MAINE

Census Reports

1930 - 1940

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UPDATED AS OF MARCH 18, 2023

 

MAINE 1930 CENSUS

 

HAROLD PUTNAM  Ardmore, Androscoggin County

He is 27 (really 29, bad handwriting) ME single and living with his grandfather Dennis McCarty 84 ME. He is a son of Harold A. Putnam and Katherine Larson from Augusta, Maine where he was born March 31, 1903 and then Portland. He will marry Adeline E. Dobson in Portland, Maine December 26, 1930. Guess they divorced as he is in Los Angeles in 1940 by his lonesome.

 

WILLIAM H. PUTNAM  Lewiston, Androscoggin County

He is 61 ME ME ME and widowed. He is a lawyer. He is a son of John Farnum Putnam from Lewiston. He was still at home in 1900, and was single here in 1910. He was married here in 1920.

 

CHARLES E. PUTNAM  Livermore Falls, Androscoggin County

He is now 64 ME ME ME and widowed as he was in 1920. He is a mechanic in a garage. He is a son of Houghton H. Putnam and was born here.

 

EVERETT E. (EDWARD) PUTNAM  Livermore, Androscoggin County

He is 47 ME ME ME and is a carpenter. His wife Ethel A. Thing is 51 MA and they have Edith H. 20 ME, Cynthia H. 19 ME and Lewis T. 15 ME. He is a son of Lewis Putnam and Ida Bisbee of Oxford County. He was born there January 24, 1883 and will die here in Livermore Falls May 2, 1947. He was there with his widowed mom in 1900 and was here since 1910 with Ethel. The son Lewis was born June 25, 1914 and will die in Lewiston at age 91 on July 20, 2005. He will be divorced here in 1935 and 1940.

 

LEWIS C. (CERVIER) PUTNAM  Wales, Androscoggin County

He is 44 ME ME ME and owns a farm. His wife Gladys Davis is 41 ME and they have George L. 14 ME, and Lucille 7 ME. He is a son of Lewis Putnam and Ida Bisbee of Oxford County. He was there with his widowed mom in 1900 and here in 1910 and 1920. He was born March 24, 1886 and will die in Winthrop, Maine May 14, 1966. They are here in 1935 and 1940.

 

BERT V. (BERTRAM VARNEY) PUTNAM  Cary Plantation, Aroostook County

He is 37 ME ME ME and works in a sawmill. His wife Eva Colbath is 37 ME and they now have Arthur 17 ME, Clayton 15 ME, Ervin 12 ME, Orin 7 ME, Glenn 5 ME and Lynwood 2 ME. He is a son of Blackhawk Putnam and Orrie Seamans and was born here. He married Eva January 25, 1912. The son Clayton will be marrying Bessie Edwards here May 13, 1939. Arthur was born August 11, 1912, and will marry Clara Gretchell December 15, 1934. She was born here in Cary July 26, 1913 and will die here January 5, 2006. He will die in Houlton in July 1978. Ervin was born April 3, 1918 and die July 27, 2005. He will marry Phyllis A. Scott here September 16, 1943. Glenn will marry Catherine Carr from Amity on October 24, 1948. Lynwood will marry Betty Ann Hutchinson June 17, 1945. They are all here in 1940. More info from the Maine Marriage Records and OBITS.

 

BLACKHAWK H. PUTNAM  Cary Plantation, Aroostook County

He is 69 ME ME ME and owns a far. His wife Orrie Seamans is 63 ME and Alton is now 26 ME. He is a son of Varney Putnam and Mary Elizabeth Cone. The son Alton will marry a cousin Charlotte Seamans here on November 24, 1937.

 

PHILIP PUTNAM  Cary Plantation, Aroostook County

He is 26 ME ME ME, his sister Myra 32 ME and brother Dean 30 ME. Their widowed mother Minnie 63 ME is here. Minnie Pollard was married to Dean Blanchard Putnam. They live next to Blackhawk. Dean was Blackhawk’s brother and their farms adjoined each other. Young Dean will marry Margaret Weldon here December 4, 1933.

 

AZIEL PUTNAM  Fort Fairfield, Aroostook County

He is 48 ME ME ME and is an automobile mechanic. His wife Alena Patee is 45 ME and they have John 18 ME, Arthur H. 16 ME, Harriet C. 13 ME, Sarah V. 10 ME, Lewis S. 9 ME, Charles P. 8 ME, Clara J. 5 ME, and Ray M. 3 ME. He is Aziel Junior, son of Aziel Walden Putnam and Caroline Nadeau. He was born here. The son John Warren will marry Reta Rogers here on January 9, 1937. He was born August 3, 1912 and will die in Orange County Florida July 5, 1982. Lewis will marry Anna Solomon here December 17, 1943. Charles will marry Pauline McKenney here February 21, 1949. Aziel will die here September 4, 1940

 

GEORGE W. (WASHINGTON) PUTNAM  Fort Fairfield, Aroostook County

He is 37 ME ME ME and is a plumber. His wife Rae Merrithew is 31 ME. They have George W. 9 ME, David 8 ME and Barbara 5 ME. He is a son of Samuel and Vesta Putnam. He was born here August 2, 1892, and Rae in December 1898. They were married June 10, 1919. They are all here in 1940.

 

MARTHA PUTNAM  Fort Fairfield, Aroostook County

Mattie is 49 ME ME ME and manages a dry goods store. Her sister Lucia is 44 ME and is the head telephone operator in town. Her brother Ira is 40 ME and is a mason. Her sister Sarah is 37 ME and is a nurse. Then there is a sister-in-law Pearl 22 CAN and her kids Della 7 ME and Marjorie 5. She is widowed but was married to Sanford S. Putnam. All these kids, except Pearl, are children of Aziel Walden Putnam and Caroline Nadeau from here. All are unmarried.

 

AARON A. (ALBERT) PUTNAM  Houlton, Aroostook County

He is 43 ME ME ME and is a lawyer.  His wife Myra is 39 ME and they have Elizabeth 12 ME, Haden (Aaron Hacker) 9 ME, Mayer L. a daughter 7 ME and John 5 ME. Myra is a new wife and has her own set of kids: Myra Higgins 13 ME CAN ME, Burt 11 ME, Tyler 9 ME, and a daughter 7 ME. He was married to Maria Hacker here in 1920. He is a son of Albert Temple and Cordelia Putnam from here in Houlton. He was born July 23, 1886, and married Maria Louise Hacker in Fort Fairfield June 27, 1917. He will be here in Houlton till he dies October 29, 1968. Maria was born in Fort Fairfield October 18, 1890. I assume this is a messed entry as Maria will die here in Houlton February 10, 1969. In 1940 there is no mention of Myra Higgins or her kids and Maria is here then and all is Ԣack to normal. The Myra stuff is simply an error.

 

ALBERT T. (TEMPLE) PUTNAM  Houlton, Aroostook County

He is 77 ME CAN ME and long widowed. His daughter Beatrice 34 ME and her husband John Wiley 39 ME are still living with him. They have a daughter Elizabeth 5 ME. He is a son of Lysander Putnam and Ruth Libby. He was born here November 8, 1852 and will die here May 17, 1937.

 

AMOS PUTNAM  Houlton, Aroostook County

He is a custodian at the Post Office and is now 67 ME ME ME. His wife Cora Margaret Carpenter is a reporter for the newspaper and is 57 ME ME CAN. Also here are her father Frank Carpenter 84 ME and Cora’s sister Elvira Carpenter 42 ME. Amos is a son of Levy Houlton Putnam and Sarah Bradbury, and was born here in Houlton June 16, 1863 and will die here May 25, 1936. Cora is a daughter of Frank Carpenter and Elvira Green. She was born here in Houlton June 14, 1872 and will die here January 30, 1964.

 

ARTHUR PUTNAM  Houlton, Aroostook County

He is 48 ME ME ME and his wife Claire Pierce is 41 ME. They have Isabel 12 ME, Hannah 11 ME, Arthur O. (Otis) Jr. 8 ME, Mellen P. 6 ME and Joseph L. 5 ME. He runs an oil and gas business with his brother Fred. They both married Pierce sisters. He is a son of Albert Temple and Cordelia Putnam. He was born here April 30, 1882, and married Claire A. Pierce July 1, 1916. They are here in 1930. Arthur will be here till he dies April 6, 1970. Clair was born in Fort Fairfield May 24, 1888 and will die here October 27, 1959. Arthur Otis junior will marry Lona D. Taggett here in Houlton on May 7, 1949. Arthur was born January 15, 1922 and will die in Houlton on October 7, 2007. Lona was born August 29, 1922 and will die here July 17, 1993. Based on a gravestone, Mellon was born in 1923 and alive in 2008. He married a Pauline T. who was born October 7, 1926 and died March 16, 2000 in Houlton.

 

BELLE PUTNAM  Houlton, Aroostook County

She is 70 76 CT CAN CAN and widowed. She is Ida Belle Bell the widow of Mellen D. Putnam from here in Houlton. They were here in 1900 and 1910 and not listed in 1920. He died here January 27, 1925. Belle is the daughter of James Bell and Corneba Gaylord. She was born in Connecticut February 10, 1865 and will die here in Houlton June 4, 1942.

 

ETTA L. PUTNAM  Houlton, Aroostook County

Etta Smith is 76 ME and widowed since Samuel Putnam has died in the past several years. They were both here all their lives through the 1920.

 

FLOYD PUTNAM  Houlton, Aroostook County

He is 24 ME ME ME and his wife Dorothy McAubrey is 19 ME and they have Janet 2 ME. He is Walter Putnam and Almeda Hussey’s son born here April 17, 1905. He married Dorothy June 2, 1928. They will get divorced and he will marry Evelyn G. Knapp here in Houlton on September 21, 1935. Evelyn was born in Maine June 4, 1912 and will die in Manchester, Connecticut June 6, 1993. Floyd will die in Manchester, Connecticut April 9, 1984. His first wife Dorothy and daughter Janet are in South Portland with her folks in 1940. She probably couldn’t stand living up here couple of hundred miles north of Canada itself

 

FRED L. (LYSANDER) PUTNAM  Houlton, Aroostook County

He is 49 ME ME ME and a gas and oil merchant with his brother Arthur. His wife Mary Alice Pierce is 44 ME and they have Cordelia 19 ME and Albert 17 ME. He is a son of Albert Temple and Cordelia Putnam. Fred was born November 18, 1880 and will die here on September 12. 1974. Mary was born in Fort Fairfield January 13, 1886 and will die here November 3, 1978. The son Albert was born here January 5, 1913, and will marry Mary Ann Madigan here on February 21, 1942. He will die here in Houlton May 2, 1966.

 

MADGE PUTNAM  Houlton, Aroostook County

She is 38 ENG and widowed. Marjorie Weldon was married to Frank Putnam here in 1920. She has Amos W. 8 ME, Kathleen 7 ME and Joan L. 5 ME. Her widowed mother Annie Weldon 70 ENG is here too. Frank was a son of Amos and Cora Putnam here in Houlton. He was born March 29, 1892, and just died here in Houlton January 29, 1930. Madge was born in London England October 22, 1891 and will die here March 2, 1957.

 

RANSOM PUTNAM  Houlton, Aroostook County

He is listed as Ransford and is 39 ME ME ME. His wife Effie May Moores is 54 ME and her brother George Moores is 49 ME. They have been married 17 years (September 13, 1914). He is a son of Dean Blanchard Putnam and Minnie Pollard from Cary where he was born November 9, 1890. He was home in 1900 and 1910 and I don’t find him in 1920 but they are here in 1935 and 1940.

 

WALTER K. (KING) PUTNAM  Houlton, Aroostook County

He is 52 ME ME ME and is a general merchant. His wife Almeda Hussey is 45 ME. He is a son of Willard Putnam and Mary Ward from here. His sons Willard and Floyd live either on the same property or in the same house. Walter was born November 2, 1877. Almeda is a daughter of Benjamin Hussey and Vesta Hall. She was born in December 1884 and will die here in Houlton November 28, 1960. Walter will die here in 1958. They are here in 1935 and 1940 and then still in 1950.

 

WILLARD H. (HOULTON) PUTNAM  Houlton, Aroostook County

He is 22 ME ME ME and a farm laborer. His wife Verna Adams is 22 ME and their son Walter Adams Putnam is 2 ME. His brother Floyd lives with him but I’ll give him a separate listing. They are sons of Walter King Putnam and Almeda Hussey and live on the same property. Willard was born February 27, 1908 and will die here in Houlton October 16, 1975. Willard and Verna were married here August 4, 1926. There is another marriage record where Willard married Norah Wilson here December 7, 1946, and another for Norah Lyons on the same date. One would be her maiden name, the other from a previous marriage. Based on her grave, Nora was born December 11, 1918 and died in Houlton June 15, 1999. Their son Willard A. was born October 15, 1928 and will marry Beth Drake July 29, 1978 and later Julie Ray Clark on June 8, 1991. Young Willard will die here March 11, 1999. Fun to find these records. They are here in 1940 and so is their son Willard.

 

CHARLES PUTNAM  Presque Isle, Aroostook County

He is 26 ME ME ME and owns his farm. His wife Gladys M. Mullen is 22 ME and they have Charles Jr. 3 5/12 ME and Joseph 1 ME. Charles Royce Putnam is a son of Samuel Putnam and Vesta Erskine from here. Charles was born here March 29, 1904 and will die in Presque Isle, Maine May 26, 1976. He and Gladys were married here October 22, 1925. She is a daughter of Joseph Edwin Mullen and Ella Mae Kearney and was born in Presque Isle July 18, 1908 and will die in Caribou in August 1980. An obituary of her son Joseph states her name was Gladys Bushey, so she may have been married before she married Charlie. No firm ideas at all here. Now, something like a divorce will take place as Charlie will later marry Bernice Hazel Knights who was previously married to a Kinney. There is an obituary for Bernice Hazel Knights Putnam saying she was a daughter of Alfred Hiram Knights and Lucy Adeline Cole and was born June 4, 1909 in Brookston, Aroostook County and died there October 25, 2004. It says she was predeceased by two husbands, Otis Kinney and Charles Putnam. Then, the son Joseph Putnam was born March 28, 1929 and will die in Van Buren, Maine March 25, 2008. He will marry Betty Kierstead of Caribou and they will have 3 sons and 4 daughters and his obituary says he had two stepsons with the last name Long so Betty was married before him and may have been his second wife. They are here with more kids in 1935 and 1940.

 

LINWOOD J. (JOHN) PUTNAM  Presque Isle, Aroostook County

He is 5 ME CT ME and listed as a grandson of Stephen and Minnie Bryson. He is also listed now in Hartford, Connecticut with his parents John J. Putnam and Veronica Bryson. John lists his parents as both being born in Germany so he is not a Putnam. He is still here in 1940.

 

VARNEY W. PUTNAM  Weston, Aroostook County

Amos’ son is now 90 ME and still lives with his relatives the Brackets. His wife was Ophelia Bracket who died around 1915.

 

RALPH C. PUTNAM  Brunswick, Cumber land County

He is 32 ME ME ME and is a house painter. His wife Hattie Harris is 45 ME. Her widowed mother is here and I can’t read the last name. Anyway, he is a son of Lewis C. and Ida Putnam and was in Oxford County in 1900 and 1910, and was married here in 1920. He and Hattie were married December 30, 1919. Ralph was born December 28, 1899 and will be here in Brunswick till he dies in February 1973. They are here in 1935 and 1940. She is widowed here in 1950

 

ANNA PUTNAM  Portland, Cumberland County

She is 26 ME and says she is married. She lives with her mother Mary Jacabsky.

 

ARCHIE L. PUTNAM  Portland, Cumberland County

He is 40 ME ME ME and is a metal worker in a plumbing shop. His wife Bernadine Ellingwood is 38 NH and Leona is 19 NH. They were married September 4, 1909, and in Coos County, New Hampshire in 1910 and 1920. He is a son of Albert Putnam and Amy Reed from Rumford, Oxford County Maine. In 1900 he was with his father Albert who was divorced at that point. They were living with his grandparents Francis Putnam and Eunice Towne.

 

CHARLES N. PUTNAM  Portland, Cumberland County

He is 52 ME ME ME and a chauffeur for the city (bus driver I would guess). His wife Jennie Valento is 51 ITALY, but it’s Maine in 1910. He is a son of Ira Nelson Putnam and Abbie Baird from Oxford County. Don’t find them in 1920, but they were here in 1910 and I’m sure in 1920 and will be in 1940.

 

HAROLD A. PUTNAM  Portland, Cumberland County

He is 53 ME ME ME. His wife Katherine Larson is 53 ME and Philip C. 21 ME. He is a son of John Farnum Putnam and his second wife Myra Bickford. He was home in Lewiston in 1880, boarding in Augusta in 1900 and married there in 1910 and 1920. They are here in 1940 as well. Their son Harold Junior is missing now but is around somewhere, as he will marry Adeline E. Dobson here in December 26, 1930 so he can get in the marital tax deduction in this year’s work. The son Harold was born March 31, 1903 and die in Los Angeles February 24, 1984. Adeline was born November 23, 1901 and will die in Portland in December 1977. The son Philip will marry Marie A. Jacques here on September 1, 1934. They are all here in Portland in 1940.

 

HARRY F. (FRANKLIN) PUTNAM  Portland, Cumberland County

He is 41 NH NH NH and his wife Grace Merrill 41 CAN. They have Harry M. 17 VT, May A. 17 WY, Martin A. 12 WY and Grace 5 NH. Harry is a son of Arthur O. Putnam and May Franklin from Sullivan and then Cheshire County New Hampshire. He was at home in Walpole, Cheshire County New Hampshire in 1900. He was born there July 27, 1889 and will die in Nevada County California January 31, 1962. They were in Park County, Wyoming in 1910 and in Rockingham County, New Hampshire in 1920. Also in 1910 Grace was with her folks, Martin Merrill and Nettie Wilkinson in Coos County, New Hampshire. Grace was born August 31, 1891 and will die in Riverside, California December 27, 1966. The son Harry M. will marry Frances L. Hayden here on June 23, 1935 and be here in Portland in 1940. Harry and Grace and kids are in Benton, Kennebec County Maine in 1940.

 

WALTER A. PUTNAM  Portland, Cumberland County

He is 58 NH MA MA and his wife Carrie DeNico is 56 ME. He works in a canning factory. Probably fish. They have been in Somerset County in 1900 through 1920. He is a son of John Benedict Putnam and Aurilla Searles from Nashua, New Hampshire. I don’t know where their son Alfred H. is now, but he will marry Gladys M. Shaw of Augusta on May 9, 1931. All of them are here in 1935 and 1940.

 

WILLARD O. PUTNAM  Portland, Cumberland County

He is 55 MA MA MA and his wife Mae Gertrude Bilodeaux is 46 MA and they have Mary D. 24 MA and Shirley G. 22 MA. He is a milkman and the daughters are both school teachers. He is a son of Joseph Henry Putnam and Clara Jordan of Wilmington, Massachusetts. Joseph was a son of Henry Locke Putnam number 2405. They were here in 1920.

 

JOHN PUTNAM  Jay, Franklin County

He is 58 ME ME ME and a finisher in a paper mill. His wife Augusta Davis Jewell is 47 ME. He was single in Androscoggin County in 1900 and still single here in Wilton, Franklin County in 1910. They were married here in Jay on August 30, 1915, and were here in 1920. They are here in 1940 too.

 

IDA M. PUTNAM  Mount Desert, Hancock County

She is 56 ME and widowed. She lives with her brother (probably brother-in-law) Arthur Clement 53 ME. She married Fred H. Putnam of Brewer Maine here September 8, 1924. It was her second marriage as she was listed as Ida Leland on the September 1924 date. Her maiden name was Richardson. He was a son of Thomas J. and Mary Putnam, and was in Aroostook County in 1880, and in Waldo County after that till the very early 1920s. Then he moved to Penobscot County with his son lived there when he married Ida according to the marriage license.

 

ANNIE C. PUTNAM  Litchfield, Kennebec County

She is 67 ME and widowed. She is a housekeeper for an Ashford family. Think she is the widow of William Putnam from Waterville, Kennebec County.

 

ALBERT F. (FREDERICK) PUTNAM  Pittston, Kennebec County

He is 54 ME ME ME and owns a farm. His wife Merle Moody is 40 ME, Audrey A. 14 ME, Eugene A. 13 ME and Harlan A. 12 ME. He is a son of George Benjamin Putnam and Mary Morrill. He was born here in Kennebec County, then moved with his folks to California and they were in Siskiyou County in 1900. Then they came back out here and were here in 1910 and 1920. The son Eugene was born May 2, 1917 and will die in Gardiner, Maine Christmas Day 1992. He will marry Aletha Eastman on March 24, 1940. Harlan was born April 8, 1918 and will die in Gardiner Maine September 1, 1995. He will marry Almoza M. Vigue here on October 11, 1941. They are all here in 1940.

 

RALPH G. (GEORGE) PUTNAM  Randolph, Kennebec County

He is 42 ME ME ME and works in a shoe factory. His wife Grace Preble is 38 ME and they have Doris L. 15 ME, Kenneth N. 10 ME, Burleigh J. 5 ME, and Lindsay a son 3 ME. He is a son of George Benjamin Putnam and Mary Morrill. He and the above Albert Putnam, his brother, were born here in Kennebec County, moved with their folks to California and were in Siskiyou County in 1900. Then they all came back out here and were in Pittston, Kennebec County in 1910. Then I guess their mom died here, and their dad went back to San Mateo, California living with their sister Harriet Clark. They were married here in 1920. The son Kenneth will marry Helen Frohock June 15, 1940, and then marry Corrine Fuller November 22, 1944. Burleigh was born January 17, 1925 and will die in Gardiner, Maine in October 1987. He will marry Isabelle Gordon February 26, 1946, and Lindsay will marry Violet Gordon (sisters) here April 7, 1947.

 

DONALD E. PUTNAM  Waterville, Kennebec County

He is 36 ME ME CT and his wife Antoinette W. is 35 ME CAN ME. They have been married 12 years. He is an assistant manager at a woodworking plant. They were in Louisville, Kentucky in 1920. He is the son of Harry Lyman Putnam and Mary Gertrude Bass from Houlton, Maine. In the 1935 State Census in Pinellas County Florida. He and Antoinette, both 40 years old, are there living with his widowed mother Gertrude B. Putnam 70 CT. Also there is Beecher Putnam 68 ME who was Harry Lyman’s brother. Ties it all up nicely. Harry Lyman Putnam his dad had just died here in 1934 and probably why Donald was there. Mary Gertrude Bass his mom will die in 1945 and his brother Beecher in 1944. All three are buried at the Royal Palm South Cemetery in St. Petersburg, Pinellas County Florida.

 

JEAN &  NORA & DUNCAN PUTNAM Waterville, Kennebec County

Jean is 11 NS NS NS and boarding. Nora 10 NS and Duncan (actually John MacDougall) 8 NS are with yet another family. They are children of Wilder Putnam. I don’t know why they are all split up now. Probably living with kinfolk of their mother who was born here. They are all back with their dad Wilder in 1940.

 

WILDER PUTNAM  Waterville, Kennebec County

He s 48 NS NS NS and widowed. He is a traveling salesman. He is a son of John Graham Putnam and Susan McDonald Douglas from Maitland, Hants, Nova Scotia. He married Nellie Cook from here in Waterville January 1, 1895, and they went back to Maitland. He ran a store there until 1923 and then came down here in 1924. She died here April 26, 1925. He will remain in Maine until he dies here October 14, 1955.

 

ALICE L. (LUCY) PUTNAM  Winthrop, Kennebec County

She is 65 ME MA ME and is single and boarding. She is a daughter of John Prince Putnam and Kate Louisa Gardner and was born here. She has been down in Quincy, Massachusetts with a cousin since the 1890s.

 

CHARLOTTE L. PUTNAM  Winthrop, Kennebec County

She is 48 ME and widowed. She lives with her widowed mother Emma J. Richmond 72 ME.

 

JOHN E. (EDWARD) PUTNAM  Winthrop, Kennebec County

He is 65 ME ME ME and still has a housekeeper Estelle Brown 61 ME as he did in 1920. He is a son of Christopher Columbus Putnam and was born here in Winthrop. They are both here still in 1940.

 

STERLING PUTNAM  Camden, Knox County

He is George Sterling Putnam a son of Israel Judson Putnam from here in Knox County. He is 22 ME ME ME and his wife Linnie B. Eaton is 20 ME. They were married just over a year ago on December 31, 1928. George was born in South Thomaston August 15, 1907 and will die in Rockport in 1990.

 

CHARLES A. PUTNAM  Rockland, Knox County

He is 42 VT NY NY and is an automobile dealer. His wife Florence Theresa Curley is 25 MA and they have Margaret 3 MA. They have been married 8 years. They are in Keene, New Hampshire in 1940. He is a son of William H. Putnam and Mary E. Fifield and was born in Duxbury, Washington County Vermont March 4, 1880. He married Pearl Hooper March 22, 1906 in Tilton, New Hampshire and they were in Northfield, New Hampshire in 1910 and she died in 1913. Then he hitched up with Florence.

 

EDGAR B. PUTNAM  Rockport, Knox County

He is 51 ME ME ME and is an attorney. He has just married Mildred Perry 43 ME. She was married before to Guy Carlton here in Rockport, and has Granville Carlton 12 ME and Florence Carlton 10 ME. He married Mildred January 10, 1928 here in Rockport. He is a son of Henry Harrison Putnam and Frances McGuire from Washington County. He was there in 1900 and 1910. I haven’t got him in 1920 yet.

 

CLIFFORD G. (GEORGE) PUTNAM  South Thomaston, Knox County

He is 55 ME ME ME and his sister Jennie is 52 ME. They are both single and kids of George Llewellyn Putnam. They were all here in 1920 and their dad died in 1922 and their mom in 1926. Clifford and Jennie are here in 1940. He will die in 1948 and Jennie in 1949.

 

I. (ISRAEL) JUDSON PUTNAM  South Thomaston, Knox County

He is 53 ME ME ME and his wife Mabel Barbour 42 ME. He is a son of George Llewellyn Putnam and Mary Dunning Rowell. He married Mabel Stinson Barbour November 5, 1905 in Stonington, Maine. They will be here the rest of their lives. Israel was born here May 3, 1876 and will die here January 12, 1948. Mabel was born in Stonington, Maine November 3, 1887 and will die here in 1954.

 

JOHN A. (AMES) PUTNAM  Dixfield, Oxford County

He is John Third 41 ME ME ME and a laborer. His wife Ella Edith Bartlett is 55 ME and they have Florence 13 ME and Grace 11 ME. They were here in 1920. He is a son of John Ames Putnam and Melissa Burgess, and was born here December 11, 1892. He married Ella October 2, 1915. He will die here in Dixfield on March 1, 1956.

 

MINNIE F. (FLORENCE) PUTNAM  Hiram, Oxford County

She is 56 MA and single. She is a niece of Homer and Ella Whipple. She is a daughter of John Franklin Putnam and Adelaide Goodrich of Danvers. She was with her dad in 1880 when he was just widowed and living with his folks John C. Putnam and Louisa Knight. John remarried another gal and was with her in Essex County in 1900, but Minnie was off somewhere else by then. She was here in 1910 and with an uncle in Standish, Cumberland County in 1920. She is here in 1940 and 1950

 

CEYLON E. (ELWOOD) PUTNAM  Peru, Oxford County

He is 35 ME ME ME and his wife Evelyn C. Miller is 25 ME. They have Phyllis R. 6 ME and Ceylon E. Jr. 3 ME. He is a son of Joseph A. Putnam and Annie Mae Delano, and was home here in 1900 and single here in 1920. He married Evelyn here in Peru on January 1, 1922. Ceylon was born here January 10, 1892 and will be here till he dies in 1945. He works for a Packard car place. The son Ceylon Elwood Junior was born June 25, 1925 and will die here in Peru December 23, 1992. He will marry Mona E. Noyes in Dixfield August 17, 1946 according to the State marriage records. Ceylon is here in 1940 in one place and Evelyn and the kids are in this house in 1935 and 1940. Got separated it seems.

 

JOSEPH A. (ALEXANDER)  PUTNAM  Peru, Oxford County

He is 47 ME ME ME and divorced. His daughter Marie 21 is here too, He owns a grocery store and she is a clerk there. He is a son of John Ames Putnam and Clarinda Childs. He was married here in 1910, then missing in 1920. The age should be 67 though. He will soon marry Bertha Killam or McLaughlin here on March 7, 1931. There is a marriage record for both names, so one would be her maiden name, the other from a previous marriage. Bertha is widowed here in 1940 so Joe died later on in the 1930s.

 

MELISSA J. PUTNAM  Peru, Oxford County

She is Melissa Burgess the widow of John Ames Putnam, Jr. who was born here September 5, 1850 and died here April 25, 1918. She is now 74 ME and her daughter Amy 39 ME. Amy was born May 24, 1889 and will die in Dixfield in December 1985. They were here in 1920, and will be in 1940.

 

OSCAR J. (JOHN) PUTNAM  Peru, Oxford County

He is 45 ME ME ME and owns a farm. His wife Mabel A. Richardson is 35 ME and they have Vivian 6 ME. Vivian is a boy as there is a marriage record of him marrying Barbara Curtis here in West Peru on May 8, 1945. Her widowed mother Almeda Richardson 73 ME is living with them as she was in 1920. He is a son of John Ames Putnam and Melissa Gone Burgess, and was born here October 1, 1884 and will die here in Peru in October 1973.

 

RONELLO B. PUTNAM  Peru, Oxford County

He is 33 ME ME ME and is an automobile salesman. His wife Viola M. Peters is 25 ME, and they have Carl E. 8 ME, Pauline 5 ME, and Marilyn 3 ME. He is a son of Joseph and Annie Putnam from here in Peru. He was born May 9, 1897 and will die in Kittery Maine in January 1971. He married Viola from Bath on February 7, 1921. The son Carl will be in Bath and marry Lorraine M. Richards February 16, 1941 and later marry Blanche M. Lyons back here in Rumford January 24, 1947. They are in Peru in 1935 then Mexico, Oxford County in 1940 with more kids.

 

ARTHUR G. (GUY) PUTNAM  Rumford, Oxford County

He is now 46 ME ME ME and his wife Rosa Littlefield is 43 NH. They have Francis 19, Dana B. 14, Arthur Jr. 9 all ME. Also here is his widowed mother Eunice Putnam 66 ME. He is a son of Francis Parker Putnam and was born here May 6, 1883 and will die here in November 1967. He married Rosa here June 24, 1909. Rosa was born February 12, 1887 and will die in Dixfield in April 1978. The son Francis will marry Doris Locke here June 24, 1945. The son Dana was born November 23, 1915 and died here October 31, 1970. The son Arthur was born December 30, 1920 and will be here in Rumford till he dies in February 1985.

 

CECIL I. (ISRAEL) PUTNAM  Rumford, Oxford County

He is 39 ME ME ME and now widowed. He was married to Etta Demerritt in Peru in 1920. He is a son of Joseph A. and Annie Putnam and was with them here in 1900 and 1910. He owns a garage. He was born June 13, 1890 and will die in Portland in October 1967.

 

VESTA PUTNAM  Bangor, Penobscot County

She is 56 ME and widowed. She is a housekeeper. Vesta Erskine was married to Samuel Putnam way up in Presque Isle from 1900 to 1910 and then they were not indexed in 1920.

 

HARRY PUTNAM  Brewer, Penobscot County

He is 40 ME ME ME and has a dairy farm. His wife Amanda Hartley is 40 CAN and they have Helen 15 ME. Also here are Amanda’s brothers Wendell Hartley 24 CAN and Ira Hartley 27 CAN. He is a son of Fred and Marcia Putnam. He was born in Aroostook County, and then with the family in Waldo County in 1900 through 1920.

 

FOREST T. PUTNAM  Bath, Sagadahoc County

He is 48 MA NH NH and is a janitor. His wife Mary L. McNeil is 52 CAN. They were here in 1920. He is a son of Lucius Brooks Putnam and Martha Ellen Hovey. He and his brother Lawrence were in Pepperell, Mass. in 1900 and with their widowed mother in Bath in 1910. He married Mary here in Bath on June 29, 1910. He was born January 1, 1882 and will die in October 1964.

 

LAWRENCE H. PUTNAM  Woolwich, Sagadahoc County

He is 43 MA MA MA and is a draftsman on a dredge. His wife Eunice L. Moore is 40 ME, and her widowed mother Elmira Moore is 77 ME. He and his brother Forest have been here since the early 1900s. They are here in 1935 and 1940.

 

ABBIE H. PUTNAM  Belfast, Waldo County

She is 81 ME and widowed. She has been here forever married to Lyman Putnam. She is still living with her daughter Lucy Nichols and her husband as she was in 1920.

 

JAMES E. PUTNAM  Jackson, Waldo County

He is 61 ME and his wife Belle is 58 ME and they have been married 37 years now. He is a son of Daniel Putnam and his second wife Sarah Tasker. He was born in Jackson, Waldo County Maine August 5, 1868. He has been in Waldo County all his life up through the 1935. In 1940 he is widowed in Dixmont, Penobscot County.

 

ZENAS L. PUTNAM  Monroe, Waldo County

He is 48 ME ME ME and owns a farm. His wife Emily A. Brown is 47 ME and they have Neil C. 8 ME, Hugh F. 6 ME, and Mary E. 1 ME. There is a Walter Pettingill 49 ME and divorced living here. He is a son of Fred and Marcia Putnam and was born here. He married Emily December 31, 1919. The son Neal or Neil will marry Addie L. Austin here on October 16, 1942.

 

GEORGE B. PUTNAM  Searsport, Waldo County

He is 67 NH NH ME and his wife Margaret Prudence Nichols is 65 ME. He is a son of Albert M. and Jane Stille Putnam of Antrim, New Hampshire. They have been here since the 1880s.

 

JAMES (HENRY) H. PUTNAM  Danforth, Washington County

He is really Henry H., son of Henry Harrison from here. He is now 57 ME ME ME and has his widowed mother Frances H. McGuire 80 ME with him. He runs a grocery store. He and his brother Edgar will both be here in 1940.

 

VARNEY PUTNAM  Danforth, Washington County

He is 54 ME ME ME and out of work. Minnie A. Bubar his wife is 53 ME and they still have their daughter Isa B. 21 ME. He is a son of Henry Harrison Putnam and Frances McGuire originally from Houlton, Aroostook County in 1880, and here in 1900. They were married here September 21, 1904. Varney Arthur Putnam was born October 11, 1875 here in Danforth and he will die May 10, 1950. He is buried in Houlton. Minnie is a daughter of George and Mary Bubar and was born in Danforth May 27, 1877 and will die June 16, 1947 and buried in Houlton. They were here married from 1910 on and will be in 1935 and 1940.

 

WILLIAM PUTNAM  Jonesport, Washington County

He is 52 ME ME ME (really MA MA MA) and is a lobster broker. His wife Isabelle is 48 ME and William H. 15 ME. He is a son of Henry and Sarah Putnam from Winthrop. Henry is a son of John and Jane Putnam from Prince Edward Island. William was home with his folks there in 1880 and 1900. In 1900 he was married to Lillian De Forrest. They were divorced there in 1910 and he must have married Isabelle around 1913. They were in Medford, Massachusetts in 1920. Heճ been in the lobster business all his life like his dad. They are here in 1940.

 

A. S. (AMASA SPAULDING) PUTNAM  Biddeford, York County

He is 59 MA MA MA and married to Flossie Lewis 39 ME ME ME and her widowed mother Estelle Annie Lewis 57 ME is with them. He is a Baptist Preacher. He is Amasa Spaulding Putnam a son of Lawson Putnam  (#2170) and Sarah R. C. Johnson and was born in Sutton, Worcester County Massachusetts December 5, 1870 and was at home there in 1880. He was in Coventry, Rhode Island in 1900, 1910 and 1920 married to Ida Burhoe born in Massachusetts in 1871. They were married in Sutton January 4, 1899. She must have died as he came back up here and married Flossie in Biddeford August 17, 1926. They were here in 1930 and are in the same house they were in here in 1935. He will die July 17, 1941 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

 

ELEANOR L. (LOUISE) PUTNAM  York, York County

She is 31 NH and widowed. She has a son Roger 5 ME. She is Eleanor L. Hennessey from Portsmouth New Hampshire. She was married to Perley’s son Roger Ashurst Putnam who was single here in 1920. They were married November 8, 1924. He died soon afterwards on July 15, 1925.

 

J. (JOSEPH) CONRAD PUTNAM  York, York County

He is 33 ME and single. His married sister Gretchen Payne 30 ME and her son Putnam Payne 2 6/12 ME are with him. They are children of Perley and Sophia Putnam from here. The folks must have died. Perley died December 10, 1923 and Sophia on February 3, 1920. Joseph Conrad was born February 15, 1897. He will marry Veronica Norton here on May 1, 1933.They will get divorced as he is here with Gretchen in 1940 and says divorced. Gretchen Juanita was born June 22, 1899 and will die in April 1974. She married Frederick George Payne, Jr. here on October 9, 1924.

 

WILLIAM F. PUTNAM  York Harbor, York County

He is 44 ME ME ME and his wife Lucy Downs is 46 ME and they have Pauline E. 19 ME and William P. 18 ME. He is the local postmaster and Pauline is an assistant postmaster. He is a son of William Sewell and Fanny Putnam. He was born here and just married here in 1910. Lucy was born March 24, 1885 and will die here August 15, 1967. Their son Raymond L. married Lillian Spence here November 26, 1926. They are in Manchester, Connecticut now. The son William P. will marry Jennifer Boloski from Providence Rhode Island on June 30, 1937. Then he will marry Dorothy Callahan of Kittery on December 20, 1952. Dorothy was born October 26, 1896 and will die in Wells in June 1985.

 

 

MAINE 1940 CENSUS

 

ANNIE PUTNAM  Livermore, Androscoggin County

Annie Clark was the second wife of Houghton H. Putnam. They were married June 3, 1896, and she was here with him in 1900 through 1920. I don’t find them in 1930 though. Anyway, she is 86 ME.

 

EVERETT PUTNAM  Livermore, Androscoggin County

He is 57 ME ME ME and is a carpenter and now divorced. He is Edward Everett Putnam a son of the Reverend Lewis Putnam and Ida Bisbee of Oxford County. He was born there January 24, 1883 and will die here in Livermore Falls May 2, 1947. He was there with his widowed mom in 1900 and was here in 1910 through 1930 with his wife Ethel Austin Thing. He married Ethel February 28, 1904 and they divorced in the early 1930s as he has been at this address without her in 1935. His eldest son Merle is listed below.

 

MERLE PUTNAM  Livermore, Androscoggin County

He is 35 NE and married to Yvonne Pomerleau 27 ME and they have Velma G. 8 ME, Loraine 7 ME, Floyd Merle 6 ME and Doris 4 ME. Yvonne’s mother Marie Pomerleau 59 CAN is with them. Merle Everett Putnam is a son of the above Edward Everett Putnam and Ethel Austin Thing. He was born here August 31, 1904 and will die here August 4, 1964. They’re here in 1950.

 

GEORGE L. (LEWIS) PUTNAM  Wales, Androscoggin County

He is 24 ME and works on a farm, his wife Mabel Foss is 40 ME, and they live with her father Chauncy Foso 63 ME and widowed. Mabel was obviously married before and they have Caroline Robbins 15 ME and then Lewis C. Putnam 11/12 ME. They were here in 1935 too it seems. He is a son of Lewis Putnam and Gladys Davis from here. He was born in Turner March 26, 1916 and will die August 27, 1980 in Eustis. Mabel was born October 24, 1899 and will die December 12, 1991 just shy of 100. Both are buried in the Turner Village Cemetery.

 

LEWIS C. (CERVIER) PUTNAM  Wales, Androscoggin County

He is 54 ME ME ME and owns a farm. His wife Gladys C. Davis is 51 ME and they have their married daughter Lucille Cox 17 ME and her daughter Shirley F. 8/12 ME. He is a son of Lewis Putnam and Ida Bisbee of Oxford County. He was there with his widowed mom in 1900 and here from 1910 on. He was born March 24, 1886 and will die in Winthrop, Maine May 14, 1966. Gladys was born September 12, 1888 and will die in North Monmouth, Maine June 9, 1944.

 

ALTON B. (BERTRAM) PUTNAM  Cary Plantation, Aroostook County

He is 38 ME and a laborer at odd jobs. His wife Charlotte Seamons is 43 ME. Corrie is a cousin related on his mother’s line. They were married here November 24, 1937. He is a son of Blackhawk H. Putnam and Orrie Seamons. He was born in 1902 and will die September 2, 1953. Lottie was born here October 15, 1896 and will die here April 5, 1989 at age 92.

 

ARTHUR W. (WINSLOW) PUTNAM  Cary Plantation, Aroostook County

He is 26 ME and a laborer at odd jobs. His wife Clara L. Gretchell is also 26 MA and they have Lucille 4 ME, Ola D. 2 ME and Robert A. 1 ME. They were married here December 15, 1934. He is a son of Bertram Varney Putnam and Eva Colbath from here. He was born here August 11, 1912. Clara was born here in Cary July 26, 1913 and will die here January 5, 2006. He will die in Houlton July 27, 1978. They are here with 3 more kids in 1950.

 

BERT V. (BERTRAM VARNEY) PUTNAM  Cary Plantation, Aroostook County

He is 47 ME ME ME and works in a sawmill. His wife Eva Colbath is 48 ME and they now have Ervin L. 22 ME, Glenn C. 14 ME and Lynwood 12 ME. He is a son of Blackhawk Putnam and Orrie Seamans and was born here October 20, 1892. He married Eva January 25, 1912. She was born in Cary July 15, 1891 and will die in North Amity in August 1969. Bert will die in Cary September 2, 1953. Ervin was born April 3, 1918 and will die July 27, 2005. He will marry Phyllis A. Scott here September 16, 1943. Glenn will marry Catherine Carr from Amity on October 24, 1948. Lynwood will marry Betty Ann Hutchinson June 17, 1945. Their other sons are around here too.

 

CLAYTON B. PUTNAM  Cary Plantation. Aroostook County

He is 25 ME and his wife Bessie Edwards is 22 ME. They were just married here May 13, 1939. He is a truck driver for a plywood company. He is a son of Bertram Varney Putnam and Eva Colbath from here in Cary. He was born here June 26, 1914 and will die in Bangor, Penobscot County June 26, 1972.

 

DEAN B. (BLANCHARD) PUTNAM  Cary Plantation, Aroostook County

He is a day laborer 41 ME, his wife Margaret E. Welton is 28 ME and they have Merlin D. 5 ME, Weldon W. 4 ME, and Avis N. 3 ME. He is Dean Junior a son of Dean Blanchard Putnam and Minnie Pollard and was born here June 2, 1898 and will die in Houlton August 28, 1961. Margaret was born in Cary February 24, 1912 and will die in Orient, Aroostook County February 14, 2001. They were married December 4, 1933 in Hodgdon, Aroostook County. The son Merlin was born June 1, 1934 and will die in Orient, Aroostook County January 31, 2008. He married someone March 1, 1963. The son Weldon was born October 17, 1935 and will die July 23, 1963. They are here with 4 more kids in 1950.

 

PHILIP E. (EUGENE)  PUTNAM  Cary Plantation, Aroostook County

He is a farmer 36 ME and now married to Vivian Adams 29 ME who is a schoolteacher, and they have Evelyn J. 6 ME, Eugene 5 ME, Leigh L. 3 ME and Marvin S. 2 ME. Also here is his widowed mother Minnie 73 ME. Minnie Pollard was married to Dean Blanchard Putnam who died here in 1927 who was a son of Varney Putnam and Mary Elizabeth Cone from here. Minnie was born in 1865 same year as Dean and will die here in Houlton in 1948. Philip was born here in Cary August 24, 1903 and will die in Houlton March 7, 1987.

 

AZIEL PUTNAM  Fort Fairfield, Aroostook County

He is now 58 ME and an automobile mechanic. His wife Phylena Pattee is 55 MA and they have Arthur H. 12 ME, Harriet C. 23 ME, Lewis S. 18 ME, Charles P. 16 ME, Clara J. 14 ME, and Ray M. 12 ME. He is Aziel Putnam Junior, son of Aziel Walden Putnam and Caroline Nadeau. He was born here November 2, 1882. The son Lewis Stanford was born August 27, 1921 and will die in Newport News, Virginia July 26, 2002. He will marry Anna Solomon here December 17, 1943. Charles will marry Pauline McKenney here February 21, 1949. Ray was born April 28, 1927 and will die here in Fort Fairfield December 13, 1983.

 

GEORGE W. (WASHINGTON) PUTNAM  Fort Fairfield, Aroostook County

He is 47 ME ME ME and is a plumber. His wife Rae Beatrice Merrithew is 41 ME. They have George W. Jr. 19 ME, David 18 ME, and Barbara 14 ME. He is a son of Samuel M. Putnam and Vesta Erskine. He was born here August 2, 1892 and Rae was born here in December 1898. They were married June 10, 1919.

 

JOHN PUTNAM  Fort Fairfield, Aroostook County

He is 27 ME and his wife Reta Rogers is 19 ME and they have Irma J. 2 ME and John 10/12 ME. He is John Warren Putnam a son of Aziel Putnam and Alena Patee from here. He was born here August 3, 1912 and will die in Orange County Florida July 5, 1982. He married Reta Rogers here on January 9, 1937. They are in New Haven County Connecticut in 1950.

 

MARTHA & OTHER PUTNAMS  Fort Fairfield, Aroostook County

Martha is 59 ME (born April 1880) and manages a dry goods store. Her sister LUCIA is 52 ME (born June 1885) and is the head telephone operator in town. Her brother IRA ALBERT is 50 ME (born July 1889) and is a mason. Her sister SARAH is 47 ME (born December 1891) and is a nurse. Then there Della 17 ME and Marjorie 15 ME. They are children of her brother Sanford S. Putnam who died in the 1920s. His widow Pearl was here with the kids in 1930 and is gone now. These four folks are children of Aziel Walden Putnam and Caroline Nadeau from here. All are unmarried. Their brother Aziel Junior is married here in Fort Fairfield.

 

AARON A. (ALBERT) PUTNAM  Houlton, Aroostook County

He is 53 ME ME ME and is a lawyer.  His wife Maria Louise Hacker is 49 ME and they have Elizabeth 22 ME a secretary in a private school, Aaron Hacker 19 ME, Maria Louise 17 ME and John 15 ME. He is a son of Albert Temple and Cordelia Putnam from here in Houlton. He was born July 23, 1886, and married Maria Louise Hacker in Fort Fairfield June 27, 1917. He will be here in Houlton till he dies October 29, 1968. Maria was born in Fort Fairfield October 18, 1890 and will die here in Houlton February 10, 1969.

 

ARTHUR PUTNAM  Houlton, Aroostook County

He is Arthur Otis Putnam 57 ME ME ME and his wife Claire Adelaide Pierce is 52 ME. They have Isabelle 22 ME, Hannah 21 ME, Arthur O. (Otis) Jr. 18 ME, Mellen P. 16 ME and Joseph L. 15 ME. He runs an oil and gas business with his brother Fred. They both married Pierce sisters. He is a son of Albert Temple Putnam and Cordelia Putnam. Cordelia was a daughter of Otis Putnam and Temperance Cone from Amity, Aroostook County. Cousins. Arthur was born here April 30, 1882, and married Claire A. Pierce July 1, 1916. They are here in 1930. Arthur will be here till he dies April 6, 1970. Clair was born in Fort Fairfield May 24, 1888 and will die here October 27, 1959. Arthur Otis junior will marry Lona D. Taggett They were  Young Arthur was born January 15, 1922 and will die in Houlton on October 7, 2007. Lona was born August 29, 1922 and will die here July 17, 1993. Based on a gravestone, Mellon was born April 26, 1923 and die here May 3, 2010. He married a Pauline T. who was born October 7, 1926 and died March 16, 2000 in Houlton. Joseph L. was born March 23, 1925 and will die in Aurora, Arapahoe County Colorado October 5, 1992. Now, the daughters. Isabelle Gorham Putnam was born July 17, 1917 and will die right here May 16, 1972. She will marry James L. Ross shortly on July 11, 1942. Hannah Beatrice Putnam was born March 1, 1919 and will die here in Houlton May 28, 2007. She will marry Bernerd Hubert Burbank after the War July 12, 1946. Bernie was born July 12, 1919 and will die in Cumberland County September 20, 2007.

 

CORA PUTNAM  Houlton, Aroostook County

She is now 67 ME and widowed. Cora Margaret Carpenter was married to Amos Putnam here. She was born here June 14, 1872 and will die here January 30, 1964 at age 92. Amos was a son of Levy Houlton Putnam and Sarah Bradbury, and was born here in Houlton June 16, 1863 and died here May 25, 1936. Cora is living with her married daughter Harriett Cates 42 ME, her husband Harold Cates 47 ME and their daughters Frances 14 ME and Jeanette 11 ME.

 

FLOYD H. PUTNAM  Houlton, Aroostook County

He is 35 ME and his second wife Evelyn Knapp is 27 ME. They have Constance 5 ME and Walter 3 ME. Floyd is a son of Walter King Putnam and Almeda Hussey and was born here April 17, 1905 and will die in Manchester, Connecticut April 9, 1984. He married Dorothy McAubrey June 2, 1928 and they had a daughter Janet later in 1928. They got divorced and he married Evelyn G. Knapp here in Houlton on September 21, 1935. Evelyn was born in Maine June 4, 1912 and will die in Manchester, Connecticut June 6, 1993. Floyd works in a potatoes house, which the area is famous for. He lives 2 doors down from his brother Willard. His first wife Dorothy is living with her folks way down in South Portland, and her daughter Janet is there with her.

 

FRED PUTNAM  Houlton, Aroostook County

He is Fred Lysander Putnam 59 ME ME ME and a gas and oil merchant with his brother Arthur. His wife Mary Alice Pierce is 54 ME and they have Albert 27 ME. He is a son of Albert Temple and Cordelia Putnam. Fred was born November 18, 1880 and will die here on September 12. 1974. Mary was born in Fort Fairfield January 13, 1886 and will die here November 3, 1978. The son Albert was born here January 5, 1913, and will marry Mary Ann Madigan here on February 21, 1942. He will die here in Houlton May 2, 1966.

 

RANSOM N. PUTNAM  Houlton, Aroostook County

He is 48 ME ME ME. His wife Effie May Moores is 65 ME. They were married September 13, 1914. He is a son of Dean Blanchard Putnam and Minnie Pollard from Cary, Aroostook County where he was born November 9, 1890. He was home in 1900 and 1910 and married here in Houlton in 1930 and1935. Effie was born in Ludlow, Aroostook County April 21, 1877 and died in 1958. Ransom will die here February 19, 1960 and both are buried in Evergreen Cemetery here. They never had any children.

 

WALTER PUTNAM  Houlton, Aroostook County

He is 62 ME ME ME and is a farmer. His wife Almeda Hussey is 55 ME and owns and runs a restaurant. Walter King Putnam is a son of Willard Houlton Putnam and Mary Louise Ward from here. Walter was born here November 2, 1877. Almeda is a daughter of Benjamin Hussey and Vesta Hall. She was born in December 1884 and will die here in Houlton November 28, 1960. Walter will die here in 1958. They were married here March 2, 1904.

 

WILLARD PUTNAM  Houlton, Aroostook County

He is 32 ME and his wife Verna L. Adams is also 32 ME and they have young Willard Adams Putnam 11 ME and David 6 ME. Willard Houlton is a son of Walter King Putnam and Almeda Hussey from here. Willard was born February 27, 1908 and will die here in Houlton October 16, 1975. Willard and Verna were married here August 4, 1926. Verna was born in Littleton, Aroostook County February 10, 1908 and will die October 3, 1948. Willard will marry Norah Wilson here December 7, 1946. She is currently married to Robert Lyons here in Maine now in 1940. Based on her grave, Nora was born December 11, 1918 and died in Houlton June 15, 1999. The son Willard will marry Beth Drake July 29, 1978 and later Julie Ray Clark on June 8, 1991. Shortly WWII will get going and Willard will join the Navy.

 

CHARLES PUTNAM  Presque Isle, Aroostook County

He is 36 ME and owns his farm. His wife Gladys M. Mullen is 31 ME and they have Charles Jr. 13 ME, Joseph 11 ME, Donald 9 ME, Russell 7 ME and twins Patricia and Priscilla 5 ME. Charles Royce Putnam is a son of Samuel Putnam and Vesta Erskine from here. Charles was born here March 29, 1904 and will die here in Presque Isle on May 26, 1976. He and Gladys were married here October 22, 1925. She is a daughter of Joseph Edwin Mullen and Ella Mae Kearney and was born in Presque Isle July 18, 1908 and will die in Caribou in August 1980. An obituary of her son Joseph states her name was Gladys Bushey, so she was married before she married Charlie. No firm ideas at all here. Now, something like a divorce will take place as Charlie will later marry Bernice Hazel Knights who was previously married to a Kinney. There is an obituary for Bernice Hazel Knights Putnam saying she was a daughter of Alfred Hiram Knights and Lucy Adeline Cole and was born June 4, 1909 in Brookton, Aroostook County and died there October 25, 2004. It says she was predeceased by two husbands, Otis Kinney and Charles Putnam. Then, the son Joseph Putnam was born March 28, 1929 and will die in Van Buren, Maine March 25, 2008. He will marry Betty Kierstead of Caribou and they will have 3 sons and 4 daughters and his obituary says he had two stepsons with the last name Long so Betty was married before him and may have been his second wife. Joseph is here in 1950 with his first wife Eleanor.

 

LINWOOD J. PUTNAM  Presque Isle, Aroostook County

John Linwood Putnam is now 14 ME CT ME and listed as a grandson of Stephen and Minnie Bryson. He was here in 1930 as well. In 1930 he was also listed in Hartford, Connecticut with his parents John J. Putnam and Veronica Bryson. John lists his parents as both being born in Germany so he is not a Putnam, folks probably had a name change when they came over.

 

RALPH C. (CHARLES) PUTNAM  Brunswick, Cumberland County

He is 41 ME ME ME and is a house painter. His wife Hattie Harris is 59 ME. Also here is a nephew Ernest M. Estes 18 ME. He is a son of Lewis Child Putnam and Ida Bisbee and was in Oxford County in 1900 and 1910, and was married here in 1920 and 1930. He and Hattie were married December 30, 1919. Ralph was born December 28, 1899 and will be here in Brunswick till he dies in February 1973. He is lodging here and divorced in 1950. Hattie is alone here in 1950 and says she is widowed.

 

STANLEY V. PUTNAM  Cape Elizabeth, Cumberland County

He is 44 NJ and his wife Casta Agnes Sawyer is 43 ME. He is a wholesale leather salesman. He is a son of Arthur Putnam and Harriet Taylor from Danvers. He was born in Union County New Jersey September 19, 1894. The family was in Union County New Jersey in 1900 and then back up in Melrose, Massachusetts in 1910 and 1920. He married Muriel Percy VanAntwerp on September 14, 1928, got divorced almost immediately and was living in the Back Bay of Boston in 1930 where he was a divorced lumber salesman. Then he married Casta in Montclair New Jersey. She had previously married Elwood Ross in Philadelphia in 1900. Casta was born in March 1896 and at home in Maine with her folks Truman and Marcie Sawyer in 1900. They were in Newton, Middlesex County Massachusetts in 1935 and now here. Wonder where on earth they or he will be in 1950

 

ADELINE PUTNAM  Portland, Cumberland County

She is 37 ME and has Harold Anthony 7 ME and Myra Ann 4 ME and they are lodging. She says she is married but Harold is missing. Adeline Dobson married Harold Asherton Putnam on December 26, 1930 as a Christmas Present to both. He is Harold Jr. and his folks are listed below. The son Harold was born March 31, 1903 and die in Los Angeles February 24, 1984. Adeline was born November 23, 1901 and will die in Portland in December 1977. Harold is out in Los Angeles all by his lonesome in 1940 census. She is here still in 1950 and will be till she dies in December 1977. . Adele is a daughter of Joseph Dobson and Margaret Sibbering Beauford and was born in Portland November 23, 1901 and will die here in December 1977.

 

CECIL I. (ISRAEL) PUTNAM  Portland, Cumberland County

He is 49 ME single and boarding. He is a salesman for an automobile company. He is a son of Joseph A. and Annie Putnam and was with them in Peru, Oxford County in 1900 and 1910. He was born June 13, 1890 and will die in Portland in October 1967. He married Etta Demeritt in Peru on December 24, 1910. When he registered for the draft in 1917, he was married in Peru and worked for the Maine Central Railroad in Rumford. They were in Peru in 1920. Etta was born in Peru January 12, 1885 and died in 1928. He was widowed in Rumford, Oxford County in 1930 where he owned a garage. In 1935 he was in Mexico, Oxford County and now here. He is here alone in 1950.

 

CHARLES PUTNAM  Portland, Cumberland County

He is a truck driver for the City Park Department. He is 52 ME and his wife, or second wife Jennie Valento is 60 ITALY. He is a son of Ira Nelson Putnam and Abbie Baird from Oxford County. They have been here since the early 1900s.

 

HAROLD A. (ATHERTON) PUTNAM SR.  Portland, Cumberland County

He is 63 ME ME ME. His wife Catherine Alice McCarthy is 63 ME. He is an editor at a publishing company here in Portland. He is a son of John Farnum Putnam and his second wife Myra Bickford. He was born in Lewiston, Androscoggin County November 1, 1876. He was home in Lewiston in 1880, boarding in Augusta in 1900 and married here in 1910 on. He will die here June 29, 1944. Their son Philip lives with them or next door. Catherine will go live with her brother Jeremiah McCarthy in Auburn, Androscoggin County and is there in the 1950 and will die there October 11, 1959.

 

HARRY M. (MERRILL) PUTNAM  Portland, Cumberland County

He is 29 VT and his wife Frances Louise Hayden is 30 ME and they have Judith P. 3 ME. He married Frances here June 23, 1935. They live with her parents Fred and Edith Hayden as they did in 1935. They will be divorced by 1950. Harry is an attorney at law in his own practice. He is a son of Harry F. Putnam and Grace Merrill from Cheshire County New Hampshire. They were all here in 1930 and his folks are nearby in Benton, Kennebec County. Harry was born October 28, 1910 in Rutland, Vermont and will die in Huntington, Arkansas in November 1981. Frances was born here in Portland January 11, 1910 and will die in January 1990.

 

PHILIP C. PUTNAM  Portland, Cumberland County

He is a son of the above Harold and Kate and lives next to them. He is 31 ME and an auditor at a liquor store. His wife Irene Marie Jacques is also 31 ME. They have Philip C. Junior 4 ME. They were married here September 1, 1934.

 

SHELBY G. (GORDON) PUTNAM  Portland, Cumberland County

He is 31 ME single and boarding with an Anderson Family. He is a roofer at a sheet metal building materials factory here. He is a son of Marion Gardiner Putnam and Lela Schofield from Portland. Shelby was born June 4, 1908 and will die June 25, 2003 here in Maine. He will marry Ruth Bryce and live in Scarborough Maine. His dad was a son of Henry Gardiner Putnam, Dutch Family out of Whiteside County Illinois. That family moved to Dallas Texas and Henry married Lela there. They were here in Portland in 1910 and then in 1915 Marion simply took off and abandoned the family. Lela remarried and Shelby was off on his own. He was in the Air Force in Hempstead Long Island New York in 1930 as a private. He is still here with the Andersons in 1950. Dutch Pootman family originally from Montgomery County New York in the mid 1600s.

 

WALTER A. PUTNAM  Portland, Cumberland County

He is 69 NY but I believe it is NH, and his wife Carrie F. DeNico is 46 ME. Their son Alfred H. is 40 ME and his wife Gladys Shaw is 32 ME. They were married in Augusta May 9, 1931 and have Carolyn M. 5 MA and Roger H. 1 ME. Walter is a wood worker and works in a furniture factory. They have been in Somerset County in 1900 through 1920 and here in 1930 and 1935. He is a son of John Benedict Putnam and Aurilla Searles from Nashua, New Hampshire.

 

DOROTHY A. (ARLENE) PUTNAM  South Portland, Cumberland County

She is 29 ME and has her daughter Janet A. 11 ME. She lives with her parents Arthur and Sally McAubrey. Dorothy McAubrey married Floyd Putnam a thousand miles away up in Houlton, Aroostook County on June 2, 1928. They divorced a couple of years later and she moved back in with her folks about 1932 or 1933. Floyd remarried Evelyn Knapp back up there September 21, 1935. Dorothy must have decided she didn’t like living hundreds of miles above the Canadian Border.

 

JOHN PUTNAM  Chisholm, Franklin County

He is now 69 ME and his wife Augusta Davis Jewell 57 ME. He was single in Androscoggin County in 1900 and still single in Wilton, Franklin County in 1910. They were married here in Jay, Franklin County on August 30, 1915 and were there in 1920 and 1930. He works in a paper mill as he has for years. Rand found a marriage record that he was the son of John R. and Chestina Putnam and was born in Peru, Oxford County. Can’t find any folks by that name. Maybe he was adopted or something.

 

HARRY F. (FRANKLIN) PUTNAM  Benton, Kennebec County

He is 50 NH NH NH and his wife Grace Georgia Merrill 50 CAN. They have Grace 15 NH still with them. He owns a life insurance agency. Harry is a son of Arthur O. Putnam and May Franklin from Sullivan and then Cheshire County New Hampshire. He was at home in Walpole, Cheshire County New Hampshire in 1900. He was born there July 27, 1889 and will die in Nevada County California January 31, 1962. They were in Park County, Wyoming in 1910 and in Rockingham County, New Hampshire in 1920. In 1930 they were in Portland, Cumberland County Maine and in 1935 in Dover, Piscataquis County Maine. Also, in 1910 Grace was with her folks, Martin Merrill and Nettie Wilkinson in Coos County, New Hampshire. Grace was born August 31, 1891 and will die in Riverside, California December 27, 1966.

 

HENRY J. (JAMES) PUTNAM  Chelsea, Kennebec County

He is 50 MA and single. He is in the Veteran’s Administration Reservation. Don’t know if it is a hospital or a place of boarding. Lots of people here. Anyway, he is a son of Wilbur Allen Putnam and Mary E. Dollard and was born in New Bedford, Massachusetts March 11, 1890. He was with his widowed mother Mary Putnam there in 1900 and 1910. He briefly married Ada Shepard and they were divorced by 1920 when he was by himself in Boston. In 1930 and 1935 he was back in New Bedford selling advertising and boarding. He won’t be here long as he is back in New Bedford and still alone in 1942 when he registered for the draft in WW II and was still working for Hathaway Advertising.

 

NORA PUTNAM  Oakland, Kennebec County

She is 20 ME and a housekeeper with a Fossett family. She is a daughter of Wilder Putnam and was in Waterville where he still lives.

 

ALBERT PUTNAM  Pittston, Kennebec County

Albert Frederick Putnam is 64 ME ME ME and owns a farm. His wife Merle Moody is 50 ME, Audrey A. 23 ME, Eugene A. 22 ME and Harlan A. 21 ME. Eugene’s wife Aletha Eastman is 16 ME. Also here is Robert Letteney 30 ME and his son Hollis Lettney 2 ME. Robert married their daughter Audrey August 16, 1937. Albert is a son of George Benjamin Putnam and Mary Morrill. He was born here in Kennebec County, then moved with his folks to California and they were in Siskiyou County California in 1900. Then they came back out here and were here in 1910 through 1930. His brother George lives nearby in Randolph. The son Eugene was born May 2, 1917 and will die in Gardiner, Maine Christmas Day 1992. He married Aletha Eastman on March 24, 1940. Harlan was born April 8, 1918 and will die in Gardiner Maine September 1, 1995. He will marry Almosa M. Vigue here on October 11, 1941. Albert will die here in 1946 and Mearle will be here with their married daughter Audrey in 1950.

 

RALPH G. (GEORGE) PUTNAM  Randolph, Kennebec County

He is 52 ME and is a lineman for the Power Company. His wife Grace T. Preble is 48 ME and they have Doris L. 25 ME a bookkeeper, Kenneth W.  20 ME a plumber’s helper 20 ME, Burleigh J. 15 ME, and Lindsay a son 13 ME. He is a son of George Benjamin Putnam and Mary Morrill. He was born March 31, 1888 here in Pittston, Kennebec County, moved with his folks to California and were in Siskiyou County in 1900. Then they all came back out here and were in Pittston, Kennebec County in 1910. Then I guess their mom died here, and their dad went back to San Mateo, California living with their sister Harriet Clark. They were married September 2, 1913 and were here in 1920 and 1930. The son Kenneth will marry Helen Frohock June 15, 1940, and then marry Corrine Fuller November 22, 1944. Burleigh was born January 17, 1925 and will die in Gardiner, Maine in October 1987. He will marry Isabelle Gordon February 26, 1946, and Lindsay will marry Violet Gordon (sisters) here April 7, 1947.

 

ELMORE K. (KENDALL) PUTNAM  Waterville, Kennebec County

He is a 30 NH single and a teacher at a private school, Coburn Classical Institute. He is a son of Earl McIntire Putnam and Caroline Kendall from Claremont, Sullivan County New Hampshire. He was born there January 27, 1909, and was there through the 1930 census. He was in Fitchburg, Massachusetts in 1935 probably in school or teaching. He will marry Irene S. Cook here December 28, 1941. She was born October 21, 1915 and will die in Portland July 1, 2004. Elmore will die in Oxford, Maine November 5, 1995. They are in Rocky Hill, Connecticut in 1950 where he is a public-school teacher.

 

W. (WILDER) C. PUTNAM  Waterville, Kennebec County

He s 61 NS NS NS and widowed. He is a traveling salesman. Also here is his daughter Jean 21 CAN, son Duncan 18 CAN and daughter Erisa 17 CAN. He had/has another daughter Nora Douglas born February 27, 1920 who is now a housekeeper with a Fossett family in Oakland, Kennebec County. He is a son of John Graham Putnam and Susan McDonald Douglas from Maitland, Hants, Nova Scotia. He was born there March 16, 1877. He married Nellie Cook from here in Waterville July 26, 1917, and they went back to Maitland. He ran a store there until 1923 and then came down here in 1924. Nellie was born January 1, 1895 and she died here April 26, 1925. He will remain in Maine until he dies October 14, 1955.

 

J. E. (JOHN EDWARD) PUTNAM  Winthrop, Kennebec County

He is now 75 ME and still widowed as he has been since the very early 1900s. His wife Flora Mae Stain died here April 13, 1907. His housekeeper Estelle E. Bourne 71 ME is still with him and has been since the 1890s. He is a son of Christopher Columbus Putnam and Sophia Thomas from here. He was born in November 1864 and will die here July 6, 1955.

 

CLIFFORD G. (GEORGE) PUTNAM  South Thomaston, Knox County

He is a dairy farmer 65 ME ME ME and his sister Jennie is 62 ME. There are several boarders living  here on the farm. They are both single and kids of George Llewellyn Putnam and Mary Dunning Rowell. They have been here all their lives. Their dad died here March 7, 1922 and mom December 27, 1925. Clifford was born here October 19, 1874 and will die here in November 1948. Jennie Alice was born July 23, 1877 and will die here in March 1949. They never married.

 

ISRAEL J. (JUDSON) PUTNAM  South Thomaston, Knox County

He is 63 ME ME ME and his wife Mabel Barbour 52 ME. Also here is Estelle B. Jackson 15 ME who is a daughter of their daughter Mary Lillian Putnam who married Samuel Theodore Jackson here November 3, 1923. Mary was born June 5, 1906 and died in Rockland, Knox County February 2, 1933 very possibly in the birth of Estelle. Israel is a son of George Llewellyn Putnam and Mary Dunning Rowell. He married Mabel Stinson Barbour November 5, 1905 in Stonington, Maine. They will be here the rest of their lives. Israel was born here May 3, 1876 and will die here January 12, 1948. Mabel was born in Stonington, Maine November 3, 1887 and will die here in 1954.

 

JOHN PUTNAM  Dixfield, Oxford County

He is John Ames Putnam III 49 ME and works in a lumber mill. His wife Ella Edith Bartlett is 66 ME and they have Grace 2l ME. Also here is their married daughter Florence Edward  23 ME and her husband John Edward 24 ME. They were here in 1920 on. He is a son of John Ames Putnam and Melissa Burgess, and was born here December 11, 1892. He married Ella October 2, 1915. He will die here in Dixfield on March 1, 1956.

 

FLORENCE M. (MAUDE) PUTNAM  Hiram, Oxford County

She is 66 MA and single. She has her aunt Ella Whipple 87 MA with her. She is a niece of Homer and Ella Whipple. She is a daughter of John Franklin Putnam and Adelaide Goodrich of Danvers. She was with her dad in 1880 when he was just widowed and living with his folks John C. Putnam and Louisa Knight. John remarried another gal and was with her in Essex County in 1900, but Minnie was off somewhere else by then. She was here in 1910 and with an uncle in Standish, Cumberland County in 1920 and here in 1930 and now. She is here still in 1950.

 

ME ME and is still an automobile salesman. His wife Viola M. Peters is 34 ME, and they have Carl E. 18 ME, Pauline 14 ME, and Marilyn 12 ME, Dorothy 9 ME, Lorraine 7 ME and Robert 3/12 ME. He is a son of Joseph Putnam and Annie Mae Delano from here in Peru. He was born May 9, 1897 and will die in Kittery, Maine January 14, 1971. He married Viola from Bath on February 7, 1921. The son Carl will be in Bath and marry Lorraine M. Richards February 16, 1941 and later marry Blanche M. Lyons back here in Rumford January 24, 1947. He is a patient in the Veterans Administration Facility in Kennebec, Maine in 1950. The rest of the family isn’t listed here in 1950.

 

AMY A. (ALBERTA) PUTNAM  Peru, Oxford County

She is 50 ME and her widowed mother Melissa G. is 86 ME. Also here is Lester Childs 44 ME and a housekeeper Nellie Adams 63 ME. Amy is the daughter of John Ames Putnam, Jr. who was born here September 5, 1850 and died here April 25, 1918 and Melissa Gene Burgess. Melissa was born April 5, 1853 here in Peru and will die here August 29, 1941. Amy was born May 24, 1889 and will die in Dixfield in December 1985. Lester Lee Childs is a son of Arthur Child and Lucy Putnam. Lucy was Amy’s sister who died in 1898. Lester was born February 26, 1896 and will die in Portland probably in a hospital April 19, 1968. He never married.

 

CEYLON E. (ELWOOD) PUTNAM  Peru, Oxford County

He is 48 ME and says he is married, but his wife and family are in another house in town. Maybe a separation or pending divorce. Don’t know. He is an inspector for the Railroad. He is a son of Joseph A. Putnam and Annie Mae Delano, and was home here in 1900 and single here in 1920. Ceylon was born here January 10, 1892 and will be here till he dies in 1945. He married Evelyn C. Miller here in Peru on January 1, 1922 and they were here with 2 kids in 1930.

 

EVELYN C. PUTNAM  Peru, Oxford County

Evelyn C. Miller is 35 ME and has Phyllis R. 16 ME and Ceylon E. Jr. 14 ME, and Merwyn 9 ME. The M for married after her name is scratched through with a line. She married Ceylon Elwood Putnam here January 1, 1922 and they were here in 1930. He is still in town but living by himself. Separated or getting divorced, I guess. Also here is her mommy Olive V. Miller 74 ME and widowed. There is a lodger, Ralph Brown 48 IN who says he was here in 1935 as well. Evelyn and Ralph are here in 1950, kids all off and running.

 

OSCAR J. (JOHN) PUTNAM  Peru, Oxford County

He is 55 ME ME ME and owns a farm. His wife Mabel A. Richardson is 45 ME and they have a son Vivian S. 16 ME. They were married here July 4,1915. Also here is Mabel’s sister Florence Richardson 62 ME. Oscar is a son of John Ames Putnam Junior and Melissa Gene Burgess, and was born here October 1, 1884 and will die here in Peru in October 1973. Mabel was born here in Peru April 18, 1894 and will die here October 13, 1961. Vivian S. is a boy born September 28, 1923 and will die in College Park, Maryland July 12, 1999. He married Barbara Arline Curtis in West Peru May 8, 1945. She was born in Rumford June 25, 1922 and will die in Windham, Cumberland County Maine June 29, 2009. They must have gotten a divorce in the later 1960s as she married Robert Hull June 26, 1971 in Maryland and was living in Bowie, Maryland in 1986 for what that’s worthy. I don’t think Vivian ever married again. Think he was the source of Johnny Cash’s song, A Boy Named Sue.

 

ARTHUR PUTNAM  Rumford, Oxford County

He is now 55 ME ME ME, a farmer, and his wife Rosa Littlefield is 43 NH. They have Francis Parker Putnam 29, Arthur Guy Putnam Jr. 19 all ME. Arthur Guy Putnam is a son of Francis Parker Putnam and Eunice Ellen Whitehouse and was born here May 6, 1883 and will die here in November 1967. He married Ruth here June 24, 1909. Ruth was born February 12, 1887 and will die in Dixfield in April 1978. The son Francis will marry Doris Locke here June 24, 1945. The son Dana was born November 23, 1915 and will die here October 31, 1970. The son Arthur was born December 30, 1920 and will be here in Rumford till he dies in February 1985. Now, a little interesting tidbit. His mom Eunice Whitehouse was a daughter of Benjamin Whitehouse and Susan Cobb Putnam who was a daughter of Stephen Putnam III and Lucy Cobb from here in Rumford. She was born here January 16, 1819 and died later in Cambridge, Massachusetts November 6, 1870.

 

BERTHA PUTNAM  Rumford, Oxford County

She is 60 CAN and widowed. Okay this is interesting. She is Bertha Killam. She married Joseph Alexander Putnam here March 7, 1931. He was a son of John Ames Putnam and Clarinda Child from here and died sometime in the 1930s. Bertha is living with her married daughter Ruth Neal 27 ME, her husband Charles Neal and 4 kids named Blowers from a prior marriage Ruth had. She is in Calais, Washington County in 1950 as a housekeeper.

 

DANA PUTNAM  Rumford, Oxford County

He is 24 ME and his wife Dorothy Chamberlain is 27 CT. They were married and living here in 1935. He works in a paper mill. He is a son of Arthur Guy Putnam and Rosa Littlefield and was born here November 23, 1915 and will die here October 31, 1970.

 

HARRY T. (THOMAS) PUTNAM  Brewer, Penobscot County

He is now 50 ME and his wife Amanda E. Hartley is 50 CAN. Also here is their now married daughter Helen M. Babine 25 ME, and her husband Francis Babine 26 ME. Amanda’s brother Wendell Hartley 35 CAN is still with them and they have a boarder Melvin Coffin 23 ME. He is a son of Fred and Marcia Putnam. He was born in Glenwood, Aroostook County, and then was with the family in Waldo County in 1900 through 1920 and then here in 1930 and 1935.

 

JAMES E. PUTNAM  Dixmont, Penobscot County

He is 73 ME married and boarding with Frank 58 ME and Josie 47 ME Murphy. He is a son of Daniel Putnam and his second wife Sarah Tasker. He is also listed in Waldo County where he spent his whole life.

 

DORIS PUTMAN  Newport, Penobscot County

She is 50 ME widowed and living by herself. She says she was at this address in 1935. Can’t find her earlier.

 

FOREST T. (THAYER) PUTNAM  Bath, Sagadahoc County

He is 58 MA NH NH and is a janitor at the hospital. His wife Mary L. McNeil is 61 CAN. They were here in 1920 and 1930. He is a son of Lucius Brooks Putnam and Martha Ellen Hovey. He and his brother Lawrence were in Pepperell, Massachusetts in 1900, and with their widowed mother in Bath in 1910. He married Mary here in Bath on June 29, 1910. He was born January 1, 1882 and will die in October 1964.

 

LAWRENCE H. (HOVEY) PUTNAM  Woolwich, Sagadahoc County

He is 53 MA and his wife Eunice Moore is 51 ME. He is a son of Lucius Brooks Putnam and Martha Hovey. He and his brother Forest were in Pepperell, Massachusetts in 1900 and with their widowed mother in Bath, Sagadahoc County in 1910. Both brothers were in Bath in 1920 and Lawrence was here in 1930.

 

BERNARD PUTMAN  Bingham, Somerset County

He is 59 ME and widowed. He is a son of the Reverend Lewis Putnam and Ida Bisbee and was born in Peru, Oxford County in December 1881. He was home there with his widowed mom in 1900. He married Myrtle Dixon there April 19, 1902. They were there in 1910 and 1902 and I haven’t found them in 1930, but he was there in 1935

 

JAMES E. PUTNAM  Jackson, Waldo County

He is widowed now and is 72 ME. He is a son of Daniel Jones Putnam and his second wife Sarah Ann Tasker and was born right here August 5, 1868. He married Flora Belle Field here December 27, 1892. They were here in 1900, 1910 and 1920. Belle was born in August 1871. I can’t find them in 1930. Belle died here in 1937.

 

ZENAS PUTNAM  Monroe, Waldo County

He is 58 ME ME ME and owns a farm. His wife Emily A. Brown is 57 ME and they have Neil C. 19 ME, Hugh F. 16 ME, and Mary E. 11 ME. He is a son of Fred and Marcia Putnam and was born here. He married Emily December 31, 1919. The son Neal or Neil will marry Addie L. Austin here on October 16, 1942.

 

HENRY H. (HARRISON) PUTNAM  Danforth, Washington County

He is Henry Junior 67 ME ME ME and his brother EDGAR PUTNAM is 62 ME ME ME. They are kids of Henry Harrison Putnam and Frances H. McQuire. Also here is Lottie Mae Bartlett 57 CAN a housekeeper. She was with Henry and Frances as a housekeeper here in 1900, then married and is now widowed and back here. You have to remember that Washington County is way up in the wilds on the Canadian border and not a lot of folks around. Edgar was in Rockport, Knox County in 1930 and is still here in 1950.

 

VARNEY A. (ARTHUR) PUTNAM  Danforth, Washington County

He is 64 ME ME ME and out of work. Minnie A. Bubar his wife is 62 ME. He is a son of Henry Harrison Putnam and Frances McGuire originally from Houlton, Aroostook County in 1880, and here in 1900. They were married here September 21, 1904. Varney Arthur Putnam was born October 11, 1875 here in Danforth and he will die May 10, 1950. He is buried in Houlton. Minnie is a daughter of George and Mary Bubar and was born in Danforth May 27, 1877 and will die June 16, 1947 and buried in Houlton. They were here married from 1910 on.

 

RONALD D. (DURWOOD) PUTNAM  Eastport, Washington County

He is 3 ME and a stepson of William and Geraldine Follis. Geraldine Harriet Call married John Richard Putnam a son of William Arthur Putnam and Rebecca Reid George from Hillsborough County New Hampshire. They were married here August 17, 1935 and then he scooted back to New Hampshire and married Alice Leona Patten in Bristol County New Hampshire November 14, 1936. That lasted longer till he married Margaret Lois Golling in Wilton New Hampshire December 24, 1946. Geraldine married William Follis in Eastport March 30, 1940 and they are all here in the 1950 census. Ronald was born November 29, 1936 and will die in 2009 somewhere. He will marry Mary Ann Tucker in Grantham, New Hampshire October 9, 1965 and later marry Judith Ann Wardwell back in Calais, Maine June 22, 1974.

 

WILLIAM PUTNAM  Jonesport, Washington County

He is 62 MA and his wife Isabelle is 58 ME. He is a son of Henry and Sarah Putnam from Winthrop, Massachusetts. Henry is a son of John and Jane Putnam from Prince Edward Island Canada. William was home with his folks there in 1880 and 1900. In 1900 he was married to Lillian De Forrest. They were divorced there in 1910 and he must have married Isabelle around 1913. They were in Medford, Massachusetts in 1920 and up here in 1930 and 1935. He’s been a lobsterman all his life like his dad. His son William Henry Putnam 24 MA is still living at home. He wasn’t counted in the initial entry as he was at sea at the time but was added in 2 pages later. Bill is widowed here in 1950.

 

S. (SPAULDING) AMASA PUTNAM  Biddeford, York County

He is 69 MA and married to Flossie Lewis 49 ME and her widowed mother Estelle Annie Lewis 77 ME is with them. He is a Baptist Preacher. He is Amasa Spaulding Putnam a son of Lawson Putnam  (#2170) and Sarah R. C. Johnson and was born in Sutton, Worcester County Massachusetts December 5, 1870 and was at home there in 1880. He was in Coventry, Rhode Island in 1900, 1910 and 1920 married to an Ida born in Massachusetts. She must have died as he came back up here and married Flossie in Biddeford August 17, 1926. They were here in 1930 and are in the same house they were in here in 1935. He will die July 17, 1941 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

 

LILLIAN PUTNAM  Sanford, York County

She is 33 ME and living with her mother Alberta 57 ME and stepfather Ernest Harrison 55 ENG. Lillian Spence married Raymond Putnam in York November 26, 1926. He is now back home with his folks William Putnam and Lucy Downs. Getting a divorce, I would guess.

 

J. (JOSEPH) CONRAD PUTNAM  York, York County

He is 44 ME and single. His married sister Gretchen Payne 30 ME and her son Putnam Payne 12 ME are with him. They are children of Perley and Sophia Putnam from here. The folks have died. Perley died December 10, 1923 and Sophia on February 3, 1920. They were all three here in 1930. Joseph Conrad was born February 15, 1897. He married Veronica Norton here on May 1, 1933.They got divorced. Gretchen Juanita was born June 22, 1899 and will die in April 1974. She married Frederick George Payne, Jr. here on October 9, 1924.

 

RITA PUTNAM  York, York County

She is now 52 ME and in the York Hospital as she was in 1935. She is Marguerite Typhena Putnam daughter of Perley Joseph Putnam and Sophia Marshall from here. She was born August 11, 1888 and will die here January 1, 1945. She never married.

 

WILLIAM F. (FERNALD) PUTNAM  York, York County

He is 52 ME ME ME and his wife Lucy Downs is 54 ME.  Also here is their son Raymond L. 36 ME. Ray is marked M for married, but a line is through it. He married Lillian Spence here November 26, 1926. They were in Manchester, Connecticut in 1930 and she’s kinda gone now. He was back here in 1935 and not sure where she was then either. Probably a divorce. William owns a grocery store. He is a son of William Sewell Putnam and Fanny Fernald. He was born here and just married here in 1910. Lucy was born March 24, 1885 and will die here August 15, 1967. She is widowed here in 1950.

 

WILLIAM P. PUTNAM  York, York County

He is 28 ME and a welder in a shipyard. His wife Jennifer Boloski is 21 CT. They were married June 30, 1937. In 1935 he was in Groton, Connecticut where there is a Navy Submarine Shipyard and she was in New London, Connecticut, the city just across the river. They have a daughter Judith 1 ME. They live with his folks William Putnam and Lucy Downs here in town. They pay him a whopping $17 a month rent. His folkճ house is worth a staggering $4000. Anyway, something will happen and he will marry Dorothy Callahan of Kittery on December 20, 1952. Dorothy was born October 26, 1896 and will die in Wells in June 1985.