CANADIAN

Census Reports

1851

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UPDATED JULY 9, 2022

 

I am going to list this Census as I get entries, or have them sent to me by others. The ages shown are as of the next birthday. In a few cases they list what that date will be and I will include it if I have it.

 

 

NEW BRUNSWICK

 

ALONZO G. (GANSELO) PUTNAM  Woodstock, Carleton County NB

He is 27 American and came here in 1845. His wife is listed as ‘Mrs.’ 28 American, sons Wm. F. 3 CAN and an infant son J. R. just born. He is also listed below in York County and we get the full names then.

 

A. G. PUTNUM  Woodstock, Carleton County NB

He is listed as 23 American and came here in 1851. Gotta be a dual listing for Alonzo.

 

MARY PUTNAM  Sheffield, Sunbury County NB

She is 75 and widowed. She was born in the United States and came here in 1783. She is listed as ‘infirm.’

 

LUCY PUTMAN  Fredericton, York County NB

She is listed as Petman, but could be a Putman or Putnam.  She is 45 and born in the United States. She came here in 1843.

 

A. G. (ALONZO GONSELO) PUTNUM  Kingsclear, York County NB

Alonzo is listed here as 27 and a hotelkeeper. His wife Mary Frances Guison is 28, William F. 2 and John R. 1. This entry says all of them were born here, but Alonzo was born in Maine. . Alonzo is a son of Amos Putnam and Christina Wormwood from Aroostook County Maine. Alonzo moved to Canada in 1845 and married Frances Mary Guison here in New Brunswick on May 18, 1848. They will move back to Maine in the 1850s. They are in Dover, Piscataquis County in 1860 and 1870 and Hancock County Maine in 1880. Alonzo is widowed there in 1900.

 

 

NOVA SCOTIA

 

Nothing included in this index on Ancestry.ca There will be a census in 1861 and in 1871 so check them.

 

 

CANADA WEST - ONTARIO

 

ASAPH PUTNAM  Marlborough, Carleton, Ontario

He is 68 US 1783, Anne (Nancy Stokes his wife) 60 USA 1791, Archibald 18 UC 1833, Ezra 15 UC 1836 a grandson, son of his son Joel, Nancy’s mother Lucy Stokes 80 US 1771, William Graff 19 UC 1832, a grandson, son of his daughter Lucy, and his daughter Liddy (Lydia) 17 UC 1834. Asaph was a son of Benajah Putnam (608a) and Elizabeth Livermore of Dummerston, Vermont. He was born there February 26, 1784. Asaph came to Canada in the early 1800s. He will be with his son Ezra in the 1871 census and will die in Wolford May 16, 1871. This line is Asaph (1482i) > Benajah (608a) > Asaph (221) > Isaac (58) > Edward (13) > Thomas (3) > John (1).

 

EZRA B. PUTNAM  Marlborough, Carleton, Ontario

He is 26 UC 1825, Elizabeth Alexander his wife is 22 SCOT 1829, Emily Jane 2 UC 1849. They are living with his folks. He is a son of Asaph Putnam (1482i) and Nancy Stokes. He was born in Grenville County May 8, 1825. He married Elizabeth there in about 1848. They should be here in 1861 and are in Wolford, Grenville in 1871. He will die in Blenheim, Kent January 6, 1896. This line is Ezra > Asaph (1482i) > Benajah (608a) > Asaph (221) > Isaac (58) > Edward (13) > Thomas (3) > John (1). They will be here in 1861, in Wolford, Grenville in 1871, and in Blenheim, Kent in 1881.

 

HENRY PUTMAN  Dorchester South, Elgin County, Ontario

He is 48 CW, Ann Hawn 47 CW, Peter 22 CW, Henry 20 CW, Robert 17 CW, Sarah Ann 14 CW, Charles 10 CW and Mary 5 CW. The line is Dutch and is Henry Putman and Ann Hawn > Henry Putman and Hannah Anguish > Johannes Putman and Gertrude Six > Arent Janse Putman and Elizabeth Akerman > Johannes ‘Jan’ Poutman and Cornelia Brandt.

 

WILLIAM PUTMAN  Malahide, Elgin County, Ontario

He is 45 CW, his wife Sarah Davis is 36 CW, William D. 9 CW, Lecta 8 CW and John W. 2 CW. Sarah will be widowed here in 1861. Bill’s line is Dutch and is William > John Putman > Henry Putman and Hannah Anguish > Johannes Putman and Gertrude Six > Arent Janse Putman and Elizabeth Akerman > Johannes ‘Jan’ Poutman and Cornelia Brandt.

 

ELIZABEH PUTMAN  Halton, Grenville, Ontario

She is 21 CAN, and living with another family.

 

ASAPH PUTNAM  Oxford, Grenville, Ontario

He is 14 CAN and in a boarding house of sorts. He is single in a boarding house in Leeds County Ontario in 1861. There is Asaph Ezra a son of Joel Stoke Putnam and Lovilla Church, listed at home with them in nearby Wolford. That Asaph was born April 7, 1837. This Asaph was born December 2, 1837. He will marry Amanda Cook and move to Chicago in 1880 and then Watonwan County Minnesota in 1885. He will die there April 12, 1930. No idea as to his folks.

 

BENAJAH LIVERMORE PUTNAM  Wolford, Grenville, Ontario

He is listed 23 CAN, a laborer. He will marry Elizabeth Jane Brumbridge here November 8, 1853 and be here through the 1881 census. He is a son of Asaph Putnam and Nancy Stokes. He was born October 18, 1829. He will die here on August 22, 1882. This line is Benajah > Asaph (1482i) >Benajah (608a) > Asaph (221) > Isaac (58) > Edward (13) > Thomas (3) > John (1).

 

FRANKLIN CULLEN PUTNAM  Wolford, Grenville, Ontario

He is 35 CAN, Phebe McGuiggan his wife is 24 CAN and George 1 CAN. He is a son of Parks Putnam and Elizabeth Leahy, and was born October 5, 1816 here in Wolford. He is listed with his folks where he is living. He married Phebe December 24, 1849. He will die here November 12, 1879. Franklin’s line is Franklin (3097) > Parks (1482g) > Benajah (608a) > Asaph (221) > Isaac (58) > Edward (13) > Thomas (3) > John (1).

 

JOEL PUTNAM  Wolford, Grenville, Ontario

He is 74 USA (VT) and his wife Elizabeth Andress is 73 USA (CT). Elizabeth will die here February 12, 1860, and Joel will die in Eatons Corners March 24, 1869. Joel is a son of Benajah Putnam and Elizabeth Livermore. He was born in Dummerston, Vermont on June 13, 1778. He married Elizabeth about 1800 back in Vermont. They never had any children. His line is Joel (1482h) > Benajah (608a) > Asaph (221) > Isaac (58) > Edward (13) > Thomas (3) > John (1).

 

JOEL STOKES PUTNAM  Wolford, Grenville, Ontario

He is 37 CAN, a farmer, Lovilla Church his wife is 37 CAN, Asaph 15 CAN, Nancy 16 CAN, Lodemia 12 CAN, William Barzell 11 CAN, Mary Ann 9 CAN, Betsy 7 Can, Joel 5 CAN, Harmon 4 CAN and Thomas 2 CAN. He is Joel Stokes Putnam, Senior, a son of Asaph Putnam and Nancy Stokes. He was born in Wolford, Grenville on April 24, 1814. He married Lovilla Church in Wolford August 18, 1835. They are in Leeds South in 1861. The line is Joel > Asaph (1482i) >Benajah (608a) > Asaph (221) > Isaac (58) > Edward (13) > Thomas (3) > John (1).

 

PARKS PUTNAM  Wolford, Grenville, Ontario

He is 71 USA (VT) and his wife Elizabeth Leahy is 64 USA (ONT), Hymenius 28, Franklin 35, Phebe 24 and George 1, all CAN. Phebe McGuiggan is Franklin’s wife. I have given them a separate listing as well. Parks is a son of Benajah Putnam and Elizabeth Livermore. He was born in Dummerston, Vermont on September 17, 1781. He married Elizabeth June 23, 1807. They are here again in 1861. His line is Parks > (1482g) > Benajah (608a) > Asaph (221) > Isaac (58) > Edward (13) > Thomas (3) > John (1).

 

PARKS DEMELVILLE PUTNAM  Wolford, Grenville, Ontario

He is 33 CAN, a farmer. He will marry Mary Ann Wickware here in 1852, and she will die just after childbirth of their daughter Mary Ann. She died in May 1856. He then married Letitia Magee in 1857. They will be here in 1861 and 1871. He is a son of Parks Putnam and Elizabeth Leahy and was born here November 13, 1818. His line is Parks D. > Parks (1482g) > Benajah (608a) > Asaph (221) > Isaac (58) > Edward (13) > Thomas (3) > John (1).

 

PHILANDER HEALEY PUTNAM  Wolford, Grenville, Ontario

He is 30 CAN, his wife Jane Ann Vanserilus is 25 CAN, Horace W. 8 CAN, Catherine N. 6 CAN, and Alonzo M. 4 CAN. He is a son of Asaph Putnam and Nancy Stokes, and was born in Wolford on December 9, 1822. He married Jane on April 18, 1844 in Montague, Lanark County. They will be here in 1861 and then move to Muskoka County by the 1871. He will remain there in Cardwell & Watts until he dies January 27, 1910. The line is Rinaldo > Asaph (1482i) >Benajah (608a) > Asaph (221) > Isaac (58) > Edward (13) > Thomas (3) > John (1).

 

ROBERT PUTNAM  Wolford, Grenville, Ontario

He is 60 CAN, Olive Tuttle his wife 58 CAN, Lucretia 26 CAN and Clarissa 16 CAN. He is a son of Ephron Putnam and Miriam Doty. He married Olive in Cornwell December 9, 1914. They are here in 1861 too. This line is Robert > Ephron (607) > Asaph (221) > Isaac (58) > Edward (13) > Thomas (3) > John (1).

 

SOLOMON PUTNAM  Wolford, Grenville, Ontario

He is a son of the above Robert and Olive Putnam. He is 30 CAN, Emily Pearson his wife 29 CAN, Robert 8, Thiela 6, Olive 4, Thomas 2 and Elizabeth 1, all born CAN. They are in Grey South by 1871.

 

WILLIAM BROWN PUTNAM  Wolford, Grenville, Ontario

He is 42 CAN a farmer. His wife Pamelia Coolidge has just died in the past two months. He will marry Sarah Ann Blanchard in 1852 and they will be here in the 1861. He will die in 1865, and Sarah will marry William Parks. She and the kids will be in Lanark County in 1871. He is a son of Parks Putnam and Elizabeth Leahey. He was born here January 12, 1810. William > Parks (1482g) > Benajah (608a) > Asaph (221) > Isaac (58) > Edward (13) > Thomas (3) > John (1).

 

RINALDO DEMELVILLE PUTNAM  Bastard, Leeds South, Ontario

He is 32 CAN, his wife Mary Ann Donovan 26 CAN and James 2 CAN. He is a son of Asaph Putnam and Nancy Stokes, and was born in Wolford on May 1, 1820. He married Mary Ann January 9, 1848. They will be here in 1861 and 1871, and then go to Leelanau County, Michigan about 1872 and be there until he dies May 6, 1906. The line is Rinaldo > Asaph (1482i) >Benajah (608a) > Asaph (221) > Isaac (58) > Edward (13) > Thomas (3) > John (1).

 

JAMES PUTMAN  Gainsborough, Lincoln (was Monck), Ontario

He is 25 CW, Mary Jane Myers is 24 CW, Elizabeth 6, and William H. 2. They will be here through 1861, and James is widowed here in 1871 and 1881. No idea as to his folks though. He would be Dutch though.

 

GEORGE PUTMAN  Niagara Township, Niagara -  Lincoln, Ontario

Couldn’t read age, but he is about 17. He is a son of Jacob and Rebecca, and will be married here in 1861.

 

JACOB PUTMAN  Niagara Township, Niagara -  Lincoln, Ontario

He is 56, Rebecca Young 50, Henry 23, Andrew 13 and Jacob 11. They are here in 1861, 1871 and 1881. Jacob is a son of Henry Putman and Hannah Anguish of Bertie. He was born there. His father came up here after the Revolution and married Hannah here. This line is Jacob > Henry Putman and Hannah Anguish > Johannes Putman and Gertrude Six > Arent Janse Putman and Elizabeth Akerman > Johannes ‘Jan’ Poutman and Cornelia Brandt.

 

JOSHUA PUTNAM  North Dorchester, Middlesex, Ontario

He is Joshua Lancaster Putnam a farmer 53 CAN, his third wife Mary Barrows is 47 USA (Connecticut), Charlotte Corde 22, William Wallace 18, Helen Marr 17, Marietta 15, Eliza Jane 13, Thomas Rolfe 11, Emeline Louisa 9, Flora 7 and John Wesley 5. The kids were all born here in Canada. Also here is Margaret Wear 19 CAN. Joshua is number 1142, a son of Seth Putnam (452c) and Sarah Harden. Seth was born in Lunenburg, Mass. on September 16, 1756 and died in Putnam, Ontario September 3, 1827. Sarah was born in Nova Scotia on May 14, 1763 and died in the mid 1820s. Joshua was born in Putnam, Ontario January 5, 1798. He was married twice before marrying Mary March 29, 1828. Don’t know his first wife, but he married Malinda Flanagan February 15, 1821. She died September 11, 1827. The family was in Detroit, Michigan in the 1825 Territory Listings. Not sure when he came back up here, but probably in the 1820s. He will remain here till he dies September 19, 1859. Mary will die September 19, 1865. All the sons will shortly be in Michigan and will remain there. This line is Joshua (1142) > Seth (452c) > Thomas (189) > Seth (49) > Thomas (12) > Thomas (3) > John Putnam (1).

 

THOMAS PUTNAM  North Dorchester, Middlesex, Ontario

He operates a sawmill, and is 48 UC, Nancy Harris his second wife is 30 UC, Harriet Ann 19, Marshall Spring 15, Ephraim 7, Alanson Harris 5 and Thomas John 3. The first two kids are by his first wife Nancy Dygert. All the kids were born in Upper Canada (Dorchester, Ontario). Just to finish off the family, William Byron will be born in 1854 and Warren E. in 1857. Thomas is number 1144 another of Seth Putnam and Sarah Harden. He was born in Delaware, Upper Canada on October 28, 1804 and will die in Hamilton, Ontario March 26, 1880. His line is the same as Joshua’s:  Thomas (1144) > Seth (452c) > Thomas (189) > Seth (49) > Thomas (12) > Thomas (3) > John (1).

 

GEORGE PUTNAM  North Dorchester, Middlesex, Ontario

He is a tavern keeper, 34 UC, Orpha Wells his second wife is 22 UC, Aldridge Darius 3 and George M. 1 UC. He will also have a son Franklin in 1855 and Frederick in 1857. He is number 2527. His first wife was Eliza Waite, they were married here December 21, 1843. His father was Joshua Putnam and his first wife whose name is not known. Joshua (1142) was a son Seth Putnam and Sarah Harden of Lunenberg, Massachusetts. They are in Oxford County Ontario in 1861.The family will be in Kansas City Missouri by 1870. Orpha will die in 1871, and he will marry Sarah Angeline Tuller in Waco, McLennan County, Texas on June 12, 1879. They are there in 1880 and he will die there in 1893. Angeline is shown widowed there in 1900. Aldridge will be in Bowie County, Texas in 1880. He married Ida E. Perkley there on June 10, 1873. His line is George (2527) > Joshua (1142) > Seth (452c) > Thomas (189) > Seth (49) > Thomas (12) > Thomas (3) > John (1).

 

WILLIAM PUTNAM’S KIDS  North Dorchester, Middlesex, Ontario

William was number 1141, yet another son of Seth Putnam and Sarah Hardin. He was killed in a Canadian Rebellion at Windsor in 1838. He was married to Eleanor Dygert who is listed next with her son Thomas Henry. The kids are all still here except two sons who died earlier (William in 1826 and Ephraim in 1842) and two sisters who are married (Sarah and Nancy Ellen). All their lines go back through William (1141) > Seth (452c) > Thomas (189) > Seth (49) > Thomas (12) > Thomas (3) > John (1).

 

THOMAS HENRY PUTNAM  North Dorchester, Middlesex, Ontario

He is number 2520, and is 31 UC, Almira Griffith his wife is 29 UC, William 9 UC, Martha Ellen 3 UC and Sarah Ann 1 UC. They will be in Dayton, Michigan by the mid 1860s, and in the 1870 his mother Eleanor (then 73 NY) will be with him. They split up, Almira and the kids are still here in Middlesex in 1861. Guess she didn’t was to go that creepy United States neck of the woods.

 

WARNER HERKIMER PUTNAM  North Dorchester, Middlesex, Ontario

He is number (2522) and is 26 UC, his wife Mary McGaffee is 20 UC and their son Charles Israel is 1 UC.

 

CHARLES DUNCOMB PUTNAM  not listed but is number (2524), who is 23 now, but is off someplace now.

 

ISAAC DYGERT PUTNAM  North Dorchester, Middlesex, Ontario

He is number (2525) and is 21 UC. Warner, Isaac and Charles will all be in Pinal County, Arizona in the early 1870s and be there in the 1880 Census.

 

MULFORD M. (MARTIN) PUTMAN  Middleton, Norfolk County, Ontario

He is 37 NY, Elizabeth Barnes his wife is 36 NY, Melvina M. 14 CAN, John W. 11 CAN, Josephine 8 CAN Ellen 5 CAN. Also here are his folks John Putman 64 NJ and Sarah Martin 58 NJ. Sarah was a daughter of Mulford Martin and  Betsy Rolfe from Seneca County New York. They are in Elgin East in 1871 and he will be there in 1881 with a new wife Elizabeth Jane Edison. They will be married February 18, 1857. His folks are from New Jersey, and came back to Barrington, Yates County and then Wayne, Steuben County, New York about 1812. This is a Dutch family that started out in the Albany area of New York back in 1659. Mulford was born in Wayne in 1815. He moved with his folks to Delhi, Norfolk, Ontario in about 1838. This line is Mulford > John Putman and Sarah Martin > Peter Putman and Sarah Kinnan > Victor Putman and Margaret Weiss > David Putman and Helena Beekman > Jan Poutman. Nmiidleton, Norfolk County Ontario with he first wife Elizabeth Barnes and his folks in 1851.

 

ISAAC (KINNON) PUTMAN  Middleton, Norfolk County, Ontario

He is 32 USA (NY), Theodocia 26 USA (NY), James 8 CAN and John 6 CAN. He is Mulford’s brother and a son of John and Sarah. His middle name is for his grandmother, Sarah Kinnon. They will be in Lockport, Niagara County, New York in 1860, in Schuyler County, New York in 1870, and in Alleghany County, NY in 1880. He was naturalized here in 1848. He will be a railroad engineer in NY and his kids will be with the railroad then as well.

 

ELEANOR PUTNAM  Oxford West, Oxford County, Ontario

She is Eleanor Dygert widow of William Putnam. She is 54 USA and living with her daughter Ellen 17 CAN. The rest of the kids are all back in Dorchester, Middlesex County, Ontario. See that listing for the line.

 

LUCY PUTNAM  Ross, Renfrew County, Ontario

She is 41 IRE and listed with a Graff family. She is a daughter of Asaph Putnam and Nancy Stokes from Grenville County Ontario. She married John Graff Jr. in Grenville County in 1831. Have no clue why they used her maiden name. The other two guys in town are sons of Asaph and Nancy as well. She will be here in Ross Township till she dies July 4, 1876 (100 year anniversary of the U.S. getting it together against England), and till he dies January 26, 1892. Asaph was from Vermont before heading up here.

 

EPHRON PUTNAM  Ross, Renfrew County, Ontario

Ephron Elijah Putnam is 24 CAN and a farmer. His wife Lodemia Putnam is 23 CAN and they have a 1-year-old daughter Olive Letitia. He is a farmer. He is a son of Daniel Putnam and Ann Snetsinger. Lodemia is a Putnam herself and a daughter of Asaph Putnam and Nancy Stokes from Grenville County. Her brother John and his family live either with them or next door. They will be in Blenheim, Kent in 1861, 1871, 1881 and 1891, but separated in 1891. His line is Ephron > Daniel > Ephron (607) > Asaph (221) > Isaac (58) > Edward (13) > Thomas (3) > John (1).

 

JOHN W. (WILLIAMS) PUTNAM  Ross, Renfrew County, Ontario

He is a farmer next to Ephron. He is 38 CAN. His wife Elizabeth Brown is 37 CAN and they have William B. 13, Ruth Amelia 12, Roxy Ann 10, Hester Ann 8, Charles W. 6, Harrison L. 6, Ezra B. 3 and George W. less than a year old all born in Canada. He is a son of Asaph Putnam and Nancy Stokes. He was born in Wolford, Grenville County April 4, 1818, and will die in Blenheim, Kent November 19, 1906. He married Elizabeth Brown October 9, 1838.They are still here in 1861. The line is John W. > Asaph (1482i) > Benajah (608a) > Asaph (221) > Isaac (58) > Edward (13) > Thomas (3) > John (1).

 

 

CANADA EAST – QUEBEC

 

ABRAM PUTMAN  St. Jean l’Evangeliste, Chambly County, Quebec

He is 7 years old and born in the United States. Name really looks more like Hiram.

 

ANGELENE PUTMAN  St. Jean l’Evangeliste, Chambly County, Quebec

She is 28 Canada/American.

 

ADELINE PUTMAN  St. Jean l’Evangeliste, Chambly County, Quebec

She is 31 Canada/American. She is listed near Angelene and Emelene. They are probably sisters.

 

EMELENE  PUTMAN  St. Jean l’Evangeliste, Chambly County, Quebec

She is 35 Canada/American.