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UPDATED JANUARY 28, 2023

                                                                                                                                                                                                      

ILLINOIS 1940 CENSUS

 

AMOS PUTMAN  Clayton, Adams County

He is 55 IL IL IL. His wife Stella Vaughn is 57 IL and they have Marcellus 22 IL. He is a son of John William Putman and Hannah Abers from next door in Brown County. He was born January 2, 1885 in Mount Sterling, Brown County and will die here November 30, 1949. Stella was born here in Adams County and will die here in 1957. He still works for the railroad but will run a grocery store here soon. Southern Putman family Virginia to Kentucky to here.

 

EVERETT PUTMAN  Clayton, Adams County

He is 30 IL and his wife Isabella Manker is 29 IL. He is John Everett Putman a son of Amos O. Putman and Stella Vaughn from Brown County. He was born here April 28, 1909 and married Isabel here May 29, 1929 and they were living with his folks in 1930. They are in Lincoln, Logan County Illinois in 1950.Everett will die September 11, 1987. Amos is a son of John William Putman and Hannah Jane Abers in Brown County. Everett is a baker in a bakery. Southern Putmans.

 

BENNETT PUTNAM  Ellington, Adams County

He is 48 IL, his wife Sallie Ann Johnston is 50 IL and they have Annabelle 21 IL and Harold 19 IL. He is a farmer. Rufus Bennett is a son of William Henry Putnam and Margaret B. Duncan and was born here April 1, 1892 and will die here March 3, 1991. He has been here all his life, but like everyone in Ellington, their census page(s) were eaten by an alien or by an alligator. Massachusetts folks.

 

EARL PUTNAM  Ellington, Adams County

He is 51 IL widowed and has a son Russell 28 IL. His widowed mother Maggie 79 IL is listed with him but is an Inmate at the Anna Brown Home for the Aged. Earl Duncan Putnam is a son of William Henry Putnam and Margaret B. Duncan and was born here December 8, 1888 and will die in Quincy, Adams County in May 1872. He was single at home in 1910 and then in 1920 he is ‘missing’ but his son Russell is at home with his folks. In 1930 no one is on the face of the earth, mis-indexed but probably here. New England family.

 

CECIL E. PUTMAN  Quincy, Adams County

He is 35 IL IL IL and still a barber in a hotel. His wife Mildred Bessie Mallory is 33 IL and they Raymond Eugene 11 IL, Richard Earl 10 IL and Patsy 5 IL. He is a son of Clarence Vel Putman and Clytha Mehl from Mount Sterling, Brown County. He was born there March 6, 1905 and will die here in Adams County October 23, 1966. He married Mildred August 31, 1924. She is a daughter of Julius Mallory and Nora Howell and was born February 1, 1907 and will die in Quincy in December 1976. The son Richard Earl was born May 28, 1929 and will be here till he dies in August 1980. Southern Putman Family.

 

FANNY L. & EDITH E. PUTNAM  Quincy, Adams County

Fanny is 78 IL and her sister Edith 70 IL. They are still single and will be forever. They are kids of Rufus William Putnam and Melissa Simmons from here. Their mom died way back in 1889. They have been living with their widowed dad here since then up till he died July 22, 1932. He was the son of Henry Putnam and Martha McDonald from here. His dad was originally from Salem, Massachusetts. His great great grandfather Henry died at the famous bridge in Lexington on April 19, 1775 where the American Revolution began.

 

ROY E. (EDGAR) PUTNAM  Quincy, Adams County

He is 50 IL divorced and staying at the Reed Hotel in town. He is a salesman for music enrollment. Leroy Edgar is a son of John Anderson Putnam and Ruth Ellen Holmes and was born in Illinois February 28, 1890. In 1900 the family is in Wapello County Iowa and in 1910 he and his folks are in Monroe County Missouri.   In 1920 he is in St. James, Mississippi County Missouri and has a wife Geneva Lee Suver 21 born in Illinois and a 3 year old daughter Genevieve born in Missouri. He is in Dupo, St. Clair County in 1930, and in 1935 he is divorced and in Sikeston, Missouri where his widowed mother is now. His dad John was a son of Uzziel Franklin Putnam and Martha Jane Cochran from Cass County, Michigan. He is shown in the family in 1880 in Valley Township, Reno County Kansas. In 1900, they are in Pleasant Township, Wapello County Iowa. Then it seems they went to Canada to farm. A relative said they had two crop failures, and said to heck with that. He returned to the states and bought 40 acres here in Paris, Missouri. John was born in Neosho County Kansas January 4, 1868, and will die on October 29, 1910 of Typhoid Fever. Ruth Ellen is a daughter of Charles Holmes and Mary Jones and was born in Pennsylvania July 8, 1868 and will die in Sikeston, Scott County Missouri April 1, 1944. Leroy will die in Illinois in October 1972. New England Putnams.

 

DOROTHY PUTNAM  Belvidere, Boone County

She is 29 IL divorced and a housekeeper for Henry Walewyn from Holland. She was in Harvard, McHenry County in 1935. In 1930 there were two possibilities. She could have married Clifford Putnam her age or Monroe Putnam 3 years older. Monroe Lake Putnam son of Oliver Lewis Putnam did marry Virginia Alice Preston December 28, 1932 right in Harvard, McHenry County where his family was in 1910, 1920, 1930 and 1940. Monroe and Virginia are there now also. Dorothy says she was there in 1935. Clifford, son of Claude Putnam and Harriet Marvin also was born in Harvard and is there now with his wife Muriel and their 3 year old daughter born in Chicago. So looks to me like Dorothy was possibly the first wife of Cliff who ditched her and she moved back across the adjacent County line to Belvidere. Belvidere and Harvard are about 16 miles apart so it fits pretty well. Anyway, no idea as to her maiden name. She and her ex kept it secret I guess.

 

MURRAY H. (HILLS) PUTMAN  Cooperstown, Brown County

He is 40 IL IL IL and a farmer with his own farm. His wife Mary Elizabeth Kennedy is 39 IL and they have Laura Grace 18 and Wayne Ellsworth 14 IL. He is a son of Stephen Ellsworth Putman and Laura Ellen Hills. He was born December 31, 1899. He married Mary E. Kennedy on Christmas Day 1920. Mary was born August 25, 1900 and will die October 24, 1948 and Murray will die here September 18, 1959.  Hmmm. Wonder if Murray Hills in California was named for him. Southern Putmans like everyone in the County.

 

J. (JOHN) HAROLD PUTMAN  Mount Sterling, Brown County

He is 43 IL and his new wife Florence Curran is 36 IL and they have Robert 6, IL. He is a son of Warren Putman and Amanda E. Bell from here. He was born May 8, 1896 and had married Florence Burroughs and then they were divorced. He was at home in 1930. Then he married Florence Curran December 1, 1931. They are renting a room or something, but living with his folks. They are both farmers.

 

WARREN PUTMAN  Mount Sterling, Brown County

He is 73 IL OH IL. His wife Amanda E. Bell is 69 MO. James Warren Putman is a son of John George Putman and Sarah Frances Gordley from here. He was born January 28, 1867 and will die August 27, 1942. He married Amanda E. Bell on December 24, 1890. She was born in 1870 and will die in 1949.

 

MARGIE & HALCYON PUTMAN  Versailles, Brown County

Margie is 54 IL and single. Margery Ellen Putman was born April 30, 1885 and will die here July 10, 1959. Her sister Halcyon Gertrude is 57 IL (listed as 52 IL but no). Halcyon was born June 30, 1883 and will die here June 20, 1951. Halcyon never married. Margie married Philip Gray in 1907 and he died in 1919. She then married Frances Harper in 1922 and they got divorced. They are daughters of Stephen Ellsworth Putman and Laura Ellen Hills. Margie has another listing in Pea Ridge where she is a housekeeper for a Bond family.

 

R. E. (RUFUS EDWARD) PUTNAM  Versailles, Brown County

He is 61 IL IL IL. His wife Louisa Covey is 56 IL and they have Edna L. 26 IL still at home. He is the son of Henry Francis Putman and Virginia Shackleford. He was born February 26, 1879. He married Louisa March 30, 1904. She was born in Cooperstown March 22, 1885 and will die here in Versailles June 19, 1951. He will be here till he dies April 26, 1954. He is a farmer and has been here since they were married. Southern Putman Family.

 

KAY PUTNAM  Spring Valley, Bureau County

She is 22 IL single and lodging. She is a high school teacher and was in Urbana, Champaign County in 1935. Catherine is a daughter of William James Putnam and Annette Smith from there. Her dad is a professor at Illinois University. He is a son of James Putnam and Emma Paine from Rosamond Christian County. His dad was born back in Berkshire County Massachusetts.

 

ERNEST T. (TUCKER) PUTNAM  Mount Carroll, Carroll County

He is 56 IA CAN CAN. His wife Bessie Ellicot is 54 IL. He is a son of John W. and Sarah Putnam (both from Canada) from Cherokee County Iowa. He was born there July 29, 1883. He was with his remarried mother here in Carroll County in 1900. He is a telegraph operator for the Milwaukee Railroad and was also in 1930. Bessie was born September 10, 1885 and will die in May 1963. His dad was a son of William Putnam and Rachel Scott. His dad was from Erie County Pennsylvania and then went into Canada and married his mom there and was in Rock Island County Illinois just over the border in 1860. New England family way back when.

 

ROY PUTMAN  Hagener Township, Cass County

He is 49 IL, his wife Veleda Carolyn Petrie is 48 IL and they have Leroy 21 IL, Glen Dale 18 IL, Bobby 16 IL, Doretha 12 IL, Joan 10 IL and Wilbur 5 IL. He is Leroy Briggs Putman, a son of Henry Francis Putman and Virginia Shackleford from Elkhorn, Brown County where he was born September 22, 1889. He married Velida April 12, 1911 in Brown County. They were in Elkhorn there in 1920 and in Chambersburg, Pike County in 1930. He is a farmer. He will die May 30, 1963 and is buried back in Versailles, Brown County. Velida is a daughter of Henry and Sarah Petrie and was born in Cooperstown, Brown County January 14, 1892 and will die in Mount Sterling, Brown County in February 1982. The son Glenn has a dual listing working for a Pelber family on their farm. Southern Putman family.

 

ALICE C. (CATHERINE) PUTNAM  Champaign, Champaign County

She is 82 IL OH IN and single as she has always been. She is a daughter of Henry Putnam and Phoebe Conduit from here and originally from Licking County Ohio. She was born here October 23, 1857. New England family.

 

HELENA PUTNAM  Champaign, Champaign County

She is 70 IL and widowed. Her brother Emil Schaede 58 IL and sister Marie Schaede 72 IL are still with her as they were here in 1930. Helena Schaede had been married to John Wesley Putnam since the very early 1900s. He died here October 1, 1933. He was a son of James Putman and Jane McCullum and was born in Fountain County Indiana June 13, 1875. His family came here in the 1890s. His grandfather Thomas Putnam came from Vermont to Indiana.

 

SUSAN B. PUTNAM  Condit, Champaign County

She is 72 IL and now widowed. Susan B. Clark is now the widow of Charles Wickliffe Putnam who died here March 12, 1939. Charles was a son of Henry Putnam and Phoebe Conduit originally from Licking County Ohio. He was born here April 4, 1866. He married Tina Yexley here on March 6, 1893. She died February 14, 1902 and he married Susan B. Clark September 4, 1904. New England line.

 

GEORGE E. (EDGAR) PUTMAN  Ogden, Champaign County

George is 47 IL and widowed as his wife Hilka Kate Loeschen has died here April 13, 1936. Still at home are Wilbert H. 20 IL, Clarence R. 18 IL, Alvin 16 IL, Dorothy M. 15 IL, Mildred L. 11 IL, Clara A. 9 IL, Donald V. 6 IL, and Eugene A. 5 IL. Also here is his sister Minerva E. 52 IL who has come over from Champaign to help with the largest family in the county He is a tenant farmer. He is a son of Fred S. Putnam and Antje ‘Annie’ Behrens. Been here in Ogden since he was born July 27, 1892. He married Kate in Danville December 26, 1917. She was a daughter of William Harms Loeschen and Gertrude Osterbur and was born here in Ogden December 22, 1899. George will die in Potomac, Illinois August 26, 1973. New England line from Connecticut to Rhode Island briefly then out here.

 

CLYDE PUTNAM  Urbana, Champaign County

He is listed 32 IL but is really 36 IL as he was born January 3, 1904. His wife Ella Green Miller is listed 30 KY but is really 35 KY born February 6, 1905. They have a son Junior 6 IL. He is a son of John W. Putnam and Helena Schaede from Champaign where he was born. He is a janitor at the University of Illinois here in town. His dad is a son of John and Jane Putnam from Vermilion County Illinois and Fountain County Indiana before that. New Englanders from Vermont.

 

WILLIAM J. (JAMES) PUTNAM  Urbana, Champaign County

He is 52 IL and his wife Nettie Smith is 49 IL. He is a professor at University of Illinois. He is a son of James Putnam and Emma Sarah Paine from Rosamond Christian County. His dad was born back in Berkshire County Massachusetts. William was born August 22, 1887 and will die here in January 1981. Nettie was born October 6, 1890 and will die here in Urbana in April 1986 a couple of years shy of 100.

 

AMY PUTNAM  Taylorville, Christian County

She is 37 IL single and lodging with a Potts family. She was here in 1930 and in Springfield, Sangamon County with her folks before that. She is a daughter of Jonathan Henry Putnam and Jessie Mae Stutters from Springfield. She was born September 19, 1901. She will marry John David Lamb January 21, 1944 in Taylorville. John was born January 22, 1890 in Johnson, Christian County and will die in Taylorville, Christian County December 12, 1969. Amy will die here December 11, 2004.

 

LEO PUTNAM  Clay City, Clay County

He is 35 IL, his wife Nova Waggoner is 33 IL and they have Kathryn 13 IL. Leo Alfred Putnam is a son of Frank Alfred Putnam and Bessie Keene from Wabash County. He was born there May 18, 1904 and will die here January 27, 1981. Nova was born November 3, 1906 and will die here November 22, 1985. They were in Lawrence County in 1930. New England family from Howard Putnam of Sutton, Massachusetts to Eber Putnam who went to New York State and then to Wabash County in the early 1800s. He is back in Wabash County in 1950.

 

WILLIAM P. (PARSONS) PUTNAM  Berwyn, Cook County

He is 59 CAN CAN CAN. His wife Frieda Wilhelmina Henrietta Christina Reuss is 59 GERMANY, and they have Hope 18 IL. He is a son of Charles Gordon Putman and Rachel Ostrander From Elgin East, Ontario County Canada. He was born there in St. Thomas December 10, 1880. He was in Chicago with his folks in 1900 and then he was married here in Berwyn in 1930. He is a locomotive engineer for the steam railroad company. Probably why I couldn’t find in 1910 or 1920. Dutch Family originally from New York State.

 

ABBIE PUTNAM  Chicago, Cook County

She is 56 ME and now widowed. Abigail McDole had been married to Patrick Henry Putnam here since the 1910. Pat was a son of Stephen C. Putnam and Susan Caroline Wheeler from Winnebago County Illinois. He was born January 9, 1872 in Harrison, Winnebago County Illinois and was at home there in 1880. He was single in South Springs, New Mexico in 1900 working on an oil well. He married Abbie McDole and they were here in 1910, 1920 and 1930. He died Christmas Eve December 24, 1935. Don’t have any info on Abbie except she was born in Maine.

 

ADELAIDE PUTNAM  Chicago, Cook County

She is 66 NY and widowed. She is living with her married daughter Helen 38 SD and husband Dwight Danforth 41 IA. She was in Sioux Falls, South Dakota in 1935. Adelaide Amelia Burleson was married to Edmund Deloss Putnam in Osceola County Iowa in 1900 and in Sioux Falls, South Dakota in 1910 through 1930. He died there April 1, 1935. Adelaide was born in Vernon Center, New York April 17, 1872 and will die here in Chicago October 21, 1953. Her now married son Edmund Jr. is here in Chicago.

 

ALICE PUTNAM  Chicago, Cook County

She is Alice Juanita Fassett 27 AR and widowed. She has Fathe J. 6 IL, Howard 4 IL and Jeremiah 3 IL. Her folks John Fassett 52 CA and Georgia Fassett 53 TX are with her. Took a chance and guessed she may have been married to Howard Putnam, son of Jeremiah Putnam here in Chicago based on the two son’s names. And BINGO! Found a death certificate for Howard Edward Putnam born September 10, 1910 and died January 12, 1938. Father Jeremiah, mother Bertha and his spouse’s name was J. Alice! Howard’s dad Jeremiah is still here and still widowed. She will marry a Williams guy and then split and be here with the kids in 1950. New England family Massachusetts to New Jersey to here in Illinois.

 

CARRIE PUTNAM  Chicago, Cook County

She is 68 CAN single and boarding. She is a secretary for a machinery packing house. The California death index says she was born August 21, 1871 in Canada and will die in San Diego July 7, 1970. Anyway, she is a daughter of George Young Putman and Elizabeth Ann Dunn and was born in St. Catherine’s, Lincoln County Ontario. They were there in 1881. Elizabeth was widowed in Atchison, Kansas in 1895 and 1900 with Carrie. Carrie and her mom were here in Chicago in 1910 and 1920. Her mom was 90 when she died and Carrie will be 99 when she dies. Good Genes for sure. This is a Dutch line going back into New York State.

 

C. E. (CHARLES ELLSWORTH) PUTNAM  Chicago, Cook County

He is 80 KS and single. His sister Hattie 82 WI lives here too. They are kids of Leander Putnam and Martha Emorette Pike from Vermont and then Kansas. They are both Bible teachers at the Moody Bible Institute. Hattie has been doing this for years. She was here teaching in 1920 then in Auburndale, Florida in 1930. Charles was born August 19, 1859 in Anderson County Kansas. He married Ida McGee April 20, 1882 in Franklin County Kansas and was there till they were divorced in 1915. He has been by himself here in Chicago, was in Mendocino County California in 1930 and has now moved in with his sister and joined her teaching bible stuff. New England folks.

 

CHARLES PUTNAM  Chicago, Cook County

He is 58 IA VT NY. His wife Lulu Mabel Botts is 59 NE, and they have Phyllis R. 16 IL still at home. He is a Methodist Preacher. He is a son of Henry Harrison Putnam and Cornelia Ann Chamberlain. He was born in Bedford, Taylor County Iowa July 23, 1881. His dad was born in Wardsboro, Vermont. Henry was a son of Prentiss B. Putnam of Vermont and Sutton, Massachusetts before that. Charles and Lulu will be getting a divorce here in 1944. In fact three of his four children will also get divorces in the 1945-1954 time frame. They were in Du Page County in 1920 DeKalb County in 1930 and Brookfield, Cook County in 1935. His wife Lulu was born February 23, 1881 and will die in Oswego, Illinois in February 1974. Charles will die in Aurora, Kane County Illinois in April 1972.

 

CLARA PUTMAN  Chicago, Cook County

She is 55 IN and widowed. Clara Ponto has been married to Harry Charles Putman, son of William Alexander Putman and Belle Darnell from here. He was born August 1, 1888 and died here August 7, 1936. They were married here June 4, 1913. Clara was born in January 1885 in Indiana and will die here in Chicago November 21, 1955. Southern Putman family from Fulton County. William was a son of Hazeal Putman who was a son of William Putman and Alla Bridges who went from Fulton County to Arkansas with my gggrandfather Reding Putman. Hazeal stayed in Illinois as did his kids, most of which are in Chicago. Harry and Clara’s son Chester had married Victoria Kasprczycki here about 1926 and he died in 1928. Victoria and their son Richard were here in Chicago in 1930 and she has since married Casimir Sroka and they are here in Chicago. See the later listing for the son Richard.

 

CLARE PUTNAM  Chicago, Cook County

She is 51 LA and widowed with her daughter Pauline 22 MO. They were here in 1935 and in Oak Park, Cook County in 1930. Clare Elise Edwards was married to George Ellsworth Putnam. He was a son of Charles Ellsworth Putnam and Ida Medova McGee from Richmond, Franklin County Kansas. George was born July 9, 1887 in Richmond City, Kansas and died here June 24, 1939. He married Clara Edwards June 6, 1911. He was home there in 1900. He and Clara were in Richmond in 1910, in Douglas, Kansas in 1915, and in St. Louis County Missouri in 1920 and that’s where Pauline was born. Here is a bio that Ed Putnam found “George Ellsworth Putnam, economist; student Ottawa (Kansas) University, 1903-05; A.B., University of Kansas, 1907; M.A., Yale, 1908; Rhodes scholar from Kansas, at Oxford University, England, 1908-11; diploma in economics "with distinction," 1909, B. Litt, 1911.  Assistant professor of economics, 1911-14, associate professor, 1915-16, University of Kansas; professor economics, Washington University, 1917-19; special expert U.S. Tariff Commission, summer 1918; consulting economist, Swift & Co., Chicago, Illinois, July 1920-; director Security Mutual Casualty Company.  Author: Practice Problems in Economics, 1915; The Land Credit Problem, 1916; Supplying Britain's Meat, 1923.  Co-author of Tariff Information Series (U.S. Govt. pub.), 1921.  Home: Hinsdale, Illinois.” New England family Massachusetts to New Hampshire to Vermont to Kansas.”

 

CONRAD PUTNAM  Chicago, Cook County

He is 42 IL and his wife Clara 31 IL and they have Joyce 11 IL and Carol 7 IL. They were here in 1930. Now, got lucky and found a tree. His real name in Cono Putigano a son of Genero Putigano and Maria Dalia and was born here in Chicago May 23, 1897. His folks are from Salerno, Campania, Italy.  Don’t know when he changed his name, but was in the 1920s. So not connected to the various Putnam kinfolk.

 

DANIEL PUTNAM  Chicago, Cook County

He is 61 MI and his wife Minerva Busch is 60 GER. They live with their married daughter Thelma 38 IL. and her husband Charles Pulham 45 IL. He is Daniel Guy Putnam a son of Robert K. Putnam from Nova Scotia and his wife Mary E. from Michigan. His dad was the son of John D. Putnam and Charlotte Phelps. He was with his widowed mom in 1870 in Brown County Wisconsin. His dad had died in the Civil War. Daniel was born in Grand Rapids, Kent County January 29, 1878. He was home there in 1880 and in 1900. He and Minnie are in Saranac, Michigan in 1910 and then here in Chicago by 1920. He will be in Hobart, Indiana in 1942 when registering for the draft. Daniel will die here in May 1944. Minerva is a daughter of John Busch and Caroline Kraedemann and will die here December 31, 1944. New England family that went to Canada long time ago.

 

DANIEL B. (BYRAM) PUTNAM  Chicago, Cook County

He is 64 IL and living with his married sister Jennie. 58 IL and her husband Eugene Rogers 60 IL. He is a son of Edmund Putnam and Ardelia Shepard and was born April 14, 1876 and was at home with them in Vermilion County Illinois in 1900. He married Mary Edith from Indiana and they were in Seattle, Washington in 1910 then Daniel and Mary were in Kitsap County in 1920 and he was back in Seattle in 1930 and was single. Says he’s married now, but haven’t seen Mary since 1920. He will die July 13, 1968 here in Rossville, Illinois. Mary is still in Washington and will die there in Eagle Harbor in 1962. All 3 are here in 1950.

 

DELIA PUTNAM  Chicago, Cook County

She is 67 WI and widowed. She has been here ages married to Joseph Putnam. He just died here March 30, 1940. She lives with or next to her son Thomas Putnam. She is listed as head of household just as Thomas is. Delia is a daughter of Michael Minnehan and Winifred Donahue and was born in Monroe, Green County Wisconsin September 4, 1874 and will die here in Chicago October 6, 1941. Her husband Joseph’s Illinois Death Index has him as being born in Louisville, Jefferson County Kentucky December 18, 1870 and he was a son of Nathan Putnam and Catherine McCoy and will die here April 2, 1940. Nathan Henry was a son of Dr. Joseph Whitney Putnam and I have him marrying Nancy Spaulding in Adair County Kentucky November 10, 1875. He must have either married Catherine very early in 1870 to have Joseph, named for his grandfather, in December or had Joseph out of wedlock. At any rate they weren’t together in 1875. Nathan was single in Taylor County Kentucky in 1870 and married to Nancy in Adair County in 1880. New England family though.

 

EDMUND PUTNAM  Chicago, Cook County

He is 29 SD and his wife Mary Elizabeth Jackman is 29 IL. They have been married since 1935 when he was in Omaha, Nebraska and she was in Lake Forest a few miles north of here. He is a son of Edmund Delos Putnam and Adelaide Amelia Burleson from Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Edmund Delos Junior was born January 31, 1911 and will die in Lake Forest, Illinois June 9, 1999. His wife Mary Elizabeth was born November 10, 1910 and will die in Lake Forest March 12, 2001. This is from their gravestone there. His dad died in Sioux Falls April 1, 1935 and his mom and sister are here in Chicago now too. He is an x-ray technician in private practice. His dad was a doctor and surgeon.

 

EDNA PUTNAM  Chicago, Cook County

She is 52 IL and widowed. She was in this house in 1935. The age is off but she might be Della Edna Pierce who was married to Benjamin Clayton Putnam here in 1930 and back to 1900. He died here December 29, 1939.

 

ELEANOR PUTNAM  Chicago, Cook County

She is 63 MA, and is living by herself. She is widowed and was widowed here in 1920 and 1930. Can’t find her in 1910 yet.

 

FRANCES A. (ANN) PUTNAM  Chicago, Cook County

She is 42 MO and single. She is a nurse boarding in the Y.W.C.A. with a bunch of other single guys and gals. She was here in 1935 and in Lancaster, Nebraska in 1930. She was a private nurse then too. She is a daughter of Henry Brown Putnam from Kentucky and Alice Ann Elkner from Missouri and was at home with then in Cedar County Missouri in 1900 at age 2. Henry died in 1905, and in 1910 and 1920, Anna and the kids were in Humansville, Polk County Missouri.

 

FRANK PUTNAM  Chicago, Cook County

He is 55 IL IL IL and his wife Helen Larson is 53 IL. They have a nephew Neil 21 IL who was here with them in 1930. He’s a cashier at the Chicago City Bank. He is a son of George Malcolm Putnam and Sarah Roesch, and was born in East St. Louis, St. Clair County Illinois in January 1885. They have been here since the 1910. His dad was from Middlesex, Ontario Canada and the line goes back to Massachusetts.

 

FRANK L. PUTNAM  Chicago, Cook County

He is 27 IA and was in Battle Creek, Michigan in 1935. His wife Dorothy W. is 23 IA and was right here in 1935. They are in a hotel or boarding house. Francis Putnam is a son of Lee Forest Putnam and Bertha Swartz who were from Battle Creek. He was at home with his widowed dad in Kalamazoo, Michigan in 1930 and then in Battle Creek in 1935. He was born March 18, 1913 and will die in Cadillac, Michigan March 10, 1985. New England family, Massachusetts to Maine to out here.

 

FRED PUTNAM  Chicago, Cook County

He is 62 MI, his wife Alice Maud Murphy 59 MI and they still have Helen A, 25 IL, Robert 24 IL and Daniel 22 IL single and at home. He was born June 26, 1877 in Port Huron, Michigan, and will die here in Chicago July 12, 1945. He married Alice in Wayne County Michigan June 25, 1902. Fred has been here since the 1890s. He is an engineer at a food products company. In 1880, he is a grandson of Edward Schryer in Hamtrack, Wayne County Michigan. His folks John and Ellen are in Detroit. Found a sheet that he is Fred Montgomery Putnam a son of John Egglestone Putnam and Ellen Schryer and was born in Port Huron, St. Clair County Michigan June 20, 1877 and will die here in Chicago July 12, 1945. According to the Sheet he was Minneapolis in 1918 and here in Chicago ever since. In the 1880 Michigan Census there was John E. Putnam and wife Ellen Schryer in Detroit, Wayne County and his dad was born in Lockport, Niagara County New York in 1845. Family goes back to John Cornelius Putnam in Monroe County New York to Nathan Putnam from Worcester Massachusetts to Isaac Putnam and Rachel Pratt from Sutton, Massachusetts to Isaac Putnam and Ann Fuller from Salem Village, now Danvers, Massachusetts etc. back to England.

 

GEORGE PUTNAM  Chicago, Cook County

He is 57 IL and his wife Elizabeth Van Hausen is 57 OH and their daughter Mary Fish is 32 IN and divorced and back home. He is a wholesale candy salesman. In 1930 he was here and managed a gasoline station. I guess his sweet tooth got the better of him and he now has a more tasteful job He is a son of Frank Austin Putnam and Arabella Foss and was born here in October 1882. Frank was a son of Benjamin Clayton Putnam and Elvira Whipple Dudley. He was born in Danvers, Massachusetts and then lived in Chelsea, Massachusetts. He was in Hyde Park, Illinois in 1880 and here in Chicago in 1890. He ran a dry goods store here in Chicago.

 

GEORGE PUTNAM  Chicago, Cook County

He is 85 NY, his wife Catherine 86 IRE and their daughter Sadie 50 IL is still at home. They have been here since the late 1800s. Never have been able to pin him down. Spells name Putnam one year, Putman the next.

 

GEORGE PUTNAM  Chicago, Cook County

He is a Negro 51 VA with a wife Lula Pique 42 AR.

 

GEORGE PUTNAM  Chicago, Cook County

He is a Negro 46 AR and his wife Clara is 46 KY.

 

GEORGE PUTMAN  Chicago, Cook County

He is 45 IL and his wife Beatrice is 47 IL. He is an accountant for a company that makes copper and brass products. They were a few miles north in Waukegan, Lake County in 1930 and here in Chicago in 1920. He is George Glenn Putman a son of George B. Putman and Edith Elizabeth Cook and was born August 14, 1894 in Grant, Vermilion County and was there in 1900 and in Danville, Vermilion County in 1910 with his folks. He married Beatrice about 1917. They never had any children. He was born August 14, 1894. Beatrice was born May 30, 1892. Both died in Barry, Illinois in March 1973. Wonder if in a car accident. Anyway, this is part of the Southern Putman line out of Virginia to Kentucky to Champaign County Ohio then Fountain County Indiana and then here in the 1860s.

 

GLENN S. (SHERMAN) PUTNAM  Chicago, Cook County

He is 44 PA and his wife Helen Duncan is 40 IA and her sister Grace Duncan is 42 IA and single. He is a son of Zenophan Putnam and was born in Summit, Crawford County Pennsylvania. His dad was a son of Levi Putnam and Elizabeth Whitting from Vermont. He was born February 2, 1896 and will die in suburban Oak Park in November 1980.

 

HAROLD PUTNAM  Chicago, Cook County

He is 37 IL as is his wife, Ida. He is a welder and Ida is a book filler at a book printing shop. He is a son of Henry Putnam and May Ninemeyer from McLean County. His dad died and his mom married William Henderson and are still in Cropsey, McLean County where he was born. They were here in 1930 and 1935, and will be in 1950.

 

HARRISON PUTNAM  Chicago, Cook County

He is 58 IN WI IN and is single. He is with a cigar company. He first shows up in 1900 in Porter County Indiana in 1900 with his mother Martha who was divorced at that point. His 1942 Draft Registration gives his birth date as August 14, 1881 in Valparaiso, Indiana. They weren’t around in 1880 so no idea of the husband. Then she and Harry were in Curry County New Mexico in 1910 and he was here by himself by 1930. Travel a lot it seems. His full name is Harrison George Putnam and his SS death card says he died in Chicago in October 1976. Rand Putnam figured his folks were Henry and Martha his first wife Putnam. Henry and wife 2 Henrietta Cowden were in Wichita Falls, Texas in 1920 and 1930. That Henry’s folks were Harrison and Christine Putnam from Wisconsin so his name makes sense.

 

HARRY PUTNAM  Chicago, Cook County

He is 33 IL, his wife Julia Perron is 32 IL and they have Catherine 3 IL. Harry is a son of Wheeler Hervey Putnam and Fredericka Elizabeth Gocke from Du Page County and the dad from Wayne County New York and Connecticut before that. Harry was born June 20, 1905 and will die in Chattanooga, Tennessee October 2, 1955. Julia was born in Chicago April 16, 1908 and will die in Chattanooga, Tennessee August 26, 2003.

 

HELEN V. PUTNAM  Chicago, Cook County

She is Helen Peiffer Putnam 56 SD and widowed. She was here in 1935 and will be in 1950. She is a sewing machine seamstress for the W.P.A. Now, if you look back at the 1930 here in Chicago there is William Hagey Putnam with a wife Helen 46 SD. William is currently in Denver, Colorado and says he is widowed. Guess he just kinda took off and left this gal.

 

HELEN I. PUTMAN  Chicago, Cook County

She is 24 IL single. She is a graduate nurse at the Cook County Psychopathic Hospital. She was in Kewanee, Henry County in 1935. In 1930 she is at home with her folks Walter Putman and Lillian Smith in Wethersfield, Henry County. Her folks are in Kewanee now. Dutch family originally from New York.

 

HOLLIS D. (DWIGHT) PUTNAM  Chicago, Cook County

He is 35 MN MN MN. His wife Faith Roberta Estey is 20 IL. He is a superintendent of high explosives for a construction company. Hollis is a son of Hollis Chester Putnam and Marguerite Ayers from Stern County Minnesota. He was born July 24, 1905 in St. Cloud, Sterns County. He was home there in 1910 and 1920 and married here in 1930. Faith will die here October 11, 1942 and he will marry Grace Phyllis Borchert here in 1945. He will die back up in St. Cloud October 17, 1986. Grace was born in Faribault County Minnesota June 21, 1911 and will die is St. Cloud March 6, 1989. Dutch Putmans from Montgomery County New York to Minnesota in the 1840s.

 

IDA B. PUTNAM  Chicago, Cook County

She is 68 WI MA MA and single. She is a physician in her own practice. She is a daughter of Charles Edwin Putnam and Hannah Plummer from Richland County Wisconsin. She was here with her widowed mother in 1910. She has been here ever since.

 

JACQUELINE PUTMAN  Chicago, Cook County

She is 2 IL listed as a lodger with Alfred and Maude Reichel and their granddaughter Lorraine Ivey 21 IL. Good luck here. Can’t find anything on ancestry.

 

JANET PUTNAN  Chicago, Cook County

She is 25 MI single and a secretary in a flourmill. She lives in an apartment building. She was in Ann Arbor, Michigan in 1935. She is a daughter of Alva Putnam and Augusta Acker and was born in Jackson, Jackson County Michigan. She was there with her folks in 1920 and there with her mother who was divorced in 1930. She was probably at the University of Michigan in 1935.

 

JAY PUTNAM  Chicago, Cook County

He is an accountant in a retail mail order house, probably Montgomery Wards who is headquartered here. He is 22 CA single and lodging. He is Jay Sutton Putnam a son of Roy W. Putnam and Naomi Irene Durst and was born in Bakersfield, California October 20, 1917 and was in Portland, Oregon in 1920 and was in Oakridge, Lane County Oregon in 1930 and 1935. He will marry Jeanne Bernice Lindsay in Leedsville, Louisiana May 18, 1942 and will die in Yuma, Arizona February 9, 1996. Jeanne was born in Saxon, Wisconsin April 11, 1918 and will die in Oakridge, Lane County Oregon March 19, 1961. This is a New England family that went to New York and then Jay Samuel his grandfather went to South Dakota and then Oregon.

 

JEFF PUTMAN  Chicago, Cook County

He is a Negro 45 MS with a family. He and Inez were also here in 1930.

 

JEREMIAH PUTNAM  Chicago, Cook County

He is 56 NJ NJ NJ and widowed as Bertha Bijick his wife died in the 1920s. He was an automobile Salesman, but has retired. At home are Gerald J. 36 IL, Melvina D. 27, Georgianna 24 MI and Roslyn 22 MI. He was first here single in 1900 and married to Bertha here in 1910. They were in Van Buren County Michigan in 1920, and he was widowed here in 1930 with these and four more kids. He is a son of Jeremiah and Melvina Putnam from Rahway, New Jersey and the Sutton, Massachusetts before that.

 

JESSE PUTMAN  Chicago, Cook County

He is 49 IN NY IN. His wife Clara Belle Jenkinson is 44 IN and they have Bernard J. 20 IN, Albert Charles 17 IL and Thelma 13 IN. He is Jesse Raymond Putman, a son of Edward Putman and Mary Alice Steward from Jasper County Indiana. He and Clara were there in 1920 and then here by 1930. Jesse Ray was born May 17, 1890 and will die just over the line in Gary, Indiana May 24, 1967. He and Clara Belle were married May 26, 1913 in Jasper County Indiana. Clara was born November 12, 1896 in Mt. Ayr, Indiana and will die in Merryville, Indiana in March 1987. Dutch family out of New York.

 

JOHN PUTNAM  Chicago, Cook County

He is 32 IL, his wife Olivia Taphorn is 28 IL and they have Maureen 8 IL and John 4 IL. John William Putnam is a son of Fred Montgomery Putnam and Alice Maud Murphy and was born here. He was living with his folks still in 1930. John was born December 18, 1907 in Michigan and married Olivia here March 36, 1931. She was a daughter of Bernard Nicholas Taphorn and Theresia Weisenfeld and was born September 6, 1911 and will die here in Chicago January 10, 1966. John will then marry Lorraine Nelson in Miami, Florida April 6, 1966. He will die in Grayslake, Lake County Illinois in June 1977. I don’t have any info on Lorraine.

 

JOHN PUTMAN  Chicago, Cook County

He is 40 MN, his wife Florence Irene Keshen is 29 IL and they have Gregory 4 IL, Cynthia 1 IL and Bennie 10/12 IL. He is John Earl Putman the son of Bert Putman and Mary Wampau and was born here March 1, 1900. He was single here in 1930. By 1950 they will be in Royal Oak, Ferndale County Michigan and he will die there in 1960.

 

JOHN PUTMAN  Chicago, Cook County

He is 35 IL and his wife Frances is 32 IL. They are waiter and waitress in a restaurant. He says they were in this place in 1935, but can’t find him any earlier. Probably not a Putman.

 

JOHN M. (MILES) PUTMAN  Chicago, Cook County

He is 45 IA and divorced. He is living in the Lorraine Hotel and is an actor and a theatrical stage manager. Same in 1942 when he registered for the draft and was living at the Lorraine and worked for Lang & Rosen from Los Angeles. He was in Fargo, North Dakota in 1930, divorced living in the Coles Hotel and was and actor. He was single in Joliet, Will County in 1920, so no ideas as to who he married. In 1910 he was in Waterloo, Black Hawk County Iowa living with his folks Thaddeus Michael and Barbara Putnam. John was born in Tama County, Iowa August 31, 1894 and was in Buena Vista County in 1910. His dad was a son of James Putman from Canada and Lydia Wheeler. He was born in Brown County Wisconsin and was home with the folks in 1880. James was a son of William Putnam from Pennsylvania and Rachel Scott from Canada. Then I guess William was probably a son of John Wellington Putnam and Minerva Scott of Erie County Pennsylvania. Only two families had sons under 5 in PA in the 1820 census. New England folks from Massachusetts that went up into Canada and down to Illinois.

 

JOHN T. (THATCHER) PUTNAM  Chicago, Cook County

He is 28 NE single and boarding. He is a toothbrush salesman and was in Geneva, Kane County in 1935. He is John Thatcher Putnam, son of William Dudley Putnam and Helen Bryant. He was born 3 Sep 1911 but in IL and died on 16 Nov 1964 in Santa Clara, CA. He is buried with his wife Marian in the Alta Mesa Memorial Park in Palo Alto, California.

 

JOSEPH PUTMAN  Chicago, Cook County

He is a Negro 40 MS and married.

 

LAWRENCE PUTNAM  Chicago, Cook County

He is an automobile mechanic and is 49 IN IN IN. His wife May Geible is 42 IN and they have Betty Lou 21 IN and Robert 16 IL. Lawrence Albert Putnam is a son of Joseph Squire Putnam and Alice Eldora Stoops, and was born in Wabash, Indiana July 29, 1890 and was there through 1920 and then here in Chicago in 1930. He married May on August 19, 1916 in Indiana. She is a daughter of Frederick Geible and Mary Jane Shafer and was born October 18, 1897 and will die in Fort Lauderdale, Florida in July 1986. Lawrence will die there June 9, 1968. New England family out of New Hampshire.

 

LEO PUTNAM  Chicago, Cook County

He is 39 WI WI WI and is a laundry truck driver. His wife Earldine is 38 IL and they have Velma 19 IL. They were here in 1930. Velma is from her first marriage. He is a son of James Monroe Putman and Etta Hollister from Walworth, Wisconsin. He was there through 1920 and here in 1930. They are back in Wisconsin in 1950. Leo was born July 20, 1900 and will die in Rock County Wisconsin August 30, 1987. Earldine was born April 17, 1902 and will die September 14444, 1989. He and Earldine will split. She will marry Glenn Putman listed next to them in 1950 in Wisconsin. on June 4, 1961. Leo will marry Audrey Mae Ganser there May 14, 1954. Dutch Putman family from Montgomery County New York.

LESLIE PUTNAM  Chicago, Cook County

He is 21 WI single and lodging with a Haak family and everyone from Stevens Point, Portage County Wisconsin in 1935. He is Leslie Glenn Putman a son of Lafayette George Putman and Mary Henke and was born in Sheboygan County Wisconsin  and suddenly with his widowed father in Stevens Point in 1930 at age 12. His folks were in Stevens Point in 1920 but he wasn’t with them. Found  a sheet that says he was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin March 28, 1918 and will die in Cook County Illinois December 9, 1986. He will marry Marcena Katheryn Winters here in Chicago about 1941. Then I found another kinda sketchy sheet for Lafayette that said he had another wife of sorts but her name was private. If he had one on the side maybe she was Leslie’s mom and that’s why he wasn’t at home in 1930 as he was with his real mommy. Who Knows? New York Dutch family from Montgomery County New York.

 

LESTER PUTNAM  Chicago, Cook County

He is 46 IL and single. He is a clerk for the railroad. His widowed mother Annie 66 IL is with him. Annie was married to Lewis Weed Putnam here from about 1895 till he died here in 1923. Lewis was a son of Alfred D. Putnam of Brutus, Cayuga County New York. New England family from Massachusetts.

 

LESTER PUTNAM  Chicago, Cook County

He is 47 (bad writing age is 42) NY single and a guest at a hotel. He is a traveling salesman for bank supplies. He was in Rochester, New York in 1935. He is a son of George O. Putnam and Mary Wright born in Byron, Genesee County New York in October 1897. He was there in 1900 and then they got divorced. Don’t find in 1910, but in 1920 he is with his mom in Rochester, Monroe County New York and she is there in 1930 and 1940 and he was nearby in Greece, Monroe County in 1930. His dad was a son of James and Martha Putnam from Genesee County and I don’t the next set of parents. Probably New England as most families in Genesee County descended from Peter Putnam from New England.

 

LLOYD PUTMAN  Chicago, Cook County

He is 25 IN, his wife Margaret Hertneck 29 IL and they have Roberta 1 IL. He operates a crane at a steel plant. He is Lloyd Edgar Putman a son of Jesse Putman and Cara Belle Jenkinson and was born in Marion, Jasper County Indiana and was there with his folks in 1920 and then the family moved here to Chicago and were here in 1930 and are here now. They are apart in 1950. New York Dutch family.

 

LOUISE PUTNAM  Chicago, Cook County

She is 15 VA and lives with her re-married mother Bessie 40 PA and husband Earl Jacobsen 37 IL and 7 more kids listed as Putnams but are Jacobsens. Don’t know who was the Putnam that she married, but he was from Illinois. In 1930 Bessie and 2 kids were with Earl their new dad in Virginia Beach, Virginia. At that time she had Lucille 12 WV IL PA and Louise 5 VA IL PA. So, they were briefly in West Virginia before going to Virginia.

 

LOUISE PUTMAN  Chicago, Cook County

She is 76 GER and widowed. She is in a hotel.

 

LOUISE B. PUTMAN  Chicago, Cook County

She is 69 WI and widowed and has her daughter Bess H. 32 IL and single with her. They were here in 1930 as Louise 56 WI GER GER and Bessie 21 IL MO WI. Bessie is a clerk in a coal company. Louise B. Trader was married to Harry Putman from Colorado and he was a son of James Putman according to their marriage record. But I have no idea who Harry or James was. Louise also goes by Lizzie, and in 1920 was in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin with her dad Ferdinand Trader and had Bessie with her. They were in 1930 too.

 

MABEL PUTNAM  Chicago, Cook County

She is 39 IL and divorced. She is in a hotel and was there in 1935.

 

MABEL PUTNAM  Chicago, Cook County

She is 56 MI and widowed. She is Mabel O’Leary who married Morris R. Putnam in Chicago August 31, 1903. They moved to Detroit and then got divorce. I can’t find her in 1920 and Morris died in 1923. Mabel is in Chicago, Illinois in 1930 and there for the rest of her life. Since Morris had died, she lists herself as widowed in 1930 and on.

 

MARGARET PUTMAN  Chicago, Cook County

She is 20 IL single and a niece of Kathryn Lahey 59 IL. Kathryn’s brother Daniel Foley 53 IL is with her. Bingo! Henry Putnam and his wife Julia Foley in Butler, Vermilion County had a daughter Margaret age 10 there in 1930. That’s her. Margaret also says she was in rural Illinois in 1930 and that farm country is indeed rural.

 

MARGUERITE PUTMAN  Chicago, Cook County

She is 78 Latvia widowed and has a lodger Martin Leigud 58 Latvia with her. Good luck.

 

MARJORIE PUTNAM  Chicago, Cook County

She is 36 IL single and boarding. She is a secretary for securities investment firm. She is a daughter of Frank Putnam and Margaret Agnes Cavenaugh and was born in Freeport, Stephenson County. She was home there through 1935. Her line goes back to New Jersey, Vermont, and then Massachusetts.

 

MARTHA G. (GUILD) PUTNAM  Chicago, Cook County

She is 71 IL single and runs a rooming house. She is a daughter of George Boardman Putnam and Alice Guild. She was at home in Aurora, Kane County in 1880. She has been here since the early 1900s. Her dad is from New Hampshire. She never married and will die in Dalton, Muskegon Michigan March 4, 1944.

 

MERTON PUTNAM  Chicago, Cook County

He is a milk deliveryman 33 MI, his wife Irma Cecelia LaTour is 34 IL and they have Patricia 12 IL, Anna 11 IL, Merton 10 IL. Also here is her mother Euphenia LaTour 73 BELGIUM  and Hector DeWolf 50 BELGIUM listed as a brother in law. He is a son of Stephen Putnam and Myrtle Cahill from Allegan Michigan. He is a clerical worker at a dairy company. He was born January 30, 1906 and will die in Ionia, Michigan July 2, 1985. Irma is a daughter of August and Euphenia LaTour and was born here in Chicago in September 1907 and will die in Portland, Michigan in 1984. They were here in 1930 too. New England family.

 

MILTON PUTNAM  Chicago, Cook County

He is 25 MI and his wife Ann Osladacz 25 IL and they have Joyce 0/12 IL. He is a middle man at a restaurant. He is a son of Jeremiah Putnam and Bertha Bijick from here in Chicago. He was born May 8, 1914 and will die in October of 1989. They were in Van Buren County Michigan in 1920 and he was with his widowed dad here in Chicago in 1939. Her family is from Russia and his family is from New Jersey and then Massachusetts way back.

 

NAOMI PUTNAM  Chicago, Cook County

She is 20 WI single and living with her married sister Frances 31 WI and her husband George Fairchild 26 IL. They were here in 1935 too. She is a child’s nurse in her own practice. She and Frances are kids of Jacob Roswell Putman and Margaret Alice Young from Sparta, Monroe County Wisconsin. They were both there in 1920 when Naomi was 4 months old and she was there in 1930 and Frances was married ten. Dutch family out of New York State like every Putman and Putnam in Sparta.

 

NOLEN F. PUTTMAN  Chicago, Cook County

He is 33 OH and his wife Ruth N. is 33 OH. He is a sales manager for industrial equipment. They were in Cleveland, Ohio in 1935. He is a son of Robert P. and Bessie Putman and was born in Columbus, Franklin County Ohio. He was home there in 1910 and then in Detroit, Michigan with the family in 1920 and 1930. German family from Hampshire County Virginia originally.

 

PETER PUTMAN  Chicago, Cook County

He is 61 Lithuania and single. Not a Putman at all.

 

PATRICIA PUTNAM  Chicago, Cook County

She is 24 single and boarding with the Ocehing family from Illinois. She is an office manager for a finance company. She is a daughter of Aaron Ray Putnam and Elizabeth Scriven and was born in Livingston County Illinois. She was with her widowed mother Betty and her mother Charity Fugate in Scotts Bluff County Nebraska in 1920. She was here in Chicago in 1930 with her grandmother Charity Fugate and her re-married Mother Elizabeth and husband Guy Daggy. She is also listed now in Starke County Indiana with her mom.

 

RAY PUTNAM  Chicago, Cook County

He is 47 IL single and listed as a brother of Ward Sharp 45 IL and Ethel Sharp 43 IL. Only guy that fits age-wise is Raymond Putman from Elmira, Stark County but he is married now and has been. This Ray was single here in 1935 too.

 

RAYMOND PUTMAN  Chicago, Cook County

He is 52 MI, his wife Minnie Louisa Ostrowski is 47 GER, and they have Raymond Frederick 22 IL and Esther 20 IL. They live with her folks Albert Frederick and Augusta Ostrowski as they did in 1920 and 1930. Raymond Lewis Putman is a son of William Henry Putnam and Anna Hughes and was born in Jackson, Michigan November 1, 1887, and was at home there in 1900. By 1910 they were in Chicago and his dad died here in 1912. He married Minnie June 18, 1913. He will die here November 27, 1951. Minnie was born in Germany September 13, 1892 and came to America in 1893. She will eventually go out to Phoenix, Arizona and will die there in April 1985 at age 92. His brother William lives here in Chicago too.

 

RICHARD PUTMAN  Chicago, Cook County

He is 13 IL and single of course. He is still with his mother Victoria 33 IL who has married Casimir Sroka 51 Poland. Victoria Kasprczycki had been married briefly to Chester Putman from here. They were married about 1826 and he died here March 31, 1928. Chester was a son of Harry Charles Putman and Clara Ponto from here. See the earlier listing for Clara Putman for the line. Southern Putmans from Fulton County.

 

ROBERT PUTNAM  Chicago, Cook County

He is 42 MA, his wife Coralee Harrison is 45 MA and her widowed mother Louisa Harrison 74 MA is with them. He is an office manager at a machinery company, and Cora is a telephone operator at a hotel. Robert Mackie Putnam is a son of George Henry Putman and Carrie L. Mackie from Boston, Massachusetts. He was born there in 1897 and was at home through the 1930 census and then here by 1935.

 

ROBERT PUTNAM  Chicago, Cook County

He is 36 WV, his wife Nadine is 26 WV and they have Robert 7 VA, William 4 IL and Regina 1 IL. He is a freight handler for a car loading company. He was in Marion County West Virginia in 1930. They were here in 1935. He is a son of Robert William Putnam and Lula Accord. He was born in Marion County West Virginia, but the folks were originally from Bath County Virginia. He will die in Baltimore, Maryland June 18, 1977.

 

RUSSELL L. (LORAIN) PUTMAN  Chicago, Cook County

He is 45 OH, his wife Hazel Marie Magnuson is 39 NE and they have Richard H. Putnam 13 MI who is from Hazel’s earlier marriage to a Copley fella. Her dad Ross Magnuson 76 SWEDEN is with them. Russell and Hazel were married here April 17, 1935. He owns a printing company as he did in 1930 and Hazel is a physical therapist in her own private practice. She was here in Chicago in 1930 divorced and listed as Hazel Copley. He is a son of Walter Scott Putman and Abigail Elizabeth Bower from Stark County Ohio. He was born in Wilmot, Stark County February 5, 1895 and will die here January 15, 1973. He was single in Evanston in 1920 and single here in 1930. Hazel was born in Nebraska October 1, 1972 and will die in Olmsted, Minnesota November 19, 1972. German family from Pennsylvania.

 

STANLEY PUTMAN  Chicago, Cook County

He is 34 OH and his wife Nella Almeva French is 32 OH and they have Joyce Ann 12 IN. He is a superintendent of highway construction, probably with the W.P.A. He is a son of Peter Brubaker Putman and Gertrude Susan Williams and was born in Liberty Township, Van Wert County Ohio July 16, 1905. Nella is a daughter of Charles French and Gertrude Ackerman and was born in Springfield, Clark County Ohio April 25, 1907 and will die in Pinellas Park Florida March 17, 2001. Stanley will die in Hillsborough County Florida October 11, 1990. This is a German family Maryland to Somerset County Pennsylvania to Mercer County Ohio then Van Wert County Ohio.

 

THOMAS PUTNAM  Chicago, Cook County

He is 39 IL IA WI. His wife Mildred Moriarity is 37 IL and they have Lois 7 IL. He is a research editor for a W.P.A. record department. He is Thomas Marvin Putman a son of Joseph McCoy Putnam and Delia Minnehan and was born here July 14, 1901 and will die in Boston, Massachusetts April 21, 1988. They were married November 30, 1928. Her folks Michael and Bernice Moriarity were living here with them in 1930. His dad Joseph just died here in March and his widowed mother Delia lives by herself next door or maybe lives here with Tom. She is listed as head of household just as Thomas is. Delia is a daughter of Michael Minnehan and Winifred Donahue and was born in Monroe, Green County Wisconsin September 4, 1874 and will die here in Chicago October 6, 1941. His dad Joseph’s Illinois Death Index has him as being born in Louisville, Jefferson County Kentucky December 18, 1870 and he was a son of Nathan Putnam and Catherine McCoy and will die here April 2, 1940. Nathan Henry was a son of Dr. Joseph Whitney Putnam and I have him marrying Nancy Spaulding in Adair County Kentucky November 10, 1875. So he must have either married Catherine very early in 1870 to have Joseph, named for his grandfather, in December or had Joseph out of wedlock. At any rate they weren’t together in 1875. Nathan was single in Taylor County Kentucky in 1870 and married to Nancy in Adair County in 1880. New England family though.

 

WARNER C. (CHARLES) PUTNAM  Chicago, Cook County

He is 54 CAN CAN CAN and his wife Bertha Walter is 56 IL. Her brother Rudolph Walter 64 IL is now living here. He is a traveling salesman for a hat manufacturer. He is a son of Charles Putnam and Rachel Ostrander from here in Chicago and Essex South, Ontario Canada before that. He was born August 10, 1885 and will die in June 1963. Dutch family originally from New York.

 

WILLIAM PUTMAN  Chicago, Cook County

He is 47 MI, his wife Mary Mae O’Dea is 47 IL and they have Ellen Mae 18 IL, Loraine 12 IL and Jack 11 IL. He is a machine operator for a gas company. He is a son of William Henry Putnam and Anna Hughes and was born in Jackson, Michigan December 6, 1893 and was at home there in 1900. By 1910 they were in Chicago and his dad died here in 1912. He married Mae June 7, 1919 and they were with his widowed mother Anna here in 1920. They were here in 1930 but Anna had gone back to Michigan and will die there in King County later this year (1940). His grandfather Charles was from Vermont and then Shiawassee County Michigan. This is a New England Putnam family but William and his dad have spelled their name Putman ever since 1880. William will die here in 1941. Mae was born in Chicago January 26, 1893 and will die here in 1987. She is a daughter of Peter S. O’Dea and Margaret Murray.

 

WILLIAM G. (GEORGE) PUTNAM  Chicago, Cook County

He is 58 IL and his wife Melissa Golmar is 59 WI. Their now married daughter Marilyn is 23 IL and her husband John Steinfett is 30 IL. He is a son of Judson Putnam and Christine Brening from Waukegan. They were here in 1910 through 1930 with his dad Judson living with them. Judson was a son of Harrison and Mary Putnam from Waukegan. William is an electrical engineer with the electric company. Melissa was born September 15, 1880 and will die in Oak Lawn in March 1983. New England Putnams.

 

WILLIAM PUTTMAN  Chicago, Cook County

He is 49 OH and his wife Virginia Hogan is 44 GA. They were married here February 1, 1924 and were in 1930. He is a salesman for a wholesale food company. He is the son of Anthony Puttman and Frances Haverkamp. He was at home in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1900 with his widowed mother. He was single here in 1920 and married to Virginia in 1930. This is a family directly from Germany. Virginia was born in Cary, Georgia and was a daughter of Anthony Hogan and Josephine Patterson.

 

FLORENCE PUTNAM  Elmwood Park, Cook County

She is 70 IL single and lives with her widowed sister Jennie Fravor 74 IL and her son Davis Fravor 46 IL. They are both daughters of Winthrop Davis Putnam and Jennie Barney from Chicago. Winthrop was born in Southbridge, Massachusetts September 18, 1837. He won the Medal of Honor in the Civil War for his action at Vicksburg, Mississippi on May 22, 1863. Florence was there with her folks in 1900 and then her dad died there January 15, 1907 and she was with her widowed mother in 1910. She was still single in Chicago in 1920 and 1930 running an interior decorating business. New England family out of Southbridge, Massachusetts.

 

NORCROSS W. PUTNAM  Elmwood Park, Cook County

He is 29 CAN, his wife Ruth A. 26 MN, and they have Joan A. 5 MN and David A. 3 MN. He makes auto supplies or sells them or something. He is a son of Silas Elmer Putnam and Florence Ellis and was born in Red Deer, Alberta Canada July 25, 1910 and was there in the 1911 census. His dad was a son of Pliny Dewey Putnam and Laura Williams. He was born in Wright County Minnesota. He was there through 1900 and then went up to Canada before 1910. They came back through North Dakota in 1914. By 1920 he was in Hennepin County Minnesota outside of Minneapolis and will be there the rest of his life. Norcross was there in Minneapolis in 1935. Pliny’s dad was from Vermont before heading west. New Englanders.

 

CHARLES H. PUTNAM  Evanston, Cook County

Charles is listed as 77 IL, Emma his wife is 72 WI, and their daughter Grace is 41 IL. They live with their now married daughter Maryanne 36 IL and her husband Alfred Stoekebrand 38 KS and their two sons. Been here since the 1800s. He is a son of Daniel Putnam and Louisa D. Tower from Pike County Illinois. He was there in 1870, then the family moved to Hannibal, Marion County Missouri by 1880 and he was here by 1900. Problem is that I can’t find them before 1870. Daniel is from New York and Louisa from Ohio. The name is spelled Putman more than half the time, so probably New York Dutch.

 

GWENDOLYN PUTNAM  Evanston, Cook County

She is 25 WI single and lodging.  She is a registered nurse. She was in Mount Vernon, Iowa in 1935. She is a daughter of Ray Wheelock Putman and Lola Jones. He is a traveling Methodist minister and he was in Rome, New York in 1880, Chicago in 1900 in Madison County New York in 1920 and here in De Kalb County Illinois in 1930. Gwen was here at home then. Dutch Putman family.

 

HAROLD PUTNAM  Evanston, Cook County

He is 33 IA, his wife Dorothy Elizabeth Abraham is 26 WI and they have Robert 2 MI and Ruth 8/12 IL. He is a civil engineer with a building contractor. He is Harold Arthur Putnam a son of Edward Allen Putnam and Hetty Spare. He was born in Manchester, Delaware County Iowa August 5, 1906 and will die in Scottsdale, Arizona December 23, 2003. Dorothy is a daughter of Rowland Gurnsey Abraham and Helen Eulalia Foshay. She was born May 27, 1913 in Bloomington, Wisconsin and will also die in Scottsdale April 23, 2001. They will be living in Boynton Beach, Florida in the 1980s and 1990s. New England family Connecticut to New York to Ohio to here.

 

JOSEPH W. (WARREN) PUTNAM  Evanston, Cook County

He is 38 NY. His second wife Sigrid Jacobson is 34 NY and they have Joyce 11 NJ and Joseph W. (the 3rd) 8 NJ. He is a son of Joseph Warren Putnam and Katherine Ellicott Brooks and was born in New York City September 18, 1901. His folks were just married there in 1899. His dad was born in Boston, a son of Uzziel Putnam and Adelaide Medora Woodbury from there. Joe Junior had married Margaret Irene Sutherland in East Orange, New Jersey February 3, 1928 and the two kids are with her. Something happened as they divorced in the early 1930s and he got the kids. Margaret married William Barron and now in 1940 they are in North Hempstead out at the wealthy end of Long Island in New York, and the kids are also listed there now in 1940. Joseph and Sigrid were married about 1938-1939 out here. Sigrid was born in New York December 30, 1905 and will die in Redwood City, San Mateo County California July 25, 1994. Joseph will die in Redwood City August 2, 1985. New England family.

 

MICHAEL PUTMAN  Evanston, Cook County

He is 25 AR and his wife Kathleen Harvey 26 IL. Albert Michael Putman is my dad’s youngest brother, and a son of Leigh Reding ‘Dick’ Putman and Helen Theresa ’Nell’ Byrnes. He was born in Fayetteville, Arkansas January 20, 1915. Mike remained in the Evanston, Illinois area after graduating from Northwestern, On October 2, 1937 he married Kathleen Mavoureen Harvey in Wilmette, Illinois. Kathleen was born in Chicago on August 31, 1913. Their first three children were born in Evanston in 1940, 1942 and 1944. Their other three children were born as they moved around the country. Mike worked for Pure Oil and later for Unical when they took over Pure Oil. They lived in Wilmette, Illinois and in Minneapolis and Chattanooga, Tennessee before they settled in Birmingham, Alabama in 1950. Michael will die in Birmingham on August 4, 1978. Kathleen also will die in Birmingham on March 20, 1997.

 

RANDOLPH B. (BERNARD) PUTMAN  Evanston, Cook County

He is 28 AR and his wife Mary Claire Brummettt is 26 AR. Randy is my uncle and my dad’s brother. He is a son of Leigh Reding Putman and Helen Theresa ‘Nell’ Byrnes. He was born in Fayetteville, Arkansas June 12, 1911. His folks moved up here in the summer of 1920 and his dad died here December 28, 1935, and his mom stayed here till all five of the kids graduated from Northwestern University here in Evanston and the went back to Arkansas in 1936 or so. Randy married Mary Clair there in Fayetteville September 20, 1935 and they were in Ashley County Arkansas in 1935 and then back up here where he is advertising manager for a lumber and wood preservative company getting started by his brother Reding who is in Longview, Texas and set up a factory Lone Star Creosote Company. Southern Putman line.

 

WILLIAM B. (BYRNES) PUTMAN  Evanston, Cook County

He is 32 AR and his wife Almeda Minerva Sharon is 31 IL and their son William B. Junior (THAT’S ME!) is 3 IL. Dad is a son of Leigh Reding ‘Dick’ Putman and Helen Theresa ‘Nell’ Byrnes. He was born in Fayetteville, Arkansas December 27, 1907. His folks moved up here in the summer of 1920 and his dad died here December 28, 1935, and his mom stayed here till all five of the kids graduated from Northwestern University here in Evanston and the went back to Arkansas in 1936 or so. My dad Bill graduated Northwestern in 1929 and married my mother here September 28, 1934. Meda also graduated from Northwestern in 1931. Because of the Depression, they waited till dad got a good job as a buyer with Montgomery Wards before they married. I was born here in Evanston April 10, 1937. We’ll move out to the suburbs in Glenview in a year and then dad will get taken into the Army Quartermasters Corps to help buy supplies for the Army instead of for Montgomery Wards. We’ll be in Glenview till the summer of 1944 when dad will be sent to the Montgomery Wards office in New York City and we will move to Greenwich, Connecticut. We got to Greenwich in August of ‘44 and rented an apartment till we bought a house in September. First week we were there, the superintendent came and closed off all the window shutters. Said a hurricane was coming that night. Never heard of a hurricane so went to bed early. Next morning, peeked out the window and whole trees were down all over the parking lot and yard and everywhere. Seems that was kinda normal for that time of year on the Coast. And it was up through the mid 1950s when Mother Nature cooled off a bit. Next Census in 1950, we’ll all be in Riverside, Connecticut (part of Greenwich, Connecticut) and my folks will be there till they die in the 1990s.

 

WILLIAM J. (JASPER) PUTNAM  Evanston, Cook County

He is 83 MO NY MO and widowed since Margaret Atkins has died. His son Harold Robert is 50 IL and widowed as he was in 1930. Harold was at home in 1920 with his wife Irene Unseld. Harold was born November 24, 1889 and will die here in August 1964. He owns a commercial bakery. They have been here since the 1910. He is a son of Daniel Putnam and Louisa Damarius Fowler and was born in Kinderhook, Pike County Illinois in 1857 and will die in Chicago August 10, 1944. Family from New England to New York to here.

 

JOHN H. (HENRY) PUTNAM  Harvey, Cook County

He is 65 IL and divorced for the second time. He was married to Jesse Stutter in Sangamon County in 1910 and with Hazel Guild here in 1920 and 1930. He is a son of Samuel Putnam and Margaret Ann Browner from Sangamon County. He was born in Ogle County Illinois April 15, 1877 and will die here in Harvey November 20, 1965. He is a watchman and janitor at an auto sales company. New England line, Massachusetts to New York to here.

 

ROBERT PUTNAM  Harvey, Cook County

He is 29 IL, his wife Bernice 24 IL and they have Robert 5 IL, Eugene 2 IL and Richard 6/12 IL. He works in a steel mill. He is Robert James Putnam a son of Jonathan Henry Putnam and his first wife Jessie Stutters. He was born in Sangamon County May 11, 1911 and then his folks divorced and he moved up here to Harvey County with his dad and new mom Hazel Guild. Now they are divorced as well, and his dad is still here in town. He will die in Illinois April 25, 1975. New England line.

 

BETTY PUTMAN  Kenilworth, New Trier Township, Cook County

She is 27 HOLLAND single and a maid for the family of James and Irene Decker.

 

GEORGE W. (WILLIAM) PUTNAM  Wilmette, New Trier Township, Cook County

He is 45 MN and his wife Mildred Jones is 45 PA and they have George W. 19 MN and Jean 16 MO. He is a research engineer for a dairy equipment manufacturer. He is a son of George Hall Putnam and his first wife Della Sowden and was born in Minneapolis October 30, 1894. He was at home in 1910 and in 1917 when he registered for the draft he was in the Cadet Corps at the University of Minnesota. He and Mildred were in Chicago in 1930, and he was a researcher at a creamery then. He will die here in Evanston October 8, 1986. His dad’s father, George Whittemore Putnam was from Sutton, Massachusetts and came out to Minnesota in the 1850s.

 

MYRON PUTNAM  Niles Center, Cook County

He is 40 VT and a salesman for a wholesale paint company. His wife Alice Jackman is 40 NH and they have a daughter Marian 20 MA, Dorothy 18 MA, Eugene 13 MA and Alice 9 RI. He is a son of Henry Lincoln Putnam and Grace Harriet Griffith. He was born in Brattleboro, Vermont in 1899, but they moved and in 1900 he was in Charlestown, New Hampshire with the family and then Chesterfield, New Hampshire in 1910. He married Alice about 1918 and they were in Amesbury, Massachusetts in 1920. They were in Johnstown, Rhode Island in 1930 and he was an automobile painter in a shop.

 

KATHRYN PUTNAM  Oak Park, Cook County

She is 62 WI and widowed here since 1920. Her son Louis S. 32 WI is with her. She was married to Louis Jay Putnam in Escanaba, Michigan in 1910 and here in 1920. He was an engineer for the railroad and died in an accidental drowning in Ross Lake, Michigan. The death certificate says he was born in Iowa February 17, 1879 and died May 29, 1920. Kathryn signed the death certificate. Louis was from Delaware County Iowa, a son of Henry and Elvira Putnam. New England line from Connecticut to Oneida County New York.

 

RUFUS PUTNAM  Oak Park, Cook County

He is 49 MN (really WI), his wife Caroline Frances Hough is 49 NY and they have Rufus 22 NY and Benjamin 17 IL. Rufus Willard Putnam is a son of William Rice Putnam and Jane Willard from La Crosse, Wisconsin and then Rushford, Minnesota in 1900. He was born In La Crosse June 30, 1891. I find him in 1910 when he was a cadet at West Point, and at a Military Base in Fairfax Virginia in 1920. He was in Riverside, Cook County in 1930 and had his own consulting engineering business. Caroline and young Benjamin are also listed in Santa Fe, New Mexico in 1940 with her widowed mother Eliza too. Her folks Benjamin and Eliza Hough were both here with them in 1930. He married Caroline in New York September 4, 1914. She was born in Rochester, New York April 8, 1890 and will die in Apple Valley, California June 16, 1961. Rufus will die in Santa Fe, New Mexico in April 1968. New England family out of Ohio.

 

MINNIE PUTNAM  Palatine, Cook County

She is 68 IL and widowed. She is living with her sister Gussie Olms 61 IL and single. Minnie Olms was married to Rush Minor Putnam here since the early 1900s and was widowed here in 1930 with her parents. Rush was a son of Dennis Putnam and Harriet Minor from Lake County and born there August 30, 1856. He had previously married Jennie Morris October 26, 1881 and they were here in 1900. She died and he married Minnie about 1906, and they were here in 1910. He died here January 18, 1930. This is a New England family out of Vermont.

 

CARL S. (KARL SOBIESKI) PUTMAN  Riverdale, Cook County

The son of Rev. Glen Howard Putman and Mary Lewis, Carl is listed as Karl 53 MO and his new wife Leticia is 47 MN. He married Mabel Hemingway Royce December 26, 1911 in Johnson County Iowa and they were in Chicago in 1920 and they were here in 1930. Mabel died of tuberculosis October 23, 1935. Karl then married Leticia Mildred Wheeland, widow of Walter Leroy Wheeland in 1936 here in Riverdale. He is a son of Rev. Glen Howard Putman and Mary Lewis and was born in Grundy County Missouri August 13, 1887. Trying to find out who Leticia is and all that. He is a civil engineer and now working on the city subway system. Anyway, Dutch Putman family out of Montgomery County New York.

 

THOMAS PUTNAM  Riverdale, Cook County

He is 54 IL and his wife Isabel is 40 IL. He was here in 1930 and had a wife Peggy the same age Isabel would have been. Probably same gal. He is Thomas Harvey Putnam a son of Wallace Ashbil Putnam and Mary Alcott and was born in Ela, Lake County March 27, 1884. He was at home in Palatine, Cook County in 1900. He will die out in Los Angeles February 4, 1950. He is a supervisor for the telephone company. New Englanders from Vermont.

 

ALFRED E. (EDSON) PUTMAN  River Forest, Cook County

He is 54 IL and his wife Sophronia is 55 IL. He is an electrical engineer in the building construction industry. He is a son of Victor Charles Putman and Elizabeth Ann Ward from here. Victor is a son of George Putman and Sarah Ann Short from Morgan County. Alfred was born in Chicago January 3, 1886. Don’t know Sophronia’s folks but she was born in Chicago March 17, 1885 and will die in La Jolla, San Diego County California February 28, 1966. They have been in Chicago up till now. He will die here in River Forest January 8, 1942. This is a Dutch family out of Jefferson County New York.

 

WILTON PUTNAM  Worth Township, Oak Lawn Village, Cook County

He is an electrical engineer for the electric company. He is 34 IL and his wife Anna Genevieve Stove is 32 IL and they have Joan 8 IL and Donald 3. Wilton Eugene Putnam is a son of William George Putnam and Melissa E. Gollmar. His folks are also here in Chicago, Cook County and you can get more of the line there. His dad is an electrical engineer too. Wilton was born March 25, 1906 and will die here in Oak Lawn November 7, 1975. He married Anna December 17, 1929. They were in Chicago in 1930 and are still here in 1950.

 

CHARLES PUTNAM  DeKalb City, DeKalb County

He is 69 IL. His wife Mary Johanna is 64 IL. They were here since 1900 and will be forever. He is a son of Abraham Hanson Putman and Harriet Schultz in Ogle County Illinois. He was born there October 22, 1870 and will die here in DeKalb March 29, 1949 and Mary is still alive then. Dutch family from Johnstown, Fulton County New York.

 

GUY PUTNAM  Clinton, DeWitt County

He is now 45 IL and his wife Ella Lucille Bishop is 45 OH and their son Frederick is 22 IL. Guy was born here, a son of John Devales Putnam and Hanna Best. His dad was a son of Devales Putnam from Guilford County North Carolina. His widowed mom is listed next. He was with his folks in 1910 and then was in Denver, Colorado with his brothers in 1920 and then married here in 1930.

 

HANNAH PUTNAM  Clintonia, DeWitt County

She is now 68 IL and still widowed as she was here in 1930. Hannah Best was married to John DeVales Putman here from the 1890s to the 1920s. He was from Guilford County North Carolina. Southern Putman family.

 

RALPH M. (MASON) PUTNAM  Downers Grove, DuPage County

He is 42 PA NY NY and his wife Helen C. Westerland is 39 NY. They have a daughter Janet 2 IL. Also here is her widowed dad Fred Westerland 76 PA. He is an equipment engineer for an electrical company. He is a son of William Putman and Bessie Mason (both born in New York) from Bradford, McKean County Pennsylvania. He was home there in 1900, and the family wasn't listed in the 1910 census. He was single at the Erie Pennsylvania YMCA in 1920. They were here in 1930. Now, William his dad was a son of Joseph Putman and Jane Elise Brown and was born in Great Valley, Cattaraugus County New York and there in 1870. Joseph was a son of John Putman and Mary Ann Learn from there. They are here in 1950. New York Dutch family.

 

MABEL C. (CHARLOTTE) PUTNAM  Hinsdale, Downers Grove, DuPage County

She is 60 IL and she is still single and a stenographer at a law office. Her folks Charles B. 81 NY and Elizabeth 78 IL are here. Also an aunt Mary Norris 83 NY and an uncle Peter Freyer 75 IL are here as well as boarders Herbert and Janet Lindsay and their son Herbert from California. Her folks are from Chicago and her dad is a son of Hollis Putman and Charlotte Lobdell. Dutch Putman family out of New York State.

 

WHEELER H. (HERVEY) PUTMAN  Downers Grove, DuPage County

He is 62 NY NY NY. His wife Fredericka Elizabeth Gocke is 64 MO GER IL. He is an accountant with the railroad. He was in St. Joseph, Missouri in 1900 and married Fredericka there June 18, 1900. They were here in 1920 and 1930. He is a son of Hervey Putnam and Harriet Soper from Rose, Wayne County New York. Line goes back to Connecticut. They will retire to Lake County Florida and be there till they die in 1955. Wheeler was born May 13, 1877 and will die March 30, 1955. Fredericka is a daughter of August W. and Louise E. Gocke and was born February 16, 1875 and will die 2 weeks after Wheeler on April 16, 1955. New England line Massachusetts to Connecticut to New York.

 

KENNETH R. (REVERE) PUTNAM  Elmhurst, York Township, DuPage County

He is 44 MO, his wife Fern N. Gaston is also 44 MO and they have Wanda C. 13 MD and Fern’s mother Anna Gaston 79 IA. He is a furniture buyer for a retail store. He is a son of Elmer Revere Putnam and Mary Ellen Woods and was born in Gallatin, Daviess County Missouri December 23, 1896 and was with the family in Kansas City, Kansas in 1910 and 1920. In 1930 he was in Bethlehem, New York managing a retail chain store. His dad was a son of Luther Charles Putman and Lucy Ann Ewell from Huron County Ohio and New York State before that. They were in Mercer County Missouri in 1870 and 1880. Elmer Revere was in Kansas City, Kansas in 1900 till 1930 when he was in New York with Kenneth. Elmer was born in Huron County Ohio December 13, 1858, and died in Kansas City, Missouri February 16, 1935. At that time in 1935 Elmer and Mary were there living with their son Luther and his family. Right now Mary is with her son Luther and his family in Fort Worth, Texas. Kenneth was born December 23, 1896 in Daviess County Missouri, and will die at the VA Hospital in Kansas City, Missouri July 16, 1954. Fern will be living in Kansas City, Kansas when Ken dies in 1954. She will get leukemia and die in a Research Hospital in Kansas City, Missouri August 22, 1957. She was a daughter of Knox Gaston and Anna Collins and was born in Atchison, Kansas March 11, 1896. Dutch Family originally out of Montgomery County New York before going into Ohio.

 

KENNETH W. (WILLIS) PUTNAM  Elmhurst, DuPage County

He is 30 IL, his wife Helen Grace Scofield is 30 IA and they have Joyce Yvone 5 IL and Marlene P. 2 IL. He is a son of William George Putnam and Melissa Jane Gollmar and was born in Chicago January 5, 1910. He married Helen April 11, 1931 in Crown Point, Indiana. He will die in Tucson, Arizona January 3, 1989. New England line.

 

BYRON E. PUTMAN  Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County

He is 42 KS (should be IA). He has a new wife Mary B. Voight  37 IL and a daughter Barbara J. 11 IN. She would be from Mary’s earlier marriage. Byron was married to Adelaide here in 1930. They were married in 1926 and something happened. He is a son of James C. Putman and Minnie Wilson from Wayne County Iowa. He was still at home there in 1920 and married Adelaide here in 1926. He is an electrical engineer. He was born July 27, 1897 and will die in Wheaton, Illinois in April 1972. Mary was born November 11, 1902 and will die here in Wheaton January 30, 1989.

 

FOREST PUTNAM  Bone Gap, Edwards County

He is 52 IL, his wife Mayme Donaldson is 48 IL and they have Rhea Belle 16 IL. He is Forest Alfred Putnam a son of Alfred G. Putnam and Lenora Angeline Sherer from Belmont, Wabash County Illinois where he was born March 25, 1888. He married Mayme in Bellmont February 25, 1915. He will die here in Edwards County April 6, 1943. Mayme was born in Wabash County April 12, 1890. Family came out west from Sutton, Massachusetts. New Englanders.

 

FRED PUTMAN  Buckheart Township, Fulton County

He is 45 IL and says single. He is boarding with Guy and Lola Elliott. He is a barber. He was married to Marie in Canton in 1930. His 1942 Draft Registration says he has a wife Beulah then. They are in Canton, Fulton County in 1950. He has been around since 1900, but was with his grandparents, Alexander and Rebecca Wilcox and I can’t figure his folks. He was 5 at the time and had a brother Marion who was 3. There is a birth certificate for Marion born in June 1896 and says his father is Alexander Maranville. I found a sheet for Fred and says his folks were William Putman and Lucinda Hensley. Their marriage record says they were married in Lewistown March 27, 1890. They split or something as she married Ambrose Green Sanders here May 6, 1900. Fred’s gravestone in Canton says born 1895 died 1951.

 

ROSS PUTMAN  Bryant, Buckheart Township, Fulton County

He is 61 IL and widowed. He is the master of the disappearing act. He is a son of William H. Putman and Sarah Frances Miller and was born in Fulton County July 17, 1878 and then was with his folks in Riley County Kansas in 1880. That is the last I have been able to find him till now. He says he was here in 1935, but that’s no help.

 

BELLE PUTMAN  Canton, Fulton County

She is 65 IL and single. Mary Belle is a daughter of Francis Putman and Clara Sanders from here in Canton. She was born August 14, 1874. She was with her mom up through 1920 and here by herself in 1930. She ever married and will die here in Canton on October 21, 1948. While most of the people here descend from Reding Putman, she comes down through Reding’s brother Ezekiel and his son Harrison. Southern Putman family South Carolina to Indiana to here.

 

FLOYD PUTMAN  Canton, Fulton County

He is 31 IL IL IL and his wife Violet Vera Dilts is 29 IL and they now have Bernita 7 IL, Donald 5, twins June 3 IL, Jean 3 IL and Dwayne 1 IL. He is a salesman at a furniture store. Floyd Erwin Putman is a son of John Marion Putman and his second wife Margaret Lavinia Fengel. He was born in Deerfield, Fulton County August 30, 1908 and will die here in Canton April 12, 1962. He married Violet down in Springfield October 24, 1929 and they were in Deerfield in 1930. Violet is a daughter of Charles Emory Dilts and Nora Margaret Parr and was born in Fiatt, Fulton County September 4, 1910 and will die in Canton February 3, 1995. Southern Putman Family like everyone in Fulton County. Putman Township in Fulton County was named after Reding Putman who was the first settler.

 

FLOYD F. (FOSKET) PUTMAN  Canton, Fulton County

He is 59 IL IL IL and an attorney at law. His wife Clara Edna Thompson is 57 IL and they have Lewis Thompson Putman 27 IL and Helen Putman 18 IL. He is a son of Francis Marion Putman and Clara Sanders from here in Canton. He was born in Civer October 8, 1880. He graduated from University of Michigan Law School in 1904. He married Clara in 1909. She was born May 17, 1882. He served with the Army in France from 1918 till May 1919. He will die here February 14, 1958. Clara will then move to Lincoln, Illinois and live with her married daughter Mary Elizabeth who married James Stewart in 1936. She will die there October 17, 1965. Southern Putman Family.

 

HARRISON PUTMAN  Canton, Fulton County

He is 63 IL IL IL and is a doctor/surgeon in his own practice here in Canton. His wife Nellie Hanlon is 57 IL, and they have Jane Harriet 25 IL, Harrison Christopher Jr. 22 IL and William Hanlon 21 IL. He is a son of Francis Marion Putman and Clara Sanders from here in Canton. He was born February 11, 1877 and will die July 20, 1963. He graduated Rush Medical School in Chicago. He married Nelle Hanlon in 1911. She was born December 15, 1882 and died December 12, 1963. Southern Putman Family coming down from Hazeal Putman.

 

OSCAR PUTMAN  Canton, Fulton County

He is 60 IL and lives with his brother Charles McBroom 80 IL and his wife Mary McBroom 62 IN and works on their farm. He is a son of James Harvey Putman and was born here February 17, 1879. He never married and will die here June 19, 1959. His dad James was born in Fayetteville, Arkansas September 11, 1839, but remained in Canton after his family returned back to Arkansas. He married a widow, Elizabeth Van Buren who had previously married Hewitt McBroom. They were married August 1, 1861 and they got divorced in 1869. They then remarried February 17, 1870 and were in Buckheart in 1870. They were there in 1880. Then he seems to have remarried as in 1900 he is in Latah County Idaho with a wife named Ruba E. born in Canada. His brother Benjamin and sister Maria were in Latah County then too. Ruba died near Moscow in 1911 and is buried there. He then married a Margaret and moved over the border to Garfield Washington and died there April 9, 1914. Confusing, but wanted to explain how Oscar and Charles were brothers.

 

DAVID F. (FRANKLIN) PUTMAN  Cuba City, Putman Township, Fulton County

He is 35 IL and his wife Mary Henderson is 32 IL and they have Beverly 2 IL. Her widowed mother Sarah Henderson 71 KS is now with them. He is a son of George Calloway Putman and Lillian DeWitt and was born here November 24, 1905. He and Mary were just married in Clinton, Versailles County Indiana in the 1930 census, and then back here by 1935. He works in a strip coal mine here and also in a coal mine when in Indiana. All four are here in the 1950 census.

 

LILLIAN PUTMAN  Cuba City, Putman Township, Fulton County

She is 62 IL and now widowed. Lillian DeWitt was married to George Calloway Putman here since the 1890s. They were married in Iowa September 30, 1896. He was a son of John Marion Putman and Sarah Catherine Miller and was born in Calhoun County Iowa. His folks were originally from here and after they were married, they came back here. He died here May 12, 1934. Lillian is a daughter of Barney DeWitt and Mary Matilda Stought and was born in Clinton County Iowa on July 22, 1878. She will die here in Cuba August 15, 1973 at age 95. Southern Putmans.

 

GLENN PUTMAN  Deerfield Township, Fulton County

He is 42 IL and his wife Anna Mary Norman is 42 IL and they now have Margaret 21 IL, Paul 14 IL, Dean 8 IL and Phyllis 5 IL. Also here is her widowed father Thomas Norman 70 IL. Glenn Marion Putman is a son of John Marion Putman and the first child with his second wife Maggie Fengel. He was born October 8, 1897 and will die October 29, 1985. He married Anna Norman March 20, 1918. She was born February 14, 1898 and will die in Canton July 4, 1968 probably after marching too darn fast in the parade.

 

JOHN M. (MARION) PUTMAN  Deerfield Township, Fulton County

He is 76 IL and his wife Maggie Fengel is 61 IL. Still at home are his son George 53 IL and widowed and Marion Ruth their daughter 17 IL. He is a son of Alfred Putman and Emily Ashworth and was born here September 13, 1863 and will die March 12, 1941. He married Amelia E. Fengel August 2, 1886. She was born September 10, 1869 and died March 7, 1892. He then married her sister Margaret Lavinia Fengel on March 30, 1897. Maggie was born March 27, 1879 and will die March 18, 1942 all in Deerfield, Fulton County.

 

LEONARD PUTMAN  Deerfield Township, Fulton County

He is 51 IL, his wife Ada Belle Little is 45 IL and the son Raymond is 22 IL. He is a son of John Marion Putman and his first wife Amelia E. Fengel. He was born here January 3, 1889 and will die January 14, 1985 in Perry County Illinois. He married Ada Belle Littel on January 16, 1913. She was born June 12, 1892 in Canton and will die here May 17, 1959. Raymond is their only child.

 

FRANKLIN E. (EUGENE) PUTMAN  Fiatt, Joshua Township, Fulton County

He is 36 IL IL IL. His wife Margaret Harriet Stuckey is 38 IL and they have Russell Eugene 14 IL, Mary Ellen and John Frederick twins 12 IL, Robert Franklin 10 IL, Gordon Andrew 8 IL, Harriet Ann 6 IL, Vivian Kay 5 IL, Charles Warner 4 IL, Maxine 3 IL, and Helen Louise 1 IL. They will have one more, Vivian Grace on April 3, 1941. He is a son of John Marion Putman. He was born September 7, 1902 and married Margaret December 28, 1923. She was a daughter of Frederick Stuckey and Grace Blanche Churchill. She was born December 29, 1901 and will die in Canton Illinois July 3, 1958. Frank will die here July 18, 1976. They had 13 children. These 11, and twins Shirley Ann and Charlotte Elaine born November 29, 1928. Shirley died in 1929, Charlotte died at birth. Southern Putman Family.

 

LEWIS PUTMAN  Putman Township, Fulton County

He is 68 IL and his wife Julia Mae Gilpin is 64 WV. He is a son of Robert Putman and Philina Murphy from here. Robert was a son of George Combs Putman and Charlotte Crosthwaite. He was born in October 1871. He married Julia here in Fulton County July 1, 1915. She was born June 22, 1875 in Parkersburg, Wood County West Virginia and will die in Canton in May 1952. Lewis will die here December 29, 1948.

 

DOROTHY V. PUTNAM  Shawnee Township, Gallatin County

She is 28 IL single but has a son Frank T. 4 IL with her. She is a daughter of Thomas Barnet Putman and his third wife Effie Clayton. She was here with her folks in 1920 then they both died in 1921. I don’t find her in 1930 but she would have been here. She was born here in November 1912. She married Henry Chamberlain. As of January 1998, she was living in La Faira, Texas. They had two sons that died young.

 

MINNIE PUTMAN  Wauponsee, Grundy County

She is 57 IL and single. She is an inmate at the Grundy County Poor Farm. She was here in 1930 and was 54 then. Handwriting wasn’t that great then.

 

MARY PUTNAM  Carthage, Hancock County

She is 75 IL and widowed. She was in this place in 1935. She looks like Mary Phillips who was married to Robert F. Putnam in Center, Polk County Arkansas in 1920 and 1930. He died there April 22, 1932. Mary was born in Illinois and I guess came back. He is James Daniel Putman's son from Rice County Kansas. James Daniel was a son of Reding Putman. Robert was single through 1900. He married Mary in Omaha, Nebraska October 22, 1900.

 

WALTER PUTMAN  Kewanee, Henry County

He is 51 IL IL IL. His wife Lillian M. Smith is 49 NE and they have Dean 11 IL still at home. He drives a truck for an oil company. Walter Emery Putman is a son of Charles Francis Putman and Cynthia Screeton and has been in Elmira, Stark County up till 1920 and then here in 1930. He was born September 2, 1888 and will die here in Kewanee in August 1967. He married Lillian April 10, 1918 in Stark County. Dutch family originally from New York State.

 

PHILLIP PUTNAM  Orian, Western Township, Henry County

He is 27 IL as is his wife Florence 27 IL. He is a son of Charles Henry Putnam and his first wife Helen Albers. He was at home in DeKalb County in 1930. Charles was a son of Henry Harrison Putnam and Cornelia Ann Chamberlain. He was born in Bedford, Taylor County Iowa. His dad was born in Wardsboro, Vermont. Henry was a son of Prentiss B. Putnam of Vermont and Sutton, Massachusetts before that. Phillip was born in Chicago January 24, 1913 and will die in Portage County Ohio in 2003.

 

FRANK PUTTMANN  Murphysboro, Jackson County

He is still a coal miner 48 IL, and widowed as his wife Catherine Tonner has died. Still at home are Thomas 21 IL and Charles 14 IL. Frances Bernard Puttmann is a son of William Theodore Puttmann and Anna Margaret Sevening from here and Winneshiek County Iowa before that. William was born in Military Township, Winneshiek County, Iowa. He was there in 1880. He was married in Carroll County Iowa in 1895. His father was Bernard Puttmann, born in Prussia. Frank was born April 4, 1892 and will die March 11, 1964. The family came out of Prussia in Germany in the mid 1800s. They have been here in Illinois since the late 1890s.

 

JOHN PUTTMANN  Pomona, Jackson County

He is a truck farmer 44 IA.  His wife Esther (Julia Esther Vastine) is 44 IL. The children are: Millard 23 IL, Franklin Theodore 21 IL, Henry 13 IL, Idress a daughter 11 IL and Francis a son 8 IL. John Theodore is another son of William Theodore Puttmann and Anna Margaret Sevening from here and Winneshiek County Iowa before that. John was born in Carroll County Iowa November 23, 1895 and will die here in Murphysboro May 20, 1971. The family came out of Prussia in Germany in the mid 1800s. They have been here in Illinois since the late 1890s.

 

RONALD B. PUTNAM  Mt. Vernon, Jefferson County

He is 6 IL and an orphan at the Methodist Episcopal Church Children’s Home.

 

FRED S. PUTMAN  Aurora, Kane County

He is 66 IL.  His wife Emma M. Wilton is 65 IL. Their married daughter Mildred is 45 IL and her husband Charles H. Martin is 55 IL. Been here since the 1890s. He is a son of Abraham Hanson Putman and was born back in Ogle County. He came here with his folks in the 1890s, and married Emma here in 1894. This is the Dutch Putman line out of New York State.

 

GLENN PUTNAM  Aurora, Kane County

He is 56 IL NY IL and he is a general physician and surgeon. His wife Hazel Lois McGraw is 54 SD and they have June 30 WI, and their married daughter Jean Raye 26 IL and her son Michael Raye 2 IL. The census record shows both daughters are divorced. Glenn Worthy Putnam is a son of Clarence Worthy Putnam and Sarah De Etta Nash. He was born here on October 27, 1883 and will be here till he dies in May 1967. He was a doctor here in 1920 and 1930. This is a New England family.

 

RALPH PUTNAM  Aurora, Kane County

He is a lawyer and listed 59 IL. His wife Hattie Emmert Tuttle is 59 CAN, Ralph Jr. 24 IL and Cynthia 23 IL. Ralph Clarence Putnam is son of Clarence Worthy Putnam and Sarah De Etta Nash from here. He was born August 11, 1880 and he married Hattie October 3, 1911. Don’t have death dates yet. New England family.

 

LYNN PUTMAN  Dundee Township, Kane County

Jesse Lynn Putman is 53 IA IA US and his second wife Margaret Lichtenberger is 43 IA. He is a son of Tilford Lynn Putman and Jessie D. McKean. He was born in Riverton, Iowa December 16, 1886. Tilford is a son of Greene Marion Putman and Mary Elizabeth Kelsey from Fulton County Illinois, Davis County Iowa, and then Mercer County Missouri where Tilford was born February 8, 1859. He married Jessie in Columbus, Nebraska on March 25, 1886. They are in Page County Iowa in 1900 and 1910. Both father and son were physicians. Jessie died in 1917, and Tilford died August 26, 1926 in Shenandoah, Iowa. Lynn was married to Grace Sweeney in Omaha, Nebraska in 1920. They were divorced and he married Margaret, and they were in Elgin, Kane County in 1930 and 1935. Grace had remarried to J. P. Keller and was still there with the kids in 1930. Anyway, Jesse Lynn will die in Broward County Florida in April 1960. Margaret was born in Iowa December 8, 1895 and will also die in Broward County Florida on October 22, 1977. Southern Putman Family coming down from Elijah Putman in Fulton County Illinois to Davis County Iowa.

 

VERNER PUTNAM  Elburn, Kane County

He is 41 IL, his wife Edith Leona Marshall is 32 IL and they have Emmy Lou 13 IL. He is a horse trainer for horse shows. He is a son of George Allen Putman and Nellie Kees from Brown County. He was born there May 2, 1898. He married Edith in Mason City, Illinois March 31, 1926. They were in Fort Worth Texas in the 1930. He was running a shoe store. He will die in Mountain Home, Baxter County Arkansas November 21, 1979. Edith is a daughter of Conrad Marshall and Emma Gunsten and was born in Mason City March 24, 1908.

 

ARCHIE L. (LESTER) PUTNAM  Kankakee, Kankakee County

He is 27 IL and his wife Josephine Ninis is also 27 IL. He is a son of Louis Putnam and Minnie E. Hoskins and was with the family in 1920 in Livingston County, Illinois. His remarried mother Minnie, now Minnie Davis, is listed below. She married Charles Davis in Livingston County May 4, 1935. They are right here in 1950.

 

CHARLES PUTNAM  Kankakee, Kankakee County

He is 48 IL. Now this is a real screwed up entry. It reads Head of Household Lester Hoskins 51 IL, Nettie Hoskins wife 39 IL, Sister-in-law Minnie Davis 48 IL, Niece Maxine Putnam 11 IL, Nephew Charles Putnam 48 IL, Nephew Arthur Putnam 23 IL and Nephew Kenneth Hoskins 16 IL. Okay, now look back at the entry for Louis Putnam in Forrest, Livingston County in 1920. Louis is 28 IL, his wife Minnie Hoskins 27 IL, children Archie 8 IL, Roy 7 IL and Arthur 3 IL. Also in the household is his brother-in-law, Lester Hoskins, 30 IL. In 1920 Louis Putnam was married to Minnie Hoskins. He died or skipped town or something as Minnie has married a Davis guy. Her Putnam kids are listed okay except for Charles. Can’t find them in 1930 though. Minnie probably re-married by then and the whole family listed as Davis. The son Archie is listed right above with his new wife Josephine Ninis. Then the remaining son Roy has married and is here in town and listed shortly.

 

GEORGE PUTNAM  Kankakee, Kankakee County

He is 61 PA and widowed. He is a janitor in a department store and he says he was here in 1935.

                                                                                                                                                         

GERTRUDE PUTMAN  Kankakee, Kankakee County

She is 38 MI and widowed. She is an inmate in the Kankakee State Hospital. Says she was in Chicago in 1935 but can’t find her in 1930 so no clues to her husband. Again, sloppy handwriting and spelling and doing final details at Happy Hour at Joe’s Bar & Grill.

 

MINNIE PUTNAM  Kankakee, Kankakee County

She is 65 GER and widowed. She has her sons Walter 35 IL and Raymond 33 IL still at home and single. Minnie Frederica Lange was married to Reuben Putnam (Jr.) in Iroquois County Illinois March 25, 1901,and here since the 1920. She was his second wife. He was married to Josephine Warren from the 1880s to the 1900 census, and I don’t find him in 1910. He was a son of Reuben Putnam and Minerva Wilson from here. He was born December 29, 1861 and will die here in Kankakee February 17, 1933. Minnie is a daughter of Johann Gottfried Lange and Louise Poewe and was born in Koenigsberg, Germany March 27, 1875 and will die here in Kankakee November 10, 1947. New England family.

 

ROY PUTNAM  Kankakee, Kankakee County

He is 28 IL, his wife May Toohy Ponder is 20 IL and they have John Putnam 3 IL. They live with her folks Lloyd and Priscilla Ponder from Illinois. Priscilla was married to a Toohey guy before and May’s name may be Toohey too. Then to see how Roy fits in, look at the earlier entry here in town for Charles Putnam who is his brother (I hope). Roy is a ‘mounter’ at a stove manufacturing company. No idea what a mounter is. Does he ride stoves at a rodeo, climb a mountain of stoves to the top while burning his feet on every burner?

 

CLARENCE PUTNAM  Galesburg, Knox County

He is 57 IL, his wife Minnie Jane Baker is 57 IL and they have a grandson Roxie Hershel 18 IA. Clarence Val is a son of George Washington Putnam and Amanda Thomas from Brown County. He married Clyta Mehl there April 3, 1904. In 1910 his son Cecil was in Versailles, Brown County living with his grandmother Ann Mehl. Clyta and Clarence divorced. She married Samuel Grover in Brown County December 5, 1912. She will live there till she dies January 1, 1951. I don’t find Clarence in 1910. In 1920 and till now he has been married to Minnie who would be a second wife. They were married in Lee County Iowa September 26, 1911. Clarence was born May 8, 1883 in Brown County and will die here in Galesburg May 10, 1970. Minnie was born in Versailles, Brown County September 25, 1882. Southern Putman family.

 

HETTY PUTNAM  Galesburg, Knox County

She is 57 IA and married. She is with her married daughter Marjorie Vallet 26 IA and her husband George Vallet 28 IL. Hetty Spare is married to Edward Allen Putnam and they have been and are in Manchester, Delaware County Iowa. Edward is a son of Henry H. Putnam and Elvira Stanclift from Iowa. He was born there October 12, 1874 and will die there January 7, 1947. Hetty is a daughter of Arthur Spare and Mary Jane Michael and was also born in Delaware County August 1, 1881 and will die June 3, 1968 (not sure where though). Hetty also has a son Harold in Evanston, Cook County now.

 

K. T. (KELSEY THOMAS) PUTNAM  Galesburg, Knox County

He is 53 NE and his wife Vera Grace White is 48 IL and their daughter Grace is married now. He is a son of Orlean Elhannah Putnam and Nellie Henderson. Check his brother Budd’s listing coming up for details on his folks and stuff. Kelsey was born in Holdrege, Nebraska August 7, 1886 and will die here August 24, 1961. He married Vera January 15, 1913. She was born October 4, 1891 in Henry County Illinois and will die February 10, 1947. Both are buried in the Memorial Park Cemetery here in Galesburg. Kelsey is a manager at a bulk oil plant.

 

WILBUR PUTNAM  Galesburg, Knox County

He is 52 NE and widowed. He is a salesman for Watkins Products and lodging and was lodging here in 1935 and then was in Bureau County in 1930 and then here in Galesburg with his mother Nellie Henderson Putnam from 1900 through 1920. Wilbur Dickson Putnam is a son of Orlean Elhannah Putnam and Nellie Sophia Henderson. Check his brother Budd’s listing coming up for details on his folks and stuff. Wilbur was born February 8, 1888 in Holdrege, Nebraska. He was married twice. First to Jane Bradford December 27, 1920 in Woodland, Pennsylvania. She died in 1921. He then married Louise Aldridge October 4, 1923 in Wyanet, Illinois. Wilbur will die here in Knox County January 10, 1957. New England line Connecticut to New York to Illinois.

 

BUDD PUTNAM  Gilson, Haw Creek Township, Knox County

He is 47 NE IL IL and is a farmer. His wife Hazel Inez Boyd is 47 IL and they have Thomas 17 IL, Robert 14 IL and Theodore 6 IL. Also here is Inez’ mommy Melissa Boyd 87 PA. He is David Budd Putnam a son of Orlean Elhanna Putnam and Nellie Henderson. He was with his mom in 1900 through 1920 in Galesburg and she was still there in 1930 and Budd and the family were here in Haw Creek in 1930. His mom Nellie Sophia Henderson was married to Orlean Elhanna Putnam. She has been alone here with the kids since the 1900. She began stating she is divorced by 1920, and probably was when she decided to leave Orlean back in Texas in 1897 or 1898. Orlean was a son of Ira J. Putnam and Rosanna Longnecker from Cass County Michigan. He was single here in 1880, married Nellie here in Hendersonville March 11, 1884. He was in Alberta Canada in 1900 while Nellie and the kids were here. Anyway, Budd was born in Holdrege, Nebraska December 11, 1892 and will die here in Galesburg April 29, 1965. He married Inez January 29, 1920. She was a daughter of Roscoe Boyd and Sarah A. Heiney and was born in Huntingdon County Indiana August 11, 1892 and she will die here in Galesburg March 22, 1975. Then Orlean will for some reason show up here in Knox County and die here in Galesburg April 17, 1946. New England Line.

 

HAMILTON CLINT PUTMAN  Knoxville, Knox County

He is 25 OK and single. He is a sergeant in the U. S. Army here. In 1935 he was at Fort Robinson in Dawes County Nebraska. He is a son of Joseph F. Putman and Mary Mahaley Graham. Joseph was a son of Richard Jacob Putman and Nancy Hamilton from Pike County Arkansas. Line goes back to Ezekiel Putman from South Carolina to Hall County Georgia. Clint was born in Carter County Oklahoma December 24, 1914. Can’t find the family in 1920, but by 1930 his mom is widowed and they are in Blackwell, Kay County Oklahoma and then he joined the Army. He will soon go to Rockwood, Roane County Tennessee and marry Annie Laura Hickey there March 12, 1941. He will later become the Mayor of Rockwood and will serve till he dies there September 2, 1968. Annie will be in Rockwood until she dies October 14, 1998. Southern Putmans of course.

 

LESLIE R. (ROBERT) PUTNAM  Fort Sheridan, Deerfield Township, Lake County

He is 21 WI and a private in the U. S, Army. He is a son of Frank Putnam and Anna Kroening from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He was born there and was there in 1935. He will be killed November 19, 1944 fighting in France. Dutch Family out of New York State originally.

 

JOHN PUTNAM  Highland Park, Deerfield Township, Lake County

He is 71 MA. He works at a lumber and fuel company. His second wife Imogene Higgie is 61 IL. He is John Abel Putnam and was born in Boston April 15, 1869, a son of Abel Adelbert Putnam and Abbie Anna Dudley. The family moved to Chicago in the 1870s. John has been here in Lake County on the North Shore since the 1900. He had been married to Annie Winchester up through the 1920. He was with Imogene here in 1930.

 

EUGENE PUTNAM  Shields Township, Lake County

He is 18 KS and stationed at the Great Lakes Naval Training Center here. His full name is Charles Eugene Putnam born March 2, 1922 in Elmo, Dickinson County Kansas and died August 6, 2010. He is a son of John Harrison Putnam and Mary Josephine Davenport. He was at home with his folks in Gothenburg, Dawson County Nebraska in 1930. New England family.

 

DENNIS L. (LUMAN) PUTNAM  Wauconda Village, Lake County

He is 63 IL and his wife Jennie B. Seymore is 56 IL. He is a son of Wallis Ashtil Putnam and Mary Emma Olcott. His widowed dad has been living with him through 1920. Dennis was born in 1877 and will die here in 1954. Jennie was born February 28, 1884 and will die here in September 1972. New England family.

 

RACHEL PUTNAM  Zion Township, Lake County

She is 90 CAN widowed and boarding. Rachel Ostrander was married to Charles Gordon Putnam in Chicago in 1900. Charles was the son of Henry Putman and Anne Hawn. He was from the Niagara District and was in the Elgin East district of Ontario in the 1871 and 1881 censuses. This is a Dutch family that goes back to New York State. Charles and Rachel were married in Yarmouth, Elgin County Ontario on December 25, 1869. She was a daughter of James and Sarah Ostrander from Canada and was born there in August of 1850.

 

GRANT PUTNAM  Ottawa, La Salle County

He is 29 IA and his wife Frances is 29 IA as well. He repairs and services adding machines. He is a son of Niles Curtis Putnam and Edna Cobb and was born July 11, 1911 in Ridgeway, Winneshiek County Iowa. He was there in 1920. In 1930 the rest of the family is in Mower County Minnesota, but he isn’t. He is in Minneapolis in 1935. His dad worked for the railroad and they moved a lot. He will die in Independence, Iowa March 5, 2001 according to obits.com  This is a Dutch Putman family from Livingston County New York.

 

FRANK PUTNAM  Bridgeport, Lawrence County

He is 58 IL, his wife Bessie (Elizabeth Keen) is 53 IL and their daughter Mary is 20 IL. Frank Alfred Putnam is a son of William H. Putnam and Miriam King from Wabash County. They were there up till 1920 and were here in 1930. He is a pumper in an oil field as he was here in 1930. Frank was born in Wabash County October 3, 1880 and married Bessie there on March 29, 1903. She is a daughter of Ancil Marion Keen and Alma Jackson and was born January 10, 1887 and will die here in Bridgeport in April 1974. Frank will die here January 11, 1949.

 

IRA PUTNAM  Bridgeport, Lawrence County

He is 67 IL a farmer and still widowed as he has been since 1910.  Also here are his daughter Margaret 37 IL, his sister Laura 72 IL, his widowed sister Mary Gainer 69 IL, and his nephew Frank 49 IL. Ira is a son of Eber Putnam and Mary Elizabeth King and was born here February 13, 1873. He married Nellie Borman in 1899 and they were here in 1900 and she was gone by 1907. Eber was a son of Chesterfield Putnam and Elizabeth Baird from Wabash County. Line then goes back to Columbia County New York and Sutton, Massachusetts before that.

 

WILLIS PUTNAM  Bridgeport, Lawrence County

He is 33 IL, his wife Mildred Lucille Copple is 27 IL and they have Wilma 5 IL, Jack 3 IL, Jerry 2 IL and Wanda 5/12 IL. He is a roundabout on an oil well. Willis is a son of Ira Putnam and Nellie Borman and was born August 10, 1906 and will die in November 1964. Mildred was born May 10, 1912 and will die in Illinois December 13, 1988. His dad is listed above. The whole family is also listed now in 1940 in Sandoval, Marion County Illinois also working in the oil fields.

 

CLARA V. (VIOLA) PUTNAM  Dennison Township, Lawrence County

She is 64 IL and widowed. She is living here with her sister Mary E. Tanquary 77 IL and her brother John C. Tanquary 71 IL.  Clara Tanquary has been married to Charles Wilmer Putnam back in Wabash, Illinois. He was a son of William H. Putnam and Miriam King from Wabash County. He was born there July 21, 1874 and died there July 15, 1933. They were married there March 31, 1897. Clara is a daughter of Abraham Tanquary and Hannah Hershey and was born in 1875 and will die in 1975 at age 99 and will be buried with her husband in Mt. Carmel, Wabash County. Her son Sharon is listed next.  New England line out of Massachusetts.

 

SHARON R. (RAYMOND) PUTNAM  Dennison Township, Lawrence County

He is 39 IL, his wife Margaret B. Maisel is 38 OH and they have Marie M. 5 MI and Clara Ann 2 MI. They were married in Detroit, Michigan June 25, 1927, and have been up in Detroit from the early 1930s. He is a son of Charles Wilmer Putnam and Clara Viola Tanquary and was born in Mount Carmel, Wabash County November 12, 1900. His widowed mommy is listed just above him. He will marry Frances L. Wright March 26, 1985 in Pinellas County Florida and die in Tallahassee, Florida May 21, 1999. Frances was born in Joliet, Will County Illinois August 30, 1913 and will die in St. Petersburg, Pinellas County Florida June 23, 1995. She was previously married to a Miller. New England line from Sutton, Massachusetts to New York, Indiana and here.

 

GEORGE A. (ARTHUR) PUTMAN  Ashton, Lee County

George is listed as 59 IL. His wife Dora A. is 61 IL.  He is a poultry buyer. They were here in 1910, and he has been here since he was born October 21, 1880. He is a son of William Putman and Elizabeth Swarner. He will die here in Ashton June 9, 1941. Dutch family out of Fulton County New York.

 

KATHERYN PUTMAN  Dixon, Lee County

She is 54 IRE and widowed as she was back in 1900. She spells her name Catherine, Katherine, Kathryn in various censuses. She had a daughter in 1900 through 1930. The daughter’s stats say her dad was Theodore Putman from Virginia. Best we can do.

 

JOHN S. (STERLING) PUTNAM  Belle Prairie, Livingston County

He is 81 IL NY NY and widowed. His wife Catherine Schilling died December 24, 1914. John Sterling Putnam is a son of Aaron Putnam and Sarah Tenney. He was born here in February 1858, and his folks were from Clinton County New York and Vermont before that. He will die in a nursing home in Pontiac, Livingston County on May 19, 1953.

 

GEORGE F. PUTNAM  Forrest, Livingston County

He is 66 IL IL KS and he works in a machine factory. His wife Myrtle is 48 IL. Their son Moyn T. is 28 IL and his wife Jessie Wells is 23 IL and they have Shirley 3 IL. George has been here since 1900. Myrtle was born August 31, 1890 and will die in April 1963. George was born in September 1874. George is a son of Albro Putman and Sarah Jane White from McLean County. Albro was originally from Connecticut.

 

FRED H. (HARRY) PUTNAM  Decatur, Macon County

He is 53 NY US US and drives a taxi. His wife Nellie Foster is 52 IL and they have Helen 17 IL still at home. They have been here since 1910, but I don’t find him in 1900 so not sure who his folks are. A family sheet says he was born in Syracuse, New York May 10, 1886, and will die here in Decatur July 1, 1945, but no other info. The following George Putnam is his brother. See that listing for his folks Ward Putman and Margaret Pritz. Nellie was born April 14, 1888 and will die here in Decatur in March 1971.

 

GEORGE PUTNAM  Decatur, Macon County

He is 55 NY US US. His wife Pearl Holcomb is 41 IA and they have Willard 30 IL and Lyle 25 IL. They have a foster daughter Janet Thompson 8 IL. He just pops up here in 1910 married and everything. According to his tombstone he was born June 27, 1884. His death certificate states his father was Ward Putnam and his mother was Margaret Pritz and he was born in Syracuse, Onondaga County New York. Can’t find them though. There was a Ward Putnam in Cicero, Onondaga County near Syracuse in 1880. He was single age 21 and in 1870 was in De Witt, Onondaga County living with Alanson and Sophia Putman his folks. Must be him and if so they are on the New York Dutch Putman line. He is a city fireman. He will die here January 7, 1944. The above Fred is his brother and he listed him person to contact on his Draft Registration in 1942. He also wrote that his middle initial was E and did not stand for anything but Willard will die here in 1965. Lyle will be married to Carolyn Brasfield in Fulton County Kentucky in 1940.

 

JACK A. PUTNAM  Decatur, Macon County

He is 27 IL and a stepson of William A. Bowen. His mother Hazel 50 IL IL IL. They were here in 1920 and 1930. Hazel married the John A. Putman who was single here in 1910. Actually, there is a gravestone here that states she was the wife of John A. Putnam who died here October 23, 1915. He was born June 3, 1888. Hazel died here January 7, 1950 and they are buried together. The dad John, born in New York, just popped up in 1910 and I can’t find in 1900 so don’t know the line. His name was spelled Putman so probably on the Dutch Line.

 

LUCILLE PUTMAN  Decatur, Macon County

She is 27 IL and has Betty 10 IL and Joann 8 IL. Says she is still married and in the same house she was in 1935. Can’t find her in 1930 so no ideas yet.

 

LENORA PUTMAN  Granite City, Madison County

She is 20 MO single and a student nurse at St. Elizabeth’s Hospital and Training School for Nurses. Lenora Pauline Putman is a daughter of Marvin W. Putman and Veronica Swabeck and was born in St. Louis, Missouri October 3, 1919 and was at home in 1920 and 1930. She will marry Harry Stansfield Deacon and die in Saginaw, Michigan April 24, 2006. Her dad just popped upin the 1900 census at age 9 living with his grandfather Gebhard Babb in St. Louis, so no ideas as to his folks. His WWII draft registration says he was born in St. Louis October 19, 1890 for what that’s worth.

 

IRA PUTMAN  Namoki Township, Madison County

He is 49 MO single and boarding with a Bollin family. He is a car inspector for the railroad. He is a son of William Absolam Putnam and Lydia Jane Moseley from Calloway County Missouri. The family was in Fayetteville Arkansas in 1910 and then here in 1920. The folks moved back to Fayetteville, Arkansas. He was single here with them in 1920 and was briefly married and divorced by 1900, so wasn’t married that long. He was born in Calloway County September 12, 1889 and will die in Arkansas January 30, 1972 and buried there in Fayetteville, Arkansas in the National Cemetery as he served in WWI. He is on the Southern line out of Guilford County North Carolina.

 

JOHN & OTHER PUTMANS  St. Jacob, Madison County

John is 72 IL, his brother Frank is 62 IL, brother James 59 IL and sister Clara 52 IL. They are all kids of Hiram Putman and Lavinia Noblett and were all born here. The guys never married and Clara gave it a couple of tries. John Wesley was born July 24, 1868 and will die here later this year on December 18, 1940. Frank was born January 28, 1878 and will die here May 5, 1956. James Alexander was born December 19, 1880 and will die here May 22, 1946. Clara Bell was born March 11, 1888. Southern Putman family from Williamson County Tennessee.

 

GEORGE W. PUTNAM  Centralia, Marion County

He is 30 IL, his wife Aline Edna Berkshire is 28 IL and they have Frank R. 8 IL and Elizabeth Georgiene 5 IL. He is an oil field pumper. He is a son of Frank Alfred Putnam and Elizabeth Keene and was born in Wabash County April 14, 1910. Edna is a daughter of Charles Elston Berkshire and Alice Jane Irwin and was born March 2, 1912 and will die in Denton, Texas October 12, 1988. George will die in Grapevine, Tarrant County Texas November 17, 2003. A family sheet had this info plus he lived in Hobbs, New Mexico in 1958 and in Denton, Texas in 1993 died in Texas but will be buried in Ardmore, Oklahoma. He has been working in the oil fields up till now and most likely that is what will take him south into Texas and Oklahoma. Family is from the other direction back in New England.

 

WILLIS PUTNAM  Sandoval, Marion County

He is 33 IL, his wife Mildred Lucille Copple is 27 IL and they have Wilma 5 IL, Jack 3 IL, Jerry 2 IL and Wanda 6/12 IL. He is a roundabout on an oil well. Willis is a son of Ira Putnam and Nellie Borman and was born August 10, 1906 and will die in November 1964. Mildred was born May 10, 1912 and will die in Illinois December 13, 1988. The whole family is also listed now in 1940 in Bridgeport, Lawrence County Illinois also working in the oil fields and near his folks. New England Family.

 

WARREN PUTNAM  Wenona, Evans Township, Marshall County

He is an agricultural teacher in a public high school here. He is 25 ILand his wife Alice Johnson is 26 IL and they have Merritt 7/12 IL.They were married in Hennepin County December 5, 1938 Warren Henry Putnam is a son of Henry William Putnam and Julia Hazel Foley and was born in Butler, Vermilion County September 17, 1914 and was there up through 1935. He will die August 26, 1976 and be buried in Iroquois County Illinois.

 

DONALD PUTNAM  Havana, Mason County

He is 27 IL, his wife Rees is 26 IL and they have Joyce 2 IL. He is a son of Lester Putnam and Eva Buchanan here in town. He is a U. S. Engineer whatever that is. This is oil field territory so maybe he is with the U. S. Geological Service.

 

JEANETTE PUTNAM  Havana, Mason County

She is 22 IL and married and has a daughter Camilla 7/12 IL with her. She is an assistant in a beauty parlor. She is listed as a granddaughter of Edwin and Minnie Davis. Also there is their divorced daughter Cyrena Elliott 60 MI who owns the beauty parlor and is Jeanette’s mommy. Ruhamah Jennette Elliot married Hollis George Putnam June 28, 1937. He is a son of John Joseph Putnam and Gertrude Angela Huber. The daughter Camilla Catherine Putnam was born September 14, 1939 and will marry David William Faith from Chicago and die in Bellevue, Washington October 7, 2001. Hollis is in Missouri now and says he is married too. He will be drafted October 16, 1940 in Lincoln County Missouri. They will later move out to Issaquah, Washington where he will die in 1991. Dutch family from Johnstown, New York and then Illinois.

 

LESTER PUTNAM  Havana, Mason County

He is 54 IL and his wife Eva Buchanan is 53 IL and their son Lee L. is listed 24 IL but think it is a mistake and census guy used daddy’s initials. Age should be 29 IL IL and he has been going as Jack up till now, and I assume he is actually the son Jack Buchanan as it was in 1920 and 1930. Lester Dodge Putnam is a son of Alfred G. Putnam and Lenora Angeline Shearer from Wabash County. Lester was born February 25, 1886 in Belmont, Wabash County and will die January 13, 1966. They were in White County in 1930 and are back there in 1950.

 

LEON PUTNAM  Bushnell, McDonough County

He is 38 IL IL IL and owns a grocery store. His wife Vada Ellen Weber is 39 IL and they have Leon Jr. 14 IL. He is a son of George Allen Putman and Nellie Kees of Brown County. He was home there with his widowed mother in 1910 and then out in Moline, Rock Island County with his brother Vernon in 1920 and then here married in 1930. Leon was born April 27, 1901 and will die in Peoria in July 1976. Vada was born July 14, 1899 and will die in Peoria November 24, 1975. Southern Putman family from Kentucky.

 

CLAUDE PUTNAM  Harvard, Chemung Township, McHenry County

He is 51 WI WI WI (born Fontana, Wisconsin) and his wife Harriet Marvin is 71 MI. He is a wood worker in a steel mill. They have Clifford 29 IL (born here in Harvard) and his wife Murial 23 IL born in Capron, McHenry County and their daughter Yvonne 3 IL born in Chicago. Clifford works in the steel mill too. They were here in 1920 and Harriet was previously married to a guy from Scotland before. He is a foreman at a barn equipment manufacturing company. Claude Clay Putnam is a son of George Washington Putman and Leora DeLine from here in Harvard and Linn, Wisconsin before that. He was born in Fontana, Wisconsin December 22, 1887 and will die here August 13, 1943. He married Harriet in 1909 and she had been married to William J. Renton in Sumpter, Wayne County Michigan and they were divorced about 1901 before she came here. She is a daughter of Alexander H. Marvin and Theresa Bridger and was born in Wayne County Michigan in August 1869 and will die here about 1954. The son Clifford was born December 24, 1910 and will die in Capron, Illinois in July 1987. Dutch Putman line out of New York State.

 

LOREN PUTNAM  Harvard, Chemung Township, McHenry County

He is 46 WI and his wife Elizabeth Tredup is 42 GERMANY. They were married in 1925 and were here in 1930. Loren Benjamin Putman is a son of George Washington Putman and Leora DeLine from here in Harvard and Linn, Wisconsin before that. He was born in Fontana, Wisconsin in 1894. He briefly married Pearl Krischke and had a daughter and split in 1918.

 

MONROE L. (LAKE) PUTNAM  Harvard, Chemung Township, McHenry County

He is 32 IL and his wife Virginia Alice Preston is 29 IA. He owns a novelty store. He is a son of Oliver Lewis Putnam and Mary Crumb who are here in town. He was born here December 19, 1907 and will die here January 5, 1988. Dutch Line from New York State.

 

OLIVER L. (LEWIS) PUTNAM  Harvard, Chemung Township, McHenry County

He is 67 NY and his wife Mary Estella Crumb is 64 WI. He was here in 1900 with his widowed mother Kate. There is a birth record stating Oliver was born in Canajoharie, Montgomery County New York May 18, 1873 and his father was Mr. Putnam and mother Kate Parr. I looked in the 1880 census in Canajoharie County and found This Listing: “ He may be the guy here single in 1870, but the age is off. Obviously just married in the past decade. So age is perfect for Kate who is 64 NY in 1900. The writing was bad in the 1880 and I thought it said Albert, but it’s Oliver and he was 7 NY in 1880 and 27 NY in 1900 so that’s his family and obviously Dutch Poutman coming from Montgomery County.

 

RUSSELL E. (EUGENE) PUTNAM  Harvard, Chemung Township, McHenry County

He is 37 WI, his wife Elizabeth Gilcrest is 33 SCOTLAND and they have Betty J. 10 KY, Mary Jo 8 IL and Russell L. 3 IL. He is a son of Oliver Lewis Putnam and Mary Crumb who are listed just above. He was born April 16, 1904 in Walworth, Wisconsin and was with his folks in McHenry County Illinois in 1910 and 1920. He married Elizabeth in Cuyahoga County Ohio May 18, 1929. They were in Fayette County Kentucky in 1930 and then here by 1935. His dad Oliver was born in Canajoharie, Montgomery County New York May 18, 1873. New York Dutch Putman line.

 

WILLIS M.  (MCDOWELL) PUTNAM  Bloomington, McLean County

He is 43 IL IL IL and is a fireworks salesman. His wife Ruth Merrifield is 39 IL and they have Dorothy Helen 21 IL. He is a son of Lee Francis Putnam and Carrie McDowell from Champaign. He and Ruth and Dorothy were at home there in 1920 and then here in 1930. His uncle Frank Edgerton Putnam was here since 1910 and his widow Kittie is still nearby. Willis was born October 22, 1897 and will die here in Bloomington in March 1973. He married Ruth in Champaign County October 27, 1917. Ruth was born July 15, 1900 and will die here December 6, 1996.

 

KITTIE PUTNAM  Normal, McLean County

She is 76 IL and widowed. She has a ‘Companion’ Clare Monahan 30 IL who is taking care of her. Katie Deck has been here a while married to Frank Edgerton Putnam from Champaign County. He died here in 1927. Kitty was born in September 1863 and will die here in Normal December 6, 1945

 

GEORGE H. PUTNAM  Jacksonville, Morgan County

He is 75 ME NH GA and still a teacher at the State School for the Deaf. His wife Lillie Pretz is 72 PA. George was born February 23, 1865 and will die here in 1953. Lillie was earlier married to a Pretz so that’s not her maiden name. She was born in 1867 and will die here in 1943. George is a son of George Augustus Putnam and Fannie Maria Wells of Yarmouth, Cumberland County Maine. His dad was a minister originally from Massachusetts. George will be in some sort of hospital in Macoupin County in 1950.

 

JOSEPH PUTMON  Litchfield, Montgomery County

He is 68 GER widowed and lodging. Not one of us.

 

WILLIAM PUTNAM  Litchfield, Montgomery County

He is 44 MO and his wife Pearl is 34 AR. He owns a farm and they were here in 1935 and in Madison, Madison County in 1930. He is William Mosley Putnam, a son of William Absalom Putnam and Lydia Moseley from Calloway County Missouri where he was born December 13, 1895. The family was in Fayetteville Arkansas in 1910 and then here in 1920. Obviously where William met Pearl. Southern Putmans out of Guilford County North Carolina.

 

MARY PUTMAN  Litchfield, Montgomery County

She is 65 IL and widowed. At home now are her son Jesse 35 IL and a grandson Roy Hill 11 IL. Mary Louisa Gregg was married to George Putnam/Putman here since the 1890s till he died here January 9, 1929. George first appeared with his widowed mother Margaret in 1970 in Will County at age 2 IL. George’s death certificate states he was born February 3, 1868 and died in Litchfield, Montgomery County January 12, 1929. Then it says his father was Henry Putman and mother Margaret. In 1880 his mom had married John Thornby. George was listed 12 IL NY NY. In Will County in the 1860s everyone was on the Dutch line out of New York State, so George would be on that line as well.

 

CLIFFORD PUTNAM  Jacksonville, Morgan County

He is 26 IL and his wife Pauline is 27 IL. I can’t find him earlier or anything on Ancestry. But if you look back to John Putnam in Belle Prairie, Livingston County in 1920 you will see his daughter Ollie had married a Bowman and had a son Clifford Bowman age 6 IL. I would guess this is him and his name was changed to Putnam. Only a guess though. His wife works in the State School for the Deaf. In 1930 there was a Jennie Putnam age 38 IL then who was a cook at the School for the Deaf. She was a daughter of Charles Francis Putnam in Stark County. Might be a connection. Anyway they are in Springfield, Sangamon County in 1950.

 

LEOLA PUTNAM  Jacksonville, Morgan County

She is 25 IL and an inmate in the Jacksonville State Hospital for the Insane. Leola Virginia Maye Putman is a daughter of Roy Briggs Putman and Velenda Petrie from Elkhorn, Brown County. She was born there December 20, 1915 and will die February 6, 1967. She was in a similar hospital in Adams County in 1930. She is here still in 1950.

 

DELBERT PUTNAM  Meredosia, Morgan County

He is 27 IL and his wife Mildred is 19 IL. He is a son of LeRoy Briggs Putnam and Velenda Petrie from Cooperstown, Brown County. He was born there April 7, 1913 and was at home with the family in Pike County in 1930. He married Mildred January 22, 1937. She was born August 22, 1920 and will die in June 1981 in Iowa City, Iowa. Delbert will die May 1, 1986 in Gladstone, Henderson County. They will have two daughters: Sandra Kay in 1942 and Karen in 1945. Southern Putman family Virginia to Kentucky to Ohio and then here.

 

JOHN F. (FERSON) PUTNAM  Oregon Township, Ogle County

He is listed as 59 OH.  Ada Gale is 48 IL. They have Martha Betty 20 IL and John Gale 17 IL still at His wife Ada home. He is general manager at a silica works company. He is a son of David Edgerton Putnam and Susan Ramsey from Columbus, Franklin County Ohio. He was born there July 26, 1880 and was home there in 1900 and 1910. He and Ada were here in 1920 and 1930. She was born in September 1891 and will die here in 1967. John will die here in 1960. John is on the New England line that went from Massachusetts to Marietta Ohio with General Rufus Putnam and basically established the State of Ohio.

 

CHARLES PUTNAM  Peoria, Peoria County

He is now 76 IL and has a coal company. In 1930 he was here spelled Putnam 65 IA. In 1910 he and Charles were in Des Moines County Iowa and he was 56 MA MA MA. He is Charles Messer Putnam the son of Nathan Putnam and Caroline Messer from Salem, Massachusetts. He was at home in 1860 and then with his widowed mother there in 1880. Then he married Martha Jane Lane in Massachusetts and they were in Brookline Massachusetts in 1900, and then came to Iowa. In 1910 he was widowed with her mother Antoinette Lane and his son Charles (listed next) and they were in Burlington, Des Moines County Iowa. Can’t find him in 1920, but in 1930 he and his son Charles were here in Peoria.

 

CHARLES M. (MESSER) PUTNAM  Peoria, Peoria County

He is 40 MA and his wife Caroline Derby is 46 IA. His widowed dad Charles M. Putnam is listed right above. They were married here November 20, 1926. Charles was born June 13, 1900 and will die here in Peoria in December 1983. Caroline was born February 6, 1883 and will die here in Peoria May 11, 1968 They were here in 1930 and 1935. New Englanders.

 

CLEO MAE PUTMAN  Peoria, Peoria County

She is 23 IL and divorced with a son Larry Putman 2 IL. She is living with her folks Harry and Minnie Crawford. Cleo was in the same house in 1935, so she got married and divorced between 1935 and 1940. She will be in Evanston married to Harold Boethie in 1950.

 

EVA M. PUTNAM  Peoria, Peoria County

She is 67 IL and widowed as she has been since before 1920. She is living with her married daughter Mary A. 33 IL and her husband Lyman R. Brown 38 IL and their two kids. Eva McLaughlin was widowed here in 1920 and Mary was 13 then. She was married to James Downing Putnam in 1910 and he died in 1917. Can’t find in 1930. Her son James D. Junior is married here in Peoria now.

 

FRED H. (FREDERICK HUMPHREY) PUTNAM  Peoria, Peoria County

He is 65 NY VT NY and is a supervisor of a parking lot. His wife Josephine Emerson is 63 IL and works for the newspaper. Their daughter Marian is 21 IL and a secretary for a Commercial Organization. He is a son of Joseph Putnam and Mary Owens and was born in Chemung County New York. By 1880 the family was in Lenawee County Michigan, and then he came here in the late 1880s with his brother Willard. Been here since then and will be. Fred was born August 20, 1874 in Horsehead, Chemung County New York.  New Englanders from Vermont and Massachusetts before that.

 

HAROLD PUTNAM  Peoria, Peoria County

He is 56 IA, his wife Belle Marge Clark 52 IL and they still have Austin C. 23 IL and Betty M. 20 IL at home. He is a salesman for petroleum products for the Texas Company, better known as Texaco. He is Harold Lyford Putnam, a son of Austin Herbert Putnam and Ida Mae Lyford from Danvers, Massachusetts. He was with the family in Danvers in 1900. The family was in Webster City, Hamilton County Iowa in 1885 and that was where Harold was born January 4, 1884. Harold and Belle were in Rockford Winnebago County in 1920 and here in Peoria in 1930.

 

JAMES PUTNAM  Peoria, Peoria County

He is 29 IL and his wife Jane is 26 IL. They have been married only a couple of years as in 1935 he was here and she was in Washington, Tazewell County Illinois. He is a life insurance salesman and she is a clerk in a bookstore. They both have 4 years of college. He first shows up in 1910 with his folks James Downing Putnam Sr. and Eva McLaughlin. He was with widowed mother Eva McLaughlin in 1920 and she is listed above.

 

LEONARD PUTMAN  Peoria, Peoria County

He is 28 IL, his wife Vivian Elizabeth Sexton 27 IL and Leonard Jr. 6 IL. He is a truck driver for a freight company. He is Lyle Leonard Putman. In 1920 he was with his folks James H. and Cynthia Putman in Canton, Fulton County. In 1930 he was here in Peoria with his mom who had married Charles Johnson. Haven’t figured James out yet. In 1910, he was listed in Canton as a nephew of John Westerfield. He was born in Canton, Fulton County April 9, 1912 and will die May 27, 1973 here in Peoria.

 

LEONARD S. (SCOTT) PUTNAM  Peoria, Peoria County

He is 42 IL NY IL and salesman for an automobile company. His wife Nina Keith is 42 IL and they have Jane 13 IL, Scott 11 IL and Martha L. 2 IL. Nina’s widowed mother Amanda Keith 79 IL is with them as she was in 1930. They were in Ottawa, La Salle County in 1930 and Downers Grove Du Page County in 1935. He is a son of Willard Gamble Putnam and Emma Scott from Peoria. He was born in Peoria November 18, 1897. He will eventually die in Santa Clara County California December 4, 1964. Nina is a daughter of Edward Elias Keith and Amanda Eckert and was born in Averyville, Peoria County November 14, 1897. She will die in Alameda County California December 26, 1994. His dad Willard was a son of Joseph Putnam and Mary Owens and was born in Chemung County New York. By 1880 the family was in Lenawee County Michigan, and then he came here in the late 1880s. His dad was a son of Silas Putnam and Martha Jordan. The family is from Vermont and Massachusetts before that.

 

OTIS O. (OSCAR) PUTNAM  Peoria, Peoria County

He is 49 IL US US, his wife Sylvia Ellis is 51 IL and they have Richard 25 IL and Eugene 21 IL. He is an automobile salesman as he was here in 1930. He is a son of John Devales Putnam from Clinton, DeWitt County. He was born there June 11, 1890. He was there married in 1920 and here in 1930. Putnam family out of Guilford County North Carolina.

 

ROBERT C. (CLYDE) PUTNAM  Peoria, Peoria County

He is 21 SD single and lodging. He is a molder of tractor and foundry equipment and lives with several other guys doing the same thing. He is the son of Clyde Chester Putnam and Ruth Booker. In 1920 he was in Mitchell, Davison County South Dakota and was recorded as being born in South Dakota. The folks were from Taylor County Iowa and may have briefly been in North Dakota, but were in South Dakota and then got divorced in 1924. I don’t find him or his mom in 1930 and his dad had married Helen Wenzel and was in Pennsylvania where he died in 1949. His mother Ruth was in Marshall County South Dakota in 1940. Clyde says he was single in Douglas County South Dakota in 1935. He will be married to Virginia Ringens here in 1950.

 New England family from Vermont and Massachusetts before that.

 

RICHARD B. (BYRON) PUTNAM  Lodge, Sangamon Township, Piatt County

He is a mail distributer for a bank and is 30 IL. His wife Ellen K. Van Scoyk is 31 IL and her widowed father Samuel E. Van Scoyk is 82 OH. He is a son of Frank Atkins. Putnam and Helen Augusta Larson from Chicago he was born there August 26, 1909 and was there in 1935. Ellen and her dad were in Champaign in 1935 so they got married in the last couple of years. He will die in Los Angeles April 6, 1986. His grandfather George was born up in Canada and his dad Joshua was born in Massachusetts. Family came down to Missouri in the 1860s.

 

JUNE PUTNAM  Derry, Pike County

She is now 86 OH. Also here is her widowed daughter Martha ‘Mattie’ Ownby 68 IL. June E. Fairley is the widow of James M. Putnam who died here July 26, 1908. They were from Brown County but have been here since the 1890s. She was born January 1, 1854 in Ohio and will die here November 26, 1942.

 

PEARL PUTNAM  Derry, Pike County

Pearl Arthur Putnam is 46 IL IL OH and his wife Priscilla E. Dolbeare is 45 IL. They have Jeanne 19 IL and a granddaughter Barbara J. 4/12 IL. They have been here before 1920 and ever since. He is a son of James M. Putman and June Farley from Brown County. He was born July 13, 1893 and died August 14, 1971. He married Priscilla Eliza Dolbeare on April 14, 1915. They have been here since the 1890s. Priscilla is a daughter of Christopher and Belle Dolebeare and was born December 4, 1894 and will die here August 14, 1970. He will die here in Pike County August 14, 1971. Southern Putman family.

 

WALTER PUTMAN  Menard, Randolph County

He is 30 IL and an inmate at the Illinois State Penitentiary and was here in 1935. He is a son of Ray Putnam and May Hoover from Winnebago County and Vermont before that Walter was born in Rockford, Winnebago County December 22, 1909 and will die there in Rockland October 2, 1992. In 1930 he was locked up in the Winnebago County Jail. Just has trouble staying out of trouble. He will be back in Rockford in 1950 and divorced.

 

WILLIAM H. (HAZEAL) PUTMAN  Bowling Township, Rock Island County

He is 44 IL and his wife Evalena Cressey is 43 IA. He is a son of Charles Frederick Putman and Naomi Alice Clark. He was born in Brown County August 22, 1895. They are here forever. He will die here in April 1975. Eva was born in Iowa February 2, 1897 and will die here in January 1987. Southern Putman family Virginia to Kentucky to Illinois.

 

FRED A. (ALBERT) PUTNAM  Moline, Rock Island County

He is 48 IN married and lodging in a hotel. He is a traveling salesman for coal. He is a son of William Tasker Putnam and Lillie McGahan from Vermilion County. Fred lives there now with his wife Wilma Smith Rollings, and is just on the road for business. See that listing coming up for more info.

 

GLENN PUTMAN  Moline, Rock Island County

He is 17 SD and is living with his grandparents Grant and Gertrude Partlow from Minnesota where his mother Ellen Partlow was born. He is a son of Edward Putman and Ellen Rachel Partlow. Glenn Howard was born in South Dakota August 13, 1922 and will die in Shreveport, Louisiana August 11, 1972. He will marry Florence Jacobs and two other gals, one in 1949 in Helena, Lewis & Clark County Montana and Patricia Lowe on January 27, 1968 in Harrison County Texas. In the 1955 city directory for Moline, he is listed and his wife is listed as Mary K. Putman. The family tree shows 3 wives, kids with each but all marked Private. The following listing for his brother Ralph gives a rough idea about who he is and about his parents and that his last name is really Bakkala not Putman.

 

RALPH PUTMAN  Moline, Rock Island County

He is 27 ND, his wife Irene Elizabeth Carlin is 23 IL and they have Terry 2 IL. Ralph Edward Putman is a son of Edward Putman and Ellen Rachel Partlow and was born in Kensal, Stutsman County North Dakota July 7, 1912. His folks were married in James, North Dakota December 2, 1911. Now gets interesting. He really isn’t a Putman except that was a name his dad changed to. Ralph was in Stutsman County through 1925 and then the family was in Winchester, Norman County Minnesota in 1930. Then the family moved over here in the mid 1930s and were here by 1935. A relative says that on July 28, 1937 in Moline, Illinois Ed shot and killed his wife and then shot and killed himself. There was a note she was shot by her husband, Ed Putnam, who then shot himself. He had been drinking. Ellen had a restraining order saying he was not to come near the house because he had been abusive in the past. He broke in through the basement and shot her. I don’t know his folks except their names were Matthew W. Bakkala and Lyti Bakkala from Finland. I found his WWI Draft Registration card. It states he was born in Watertown, Codington County, South Dakota on November 15, 1888. At the time he was 28 so the card was filed in 1917 and he then lived in Kensal, North Dakota. He had a farm in Kensal, Stutsman County with a wife and one son. They were in the North Dakota 1915 and 1925 Censuses. I can’t find them in 1920 yet. Ralph was born July 6, 1912 and will die in Moline, Illinois June 2, 1988. He married Irene August 29, 1936 in Galesburg, Knox County Illinois. She was born in Moline January 28, 1917 and will die here November 28, 2004.

 

RAYMOND PUTNAM  Rock Island City, Rock Island County

Raymond Leroy Putnam is 28 ND, his wife Thelma Irene Collier 27 SD and they have a son Harry Arthur 4 IA and a stepdaughter Winogene Bennett 8 IA from Thelma’s earlier marriage to Wilbur Bennett. They were in Sioux City, Iowa in 1935. He is a torch cutter/burner for a wholesale Iron Company. Interesting. He was born Raymond Lee Mahar June 5, 1911. His mother died in 1918 and he and a brother, Severn Buster, were then adopted by Harry Arthur Putnam and Rosella Goodroad. Ray must have been around the folks in Oneida County Wisconsin as his brother Sever Buster was with Harry and Ella in Sugar Camp, Oneida County Wisconsin in 1930. Raymond states they were in Sioux City, Woodbury County Iowa in 1935. New England family.

 

R. G. (ROSS GRIFFITH) PUTNAM  Eldorado, Saline County

He is 56 IL, his wife Katherine Milligan is 53 IL and they still have their daughter Katherine 15 IL at home. Also here is their married daughter Miriam 29 IL, her husband Lorin Wright 31 CO and their daughter Esther Wright 6, IL. Ross owns a jewelry store here in town. Ross is a son of William H. Putnam and Miriam W. King and was born in Wabash County March 11, 1983. He served in the Army in the Spanish American War in the Philippine Islands from 1901-1903. In 1904 he graduated from the St. Louis Watchmaking School and then married Kate September 1, 1907. Kate is a daughter of William J. Milligan and Jane Elizabeth Courter and was born in Wabash County October 28, 1886. Ross will retire from his jewelry business December 31, 1941 and his son William will take over. Ross has been President of the Board of Education and will next serve one term as mayor of Eldorado. Ross will die here in May 1967, and I don’t have a death date for Kate yet. Family comes from Howard Putnam in Salem, Massachusetts to Eber Putnam from Delaware County New York to Wabash County here in Southeastern Illinois just a little north of Saline County where Ross is now.

 

WILLIAM H. (HOWARD) PUTNAM  Eldorado, Saline County

He is 26 IL and his wife Helen N. Milburn 25 IL and they have William M. 1 IL. They will also have a son Ross in 1945 after the War. He is a son of Ross Griffith Putnam and Katherine ‘Kate’ Milligan, listed above, and was born here September 30, 1913 and will die in Harrisburg, Saline County February 15, 2005. He was at home with them here in 1920 and 1930. He is a jeweler at his dad’s jewelry store. His dad will retire and William will take over the business January 1, 1942.

 

ELMER PUTNAM  Springfield, Sangamon County

He is a truck driver for a mining company. He is 55 IL and his wife Mayme Sprague 59 IL. He was single here in 1920 and married to Mayme in 1930. She had been married to a Winter fellow before Elmer. Elmer Ellsworth is a son of George Washington Putman and Amanda Thomas of Brown County Illinois and was born there March 11, 1885. He’ll be here till he dies April 11, 1965. Southern Putman Family.

 

RAY V. (VINCENT) PUTNAM  Springfield, Sangamon County

He is 26 IL, his wife Wilma Jane Jackson is 26 IL and they have William 6 IL, Donald 5 IL, and Roberta 2 IL. He is a cab driver. He is a son of Harrison Leroy Putnam and Elise Sarah Henry from here. He was born in Decatur, Illinois December 22, 1914. He was at home with the folks here in 1920. Then his folks divorced and his dad married Rose Kline in 1922 and they were in Dubuque, Iowa by 1930 and are still there now in 1940. I don’t find Ray in 1930, but he will head west and die out in San Anselmo, Marin County California on August 29, 1944. Wilma was born in Roodhouse, Greene County in 1914 and will die in Springfield in 1971.

 

ROBERT PUTNAM  Springfield, Sangamon County

He is 28 IL, his wife Minnie (Dominica Maria Peroglio) 25 WY and they have Robert 7 IL, John 5 IL, James 3 IL and Yvonne 1 IL. Robert Leroy is a son of Harrison Leroy Putnam and his first wife Elise Sarah Henry. He was born here, then the folks split and he and his brother Ray were with his mother’s folks in Piatt County in 1920. He works for the W.P.A. and they were here in 1935. He was probably here in 1930 but not indexed. Robert will die in Missouri July 28, 1971. Minnie will die in Peoria April 5, 1991. New England Family from Delaware County New York, and Connecticut before that.

 

MAYME PUTNAM  Rushville, Schuyler County

She is 54 IL (listed as 45 IL) still single as she has been. She is a daughter of John William Putman and Hannah Jane Aber from Brown County. Southern Putman family.

 

MARGARET PUTMAN  Point Pleasant, Scott County

Margaret Gordon is now 47 IL and widowed as her husband Charles Calvin Putman had died here March 11, 1929. She has, Delores 15 IL, Donald Paul 12 IL. They are living with her folks Edgar and Luella Gordon. She and Charles were here in Elmira, Scott County in 1920. He was a son of Henry Francis Putman and Virginia Shackleford of Brown County Illinois and was born there March 22, 1886. Southern Putman family Virginia to Kentucky to Illinois.

                                                   

WILLIS PUTNAM  Centreville Township, St. Clair County

He is 19 NY single and in the Army Air Corps at Parks Air College. He is Willis Edward Putnam a son of Edward C. and Jennie Putnam and was born in Sanford, Broome County New York August 14, 1921 and will marry Gloria Gladys Greene October 29, 1949. They will move to Atlanta and he will die there February 15, 1996 and she will die there July 5, 2010. He was in Hancock, Washington County Maryland in 1935. This is a New England family out of Fairfield, Connecticut then Worcester, Massachusetts, Delaware County New York then Sanford, Broome County.

 

DAVID PUTNAM  East St. Louis, St. Clair County

He is 65 IL and his wife Louise is 61 IL. Now, he has been here from 1900 to 1930 married to Irene Maude Porter and is a son of Wheeler S. Putnam and Vida Louisa Ferguson and was born here in 1877, so age should be 62 now, which is consistent with past years. I guess Irene died and Louisa is new. Can’t find any family sheets on him so don’t know any more. Family is out of Massachusetts way back when.

 

GEORGE PUTNAM  East St. Louis, St. Clair County

He is 54 IL single and living with his widowed sister Maude E. Green 63 IL. He is a sausage maker in a meat packing plant. They are kids of George Malcolm Putnam and Sarah Roesch from here. His dad is a son of George and Ophra Putnam from Dorchester, Middlesex County Canada and Massachusetts before that.

 

HARRY F. (FLOYD) PUTNAM  East St. Louis, St. Clair County

He is 45 IL, his wife Jeanette Basche 40 IL and Harry Junior is 22 IL. He is an office manager at a stockyards company. He is a son of George Malcolm Putnam and Sarah Roesch. His dad died here July 11, 1933 and his mom Sarah just died here December 28, 1939 Harry was born here September 14, 1894 and will die here in March 1978. His dad was born in Canada, but the family was from Massachusetts before that.

 

HERSCHEL PUTNAM  East St. Louis, St. Clair County

He is 33 IL and an enumerator for the Department of Commerce. His wife Dorothy Louise Runtz is 31 IL and they have Carol Lou 5 IL. They were just married here in 1930. He is a son of Kenneth Putnam and Mattie Jackson from here. He was born February 15, 1907 and will die in Bakersfield, California June 1, 1975. He and Dorothy will split and he will have 2 more wives. Don’t have a name for the next one. Last will be Annie Laurie Lambertson born in Oklahoma and also will die in Bakersfield, California May 6, 1984. Massachusetts family that went to Minnesota and then down here where it’s a bit warmer.

 

JOHN PUTNAM  East St. Louis, St. Clair County

He is 31 IL, his wife Mary Elizabeth Hendricks is 26 IL and they have a son John R. 2 IL. John Shelby Putnam is a son of Walter Edward Putnam and his first wife Goldie E. Gabbert and was born in Christian County Illinois August 12, 1908. He married Mary about 1937. She is a daughter of Ray Hendricks and Sarah Tozier, and was born here March 15, 1914 and will die at age 27 on February 13, 1941. John has 4 years of college and is Assistant plant engineer at a chemical plant. He will then marry Ilah Fay Godfrey from here in East ST. Louis. She was born in Jerseyville, Illinois July 5, 1913. I don’t know what happens in the next bunch of years, but he will die out in Brazoria, Texas December 18, 1985. Ilah will die in Kerrville, Texas April 17, 2000.

 

MARTHA PUTNAM  East St. Louis, St. Clair County

She is 60 (really 68) IL and widowed as she was in 1930. Her daughter Helen is 35 (48) IL and still single and a field administrator for the W.P.A. Martha ‘Mattie’ Kehoe was married to Gideon Putnam here since the 1890s and he died in the later 1920s. Gideon was a son of Wheeler Putnam and Louisa Ferguson. New England line.

 

VICTOR J. (JOHN) PUTNAM  East St. Louis, St. Clair County

He is 46 IL IL IL. His wife Opal Fern Keyser is 38 MO. They have Lillian Fern 16 IL, Marion L. 13 IL and Bobby Leroy 11 IL,  He is the son of John Anderson Putnam, son of Uzziel Franklin Putnam. His widowed mother Ruth Ellen Holmes was in Dupo, St. Clair County in 1920. He married Opal there July 28, 1920. Victor was born October 7, 1893 and will die in Dupo, Illinois August 15, 1987. Opal was born in Monroe, Missouri June 27, 1902 and will die July 5, 1970 in Centerville, St. Clair County.

 

WALTER E. (EDWARD) PUTNAM  East St. Louis, St. Clair County

He is 55 IL MA IL and his third wife Bertha is 50 IL and she has a daughter Sue 29 KY. He was widowed here in 1930, so they were married sometime in the 1930s. He is an East Side Sanitary Engineer. In 1942 his draft registration still has Bertha as the wife and they are in Sugar Loaf, St. Clair County. His second wife Harriet Bradley who he married in January 1916 has died in 1928. The kids are with his first wife Goldie Gabbert who he married October 5, 1907. He is a son of James Putnam and Emma Sarah Paine from Christian County and was born there March 10, 1885. New England family out of Hinsdale, Berkshire County Massachusetts.

 

ELLA PUTMAN  Wyoming, Stark County

She is 55 IL and still living in her house but her husband Will is living now with his brother Ray Putman. Ella’s brother Peter Carlson 65 IL is living with her as he was in 1935. Getting a divorce I guess.

 

RAY PUTMAN  Wyoming, Stark County

He is 47 IL IL IL. His wife Alma Ethel Boyd is 44 OH and they have Charles 25 IL, Mitchell Wayne 22 IL, Oliver Lawrence 20 IL, Lorene 18 IL, Phillip 13 IL, Warren 10 IL, and Shirley 4 IL. Also here is his brother George William 53 IL and says still married, but his wife Ella Carlson is still in their house and has her brother Peter with her. He is an insurance agent and is a son of Charles Francis Putman and Harriet Cynthia Screeton and has been in Stark County up till 1920 and then in Henry County in 1930 briefly and back here by 1935. He was born in Stark County August 12, 1892 and will die in McDonough County January 3, 1970. Alma was born August 23, 1895 and will die in Peoria March 5, 1983. The son Charles Curtis was born February 4, 1915 and will die in Los Angeles, California September 6, 1989. The son Willard Cecil was born January 30, 1916 and will die in Decatur, Illinois April 13, 2003. The son Oliver Lawrence was born October 22, 1919 and will be a Lt. Colonel in the Army and will die in Springfield, Virginia January 22, 1966. Mitchell Wayne was born October 6, 1917 in Elmira and will die in Wyoming, Illinois May 30, 2010. The daughter Ethel Loren was born December 18, 1922 and died in Chicago October 2, 2004. Now, for the really great news! The 10 year old Warren Thomas Putman is the Warren Putman I have been talking about for years and years. He is the one that did all the great work on the Dutch line and lots of work on the New England line as well. He will move to Peoria and get married there to Mildred Lyons in 1951. Later they will move out to Rio Linda, California. After Mildred died in the 1990s, Warren moved back to Peoria. I flew out there to see him about 1998 and it was great. His sight was about gone and he had stopped doing genealogy. Then he married a gal named Anne and moved south, and I lost touch. Then in January 2006, I got an e-mail from his granddaughter who had stumbled on my web site and called Warren and then wrote me that he was in Athens, Georgia. I called him and it was the same enthusiastic guy I knew. He was 78, all sorts of physical problems but still having a great time. He is back in the Peoria Heights area as of 2012, but not doing that great. Dutch family originally from New York State.

 

ARCH W. (ARCHIBALD WILLIAM) PUTNAM  Freeport, Stevenson County

He is now 50 IL, his wife Cora C. Cowan is 49 IL and they have Muriel E. 23 IL, Archibald W. Jr. 22 NJ and Lucille M. 18 MI. He is a son of Walter and Emma Putnam from here. He was born here July 21, 1889 and was here through the 1910. He then headed North and married Cora in Chicago April 2, 1913. They were in Chicago when he registered for the draft in 1917. Then I guess he was in New Jersey maybe to see his grandparents or maybe stationed there for WWI. In 1920 though they were in Detroit Michigan and that’s where he first used the name William. He is a Parcel Post carrier for the Government as he was in 1930. Cora was born in Chicago January 7, 1891 and will die here in Freeport in February 1972.

 

MARGARET AGNES PUTNAM  Freeport, Stephenson County

She is 58 IRE-FREE and widowed now. Still at home are Alice 34 IL, Patricia 19 IL, Ralph 33 IL, his wife Ruth L. 26 IL and their daughter Maureen Kay 3 IL. Margaret Agnes Cavanaugh was married to Frank Garfied Putnam who died here November 26, 1938. He was a son of Walter Miles Putnam and Mahalia Brown from here. His dad was from Essex County New Jersey. This was a family that came from Massachusetts to New Jersey very early on. Margaret is a daughter of John Kavanaugh and Anastasia Woodman and was born in Coolasnagtha, County Carlow, Southern Ireland March 18, 1888. She will die in Vermilion County in February 1976.

 

WALTER PUTNAM  Freeport, Stephenson County

He is 72 IL and his wife Emma Weik is 70 IL. Emma’s widowed sister Elizabeth Cumming 69 IL is living with them. He is a son of Walter Miles Putnam and Mahalia Curtis Brown and was born here in 1867. He married Emma in 1888. His dad was from Essex County New Jersey. This was a family that came from Massachusetts to New Jersey very early on.

 

FRANK G. (GARFIELD) PUTNAM  Harlem, Stephenson County

He is 30 IL and his wife Leona Kirk Nesbit is 30 IL. He is frank Junior, son of Frank Garfield Putnam and Margaret Agnes Cavanaugh and was born in Freeport March 2, 1910 and will die in Freeport November 7, 1956. Leona was born in Freeport July 24, 1909 and will die in Tempe, Arizona May 15, 2008. He has been in Freeport up through 1935 and now is a clerk in a drugstore here. New England family out of New Jersey.

 

PEARL PUTNAM  Rock Run Township, Davis Village, Stephenson County

She is 24 IL Single and boarding. She is a public-school teacher and of course not married yet. She is a daughter of Charles Henry Putnam and Lulu Mabel Botts and was born in Du Page County and then was in Chicago from the mid 1920s through 1935. She will marry Wesley McKelvey in Platteville, Illinois on June 7, 1942, and probably be forced to quit teaching. She will die in the Good Samaritan Nursing Home in Genesco, Illinois January 19, 2007 at age 91. Family came out of Sutton, Massachusetts to Vermont to Iowa to Illinois. Her dad was a traveling Methodist preacher.

 

EDWARD PUTMAN  Pekin Township, Tazewell County

He is 70 IL IN PA and single as he was here in 1930. In 1930 he was a molder at an iron foundry, but is retired or at least out of work now. He is the son of John Putnam and Mary Alice Fisher and was at home with them in Tazewell County in 1880 at age 10. In 1910 he was in Richwoods, Peoria County living with his remarried and now widowed mother Mrs. Fred Fisher. In 1930 he was right here.

 

JAMES PUTNAM  Washington Township, Tazewell County

He is 29 IL and his wife Jane Dickinson 26 IL. They were married right here December 27, 1938 and were here in 1940. He is James Downing Putnam III a son of James Downing Putnam Jr. and Eva McLaughlin. He was born in Peoria August 31, 1909 and will die here in Washington August 4, 1998. He is a life insurance salesman and she is a clerk in a book store. They were in Peoria in 1935. Family goes back to Minnesota to Lynn, Massachusetts.

 

PUTNAMS & PUTMANS  Vermilion County

This is a County in the middle of Illinois on the Indiana border. Champaign County Illinois abuts on the west and Vermillion County Indiana on the east. This County has one and the one in Indiana has two. There are two separate New England lines here. One coming over from Champaign County and one over from Indiana and New York before that, and both came from Massachusetts earlier. Then the Southern Putman family came from Virginia to Kentucky and then split. One family went into Champaign County Ohio and then Clark County Ohio and then over here. Another went into Illinois and here. In several towns, especially in the Ross and Grant and Danville areas both lines of families are in them together. Gotta be careful sorting them out.

 

HENRY W. (WILLIAM) PUTNAM  Butler Township, Vermilion County

He is 50 IL, Julia Hazel Foley his wife, is 50 IL. He owns his farm. Their daughter Pauline is 23 IL. Then their married son Edward is 25 IL, his wife Juanita M. Melin 21 IL and they have William 1 IL. He is a son of Fred Putnam and Anna Behrens from Ogden, Champaign County. He was born in Royal, Champaign County December 15, 1888 and will die in Hoopeston, Vermilion County November 21, 1975. Julia was born January 20, 1890 and will die in Hoopeston November 21, 1974. Then, the son George Edward was born January 26, 1916 in East Lynn, Vermilion County and will die in Hoopeston November 6, 2003. He married Juanita in Crown Point, Indiana January 7, 1939. Juanita was born July 19, 1918 and will also die in Hoopeston May 30, 2011. They have a dual listing in Grant Township.

 

ROY PUTNAM  Butler Township, Vermilion County

He is 26 IL and his wife Alta Welshire 25 KY and they have Fred 3 IL and Phyllis 1 IL. He is a grain farmer. He and Alta were married April 8, 1935. He is a son of Harm Putnam and Nettie Erdwins from Pilot Township where he was in 1920 and 1930. He was born there January 11, 1914 and will die in Potomac, Vermilion County October 15, 1996. He and Alta are buried in Royal, Champaign County.

 

GEORGE L. PUTNAM  Collison, Pilot Township, Vermilion County

He is 21 IL and his wife Laverne Neff is 19 IL. He is a tenant farmer. George is a son of Harm Putman and Antoinette ‘Nettie’ Erdwins. George ’Shorty’ Putnam was born June 25, 1918 and married Grace Laverne Neff on March 6, 1940 in Shelbyville, Kentucky. They lived in Vermilion County where he was with the Sheriff’s department and Putnam Brothers Corn Shelling plant and farmed in Armstrong. Vernie died January 13, 2006 and George died February 7, 2008 at age 89. This from his obituary. They are in Champaign County in 1950. New England family Massachusetts to Champaign County.

 

HARM PUTNAM  Collison, Pilot Township, Vermilion County

He is a farmer 48 IL IL IL and his wife Antoinette ‘Nettie’ Erdwin is 46 IL. They have Orville F. 18 IL and Bernice 10 IL. He is a son of Fred Putnam and Anna Behrens from Ogden, Champaign County. He was born July 22, 1891 and will die here in Danville September 24 1976. He married Antoinette March 5, 1913. They were here in 1920 and 1930. Family was out of Massachusetts then Rhode Island then Champaign County.

 

CARL PUTNAM  Danville, Vermilion County

He is 34 IL and his wife Gladys Dragoo is 32 IL and they have a couple of nephews Robert Preston 9 IL and William Preston 8 IL. He is a dairy salesman. He is a son of Simeon King Putnam and Sarah Courtner from Wabash County. He was there in 1920 and came up here with his brother Harry, I guess. They are both here in Danville. Carl was born April 16, 1905 and will die in Farmington, Illinois in March 1967. He will have a second wife Mary who was born December 29, 1914 and will die in Farmington in June 1987.

 

FOREST L. (LEE) PUTMAN  Danville, Vermilion County

He is 35 IL IL IL and an automobile mechanic in a garage. His wife Mary Magdaline Carter is 32 IL and they have Joan 12 IL and Patricia 4 IL. He is a son of Ernest Wentworth Putman and Cora Elizabeth Wilson from Ross, Vermilion County. He was born in Henning, Vermilion County May 6, 1905 and married Mary November 20, 1926. He will die in Danville February 14, 1982. Mary is the daughter of William O. Carter and Gertrude Gahen. She was born October 10, 1907, and will die in Hemming May 29, 1998. Southern Putman family that came down from Clark County Ohio.

 

FRED PUTMAN  Danville, Vermilion County

He is 49 IL, Helen Alice Shockley his wife 45 MO and Cassa 23 IL. They were married here in Danville July 5, 1913. They were here in 1920 in Iroquois County in 1930. Fred Renard Putman is a son of John Henry Putman and Eva Kate Renard. He was born in Henning, Vermilion County July 26, 1890 and will die here in December 1964. Helen was born in Woodville, Missouri August 22, 1894. They are in La Porte, Indiana when he registered for the draft in 1942. And back here in Danville in 1950.  Southern Putman family. Virginia to Kentucky to Champaign County, Ohio then to this east-central part of Illinois.

 

FRED A. (ALBERT) PUTNAM  Danville, Vermilion County

He is 49 IN and his wife Wilma Smith is 49 IL and their son Milton Tasker is 20 IL. He owns Danville Coal and Coke Company. He is also now listing in Moline, Rock Island County as he is traveling around selling his stuff. His son Milton is a chief engineer for a company over in Champaign and is away at this time also away on work. Fred is a son of William Tasker and Lillie Estavila McGahan from here. His dad was born in Maine and then came out to Indiana in the 1880 and then over here in the 1890s. Fred was born in Marion Indiana May 14, 1891. His wife Wilma is a daughter of William and Mary Smith and was born in Illinois in October 1889. I have also seen her name as Rollings, so she may have been married before marrying Fred.

 

GEORGE W. (WOODROW) PUTNAM  Danville, Vermilion County

He is 24 IL, his wife Mary Florence Stone is 20 MT and they have George Junior 2 IL. George works in a grocery store. George is a son of Harry Trotwood Putnam and was born here December 14, 1916. He met Mary here in high school and they were married about 1937. Mary is a daughter of Glenn Stone and Alice Lucile Boynton and was born in Great Falls, Montana June 21, 1919. Her widowed mom Alice 51 IL lives next door or maybe in the same building. She got polio and several forms of cancer and had a tough time of it. She died February 19, 1980 in Grand Rapids, Michigan. George died there July 2, 1973. The son George was born December31, 1937 and moved up to Grand Rapids with his folks. He married and died there September 19, 1994.

 

HARRY P. (PERCY) PUTNAM  Danville, Vermilion County

He is 38 IL IL IL and is a brakeman for the steam railway as he was in 1930. His wife Dorothy Ann Streiben is 35 IL and they have Raymond C. 13 IL Virginia L. 8 IL, Gordon K. 4 IL, John K. 3 IL and Arthur R.11/12 IL. He is a son of Simeon King Putnam and Sarah Louise Courter from Wabash County. He was at home there through 1920 and then here in 1930. He was born in Mt. Carmel, Wabash County. He will die here in Danville June 21, 1941 while working on a 75-car freight train a mile south of Danville. The freight engine was hit head on by a New York Central passenger train that was empty at the time. The impact was so strong that the freight engine exploded and the crew of four were all killed instantly. This info came from the Sheboygan Wisconsin Press Thursday June 26, 1941. Dorothy is a daughter of Chester Arthur Streibin and Nettie Florence Tibbetts and was born here in Danville December 17, 1904 and will die out west in San Bernardino, California November 30, 1922. His brother Lester has moved over here and is a brakeman for the railroad too. New England line from Sutton, Massachusetts to Delaware County, New York to here.

 

HARRY T. (TROTWOOD) PUTNAM  Danville, Vermilion County

He is 52 IL PA IN and is a salesman for a gasoline company. His wife Margaret N. Truman is 52 IL, and they have Jane 23 IL, Norene E. 20, and Nell Rose 18 IL. He is a son of George William Putnam and Florinda Calhoun Kirkpatrick from Ogden, Champaign County Illinois. He was there in 1910 and here in 1920. Harry was born December 21, 1887 and will die in Danville February 14, 1945. Margaret was born March 18, 1888 and will die here in Danville February 2, 1976. This is a New England line. Andover, Massachusetts to Champaign County just north of here in Illinois by the 1870s.

 

H. W. (HUGH WILLIAM) PUTNAM  Danville, Vermilion County

He is 51 IL and is now married to Rosa 37 KY and they have Wallace Cary Putnam 16 KY probably from Rosa in an earlier marriage. He is a son of Simeon King Putnam and Sarah Louise Courter from Lancaster, Wabash County. Hugh was single in Danville in 1920 and I don’t find him in 1930. He was in the U.S. National Home for Disabled Soldiers in Danville from July 5, 1932 to January 6, 1933. The record says he was in WWI in 1918 and had injuries to his right foot and left ear. He was married to Rosa at that time. He is a brakeman for the railroad like his brothers Lester and George here in town. Hugh was born in Wabash County March 10, 1889 and will die April 3, 1981.

 

LESTER M. (MAYO) PUTNAM  Danville, Vermilion County

He is 40 IL IL IL and his wife Ida E. Stewart is 37 KY. He is a brakeman for the steam railroad. They have Opal 15 IL, Juanita 12 IL, Robert 11 IL and Mary Lou 5 IL. Lester Mayo Putnam is a son of Simeon King Putnam and Sarah Louise Courter from Lancaster, Wabash County. He was born there January 12, 1900 and was at home there in 1910, missing in 1920 and married there in 1930 and 1935. His brother Harry has moved over here and is a brakeman for the railroad too. New England line from Sutton, Massachusetts to Delaware County, New York to here.

 

WALTER PUTNAM  Danville, Vermilion County

He is 56 IL and his wife Vera L. Cheney is 49 IN and they have Rex E. 24 IN. Also here is Vera’s widowed mother Minnie Cheney 69 IL and his widowed mother Florida C. Putnam 82 IN. Minnie Cheney will die here June 6, 1956. His mom Florida will die here August 3, 1944. Walt and Vera were in Livingston County in 1920 and here in 1930. He is Walter Earl, son of George William Putnam and Florida Calhoun Kirkpatrick from Champaign County. He was born in Penfield, Champaign County Illinois February 2, 1883. He will die March 31, 1951. He married Vera here in Danville December 14, 1911. Vera is a daughter of John Edgar Cheney and Minnie Belle Hall and was born December 24, 1889 in West Lebanon, Warren County and will die here in Danville in August 1981

 

GEORGE E. (EDWARD) PUTNAM  Hoopeston, Grant Township, Vermilion County

He is 24 IL, his wife Juanita Melin is 21 IN and they have William E. 1 IL. He is a tenant farmer here and has been at home with his folks Henry William Putnam and Julia Hazel Foley from Butler Township, East Lynn. George Edward was born January 26, 1916 in East Lynn and will die in Hoopeston November 6, 2003. He married Juanita in Crown Point, Indiana January 7, 1939. Juanita was born July 19, 1918 and will also die in Hoopeston May 30, 2011. They have a dual listing in Butler Township with his folks. New Englanders.

 

MOLLIE E. (EMMA) PUTMAN  Hoopeston, Grant Township, Vermilion County

She is 78 IN and widowed. Her daughter Lila is 53 IL IN IN. Mollie Myers is the widow of Charles Thomas Putman. They were here since 1900, and he died May 11, 1923. Charles was the son of Zachariah Putman and Mary Ann Bolton and was born in Warren County Indiana April 2, 1858. Mollie was born January 3, 1962 in Warren County Indiana. He and Mollie were married in Indiana January 13, 1981. Emma will die here in 1960 at age 98. Southern Putman Family.

 

ERNEST W. (WENTWORTH) PUTMAN  Henning, Vermilion County

He is 64 IL and a well driller with his own company.  His wife, Cora Wilson, is 68 IL. He was born October 5, 1875 and will die March 8, 1961. He married Cora Elizabeth Wilson on June 26, 1894. Cora was born June 15, 1872 and will die January 3, 1968. He was raised by Joseph Putman and Elizabeth Slusser from here, but is actually an out of wedlock son of their oldest daughter Mary Ellen Putman and probably a Wentworth fella.

 

CASSA E. PUTMAN  Henning, South Ross Township, Vermilion County

Cassandra Elizabeth is 54 IL and still single as she will be forever. She is a clerk at the post office here. She is a daughter of John Henry Putman and Eva Kate Renard from here. She was born November 1, 1885 and will die here in January 1968. Southern Putman.

 

CARROLL PUTNAM  Bellmont, Wabash County

He is 34 IL IL IL. His wife Frankie G. Milburn is 31 IL and they have Robert C. 10 IL and David 9. He is the son of David Zolley Putnam and Catherine Elper from next door in Wabash County. He was born in Kitchen’s Bridge, Wabash County November 6, 1905 and will die in Sarasota, Florida August 21, 1988. He married Frankie May 10, 1928. She was born in Wabash July 15, 1907 and will die here October 6, 1987. New England line Massachusetts to New York to here.

 

KATHERINE PUTNAM  Bellmont, Wabash County

She is 70 IL and still widowed. Kate Epler is the widow of David Zolley Putnam. They were married here October 25, 1887. They have been here since then until he died here February 2, 1918. Kate was born here in Wabash County February 3, 1870 and will die here June 30, 1962 at age 92.

 

NORA PUTNAM  Bellmont, Wabash County

She is 73 IL and still widowed. Nora Shearer is the widow of Alfred G. Putnam from here. He died back in the early 1890s. He was a son of Alfred Dodge Putnam and Rebecca McLain and a grandson of Eber Putnam who came out here early on.

 

WILLIAM PUTNAM  Bellmont, Wabash County

He is 54 and now widowed as his wife Marie Johnson has died in January 1938. His sons Vernon 29 IL and William 17 IL are still here. William Alfred Putnam is a son of Lafayette Franklin Putnam and Clara Barker from here. Willie was born here December 1, 1885 and will die here in August 1952. Lafe is a son of Alfred D. Putnam and Nora Sherer from here. Willie’s widowed grandmother Nora lives next door to him.

 

MARK A. (ABRAHAM) PUTNAM  Coffee Precinct, Wabash County

He is 30 IL, his wife Anna Rae Florence Wright 28 IL and they have Elizabeth 3 IL, Joe W. 1 IL and Norma S. 0/12 IL. He is a son of Charles Wilmer Putnam and Clara V. Tanquary from Mt. Carmel. He was home there in 1920. Mark was born February 27, 1910 in Wabash County. He married Anna in Lawrence County in August 1935. She is a daughter of George Henry Wright and Frances Alice Hershey and was born here May 5, 1912 and will die in Palestine, Illinois March 15, 1948. Mark will then marry Mary Ethel Berry in Mt. Carmel February 19, 1949. She is a daughter of Stanley T. Berry and Maria Theresa Gray and was born December 24, 1910 in Mt. Carmel and will die in Robinson, Illinois in October 1999. Mark will die in Huntsville, Crawford County Illinois November 27, 2006. His dad died in 1933 and his widowed mom is currently in Lawrence County and also in Wabash and listed shortly.

 

CLIFFORD PUTNAM  Lancaster, Wabash County

He is 31 IL, and his wife Gladys Cunningham is 32 IL and they have Marjorie 10 IL. His widowed Mother Sarah 69 IL is living with them. He manages a service station. That’s of course a gasoline filling station. But they were really service stations back then. Guys wore uniforms and hats and washed your windshield, checked oil and all. Now no service at all except what you yourself provide. And instead of 15- 17 cents a gallon you pay about $4 a gallon now, again without service. That’s where the expression ‘The Good Old Days’ must come from. Clifford Courter Putnam is a son of Simeon King Putnam and Sarah Louise Courtner from here. Simeon died here November 21, 1925 and Sarah will die here March 3, 1950. He was born here October 8, 1908 and will die in Illinois January 2, 1998.

 

BENJAMIN PUTNAM  Mt. Carmel, Wabash County

He is listed 65 KY, his wife Ella 60 IL and they have Bertha Mae 21 IL. I can’t find them anywhere before this. There was a Benjamin Putnam from Kentucky here years ago, but way older than this one, and he didn’t have a son Benjamin. Wonder if a typo.

 

KARL F. (FREDERICK) PUTNAM  Mt. Carmel, Wabash County

Karl is 61 IL, and his wife Frances Johnson is 56 IL and Anne Elizabeth 31 IL. He is a cashier at a bank. He is a son of Samuel Putnam and Agatha Weinbach from here. Karl was born March 28, 1879 and married Fannie October 24, 1905. Line goes back to Samuel Putnam and Relief Chaffee in Columbia County New York to Howard Putnam and Hannah Green in Sutton, Massachusetts.

 

CLARA PUTNAM  Wabash, Wabash County

She is 62 IL and widowed. Clara Tanquary has been married to Charles Wilmer Putnam here since 1900. Charles was a son of William H. Putnam and Miriam King from here, and grandson of Eber Putnam and Triphosa Ballard from New York and Massachusetts before that.

 

ALPHEUS H. (HENRY) PUTMAN  Sterling, Whiteside County

He is 47 IL IL IL and his wife is Iva Messer 44 NC. They have Robert 19 IL, Patricia 11 IL and Shirley 4 IL. Alphie is a son of Jacob Abraham Putman and Nancy Elizabeth Ford. New York Dutch like everyone in Ogle County and that would be why he spells his name Putman. He was born August 19, 1891 and died January 6, 1958. Iva was born September 25, 1895 and will die May 5, 1987. They were in Mount Morris, Ogle County in 1930. His dad died and then Nancy married Joseph Wilson and they were in Grand Decatur Township, Ogle County in 1900 and then using the last name Putman in 1910 and till he moved out on his own in the 1920s. His mom died in 1929 and his stepdad in 1930.

 

CARL T. (THOMAS) PUTMAN  Cherry Valley, Winnebago County

He is 35 IL and his wife Mary Ann Warner is 25 IL and they have Patricia A. 2 IL. He is a son of John Marion Putman and Maggie Fengel from Fulton County. He was born April 16, 1905 and died March 23, 1967. He married Mary Ann Warner on November 30, 1926. Mary Ann was born in Peoria November 20, 1907 and will die there March 29, 1972. Carl will die in Farmington, Fulton County March 23, 1967. Southern Putman family South Carolina to Kentucky to Indiana to Fulton County. Little Tidbit of information. Putman Township in Fulton County is named for my ggggrandfather Reding Putman who is also Carl’s gggrandfather.

 

CARLTON PUTNAM  Rockford, Winnebago County

He is 31 WI and his wife Mary Jeanette Pohl is 28 WI and they have John 4 IL. Also here is his widowed father Daniel Putnam 67 WI. He is a janitor in an office building. Carlton Ryer is a son of Daniel Chamberlain Putnam and Lillian Julia Ryer from Rock County Wisconsin. He was born there in Avalon May 24, 1908 and was with the family in Bradford, Rock County through the 1930 census. He came down here and married Jeanette here on September 26, 1931. She was born in Beloit, Rock County Wisconsin February 10, 1912 and will die in Loves Park, Winnebago County May 3, 1984. Carlton will die here in Rockford November 18, 1978. His dad was born in Avalon, Rock County Wisconsin March 6, 1873 and will die here in Rockford August 5, 1952. Daniel’s dad Jesse Putnam was from Newberry, Vermont and came to Wisconsin in 1847 and was a farmer and director of the school board in Bradford, Rock County. Carlton’s son John Daniel Putnam was born here September 15, 1935 and will die in Las Vegas, Nevada May 3, 2003.

 

DYER C. (CLAUDE) PUTNAM  Rockford, Winnebago County

He is 61 MI MI IL and manager of a fire insurance agency. His wife Rubetta ‘Ruby’ Eckbert Wise is 61 IL and their son Dyer Carlton is 32 IL, and his wife Elizabeth Glendora Malin is 32 IL. He is a son of Dyer Conger and Catherine Jane Enoch. He was born September 30, 1878 in Douglas, Allegan County Michigan. He is shown at home there in the 1880 census. Family is from Oswego County New York and Preston, Connecticut before that. They were here in 1920. Dyer will die here December 30, 1950. Ruby was born December 25, 1878 and will die here March 26, 1981 at age 102. The son Carlton is an insurance agent with his father’s agency. He was born May 24, 1908 and will die here in November 1978. His wife Elizabeth is a daughter of William D. Malin and Carrie Blanche Saunders and was born here in Winnebago County September 18, 1906 and will die in St. Charles, Kane County in August 1970.

 

ELDON PUTNAM  Rockford, Winnebago County

He is a landscaper 38 IL and his wife Harriet Hose 37 WI. They have Dorothy 15 IL, Raymond 13 IL and Anna 12 IL. His twice widowed mother May (Hoover) King is 73 WI. He is the son of Roy Putnam and May Hoover. Roy was a son of Charles A. Putman and Adelia Wells from Johnstown Wisconsin. Eldon was born here March 23, 1902 and was at home in 1910. His dad died November 30, 1912. In 1920 Eldon was in the U.S. Navy at their Training Station in Lake County, Illinois. That’s the Naval Air Station in Glenview where we were living from 1941 till 1944 when we moved to Connecticut. They used to have a big Flying Model Airplane Show there every Summer. Just a tid bit of info. Anyway, also by 1920 his mother May had married Frank Wells and she and some of the kids were here and the older ones still in town but married. They were here in 1930. He will die here in Rockford December 22, 1981. New England family from Vermont.

 

ELIOT PUTNAM  Rockford, Winnebago County

He is 25 NH and his wife Alice is 25 IL. He works at a gas station and she is a typist. The census says he has had 4 years of college. They were in Wheaton, Du Page County in 1935 and married then. He is a son of Herbert Putnam and his second wife Euretta and was born in Claremont, Sullivan County New Hampshire July 31, 1913 and will eventually die in Lakeland, Florida May 2, 2002.

 

GENE PUTNAM  Rockford, Winnebago County

He is 40 IL, his wife Nellie 35 KY and they have Robert 15 IL, Carol 11 IL and Barbara 5 IL He was here in 1930 and listed as Charles Putnam with Nellie and the two oldest kids. Gene and the kids are here in 1950. No clues as to who his folks were.

 

HAZEL PUTNAM  Rockford, Winnebago County

Hazel Grace Putnam is 57 MI a public-school teacher and single of course like almost every woman schoolteacher in the Country. She is a daughter of Dyer Conger Putnam and Catherine Jane Enoch. She was born in Douglas, Allegan County Michigan July 16, 1882. Her dad died here November 6, 1894 and in 1900 she was with her grandmother Katherine Enoch. In 1910 she was hiding someplace and in 1920 was with her widowed mother Catherine Enoch Putnam who died soon afterwards on April 11, 1920. Dyer was from Oswego County New York and Connecticut before that. New England Putnam line.

 

KATHERINE PUTMAN  Rockford, Winnebago County

She is 70 IL and widowed. Katherine Minzinger had been married to Jay Edward Putman here in Rockford. He died here April 24, 1938. He was a son of Jay Putman and Lucy Barnes from Ogle County where he was born in September 1867. This family is on the Dutch Putman line out of Montgomery County in New York State.

 

ROY C. (CLARK) PUTMAN  Rockford, Winnebago County

He is 50 NE PA GER and is a mechanic. His wife Hermina Wilhelmina Johanna Dammann is 52 IA GER GER and they still have Miriam 30 IA and Grace Mae 25 IA at home. He is a son of Homer L. Putman and Katy Frank from Johnson County Iowa. He was born December 7, 1889 in Lincoln, Nebraska and will die here in Rockford in October 1972. They were in Muscatine, Iowa in 1910, and were here in 1920 and 1930. Hermina was born October 10, 1887 and will die here in April 1976. Roy is a grandson of William Clark Putman and Sarah Frances Harding out of Cayuga County New York. Dutch Putman family.

 

SHERMAN PUTNAM  Rockford, Winnebago County

He is Orre Sherman Putnam and is 47 WI, his wife Madeline Tongue is 45 IL and they have Yvonne 22 IL, David Sherman 14 IL and Sandra Sue 7 IL. He is a machinist at a tool making company. He is a son of Ray or Roy Putnam and Mary Hoover and was born July 26, 1892 in Whitewater, Wisconsin and has been here since the later 1890s. Madeline was born here in 1895. He will die in Los Angeles, California February 27, 1955. New England family out of Vermont to Wisconsin.

 

VAN S. (STAFFORD) PUTNAM  Rockford, Winnebago County

He is 37 MO, his wife Alice Gertrude King is 33 MO and they have Donald G. 12 IL, Russell E. 7 IL and Clifford L. 1 IL. He is a printer for the local newspaper as he was in 1930. He first pops up in Webster Grove, Missouri in 1910 at age 7, and listed as an orphan in an Orphan Home and had a brother Magnus there too. Lucky me, found a family sheet which gives his folks as Edwin Lawrence Putnam and Julietta McGill Lawrence and he was born July 8, 1902 in Fairplay, Cedar County Missouri. Then his folks split-up or something and in 1910 he is in the St. Louis Protestant Orphanage in Webster Grove. His dad died in St. Louis in 1921 and his mom was back in South Dakota where they were in 1880. She died in 1924 in Stockton, Missouri. I don’t find Van in 1920 but in 1930 he is right here in Rockford with Gertrude. He will eventually die in Santa Monica, California in August 1963. His brother Magnus Lawrence Putnam was in Fort Bayard, New Mexico in 1920 and died there in 1924.

 

JAMES M. (MILTON) PUTNAM  Shirland, Winnebago County

He is 56 WI CAN WI and his wife Villa C. Hullett is 48 MI. He is a house painter. James is a son of James Putnam and Lydia Dulcia Wheeler from Grant County Wisconsin. He was born there June 181, 1883. He was in Grant County Wisconsin in 1900 and in Detroit, Michigan in 1920 He will die in December 1954. The grandfather William came from New York into Canada. Think New Englanders, but can’t get back any further than that.