IDAHO

Census Reports

1870 – 1950

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UPDATED JULY 7, 2024

 

In 1850, Idaho was included in the 1850 census for the Oregon Territory. In 1860, it was included in the 1860 census of the State of Washington. There were no Putmans or Putnams in either as near as I can figure. By 1863, it became its own territory and included Wyoming and Montana. It became the present Idaho in 1868 as a territory. In 1890, it became the 43rd state.

 

1870 IDAHO TERRITORIAL CENSUS

 

SAMUEL PUTMAN  Lincoln Valley, Oneida County

He is Samuel Wormwood Putnam, 22 ME and a corporal in the U. S. Army. He is a son of Amos Putnam and Christina Wormwood of Houlton, Aroostook County Maine.

 

 

1880 IDAHO TERRITORIAL INDEX

 

DAVID PUTNAM  Tammany Hollow, Nez Perce County

He is 52 MA, Cecelia Elizabeth Fogg his wife is 42 ME. They have Walter E. 19 MA, Robert H. 17 MA, Grace L. 10 MA, George L. 6 MA. He should be a son of David Putnam (1288) and Orpha Scales. He was home in East Boston in 1850, and married in Boston in 1860. He is number 2881. I don’t find David in 1900. Cecelia is with her then married son George L. Putnam in New York City in 1900. David and Cecelia are both in San Jose California in 1910 and San Francisco in 1920.

 

FRED PUTMAN  Warm Spring Township, Washington County

He is a miner 28 MO KY KY. Good Luck Here, can’t find a Fred or Frederick in Missouri.

 

 

IDAHO 1900 CENSUS

 

RENA J. PUTNAM  Pocatello, Bannock County

She is Rena Jane Lane 49 IL Apr 1850, Ray L. 16 WY Feb 1884. Also there is her daughter Eda M. Byrne 24 IA Jun 1875 and her grandson Louis G. Byrne 6 WY Nov 1893. She is the widow of Louis Putnam from New York. They were in Cerro Gorda County Iowa in 1880. Rena will marry Frederick E. Carr in Montana January 19, 1905. Rena and Ray will be in Churchill County Nevada in 1910 and in Crook County Oregon in 1920. Rena is a daughter of John Lane and was born in Danville, Vermillion County Illinois in April 1850 and will die in Portland, Oregon November 12, 1925. The son Ray Lane Putnam was born in Evanston, Uinta County Wyoming February 9, 1884 and will die in Seattle, Washington December 20, 1955. He will marry Norma Celestia Winans in Crook County Oregon September 5, 1920. They are in Prineville, Crook County Oregon in 1930 and 1940.

 

FRANK H. PUTNAM  Grays Precinct, Bingham County

He is 36 MI May 1864 and a servant to Charles Amos. He is a son of S. Kimball Putnam and Mary Elizabeth Edgerton and was born in St. Paul, Minnesota in 1862, and was with the family in Chicago, Illinois in 1870 and 1880. He is here in 1910. In 1920 and 1930, he is single in Stevens County Washington.

 

JOHN E. (EDGAR) PUTNAM  Payette, Canyon County

He is 49 WI Sep 1850, Mary Aurila Hunt 48 MI Mar 1852, Edgar 25 WI Nov 1874, Ray 12 NE February 28, 1888, and Guy 6 ID Jun 1893. He is a son of John P. Putnam and Lucy Lavina Hyde. He is shown at home in 1860 in Westfield, Sauk County Wisconsin. He and Mary were married in Freedom, Sauk County Wisconsin November 10, 1870. He will be divorced (says he is widowed but not) by 1910 and be with his son Edgar in Malheur County Oregon. His wife Mary will still be here in 1910 with their son Guy. John will have a new wife Agnes there by 1920. Guy will be married and also in Malheur County Oregon by 1920. The son Edgar A. will die or at least be buried in Payette County Idaho in 1950, his wife Nellie Smith in 1963. They are in Fresno County California in 1930. Same with Ray who will die here September 1, 1961. Guy’s wife Mabel Orcurtt will die here in 1960.Mary Hunt was born in Michigan in March 1852 and will die in Wendell, Gooding County Idaho September 24, 1944. She never remarried.

 

IRA B. (ISAAC BENNETT) PUTMAN  Kamiah Precinct, Idaho County

He is 29 OR Jan 1871 and lives alone. He is a son of David Hazeal Putman from Linn County Oregon, and is a grandson of Daniel Bennett Putman from Fulton County Illinois. His brother Thurston Putman lives near by. There is a marriage record here that he will marry Nora Welch here on March 26, 1902. They will divorce by 1908. He will be in Seattle, Washington in 1910 and 1920.

 

T. L. (THURSTON LANE) PUTMAN  Kamiah Precinct, Idaho County

He is 42 OR Jul 1857, Olive Harriet Wycoff 28 IL Jul 1871, Charles S. (Simeon) 5 ID Nov 1894, Lewis L. (Lane) 4 ID May 1896, Wallace (Lee Wallace) 2 ID Aug 1897 and John Harrison 1 ID Jan 1899. He is a son of David Hazeal Putman from Linn County Oregon, and is a grandson of Daniel Bennett Putman from Fulton County Illinois. One of the Southern line. He married Olive Harriet Wycoff in Linn County on July 4, 1890. He will return to Brownsville, Oregon soon as he died there September 21, 1912. Olive will have remarried by 1920, and has most of the kids with her in Brownsville, Linn County. Southern Putman family.

 

BENJAMIN F. (FRANKLIN) PUTMAN  Moscow, Latah County

One of the 'Southern Stock'. He is 52 IL KY OH and divorced. Dec 1847, Herbert C. 23 ID IL IA Jan 1877, Carol B. 18 ID Jul 1881. He is a son of George Combs Putman (Reding's son) and Charlotte Crosthwait, and was born in Fulton County Illinois. His sister Maria came out here as well, and is married to James Russell Strong here in Moscow too. Ben married Maria Strother back in Fulton County December 1, 1870. The family was obviously here in 1880, but was not listed. They were divorced in the 1880s and she moved to Chicago. His full name is Benjamin Franklin Putman.

 

JAMES PUTMAN  Cora Precinct, Latah County

He is 60 AR Sep 1839, Ruba E. Bowen is 67 CAN Sep 1832. James Harvey Putman is another son of George Putman from Fulton County Illinois. He was in Fulton County in 1870 and 1880 and married to Elizabeth Van Buren. They were divorced once in 1869, remarried in 1870 and looks like they divorced again. He married Ruba here in Cora December 21, 1899 and once more it didn’t work out. He dumped her and went out to Garfield, Whitman County, Washington and married Margaret Miller there September 18, 1912. He will die there April 19, 1914. Margaret will Head over to Montana and be there when she dies August 6, 1931. Margaret is very much like Jimmy as he is hubby number 3. She will marry Daniel Messinger for guy number 4, but keep her Putman name when buried.

 

JOHN O. PUTNAM  Genesee, Latah County

He is 70 MI Sep 1829, his wife Tammy Benton 69 IN Jan 1831. He is a son of Uzziel Putnam 3rd and Anna Chapman. He was born in Cass County Michigan in September 1829. He was in Oregon in 1860, Washington in 1880, and will be in Shasta County California in 1910. He will die in Shasta County January 30, 1914. He married Tammy in 1874. She was born in January 1831 in Indiana and will die in Shasta October 20, 1919. She previously married Joseph Cavanaugh in 1852. New England folks.

 

NORA PUTNAM  Genesee, Latah County

She is 18 MI Jul 1881 and boarding with Henry De Bon. She is Nora Alice Putman, daughter of Peter Johannes Putman and Julia Ann Dennison from Shiawassee County Michigan. New York Dutch folks.

 

JAMES PUTMAN  Mason Precinct, Nez Perce County

He is 22 OR Sep 1877 and boarding. He would be a son of John Harrison Putman (Grandson of Daniel Bennett Putman from Fulton County Illinois) from Yamhill County Oregon. Part of our southern line.

 

 

IDAHO 1910 CENSUS

 

ROY G. (GILMAN)  Paris, Bear Lake County

He is 23 UT MA ENG and his wife Elsie Elizabeth Benzley is 20 UT GER IL. He is a farm laborer. He is Roy Gilman Putnam, son of Seth Harris Putnam and his second wife Anna Marie Tucker (who was from Wales). He was born in Rich County Utah (folks were Mormons) and then was in Uinta County Wyoming with the folks in 1900. He married Elise Elizabeth Benzley in Auburn, Uinta County Wyoming April 17, 1907. They are in Pocatello, Bannock County with kids in 1920 and 1930. He was born July 28, 1887 in Woodruff, Rich County Utah and will die in Pocatello January 9, 1959.

 

FRANK A. PUTNAM  Pocatello, Bannock County

He is 48 MI MI MI and is single. I cannot read his job description but it says he is an employer. This is a dual listing for the next Frank. Both are listed as goldminers, so gotta be same guy.

 

FRANK PUTNAM  Gray, Bingham County

He is 45 MI NY CAN and lodging. He is a son of S. Kimball Putnam and Mary Elizabeth Edgerton and was born in St. Paul, Minnesota in 1862, and was with the family in Chicago, Illinois in 1870 and 1880. He was here in 1900. In 1920 and 1930, he is still single in Stevens County Washington. Looks to be a dual listing of Fred above.

 

MARY A. (AURILA) PUTNAM  Payette, Canyon County

She is a laundress 57 MI and now divorced. Her son Guy M. 16 ID WI MI is with her still. Mary Aurila Hunt was married to John Edgar Putnam here in 1900. John is a son of John P. Putnam and Lucy Hyde. He was shown at home in 1860 in Westfield, Sauk County Wisconsin. He is now with his son Edgar in Malheur County Oregon. He says he is widowed but lies. John will have a new wife Agnes there by 1920. Guy will be married and also in Malheur County Oregon by 1920. Their son Edgar A. will die or at least be buried in Payette County Idaho in 1950, and his wife Nellie Smith in 1963. Guy’s wife Mabel Orcurtt will die here in 1960. Mary is still here in 1920 and in 1930 here in an Old Folks Home.

 

MARTHA PUTNAM  Mountain Home, Elmore County

He is 73 MI NY MI and widowed. She is living with her married daughter Blanche Turner 42 MI and her husband William H. Turner 42 MI. Martha Jane Skinner was married to Morris Jerome Putnam. They were in Flint, Genesee County Michigan in 1900 and Morris died there in Burton Township July 28, 1906.

 

HERBERT C. (CLAY) PUTMAN  Glover, Idaho County

He is 32 ID and farming. He is a son of Benjamin Franklin Putman and Maria Strother (Southern Putman from Fulton County Illinois) and was at home with them in 1900 in Moscow, Latah County Idaho and will be here in 1920. He was born there January 9, 1878 and will die in Latah County December 6, 1930.

 

VICTORIA R. PUTMAN  St. Joe, Kootenai County

She is Victoria Ross 46 MO and without her husband George. Her kids are Barbella a daughter 9 WA, Theodore 5 WA, Frederick 3 WA, and a married daughter Bella Lymons  (Rosa in 1900) 19 MO and her son Theodore or something 5 WA. Victoria is the wife, or at least she says she is married, of George Washington Putman. They were in Asotin County Washington in 1900. George is back and they are in here in 1920 and 1930. George was a son of Daniel C. Putman and Elizabeth Lethco from Greene County Missouri. Southern Putmans.

 

EDWARD E. (EDGERTON) PUTNAM  Genesee, Latah County

He is a farm laborer 32 MN IL UNK. His wife Laura J. Archibald is 26 MN and they have Mildred 6 MN, Orville 5 MN and Archibald 2 MN. He is Edward Edgerton Putman, son of Charles Henry Putman and Elizabeth Bowen. He was at home in Wright County Minnesota in 1880. He wasn’t listed with the family in 1900. Off somewhere, I guess. He was in Kanabec County Minnesota in 1905 as were his folks. They are in Nez Perce County here in 1920. They are back in Genesee by 1930. Dutch family from New York State.

 

GEORGE A. (ABRAM) PUTMAN  Troy, Latah County

He is 52 NY NY NY and owns his farm. His wife Julia ‘Nettie’ Reynolds is 48 IN MI MI. They have been married 24 years and have Lyle 14 SD. They are here in 1920 and in Crook County Wyoming in 1930. His wife is Julia Annette Reynolds who is a daughter of John Reynolds and Julia Ann Putnam. Julia was a daughter of Orlean Putnam and Amelia Vanderhoof from Cass County Michigan. Can’t figure George though. He looks like the son of Henry and Sarah Putman as shown in 1870 in Sparta, Monroe County Wisconsin. But I have no idea who Henry was except he would be on the New York Dutch line.

 

FRANKIE, KATHERINE & CLIFFORD PUTMAN  Fraser, Nez Perce County

Frank is 7 ID, his sister Katherine 6 ID and Clifford 4 ID. They are living with their mother Nora 28 NE and her husband Marion Harmon 42 WI. Nora Welch was married to Isaac Bennett Putman in 1902 and they were divorced by 1908. They are in Stevens County Washington by 1920. Isaac was a son of David Hazeal Putman and Katherine Lemaster from Linn County Oregon. Southern Putmans.

 

GEORGE E. (EMMETT) PUTNAM  Deer Creek, Nez Perce County

He is 54 IL NY IN and homesteading. His wife May Rose Denham is 23 ID and they have Nellie 4 ID. He is a son of Goyne M. Putnam and Lavinia Babcock from Winnebago County Illinois, and the Rock County Wisconsin. He was born in Winnebago County July 6, 1856. May was born November 5, 1886 in Westlake, Idaho and they were married in Grangeville, Idaho November 10, 1904. They will be in Milton, Umatilla County Oregon in 1920. He will die there in the later 1920s and May will marry Archie Hall about 1929 and be in Salem, Oregon in the 1930 census.

 

ALBERT & FRANKLIN PUTNAM  Twin Falls, Twin Falls County

Albert is 20 WY NY NY and his brother Franklin is 19 WY NY NY. They are sons of Lewis Napoleon Putnam and Maggie Cashin from Unita County Wyoming. Louis’ folks were Orrin Putnam and Sophia Huntington from Genesee County NY. They are also listed at home with their folks in Salt Lake County Utah.

 

MYERS PUTNAM  Eaton, Washington County

He is 40 NY NY NY, Frances ‘Fannie’ Wheeler 20 IL, Arthur 16 WA, Miles 14 WA, Donald 12 WA, Paul 10 OR, Avis a daughter 7 WA, Lola 6 WA and Helen 4 OR. The son of Ellis and Aura Myers Putman. He is a machinist for the Railroad. This is a Dutch family that began, like all of them, in Montgomery County New York. Johannes son David went to Sussex County New Jersey early in the 1700s, and the family remained there until after the Revolution. Then they returned to New York where Ellis and Myers were born. Myers was born in Schuyler County New York in 1869, see the NY 1870. Myers was in Everett, Washington in 1900. His widowed mom was in Seattle in 1900. Myers and the gang are in Baker County Oregon in 1920.

 

 

IDAHO 1920 CENSUS

 

ESTEL PUTMAN  Kuna, Ada County

Ira Estel Putman is 29 KS and a brother in law of Sam Jerome. Sam married his sister Blanche 32 KS. They are kids of Jacob and Elsie Putman from Indiana. They were in Phillips County Kansas in 1900 and Reno County in 1910. His folks have gone east to Chautauqua County New York and are there now. He will be married here in 1930.

 

WILLIAM R. (ROWELL) PUTNAM  Boise, Ada County

He is 43 MN, Jessie Gale Eaton, his wife, 44 MN, William H. 16 MN, Charlotte M. 13 MN and Alice E. 12 MN. He is a son of William Herrick Putnam (3193) and Adeline Mary Rowell from Massachusetts and then Minnesota. He was born in Red Wing, Goodhue County Minnesota August 17, 1876. He married Jessie back there July 2, 1901. They are in New York City in 1930 and he is with an electric company there. Probably Con Edison.

 

ROY G. (GILMAN) PUTNAM  Pocatello, Bannock County

He is 31 UT ME WALES and works for the railroad as a car man. Elsie Benzley his wife is 29 UT and they have John H. 9 ID, Wanda 6 ID, Leanna 3 6/12 ID and Tillie A. 1 10/12 ID. Also here is Daniel Davis 20 WY who is a nephew, probably on his side as his family was in Wyoming in the late 1800s and early 1900s. He is Roy Gilman Putnam, son of Seth Harris Putnam and his second wife Anna Marie Tucker (who was from Wales). He was born in Rich County Utah (folks were Mormons) and then was in Uinta County Wyoming with the folks in 1900. He married Elise Elizabeth Benzley in Auburn, Unita County Wyoming April 17, 1907. He will die here January 9, 1959. They are here in 1930 with some more kids.

 

FRED O. PUTNAM  St. Maries, Benewah County

He is 41 IA, Alva A. Hanson 40 SWED (MI in 1900), Gadys 21 IA and Floyd Frank 19 IA. He is a son of Charles B. Putnam from Michigan. In 1880 he was at home in Marion Township, Linn County Iowa. In 1900 he and Alva were in Marion, Linn County. In 1910 they were in Whitman County Washington and will be in Spokane Washington by 1930.

 

MYRON A. (AARON) PUTNAM  St. Maries, Benewah County

He is 39 PA, Anna May Fowler 30 PA, Tracy A., a son, 12 PA. He is a son of George and Alice Blackwell Putman. He was born in Delmar, Tioga County Pennsylvania. George was a son of Cornelius and Cinderella Putman from New York. Myron was born in 1880 and will die in Latah County in 1967. Anna was born in 1887 and will die there in1968. The family is Dutch originally out of New York State. They are in Clearwater County in 1930 and Latah Cunty in 1940 and on.

 

WILLIAM O. (OSCAR) PUTNAM  Moore, Butte County

He is 51 ME, Alice Zesiger 48 SWIZ, William O. Jr. 27 UT, Ernest 24 UT, Walter Z. 20 UT, Gladys 16 UT, Edna 13 UT, Golda 11 UT and Edward S. 8 UT. They were all in Bountiful, Davis County Utah in 1900. He was with his parents, Simeon and Abbie Putman, there in 1880. As to his sons. Earnest Lawrence will marry Maude Wilma Hensley here on February 14, 1922. Walter Zesiger will marry Margaret Viola Brown here October 26, 1921. William O. will marry Aletha Lundburg and be here in 1930.

 

MARY PUTMAN  Payette, Canyon County

She is getting a triple listing here and also in Payette, Payette County and Weiser, Washington County here in Idaho as well. In both cases she is 68 MI MI PA divorced and living alone. Mary Aurila Hunt was married to John Edgar Putnam here in 1900. John is a son of John P. Putnam and Lucy Hyde. He was shown at home in 1860 in Westfield, Sauk County Wisconsin. He is in Malheur County Oregon. He was there with his son Edgar in 1910 and now has a new wife Agnes. Mary Aurila Hunt was here with her son Guy in 1910. Guy is married and also in Malheur County Oregon now in 1920. By 1930 Mary is a Home for Older Women in Wendell, Gooding County Idaho. Now in 1920, Mary has triple listing, here in Canyon County and in Payette and Washington Counties

 

HERBERT C. (CLAY) PUTMAN  Glover, Idaho County

He is 41 ID and has two lodgers. He is a son of Benjamin Franklin Putman and Maria Strother (Southern Putman from Fulton County Illinois) and was at home with them in 1900 in Moscow, Latah County Idaho and here in 1910. He was born there January 9, 1878 and will die in Latah County December 6, 1930.

 

FLOYD PUTNAM  Coeur d'Alene, Kootenai County

He is 22 WI (MN), Selma Giroux his wife is 23 WI. Selma toted along most of her family as well. Her dad, Mose Giroux is 62 CAN, Gertrude Giroux is 19 WI and Clara Giroux is 16 WI. Anyway, he is a son of William Henry Putnam from Big Lake, Sherburne County Minnesota. He was home there in 1900 and 1910. They are here in 1930. Don’t believe he ever married.

 

GEORGE W. (WASHINGTON) PUTNAM, Coeur d'Alene, Kootenai County

He is 58 MO, his wife Victoria Ross 56 MO, Theodore W. 15 MO and Frederick 12 MO. He is the son of Daniel C. Putman of Greene County Missouri. He was in Asotin County Washington in 1900. Victoria and the kids were here in 1910. Southern Putman family. They are here in 1930. Theodore will be with his brother Charles in Umatilla County Oregon in 1930.

 

PHILETUS PUTNAM  Coeur d'Alene, Kootenai County

He is 61 MI, Caroline 70 GER. He was born in Bronson, Branch County Michigan. He is a son of Teunis and Emeline Putman from Amsterdam, Montgomery County NY. Another Dutch line. They were in Macleod, Alberta Canada in 1912 and in the 1916 census there. Caroline is alone here in 1930. Think she is widowed but says she’s married. Philetus was born in Branch County Michigan in August 1858 and will die here in Rathdrum, Kootenai County August 2, 1934. Can’t find Carolineճ maiden name yet.

 

GEORGE PUTMAN  Troy,  Latah County

He is 62 NY, Julie Annette Reynolds 56 IN. His wife Julia is a daughter of John Reynolds and Julia Ann Putnam. Julia was a daughter of Orlean Putnam and Amelia Vanderhoof from Cass County Michigan. Canմ figure George though. He looks like the son of Henry and Sarah Putman as shown in 1870 in Sparta, Monroe County Wisconsin. But I have no idea who Henry was except he would be on the New York Dutch line. They were here in 1910 and will be in Crook County Wyoming in 1930. They have a son Lyle who was born in Mitchell, South Dakota May 18, 1895 who is currently in the Army I guess. He registered here in 1917 and will be with the family in 1930. In his registration, Lyle says he is in the moving picture business.

 

ALBERT J. PUTNAM  Salmon, Lemhi County

He is 29 WY, Pearl Dufresne 27 MN, Robert F. 2 3/12 ID. Also there is Pearl's mom, Rose Dufresne 54 MN. Albert is a son of Lewis Napoleon Putnam and Maggie Helen Cashin from New York. He was home in 1900 in Uinta County Wyoming. His mom is listed shortly in Twin Falls County. He married Pearl in Twin Falls February 10, 1915. They are all in Flathead County Montana in 1930 where he runs a drug store.

 

ANNIE PUTNAM  No Town listed, Minidoka County

She is 63 WALES widowed and boarding with Seymor Fackrell. She is Anna Maria Tucker, second of the two wives of Seth Harris Putnam. She was with him in 1900 in Uinta County Wyoming.

 

EDGAR (EDWARD) PUTNAM  Arrow, Nez Perce County

He is 42 MN, Laura Archibald, his wife, 35 MN, Mildred 16 MN, Orwell 14 MN, Archibald 11 MN and Lester 9 MN (ID). He is Edward Edgerton Putman, son of Charles Henry Putman and Elizabeth Bowen. He was at home in Wright County Minnesota in 1880. He wasn’t listed with the family in 1900. Off somewhere, I guess. He was listed here in East Genesee, Latah County in 1910. They are back in Genesee by 1930. The kids are still around here in 1930.

 

MARY PUTMAN  Payette, Payette County

Payette County was formed in 1919 from Canyon County where she was listed in 1900 and 1910. She is getting a triple listing here and also in Canyon County and Weiser, Washington County here in Idaho as well.  In all three cases she is 68 MI MI PA divorced and living alone. She was married to John Edgar Putnam here in 1900. John is a son of John P. Putnam and Lucy Hyde. He was shown at home in 1860 in Westfield, Sauk County Wisconsin. He is in Malheur County Oregon. He was there with his son Edgar in 1910 and now has a new wife Agness. Mary Aurila Hunt was here with her son Guy in 1910. Guy is married and also in Malheur County Oregon now in 1920. By 1930 and 1940 Mary is in a Home for Older Women in Wendell, Gooding County Idaho.

 

GUY M. (MYRON) PUTMAN  Castleford, Twin Falls County

He is 44 IA, Cora Anna Jones 40 IL, Darrell Milton 16 IA and Mamie Helen 9 IA. He is a son of Jacob and Mary Putman from Waushara County Wisconsin. In 1900, he was with his brother Stacy in Clay County Iowa. Looks like he found a gal there, as he and Cora were in North Dakota in 1910, and then went back to Iowa and then came up here a few years ago.

 

MARGARET C. PUTMAN  Twin Falls, Twin Falls County

Margaret Helen Cashin is 54 NY, Frank 28 WY, Margaret 22 WY, Joseph 18 WY, Edmond J. 32 WY. Her sister Mary Cashin 64 NY is still with them. Maggie is the widow of Lewis Napoleon Putnam from New York. Lewis died in Salt Lake City, Utah December 23,1912. Most of the gang was in Red Canyon, Unita County Wyoming in 1900. Her son Albert is in Lenhi County Idaho. She, Frank and Ed are in San Francisco, California in 1930.

 

MARY PUTNAM  Weiser, Washington County

She is 68 MI and divorced. She is getting a triple listing here and also in Payette, Payette County and Payette, Canyon County here in Idaho as well. Mary Aurila Hunt was married to John Edgar Putnam here in 1900. John is a son of John P. Putnam and Lucy Hyde. He was shown at home in 1860 in Westfield, Sauk County Wisconsin. He is in Malheur County Oregon. He was there with his son Edgar in 1910 and now has a new wife Agnes.

 

 

IDAHO 1930 CENSUS

 

ESTEL PUTMAN  Kuna, Ada County

Ira Estel Putman is now 39 KS IN IN and married for 7 years to Ann Zola Bringle 35 KS. They have Alice 6 ID, Ira 4 5/12 ID and Earl 2 1/12 ID. He is a son of Jacob Putman and Eliza Jane Cuffel from Indiana. They were in Phillips County Kansas in 1900 and Reno County in 1910. He was here in 1920 living with his married sister Blanche Jerome. He and Ann were married December 28, 1922. The son Earl was born March 6, 1927 and will die in Middleton, Idaho July 14, 1997. German family originally out of Somerset County Pennsylvania.

 

JACOB PUTMAN  Kuna, Ada County

He is 74 IN OH OH and just married to his second wife Ethel G. Johnson 53 KS KY KY. They were married in 1929. His first wife Eliza Jane Cuffel died here November 15, 1924. Jacob is a son of Jacob Putman and Susan Linniger, and was at home in 1860 and 1870 in Fulton County Indiana. They were in Sheridan County Kansas in 1905 and in Reno County Kansas in 1910 then in Chautauqua County New York in 1920. Ethel is widowed in Rooks County Kansas in 1940. German family out of Pennsylvania.

 

ANNIE PUTNAM  Pocatello, Bannock County

Anna Marie Tucker is 73 WALES ENG ENG and now widowed. Her husband Seth Harris has died. Her son Roy Gilman Putnam is here in town. Probably why she came up here from Wyoming. She was born August 1, 1857 and will die here on July 4, 1933.

 

ROY PUTNAM  Pocatello, Bannock County

He is 42 UT ENG ENG and works for the railroad as he was in 1920. Elise Benzley his wife of 22 years is 40 UT. They have Wanda 17 ID, Leanna 14 ID, Twila 12 ID, Alvin 8 ID and Dwain 4/12 ID. He is Roy Gilman Putnam, son of Seth Harris Putnam and his second wife Anna Marie Tucker (who was from Wales). He was born in Rich County Utah (folks were Mormons) and then was in Uinta County Wyoming with the folks in 1900. He married Elise Elizabeth Benzley in Auburn, Unita County Wyoming April 17, 1907. He will die here January 9, 1959. They were in Bear Lake County in 1910 and here in 1920. The son Alvin L. was born November 26, 1921 and will die in Burley, Idaho May 14, 1994. His mom is here and listed just above. They are here for the rest of their lives.

 

GORDON W. (WILLIAM) PUTNAM  Careywood, Bonner County

He is 38 MN NY DEN and has been married about 16 years to Minnie L. Smith 40 VA. They have Harold 15 WA, Francis 12 WA, Irene 11 WA, Raymond 8 WA and Myrtle 4 ID. He is a son of Gordon Winslow Putnam from Renville County Minnesota. He was married in Whitman County Washington in 1920. His widowed mom, Carrie Bentson Putnam, and some brothers were there in 1910. Harold was born July 23, 1914 and will die in Kellogg, Idaho in September 1895. The son Raymond was born March 15, 1922 in Central Falls, Washington, and died July 29, 2008 in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. His wife Helen died in 1996. The son Francis Virgil was born April 16, 1916 in Colfax, Washington and will die in Kellogg, Idaho July 13, 1974. He will marry Dorothy Mae Shewmaker in 1944 in Mineral County Montana. She was born August 27, 1923 and died in Pahrumo, Nevada February 10, 2010. They will have 3 children Paula Jean (who gave me this info), Gary James and Lawrence Patrick Putnam all of Kellogg, Idaho. They are in Coeur d’Alene in 1940.

 

VERNON E. (ELMER) PUTMAN  Careywood, Bonner County

He is 32 MN MN MN and a deliveryman for an oil company. Ida Morse, his wife, is 32 ID. He is a son of George Fayette Putnam and Mary Ellen Drew. He was with his folks in 1900 in Big Lake, Sherburne County Minnesota, and with his mom in Silver Lake, Lake County Oregon in 1910. Family was originally from Massachusetts. They were in Benton County Washington in 1920.

 

WILLIAM O. (OSCAR) PUTNAM JR.  Arco, Butte County

He is William Junior, and was with his folks in Moore, Butte County in 1920. He is 38 UT ME SWITZ. His wife Aletha T. Lundberg is 22 UT and they have Edward L. 1 5/12 ID. He is a clerk in a sporting goods store. Probably getting ready to sell machine guns to the ‘skin heads’ that will pop up here in the 70s. His folks are now in Lost River, Butte County. William was born in Bountiful, Utah February 3, 1892 and will die May 16, 1963. He’ll be here in 1935 and 1940.

 

ERNEST L. (LAWRENCE) PUTNAM  Lost River, Butte County

He is 36 UT ME SWITZ and a farmer like his dad William Oscar Putnam listed next. Maude Wilma Hensley his wife is 31 IA. They have Bessie E. 7 ID and Edward A. 5 CA. They were married here February 14, 1922.

 

WILLIAM O. (OSCAR) PUTNAM  Lost River, Butte County

He is now 61 ME ME ME and a farmer. Alice Zesiger his wife is 57 SWITZERLAND. Only Edward S. (Simeon) 19 UT is at home. Edward will soon marry Katherine Mae Merrill in Pocatello, Bannock County on September 25, 1930. William was born June 13, 1868 in Mexico, Oxford County Maine and will die in Burbank, Los Angeles County California April 15, 1944. He married Alice in Logan, Utah March 4, 1891. She was born in Switzerland. He is a son of Simeon Walton Putnam and Abbie Blake Small from Maine.

 

R. (ROBERT) ROY PUTMAN  Melba, Canyon County

He is 40 OR IL WA and a farmer. Marie Margaret Odem is 40 AR. They have Vivian Marie 12 OR, Robert C. 9 OR, Chester Royal 3 2/12 OR and a nephew Oswald West Putman 19 OR. He is a son of John Harrison Putman and his first wife Hannah Woodfin from Linn County and the Yamhill County Oregon. Robert and Marie were in Yamhill County in 1920. Oswald, by the way, is a son of his brother James Harrison Putman from Yamhill County. Southern Putman family out of Illinois. They are back in Clackamas County Oregon by 1935 and also there in 1940.

 

MYRON A. (AARON) PUTMAN  Elk River, Clearwater County

He is now 49 PA and loads automobiles on a loading dock. Anna May Fowler his wife is 41 PA, they have a son Tracy 22 PA and now an adopted daughter Florence May 12 WA. He is a son of George and Alice Putman. He was born in Delmar, Tioga County Pennsylvania. George was a son of Cornelius and Cinderella Putman from New York. The family is Dutch. They were in Benewah County Idaho in 1920. They are here in 1935 and in Latah County Idaho in 1940.

 

MARY PUTNAM  Wendell, Gooding County

She is 78 MI NY PA and widowed. She is an inmate in Saint Valentine’s Home for older women. Mary Aurila Hunt was married to John Edgar Putnam in Payette County in 1900. They were divorced and she was there in 1910 and 1920. She is here in 1935 and 1940 and will die here September 24, 1944 at age 89. John is in Oregon with their son Edward. Their son Guy is out there as well.

 

CAROLINE PUTMAN  Coeur d'Alene, Kootenai County

She is 68 WI but I think it is GER. She was married to Philetus Putnam and was in Alberta Canada in 1916 and they were here in 1920. She says she is married, but he’s not around. He was a son of Teunis and Emeline Putman from Amsterdam, Montgomery County NY. Another Dutch line.

 

FLOYD PUTNAM  Coeur d'Alene, Kootenai County

He is 32 MN OH OH. Selena Giroux is 33 WI and they have Eugene 9 ID, Gordon 7 ID, James 5 ID and Philip 3 8/12 ID. He is a car salesman. He is a son of William Henry Putnam and Minnie Hatch from Big Lake, Sherburne County Minnesota. He was home there in 1900 and 1910. They were here in 1920. Floyd was born October 2, 1897 and will die in Sandpoint, Idaho in July 1973. Selma was born January 3, 1896 and will die here in May 1976. The son William Gordon Putnam was born May 13, 1922 and will marry Bonnie Gumm July 3, 1942. He will die here in Coeur d’Alene April 29, 2011.

 

GEORGE W. (WASHINGTON) PUTNAM, Coeur d'Alene, Kootenai County

He is now 68 MO TN TN. Victoria Ross his wife is 67 MO and Fred 22 WA is the only kid left at home. They have been here since about 1909, and in Washington State before that. He is a son of Daniel C. Putman and Elizabeth Lethco from Greene County Missouri. He will die here in Coeur dՁlene April 16, 1936Southern Putmans.

 

EDWARD E. (EDGERTON) PUTNAM  Genesee, Latah County

He is 52 MN NY CAN. Laura J. Archibald his wife is 45 MN. He is Edward Edgerton Putman, son of Charles Henry Putman and Elizabeth Diantha Bowen. He was born July 8, 1877 in Fair Haven, Wright County Minnesota and was at home in Wright County in 1880. He wasn’t listed with the family in 1900. Off somewhere, I guess. He was listed here in East Genesee, Latah County in 1910. They were in Nez Pierce County in 1920. Edward was born in 1877 and will die here in 1960. Laura was born in 1884 and will die in 1948. Their son Lester was with them in 1920. He was born in 1911 and just died here in 1930. He and Laura are here in 1940.

 

ARCHIE PUTNAM  Arrow, Nez Perce County

He is 21 MN MN MN and taken over the farm his folks had here in 1920. Lillian Lawde his wife is 20 ID. They were just married December 24, 1929. He is Archibald Edward Putnam a son of Edward Putnam and Laura Archibald. They were in Latah County in 1910 and here in 1920. The folks are back in Latah County now. Archie and his folks are all in Genesee, Latah County in 1940.

 

ORVILL PUTNAM  Arrow, Nez Perce County

He is 24 MN MN MN and works on the Isaksen farm. He is a son of Edgar Putnam and Lara Archibald. They were in Latah County in 1910 and here in 1920. The folks are back in Latah County now.

 

GUY M. (MYRON) PUTMAN  Castleford, Twin Falls County

He is 53 IA WI WI and a farm laborer. Cora Anna Jones his wife is 50 IL and they have Helen 19 IA. He is a son of Jacob and Mary Putman from Waushara County Wisconsin and then Clay County Iowa. They were here in 1920 and in North Dakota in 1910. He married Cora September 26, 1900 in Dickens, Iowa. He will die there February 8, 1965. Cora was born August 30, 1879 and will die in Buhl, Idaho in September 1977.

 

WILLIAM H. (HOWARD) PUTNAM  Twin Falls, Twin Falls County

He is 26 MN MN MN and a salesman for Idaho Power Company. Katherine Field his wife is 24 ID and they have William R. 11/12 ID. They were married June 27, 1928. He is a son of William Rowell Putnam and Jessie Eaton from Goodhue County Minnesota. In 1920 he was listed here in Boise Idaho with his folks. He was also listed in St. Paul, Minnesota in 1920 too.

 

WALTER PUTNAM  Weiser, Washington County

He is 31 UT ME SWIT and he works in a creamery. His wife Margaret Brown is 26 UT, and they have Delbert 7 ID (born in 1922 and will die here in 1955), Glen 6 ID, Donald 4 1/12 ID (born in 1926 and will die here in 2007). They were married In Butte County October 26, 1921. He is Walter Zesiger Putnam, a son of William Oscar Putnam and Alice Zesiger from Davis County Utah. William was a son of Simeon Putnam. Mormon family from Maine. He was home there in 1910 and in Butte County Idaho in 1920. His folks are in Butte County now. Walter was born May 25, 1899 and will die out in Walla Walla County Washington March 10, 1966. He had another wife Lillian who is buried there with him. She was born October 27, 1903 and died July 6, 1977. Margaret was born in 1903 and will die here in 1999. Delbert Edward was born July 2, 1922 and will die in Sacramento, California April 30, 1955. Glen was born in 1924. Donald was born in 1926 and died 2007. They are here in 1940.

 

 

IDAHO 1940 CENSUS

 

PEARL O. PUTNAM  Boise, Ada County

She is 48 MN and divorced. Her son Robert 22 ID and her widowed mother Rose Dufresne 75 MN are with her. Pearl Dufresne was married to Albert John Putnam in Lemhi County Idaho in 1920 and Flathead County Montana in 1930. Albert was a son of Lewis Napoleon Putnam and Margaret Cashin from New York. Albert was born in Red Canyon Wyoming May 6, 1890 and will die in Monterey, California January 11, 1945. He was home in 1900 in Uinta County Wyoming. Pearl was born March 17, 1892 and will die in Rollins, Montana in November 1985. The son Robert F. was born September 9, 1917 and will die in Rollins May 18, 1988.

 

STUART T. (TELEGNA) PUTNAM  Boise, Ada County

He is 27 NH and in an Institution of sorts. He is a son of John Grosvenor Putnam and Abbie Mae Telenga and was born in Claremont, New Hampshire on June 4, 1913. He was there in 1920, and then with the family in Snohomish County Washington in 1930 and here in 1935. Stuart will be back east as he will marry Eva M. Bahr in Elkton, Maryland January 12, 1945. He will divorce or something and marry Jean Slusser in 1951 and get divorced in 1976. He will die in a nursing home in Wyncocke, Pennsylvania December 13, 1996.

 

ERNEST PUTNAM  Union District, Ada County

He is 45 UT ME SWITZ and a farmer. Maude Wilma Hensley his wife is 41 IA. They have Betty Irene 17 ID and Edward A. 15 CA. They were in Lost River, Butte County in 1930 and were married there February 14, 1922. He is Ernest Lawrence Putnam a son of William Oscar Putnam and Alice Zesiger from Bountiful County Utah and Maine before that. Betty Irene was born December 30, 1922 and will die in Boise January 22, 2012. She will marry Willis Marion in Oregon on June 3, 1945.  A Mormon family from Maine then Massachusetts.

 

ESTHER PUTMAN  Pocatello, Bannock County

She is 35 UT single and lodging. She was here in 1935 too. I think the age is a typo and that she is 38 WY. If so then she is a daughter of Andrew Jackson Putnam and Caroline ‘Lena’ Peterson from Ogden, Weber County Utah and was born March 11, 1900 and will die there in December 1978 still never married. She was at home with her widowed mom Lena in Ogden in 1930 and here in Pocatello in 1935. Mormon family.

 

ROY G. (GILMAN) PUTNAM  Pocatello, Bancock County

He is 53 UT and works for the railroad as he was since 1920. Elsie Benzley his wife of 32 years is 50 UT. They have at home still Alvin 18 ID and Dwain 10 ID. Also here is their now divorced daughter Levina Smith 23 ID and her daughter Roberta Lee 4 ID. He is Roy Gilman Putnam, son of Seth Harris Putnam and his second wife Anna Marie Tucker (who was from Wales). He was born in Rich County Utah (folks were Mormons) and then was in Uinta County Wyoming with the folks in 1900. He married Elsie Elizabeth Benzley in Auburn, Unita County Wyoming April 17, 1907. He will die here January 9, 1959. They were in Bear Lake County in 1910 and here in 1920 and 1930. Elsie was born in 1879 and will die here March 5, 1962. The son Alvin L. was born November 26, 1921 and will die in Burley, Idaho May 14, 1994. The son Dwain was born here in early 1930 and will die in Escondido, San Diego County California October 4, 1988. Levina will be here till she dies June 15, 1957.

 

DYKES PUTNAM  Saint Maries, Benewah County

He is 24 TN born September 22, 1915, and a truck driver for a wood-lumber company. His wife Edna Lorraine Sadler is 20 ID and they have Patricia 1 ID. Dykes Porter Putnam is a son of Christopher and Minnie Putnam and was at home with them in Denver, Colorado in 1920 and 1930 and they say they were right here in 1935. Christopher is the son of Isiah Porter Putnam from Massachusetts and was in Knox County TN in the 1880 and 1900 census. Dykes says he was born in Tennessee, but the Colorado Census says born in Denver, Colorado. New England line at any rate.

 

WILLIAM O. (OSCAR) PUTNAM (JR.) Arco, Butte County

He is 48 UT ME SWITZ. His wife Aletha T. Lundberg is 32 UT and they have Edward L. 11 ID and Donald L. 9 ID. He is the local Postmaster. He is a son of William Oscar Putnam and Alice Zesiger. He was born in Bountiful, Utah February 3, 1892 and will die May 16, 1963. He was with his folks in Butte County in 1920 and married here in 1930.

 

EDWARD S. (SMALL) PUTNAM  Moore, Butte County

He is 29 UT, and his wife Katherine Mae Merrill is 30 ID. They were married in Pocatello September 25, 1930 and have Marilyn M. 7 UT, Alice Jean 4 ID and Edna Joyce 4 ID. They are living with his folks William and Alice and were here in 1935 as well. He was born February 4, 1911 in Bountiful, David County Utah and will die September 16, 1982 in Marion, Arkansas.

 

WILLIAM O. (OSCAR) PUTNAM  Moore, Butte County

He is now 71 ME ME ME and a farmer. Alice Zesiger his wife is 67 SWITZERLAND. Been here since the early 1900s. William was born June 13, 1868 in Mexico, Oxford County Maine and will die in Burbank, Los Angeles County California April 15, 1944. He married Alice in Logan, Utah March 4, 1891. She was born in Switzerland. He is a son of Simeon Walton Putnam and Abbie Blake Small from Maine.

 

CLYDE PUTNAM  Middleton, Canyon County

He is 53 NE NY NY. His wife Florence Eugenia Barnes is 45 NE. They have Patsy A. 19 WA, Elsie C. 15 WA and Owen Drew 13 WA. He is a farmer. He is a son of Orson Freeman Putnam and Amelia Thorp from Holt County Nebraska. Clyde Earl Putnam was born in Merrick County Nebraska June 26, 1886 and will die January 2, 1974. Florence was born December 4, 1894 and will die January 3, 1984. Both are buried in Caldwell, Canyon County Idaho. They are in Olympia, Thurston County in 1935 and in Canyon County Idaho by 1840.

 

IRA ESTEL PUTMAN  Wilder Precinct,  Canyon County

He is a water master for Wilder Irrigation. He is now 49 KS IN IN and married for 17 years to Ann Zola Bringle 45 KS. They have Alice Irene 15 ID, Ira Elwin 14 ID and Earl Alden 13 ID. He is a son of Jacob Putman and Eliza Jane Cuffel from Fulton County Indiana. They were in Phillips County Kansas in 1900 and Reno County in 1910. He was here in Ada County in 1920 living with his married sister Blanche Jerome and then married to Ann in Ada County in 1930. He and Ann were married December 28, 1922. They were here in 1935. Ira was born in Kansas June 1, 1890. The son Earl was born March 6, 1927 and will die in Middleton, Idaho July 14, 1997. Ira Elwin was born October 15, 1925 and will die in Yuma, Arizona March 13, 2010. He will marry Margaret Carr June 15, 1948 in New Mexico. German family originally out of Somerset County Pennsylvania.

 

BOBBIE PUTMAN  Burley, Cassia County

He is 14 KS and lives with his re-married mother Edith Sampson 36 KS and her husband Dyer Sampson. Edith was married to Paul J. Putman in Banner, Jackson County Kansas in 1930. Bobbie was there too at age 5. Paul was a son of Fred Putman and Lucy Little and was born in Fayette County Iowa. Fred was a son of Charles Putman and Lydia Teague from Cayuga County New York. Dutch family out of Montgomery County New York.

 

EUNICE PUTMAN  Gooding, Gooding County

She is Eunice Lenore Rice 42 IA widowed and has her son Fred Elvin Putman 13 CA with her. They live with her widowed dad Elvin R. Rice 81 WI. She and Fred were in Logan County Arkansas in 1935. Found a family sheet that she was married to William Elbert Putnam from Minnesota. He died out in Spokane, Washington May 16, 1938. William was a son of Fred Elisha Putnam and Eugenia Jane Palmer from Le Sueur, Minnesota. Fred’s folks were William Henry Putnam and Lucy Ladd from Essex County New York. New Englanders.

 

MARY PUTNAM  Wendell, Gooding County

She is 78 MI NY PA and single. She is an ԩnmateռ/span> in Saint Valentineճ Home for older women. Mary Aurila Hunt was married to John Edgar Putnam in Payette County in 1900. They were divorced in the early 1900s and she was there in 1910 and 1920. She was here in 1930 and 1935 and will die here September 24, 1944 at age 89.

 

RAY D. (DELL) PUTNAM  Pollock, Idaho County

He is 49 NE single and lodging on a farm. He is a son of John Edgar Putnam and Mary Hunt and was born while the family was in Nebraska. They were then here in Canyon County in 1900. Then his folks got divorced and John will go to California and then Oregon, and Mary will be here in Idaho. She is presently (shown above) in an old ladies home in Gooding County as she was in 1930. She will die there September 24, 1944. John was a son of John P. Putnam and Lucy Hyde. He is shown at home in 1860 in Westfield, Sauk County Wisconsin. Ray was living near his dad in Malheur, Oregon in 1917 when he registered for the draft. Ray will hang around here in Idaho till he dies September 1, 1961. New England family.

 

SOME PUTNAM KIDS  La Belle, Jefferson County

These are all step kids of Andrew Noreen who married their widowed mother Hazel a couple of years ago. They are Orson Fred 20 WY, Juanita A. 16 ID, Bertha P. 14 ID, Charles Newel12 WY, Alice May 10 ID, James Seth 7 WY, Robert Earl 5 ID and Barbara Joyce 4 ID. These are all kids of Orson Charles Putnam and Estella Hazel Devenberg. They were in Lincoln County Wyoming in 1930 and bounced back and forth to Idaho. They were living here in 1935. Orson died here in Jefferson County April 23, 1936, and she married Andrew about 1938. Andrew and she have a daughter Verna 1 ID and a son Oscar 6/12 ID. Orson is a son of Seth Putnam from Vermont and was with the family in 1900 in Uinta County, Wyoming. Orson and Stella were married there December 19, 1916. She was born in Atwood, Kansas February 24, 1900 and will die in Pocatello, Bannock County Idaho December 31, 1984. They are all in Pocatello, Bannock County Idaho in 1950.

 

ADA PUTNAM  Coeur d’Alene, Kootenai County

She is 5 ID and a niece of Edward and Ada Meyers. She is a daughter of Floyd Putnam from here, and also listed at home with her folks. Her Aunt Ada Augusta is her dad’s sister.

 

CHARLES C. (CLEMENT) PUTNAM  Coeur d’Alene, Kootenai County

He is 52 (should be 57) MN MN GER. Inga Mae Hagen his wife is 38 IA. They have Stewart 20 SD, Avis 17 SD and Sybil 15 SD. They were in Hanson County South Dakota in 1920 and in Potter County South Dakota in 1925 and 1930 and in Yankton County South Dakota in 1935. He is ‘mucker’ in a mine here.

 

FLOYD PUTNAM Coeur d’Alene, Kootenai County

He is 42 MN OH OH. Selena Giroux is 43 WI they were married October 3, 1918 in Rice Lake, Wisconsin and they have Eugene Stanley 19 ID, William Gordon 17 ID, James Wesley 15 ID, Philip 12 ID, Floyd 10 ID, Richard 8 ID, Ada 5 ID and Robert 8/12 ID. He works in a car garage and is a mechanic. He is Floyd Eugene Putnam a son of William Henry Putnam and Minnie Jane Hatch from Big Lake, Sherburne County Minnesota. He was home there in 1900 and 1910. They were here in 1920. Floyd was born October 2, 1897 and will die in Sandpoint, Idaho in July 1973. Selma was born January 3, 1896 and will die here in May 1976. The son William Gordon Putnam was born May 13, 1922 and will marry Bonnie Gumm July 3, 1942. He will die here in Coeur d’Alene April 29, 2011.

 

GORDON PUTNAM  Coeur d’Alene, Kootenai County

He is 49 MN, his wife Maxine L. Smith is now 50 VA and they still have at home Harold 24 WA, Raymond 18 WA and Myrtle 14 ID. He is a trucker for a straw dust company. He is Gordon William Putnam a son of Gordon Winslow Putnam from Renville County Minnesota. He was born April 10, 1890 and will die here in Coeur d’Alene January 8, 1958. He was married in Whitman County Washington in 1920. His widowed mom, Carrie Bentson Putnam, and some brothers were there in 1910. Gordon and Maxine or Minnie were in Careywood, Bonner County Idaho in 1930 and here in 1935. Harold was born July 23, 1914 and will die in Kellogg, Idaho in September 1895. The son Raymond was born March 15, 1922 in Central Falls, Washington, and died July 29, 2008 in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. His wife Helen died in 1996.

 

WILLIAM PUTMAN  Coeur d’Alene, Kootenai County

He is 36 WA single and living where he was in 1935. He owns the house. He is a hoist man in a logging camp. He is a son of George Washington Putman and Victoria Ross. He was born while they were in Asotin County Washington and home with them here in 1910 and 1920 and then in Umatilla County Oregon with his brother Charles in 1930 and then back here. His dad died here April 16, 1936. Southern Putman family from North Carolina to Greene County Missouri and then out here.

 

ARCHIE PUTNAM  Genesee, Latah County

He is 31 MN MN MN and works in a potato warehouse. Lillian Lawde his wife is 30 ID. They have Barbara 9 ID and Larry 5 ID. They were married December 24, 1929 in Nez Perce County. He is Archibald Edward Putnam a son of Edward Putnam and Laura Archibald. They were in Latah County in 1910 and Nez Perce in 1920. Archie was married there in 1930 and then here by 1935.

 

EDWARD PUTNAM  Genesee, Lath County

He is a night watchman 62 MN NY CAN. Laura J. Archibald his wife is 55 MN. He is Edward Edgerton Putman, son of Charles Henry Putman and Elizabeth Diantha Bowen. He was born July 8, 1877 in Fair Haven, Wright County Minnesota and was at home in Wright County in 1880. He wasn’t listed with the family in 1900. Off somewhere, I guess. He was listed here in East Genesee, Latah County in 1910. They were in Nez Pierce County in 1920 and here in Genesee in 1930. Edward will die here in 1960. Laura was born in 1884 and will die in 1948.

 

LOUISE PUTNAM  Genesee, Latah County

She is 20 WA and widowed with 2 daughters, Virginia 3 ID and Marlene 2 ID. She says she was here in 1935 in the same house. In 1930 and now in 1840 Edward Putnam and Laura Archibald are here in Genesee with no sons. Edward was in Nez Perce County in 1920 and had three sons, Orwell who would be 34 MN now, Archibald who is married in Nez Perce and here now, and Lester who died in 1930. Orwell died in Nez Perce February 11, 1940 so he must have been her husband. I found a tree that said he had a wife but was unknown. Gotta be her.

 

MYRON A. (AARON) PUTMAN  Potlatch, Latah County

He is 60 PA and his wife Anna May Fowler is 51 PA. He is a fireman at a sawmill. He is a son of George Putman and Alice Blackwell. He was born in Delmar, Tioga County Pennsylvania in April 1880. George was a son of Cornelius and Cinderella Putman from New York. The family is Dutch. They were in Benewah County Idaho in 1920 and Clearwater County in 1930 and 1935.

 

FRED (CHARLES ALFRED) PUTMAN  Lewiston, Nez Perce County

He is 33 ID (actually WA) and his wife Leota Thomas is 39 AR. They live with her mother Mary Thomas 80 IA and her brother Henry Thomas 41 AR and sister Viola Sellus 53 IA. He is a son of George Washington Putman and Victoria Ross and was born in Asotin County Washington April 28, 1907 and will die here in Lewiston December 27, 1994. George was a son of Daniel C. Putman and Elizabeth Lethco from Greene County Missouri. Southern Putmans.

 

GERALD O. (OTHO) PUTMAN  Lewiston, Nez Perce County

He is 30 WA, his wife Bessie Faye Hosch is 33 ND and they have Leta F. 7 WA and Conrad 6 WA. He is a son Charles Otho Putman and Ella Evelyn Hiatt. Charles was a son of George Washington Putman and Victoria Ross and was born June 29, 1888 in Lamain, Missouri and will die in Spokane Washington March 14, 1964. Charles and Ella were divorced and he was with his re-married mother in Callam County Washington in 1930. He was born June 27, 1909 in Asotin Washington and will die in Turnwater, Washington on July 15, 1984. He married Bessie Faye Hosch who was born in 1906 and died in 1986. They were in Garfield, Washington in 1935 with these two kids. Southern Putman family out of Missouri.

 

NINA PUTNAM  Osburn, Shoshone County

She is 35 ND single and boarding. She is a grade school teacher. She is a daughter of Eber Daniel Putnam and Grace Bales. Eber is a son of William Wallace Putnam and Mary Fuller. He was born in Auburn, Chippewa County Wisconsin August 18, 1868 and will die in Emmons County South Dakota May 30, 1957. Grace was born April 14, 1875 and will die there in 1948. Nina was born in Emmons County in 1904 and will die in Strasburg, North Dakota in 1996.

 

FRANCIS PUTNAM  Smelterville, Shoshone County

He is 24 WA and lives with his married sister Irene Grossarth 21 WA and her husband Kenneth 21 KS. He is a machinist in a lead smelter plant, his brother-in-law is a miner in a lead mine. Francis and Irene are kids of Gordon William Putnam and Minnie L. Smith and were born Whitman County Washington. They were there in 1920 and then the family moved to Bonner County Idaho by 1930 and the family was in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho in 1935 and are there now. Gordon is a son of Gordon Winslow Putnam from Renville County Minnesota. He was married in Whitman County Washington in 1920. His widowed mom, Carrie Bentson Putnam, and some brothers were there in 1910. Francis is married to Dorothy Mae Shewmaker in Kellogg, Shoshone County in 1950

 

WALTER PUTNAM  Weiser, Washington County

He is 40 UT ME SWIT and he works in a creamery. His wife Margaret Brown is 37 UT, and they have Delbert 17 ID (born in 1922 and will die here in 1955), Glenn 16 ID, Donald 14 ID (born in 1926 and will die here in 2007) and Vera 8 ID. They were married In Butte County October 26, 1921 and here in 1930. He is Walter Zesiger Putnam, a son of William Oscar Putnam and Alice Zesiger from Davis County Utah. William was a son of Simeon Putnam. Mormon family from Maine. He was home there in 1910 and in Butte County Idaho in 1920. His folks are in Butte County now. Walter was born May 25, 1899 and will die out in Walla Walla County Washington March 10, 1966. He had another wife Lillian who is buried there with him. She was born October 27, 1903 and died July 6, 1977. Margaret was born in 1903 and will die here in 1999. Delbert Edward was born July 2, 1922 and will die in Sacramento, California April 30, 1955. Glen was born in 1924. Donald was born in 1926 and died 2007.

 

 

IDAHO 1950 CENSUS

 

This is a work in progress. Updated June 30, 2022

 

In the 1940 census and especially now in the 1950 Census, the handwriting on the sheets is a bit better. But now that people are using Ancestry and Family Search and putting their family trees up on the sites, and the sites themselves have much better search engines and send you to a whole bunch of info docs and records. I now can find a family sheet on about everyone and many on the wife’s side. When I first started doing this in the very early 1970s, all that was available to see was up to the 1900. There was no such thing as on-line and the computers then were the size of a locker room. I had to drive out to Waltham, Massachusetts to the U. S. Library, beg for a film real of the dates and State I wanted and then look at it through a visual device in a back dark room and literally go page to page, county to county and write the info down on paper with a pencil. At that time, really the most people doing genealogy were older women, mostly retired school teachers in their 70s and 80s, who would send you hand written trees and info and stuff that they had back a couple of generations. Once in a while I would get an actual typewritten document. Wow! Got much better in the 1990s. Now it is soooo easy to get info you didn’t think was possible. Back in the 70s I tried calling folks, and got a hold of several who had info. Now just an e-mail can bring in a ton of info. Anyway, really enjoy these censuses, and if you can add or correct, please let me know so I can help others.

 

PEARL O. PUTNAM  Boise, Ada County

She is 58 MN and divorced. Her widowed mother Rose Dufresne 85 MN is with her as she was here in 1940. Pearl Dufresne was married to Albert John Putnam in Lemhi County Idaho in 1920 and Flathead County Montana in 1930. Albert was a son of Lewis Napoleon Putnam and Margaret Cashin from New York. Albert was born in Red Canyon Wyoming May 6, 1890 and will die in Monterey, California January 11, 1945. He was home in 1900 in Uinta County Wyoming. Pearl was born March 17, 1892 and will die in Rollins, Montana in November 1985.

 

ROBERT F. (FRANKLIN) PUTNAM  Boise, Ada County

He is 32 ID and his wife Mary Maxine Cook is 32 CO and they have Judy Ann 3 ID. He is a son of Albert John Putnam and Pearl Dufresne and was at home with them in Flathead County Montana in 1930 and with his divorced mother Pearl here in 1940. Robert F. was born September 9, 1917 and will die in Rollins, Montana May 18, 1988. He and Maxine were married May 13, 1944, and will get divorced December 22, 1961. He will marry Juniata Monberg. She will die in Montana March 11, 1982. He then will marry Madelyn Voeller in Montana September 2, 1985 and then they will divorce January 27, 1988. He will die May 18, 1988.

 

EARL A. (ALDEN) PUTMAN  Ustick, Ada County

He is 23 ID and his wife Eleanor Yvonne Lasswell is 20 KS and they have Dennis E. 2 ID and David C. born in December 1949. His folks Ira and Ann Putman are listed just below. Earl was born March 6, 1927 and will die in Middleton, Idaho July 14, 1997. Eleanor was born as an early Christmas Present on December 23, 1929 in Sharon, Barber County Kansas and will die April 20, 2010 in Midvale, Washington County Idaho.

 

IRA ESTEL PUTMAN  Ustick, Ada County

He is now back to farming. He is now 59 KS IN IN and married for 27 years to Ann Zola Pringle 55 KS. They have her mother Adella Bringle 89 KY. He is a son of Jacob Putman and Eliza Jane Cuffel from Fulton County Indiana. They were in Phillips County Kansas in 1900 and Reno County in 1910. He was here in Ada County in 1920 living with his married sister Blanche Jerome and then married to Ann in Ada County in 1930. He and Ann were married December 28, 1922. They were here in 1935. Ira was born in Kansas June 1, 1890. The son Earl was born March 6, 1927 and will die in Middleton, Idaho July 14, 1997. Ira Elwin was born October 15, 1925 and will die in Yuma, Arizona March 13, 2010. He will marry Margaret Carr June 15, 1948 in New Mexico. German family originally out of Somerset County Pennsylvania.

 

CHARLES N. (NEWELL) PUTNAM  Pocatello, Bannock County

He is 22 WY and his wife Hannah Williams Bradley is 16 ID. He works in a raw chemical manufacturing plant. Hope it’s not cocaine or the likes. He moved here in 1946 and married Hannah March 5, 1949. He is a son of Orson Charles Putnam and Estella Hazel Devenberg. Orson was a son of Seth Putnam from Vermont and was with the family in 1900 in Uinta County, Wyoming. Orson and Stella were married there December 19, 1916. Charles was born in Sweetwater County Wyoming February 15, 1928 and will die here in Pocatello December 4, 1976. Hannah was born here in Pocatello April 24, 1933 and will die in Idaho Falls, Idaho February 12, 2016.

 

EDWARD L. (LAWRENCE) PUTNAM  Pocatello, Bannock County

He is 21 UT single and boarding in Colonial Hall in the Idaho State College. He is a son of William Oscar Putnam Jr. and Aletha Thelma Lundberg and was born in Salt Lake City, Utah October 21, 1928 and will die July 27, 1981 in Cordova, Alaska. He will marry Laurita Christensen June 6, 1953. She was born in Alta, Teton County Wyoming March 12, 1931. She too will die in Alaska July 27, 1981.

 

ORSON F. (FREDERICK) PUTNAM  Pocatello, Bannock County

He is 30 WY and his wife Mary H. Schouveller 26 CAN and they have Charles 6 LA, Arthur 4 OR and Orson 2 OR. He is the oldest son of Orson Charles Putnam and Estella Hazel Devenberg. His widowed mom and rest of the family are listed next. Orson was born in Afton, Wyoming November 11, 1919 and will die in Fresno, California July 23, 1996. Mary was born May 19, 1922 in Steen, Saskatchewan, Canada, and will die August 4, 2010 out in Merced County California.

 

ROY G. (GILMAN) PUTNAM  Pocatello, Bancock County

He is 63 UT and works for the railroad as he was since 1920. Elsie E. Benzley his wife of 42 years is 60 UT. They have at home still their divorced daughter Levina Smith 33 ID and her daughter Roberta Lee 14 ID. He is Roy Gilman Putnam, son of Seth Harris Putnam and his second wife Anna Marie Tucker (who was from Wales). He was born in Rich County Utah (folks were Mormons) and then was in Uinta County Wyoming with the folks in 1900. He married Elsie Elizabeth Benzley in Auburn, Unita County Wyoming April 17, 1907. He will die here January 9, 1959. They were in Bear Lake County in 1910 and here in 1920 and 1930. Elsie was born in 1879 and will die here March 5, 1962. Levina will be here till she dies June 15, 1957.

 

SOME PUTNAM KIDS  Pocatello, Bannock County

These are all step kids of Andrew Noreen who married their widowed mother Hazel a couple of years ago. They were all in La Belle, Jefferson County Idaho in 1940 and there were 4 more kids then. Now there are James Seth 17 WY, Robert Earl 16 ID and Barbara Joyce 14 ID. Also here is Hazel’s sister Ruby Putnam 47 ID who is still single. These are all kids of Orson Charles Putnam and Estella Hazel Devenberg. They were in Lincoln County Wyoming in 1930 and bounced back and forth to Idaho. They were living in Jefferson County in 1935 and 1940. Orson died in Jefferson County April 23, 1936, and Hazel married Andrew about 1938. Andrew and she have June 11 ID, Oscar 10 ID and Nola 8 ID. Orson was a son of Seth Putnam from Vermont and was with the family in 1900 in Uinta County, Wyoming. Orson and Stella were married there December 19, 1916. She was born in Atwood, Kansas February 24, 1900 and will die in Pocatello, Bannock County Idaho December 31, 1984.

 

MINNIE PUTNAM  Blackfoot, Bingham County

She is 64 IA and has Miles 21 NE. If you sneak a peek at the 1930 Nebraska census and call up Frank Addison Putnam in Gothenburg, Dawson County you will see his wife Minnie Carey is 45 and they have a kid Miles 1 3/12 NE. Bingo far as I’m concerned. They were in Marion, Oregon in 1940 and they came into Blackfoot, Idaho in the early 1940s and Frank died right here June 6, 1946. Minnie Marian Carey was born in Black Hawk, Iowa September 13, 1885 and will die right here in Blackfoot in a couple of years on October 6, 1952. Milo Dewayne Putnam was born in Gothenburg, Nebraska November 25, 1928 and will die in Brownsville, Linn County Oregon April 28, 2009.  See that 1930 Nebraska entry for Frank and his line. Her son William Addison Putnam is listed just below in Moreland.

 

WILLIAM A. (ADDISON) PUTNAM  Moreland, Bingham County

He is 46 NE and his wife Lucille Alice Evants is 42 NE. Now get ready to count half the township of their kids. They have Milton 22 NE, Clayton 19 NE, Darlene 17 NE, Bernice 14 NE, Doris 13 NE, Lloyd 12 OR, Lenora 9 OR, Lavaun 8 OR, Clinton 7 ID, and Clifford 4 ID. Probably a few more down the street. He sorts potatoes in a potato warehouse along with his 2 eldest sons. He is a son of Frank Addison Putnam and Minnie Mariah Carey and was born in Ingham, Lincoln County Nebraska May 20, 1903. He will die there in Scotts Mills, Oregon January 13, 1957. Lucille was born in Moorefield, Nebraska August 11, 1906 and will die in Silverton, Oregon October 11, 1967. Family goes back through Frank Addison Putnam in Iowa to William Addison Putnam in Illinois then Nebraska to his dad Benjamin Putnam from Vermont out to Indiana.

 

JOHN H. (HARRIS) PUTNAM  Lincoln, Bonneville County

He is 39 ID and his wife Irene Maria Castro is 40 CHINA and they have John H. Jr. 17, LeRoy F. 15 and Elsie LaRae 13 all kids born in China. He is a son of Roy Gilman Putnam and Elsie Elizabeth Benzley. He was born in Paris, Bear Lake County Idaho July 17, 1910 and will die Los Angeles, California October 17, 1968. His dad Roy Gilman Putnam was a son of Seth Harris Putnam and his second wife Anna Marie Tucker (who was from Wales). He was born in Rich County Utah (folks were Mormons) and then was in Uinta County Wyoming with the folks in 1900. He married Irene in Shanghai, China March 28, 1932. She was born in Shanghai December 22, 1909 and will die in La Miranda December 23, 2005. There is a record of him/them coming back from Okinawa on a ship landing in San Francisco, California  October 22, 1945. I have no ideas why or when he headed to China. His family wasn’t over there so he headed out all by his lonesome probably in the late 1920s as he wasn’t home in 1930 and WWII was a long way away from getting started.

 

GEORGE W. (WASHINGTON) PUTMAN  Bonners Ferry, Boundary County

He is 50 WI and his wife Peggy Anne 48 MO and they have Sarita Kay 1 MT. He is a grocery store manager. He is a son of Abraham Lincoln Putnam and Lillian Higginbottom from Dodge County Wisconsin. He was in the Army at Fort Dix, New Jersey in 1920. He was in Kansas City, Missouri in 1930 with his second wife Ruth M. Young. They have been married 3 years, January 24, 1927. He had earlier married Margery O. Larkin there November 14, 1923.

 

EDWARD S. (SMALL) PUTNAM  Arco, Butte County

He is 39 UT, and his wife Katherine Mae Merrill is 40 ID. They were married in Pocatello September 25, 1930 and have Marilyn M. 17 UT, Alice Jean 14 ID, Edna Joyce 14 ID and William J. 5 ID. His folks are William Oscar Putnam Sr. and Alice Zesiger. They were here in 1935 and 1940. He was born February 4, 1911 in Bountiful, David County Utah and will die September 16, 1982 in Marion, Arkansas. His cousin Ed Lawrence Putnam is listed above.

 

BOB G. PUTMAN  Burley, Cassia County

He is 24 KS and his wife Karma R. is 22 ID and they have Kay Anna 6 ID. In 1940 he was with his re-married mother Edith Sampson 36 KS and her husband Dyer Sampson. Edith was married to Paul J. Putman in Banner, Jackson County Kansas in 1930. Bob was there at age 14. He was born December 1, 1925. Paul was a son of Fred Putman and Lucy Little and was born in Fayette County Iowa. Fred was a son of Charles Putman and Lydia Teague from Cayuga County New York. Dutch family out of Montgomery County New York.

 

FLOYD E. (EUGENE) PUTNAM Coeur d’Alene, Kootenai County

He is 52 MN OH OH. Selena Giroux is 52 WI and a restaurant cook. They were married October 3, 1918 in Rice Lake, Wisconsin and they have Philip L. 24 ID, Paul Richard 18 ID, Ada G. 15 ID and Robert E. 10 ID still at home. He works in a car garage and is a mechanic. He is Floyd Eugene Putnam a son of William Henry Putnam and Minnie Jane Hatch from Big Lake, Sherburne County Minnesota. He was home there in 1900 and 1910. They were here in 1920. Floyd was born October 2, 1897 and will die in Sandpoint, Idaho in July 1973. Selma was born January 3, 1896 and will die here in May 1976.

 

FLOYD W. (WILLIAM) PUTNAM Coeur d’Alene, Kootenai County

He is 22 ID and now married to Shirley 23 MN and they have Bruce 4 ID and Carol 1 WA. He works in some kind of mill. Floyd was born here June 1, 1928 and will die in Spokane, Washington June 9, 1995 He is a son of Floyd Eugene Putnam and Selma Marie Giroux. He was at home here in 1940. His dad Floyd Eugene Putnam is a son of William Henry Putnam and Minnie Jane Hatch from Big Lake, Sherburne County Minnesota.

 

GORDON PUTNAM  Coeur d’Alene, Kootenai County

He is 60 MN and his wife Maxine L. Smith is now 61 VA and they still have at home Raymond 28 WA. He is a trucker for a straw dust company. He is Gordon William Putnam a son of Gordon Winslow Putnam and Karen ‘Carrie’ Bentson from Renville County Minnesota. He was born April 10, 1890 and will die here in Coeur d’Alene January 8, 1958. He was married in Whitman County Washington in 1920. His widowed mom, Carrie Bentson Putnam, and some brothers were there in 1910. Gordon and Maxine or Minnie were in Careywood, Bonner County Idaho in 1930 and here in 1935. Harold was born July 23, 1914 and will die in Kellogg, Idaho in September 1895. The son Raymond was born March 15, 1922 in Central Falls, Washington, and died July 29, 2008 in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. His wife Helen died in 1996. Line goes back to Sutton, Massachusetts.

 

WILLIAM PUTNAM  Coeur d’Alene, Kootenai County

He is 27 ID, and his wife Bonnie Gumm 24 WA They have William E. 6 ID, Pamela J. 4 ID, and Diana I. 3 ID. He works for the Railroad. William Gordon Putnam is a son of Floyd Eugene Putnam and Selma Marie Giroux, and was born here May 13, 1922. He was at home here in 1940. He married Bonnie Gumm July 3, 1942. He will die here in Coeur d’Alene April 29, 2011. His dad Floyd Eugene Putnam is a son of William Henry Putnam and Minnie Jane Hatch from Big Lake, Sherburne County Minnesota.

 

EDWARD PUTNAM  Genesee, Latah County

He is 72 MN NY CAN and widowed. He is living with his married Daughter Mildred 46 MN and her husband George Geirke 53 MN. He is Edward Edgerton Putman, son of Charles Henry Putman and Elizabeth Diantha Bowen. He was born July 8, 1877 in Fair Haven, Wright County Minnesota and was at home in Wright County in 1880. He wasn’t listed with the family in 1900. Off somewhere, I guess. He was listed here in East Genesee, Latah County in 1910. They were in Nez Pierce County in 1920 and back here in Genesee in 1930 and 1940. Edward will die here in 1960. His wife Laura J. Archibald was born in 1884 and died here in 1948.

 

IRA E. (ELWIN) PUTMAN  Moscow, Latah County

He is 24 ID and his wife Margaret Weslyn Carr 29 TX and they have Ira E. born in October 1949 in New Mexico. He is a son of Ira Estel Putman  and Ann Zola Bringle from Kuna, Ada County Idaho where he was born October 15, 1925. He will die in Yuma, Arizona March 13, 2010. Margaret was born in Mineral Wells, Palo Pinto County Texas June5, 1928. She will die in Mapleton, Lane County Oregon December 21, 1993. German family originally out of Somerset County Pennsylvania.

 

MYRON A. (AARON) PUTMAN  Moscow, Latah County

He is 70 PA and his wife Anna May Fowler is 61 PA. He is a city street sweeper. He is a son of George Putman and Alice Blackwell. He was born in Delmar, Tioga County Pennsylvania in April 1880. George was a son of Cornelius and Cinderella Putman from New York. They were in Benewah County Idaho in 1920 and Clearwater County in 1930 and 1935 and Potlatch, Latah County in 1940. Myron will die here in Moscow December 12, 1966. Anna will die in Moscow December 17, 1967. The family is New York Dutch.

 

TRACY PUTMAN  Moscow, Latah County

He is 70 PA, his wife Edna Josephine Bye is 39 ID and they have Philip 6 OR, Joanne 3 WA and Helen 1 ID. Been trying out the Northwest States. He is a stereo typist in a printing office. Tracy Aaron Putman is a son of the above Myron Putman. He was born in Elk, Tioga County Pennsylvania January 12, 1908 and will die in Albany, Linn County Oregon January 4, 1998 just missing his 90th birthday by less than a week. Edna was born in Potlatch, Idaho July 14, 1910 and will die in Salem Oregon July 11, 1996. Dutch folks out of Montgomery County New York.

 

AUDREY M. (MAXINE) PUTNAM  Brooklyn, Lemhi County

She is 18 MT and lives with her mother Pearl 37 MT and her new daddy J. Homer Bach 35 NM. Gladys Pearl Phillips was married to Ernest Wesley Putnam Junior from Janesville, Rock County Wisconsin. See the Montana 1940 for Gladys in Beaverhead County where she was separated from Ernie and had Audrey with here then, and now of course. Gladys was born here in Beaverhead June 17, 1912 and will die somewhere Mar 22, 1999.

 

CLYDE E. PUTNAM  East New Plymouth, Payette County

He is 63 NE NY NY. His wife Florence Eugenia Barnes is 55 NE. They have a married but separated daughter, Elsie C. Avert 25 WA and Owen Drew 23 WA, his wife May B. 19 ID and their daughter Judy May Putnam 2 OR (?) and Elsie’s son Brian C. Avert born in January OR. He is a farmer. He is a son of Orson Freeman Putnam and Amelia Thorp from Holt County Nebraska. Clyde Earl Putnam was born in Merrick County Nebraska June 26, 1886 and will die January 2, 1974. Florence was born December 4, 1894 and will die January 3, 1984. Both are buried in Caldwell, Canyon County Idaho. They are in Olympia, Thurston County in 1935 and in Canyon County Idaho by 1840.

 

RALPH F. (FREDERICK) PUTMAN  Lewiston, Nez Perce County

He is 42 WA and his wife Leota Moddy is 49 AR. They live with her brother Henry Thomas. Thomas was her maiden name, daughter of Albert and Mary Thomas from Boone County Arkansas. Ralph is a son of George Washington Putman and Victoria Regina Ross and was born Asotin County Washington April 28, 1907 and will die here in Lewiston December 27, 1994. Line goes back through Missouri to Tennessee to John Putman in Culpeper Count Virginia. Southern Putman line.

 

FRANCIS V. PUTNAM  Kellogg, Shoshone County

He is 34 WA and his new wife Dorothy Mae Shewmaker is 26 MT and they have Paula Jane 4 ID and Gary J. 2 ID. He was here in 1940 with his folks. He is a son of Gordon William Putnam and Minnie L. Smith and was born Whitman County Washington April 6, 1916. They were there in 1920 and then the family moved to Bonner County Idaho by 1930 and the family was in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho in 1935 and are there now. Gordon is a son of Gordon Winslow Putnam from Renville County Minnesota. He was married in Whitman County Washington in 1920. Francis married Dorothy nearby in Superior, Mineral County Montana June4, 1944. She is a daughter of Merritt Frank Shewmaker and Dora Selina Kelley and was born in Ennis, Madison County Montana August 27, 1923 and will die in Pahrump, Nye County Nevada February 18, 2010. New Englanders.

 

HAROLD M. (MANUEL) PUTNAM  Kellogg, Shoshone County

He is 35 WA and his wife Ann Mary Jones is 34 ID and they have William C. 4 ID. Also here is  Jay L. Taggert 10 ID from Ann’s prior marriage. Harold is a son of Gordon William Putnam and Minnie L. Smith. He was born in Whitman County Washington July 23, 1914 and will die here in Kellogg in 1985. He married Ann in Spokane, Washington January 11, 1937. She was born in Wardner, Shoshone County  July 28, 1915 and will die in July 1987 in Silverton, Shoshone County. Harold is a county fire fighter. He was with the folks in Whitman Washington in 1920, then here in Bonner County, Idaho in 1930 and in Coeur d’Alene Kootenal County Idaho in 1940. Line goes back through New York to John Putnam in Worcester, Massachusetts.

 

GUY M. (MYRON) PUTMAN  Buhl, Twin Falls County

He is 53 IA WI WI and an attendant in a labor camp. Cora Anna Jones his wife is 50 IL and they have Helen 19 IA. He is a son of Jacob  Putman and Mary Frances Marr from Waushara County Wisconsin and then Clay County Iowa. They were here in 1920 and in North Dakota in 1910, then back here in Castleford, Twin Falls County in 1930. He married Cora September 26, 1900 in Dickens, Iowa. He will die there February 8, 1965. Cora was born August 30, 1879 and will die in Buhl, Idaho in September 1977. New York Dutch from Erie County then Montgomery County.

 

K. R. (KARL RAYMOND) PUTNAM  McCall, Valley County

He is 54 MA lodging. His wife Ethel is 47 Oregon. He is a manager of some kind of Lodge, looks like Snow Lodge. He is the son of Clarence Sylvester Putnam and Angie Duncan from Peabody, Massachusetts. He was born January 3, 1896 in Salem, Massachusetts and will die November 12, 1989 here in Utah. He was in Cedar City, Utah in 1930 and in Salt Lake City, Utah in 1940. In 1930, Karl was married to Marion Agnes Stewart and had son Richard Stewart. Ethel is at least the 2nd wife. He is in Boise, Idaho in 1956. New Englander.

 

FORREST PUTNAM  Yellow Pine, Valley County

He is 42 NE, his wife Minnie is 44 AR, and they have Bill Evans 16 OR, and Emma J. 13 CA. from her first marriage. Rand found his marriage record and said his folks were W. L. Putnam and Nora Donaldson. So … in 1910 Nora was with her husband William Layton Putman and his folks John H. Putman and Sarah Ann Brinkerhoff in Rock County Nebraska. They split as Nora was in Long Pine, Brown County Nebraska with all the kids and no Willie. Lynn was 12 NE that year. So he is Forrest Lynn Putnam a son of William Layton Putman and Nora Leona Donaldson. Dutch family from New York State.

 

WALTER Z. (ZESIGER) PUTNAM  Weiser, Washington County

He is 50 UT ME SWIT and he works as a butter maker in a creamery and has for over10 years. His wife Margaret Brown is 46 UT, and they have Delbert 27 ID (born in 1922 and will die here in 1955), Glenn W. 26 ID and Vera 18 ID. They were married In Butte County October 26, 1921 and here in 1930 and 1940. He is Walter Zesiger Putnam, a son of William Oscar Putnam and Alice Zesiger from Davis County Utah. William was a son of Simeon Putnam. Mormon family from Maine. He was home there in 1910 and in Butte County Idaho in 1920. His folks are in Butte County now. Walter was born May 25, 1899 and will die out in Walla Walla County Washington March 10, 1966. He had another wife Lillian who is buried there with him. She was born October 27, 1903 and died July 6, 1977. Margaret was born in 1903 and will die here in 1999. Delbert Edward was born July 2, 1922 and will die in Sacramento, California April 30, 1955. Glen was born in 1924.