INDIANA

Census Reports

1930 – 1940

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UPDATED AUGUST 19, 2021

 

INDIANA 1930 CENSUS

 

CHARLES D. PUTMAN  Adams, Allen County

He is 31 OH OH OH. His wife Margaret Furthmiller is 29 IN. They have Charles D. 9 IN, Richard J. 7 IN and Wanda E. 5 IN. Also here is Meredith W. Putman 19 OH. Charles is a son of Zachary Taylor Putman and Margaret Hines from Van Wert County Ohio. Meredith is a son of Charles’ older brother Leroy Harrison Putman and Goldie Ann Hileman from Van Wert County. They are all here in 1940. This is a German family out of Pennsylvania.

 

ANNA PUTNAM  Fort Wayne, Allen County

She is 85 PA and widowed. Anna Diffenbaugh was married to Lorenzo Putnam in Cicero Illinois in 1900 and Cook County Illinois in 1910. New England family.

 

CHARLES E. PUTMAN  Fort Wayne, Allen County

He is 79 IN PA KY. His second wife Rose King is 49 IN. They were married here in 1899. He is a son of son of Joseph Putman and Eliza Conklin from Fayette County. He was married to Emma in 1880 in Whitely County and widowed there in 1900. He married Rose in 1909 and has been here ever since. Charles was born August 20, 1850 and will die July 16, 1930. Rose King was born soon in 1881 and will die in 1954.

 

EDNA PUTMAN  Fort Wayne, Allen County

She is 40 MI OH NY and single. She is a clerk for the railroad. The age should be 50. The recorder probably wrote 49 with a big circular 9. She is a daughter of Douglas Perkins Putnam and Jennie Williamson and was with her mother in Logansport, Cass County in 1910 and 1920.

 

EDWARD C. (CHARLES) PUTMAN  Fort Wayne, Allen County

He is a purchasing agent for an electrical company. He is 33 MI MI CAN. His wife Agnes Mees is 34 KS and they have Mary A. 9 OH, Gerald F. 6 OH, Loretta 5 IN and twins Robert E. and Richard H. 2 IN. Her brother Frank Mees 26 KS is with them. Edward is a son of Charles Eleazer Putnam and Stella LaLonde from Lapeer County Michigan and then Alcona County Michigan where Edward was born. According to his WWI draft registration, he was born in Black River, Alcona County May 9, 1896. His WWII registration in 1942 has him and Agnes living here at 2930 Oliver Street and working for Fruehauf Trailer Trucking. Agnes is a daughter of Henry and Louisa Mees, and was born in Jackson County Kansas in October 1895 and will die in 1964. Edward will die in Geneva, Florida January 15, 1981. His dad Charles was a son of Sidney Putnam from Lapeer County and grandson of Eleazer Putnam from Augusta, New York and Massachusetts before that. The son Robert Edward will die in 1940 of rheumatic Fever. The son Richard Henry will marry Dolores Jordan. She was born December 4, 1929 in Fort Wayne and will die December 26, 2009 in Lake. George, Coldwater, Branch County Michigan. Richard will die there September 27, 2004. New England family.

 

GEORGE C. PUTMAN  Fort Wayne, Allen County

He is 63 OH PA OH and his wife Allie Van Arsdale is 53 OH. Her widowed mother Eliza Van Arsdale is 92 OH. His brother Charles 62 OH is here as well. George and Charles are sons of William and Susan Putman from Dublin, Mercer County Ohio, and Pennsylvania before that. They were in Adams County Indiana in 1880. George has been here since the 1900. George and Allie are here in 1940.German family from Pennsylvania.

 

LEONNA L. PUTTMAN  Fort Wayne, Allen County

She is 43 IN IN IN and still single. She is living with her sister Clara and her husband Roy Hodgins as she was in 1920. They are daughters of John and Hester Puttman from Decatur County. The Puttmann family is German. John’s folks are John Henry Puttmann and Christina Charlotte Storig. Folks were born in Alsace-Lorraine Germany.

 

LELAND L. (LUTHER) PUTMAN  Fort Wayne, Allen County

He is 25 OH OH OH and his wife Princess Lehman is 19 OH. They were just married. He is a son of Elder Willis Putman and Arlena Gaier from Van Wert County Ohio. Pennsylvania German family.

 

NORMAN W. PUTMAN  Fort Wayne, Allen County

He is 40 OH OH MO and works on highway construction. His wife Sina is 38 OH and they have Mary E. 17 IN. He is a son of Solomon Putman and Mary Brubaker from Van Wert County Ohio. He was there in 1900 and 1910 and then married in Grant County Indiana in 1920. Pennsylvania German family.

 

PETER B. (BRUBAKER) PUTMAN  Fort Wayne, Allen County

He is 47 OH OH OH and a contractor on the state roads. His wife Susan Gertrude Williams is 44 TN and Lester W. 16 OH is at home. He is a son of Solomon Putman and Mary Brubaker from Van Wert County Ohio. They were there in 1910 and in Paulding County Ohio in 1920. German family out of Pennsylvania.

 

STANLEY R. PUTMAN  Fort Wayne, Allen County

He is 24 OH OH TN and is civil engineer on road construction. His wife Nellie Almena French is 22 OH and they have Joyce Ann 2 8/12 IN. He is a son of the above Peter Putman from Van Wert County Ohio. Whole family moved over here in the early 1920s.

 

JEANNIE W. PUTNAM  Logansport, Cass County

She is 89 NY and widowed. She has her daughter Mary A. 59 OH and single with her. They live with her married daughter Lydia 57 MI and husband Charles P. Safford 59 TN. She is Jennie Hassert Williamson, widow of Douglas Perkins Putnam from here in Logansport. She was widowed here in 1910 and 1920.

 

CLYDE PUTTMANN  Salt Creek, Decatur County

Clyde Edward Henry Puttmann is a son of John Puttmann and his first wife Hester Elizabeth Osborn from here. Clyde is 49 IL, Anna Virginia Jones 49 IL, Charles 24 IN and Walter 23 IN. He was born November 17, 1880 and will die in Batesville, Ripley County March 27, 1938. He was married here in 1910.

 

ROY L. PUTMAN  Lawrenceburg, Dearborn County

He is 27 IN, his wife Alma Jean Weber 22 IN and they have Betty Jean 4 IN. He is a lineman for Western Union. Also here is Alma’s brother Floyd Weber 25 IN. He is a son of Avery G. Putman and Susan P. Linsdale from Indianapolis. Southern Putman Family out of Virginia through Kentucky to here.

 

EMERY PUTMAN  Center Township Muncie, Delaware County

He is now 52 IN IN KY and a farmer. Ruby Rees his wife is 50 IN and they have Dorotha 17 OH. He is a son of Henry Putman and Mary Frances Alte from Fayette County. He was here in 1920 and will be in 1940. Southern Putman family from Kentucky.

 

CLARENCE PUTNAM  Benton, Elkhart County

He is 43 IL PA PA (should be IL MA MA) and his wife Mabel L. Sharp 28 IL. They have Pearl V. 8 IN. He does right of way maintenance for the railroad. They are here in 1940. He is a son of Albro W. Putnam and Sarah Jane White and was born in McLean County Illinois June 6, 1885 and was with his widowed dad in McLean County in 1900 and Livingston County in 1910. His dad was from Fitchburg, Massachusetts. He will die right here March 7, 1966.

 

CECIL PUTNAM  Elkhart, Elkhart County

He is 24 MI MI CAN and his wife Mabel Mae Marcellus 21 MI. They have been married 4 years. He operates a motion picture theater. He is a son of Albert and his first wife Gertrude Putnam. He was at home in Joliet, Illinois in 1910 and in South Bend, St. Joseph County in 1920. They will get divorced later this year. He will be here in 1940 with a new wife Elvada and a daughter born in 1933. Mabel will marry Clyde Anthony and have a son in 1932.

 

TIMOTHY S. PUTMAN  Elkhart, Elkhart County

He is 39 OH OH OH and is a fireman on the railroad. His wife Lillian D. Crist is 34 IN and they have Clifford L. 13 IN, Lucille M. 11 IN, Howard D. 8 IN and Ruth 6 IN. He is a son of Winfield Scott Putman and Minerva Ann Alspaugh from Van Wert County Ohio. He was single there in 1910 and married here in 1920. Pennsylvania German Family.

 

IRA PUTMAN  Akron, Fulton County

He is 62 IN OH OH and now widowed. He has his son Arvid 18 IN with him. He was married in Whitely County in 1920. He is a son of Jacob Putman and Susan Linninger. He has been in Fulton County since the 1870s. Pennsylvania German family.

 

AUDRA PUTMAN  Henry, Fulton County

He’s indexed as Audry. He is 45 IN IN IN and now widowed. He still has Mary J. 18 IN, Marjorie F. 17 IN and David L. 14 IN. He works for the railroad. He was married to Dollie Esthus Smith and living with his folks, David Putman and Melissa Jane Ginn, here in 1920. She must have died shortly afterwards. Audra was born here September 3, 1885 and will die here December 8, 1955. This is a German family out of Somerset County Pennsylvania.

 

FOLEN PUTMAN  Henry, Fulton County

He is 37 IN IN IN and operates his own farm. Marie M. Powell his wife is 35 IN and they have Eva 13 IN, Marvin 12 IN, Irene 10 IN, Marie 7 IN, Mabel 5 IN and Pauline 2 IN. He is David Putman and Melissa Ginn's son, and was home here in 1900 and 1910 and married here in 1920 illbilii19. This is a German family out of Somerset County Pennsylvania.

 

JOE PUTMAN  Henry, Fulton County

He is now 81 OH OH PA and still manages his own farm. He is a son of Peter and Sarah Putman from Wyandotte County Ohio. He never married. Like everyone in the County he is Pennsylvania German.

 

DAVID PUTMAN  Rochester, Fulton County

He is now 71 IN PA OH and widowed since his wife Melissa Ginn has died. He is a son of Jacob Putman and Susan Lininger. He was born here and will be here all his life. In 1940 he’ll be 81 and living with his married daughter Velda in Whitley County.

 

MIKE PUTMAN  Owensville, Gibson County

Indexed as Purman. Michael is 58 IN US US, his wife Emma Smith is 59 IN GER SCOT, and her brother William Smith 72 IN GER SCOT is still with them. Mike is a day laborer. They were all in Mt. Carmel, Illinois in 1910 and1920 and here in Owensville in 1900. Rand found a death certificate that he was born in Spencer County Indiana, which would make him a son of John Putman and Lavinia Jane North or Morris Putman and Nancy Jane Hunter both from Kentucky where I guess he was born. Working on it. Find a grave has him being born in 1871 and died in Mount Carmel, Wabash County in 1938 and buried there.

 

ARTHUR B. PUTMAN  Marion, Grant County

He is 36 OH OH OH and owns a farm. Edna M. Davis his wife is 37 OH and they have Evelyn 15 IN, Betty J. 12 IN and Mary J. 9 OH. Her widowed mother Emma Davis 74 OH is with them. He is a son of Solomon Putman and Mary Brubaker from Van Wert County. He was there in 1900 and 1910, and in Allen County Ohio in 1920. They are here in 1940 too. Pennsylvania German folks.

 

CORA PUTNAM  Marion, Grant County

Cora Flickinger is 47 MI and divorced. She was married to William Putnam. They were both in Wabash County in the 1910. She was here with two kids in 1920. In 1930 her son Truman is with his father William Putnam in Pomona California. William is a son of Joseph Squire Putnam and Alice Stoops from Wabash County Indiana.

 

GLENN PUTMAN  Huntington, Huntington County

He is 34 OH OH OH and married 12 years to Norma Harp 36 OH OH OH. They have Marietta 12 IN. He is a brakeman for the railroad. He is a son of Willis Putman and Arlene Gaier and was in Van Wert County Ohio in 1900. They were married here in 1920. They are German from Pennsylvania.

 

CHARLES PUTMAN  Rensselaer, Jasper County

He is 40 IN IN IN and drives an ice truck. His second wife Ethel Hill is 27 IN. He has Oscar 17 IN (OK), Sidney 16 IN (KS) and Forest 13 IN (KS). These were by his first wife Dora Ellen Alexander who he married about 1912 in Oklahoma. She died in 1919 in Wann, Oklahoma. He married Ethel here November 24, 1920. Then with Ethel he has Edward 8 IN and Lecta L. 7/12 IN. He is a son of the following Edward and Mary Alice Putman. He was home here with his folks in 1900 and I don’t find him in 1910. In 1920 he is widowed in Nowata County Oklahoma with the first 3 kids. I have put their actual birthplaces in parentheses. Charles Morgan Putnam was born in Indiana October 22, 1887 and will die March 1, 1983 here in Rensselaer. His first wife Dora was also from Indiana. Now, Sidney is also listed in Lake County with kinfolk.

 

EDWARD PUTMAN  Rensselaer, Jasper County

He is 75 IN US US and widowed. He is a store janitor. He was here married to Mary Alice Steward in 1920 and she died July 22, 1923. He is a son of Aaron Jefferson Putman and Caroline Relyea from Allen and then Newton County Indiana. New York Dutch family.

 

CLIFFORD PUTMAN  Portland, Jay County

He is 22 OH OH OH and a fireman on a railroad locomotive. Evelyn his wife of 3 years is 22 OH. He is Clifford Lugene Putman a son of Ira Victor Putman and Sophia Mae Krick from Van Wert County Ohio. They will get divorced soon and are both back in Lima, Allen County Ohio in 1940. Clifford is married there in 1940. Pennsylvania German family.

 

SIDNEY A. (AMBROSE) PUTMAN  Eagle Creek, Lake County

He is 16 OK IN IN and staying with his uncle James Conover and his wife May E. He is a son of Charles Putman and is listed with his family now in Jasper County. Sidney was born April 16, 1914 in Caney, Kansas and will die here in Indianapolis in January 1975. He will marry Naomi Wandalee Malone about 1945. She was born here in Rensselaer November 8, 1919 and will die in Crossville, Tennessee March 17, 2003

 

ROBERT PUTNAM  Gary, Lake County

This is a Negro family from Georgia. They are here in 1940.

 

JENNIE PUTNAM  Whiting, Lake County

She is 62 Wales and now widowed. Her son Howard Eugene Putnam 38 IN is at home. Jennie E. Wilson was here from 1900 to 1920 with her husband William Eugene Putnam from Wells, Michigan. William Eugene Putnam was born May 25, 1861 in Goodrich, Michigan. He graduated Rush Medical College in Chicago in 1899 and he became a doctor and started his own practice in Whiting in 1897. He married Jennie E. Wilson here and they were here in 1900 through the 1920 census. He died here November 19, 1923. Jennie was widowed here in 1930 and 1940 with their three kids who were never married.

 

AVERY G. PUTMAN  Indianapolis, Marion County

He is 61 IN IN IN and is a stage manager at a theater. Susie Linsdale his wife is 61 IN. Southern Putman Family. He is a son of Henry Putman and Mary Frances Alte. He was born in Fayette County. They have been here a while now.

 

DOUGLAS P. (PERKINS) PUTNAM  Indianapolis, Marion County

He is 32 IL OH IL. His wife Nellie is 28 IL and they have Douglas 10 MI. He manages a car dealership in town. He is a son of Charles Marsh Putnam and Anna McDonald from Champaign County Illinois. The dad was originally from Licking County Ohio. They were in Gary Indiana just married in 1920, but must have gone up to Michigan right afterwards. Doug was born April 15, 1897 in Dewey, Champaign County Illinois and will die in Michigan in January 1964. Nellie is a daughter of Leonard Mitchell and Mary Eva ‘Maddie’ Swartzwalter and was born in Sydney, Champaign County April 11, 1901 and will die September 14, 1989 in Grand Rapids, Michigan. They are there in Grand Rapids in 1940. This line actually goes back to General Israel Putnam from Connecticut.

 

EUGENA PUTNAM  Indianapolis, Marion County

She is 42 MI MI MI and single. She is a librarian for the newspaper. She is a daughter of Robert and Mary Putnam from Grand Rapids, Michigan.

 

GEORGE PUTNAM  Indianapolis, Marion County

He is 77 IL NY NY and retired. Ida his wife is 69 OH. They were here in 1910 and 1920. No ideas who he is but Ida will die here in 1932.

 

HARRY L. (LEONARD) PUTNAM  Indianapolis, Marion County

He is 44 IN VT IN and manages clubrooms. Mary Marcella Murphy his wife is 42 IN, and they now have Leonard (Junior) 16 IN, James 10 IN, Dorothy 7 IN, Theresa 4 IN, Harold 1 IN. Also here are his son Norbert Joseph Putnam 22 IN, his wife Dorothy Catherine Sapp 20 IN and their son William 6/12 IN. Then there are his married daughter Mary Rosalyn 19 IN, her husband William J. Spillman 21 IN and their daughter Mary Jo 1 IA. Must be a big house, and he only rents. He is a son of James Perley and Maggie Putnam from here in Indianapolis. Dad is from Vermont, they were here in 1900. His widowed mother is still here in town.

 

JAMES W. (WILLIAM) PUTNAM  Indianapolis, Marion County

He is 65 IL IL IL. His wife Eleanor Boston is 58 IL and her mother Mary Boston 83 IL is still with them. They have been here since the early 1900s. James is a son of Daniel Webster Putman from Brown County Illinois. They are part of the Southern Putman Branch. He is a College Dean at Butler University and will become President in 1934. He will be here until he dies January 23, 1940. His son Russell is currently a college professor in Cleveland. James will die and in 1940 Eleanor is still here as is her mother Mary who will be 93 then and doing just fine.

 

MARGARET PUTNAM  Indianapolis, Marion County

She is now 72 IN and is still living with her daughter Perley and husband Fred Schoettle. Maggie Ulrich is the widow of James Perley Putnam from Vermont and was here in 1900, and widowed from 1910 on.

 

ROY PUTMAN  Indianapolis, Marion County

He is 41 IN US US and has been married a year to Naoma Mary Bohm 21 IN. He is a hotel decorator. He is a son of Hezekiah Putman and his first wife Laura Stiver who died in 1892 from Miami County. Roy was born in Tipton, Indiana November 3, 1889 and will die January 12, 1958. He was home there in 1900 and single in Wabash County in 1920. Naoma was born in Greenfield, Hancock County Indiana April 12, 1908 and will die here in Indianapolis September 14, 1955. German family out of Maryland.

 

WILLIAM E. (EARL) PUTMAN  Indianapolis, Marion County

He is 44 IN ME OH and is a bookkeeper in an auto factory. Lacy May Brewer his wife is 40 IL and they have Wilma M. 17 IL, William E. Jr. 16 IL and Charlotte 7 IN. He was born in Brightwood, Marion County Indiana and with his folks in Chicago in 1900 and was married in Danville, Vermilion County Illinois in 1920. He will die here in 1939. He is a son of William Tasker Putnam and Lillie Estavilla McGahan from Maine and Massachusetts before that. The son William Earl Jr. was born August 1, 1913 and will die here May 12, 1971. He will marry Bessie F. Taylor. She was born April 23, 1914 and will also die here February 10, 2009.

 

STANLEY PUTNAM  Culver, Marshall County

He is 34 WA VT IL and is a teacher at a private school. His wife Barbara Sweet is 28 NH, and they have Pauline 3 NY and Stanley 6/12 IN. He is the son of Charles Putnam and Margaret Creller from Yakima County Washington. He was born there May 20, 1895, and was at home there in 1900. They are in Jamestown, Chautauqua County New York in 1940.

 

ALVA PUTMAN  West Township, Marshall County

He is 51 MI OH MI. His wife Florence is 50 IN and has a son from a prior marriage, Roger Lawrence 14 IN. There is also Ernest Cramer 33 IN and divorced here, but I can’t decipher the relationship, but think just a lodger. Alva is a farmer. He is a son of James Putman and Emmeline Rough from here. He was born when the family was in Berrien County Michigan. Pennsylvania German family.

 

EDWARD PUTMAN  Jackson, Newton County

He is 74 IN IN IN. He states he is married, but he is widowed as his wife Mary Steward died here in 1923. He was here from the 1870s except was in Jasper County briefly around 1900. He is a son of Aaron Putman from Allen County. New York Dutch family.

 

WARREN PUTMAN  French Lick, Orange County

He is 40 IN IL IN and is a tailor in the W. B. Hotel. His wife Daisy Belle Jones is 36 IN and they have Glenn 15 IN. He is a son of Sylvester and Sarah Putnam from Dubois County. He was married here in 1920. His dad was from Illinois and his grandfather from New Hampshire.

 

ALFRED R. PUTNAM  Valparaiso, Porter County

He is 53 OH OH OH and an engineer. His wife Lucy Doty is 49 IL. They have a daughter Lucy A. 15 IN. Also here is Lucy’s dad, Charles Doty 83 IL. He is a son of Michael Putman and Melissa Inman from Sandusky County Ohio in 1880 and 1900. Pennsylvania German family. They were here in 1910 and 1920.

 

EDGAR B. (BRUBAKER) PUTMAN  Mount Vernon, Posey County

He is 30 OH OH OH and his wife Eliza or Elsie C. Smith 27 OH and they have Bryce or Bryan 4 OH. He is a contractor on the road system. He is a son of Solomon Putman and Mary Brubaker from Van Wert County Ohio. He was home there in 1920. They are in Huntingdon County Pennsylvania in 1940. German family from Pennsylvania.

 

CLAUDE PUTMAN  Mishawaka, St. Joseph County

He is 41 KY KY KY and is lodging. He says he is married. He is working at the power plant. They are a bunch of others from Kentucky here. He is a son of George Washington Putman from Hopkins County Kentucky. He was there in Christian County married to Mattie in 1920 and is also listed now with her and the kids on Hopkins County Kentucky. His brother Sam is here in town.

 

CARL E. (EUGENE) PUTMAN  Mishawaka, St. Joseph County

He is 19 OH OH OH and single. He is living with his sister Luella 23 OH and her husband Lawrence Frost. They are children of Dora and Goldie Putman from Mercer County Ohio. Pennsylvania German family.

 

SAM PUTMAN  Mishawaka, St. Joseph County

He is 43 KY KY KY, his wife Nonnie Hendrix is 45 KY. He works in a footwear factory. He is a son of George Washington Putman from Hopkins County Kentucky. He and Nona have been in Christian County Kentucky in 1910 and 1920, and are back there by 1934 and still in the 1940. He will die there April 8, 1970. His brother Claude is here in town. Southern Putmans

 

ALBERT L. (LEWIS) PUTNAM  South Bend, St. Joseph County

He is 48 MI NY MI. Mary E. Burton his wife is 47 MI and they have Burton A. (Albert) 9 IN.  He is the son of Eber Lewis Putnam and Justina Batson. as shown in 1900 in Geneva, Van Buren County Michigan. In 1910 they were in Joliet, Illinois and then were here in 1920. Mary is his second wife.

 

FRANK PUTMAN  South Bend, St. Joseph County

He is 51 MI US US and is a foreman at an automobile factory. His wife Blanche Belle Blaylock is 46 MI and they have Irene 5 MI. He is a son of Adrian Alonzo Putnam and Alantah Rose Miller from Tuscola County. He was home there in 1880, and single in Saginaw in 1900. He was married in Pontiac, Michigan in 1910 and in Detroit in 1920. Been working on autos for a long time it seems. They are here in 1940 too. Family was originally out of Vermont.

 

THEODORE PUTMAN  South Bend, St. Joseph County

He is 48 OH US US and divorced. He is boarding here. He is a millwright at a plow factory. He is a son of Emanuel Putman and Harriet Roebuck from Mercer County Ohio. Pennsylvania German Family. He was home there in 1900 and I haven’t seen him since.

 

OLNE & MINNIE PUTMAN  Jefferson, Switzerland County

He is 18 IN and Minnie 17 KY. They are listed as foster children of Rudolph and Elvira Shoffner.

 

RUFUS P. PUTNAM  Evansville, Vanderburgh County

He is 58 KY OH OH and his wife Nora Mills is 54 IN. He is a bricklayer. Rufus is a son of Adrian Putnam from Meade County Kentucky. He was with his folks in 1880 and in Posey County in 1900 and 1910. He married Nora June 27, 1900. They were here in 1920. She will die in 1936 and he will have a new wife Elizabeth in 1940 and then die here himself in 1942. New England family.

 

OSCAR PUTNAM  Evansville, Vanderburgh County

He is now 37 KY KY KY and his wife Bertha Buchanan is 35 KY IN KY. They have Catherine Vivian 13 IN (born May 19, 1914), Emily Celia 9 IN (born July 17, 1920) and Martha 6 IN. Her widowed mother Millie Buchanan 62 KY is with them as she was in 1920. Oscar is a son of Daniel Putman and Minnie Frances Carnithan from McLean County Kentucky in 1900. Daniel was originally from Ohio before going to Kentucky. Dutch family originally from New York.

 

DAVID PUTMAN  Clinton, Vermillion County

He is David Franklin Putman 25 IL US US and his wife Mary M. Henderson is 22 IL. He is a coal strip miner. He is the son of George Calloway Putman and Lillian DeWitt from Fulton County Illinois. He was there with his folks in 1920 and he and Mary will be back in Cuba, Fulton County by 1935. Southern Putman family.

 

EDWARD J. PUTNAM  Waltz, Wabash County

He is 47 IN IN IN. Maude Glazier his wife is 42 IN, Alice 12 IN and Martha 11 IN. He is a son of Joseph and Alice from Wabash. They were in Noble Township in 1910 and Wabash Township in 1920.

 

JESSE PUTMAN  Skelton, Warrick County

He is 40 IL IL IL and a farmer. His wife Rosie Lester is 27 KY. Also here is his brother Walter whom I’ll list next. Both guys are sons of Thomas Putman and his first wife Nancy White from Shawnee, Gallatin County Illinois. Jesse was first married to Lucy Rogers and after she died he married Rosie Lin Lester October 2, 1924. Southern Putman family that descends from Laban Putman from South Carolina and then Kentucky and Illinois.

 

WALTER PUTMAN  Skelton, Warrick County

He is 45 IL IL IL and works on his brother’s farm. His wife Nannie Lester is 33 KY and they have Marjorie 5 IN and Walter E. 3 IN. Couple of brothers marrying a couple of sisters. Walter was first married Susan Ledbetter. He married Nannie October 24, 1922. Little aside here. These guys descend from Laban Putman who was a brother of my g g grandfather Daniel. Daniel married Prudence Skelton in South Carolina and in 1805 moved to Kentucky and then to Indiana in about 1812. Daniel was a Judge and helped form Warrick County out of Knox County in 1815. Several other Skelton families went here with him. Skelton Township is named after Zachariah Skelton, and a generation or two later, a descendent of his, Red Skelton the comedian, was born here.

 

GUY PUTMAN  Columbia, Whitley County

He is Solon Guy Putman son of Perry Putman from here in Whitley County. He is now 32 IN IN IN and a concrete worker. Mabel his wife is 32 IN and they have Eda 9 IN, Robert 6 IN, Betty 4 IN. They were in Jefferson in 1920 near his folks. Guy was born November 8, 1897, and will die in Columbia City, Whitely County February 3, 1974. Mabel was born April 25, 1897 and will die in Columbia City July 27, 1984. They are here in 1940.

 

PAUL PUTMAN  Jefferson Whitley County

He is 29 IN IN IN and has his own farm. His wife Bessie Pequignot is 30 IN and they have Marjorie 4 IN. He is a son of Perry Putman here and was home with him in 1920 and then got married in 1921. Southern Putmans.

 

PERRY PUTMAN  Jefferson, Whitley County

He is 58 IN IN IN and owns his farm. His wife Effie Adelia Smith is 55 IN. He is a son of Charles and Emma Putman and was born here. His mom died and his dad has remarried and has been up in Fort Wayne for about 20 years. Perry was born here in Jefferson Township July 20, 1871 and will die here in Whitley County October 26, 1952. Effie was born here in Jefferson Township November 3, 1874 and will die right here July 29, 1954. They were married here March 26, 1891 Southern Putman family from Fayette County and Kentucky and Virginia before that.

 

 

INDIANA 1940 CENSUS

 

CHARLES PUTMAN  Adams Township, Allen County

He is 41 OH OH OH and owns his farm. His wife Margaret Furthmiller is 39 IN. They have Charles D. 19 IN, Richard J. 17 IN and Wanda E. 15 IN. Charles is a son of Zachary Taylor Putman and Margaret Hines from Van Wert County Ohio. He married Margaret in Fort Wayne December 25, 1919. They were there in 1920 and have been here ever since. This is a German family out of Somerset County Pennsylvania.

 

EDWARD C. (CHARLES) PUTMAN  Fort Wayne, Allen County

He is a purchasing agent for an electrical company. He is 43 MI MI CAN. His wife Agnes Mees is 44 KS and they have Mary A. 19 OH, Gerald F. 16 OH, Loretta 15 IN and twins Robert E. and Richard H. 12 IN. Her brother Frank Mees 36 KS is with them. Edward is a son of Charles Eleazer Putnam and Stella LaLonde from Lapeer County Michigan and then Alcona County Michigan where Edward was born. According to his WWI draft registration, he was born in Black River, Alcona County May 9, 1896. His WWII registration in 1942 has him and Agnes living here at 2930 Oliver Street and working for Fruehauf Trailer Trucking. Agnes is a daughter of Henry and Louisa Mees, and was born in Jackson County Kansas in October 1895 and will die in 1964. Edward will die in Geneva, Florida January 15, 1981. His dad Charles was a son of Sidney Putnam from Lapeer County and grandson of Eleazer Putnam from Augusta, New York and Massachusetts before that. The son Robert Edward will die in 1940 of rheumatic Fever. The son Richard Henry will marry Dolores Jordan. She was born December 4, 1929 in Fort Wayne and will die December 26, 2009 in Lake. George, Coldwater, Branch County Michigan. Richard will die there September 27, 2004. New England family.

 

JOHN PUTMAN  Fort Wayne, Allen County

He is a printing press operator 22 OH, his wife Lillian Florence Schuler 27 IN and they have Roger 4 IN. Her widowed father Wesley Schuler 69 OH is living with them. John Robert Putman is a son of Fred Floyd Putman and Stella Ray Gustin from Paulding County Ohio where he was born in Antwerp August 17, 1917 and he will die here in Fort Wayne November 27, 1964. Lillian is a daughter of Charles Wesley Schuler and Eva Nellie Holden and was born in Fort Wayne August 2, 1911 and will die in Live Oak, Suwannee County Florida December 29, 1997. German Buttman family out of Pennsylvania.

 

LELAND L. (LUTHER) PUTMAN  Fort Wayne, Allen County

He is 35 OH OH OH and his wife Princess Lehman is 29 OH. They have Carolyn 9 OH, William 6 IN and Thomas 3 IN. They were just married here in 1930 and will be here the rest of their lives. He is a grinder of electric equipment at a public works company. He is a son of Elder Willis Putman and Arlena Gaier from Van Wert County Ohio. He was born November 11, 1904 and will die here February 18, 1992. Princess was born October 4, 1910 and will die here May 25, 1998. Pennsylvania German family.

 

L. (LUCY) LEONA PUTTMANN  Fort Wayne, Allen County

She is 53 IN single and a servant in the home of Helen Fox. She is a daughter of John Joseph and Hester Puttmann from New Point, Decatur County. Family came over from Prussia in the 1850s.

 

LESTER W. (WILLIAMS) PUTMAN  Fort Wayne, Allen County

He is 26 OH, his wife Doris Eleanore Kapp 22 IN and they have Doris Ann 4 IN. He is a truck loader at a steel rolling mill. He is a son of Peter Brubaker Putman and Susan Gertrude Williams and was born in Van Wert County Ohio May 30, 1913 and will die January 5, 1971 in Durham, North Carolina.

 

MRS. N. B. PUTMAN  Fort Wayne, Allen County

She is 51 OH and married. I guess this is Norman Putman’s wife Sina. They were here in 1930 and since he works on highway construction, probably away from home. Also she used the Mrs., so would be the wife of N. B. Putman. German folks out of Van Wert Ohio.

 

PETER B. (BRUBAKER) PUTMAN  Fort Wayne, Allen County

He is 57 OH OH OH and a contractor on the state roads for the W.P.A. His wife Susan Gertrude Williams is 54 TN and the kids are now gone. He is a son of Solomon Putman and Mary Delilah Brubaker from Van Wert County Ohio. He was born January 31, 1883 and will die in Miami, Florida October 24, 1952. Sue was born April 30, 1885 in Tennessee and will die back here in Fort Wayne May 21, 1970. They were there in 1910 and in Paulding County Ohio in 1920 and then here in 1930. German family out of Pennsylvania.

 

GEORGE C. PUTMAN  Washington Township, Allen County

He is 73 OH PA OH and his wife Allie Van Arsdale is 53 OH. George is a son of William and Susan Putman from Dublin, Mercer County Ohio, and Pennsylvania before that. They were in Adams County Indiana in 1880. George and Allie have been here since they were married June 20, 1895. George will die here in 1962 and Allie on December 18, 1965. German family from Pennsylvania.

 

GRANT PUTNAM  Logansport, Cass County

He is 27 WV, his wife Mary Parmeter is 25 IN and they have Eugene 6 OH, Donald 4 OH and Eddie Lee 0/12 IN. He works for a lumber company. They have been in Akron, Ohio with his widowed mother. John Grant Putnam is a son of Jonathan Arnold Putnam and Frances Alice Carson from Gilmer County West Virginia and Fauquier County Virginia before that. Grant was born in Gilmer County June 4, 1912, and was there with his folks in 1920. They are in Springfield, Ohio in 1930. Jonathan died there April 1, 1936 and is buried in Akron, Ohio. Frances will die in 1957 and also be buried in Akron. Grant and Mary were in Akron in 1935 and I assume his mom was there too. He will join the US Army in WWII and die in Italy October 24. 1944. They are Southern Putmans, although this particular line has always been spelled Putnam, which was the way it was spelled back in England.

 

ROY PUTMAN  Lawrenceburg, Dearborn County

He is 37 IN, his wife Alma Weber 34 IN and they now have Betty Jean 14 IN and Virginia Lee 9 IN. He is a son of Avery G. Putman and Susan P. Linsdale from Indianapolis. He is still an operator for Western Union as he has been. He and Alma were here in 1930. Southern Putman Family out of Virginia through Kentucky and then out here.

 

ANNA V. PUTTMANN  Salt Creek, Decatur County

She is 59 IL and widowed now that Clyde has died in the past couple of years. Her son Joseph J. 36 IN is with her still. Been here since 1900 and the Puttmanns have been here since the 1850s. They are German.

 

WALTER PUTTMANN  Salt Creek, Decatur County

He is 31 IN and his wife Erma or Emma Dean 25 IN. He is a truck driver and drives his own truck. He is a son of Clyde and Anna Puttmann from here. Real German family from Prussia, and been here a while.

 

EMERY PUTMAN  Center Township Muncie, Delaware County

He is now 62 IN IN KY and a farmer. Ruby Rees his wife is 60 IN. He is a son of Henry Putman and Mary Frances Alte from Fayette County. They were here in 1920 and 1930 too. He was born January 24, 1875, and will die in August 1963. Southern Putman family from Kentucky.

 

CLARENCE PUTNAM  Benton, Elkhart County

He is 53 IL and his wife Mabel Lucille Sharp 38 IL. They have Pearl V. 18 IN and Calvin 8 IN. He does right of way maintenance for the railroad. He is a son of Albro W. Putnam and Sarah Jane White and was born in McLean County Illinois June 6, 1885 and was with his widowed dad in McLean County in 1900 and Livingston County in 1910. They were here in 1930. His dad was from Fitchburg, Massachusetts. He will die here March 7, 1966.

 

CECIL PUTNAM  Elkhart, Elkhart County

He is 34 MI MI CAN and his second wife Elvada Nell Balyeat is 26 IN and they have Ruth A. 6 IN. He operates a motion picture machine at the movie theater as he did here in 1930. He was married to Mabel Marcellus from 1925 to 1931 and they were here in 1930 and got divorced. Mabel then married Clyde Anthony and they ran away to McAllen County Texas and are there for the rest of their lives. Cecil Reid Putnam is a son of Albert and his first wife Gertrude Putnam. He was at home in Joliet, Illinois in 1910 and in South Bend, St. Joseph County in 1920 and here in 1930. Albert was the son of Eber and Jennette Putnam as shown in 1900 in Geneva, Van Buren County Michigan. New Englanders.

 

HOWARD PUTMAN  Elkhart, Elkhart County

He is 18 IN and living with his married sister Lucille Gordon 21 IN and her husband Ray 23 IN. Howard Dwight Putman is a son of Timothy Putman and Lillian Crist from here. He was born here in Elkhart February 25, 1922 and will die in Goshen, Indiana Friday April 13, 2011. He will marry Margie V. Berkley on October 11, 1942. He will be a pilot in WWII and then will own C&P Oil Company. Margie was alive when he died. I have it that Lillian also married or will marry a Warlick. German folks out of Somerset County Pennsylvania.

 

TIMOTHY PUTMAN  Elkhart, Elkhart County

He is 49 OH OH OH and is a locomotive engineer on the railroad. His wife Lillian D. Crist is 44 IN and they have Clifford L. 23 IN, and Ruth 16 IN. Also here is Lillian’s twice widowed mother Mary Scott 68 IN. Timothy Logan Putman is a son of Winfield Scott Putman and Minerva Ann Alspaugh from Van Wert County Ohio. He was single there in 1910 and married here in 1920. Pennsylvania German Family.

 

ARVID J. PUTMAN  Akron, Fulton County

He is 28 IN and lodging. He is a son of Ira Putman who died here in 1933 and Lavinia Davis who died here in the 1920s. Ira was a a son of Jacob Putman and Susan Linninger and had been here in Fulton County since the 1870s. Pennsylvania German family.

 

AUDRA JACOB PUTMAN  Henry, Fulton County

He is 55 IN IN IN and still widowed. He has David L. 24 IN still at home. They both do day farm work. He was married to Dollie March 30, 1907 and living with his folks, David Putman and Melissa Jane Ginn, here in 1920. She must have died shortly afterwards as he was widowed in 1930 and now. Audra was born here September 3, 1885 and will die here December 8, 1955. David was a son of Jacob Putman and Susan Linninger. Anyway there is a marriage certificate that Audra will marry Evelyn John in Carroll County December 18,1940. Evelyn was married two other times before as her parents were George W. Logan and Ruth Hannah Williams. This is a German family out of Somerset County Pennsylvania.

 

FOLEN A. PUTMAN  Henry, Fulton County

He is 48 IN IN IN and operates his own farm. Marie M. Powell his wife is 45 IN and they have Nina Marie 17 IN, Mabel 15 IN, Pauline 11 IN and Doil 9 IN. He is David Putman and Melissa Ginn's son, and was home here in 1900 and 1910 and married here in 1920 and 1930. He was born April15, 1892 and will die in Akron, Fulton County in November 1966. This is a German family out of Somerset County Pennsylvania.

 

MARY PUTMAN  Henry Township, Fulton County

She 28 IN single and lodging with a Stinson family. She is a daughter of Audra Jacob Putman here in town. She was home with them in 1920 and 1930. A. E. Stinson is a doctor and Mary says she is a receptionist in a doctorճ office. Probably his.

 

ARTHUR B. (BRUBAKER) PUTMAN  Marion, Grant County

He is 48 OH OH OH and owns a farm. Edna Mae Davis his wife is 47 OH and they have Betty Jane 22 IN and Mary Jo 19 OH. He is a son of Solomon Putman and Mary Delilah Brubaker from Van Wert County. He was born July 9, 1893 in Van Wert and will die in Miami, Florida February 22, 1985. He was there in 1900 and 1910, and in Allen County Ohio in 1920 and then here in 1930. Pennsylvania German folks.

 

CORA PUTNAM  Marion, Grant County

Cora Flickinger is 61 MI and divorced as she has been for about 30 years. She was married to William Putnam. She wasn’t in the 1910. She was here with two kids in 1920 and by herself in 1930. Also in 1930, her son Truman was with his father William Putnam in Pomona California. William is a son of Joseph Squire Putnam and Alice Stoops from Wabash County Indiana. The Putnam part is from Lyndeborough, New Hampshire.

 

LOLA PUTNAM  New London, Howard County

She is 65 IN and widowed. She lives with her married daughter Alice 27 IN and husband Norman Altic 26 IN. They say they were here in 1935, but I don’t find them ever before. Not a Putnam or Putman I would guess.

 

GLENN MARTIN PUTMAN  Huntington, Huntington County

He is 44 OH OH OH and married to Norma Dino Harp 45 OH OH OH. They have Marietta 21 IN. He is a brakeman for the railroad. He is a son of Willis Putman and Arlene Gaier and was in Van Wert County Ohio in 1900. He was born May 24, 1895 and will die March 28, 1978. Norma was born in 1893 and will die in 1974. They were married here in 1920 and 1930. They are part of the German Family from Pennsylvania then Van Wert County Ohio.

 

CHARLES PUTMAN  Rensselaer, Jasper County

He is 52 IN IN IN and drives an ice truck. His second wife Ethel Hill is 37 IN. His first wife Dora Ellen Alexander, who he married about 1912 in Oklahoma, died in 1919 in Wann, Oklahoma. He married Ethel here November 24, 1920. And with Ethel he has Edward 18 IN and Lecta Louise 10 IN. He is a son of the Edward Miller Putman and Mary Alice Steward from here. His widowed dad is in Newton County now and was there in 1920 and 1930 as well. He was home here with his folks in 1900 and I don’t find him in 1910. In 1920 he is widowed in Nowata County Oklahoma with the first 3 kids. Charles Morgan Putnam was born in Indiana October 22, 1887 and will die March 1, 1983 here in Rensselaer. His first wife Dora was also from Indiana. Dutch Putman family from New York State.

 

FOREST PUTMAN  Rensselaer, Jasper County

He is Forest Edgar Putman 24 IN, his wife Florence E. Woodward 24 IN and they have Richard 1 IN. He is a son of Charles Morgan Putman and his first wife Dora Alexander. He was actually born in Caney, Montgomery County Kansas May 12, 1916 and will die here in Rensselaer November 5, 1994. New York Dutch line.

 

OSCAR PUTMAN  Rensselaer, Jasper County

He is 28 OK and his wife Ellen Shields is 24 IN. They live with her widowed mother Mary Ann Shields 72 IN. He is a laborer in a milk bottling plant. He is a son of Charles Putman and his first wife Dora Alexander. His dad is from here and is here in town now. The family was in Hickory, Oklahoma in the 1911-1922 time range. Dutch family from New York State originally.

 

MARTHA PUTMAN  Franklin Township, Johnson County

She is 17 IN and single. She is an inmate in the Masonic Home for the Aged. Strange though everyone on the page is under 20 so maybe there is an orphanage section in the home. In 1930 and 1935 she was at home with her folks Oscar Putman and Bertha Buchanan in Evansville, Vanderburgh County. Dutch family.

 

EDGAR PUTMAN  Washington Township, Knox County

He is 57 IN, his wife Nora Alice Wagner is 59 IN. He is a motorman in a coal mine. They have been married since the 1910 census. He is a son of Sylvester Putnam and Sarah Potts from Du Bois County in 1900. He was born there August 17, 1882. Alice is a daughter of William Thomas Waggoneer and Mary Jane Hawkins. She was born June 19, 1880 and will die about 1975. New Hampshire Putnam line.

 

ANGUS L. (LOCHIEL) PUTNAM  Cedar Creek Township, Lake County

He is 44 WI and his wife Chloe Lillian Sherman is 42 IL. He is a foreman at Atlas Cement Company. Angus is a son of Edwin W. and Mary Putnam. Edwin is a son of Sereno James Monroe Putnam from Rock County and New York before that and a grandson of Malachi Putnam and Sarah Blount from Lowville, New York. He was born June 19, 1895 in Janesville, Rock County Wisconsin. He was with the family in Chicago in 1910 and 1920. He will be in Lowell, Indiana when he registers for the draft in 1942. He married Chloe in Cook County Illinois November 16, 1933. Angus will die in Lowell, Indiana in August 1969. Chloe will die February 22, 1954 back in Cook County, or at least be buried there. New England line out of Massachusetts originally.

 

ARTHUR PUTNAM  Gary, Lake County

He is 50 WI and his wife Hazel Lela May 32 IL and they have Ruth Clare 6/12 IN. He is a maintenance man in a hosiery company. Arthur Leland Putnam is a son of Harper Isaac Putnam and Emma Smith from Chippewa County Wisconsin. He was born there December 30, 1890 and was there through 1930 and then here in 1935 with Hazel. Harper’s folks were John and Catherine Putnam from New York and then in Dane County Wisconsin by 1850. I don’t know whom John is related to. Probably a New Englander, but not certain. Arthur will die in Arkansas in July 1953 and be buried back Waupun, Wisconsin.

 

EDITH PUTMAN  Gary, Lake County

She is 70 IN and widowed. Her unmarried sister Mattie Cook 68 IN is living with her. Says she was here in 1935. She is Edith Elizabeth Cook and was married to George B. Putman in Danville, Vermilion County Illinois July 14, 1887. They were there in 1900 and 1910 and I haven’t seen them since. Southern Putman family from Kentucky.

 

ELLA PUTNAM  Gary, Lake County

She is 84 IN widowed and listed as a grandmother of Warren Austin 43 IL, his wife Isabel (Darding) Austin 33 IL and a bunch of relatives all different names. Both sides of the family came out of Vermillion County Illinois in the 1800s. Malinda Ellen ‘Ella’Reitzel was married to Campbell Putman in Vermillion County Illinois in 1900 till he died there in 1929. He was a son of Thomas J. Putnam and Mary Cedars. Southern Putmans from the Carolinas to Kentucky to here.

 

ROBERT PUTNAM  Gary, Lake County

This is a Negro family from Georgia. They were here in 1930.

 

EDWARD A. (ALLEN) PUTNAM  Hammond North, Lake County

He is 65 IA and boarding. He says he is married but Hettie Spare his wife isn’t here. Probably away on business here. He works in a sewer disposal plant. He is a son of Henry Harold Putnam and Elvira Ann Stanclift and was born in Delaware, Delaware County Iowa October 12, 1874 and has been there ever since and will die there January 7, 1947. Hettie was also born there in Delaware County August 1, 1881 and will die June 3, 1968. New England family from Oneida County New York and Hartford and Windsor Connecticut before that.

 

JENNIE PUTNAM  Whiting, Lake County

She is 74 Wales and still widowed. Her kids still at home and single are Elizabeth 51 WI, Irene 50 MI and Howard Eugene Putnam 49 IN. Jennie E. Wilson was here from 1900 to 1920 with her husband William Eugene Putnam from Michigan. He first appears in 1870 in Thomaston, Saginaw County Michigan living with George and Jane Wallace. He was then here in South Bend, Indiana in 1880. He says both his folks were from New York then. Just canմ figure who they were yet. William Eugene Putnam was born May 25, 1861 in Goodrich, Michigan. H’t graduated Rush Medical College in Chicago in 1899 and he became a doctor and started his own practice in Whiting in 1897. He married Jennie E. Wilson here and they were here in 1900 through the 1920 census. He died here November 19, 1923. Jennie was widowed here in 1930.

 

ROBERT PUTNAM  Michigan City, La Porte County

He is a Negro 32 GA and divorced.

 

JOHN R. (ROBERT) PUTNAM  Decatur, Marion County

He is 32 GA, his wife Gladys Skidmore 25 KY and they have a son Gene 7 KY. He is a son of Samuel Love Putnam and Ida Blackwell from Gordon County Georgia. He was born February 27, 1908 and will die in Sacramento, California September 5, 1964. He was with his dad in Harlan, Kentucky in 1930 and married Gladys Skidmore later that year. She was born December 25, 1914 and will die in Sacramento July 11, 1985. I think this may be a Southern Putman Family, but one source thinks the first one in the area came from Massachusetts, so may be connected to Hosea Putnam who was born in Georgia but his folks were from someplace up north, we think. Nothing sure about this family line yet.

 

AVERY G. PUTMAN  Indianapolis, Marion County

He is 71 IN IN IN and is a stage hand at a local theater. Susie Linsdale his wife is also 71 IN. Southern Putman Family. He is a son of Henry Putman and Mary Frances Alte. He was born in Fayette County in April 1869. He is in Indianapolis by 1900. He will die here September 17, 1947. He married Susan P. Linsdale in Rush County November 25, 1891. She was born in Indiana in December 1869 and will die in Indianapolis August 30, 1954.

 

ELEANOR B. (BOSTON) PUTNAM  Indianapolis, Marion County

She is 68 IL and now widowed. Also still here is her mother Mary M. Boston who is now 93 IL.  Eleanor Boston has been married to James William Putnam. He was a son of Daniel Webster Putman from Brown County Illinois. They are part of the Southern Putman Branch. He became the President of Butler University in 1934. He was right up till he died 2 months ago on January 23, 1940.

 

JAMES P. (PETER) PUTNAM  Indianapolis, Marion County

He is 20 IN, his wife Louise White is 20 TN and they have Peter J. 8/12 IN. Louise’s sister Mildred White 18 TN is with them. He is a son of Harry Leonard Putnam and was born here February 15, 1920 and will die here in October 1974. He is a fruit delivery checker at a fruit consignment company. Family from Vermont and Massachusetts before that.

 

LACY PUTNAM  Indianapolis, Marion County

She is 50 IL and widowed. Her daughter Charlotte M. 17 IN is at home. Lacy May Brewer was married to William Earl Putnam here. He was born June 10, 1885 and died here May 17, 1937. He married Lacy in 1909. She is a daughter of George B. Brewer and Lacy Gebhardt and was born in Danville, Vermillion County Illinois April 8, 1890 and will die here in Indianapolis January 9, 1957. Massachusetts then Maine then Illinois New England Putnam family.

 

MAE E. PUTNAM  Indianapolis, Marion County

She is 54 IN single and lodging. She is a librarian at the newspaper. Says she was here in 1935 same house. Can’t find her in 1930 though.

 

GEORGE PUTNAM  Indianapolis, Marion County

He is 85 IA and widowed. He has been here since the early 1900s and had been married to Ida here in 1910 through 1930, and she died here in 1932. I have yet to figure out who he is. His birthplace bounces between Illinois and Iowa. He is currently listed as a step-grandfather of Lottie Maines 34 IN for what that’s worth.

 

ROY PUTMAN  Indianapolis, Marion County

He is 50 IN US US and his wife Naoma Mary Bohn is 32 IN. He is a hotel decorator. Roy Alvin Putman is a son of Hezekiah Putman and Laura Stiver from Miami County. He was born in Tipton, Indiana November 3, 1889 and will die here January 12, 1958. He married Naoma here March 9, 1929. She is a daughter of William F. Bohn and Lottie Grace Leisinger and was born in Hancock County Indiana April 12, 1908 and will die in Indianapolis September 14, 1995. He was at home in Miami County in 1900 and single in Wabash County in 1920. German family out of Maryland.

 

HARRY L. (LEONARD) PUTNAM  Indianapolis, Marion County

He is 54 IN VT IN and is a filter operator at a laboratory. Mary Marcella Murphy his wife is 51 IN, and they have Leonard (Junior) 27 IN, Dorothy 18 IN, Theresa 14 IN, and Harold 11 IN. He is a son of James Perley Putnam and Maggie Ulrich from here in Indianapolis. He was born here November 25, 1885 and will die here in May 1969. He married Mary here on January 23, 1906. She is a daughter of John Murphy and Mary Rainey and was born August 21, 1887 and will die in the next year. His dad Perley is from Vermont, they were here in 1900.

 

NELLIE PUTNAM  Indianapolis, Marion County

She is 53 IN widowed and living with her widowed mother Mary Alvey 75 IN. They were here in 1935 but can’tմ find her any earlier.

 

WILMA PUTMAN  Indianapolis, Marion County

She is 25 IN single and lodging with a Honeywell family. She is an office worker. She is a daughter of William Earl Putman and Lucy Me Brewer from here. New Englanders.

 

NORBERT J. (JOSEPH) PUTNAM   Perry Township, Marion County

He is 32 IN, his wife Dorothy Catherine Sapp is 30 IN and they have Rita M. 8 IN, Norbert Joseph 6 IN, James P. 3 IN and John Thomas 1 IN. He is a molder of automobile tire tubes at the U. S. Rubber Company. He is a son of Harry Leonard Putnam and Mary Murphy from Indianapolis. They were just married and were living with his folks and then had a son William 6 months old in the 1930 census. He was born here in 1908 and will die in Indianapolis in August 1978. Dorothy was born in Indianapolis January 16, 1909 and will die in Indianapolis in 1986. She is a daughter of William Sapp and Clara Neihouse. His family has been here a long time and were from Vermont before this.

 

EDWARD PUTMAN  Jackson, Newton County

He is 84 IN IN IN. He is widowed as he was in 1930. His wife Mary Alice Steward died here in 1923. He was here from the 1870s except was in Jasper County briefly around 1900. He is a son of Aaron Putman from Allen County. He was born there February 1, 1856 and will die here May 16, 1943. New York Dutch family.

 

MAX PUTMAN  Ligonier, Noble County

He is 28 IN and his wife Myrtle Baumgartner 22 IN. Maxwell Ervin Putman is a son of Harrison Leroy Putman and Goldie Ann Hileman and was born April 1, 1912 in Van Wert County Ohio and will die October 12, 1974 in Columbus, Ohio. He married Myrtle Viola ‘Peggy’ Baumgartner in Allen County Indiana May 7, 1937. She was born in Indiana May 10, 1917 and will die April 4, 2004 in Rockford, Ohio. German family out of Somerset County Pennsylvania to Van Wert County Ohio.

 

WARREN PUTMAN  French Lick, Orange County

He is 50 IN IL IN and is a men’s clothing salesman. His wife Daisy Belle Jones is 46 IN and they have Glenn 25 IN who is a tailor at a hotel like his dad was in 1930. He is a son of Sylvester Putnam and Sarah Elizabeth Potts from Dubois County. He was born there August 1, 1889 and married Daisy July 3, 1914, and they were here in 1920. Daisy is a daughter of Richard McClellan Jones and Mary Melvina Waggoner and was born in Rusk, Martin County Indiana September 26, 1893 and will die September 26, 1976. Warren will die September 3, 1961. His dad was from Illinois and his grandfather was from New Hampshire.

 

ALFRED R. (ROSCOE) PUTNAM  Valparaiso, Porter County

He is 63 OH and his wife Lucy Elizabeth Doty is 59 IL. He is a sanitary engineer. He is a son of Michael Putman and Melissa Inman and was born in Sandusky, Ohio February 11, 1877 and has been living here in Porter County since about 1905. Lucy was born in Illinois December 1, 1880 and will die here in June 1973. Alfred will die in Valparaiso July 28, 1941. This is the German Buttman then Putman family from Somerset County Pennsylvania and then Ohio.

 

GUY H. (HOWARD) PUTMAN  Mount Vernon, Posey County

He is 55 IN single and living with his married sister Gertrude 56 IN and her husband Charles A. Woodward 61 IN. He is a bricklayer for a building company. Guy is a son of James Lewis Putnam and his first wife Annie Allender. James has been in McCracken County Kentucky since the 1890s and there till he died in 1936. He was on his third wife then. Guy was born in Mount Vernon September 16, 1885. He will die here in Mount Vernon April 24, 1968.

 

OTTILLIA R. PUTTMAN  Batesville, Ripley County

She is 81 GERMANY and widowed. She is listed as mother-in-law of John Hillenbrand and his wife, Clara 58 OH. Ottillia Enneking was married to John Joseph Puttmann in New Point, Decatur County in 1920. Clara was by John’s first wife Hester and so is her stepdaughter. The family came over from Germany in the 1850s.

 

PATRICIA PUTMAN  Center Township, Starke County

She is 24 IL and lives with her mom Elizabeth Shilling 44 IN and her husband Elmer Shilling 52 IN. They were in Chicago in 1935. 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 in Chicago in 1930 with her grandmother Charity Fugate and her re-married Mother Elizabeth. She is also listed now in Chicago where she works.

 

CHARLEY PUTMAN  Steuben Township, Steuben County

He is 72 IN single and says he lives in the same house as he did in 1935. He is a perfect fit age wise for Charley Michael Putman. He was in Warwick County Indiana in 1900 then in New Madrid County Missouri till he died in 1939. But maybe he just ducked out on his wife Anna Davis and came back home to die.

 

ALBERT L. (LEWIS) PUTNAM  South Bend, St. Joseph County

He is 58 MI NY MI. Mary E. Burton his wife is 57 MI and they have Burton A. (Albert) 19 IN. He is manager of a retail furniture store. He is the son of Eber Lewis Putnam and  Justina Batson as shown in 1900 in Geneva, Van Buren County Michigan. Mary is his second wife. In 1910 he was married to Gertrude Reid who died in Joliet, Illinois and then he and Mary were here in 1920 and 1930.

 

FRANK PUTMAN  South Bend, St. Joseph County

He is 61 MI US US and is a foreman at an automobile factory. His wife Blanche Belle Blaylock is 56 MI and they have Irene 15 MI. He is a son of Adrian Alonzo Putnam and Alantah ‘Anna’ Rose Miller from Tuscola County. He was home there in 1880, and single in Saginaw in 1900. He was married in Pontiac, Michigan in 1910, in Detroit in 1920 and here in 1930. Been working on autos for a long time it seems. Family was originally out of Vermont.

 

ABNER F. (FORREST) PUTNAM  Evansville, Vanderburgh County

He is 36 KY, his wife Bessie Mae Taylor is 36 KY and they have Frances Annie 15 KY, Harvey Kindred 14 KY, Warren 11 KY, a daughter Fayrine 9 KY and Carolyn Rae 2 IN. He is a son of Daniel Kindred Putnam and Minnie Carnithan and was born in McLean County Kentucky. He was there with his folks till his dad died March 14, 1931 and they came here about 1937. He is a machinist at an automobile body plant. His brothers Everett and Chester came over too.

 

CHESTER L. PUTNAM  Evansville, Vanderburgh County

He is 40 KY, his wife Lillie Vincent is 43 KY and they now have William Finiess 20 KY, Oval Pearl 18 KY, a son Jubie D. 15 KY, James T. 13 KY, Junior (probably Chester Junior) 8 KY, and Russell 5 IN. Chester is a son of Daniel Kindred Putnam and Minnie Carnithan and was born in McLean County Kentucky. He was there with his folks till his dad died March 14, 1931 and they came here about 1937. His brothers Forrest and Everett came over too. He and his son William and brother Everett are all carpenters for a building contractor.

 

DANIEL PUTNAM  Evansville, Vanderburgh County

Daniel Clifton Putnam is 38 KY and a laborer for the W.P.A., his wife Grace M. Allen is 35 KY, and they have Jesse Clifton 14 KY, Minnie Lou 11 KY, James Wallace 8 KY, Herman Lee 6 KY and Bobby Joe 1 IN. Ah yes, yet another son of Daniel and Minnie who all came over from McLean County Kentucky in 1935.

 

EVERETT PUTNAM  Evansville, Vanderburgh County

He is a carpenter for a building contractor and is 32 KY, his wife Zula M. Bowman 29 KY and they have George 8 KY, Arthur 6 KY, Billy R. 4 KY, Viola 2 IN and Everett 1 KY. His widowed mother Minnie 65 KY is with them. Everett Gilbert is a son of Daniel Kindred Putnam and Minnie Carnithan and was born in McLean County Kentucky. He was there with his folks till his dad died March 14, 1931 and they came here about 1937. His brothers Forrest and Chester came over too. Now I am sure that Daniel’s folks were Abner and Emily Putnam and they were all in Higginsport, Brown County Ohio in the 1860 census. Bigger problem is I haven’t the foggiest who Abner was. He was born in Virginia in 1810 and not one of our gang.

 

JESS PUTNAM  Evansville, Vanderburgh County

He is 49 IL, his wife Rosa Lester 38 KY and they have Rosa Maxine 2 IN. Jesse Putnam is a son of Thomas Barnet Putman and his second wife Lavinia Sensibaugh. He was born in Shawnee, Gallatin County Illinois December 16,1890. He married first, Lucy Rodgers. After her death, he married Rosie Lin Lester on October 2, 1924. He will die May 16, 1963. Rosie was born April 11, 1902 and will die July 24, 1997. They will have 2 more daughters in the next five years. Southern Putmans from South Carolina to Kentucky to Illinois.

 

ROBERT PUTNAM  Evansville, Vanderburgh County

He is 26 IN and his wife Virginia Christman 26 KY. Robert Carl Putnam is a son of Rufus Pitt Putnam and Nora Mills from here. He was born here April 28, 1913 and will die in March 1986 in St. Louis, Missouri. He works for an automobile company.

 

RUFUS A. PUTNAM  Evansville, Vanderburgh County

He is assistant business manager for the city school system. He is 33 IN, his wife Alta Mae Goad 35 IN and they have Colleen A. 6 IN and Gerald W. 3 IN. He is a son of Rufus Putnam and his first wife Nora Mills and was born in Posey County January 2, 1907 and has been here in Evansville since 1911. He will die in La Jolla, California in July 1973 and be returned here for burial. He married Alta here March 8, 1929. She is a daughter of William Walker Goad and Sarah Elizabeth Hayhurst and was born here February 19, 1905. She will die here in Evansville October 12, 2000. Found a couple of newspaper articles. He graduated with a PhD in Education from Columbia University. He was studying there when he joined the Navy as a lieutenant in 1943 and graduated after the War was over. He moved to Yonkers, New York and later returned to Evansville and was important in the Evansville school system. He then moved to Minneapolis to head their school system from 1953 till he retired in 1966.

 

RUFUS P. (PITT) PUTNAM  Evansville, Vanderburgh County

He is 68 KY OH OH. His new wife  Mary Elizabeth Williams is 58 IN. Also here is Margaret Ann Van Dusen 19 IN from Elizabeth’s first marriage. Rufus had married Nora Mills in Posey County June 27, 1900 and was here with her until she died here June 28, 1934. He is a bricklayer for the public schools. Rufus is a son of Adrian Putnam from Meade County Kentucky. He was with his folks in 1880 and in Posey County in 1900 and 1910. He and Nora were here in 1920 and 1930. Rufus will die here himself in 1942. New England family, Massachusetts to Lexington, Kentucky.

 

WALTER A. PUTMAN  Evansville, Vanderburgh County

He is 55 IL IL IL and is a concrete mixer for a street construction company of the W.P.A. His wife Nannie Lester is 41 KY and they have Marjorie 15 IN, Walter E. 13 IN and Paul 10 IN. Walter was first married Susan Ledbetter. He married Nannie October 24, 1922. He descends from Laban Putman who was a brother of my gggrandfather Daniel. Daniel married Prudence Skelton in South Carolina and in 1805 moved to Kentucky and then to Indiana in about 1812. Walter was born April 16, 1881 and will die October 29, 1963. Southern family of course.

 

PAULINE PUTMAN  Terre Haute, Vigo County

She is 36 TX single and living with John and Mary Katchman from Indiana. Pauline was in Pennsylvania along with the Katchman’s daughter Bernice in 1935. No clue why they were there. They are sales ladies. Anyway, Pauline is a daughter of Luther Allen Putnam and Florence Brewster from St. Clair County Alabama. She was born in Texas and with them in Palo Pinto County in 1910 and in Tarrant County in 1920. I don’t find them in 1930 but her dad will die in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma April 4, 1949. Luther is a son of Joel Allen Putnam and Matilda Ann Sansom from St. Clair. Southern Putman Family from Laurens County South Carolina.

 

EDWARD J. (JOSEPH) PUTNAM  Noble Township, Wabash County

He is a farmer 57 IN IN IN. Maud Glazier his wife is 52 IN and Martha 21 IN. There is a nephew here Robert R. Chaney 12 CA. Edward is a son of Joseph Squire Putnam and Alice Eldora Stoops from Wabash. They were in Noble Township in 1910 and Wabash Township in 1920 then Waltz Township in 1930. He was born November 21, 1882 and will die here March 14, 1953. Maud was born February 11, 1888 and will die here November 9, 1946.

 

GUY PUTMAN  Columbia City, Whitley County

He is Solon Guy Putman son of Perry Alfred Putman and Effie Adelia Smith from here in Whitley County. He is now 42 IN IN IN and a concrete worker. Mabel Graves his wife is 42 IN and they have Edith 19 IN, Robert 16 IN, Betty 14 IN and Helen 8 IN. They were in Jefferson in 1920 near his folks and here in 1930. Guy was born November 8, 1897, and will die in Columbia City, Whitely County February 3, 1974. Mabel was born April 25, 1897 and will die in Columbia City July 27, 1984. Southern Putman Family from Kentucky and Virginia before that.

 

CHARLES PUTMAN  Jefferson Township, Whitley County

He is 23 IN and his wife Ida Mae 18 IN. He is a son of Joseph Larry Putman and Goldie Sellers. He was born here September 18, 1916 and will die in Decatur, Adams County March 29, 1994. They are living with his folks. He is a parts salesman for International Harvester.

 

JOE PUTMAN  Jefferson Township, Whitley County

Joseph Larry Putman is 46 IN, his wife Goldie Sellers is 41 IN and they now have Ted 19 IN and Gerald 16 IN still at home. He is son of Perry Alfred Putman and Effie Adelia Smith from here in Whitley County. Joe was born January 24, 1894 and will die July 14, 1952. Goldie was born September 18, 1898 and will die in Fort Wayne July 20, 1971. Southern Putman Family from Kentucky and Virginia before that.

 

PAUL PUTMAN  Jefferson Township, Whitley County

He is 39 IN IN IN and owns his own farm. His wife Bessie Irene Pequignot is 40 IN and they have Marjorie 14 IN, Mary Louise 9 and Max 7/12 IN. Paul Revere Putman is a son of Perry Alfred Putman and Effie Adelia Smith from here in Whitley County. He was born November 24, 1900 and was home with them in 1910 and 1920 and then got married in 1921. He and Bessie were here in 1930. She was born November 23, 1899 and will die here in Columbia City September 20, 1993. Paul will die here March 24, 1962. Southern Putmans.

 

PERRY PUTMAN  Jefferson, Whitley County

He is 68 IN IN IN and owns his farm. His wife Effie Adelia Smith is 65 IN. Perry Alfred Putman is a son of Charles Putman and Emma Robinett and was born here July 20, 1871. His mom died December 25, 1897 and his dad has married Rosa King and had been up in Fort Wayne for about 20 years. He died there July 16, 1930 and Rosa (57 IN) is now living here with him. Perry will die here October 26, 1952 and Effie July 29, 1954. Rosa will die here in 1954.  Southern Putman family from Fayette County and then Kentucky and Virginia before that.

 

DAVID PUTMAN  South Whitley, Whitley County

He is now 81 IN and still widowed as his wife Melissa Jane Ginn died in 1928 back in Fulton County. He is living here now with his daughter Velda 43 IN and her second husband Walter Penrod 56 OH and their three kids. David is a son of Jacob Putman and Susan Lininger from Fulton County where he was born August 12, 1858. He will die March 14, 1946. He married Melissa Jane Ginn in Fulton County in March 1880. She was born August 16, 1861 and died June 18, 1928. She was a daughter of Ezekiel Ginn and Sarah Nicodemus from Henry County. Velda was born in 1896 and will also die in 1946. David is part of the German Buttman family from Pennsylvania.