (1882-1940)
  • Harriette Maud Puflett (1884-1934)
  • Hector Munro Puflett (1885-1920)
  • Robert Puflett (1887-1951)
  • Percy Morrison Puflett (1889-1920)
  • Olive Ethel Bee (1892-1930)

Secondary education

National Grammar School, Geelong, Australia

Biography

Arrived in Dunedin, 1865
Assistant wharfinger at Dunedin then assistant shipping clerk at Union Steamship Company
Opened the Napier branch of Union Steamship Company, 1878
Manager of Union Steamship Company, Napier
Worked in Christchurch and Wellington
Chairman of Napier Chamber of Commerce
President of Port Ahuriri Swimming Club and Port Ahuriri Bowling and Tennis Clubs
Member of Scinde Lodge
Daughter Olive Ethel Puflett married Francis George Bee

Accession number

593404

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