Frank: I noticed in the free bmd a "PALFER" was married and recorded as such but their first child was recorded as "PULFER". (Not your group just an example). It is possible your PUFFER was PULFER. There are Pulfers in Ilford Essex on the 1901 census. Recorded in 1895 is Herbert Leslie PULFER r. Romford. Shirley O'Donnell Essex OPC Coordinator