Massachusetts

Census Reports

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UPDATED AUGUST 23, 2021

 

MASSACHUSETTS 1930 CENSUS

 

DOROTHY M. M. (MABEL MAY) PUTNAM  Bourne, Barnstable County

She is 24 NH NH NH single and lodging. She is a public school teacher here. She is a daughter of William Arthur Putnam and Rebecca Reid George who were in Rindge, Cheshire County New Hampshire, and were in Francestown New Hampshire in 1910. She was born there April 4, 1905 and will die May 18, 2004. She married Hollis Eldridge and was living in Brewster on the Cape in 1998 and is buried in Orleans.

 

PHOEBE L. PUTNAM  Eastham, Barnstable County

She is 75 ME ME ME and single. She is a housekeeper with Frederick Johnson. They were both in Winthrop Mass. in 1920. She is a daughter of Simeon Waters Putnam and Vesta Cushman. She was in Winthrop in 1900 and 1910 with her widowed mother who was 87 in 1910. Good genes.

 

NELLIE M. & ABBIE C. PUTNAM  Provincetown, Barnstable County

Nellie is 66 MA MA MA and a dressmaker at home. Abbie is 60 MA MA MA and a librarian at the public library. They are both single and daughters of Adrian Lewis Putnam and Adelaide Osborne. They have been here all their lives. Their folks both died in the past decade.

 

JANE PUTNAM  Dalton, Berkshire County

She is now 87 MA and widowed as she has been for some 25 years or so. She is living with her daughter Lucy 62 MA and her husband Frank A. Blunt. They have been married 9 years and Lucy has been single up until now. Mary Jane Cady is the widow of Henry Harrison Putnam. They were all here in 1900 and she has been widowed ever since.

 

AMOS A. (ALLEN) PUTNAM  North Adams, Berkshire County

He is 35 MA NH MA and a utility man with the gas company. His wife Agnes is 29 SCOT. They have been married almost 10 years and have Esther H. 7, Amos A. Jr. 5, James 3 and Donald R. 2 all MA. He is a son of George Henry Putnam and Harriet Freeman from Sherborn Mass. The family was there in 1900 and in Natick in 1910 and 1920. Henry was a son of Amos Adams, son of Amos Adams (1759) from Winchester, New Hampshire. The son Donald was born July 31, 1928 and will die here January 11, 2009.

 

RALPH PUTNAM  Pittsfield, Berkshire County

He is 27 NH NH NH and a laborer for the City. His wife Emma R. is 25 MA and they have James A.2 MA. He is a son of James A. Putnam and Myrtle Rawson. James was a son of James Putnam and Martha Jane Whipple of Winchester, Cheshire County, New Hampshire. This family was in Cheshire County in 1900, and they were in Stafford, Connecticut in 1910 and here in 1920.

 

ROSE A. PUTNAM  Pittsfield, Berkshire County

She is 35 MA MA NY and single. She is living with an uncle Daniel Anderson. She was here in 1920 with another uncle. She is a telephone operator and a daughter of George H. Putnam and Elizabeth McCambridge and was born here in Pittsfield.

 

RUTH PUTNAM  Pittsfield, Berkshire County

She is 14 NH NH NH and single. She works for a private family. She is a daughter of William Arthur Putnam and Rebecca Reid George and was at home in Rindge, Cheshire County in 1920.

 

WILLIAM PUTNAM  Pittsfield, Berkshire County

He is 36 MA US US and a laborer. His wife Alice Alta Porter is 37 MA and they now have Alta M. 16, William A. 14, Esther R. 12, Marshall C. 11, Charlotte M. 10, Franklin J. 8, Winthrop E. 6, Eleanor M. 4 and Elizabeth J. 2 all MA. Whew! They were here in nearby Dalton in 1920. His marriage record has his parents are William and Marjorie (Bartlett) and that he was born in Boston about 1894.  He has three draft records which reveal his birth date is 6 Apr 1893.  One draft record has his birth in Boston and the other two say Fitchburg. Alice Porter was a daughter of William and Rose Porter of Dalton. Shewas born in Cheshire December 28, 1892 and will die here in Pittsfield in 1976. Then I find a sheet for Alice that states “William was abandoned as an infant at a Catholic Church and the Nuns there gave him his name.” So he more than likely isn’t a Putnam at all. From an obituary, Winthrop Edward was born December 21, 1923 in Dalton and will die in Pittsfield May 16, 2010. He served in the Navy in WWII from September 26, 1942 till January 25, 1946. He then married Mildred S. Studley here June 12, 1948. He was in the Pittsfield Fire Department for 23 years and retired in 1974.

 

WILLIAM E. PUTNAM  Pittsfield, Berkshire County

He is 53 NY NY NY and his wife Maud V. Roberts is 52 MA. He is a construction contractor. Also here are their son Ralph E. 23 NY and his wife Jane G. 24 MA, another son Clyde F. 33 NY and his wife Estella 38 MA. They have been here since 1900. In 1880 there were three possible guys that could fit, so not certain.

 

ARTHUR C. PUTNAM  Acushnet, Bristol County

He is 55 NY NY NY (should be NY NH NH) and is a chief engineer. He was here married to Jessie Barton in 1910 and widowed in 1920. He has a new wife Abby L. 47 MA now. He is a son of John Benedict Putnam and Aurellia Searles. He was home in Nashua New Hampshire in 1880 and with his folks again in Wayland, Mass. in 1900.

 

CARRIE J. PUTNAM  Fall River, Bristol County

She is 76 MA and widowed as she has been since the early 1900s. She’s now in the Fall River Home for the Aged. She was married to Frederick Stillman Putnam in East Hartford, Connecticut in 1900.

 

HORATIO PUTNAM  Fall River, Bristol County

He is 78 NY NY NY and his third wife Melia is 65 CAN. He works in a cotton mill. He was here in 1910, married back in Herkimer County New York in 1900 and was also back there in 1920 with wife number two. He is a son of Nicholas Putman from Herkimer County and was there with his dad in 1860. Dutch family.

 

WILSON T. PUTNAM  Mansfield, Bristol County

He is now 72 NY NY NY and a merchant. His widowed sister Adelia Draper 79 NY NY NY is living with him. He is a son of Hiram Putnam and Electa Ann Robbins of Brooklyn. Hiram is number 1414, a son of David Putnam and Jeanette Angus of Albany. He was single on Staten Island in 1900, and in Manhattan, New York City in 1910. In 1920 he was living with Adelia and her husband C. H. Draper in Morristown, New Jersey.

 

DORIS PUTNAM  New Bedford, Bristol County

She is 15 MA MA MA and lives with her mother Ada 35 MA and her new husband Samuel Lowe. Ada was living with her folks in 1920 so no clue as to the Putnam husband.

 

EDWARD R. PUTNAM  New Bedford, Bristol County

He is 47 MA VT MA and operates a cotton mill. His wife Margaret J. is 45 MA and they have Eleanor C. 11 MA and Margaret M. 6 MA.  He is a son of Wilbur Allen Putnam and Mary E. Dollard and was born here. He was with his widowed mother Mary Putnam here in 1900 and 1910.

 

HENRY PUTNAM  New Bedford, Bristol County

He is 40 MA VT MA and now divorced. He sells advertising and is boarding. Henry James is another son of Wilbur and Mary Putnam and was here with her in 1900 and 1910. He was briefly married to Ada Shepard and divorced by 1920 when he was up in Boston by himself. In 1940 he is in a Veteran’s Reservation (whatever that is) in Chelsea, Maine. He’ll be here and still alone in 1942 when he registered for the draft in WW II and was still working for Hathaway Advertising.

                                                                                          

CHARLES PUTNAM  Amesbury, Essex County

He is 29 MA MA GER and his wife Helen is 23 AL. He is a metal worker. He is a son of Charles Willis Putnam here in town. He was home in 1920 and got married in 1926. He and Helen are in Montgomery County Alabama by 1935 and are there in 1940 where they work in a grocery store.

 

CHARLES W. (WILLIS) PUTNAM  Amesbury, Essex County

He is 56 MA MA MA and his wife Anna B. Miller is 55 GERMANY. He is a dentist and has been here since the 1890s. He is the son of John Brother Putnam (2369) and Sarah B. Whipple of Peabody.

 

CLARA PUTNAM  Andover, Essex County

She is 66 NH and still single. She also has a servant Anna Chase 67 NH as she did here in 1920. She is a daughter of James Martin Putnam and Sarah Clark Davis originally from Merrimack County New Hampshire. They were all here in 1910.

 

LEVERETT PUTNAM  Andover, Essex County

He is 41 MA MA MA and a dyer in a woolen mill. His wife Mildred J. is 43 MA and they have George O. 14 MA, Mary W. 12 MA and Constance 15 MA. He is a son of George Osgood Putnam and Sarah Butler from Danvers. He was single at home in 1910 and then not to be found in 1920 but probably up here.

 

MARY B. (BISHOP) PUTNAM  Andover, Essex County

She is 32 (really 72) MA MA MA single and boarding. She is a schoolteacher at Abbott Academy. She is a daughter of John Augustus Putnam and Martha Smith. She was born in Danvers in 1858, and never married. She will die in 1934.

 

ALBERT D. (DANA) PUTNAM  Beverly, Essex County

He is 65 ME ME ME and is a house carpenter. His second wife Nettie I. is 75 NY and they have Thelma 27 MA. He is a son of Francis Parker Putnam and Eliza Jane Felt of Rumford, Oxford County, Maine. He married Amy Mabel Reed in 1888, but was single in the 1900. He and Nellie or Nettie were here in 1910 and 1920.

 

MARION PUTNAM  Beverly, Essex County

She is 37 MA MA MA single and is a file clerk in a law office. She is a daughter of Edmund Putnam of Beverly, Mass. Her folks died and she was with her grandmother there in 1920. She is also listed in New Haven Connecticut as an assistant professor in the law school there.

 

ALICE M. PUTNAM  Danvers, Essex County

She is 85 MA MA MA. She is the daughter of Henry Flint Putnam (1528).  She never married, and was here with her uncle Calvin in 1900, and in Salem in 1920.

 

ANNETTE M. PUTNAM  Danvers, Essex County

She is 52 CAN and widowed. She is a matron at a home for the aged and has 10 older women with her. Annette Pittman was the wife of Elmer Otis Putnam from here. Her kids are all living with her son Otis’ wife Mary Putnam here in town. Elmer died here October 6, 1921. Nettie was born in Benton, Yarmouth County Nova Scotia August 7, 1876 and will die here February 23, 1944.

 

AUSTIN F. (FRANCIS) PUTNAM  Danvers, Essex County

He is 55 MA MA MA and is a poultry man. His wife Florence is 46 ME. They have Arlene 5 MA. She was married before and has two children Gerald Weeks 15 MA and Ruth E Weeks 8 MA. He says he was married at 25. At any rate, he is a son of Edward Austin Putnam and Adeline Augusta Dodge. He married Grace Augusta Potter June 23, 1897, but it didn’t work out I guess as he was at home with his folks in Beverly in 1900 and single in Middleton in 1920.

 

AUSTIN H. (HERBERT) PUTNAM  Danvers, Essex County

He is 77 MA MA MA and his wife Ida Mae Lyford is 77 NH too. They live with her sister Ada Lyford as they did in 1920. He is the son of Israel Herbert Putnam (2021) from here.

 

CARL H. PUTNAM  Danvers, Essex County

He is 35 MA MA MA and his wife Florence E. Gibbs is 43 MA. They have Stephen H. 9 MA and Carolyn P. 8 MA. He is drives an ice truck. He is a son of George Osgood and Sarah Putnam from here. Carl was born August 23, 1894 in Danvers and will die in Lynn September 6, 1961. Florence was born in Lee Massachusetts October 18, 1866 and died in Peabody May 2, 1958.

 

EDWARD E. PUTNAM  Danvers, Essex County

He is 51 MA MA MA and he manages a hardware store. His wife Eva M. Legro is 42 MA. They have Edward E. Jr. 16 MA. Her father Alonzo Legro 69 MA is here too. Never sure of the middle initial. It is E one year then C the next. He is a son of Edward Augustus Putnam and Lydia G. Prince from here in Danvers.

 

EMELINE PUTNAM  Danvers, Essex County

She is now 78 MA and widowed. She was married to John Franklin Putnam here since the 1890s. She was his second wife. Also here are her widowed daughter Mary Dempsey 45 MA with two of her kids, her single daughter Sarah M. 40 MA and another widowed daughter Louise K. Clark 35 MA. Wonder if they are actually widowed or too embarrassed to admit they were divorced.

 

FIDELIA A. PUTNAM  Danvers, Essex County

She is 80 MA MA MA still single and now living alone. She is a daughter of Joel Putnam and Fidelia Poor from here in Danvers. She has been living with her brother Melvin but he died in the past decade.

 

GEORGE O. (OSGOOD) PUTNAM  Danvers, Essex County

He is 69 MA MA MA and is an ice dealer.  His second wife Sarah Butler is 65 MA and they have Elizabeth G. 40 MA and a grandson Paul E. Putnam 12 MA. Paul is a son of his son Carl Purtnam. Her brother Nelson Butler is 68 MA and unmarried. George He is another son of Otis Flint Putnam and Adeline Batchelder from here. He runs the ice business that his father started back in the 1800s.

 

HELEN P. PUTNAM  Danvers, Essex County

She is now 65 MA and has her son Raymond G. Putnam 29 MA MA MA at home. Helen Preston Meldram is the widow of Webster Putnam. They were here in 1900 and 1910 and she was widowed here in 1920. Webster was the son of Thomas Meady Putnam (2065) from here.

 

JAMES H. (HERBERT) PUTNAM  Danvers, Essex County

He is 59 MA MA MA and still single. His mother Martha 83 MA is still with him, but his dad has died in the past decade. He is a son of James Warren Putnam and Martha Hinxman. James Warren was the son of William Putnam (3063) from here in Danvers.

 

JESSE H. PUTNAM  Danvers, Essex County

He is 54 MA MA MA and owns a farm. His brother CHARLES A. PUTMAN is 51 MA. Both are still single and will always be I guess. They are sons of John Milton Putnam (1535) and Martha Brown from here.

 

LAURA G. (GIBBS) PUTNAM  Danvers, Essex County

She is 43 MA and widowed. She is a public school teacher. She has Oliver 15 MA, Dorothy 12 MA and James 9 MA at home. She had been married to Nathaniel Butler Putnam from here. They were here in 1920. Nathaniel was a son of George Osgood Putnam and Sarah Butler from Danvers and died here in 1923. Laura is a daughter of Emory Gibbs and Henrietta Ripley. She will be around till she dies in 1984.

 

LEANDER W. PUTNAM  Danvers, Essex County

He is 61 MA MA CAN and is a mechanic at a milk plant. His wife Laura J. Pike is 62 ENG (I think it’s Newfoundland) and their daughter Loretta C. is 32 MA. He is the son of James Warren Putnam (the son of William Putnam 3063) and Martha Ann Hinxman.  He was born here.

 

MARY K. PUTNAM  Danvers, Essex, County

This is a confusing listing. I’m putting it down as shown, and then will try and explain it. Mary is 31 MA MA MA and says she has been married since she was 19. Then there are Shirley A. sister 7 MA, Otis F. brother 6 MA, K. Maxine sister 3 MA, Lillian sister in law 24 MA MA CAN, Ruth A. sister in law 16 MA MA CAN and Robert E. brother 16 MA MA CAN. Okay go back to the 1920 listing for Elmer Otis Putnam (from Mass) and his wife Nettie Pittman (from Nova Scotia). Robert, Lillian and Ruth are their kids. They also had a son Otis F. who would be 32 now. Then right after him was Mary and she was listed as a boarder. She just had to be Otis’ wife. The three youngsters are not brothers and sisters, but are children of Otis and Mary. Mary is listed earlier as being widowed and is a matron at an old folks home. Makes sense this way. Anyway, Elmer was a son of Otis Flint Putnam and Adeline Batchelder, and was born here in Danvers.

 

MILLY PUTNAM  Danvers, Essex County

She is 76 ME and still widowed as she has been since the 1890s. Milly McPheters was married to Franklin Weston Putnam (number 2084). Also here are her widowed son Ralph Franklin Putnam 59 MA and his daughters Isabel S. 27 MA and Margaret S. 24 MA. Ralph was married to a Mary here until 1920 when he was widowed. He is a plumber, and both daughters are public school teachers

 

RALPH S. (SCOTT) PUTNAM  Danvers, Essex County

He is 31 MA MA MA and works on a farm. His wife Audrey Pearl Goodrich is 26 MA. They have been married 6 years and have Gloria V. 5 MA, Betty J. 4 MA and Virginia 1 MA. He is a son of Walter Scott Putnam and Susan Maria Butman and was born in Wenham, Essex County Massachusetts February 19, 1899, with the family in Danvers, Essex County Massachusetts in 1900 and back in Wenham through 1920 and then married in Danvers in 1930. Danvers and Wenham are only a couple miles apart. He will die in South Hampton. Audrey was born in Beverly, Massachusetts November 10, 1903 and will die in Amesbury, Essex County Massachusetts July 18, 1984. Ralph will die in 1962 and both are buried in South Hampton Cemetery They are in South Hampton, Rockingham County New Hampshire in 1940 and he will be building boats then.

 

GERTRUDE C. PUTNAM  Haverhill, Essex County

She is Gertrude Zelma Durant 63 VT and now a widow. She still has Marian G. 31 MA, Pauline 30 MA and Valerie 28 MA at home. She was married to Edward Marshall Putnam here from the 1890s till recently. He was the son of Marshall Putnam (2791) from Croydon, New Hampshire.

 

MARSHALL D. (DURANT) PUTNAM  Haverhill, Essex County

He is 36 MA MA MA (should be MA NH VT) and his wife Emma Frances Hatch is 36 MA too. They now have Guinivere 15 MA, Cortland 13 MA, Glendon 11 MA and Edward 1 6/12 MA. He is a son of Edward Marshall Putnam and Gertrude Durant. He was born here in Haverhill. They were here in 1920. He is a foreman at a freight depot. The young Edward Marshall Putnam is the father of Ed Putnam who has and is doing so much work on the genealogy of this family. Edward died Tuesday December 2, 2008 at age 80.

 

WILLIAM D. (DANFORTH) PUTNAM  Haverhill, Essex County

He is 84 MA MA ME and widowed. He is living with his married daughter Pansie E. 44 MA and her husband Albert Lane 50 MA and their family. He is a son of Danforth Putnam, son of William Putnam (1819) from Orange. He has been married to Delia Fisher in Athol, Worcester County from the 1890s through the 1920.

 

AUGUSTA & ANNA PUTNAM  Lynn, Essex County

Augusta is 60 MA MA MA and her sister Anna 58 MA. They are unwed daughters of Eugene A. Putnam (3160a) and Hannah Viles Newhall from here.

 

CHARLES E. (EDWIN) PUTNAM  Lynn, Essex County

He is 59 MA MA CAN and is not working. His wife Elizabeth J. Kroen is 53 MA and they have Charles R. 34 MA, Dorothy A. 29 MA, Lillian A. 23 MA and Earle H. 20 MA still at home. He is a son of Timothy Felton Putnam and Agnes Steele from Peabody. They were there in 1900, Salem in 1910 and here in Lynn in 1920.

 

DEAN W. (WALTON) PUTNAM  Lynn, Essex County

He is 45 VT VT VT and a toolmaker. His wife Esther Lemmon Shedd is 40 CAN and they have a son Aubry F. 8 CAN. He is a son of Elmore Watson Putnam and Emma Medora McIntire from Windsor Vermont. His folks died in 1897 and he and his siblings were brought up by relatives in Claremont New Hampshire. He married Esther down here in Revere (next town over) October 11, 1919. She was from Nova Scotia, and I guess they went back up there for a while and then came back down here.

 

DEBORAH E. PUTNAM  Lynn, Essex County

She is 88 MA and widowed as she was in 1920. Deborah Ellen Haines is now the widow of Perley Putnam. They were here in Lynn in 1900 and 1910. Perley was a son Perley Z. M. P. Putnam, who is the son of Perley (2200). He was born in Salem.

 

EARL J. (JOSEPH) PUTNAM  Lynn, Essex County

He is 36 MA MA MA and is an accountant for a meat company. His wife Gladys Waitte is 33 MA and they now have Erma L.12 MA, Ruth E. 10 MA, Earl J. Jr. 8 MA and Millie J. 7 MA. He is a son of Joseph Putnam and Annie Woods. He was home with them here in 1900, and then in 1910 with his mom and stepfather. He married Gladys here in Lynn on January 27, 1917.

 

FRED B. (BRUCE) PUTNAM  Lynn, Essex County

He is 36 CAN CAN CAN and is a traveling salesman for vacuum cleaners. He is a son of Edwin Putnam and Sarah Christie Creelman from Middle Stewiacki, Nova Scotia. He was home there in 1911, and 1921 and came to Maine April 22, 1926. He was born there November 25, 1893. He is still single in Beverly, Essex County in 1935 and 1940. He will later marry Fredia James and be here in Peabody the rest of their lives.

 

HUBERT F. PUTNAM  Lynn, Essex County

Think the name is Herbert. He’s 60 NH MA NH and is a trimmer in a shoe factory. His wife Bertha M. is 57 NH. He is a son of George Franklin Putnam and Mary Waldron from here in Lynn.

 

JOHN G. PUTNAM  Lynn, Essex County

He is 45 MA MA CAN and is a machinist in a machine shop. His wife Cora Pierce is 40 MA. Her sister Ada Slover 47 MA is with them. Also there is Richard E. Pierce 69 MA and widowed who is Cora’s Dad. He is the son of James Warren Putnam and Martha Ann Hinxman from Danvers.

 

LAWRENCE A. PUTNAM  Lynn, Essex County

He is 27 MI MI MI and a chauffer. His wife of two years Anna F. is 26 MA and they have Bridget L. 3/12 MA. He is a son of William and Mandy Putman from Ogemaw County Michigan. He was listed as Arthur there in 1920. William was a son of William Putman and Mary Chambers from Tuscola County. Dutch family originally from New York State.

 

WALTER E. (EBEN) PUTNAM  Lynn, Essex County

He is 56 MA MA MA and is a sewer in a shoe factory. His wife Margaret M. is 44 MA and they have Marian M. 15 MA and Walter J. 13 MA. He is a son of Franklin Weston Putnam (2084) and his first wife Mary Wilson Southwick. Mary died in giving birth to him on July 16, 1871. His dad then married Millie McPheters and then died himself October 28, 1882. He was with his widowed stepmother Millie in Danvers in 1900, single in Saugus in 1910 and then married there in 1920.

 

WILLIAM O. (ORRIN) PUTNAM  Lynn, Essex County

He is 50 NH MA NH and is letter carrier for the post office. His wife Helen M. Gales is 43 MA. His widowed mother Marianna Waldron 86 NH is now living with them. Marianna was married to George Franklin Putnam from here through the 1920. George was a son of Orrin Putnam, who is the son of Matthew (1993).  He is originally from Danvers, then moved to New Hampshire in the 1860s, and was back here by the late 1880s.

 

PERLEY PUTNAM  Lynnfield, Essex County

He is 41 MA MA MA and is a farmer. Perley Tapley is a son of Jesse Putnam and Ella Mitchell and was born in Lynnfield January 14, 1890, and was with them in Lynnfield in 1910. Jesse was the son of Asa Tapley Putnam and Mary Gentlee of Lynnfield. His new wife Ethel Greenfield is 31 MA and still has his son Perley 13 MA. Ethel has two kids last name Buttrick, and a widowed mother Alice Greenfield 56 MA with her. He married Ethel September 15, 1928. In 1920 he was in Wakefield with his first wife Ethelyn Chandler and a couple of kids. Ethelyn has their kids and is married to Herbert Buttrick back in Wakefield now in 1930. Ethel was married to Herbert Buttrick and they were in Wakefield in 1920 with their two kids. This turns out to be a case of two couples switching spouses. In each case the mom took her kids to the new household. Interesting! Perley and Ethel are in Reading, Middlesex County by 1935 and there in 1940.

 

JOSEPH G. (GARDNER) PUTNAM  Marblehead, Essex County

He is 35 MA MA MA and a driver for the water company. His wife Gertrude Wright is 37 MA, and they have Orville 16 MA, Madison 11 MA and Louise 7 MA. He is a son of Ralph C. Putnam and Susan E. Clark. He was at home here in 1900 and just married here in 1920. From her obituary, the daughter Louise was born May 11, 1922. She married George E. Girard. They lived here in Marblehead where he was Chief of Police for years. She worked at the Lynn District Court for 17 years through 1987. She died January 9, 2012 at age 89. He died before her.

 

PERCY A. PUTNAM  Marblehead, Essex County

He is 36 MA MA MA and a fisherman. His wife Ruth W. Martin is 29 MA. They have been married two years and have Jane S. 6/12 MA. Also here are his folks Ralph Putnam 57 MA and Susan Clark Putnam 61 MA. His dad is the postmaster here in town.

 

RALPH C. PUTNAM JR.  Marblehead, Essex County

He is 39 MA MA MA and is a manager at a gas station. His wife Florence R. is 42 MA and they have Carolyn C. 19 MA. He is a son of Ralph C. Putnam and Susan E. Clark. He was at home here in 1900 and just married here in 1910.

 

WALTER T. PUTNAM  North Andover, Essex County

He is 49 VT VT VT and is a draftsman in a machine shop. His wife Ruth is 48 VT and they have a daughter Ruth 18 MA who is away from home now. Probably at school. He is a son of Timothy Marble Putnam and Sarah Ann Gould from Springfield, Windsor County, Vermont. He was still at home there in 1900. He has been here since 1910.

 

ADA L. PUTNAM  Peabody, Essex County

She is 24 MA and married for 9 years. She has a son James A. 6 MA, but no husband in sight.

 

ARTHUR P. PUTNAM  Peabody, Essex County

He is 52 MA MA MA and widowed now since Alice Galemia has died recently. His son Harold P. 28 MA is still at home. Alice’s widowed mother Sarah Galusia 74 MA is now with him. He is a son of James Putnam and Eliza Peabody from here.

 

CHARLES O. (OTTAWELL) PUTNAM  Peabody, Essex County

He is 57 MA MA MA and a milk dealer with his brother Lewis who lives next door. They own Putnam Brothers Milk in Peabody. Charles finally married 8 years ago to Millie B. 47 MA. He is a son of James Warren Putnam and Martha Ann Hinxman of Danvers.

 

ERNEST M. PUTNAM  Peabody, Essex County

He is now 62 MA MA MA and not working. He has a new wife Annie E. Lewis 54 MA. Also here are her dad Charles Lewis 80 MA and brother Leslie A. 33 MA, and Willis Olcott 70 NY. Willis would be a brother of his first wife Carrie Olcott who has died in the past decade. He is the son of Henry Augustus Putnam and Augusta Shepard. They were in Clinton, Worcester County in 1900 and here ever since.

 

EVERETT PUTNAM  Peabody, Essex County

He is an automobile mechanic 43 MA MA MA, his wife Alice Jung is 35 NY GER GER and they have Harold 13 MA, Hilda 12 MA. Eileen 6 MA, Dorothy 4 6/12 MA, Roy 2 7/12 MA and Ralph 1/12 MA. He is Everett Whipple Putnam  a son of John Brothers Putnam and Sarah B. Whipple from here in Peabody. He was born here May 30, 1881.

 

FERONIA C. PUTNAM  Peabody, Essex County

She is 45 MA and now widowed. Her son Earl L. is 26 MA. She was here married to Lawrence C. Putnam in 1910 and 1920. He was a son of Louis Kossuth Putnam and Ellen Jane Larabee from here.

 

JAMES L. PUTNAM  Peabody, Essex County

He is 82 MA MA MA and retired. His wife Eliza B. Peabody is also 82 MA. Also here is his widowed brother George T. 79 MA. They are sons of Jefferson Putnam (2285) and Judith Lampher from South Danvers (what Peabody was back then). James has been here all his life. George was in Merrimac for a long time and had three wives.

 

LEWIS W. (WILLIAM) PUTNAM  Peabody, Essex County

He is 64 MA MA MA and a milk dealer. He and his brother Charles own Putnam Brothers Milk of Peabody. His wife Julia A. is 48 ENG and they have Leslie 34 MA and Edna 31 MA both single still. He is brother Charles lives next door. He is a son of James Warren Putnam and Martha Ann Hinxman of Danvers. They were here in 1920.

 

WALTER F. PUTNAM  Peabody, Essex County

He is 61 MA MA CAN and single. He works in a leather factory. He is living with his married sister Lillian 56 MA and her husband Merton S. Demeritt 55 ME. He is a son of Timothy Felton Putnam and Agnes Steele from here. He was home with his widowed mother here in 1920.

 

ALFRED W. (WHITWELL) PUTNAM  Salem, Essex County

He is 60 NY MA MA and is a lawyer. His wife Rebecca Crowningshield is 55 MA. Their son Alfred P. is 23 MA and a clerk in a bank. He is a son of Alfred Porter Putnam and Eliza King Buttrick of Salem. The family was in Brooklyn, New York in 1880, and that was where he was born. The family was back here by 1900, and he was with them then and married here since 1910.

 

FRANCES PUTNAM  Salem, Essex County

She is 21 MA MA MA, single and a student nurse in Salem Hospital. She is a daughter of Arthur Putnam and Alice Galemia from Peabody.

 

GEORGE G. (GRANVILLE) PUTNAM  Salem, Essex County

He is 77 MA MA MA and now widowed. He is a newspaper reporter. His wife Harriet Kinsman has died since they were here in 1920. He is a son of John Preston Putnam and Helen Alden. He has been here all his life.

 

MARTHA E. PUTNAM  Salem, Essex County

She is 70 MA and now widowed. Margaret E. Westcott has been married to Charles H. Putnam from Salem. They were both here in 1900 and 1910. In 1920 Martha was here and Charles was in Dover, New Hampshire with their married daughter Doris Nichols. Charles was a son of Jefferson Putnam (2285) and Judy Lampher of Salem.

 

CONSTANCE O. PUTNAM  Saugus, Essex County

She is 22 MA MA MA single and a public school teacher. She is listed as an adopted daughter of Frank Sloan. Her mother Emily Oliver was married to Marion Victor Putnam from here. He died and Emily married Frank and they were all here in 1920. Now Emily has died and frank has remarried a Florence H. Anyway Marion was a son of Charles Lovell Putnam and Elizabeth Harriman of Saugus.

 

LAVINIA C. PUTNAM  Saugus, Essex County

She is now 63 CAN and widowed as she was in 1920. Her daughter Lillian 39 MA is single and a public school teacher. Lavinia Parsons is the widow of Charles E. Putnam from here. Charles was a son of Charles Lovell Putnam and Elizabeth Harriman of Saugus.

 

ARTHUR S. (SHERIDAN) PUTNAM  Swampscott, Essex County

He is now 64 MA ENG ENG and his wife Elizabeth Armstead is 65 MA. He first shows up in Lynn in 1900 through 1920. Based on his marriage record we get Arthur’s folks as James Hervey Putnam (3068) and his third wife Ellen (Morris) Whirling and he was born in Salem. Actually he is Arthur Whirling, a son with Ellen’s first husband Edward Whirling. Both were from England. James Hervey Putnam is his stepfather. Arthur changed his name to Putnam when adopted.  

 

GUY O. (OLIVER) PUTNAM  Swampscott, Essex County

He is 42 MA VT ENG and manages a shoe store or company. He has been married four years to Aretta Jane Thayer 32 MA. He is a son of William Oliver Putnam and Mary Hoban from Winchendon, Worcester. He was born in Gardner, Worcester County December 10, 1886. He married Aretta in Nashua, New Hampshire June 1, 1926. Aretta is a daughter of Arthur Lewis Thayer and Nellie Greenwood White and was born in Abington, Plymouth County October 26, 1898. She was married previously as their wedding certificate gives her name as Aretta J. Burns. Her folks were listed correctly as Thayer and White. They are in Weymouth, Norfolk County in 1940.

 

RALPH PUTNAM  Swampscott, Essex County

He is 43 MA MA MA and a traveling salesman for a cotton company. His wife Maude Hatton is 42 MA and they have Arthur 18 MA and Allen 10 MA. It seems he was first married briefly to Ruth Buxton and they had a daughter here in Lynn on February 20, 1902. I don’t find either of them in 1910. He and Maude were in Lynn in 1920, and he was born there. He is a son of Arthur and Elizabeth Putnam from here in Lynn. His folks are over here in Swampscott now too.

 

JESSE PUTNAM  Wenham, Essex County

He is 61 MA NH MA and a general contractor. He says he is married but he and Ella Mitchell were separated/divorced before 1920. He is the son of Asa Tapley Putnam and Mary Gentlee of Lynnfield. In 1920 he was with his widowed mother here in Wenham. He owns the house now. Ella is in Melrose now and has Herbert with her.

 

WALTER S. PUTNAM  Wenham, Essex County

He is 53 MA NH MA and is a farmer. His wife Susan is 51 MA and Gordon is 24 MA. He is the son of Asa Tapley Putnam and Mary Gentler of Lynnfield. He was here with his mother and brother Jesse in 1920 too.

 

FRANK W. (WARNER) PUTNAM  Bernardston, Franklin County

He is 59 MA VT MA and owns a farm. His wife Bertha Franklin is 54 VT and they have Robert F. 19 MA. He is the son of Israel junior, son of Israel Putnam (1347). He was born here and was here with Bertha since the 1900.

 

RONALD F. (FOSTER) PUTNAM  Buckland, Franklin County

He is 32 MA MA NS and is an attendant in a soldiers hospital. He has a new wife of 5 years, Lena E. Stone 32 MA. They have Phyllis 11 MA from his first marriage with Anna B. and Dolores 4 8/12 MA from his second. Her widowed dad Eli Stone 71 VT and brother Raymond Stone 28 MA are here too. He was in Holyoke in 1920 and also had a son Ronald who would be 12 now. He is a son of Merton J. and Mary Putnam. He was at home in Springfield in 1900.

 

ARTHUR H. PUTNAM  Greenfield, Franklin County

He is 57 MA MA MA and a printer for the newspaper. His wife Jessie M. is 56 MA and they have Bernard H. 29 MA and now divorced, and 2 kids, Virginia L. 9 MA and Arthur V. 7 MA. Bernard was married here in 1920 and I would guess the two youngsters are his from his marriage to Clara. Arthur is another son of Israel Putnam junior, son of Israel Putnam (1347) from here.

 

ELMER E. & ELBRIDGE M. PUTNAM  Greenfield, Franklin County

Elmer is 67 OH VT VT and Elbridge 64 OH VT VT. They are living with their sister Elsie 66 OH VT VT and her husband Edward Fairbanks 80 VT. They have all been here since the 1800s. They are sons of Elbridge Putnam and Emily Melandy from Deerfield. They were born while the folks were in Cleveland, Ohio in the 1860s.

 

HERBERT L. PUTNAM  Greenfield, Franklin County

He is 57 VT VT VT and is an electrician in a tool factory. His wife Ida M. is now 53 MA. He is a son of Edward E. and Lucy Putnam from Jacksonville, Windham County, Vermont. He and Ida were there in the 1900, and have been here since the early 1900s.

 

JOSEPH H. PUTNAM  Greenfield, Franklin County

He is 57 MA MA RI and is an agricultural company agent. He has a new wife Vera S. They have been married a year and have Joseph L. 1/12 MA. He was previously married to Kate Taylor. He has Richard B. 18 CT and Paul S. 13 MA with him from that marriage. His widowed mother Abbie 80 RI is here too. He is a son of Henry Wellington and Abbie E. Putnam from Sutton, Worcester County. He was at home there in 1880, and in Litchfield, Connecticut in 1900 and 1910, and here in 1920.

 

EDWARD E. PUTNAM  Greenfield, Franklin County

He is 34 VT VT MA and is a bank teller. His wife Mildred Austin 30 MA and they have Thomas 5 MA and Austin W. 3 MA. Her widowed mother Ada L. Austin 56 MA is here too. He is a son of Herbert and Ida Putnam from here and Windham County Vermont before that. He was home here since the early 1900s and got married in 1923.

 

CATHERINE F. PUTNAM  Orange, Franklin County

She is 92 VT and still widowed. Catherine Britt was married to Abraham Pierce Putnam here and has been widowed since the very early 1900s. Her son Percy Abraham Putnam 55 MA and his wife Carrie Ann Harris 53 MA are here as they have been.

 

HARRIET B. PUTNAM  Orange, Franklin County

She is 75 MA and widowed as she was in 1920 here. She is Harriet Beecher Haskell the widow of Willard Putnam. She was his third wife and they were in New Salem in 1910. They were married there August 23, 1903.

 

LOUISE M. PUTNAM  Orange, Franklin County

She is 50 CAN is now widowed. She was married to William D. Putnam and they were here in 1910 and 1920. William is the son of Erwin Levi Putnam of Wardsboro, Vermont, son of Levi, son of Levi (598).

 

PERCY (ABRAHAM) PUTNAM (JR.)  Orange, Franklin County

He is 31 MA MA MA and is a fireman at a sewing machine company. He has been married 6 years to Martha M. 31 MA and they have Catherine M. 7 MA, Norman E. 5 MA and Charlotte 4 MA. He is of course a son of Abraham Pierce Putnam and Carrie Harris and was born here.

 

CARRIE H. PUTNAM  Warwick, Franklin County

Carrie Harris is 71 MA and divorced as she has been since the 1890s. She was married to Charles A. Putnam, son of Hiram Putnam and Mary Small from Wolcott, Vermont and then Ashburnham, Mass. Charles is remarried in Athol, Mass. and has been since 1900.

 

ERNEST S. (SUMNER) PUTNAM  Wendell, Franklin County

He is 63 MA MA NY and still single. He is not working right now. His sister Julia Chase 74 and says she is single is here too as she has been since the 1900. He is a son of Stillman Holden Putnam and Abigail Hammond from here. He was home in 1900 with his folks and this sister.

 

GERTRUDE PUTNAM  Agawam, Hampden County

She is 16 MA MA MA and single. She is a niece of Margaret Murphy 52 MA. She is a daughter of Albert Putnam and his second wife. Gertrude was here in 1920 while Albert was between wives. Albert is in Springfield with wife three Gladys now.

 

GEORGE H. (HENRY) PUTNAM  East Longmeadow, Hampden County

He is 34 MA NE US and is an awning salesman. His wife Beatrice Henrietta Fett is 33 MA. They have been married 9 years and have Dorothy E. 7 MA, Arlene B. 5 MA and Carol B. 4 MA. He is an adopted son of Daniel Francis Putnam and Annie Whittier from Malden and was with them in Newton in 1910. I don’t find him in 1920 and he married Beatrice in Springfield in 1921. They are all here in 1940 and have one more son George.

 

HALDAMAND S. (SUMNER) PUTNAM  East Longmeadow, Hampden County

He is 59 OH NH OH and a brakeman for the railroad. His wife Lillian F. is 45 VT and a saleslady in a department store. They have Marjorie I. 27 MA, Haldemand S. Jr. 24 MA and Carlton F. 21 MA. He is a son of Samuel and Antoinette Putnam from Cornish, Sullivan County NH. Sam was from there, but went to Ohio in the late 1860s, married Antoinette there and then was back in NH by the 1880 census. Haldemand was named for his father's brother who was a hero in the Civil War. They were in Springfield in 1910 and 1920.

 

WILLIAM PUTNAM  Holyoke, Hampden County

He is 26 MA VT MA and works at a paper mill. He is just married to Rose E. Ramsden 25 MA. Her folks John and Elizabeth Ramsden from England are here too as well as an aunt Elizabeth Bryant and a sister in law Marjorie Hubbard. I wonder if he knew what he was getting into when he married little Rosie. Anyway he is a son of Harry and Frances Augusta Putnam and was born here in Holyoke.

 

JOHN R. PUTNAM  Longmeadow, Hampden County

He is 91 NY NY NY and still working as a salesman for shirts. WOW. He is a son of Elijah Putnam and Polly Dayan from Lyme, Jefferson County NY. He was married to Julia in Montgomery County Pennsylvania in 1880, and also listed in Troy New York in 1880 married to Cornelia with the same kids. I don’t find him until 1910 when he is in Springfield with his daughter Anna. In 1920 they are here in Longmeadow. Dutch family out of New York State.

 

HATTIE M. PUTNAM  Palmer, Hampden County

She is 68 VT VT VT and single. The name is Arletta M. and she is a daughter of Jonas Putnam and Mary Ann Rowe from Windsor County, Vermont. She has been here since the early 1900s and was living with one of her married sisters in 1910 and 1920.

 

ALBERT F. PUTNAM  Springfield, Hampden County

He is 44 MA CT MA and is a conductor on the street railway. His third wife Gladys is 33 MA. He has Edward D. 15 MA. He and Gladys have been married 4 years and Edward is from his prior marriage. He had first married Annie Gran in 1907 and she died in 1908. I don’t find him in 1910, but he then married a second time as he had a daughter Gertrude in 1912 and Edward in 1914. In 1920 he was here in Springfield with his sister Jessie, but his two kids were with his mother’s sisters Katherine and Margaret Murphy in Agawam in 1920. He is a son of Daniel Putnam and Mary Murphy. The family was in Orange in 1880 and Athol in 1900.

 

CLARA PUTNAM  Springfield, Hampden County

She is 20 VT VT VT single and living in the YWCA. She is a typist at an insurance agency. Best guess is she is a daughter of Frank and Catherine Putnam from Brattleboro. That gal was at home there in 1920.

 

EDWIN J. PUTNAM  Springfield, Hampden County

He is 61 NH NH NH and a building carpenter. His wife Ethel Hunt is 59 MA and their daughter Dorothy is 30 MA and married to Royal B. Campbell. He is number 2517, son of Benjamin Willard Putnam (1138) of Charlestown, NH. They have been here since the 1890s.

 

EMMA PUTNAM  Springfield, Hampden County

She is Emma Sisson and is 63 MA CT MA. She was here with her daughter Lillian in 1920. It now says she is widowed from Clesson Wellington Putnam but he is still alive and well in Quincy with his second wife Alice Loring Bailey. They divorced between 1910 and 1920. She is now a clerk in a department store but was a physician in 1910. Perhaps the "physician" was an error by the census taker as she was a housekeeper in 1900 and a masseuse in 1920, although the latter is difficult to read. We do not see Emma after this.

 

ERROL PUTNAM  Springfield, Hampden County

He is 29 VT VT VT and is an automobile mechanic. His wife Anna Vivian Sellfors is 39 NY. They have been married 8 years and have Edwin 8 VT and Eleanor 3 MA. He was with an uncle Cranston Dix in Whittingham, Vermont in 1910, and he was single in Greenfield in 1920. He was a son of Charles Edward Putnam and Lora Kentfield from Whittingham. See the 1910 Vermont entry, I explain it there. The son Edwin is by Anna’s first marriage to Edward Hawkins. The NY birth index has him born 7 Aug 1921 in Brunswick, NY, so the VT is incorrect as well. The WWII draft has Edwin's middle name as Newman and he will die on 17 Mar 2015 in Wilbraham, MA. He will marry Evelyn Lon Dickerson but I am not sure when. Anna Vivian Sellfors was born 25 Mar 1889 in NY but Ancestry has several options for parents. She died on 9 Jul 1975 in Holyoke, MA. She married Errol Clayton Putnam on 12 Jul 1923 in Whittingham, VT.  He will die on 20 Oct 1983 in Southbridge, MA.

 

FRANK H. (HOWARD) PUTNAM  Springfield, Hampden County

He is 37 AL MA AL single and Lodging. He is a clerk in a dry goods store. He is Francis Homer Putnam a son of Albert Sheridan Putnam and Elizabeth Guillette. He was at home with them in Marion, Plymouth County in 1900 and in Easthampton in 1910. His dad was from here and ten went to Alabama in the 1890s, married Lizzie there and Frank was born there June 4, 1892. He will be in a hospital here in 1940 and then die later in 1940.

 

HOWARD A. (ALDEN) PUTNAM  Springfield, Hampden County

He is 33 RI MA MA and a supervisor in a dairy. His wife Mabel Baer is 31 MA. They were married here on December 26, 1921. Her parents Rudolph and Betty Baer from Germany are here too. He is a son of Edwin and Addie Putnam from Woonsocket, Rhode Island. Edwin was a son of Flavius Putnam and Sylvia Alden from Ludlow, Mass. He was born December 23, 1893. Howard was with his widowed dad in Woonsocket in 1910 and then was here with other kids in 1920.

 

IDA A. PUTNAM  Springfield, Hampden County

She is 56 VT VT NH single and boarding. She is a dressmaker for a private family. She was listed as a granddaughter daughter of Enoch Darling Putnam and Mary Ann Stone from Montpelier Vermont in 1880 and 1900. She was a daughter of their son Charles Putnam. She was single in Brattleboro in 1920.

 

JESSIE PUTNAM  Springfield, Hampden County

She is 50 MA MA MA and now says she is divorced. Said single in 1920. Maybe just took her maiden name back. She was here in 1920 with her brother Albert.  She makes pocket books. They are children of Daniel Putnam and Mary Murphy. The family was in Orange in 1880 and Athol in 1900.

 

MORRIS W. (WINTER) PUTNAM  Springfield, Hampden County

He is 56 NH NH NH and now widowed. He is a night watchman at a provisions company. At home are his now married daughter Ethel 23 MA and her husband Robert Collester 23 MA. Morris Winter Putnam is a son of Otis Winter Putnam and Lucy C. Russell from Croydon, Sullivan County New Hampshire. He was born in Croydon February 11, 1876 and will die March 3, 1966 in Bellows Falls, Windham County Vermont. He was home there in 1880 and in 1900. His wife Mabel Hasting was a daughter of Oren S. Hastings and Mary L. Davis, and was born in Antrim, Hillsborough County New Hampshire May 4, 1870 and was married to and then divorced Ben Pillsbury who has remarried to Sadie Pecor, Mabel died in 1929.

 

ROGER L. (LOWELL) PUTNAM  Springfield, Hampden County

He is 36 MA MA MA and manufacturer of machinery. His wife Caroline Piatt Jenkins is 37 MD. They were just married here October 9, 1919 and were here in 1920. They now have Caroline C. 8 MA, Roger L. Jr. 7 MA, William L. 5 MA, Anna L. 3 MA and Mary C. 5/12 MA. They will have another son Michael Courtney Jenkins Putnam September 20, 1933. 1933. He is a son of William Lowell Putnam and Elizabeth Lowell. He was at home in Boston in 1900. He had one servant in 1920 and has 5 of them now. He owns his house valued at $30,000. Most houses in town run $5-6,000. Guy is doing okay.

 

RUFUS E. (EDWIN) PUTNAM  Springfield, Hampden County

He is 49 MA MA MA and is an electrical inspector. His second wife Louise C. is 45 MA. They have been married 11 years and they have Thelma 26 MA, Barbara 19 MA, Edwin 22 MA, Richard 18 MA and a daughter Gene 11 MA. He is a son of Alfred S. Putnam and Alice Augusta Paine. He was born in Ludlow, but grew up here. The son Edwin was born October 12, 1908 in Athol and he will soon marry Freda Irene Blood in October 1930. She was born October 25, 1910. Rufus will die on his way to Florida to see his daughter Gene on April 14, 1953, and Freda will die here on August 12, 1999.

 

RUTH PUTNAM  Springfield, Hampden County

She is 34 MA and married. She lives with her parents George and Marie Elliott. No clue as to the husband.

 

SUSAN G. PUTNAM  Springfield, Hampden County

She is 52 MA and widowed as she was here in 1920. Still has Sylvia M. 17 MA and Shirley 16 MA with her.

 

THOMAS J. (JOHN) PUTNAM  Springfield, Hampden County

He is 75 CAN CAN CAN and his wife Emma Kate Hayes is 75 NY. He is a physician in a general practice. He is Thomas John Putnam, number 2546, a son of Thomas Putnam (1144) and Mary Harris of Putnam, Ontario. They were in Pittsburgh in 1880 and in North Adams, Mass. in 1900. They were here in 1910 and 1920.

 

CZAR PUTNAM  West Springfield, Hampden County

He is 69 VT VT VT and a janitor in a paper mill. His wife Maria H. is 62 IRE. He is a son of Adam Putnam and Pauline Monroe, and was born in Hague, Warren County, New York. His grandparents were Aaron or Arent Putman and Joanna Neff from New Hampshire and then Arent Johannes Putman and Sibyl Daly from Tribe’s Hill, Montgomery County New York. Dutch folks. In 1900, he was still in Warren County but married to an Agnes R. from New York. He married Marie in 1905, and they were in Ticonderoga, New York in 1910 and here in 1920. Czar will die in 1938 and Marie will be widowed in the Bronx, New York City in 1940.

 

EVERETT PUTNAM  West Springfield, Hampden County

He is 60 VT VT VT and a superintendent for the street railway company. His wife Mary Holland is 56 MA. He is a son of George Washington Putnam and Selina Plimpton from Wardsboro, Windham County, Vermont. He was there with his widowed mother in 1880, and here with her in 1900. He was here married to Mary in 1910 and 1920.

 

FRANK T. PUTNAM  West Springfield, Hampden County

He is 46 ENG ENG ENG single and a building carpenter. His widowed mother Sarah 77 ENG and widowed sister Jillah Flavell 53 ENG are with him. He and his mother were here in 1910 and 1920.

 

CHARLES V. PUTNAM  Westfield, Hampden County

He is 63 MA MA MA and not working. His wife Jennie Sheldon is 64 NJ and her widowed father Andrew J. Sheldon 84 MA is still with them. He is the son of Joseph Melville, son of Jonathan Marcus, son of David, son of Isaac Putnam (226).  He was previously married to Mary Eggers in 1880, and to Jennie here since 1900.

 

HARRY B. PUTNAM  Westfield, Hampden County

He is 51 MA MA MA and is a lawyer. His new wife Pearl L. is 48 IL. He had been married to Margaret from Scotland here the past 20 years. He still has Marguerite M. 18 MA with him. He is a son of Rufus Edwin Putnam and Ophelia Bancroft from Westfield. He was at home here in 1900, and married here in 1910 and 1920. They have a maid from Czechoslovakia.

 

FRANCIS B. (BACON) PUTNAM  Wilbraham, Hampden County

He is 42 MA MA MA and is a private secretary in a milk company. His wife Emily Louisa Ward is 36 ENG and Arthur is 14 RI (Arthur Allen was born June 19, 1915 and died January 21, 1967. He married Era Allegra Beach on October 6, 1936. He is a son of Edwin and Addie Putnam from Woonsocket, Rhode Island. Edwin was a son of Flavius Putnam and Sylvia Alden from Ludlow, Mass. They were in Woonsocket, Rhode Island in 1900 and 1910. He was in Springfield in 1920 and his son Howard is married there now. Francis was born in Norwood, Mass. on October 5, 1887, and will die in Wilbraham February 27, 1937. Emily was born in Morely, England January 16, 1892 and will die in Wilbraham in 1936.

 

HARRY F. (FLAVIOUS) PUTNAM  Belchertown, Hampshire County

He is 57 MA MA MA and a carpenter. His wife Rosabelle M. Olds is 53 MA and they have Alfred E. 19 MA and Edith 8 MA. He is Henry Flavious Putnam a son of Alfred Putnam and Alice Paine from Springfield. He was there in 1900 and 1910 married to Bertha May Paine. She died and he married Rosabelle about 1917 and they were here in 1920.

 

CLINTON A. PUTNAM  Easthampton, Hampshire County

He is 56 ME ME ME and is a dentist. His wife Gertrude C. is 49 MA and they have John F. 22 MA, Doris E. 18 MA, and Donald E. 12 MA. He is a son of John Farnum Putnam and Myra Bickford from Lewiston, Maine. He was born February 6, 1874 in Lewiston and will die in Cape Elizabeth Maine in August 1971. He was home there in 1880 and 1900, and married here since 1910.

 

EARL F. (FRANCIS) PUTNAM  Easthampton, Hampshire County

He is 39 MA MA MA and owns a trucking company. His wife Dorothy Stoddard is 37 IL and they have Rodwell S. (Stoddard) 12 MA. He is a son of George Wood Putnam and Lydia M. Kaplinger from here in Easthampton.

 

FRANK W. PUTNAM  Easthampton, Hampshire County

He is 31 VT VT VT and teaches at a private school. His wife of 1 year Marjorie Cole is 30 ME. He is a son of John William Putnam and Emma Louisa Smith from Bellows Falls, Vermont in 1900 and Rockingham, Vermont in 1910 and then someplace in 1920. He married Marjorie in Gilead, Maine August 24, 1929.

 

GEORGE W. (WOOD) PUTNAM  Easthampton, Hampshire County

He is 70 MA MA MA and his wife Lydia M. Kaplinger is 68 MA. Their son George Wendell is 24 MA. He is the son of Francis Henry, son of Ebenezer Putnam (2382) from Middlesex County.

 

ALBERT S. (SHERIDAN) PUTNAM  Northampton, Hampshire County

He is 65 MA MA MA and widowed. He is working for the post office. He is a son of Francis Putnam and Mary Lawrence from Easthampton. He was home there in 1870 and 1880 and was married in Plymouth County in 1900. He was widowed here in 1910 and 1920.

 

ANNA M. & FRANCES C. PUTNAM  Northampton, Hampshire County

Anna is 57 PA NY NY and her sister Frances 60 PA. They are inmates at the Northampton State Hospital. They are daughters of John W. and Julia Puttnam from Montgomery County Pennsylvania. They were there in 1880. John and Anna were in Hampden County in 1910. Their dad is nearby in Longmeadow now at age 91 NY.

 

ERVIN E. (EARL) PUTNAM  Northampton, Hampshire County

He is 36 ME ME ME and a technician in an X ray laboratory. His wife Mary Gertrude Connelly is 34 MA. They were married up in Aroostook County in 1926, and they have Robert E. 3 MA and Richard D. 2 MA. He is a son of Amos Putnam and Cora Carpenter from Houlton Maine. He was born July 6, 1893, served in WWI and will die in Newark, Licking County Ohio March 10, 1988. He is buried back in Houlton, Maine. Mary was born in Needham, Massachusetts June 6, 1895 and died May 4, 1972 and is buried in Houlton. The son Robert Ervin was born October 18, 1927 and died in Marietta, Ohio Sunday March 27, 2001. He married Caroline Wright here in Northampton August 23, 1952. She was still alive when he died. His brother Richard and wife Virginia were both alive in March 2011 as well.

 

RAYMOND P. PUTNAM  Northampton, Hampshire County

He is 32 NY IL NY single and boarding. He is an assistant professor here at Smith College. He is a son of Eugene and Margaret Putman from Saratoga County New York. I don’t find the family before 1910 so no ideas. Think Dutch family though. He is still teaching here in 1940.

 

BERTHA H. PUTNAM  South Hadley, Hampshire County

She is 58 NY ENG MA and single. She is a professor at Mount Holyoke College. She is a daughter of George Haven Putnam and his first wife Rebecca Shepard from New York City. She was born in New York City on March 1, 1872 and will die here on February 20, 1960. She was home in New York City in 1900. Her dad runs G. P. Putnam Publishing Company that his dad started back in the 1830s. She has been teaching here since the early 1900s. She is here in 1940.

 

FREDA PUTNAM  Arlington, Middlesex County

She is 24 VT VT VT single and boarding. She is a clerk in an automobile agency. She is a daughter of Hollis and Sophronia Putnam from Morristown, Lamoille County Vermont.

 

LENOX B. (BELLOWS) PUTNAM  Arlington, Middlesex County

He is 23 MA MA MA and his wife Alice Haynes is 23 MA. They have been married a year and have Laurence H. 2/12 MA. Also here are his brothers Richard Rice 19 MA and David Lawrence 13 MA. He is listed as a physical doctor at a public school. He is a son of Lawrence and Edith Putnam from Spencer, Worcester County. His folks and all three brothers were there in 1920. His dad, who was a son of Archileaus Dennis Putnam and Jennie P. Lackey, died in Oxford, Worcester County June 1, 1929. Their mom Edith Haskell Bellows is currently in Brooklyn, New York teaching high school and says she is single. She will be in Newton, Massachusetts in 1940 and says she is widowed then. I am guessing that they split sometime in the 1920s and Edith went off to New York City. Who knows? Lenox was born in Spencer June 10, 1906 and will die in Pembroke, Massachusetts March 12, 1997. Then as to the brothers, Richard was born November 5, 1910 and will marry Eldora Javery and die in Wolfeboro, New Hampshire September 24, 1990. Eldora will die in Boston November 4, 1973. David was born July 3, 1916 and will marry Marion Glidden and die in Washington DC January 8, 1999, Marion will die there March 18, 2000.

 

PAUL G. PUTNAM  Arlington, Middlesex County

He is 47 MA MA MA and operates a furniture store. His second wife Elizabeth is 32 MA and they have Lucille 9 MA and Paul G. Jr. 6 MA. Paul is a son of Samuel Phillips and Phebe Putnam. They were all here in Newton in 1900. Paul was married to a Mildred in New York City in 1910. He was just married to Elizabeth in Newton in 1920.

 

MELVIN PUTNAM  Ashland, Middlesex County

He is 25 MA NH MA and rents a farm. His wife of one year Maryann is 20 MA and they have June 1/12 MA. He is a son of George Henry Putnam and Harriet J. Freeman and was born in Sherborn, Mass. The family was there in 1900 and in Natick in 1910 and 1920. His dad was from Winchester New Hampshire. They seem to be living with a Button family who may be Maryann’s family.

 

ALFRED PUTNAM  Cambridge, Middlesex County

He is 39 WY WY WY and is a laborer for a contractor. His wife Florence Myers is 28 MA. They have been married 9 years and have wasted little time in making kids. They have Alfred 8, Ruth 7, Doris 5, Rita 4, Robert 2 and Mary 8/12 all born MA. Don’t find any Alfreds in Wyoming ever. His WWII registration here in Cambridge lists him as Alfred Henry Putnam born in Shawnee, Wyoming June 4, 1890. He is widowed here in 1940 with the same six kids.

 

CAROLINE H. PUTNAM  Cambridge, Middlesex County

She is 68 MA and still widowed. Her sons William 31 and Philip 27 MA are still at home. She is Caroline Tozier and was here in Cambridge in 1900 and 1910, and was married to Phillip Austin Putnam. She was widowed here by 1920. Carrie will be in Lowell, Middlesex County in the 1940 census. Phillip was a son of Albert Putnam (2066) from Danvers.

 

CHARLES W. PUTNAM  Cambridge, Middlesex County

He is 40 MA MA MA and a tutor at a college here. His wife Imogene Phillips Hogle is 37 NE and they have Anne C. 5 OH and Charles P. 2 OH. He is Charles Washburn Putnam son of Charles Pickering Putnam and Lucy Washburn as shown at home in Boston in 1910. He served in WWI and then worked on the US-Mexico Boarder. They are in Washington DC in the 1935 and 1940 censuses.

 

ELIZABETH A. PUTNAM  Cambridge, Middlesex County

She is 59 MA MA MA and single.

 

EMMA PUTNAM  Cambridge, Middlesex County

She is 74 VT and widowed. She is living with her married daughter Ethel 41 MA and her husband Thomas Kenworthy 46 ENG. She is the widow of George W. Putnam. They were here in Cambridge in 1900, and she was widowed here by 1910. George was a son of John Putnam (2603) of Charlestown, New Hampshire.

 

ETHEL PUTNAM  Cambridge, Middlesex County

She is 36 MA and widowed. She is still living with her parents Alexander and Sophia Harvey as she was in 1920. In 1920 she was married to Earl Putnam from Easthampton.

 

MARY L. PUTNAM  Cambridge, Middlesex County

She is 85 MA and widowed. She is living with her married daughter Marie 55 MA MA MA and husband Arthur Miles 61 MA. She is Mary Louise Avery who was married to Daniel Cady Putnam in Worcester. They were divorced by 1900 and she had been living with her son Mark up till now.

 

WILLARD A. (ABRAM) PUTNAM  Cambridge, Middlesex County

He is 64 MA MA MA and his wife Lillian M. Powers is 64 MA too. They have Miriam 27 MA and Elizabeth 24 MA still at home. He is a doctor here. Willard Junior is a son of Willard Putnam (son of Samuel Varney 1838) and Ellen Burnet from Franklin County. They were here since the 1900.

 

G. (GUY) LESLIE PUTNAM  Chelmsford, Middlesex County

He is 49 NH MA NH and owns a farm. His wife Esther Louise Reed is 38 MA and they have Barbara L. 14 MA and Dorothy F. 11 MA. He is the son of William Henry Putnam, son of Osgood (2122) Putnam and Rhoda Hall of Groton, Mass. and then Hillsborough County, New Hampshire. Leslie was in Lexington in 1910 and his then widowed father was with him. He was married here in 1920. He will be around till he dies May 9, 1943. Esther is a daughter of George F. Reed and Louisa Mallette and was born in Lexington, Massachusetts March 6, 1892. She will also die here in 1943. The daughter Dorothy will marry Karl N. Myers and the daughter Barbara will marry Graham A. Griffin.

 

ERVIN D. & HARRIS R. PUTNAM  Concord, Middlesex County

Ervin Douglas Putnam is 23 CAN CAN CAN and a carpenter. His brother Harris Reginald Putnam is 20 CAN CAN CAN and a mason. They are single and lodging. They are sons of Arthur Putnam and Elizabeth Jane Lightbody from Upper Londonderry, Colchester, Nova Scotia. They were home there in 1911. Ervin was born August 8, 1906 and will die in Acton Mass. August 22, 1984. He will marry Adelaide Christofferson. They are in Acton in 1940. Harris was born August 30, 1909 and will die in Ashland Mass. July 21, 1981. He will marry Mary Scott in 1937.

 

WARREN PUTNAM  Everett, Middlesex County

He is 66 MA MA MA and an engineer for the railroad. His wife Susie Parsons is 69 CAN (New Brunswick). He is the son of Warren W. Putnam and Joanna Mahama of Orange. He was at home there in 1880, and married here since 1900.

 

CHARLES H. (HENRY) PUTNAM  Framingham, Middlesex County

He is 43 MA US PA and is a shoe cutter in a shoe shop. His wife Amy Wheeler Trumbull is 40 MA and they have Charlotte E. 5 MA and Lorraine 2 MA. They were married here in 1925. He is a son of James Josiah Putnam and Mary Jane Parker from Orange, Franklin County, and was born in Greenfield, Franklin County January 26, 1877. He was at home in Orange in 1880 and 1900. He married Florence Elizabeth Jerome June 27, 1900 in Orange. I can’t find them in 1910, but they were divorced before 1920. He married Amy Wheeler Trumbull here in Framingham in 1925. Amy is a daughter of Fred Wheeler Trumbull and Myra Clifton McClutchins. She was born in Natick March 18, 1889. They are here in 1940 and will be for the rest of their lives. Charles will die here November 26, 1958, and Amy will die here July 23, 1968.

 

JOHN PUTNAM  Framingham, Middlesex County

He is 17 MA FINLAND FINLAND and a counterman at a lunchroom. There is a Lanny Patonen 26 FINLAND in town and that is probably their real last name.

 

WILLIS A. (ARTHUR) PUTNAM  Hopkinton, Middlesex County

He is 68 ME MA ME and is a mechanic in a paper factory. His wife Abigail Woods is 67 PEI-CAN. Their son George Arthur is 32 MA and now married. His wife Julia Oliver is 31 MA MA SCOT and they have Gloria 7 MA and Mildred 5 MA. There is a Mary Oliver 67 SCOT and widowed, who is Julia’s mom. Willis is the son of Elisha Rockwood Putnam (2948) and Mary M. Park. The folks were from here, but he was born when they were in Franklin County, Maine. They all came back to Hopkinton in the 1870s. He was in Hopkinton in 1880, married in Holliston in 1900 and in Hopkinton in 1910 and in Ashland in 1920.

 

EDITH M. PUTMAN  Hudson, Middlesex County

She is 18 MA CAN MA single and boarding. She is a stitcher in a shoe shop.

 

HELEN R. PUTMAN Hudson, Middlesex County

She is 66 LA PA LA and widowed. It should be PA PA PA. She was married to Willard Putnam and they were working at the State Industrial School in Lancaster. Before that they did the same thing at the Rhode Island Insane Asylum. Willard was a son of Willard Putnam and Lois Tuckerman from Sterling, Windham County, Connecticut. The family was originally from Sutton, Mass.

 

ADDISON PUTNAM  Lowell, Middlesex County

He is 76 MA MA NH and his wife Caroline Estelle Morris is 73 DC. He is a son of Addison Putnam and Hannah Tarbell and was born here. In 1880, they were in Texas, just married, and then back here with his folks on 1900. They were in Weatherford, Parker County, Texas in 1920, and back here now.

 

ALONZO PUTNAM  Lowell, Middlesex County

He is 64 MA and his wife Alice A. Crowther is 65 MA. Kids are all married now. He is a son of John Putnam and Mahala Barnard. John was born in Vermont, a son of Alonzo Putnam and Eliza Parmeter from Windsor County. The family moved to Lowell in the 1870s where Alonzo was born. Been here ever since. He is a wholesale fruit salesman. Alice is widowed here in 1940.

 

CELIA PUTNAM  Lowell, Middlesex County

She is 75 NH and widowed. Celia M. Shedd was married to George Putnam here from the 1890s through the 1920s. George was a son of Mark Putnam and Mary Twiss from Amherst, New Hampshire. She is a daughter of Nelson E. Shedd and Fidelia Whipple.

 

CLAYTON PUTNAM  Lowell, Middlesex County

He is 28 NH NH NH and a laster in a shoe factory. Makes lasts or inner sole forms. His wife Flora is also 28 NH. They have been married 8 years and have Carolyn 5 NH and Priscilla 2 NH. He is a son of Charles G. Putnam and Eleanor Welch from Grantham, Sullivan County New Hampshire. He was home there through 1920. They were living in Newport, New Hampshire in 1927 according to the City Directory. Flora was born March 18, 1902 and will die in Newport in June 1979. Clayton was born March 10, 1902 and will die here in Lowell November 28, 1974.

 

FRANK E. (EDWIN) PUTNAM  Lowell, Middlesex County

He is 77 NH NH NH and retired. His wife Anna Louisa Rediken is 67 NY and they have Boyd W. 45 MA and Ethel L. 43 MA still single and at home. He is a son of Marshall Putnam (2791) and Matilda Carroll from Croydon, Sullivan County, New Hampshire. He was home there in 1880 and then got married in 1883. They were in Lowell in 1900 and 1910 and in Chelmsford in 1920. He will die in 1938 and Louis is widowed here in 1940 with Ethel.

 

FRANK H. (HANCOCK) PUTNAM  Lowell, Middlesex County

He is 49 MA NH NH and his wife Ethel Lyman is 49 MA. They have Elaine 10 MA. He is a director of state services. He is a son of George Edison Putnam and Mary Hurd (first wife). He was born here in Lowell August 30, 1880 and will die here May 1, 1934. Ethel is widowed here in 1940 and Elaine is still with her.

 

HENRY L. (LESTER) PUTNAM  Lowell, Middlesex County

He is 74 CAN CAN CAN and widowed. He has been married to Emma Snyder for years in Kent County, Ontario. He was born September 9, 1854 and has just married Emma March 21, 1881. He is here in 1940 and will die here in 1943. He is a son of John W. Putnam and Elizabeth Brown. His line is Henry > John > Asaph (148ai) Benajah (608a) > Asaph (221) > Isaac (58) > Edward (13) > Thomas (3) > John (1).

 

LEON H. (HENRY) PUTNAM  Lowell, Middlesex County

He is 51 NH NH CAN and is a salesman of iron and steel. His wife Lucy A. Merrill is 49 NH and Raymond 21 MA. He is a son of Julius Henry Putnam and Susan Littlebridge from Hillsborough County, New Hampshire. They were here in 1910 and 1920, and they are here in 1940. This is the ‘Other Branch’ originally from Yorkshire, England.

 

LEWIS A. PUTNAM  Lowell, Middlesex County

He is 43 MA MA MA and treasurer of a savings club. His wife Angelea Tewksbury is 37 MA and they have no kids. He is a son of Alonzo Putnam and Alice Crowther from here. His folks are here in town too. He will die in 1934 and Angelea will be widowed here in 1940 and die in Chelmsford April 17, 1986.

 

LOUIS PUTMAN  Lowell, Middlesex County

He is 73 MA MA MA single and out of work. He is Louis Butler Putnam a son of James Henry and Susan Putnam from Milford, Worcester. He was at home in 1870 and 1880 and then here in 1920. I don’t find him between those years though.

 

NELLIE E. PUTNAM  Lowell, Middlesex County

She has several listings. She is 58 MA and widowed in one and then scratched over. Same in another and scratched out. Finally one same but not crossed out. She would be Nellie England widow of George Edson Putnam from here. They were here through the 1920. He was a son of Marshall Putnam (2791) and Matilda Carroll of Croydon, New Hampshire. He has been here since the 1880s.

 

NEWELL F. (FOSTER) PUTNAM  Lowell, Middlesex County

He is now 63 ME MA ME and is a bookkeeper at a granite quarry. His wife Alice French is 62 MA. He is a son of Vaughan Greenleaf Putnam and Mary Vaughan from Freeman, Maine. The family has been here since the 1870s. In fact his folks were both still here with him in 1920.

 

ARTHUR L. (LEWIS) PUTNAM  Malden, Middlesex County

He is 30 MA MA MA and drives a delivery truck. His wife Dorothy Griffith must have just died as he lists himself as widowed. He has Arthur L. Jr. 7 MA, Marion V. a daughter 5 MA and Priscilla M. 1 7/12 MA. He is a son of Jesse and Ella Putnam from Lynnfield. He was born March 14, 1900 in Ipswich Mass. His folks got divorced and in 1920 he was with his mother in Wakefield.

 

FLORENCE E. (ELIZA) PUTNAM  Malden, Middlesex County

She is 50 MA MA MA and single. She is a copy clerk at the registry of deeds. She is the daughter of Henry Locke Putnam (2405) and was here with a sister in 1900 and by herself in 1920 and will still be here in 1940.

 

FRANK A. (ALONZO) PUTNAM  Malden, Middlesex County

He is 41 MA MA ME and his wife Grace E. Kelly is 36 MA. He is a son of Joseph William Putnam and Jennie Turnbull and was born in Boston December 13, 1888 and will die here in Malden May 20, 1943. He was home in Boston in 1900 and with his folks in Everett in 1910. He married Grace in Malden April 19, 1913. She was a daughter of John H. Kelly and Cecile Gallant. He served in WWI and works in the Charlestown Naval Yard.

 

HARRY PUTNAM  Malden, Middlesex County

He is 56 ME ME ME and is a traveling salesman for paints and varnishes. His wife Ethel Crocker is 45 MA and they have daughters Maida 17 VT and Jeanette 7 VT. Ethel’s widowed dad, Eugene Crocker 75 MA, is with them. They were way up in Essex Junction Vermont in 1920. He is Harry Winfield Putnam a son of Zenas B. Putnam and Anna Battles from Knox County, Maine. Zenas was a son of Daniel and Nancy Putnam from Belfast Maine.

 

MYRTIE PUTNAM  Malden, Middlesex County

She is 52 MA and widowed. Her son Melville 30 WA is still with her and they still live with her widowed mother Elizabeth Harris as they were in 1920. She is the widow of Major Alfred B. Putnam who died of Malaria in Little Rock, Arkansas 1915. Melville will be here in Malden through the 1960. Myrtie will be here in Malden through the 1950 and will die here in 1955. Melville will marry Marion Rendall in 1933 and have a son Frederic L. in 1941. He will die in the late summer of 1963. Myrtie is here by herself in 1940.

 

KATHERINE F. PUTNAM  Marlborough, Middlesex County

She is 43 MA and has Richard B. 7 MA and John C. 5 MA with her. She lives with her sister Maud Egan. She says she has been married 12 years but doesn’t have a husband now and wasn’t shown in 1920. The son Richard’s obituary in 2008 in Florida states his parents were John G. Putnam and Katherine F. Egan. In 1910 there is a John G. Putnam age 22 who is a son of Charles Putnam and Mary Bergen of Worcester. The age is right and I’ll bet this is Kate’s hubby. Okay this was a god guess. In 1940 John Putnam is back in the house with his wife Katherine Egan, their two kids and still living here with Katherine’s sister Maud. And yes, John is the son of Charles L. Putnam and Mary E. Bergen. John George Putnam was born on May 26, 1887 in Worcester, Worcester County Massachusetts. John will die in October 1940 at the age of 53 in Portland, Cumberland County Maine., He was buried here in Marlborough. John George Putnam and Katherine Frances Egan were married in 1918 in Massachusetts. Katherine is a daughter of Michael J. Egan and Catherine Desmond, was born on June 21, 1886 in Marlborough and will die on April 20, 1967 at the age of 80 here in Marlborough. Nice to see guesses pay off, and thanks to Rand Putnam for finding the info that proves it!

 

LOUIS F. (FRANKLIN) PUTNAM  Marlborough, Middlesex County

He is 74 NH NH NH and a banking custodian. His wife Susie E. Newhall is 67 NH. He is the son of James Franklin Putnam and Annie Perkins of Hookset, New Hampshire. James was a son of James Putnam and Betsy Saltmarsh, son of Joseph Putnam (1870) and Rebecca Burton of Wilton, New Hampshire. They have been here since the 1890s.

 

EDWARD A. PUTNAM  Medford, Middlesex County

He is 43 MA MA MA and his wife Evelyn Publicover is also 43 MA. He is a superintendent for an engineering company. He is a son of Arthur James Putnam and Mary E. Golden. He was home with them in Boston in 1900 and married here in 1920.

 

HAROLD M. (MARSHALL) PUTNAM  Medford, Middlesex County

He is 35 MA MA MA and is an estimator for a civil engineering firm. His wife Alice G. Trotter is 35 IN and they have Barbara F. 9 MA, Patricia 7 IN and Janet 5 IN. He is a son of Newell Putnam and Alice French from Lowell. He was just married there in 1920 then went west and then back here.

 

HENRIETTA PUTNAM  Medford, Middlesex County

Henrietta Stanwood is still here single at age 81 MA. Been here forever. She was married to Addison Webb Putnam in 1871 and divorced by 1880. Addison was a son of Edwin Putnam and Olivia Woodbury from Danvers.

 

MARGARET PUTNAM  Medford, Middlesex County

She is 85 NH and widowed. She lives with her daughter Helen 52 NH and husband Myron Cressey 53 NH. She is the widow of Joseph R. Putnam from Contoocook New Hampshire. Joseph was a son of Rufus Putnam Jr. and Harriet Bailey of Hopkinton.

 

WALTER J. (JACKSON) PUTNAM  Medford, Middlesex County

He is 59 MA MA MA and still widowed. He sells meats. He is the son of Joseph Hervey Putnam. He was born in Malden January 4, 1871. He was home in Malden in 1900 and 1910, single both times. He married Mabel Estella Brown February 28, 1912 and then she died September 16, 1918 and Walter was widowed in 1920. He is widowed in Westford in 1940.

 

DANIEL S. (SOLON) PUTNAM  Melrose, Middlesex County

He is 29 VT IL VT. He is single and a prohibition officer for the government. Bet you forgot you couldn’t buy a drink back then. He is listed as a brother in law of Mary King 67 IRE, but there are lots of people there and really nothing makes sense. He is a son of Arthur Gerald Putnam and Minnie Augusta Chamberlain and was born May 6, 1900 in Randolph, Orange County Vermont. He married Alice Ethel Jackson in New Hampshire August 24, 1918 and that sure didn’t last long. He is still with the Feds in Seattle, Washington in 1940. He will try marriage again with Lyn Mouso in Seattle September 13, 1940 and die in Long Beach, California in October 1880.

 

ELLEN G. PUTNAM  Melrose, Middlesex County

She is Ellen G. Mitchell 59 MA and her son Herbert L. is 18 MA MA MA. She is a housekeeper for a family and he is a counterman in a restaurant. She says she is married, but has been separated from Jesse Putnam from Lynnfield since the 1910. She was in Wakefield with Herbert and three other kids in 1920. Jesse was back with his mother in Wenham then and is still there now by himself. He too says he is married. The son Herbert will marry Eleanor Louise Carragher in a few years and be in Malden before 1940.

 

FANNY PUTNAM  Melrose, Middlesex County

She is 42 ME single and a grade school teacher. Her sister Mary is 39 ME and also a public school teacher. They are daughters of John Putnam and Amanda White. They were home with their widowed mother in Winthrop, Kennebec County Maine in 1900 and 1910. There is a record, I think, of John Putnam marrying Amanda in October 1876, but I can’t find them in 1880 and have no idea who John was. They are here in 1940.

 

FREDERICK L. (LINCOLN) PUTNAM  Melrose, Middlesex County

He is 62 MA MA MA and a clerk with the County Courthouse. His wife Mary Pearl Gould is 67 MA. He is the son of Henry Locke Putnam (2405) from Malden. They have been here since the 1900.

 

OTIS PUTNAM  Melrose, Middlesex County

He is 67 MA MA MA, and still a traveling salesman. His wife Ruth E. Burnham is 39 MA. Her mother Martha Burnham 77 MA is now widowed and with them. He is Otis Chandler Putnam, a salesman of religious books and is now living with his third wife. His second wife Eliza Raymond died during the Influenza Epidemic in 1917. He married Ruth in 1919. There will be no children. He is best remembered for having an enormous stamp collection. He is the son of Henry Locke Putnam (2405) and Mary Wood from Malden.

 

PERLEY H. (HAINES) PUTNAM  Melrose, Middlesex County

He is 49 MA MA MA. His wife Bessie Ann Clement is 47 MA and Virginia E. 16 MA. Perley is the son of Perley Putnam and Deborah Haines. He was at home in Lynn in 1900. He and Bessie were in Boston in 1910, and in Malden in 1920, and they are here still in 1940.

 

GEORGE H. (HENRY) PUTNAM  Natick, Middlesex County

He is 66 NH a laborer and now widowed. Still at home are daughters Lena Maria 32 MA, Eunice Winslow 23 MA and Elizabeth Jennie 21. MA. He is a son of Amos Adams Putnam and Nancy Bruce Robbins of Winchester, New Hampshire. He was home with them in 1880. He has been in Natick since 1910. He was married to Harriet Freeman here in 1910 and 1920. George Henry Putnam was born on January 14, 1864 in Winchester, Cheshire County, New Hampshire. George will die January 25, 1958 at the age of 94. He is buried in Hope Cemetery in Worcester, Worcester County Massachusetts. George Henry Putnam and Harriet Jemima Freeman were married on August 28, 1893 in Worcester. Harriet was a daughter of Elisha Freeman and Harriet N. Allen, was born on June 12, 1869 in Worcester. She died on March 22, 1921 at the age of 51 in Worcester County. She is buried in Hope Cemetery in Worcester, Worcester County. George is here in 1940 still widowed.

 

ANNE PUTNAM  Newton, Middlesex County

She is 21 CAN and divorced. She is a cook for a private family.

 

FRANK W. (WENDELL) PUTNAM  Newton, Middlesex County

He is 55 NH MA VT and still a doctor. His wife Flora Towle is 54 MA and they have Frank W. Jr. 25 MA and E. Everett 18 MA. Frank runs a poultry business. Her mother Louisa T. Towle 81 MA is here plus several servants. He is a son of Uzziel Putnam and Adelaide Medora Woodbury of Boston.

 

FREDERICK L. (LAWRENCE) PUTNAM  Newton, Middlesex County

He is 34 MA, his wife Pauline Hubbard Brown is 34 MA and they have Gladys 8 MA, Fred L. 5 MA. They have three servants. He is an investment broker. Frederick is a son of Eben Crew Putnam and Florence Maude Tucker. He was born in Danvers October 15, 1895 and will die in Newton in May 1977. He may be getting a divorce or they are splitting, as in 1940 Pauline is here with the kids, and says she is a widow. Then, Frederick’s dad Eben is the man who wrote the PUTNAM FAMILY HISTORY. Eben will die soon in 1933.

 

GEORGE N. (NOLAN) PUTNAM  Newton, Middlesex County

He is 57 MA VT VT and a secretary with a bank. His wife Anna Louise Penncock is 50 MA. He is George Nolan Putnam, son of Nathaniel K. Putnam and Therza A. Huntington of Newton. He has been here most of his life, and was single here with his widowed mother in 1900 and 1910. He and Louise were here in 1920.

 

MARGARET J. PUTNAM  Newton, Middlesex County

She is 65 CAN and single. She is a nurse at the Baptist Home here. She looks like the daughter of William and Flora Putnam from Nova Scotia. She was in Winchester in 1910. In 1920 she was a nurse in the Cambridge Baptist Home. She will be in a home for the aged in Boston in 1940 at age 75.

 

MURIEL PUTNAM  Newton, Middlesex County

She is 39 MA and divorced. She has George 8 MA NY MA and Richardson 5 MA NY MA. She didn’t make the 1920 so ideas at all except her husband was from New York.

 

PHOEBE E. PUTNAM  Newton, Middlesex County

She is 77 ME and widowed. Her son Lawrence is 45 MA MA ME and single. He is a sorter in a jewelry company. She was married to Samuel Phillips Putnam back in the 1870s and they were here through the 1910. She was widowed here in 1920 too. Samuel was the son of John Putnam and Adeline Joslyn of Boston.

 

ROYAL PUTNAM  Newton, Middlesex County

He is 50 MA MA ME and is a music teacher. His wife Estelle is 48 MA. He is a son of Daniel Francis Putnam (2952) and his second wife Annie Whittier. He was born when the family lived in Hopkinton. They were all in Malden in 1900 and here since 1910. This is a second marriage for Estelle as in 1920 she had a son Jack Housely with her. Royal will die and Estelle and her son Jack are in West Palm Beach, Florida in 1935 and 1940.

 

GEORGE H. (HENRY) PUTNAM  North Reading, Middlesex County

He is 70 MA MA ME and owns a farm. His wife Minnie Augusta Fowle is 69 MA. He is the son of Henry Putnam, grandson of Joshua Putnam (2089) of Reading, and Boston before that. He was born here in Reading. They were here since 1900. The following Raymond is not their son. Their son Raymond is nearby in Reading now.

 

RAYMOND PUTNAM  North Reading, Middlesex County

He is 32 MA MA MA and a laborer. His wife Mary M. is 31 MA and they have Mary 8 and Raymond Jr. 2 MA. He is a son of Jesse Tapley Putnam and Ella Gertrude Mitchell from Lynnfield, Essex County. Something will happen. Ray Senior is in Kingston, Plymouth County and the son is in Duxbury, Plymouth County and Mary is ???  Both Rays were in Duxbury in 1935 for what that’s worth. The daughter Marion is in Plymouth in 1940 and too was in Duxbury in 1935.

 

ADDIE F. PUTNAM  Reading, Middlesex County

She is 80 MA and single. She lives with a cousin Emma Bangs. She was here with another cousin in 1920. She is the daughter of Daniel Putnam and Anna Bruce from Boston originally. She was in Melrose in 1910 with an aunt. She never married.

 

ARTHUR C. (COLLINS) PUTNAM  Reading, Middlesex County

He is 62 MA widowed and boarding in the Reading Home for Aged Women. His folks were Thomas Lord Putnam and Mary Ann Collins. They were in Peabody, Massachusetts in 1870 and Boston in 1880. Then he was with his family and his folks in Summit, New Jersey in 1900. He was married to Harriet in Melrose in 1910 and 1920. He is still here in 1940.

 

ARTHUR P. (PERCIVAL) PUTNAM  Reading, Middlesex County

He is 57 MA MA MA and is a textile salesman. His wife Mary Kathryn Owens is 41 NY and they have Alla E. 21 MA and Robert E. 15 MA. He is Arthur Percival Putnam, son of John Howard Putnam from Revere who was a son of Ebenezer Putnam (2382). Arthur was in Medford in 1900 and was then married to Ethel Brown. He was in Boston with Mary in 1910. They were in Weymouth in 1920.

 

CHESTER A. (ARTHUR) PUTNAM  Reading, Middlesex County

He is 35 MA MA MA and is a water inspector for the sewer company. His wife Carrie is 26 SWEDEN. They have John A. 10 MA. He is a son of George Daniel Putnam and Edith Gleason. He was home here in 1900 and 1910, and married here in 1920. His folks live next door.

 

ELIZA G. PUTNAM  Reading, Middlesex County

She is 76 MA and now widowed. In 1910 and 1920 she was married to Frederick Putnam here. He was a son of Jacob D. Putnam and Eliza Clough from Lyndeborough, New Hampshire. He was born in Lowell, Mass. and was with his folks there in 1880. They were married in Boston in 1900 and here in 1910 and 1920.

 

GEORGE D. (DANIEL) PUTNAM  Reading, Middlesex County

He is 60 MA MA MA, and his wife Edith B. Gleason is 55 MA. At home is Edith M. 24 MA. He is the son of Daniel, son of George, son of Israel (877). They were here from 1900. He is a foreman for the Town water company. Their son Chester is next door in one direction and James next door in the other.

 

HAROLD PUTNAM  Reading, Middlesex County

He is 37 MA MA MA and a civil engineer with the state. He has Norman 7 and Bruce 5 MA at home. He is a son of Arthur Sheridan Putnam and Elizabeth Armstead from Lynn. He was with them there in 1920 with his wife Sarah Lucy Haynes. She just died here in 1929. He will soon marry Virginia Merrill October 11, 1930. He was born in Lynn, Essex County January 31, 1893 and will die in Kennebunk, Maine June 21, 1967. He married Virginia in Hampton Falls, Rockingham County New Hampshire October 11, 1930. Virginia was born in Somerville April 18,1909 and will die in Kennebunk, Maine September 7, 2005. The son Norman Armstead Putnam was born here April 8, 1923 and will die in Bryant Pond, Maine February 8, 2012.

 

JAMES T. (THOMAS) PUTNAM  Reading, Middlesex County

He is 28 MA MA MA and is a ‘voicer’ for organ pipes. A tuner I guess. His wife of two years Charlotte Robina Emeno is 26 CAN. He lives next to his folks George and Edith Putnam. He was born right here.

 

RAYMOND PUTMAN  Reading, Middlesex County

He is 34 MA MA MA and drives truck for a cinder company. His wife Jessie Florence Wright is 35 NY. They have been married 2 years but she has some Cummings kids from her first marriage. Raymond Fowle Putnam is a son of George Henry Putnam and Minnie Augusta Fowle and was born in North Reading January 28, 1896. They will get divorced and he is with his mother in North Reading and Jessie with her brother in Pasadena, California.

 

ASA P. (PHILIP) PUTNAM  Somerville, Middlesex County

He is 35 MA MA MA and a machinist in a milk plant.  His wife Helen Rebecca Jordan is 34 MA and Ruth H. is now 12 MA. He is a son of Jesse Tapley Putnam and Ella Gertrude Mitchell from Lynnfield. They divorced and his mom is there now and his dad in Wenham. Asa was here in 1920.

 

EDWARD F. (FLOYD) PUTNAM  Somerville, Middlesex County

He is 68 MA MA MA and a floor man at a dry goods store. His wife Altina Kenney is 67 MA. They have been married over 30 years. She is a second wife. He is a son of Joseph Porter Putnam and Sarah Elizabeth Sluman and was in Boston with the folks in 1870. He was in Denver in the early 1880s and then back in Chelsea, Mass. in 1900 with his first wife Georgia Smith. She must have died and he then married Altina. Altina was born in Salem, Massachusetts December 13, 1862. She first married Charles Leonard in 1881 in Boston.  They were in New Orleans in 1910 and then in Boston again in 1920. Ed will die here in 1934, and Altina is widowed here in 1940.

 

GEORGE PUTNAM  Somerville, Middlesex County

He is 25 NH NH NH and works in an automobile plant. His wife Marion Comproni is 20 PA ITALY ITALY. They are just married a year. George Garfield Putnam is a son of Charles G. Putnam and Eleanor Cassandra ‘Cassie’ Welch from Grantham, Sullivan County New Hampshire. He was born there and with the family in 1910 and 1920. George was born February 15, 1905 and died in Boston in November 1973. Marion was born February 5, 1910 and died in South Weymouth on April 8, 2000 at age 90. According to a descendant they will have a son Donald George Putnam born May 30, 1930 and will die May 22, 1994 in South Weymouth, Massachusetts. He married Barbara Ann Spaulding and they had 8 kids. All three are in the Dorchester section of Boston in 1940 where he will be a baker in a bakery.

 

JOHN F. (FRANK) PUTNAM  Somerville, Middlesex County

He is 64 NH VT IA and his wife Elizabeth Roach 49 CAN. He is a freight broker for the railroad. The Railway Express Agent. They were in Medford in 1900 and here in 1920 and will be in 1940. According to their 1897 marriage record his parents were John H. and Mary Putnam and he was born in Charlestown, New Hampshire. Elizabeth was a daughter of James and Catherine Roach from Prince Edward Island.

 

RALPH B. PUTNAM  Somerville, Middlesex County

He is 36 ME ME ME and his wife Ruth M. Wood is 38 ME. He is a doctor in general practice. He is a son of John Edward and Flora Putnam from Winthrop, Kennebec County Maine. He was married June 4, 1917. He and Ruth were in Auburn, Androscoggin County Maine in 1920. He is also listed at the U. S. Naval Hospital in Chelsea where he is a staff dentist.

 

WILFRED F. (FRANCIS) PUTNAM  Somerville, Middlesex County

He is 28 MA VT MA and is a manager at a creamery. His wife Dorothy Holmes Hyde is 28 MA ME MA and they have Wilfred F. Jr. 1 10/12 MA and Mary E. 2/12 MA. They have been married 5 years. The last name was clearly Putnam but was listed as Putney. He is a son of Charles Edwin Putnam and Olive Humphrey. He was at home with them in Hyde Park in 1910. Charles was a son of Albert Putnam and Cordelia Ballou from Halifax, Windham County, Vermont. He was up there in 1870 and 1880 and married in Hyde Park in 1900. I don’t find any of them in 1920. They are in the Hyde Park section of Boston in 1940.

 

WILMOT S. (SCIPIO) PUTNAM  Stoneham, Middlesex County

He is 78 MA MA MA and retired. His wife Ida C. Morse is 74 MA. They have been married for ages and moved all over the place. He is a son of Lawson Putnam (2170) and Martha Inman of Millbury, Mass. He married Ida in Boston July 27, 1876, and they were in Taunton, Bristol County in 1880. He and Ida and the kids were in Cambridge in 1900 and in Dedham in 1910. They were separated in 1920. She was in Stoneham, and he was alone in Boston in 1920. Wilmot will die in 1934. Ida is widowed here in 1940. He and Ida are buried in Rock Hill Cemetery, Foxboro Massachusetts.

 

BARRY PUTNAM  Tewksbury, Middlesex County

He is 36 MA MA MA single and is a florist. He is a son of Franklin Pierce Putnam and Sarah Barry from Lowell and then here. He is married to Grace Lorrey in Lowell about 1931 and they are there in 1935 and 1940.

 

ABBIE H. PUTNAM  Townsend, Middlesex County

She is 74 MA MA CAN and still single. She is a daughter of Newell and Sarah Ann Putnam from here in Townsend.

 

DOROTHY PUTNAM  Wakefield, Middlesex County

She is 18 MA SWED SWED and a niece of Helen Lucy. The SWED is wrong. She is a daughter of Perley and Evelyn Putnam and was with them in Wakefield in 1920. The folks divorced. Her mom is listed next with three of her sisters and her dad has also remarried and is in Lynnfield.

 

SOME PUTNAM KIDS  Wakefield, Middlesex County

Okay, here is the first batch. Elsie E. is 10, Alma E. 9 and Gladys C. 8 MA. They live with their mother Ethelyn Louise Chandler 32 MA and her new husband Herbert A. Buttrick. They both have been married before. Ethelyn was married to Perley Putnam here in 1920. He has also remarried and is in nearby Lynnfield. Okay, ready? Herbert Buttrick was married here in 1920 to an Ethel and they had two kids. The two couples simply got divorced and exchanged wives and kids. Ethelyn has Perley’s kids and Perley and Ethel have her two Buttrick kids. Kinda merger thing. Interesting.

 

MORE PUTNAM KIDS  Wakefield, Middlesex County

Eleanor R. is 12 MA, Gertrude F. 10 MA, Frank W. 8 MA, Willard A. 6 MA and Richard E. 6 MA. They live with their mother Florence 30 MA and their stepfather Ernest A. Boutwell 36 MA. Florence Marie Chandler was married to Willard Putnam here in 1920 and they were living with his brother Perley. Seems everyone split up about 6-7 years ago. Florence divorced Willard and married Ernest 5 years ago. In fact they live in the same duplex as Herb and Ethelyn. Willard died in 1923. Young Willard was born Sunday September 23, 1923 and will die in Southborough, Massachusetts Tuesday August 21, 2012. He will marry Marjorie Wheaton, serve in WWII and be the Town Accountant of Southborough.

 

EDITH PUTNAM  Waltham, Middlesex County

She is 50 NH NH MA. She is single and a secretary in a doctor’s office. She is a daughter of William Kimball Putnam and Emma Jordan. She has been here since the late 1800s and was here with her widowed dad in 1920.

 

MARY E. PUTNAM  Waltham, Middlesex County

She is 78 NY widowed and living with her daughter Esther 49 MA and husband Charles Goodrich 51 MA. She is the widow of Charles W. Putnam of Fitchburg. They were married there in 1900 and she was widowed there in 1910 and here in Waltham with her daughter in 1920.

 

WALTER PUTNAM  Watertown, Middlesex County

He is 53 MA MA MA and is the principal of Waltham High School. His wife Winifred Bates Sawyer is also 53 MA and they have Mary 23 MA still single and at home. He is a son of Albert Henry Putnam and Emma Alexander of Marlborough. He was single in Leominster in 1900 and was married here in 1910. . I found 1 family sheet. Says he was born in Marlborough June 14, 1876 and died July 7, 1939. It then had Winifred being born in Southborough, Worcester County January 17, 1877 and died in Watertown June 30, 1977. Winnie is widowed here in 1940 but the listing is under Walter who had died by then.

 

WILLIAM E. (EDWARD) PUTNAM  Weston, Middlesex County

He is 57 MA MA MA and is an architect in his own company. His wife Helen Haughwout is 47 MA and William E. III 19 MA and a student. He is a son of William Edward Putnam and Florence Jemima Nichols from Brookline. He was at home there in 1900 and married in Boston in 1910. They were back in Brookline in 1920 and now out here in suburbia. They are in Milton, Norfolk County in 1940.

 

ABBIE P. PUTNAM  Wilmington, Middlesex County

She is 64 MA and widowed. She is listed as an aunt with Chester Nicole.

 

MELVIN C. PUTNAM  Wilmington, Middlesex County

He is 20 US US US, single and a clerk with the railroad.

 

R. (ROY) F. PUTNAM  Wilmington, Middlesex County

He is 26 MA MA MA and an engineer at a glue works. He graduated from M.I.T. His wife Beulah is 23 CAN. He is Roy F. Putnam a son of Herbert Putnam and Annie Laura Church Neal. They were in Medford in 1900, then in Worcester County in 1910 and back in Medford in 1920. Roy will be in Melrose in 1940 and will work around there then go to Yarmouth, Massachusetts and then in 1996 to Merritt Island, Florida and die there April 18, 2010 at age 106 plus. Not bad!

 

MARTHA L. PUTNAM  Winchester, Middlesex County

She is 89 MA and widowed. She was lodging here in 1920 as well.

 

ROBERT C. PUTNAM  Winchester, Middlesex County

He is 31 MA and an automobile salesman. His wife Gertrude A. is 31 MA and his widowed mother Beulah 56 NH is with them. There are also 2 servants with them. Beulah Ardella Cate was married to Walter A. Putnam. Walter was the son of Albert Romanzo Putnam (son of John Adams, son of John Adams, son of Aaron from Leaflet V.1, p. 56.) and Carrie E. Smith from Enfield, New Hampshire. They were in Medford in 1900, Brookline in 1910 and Belmont in 1920. Beulah and Robert are in Boston in 1935 and 1940 and Robert has a new wife Catherine by then.

 

ARTHUR L. (LEWIS) PUTNAM  Woburn, Middlesex County

He is 7 MA MA MA and listed as a boarder with Granville Boutwell and his family. He is a son of Arthur Lewis Putnam and is listed also with him in Malden now. His mom just died and the Boutwells are kinfolk of sorts. Don’t know who his mom was, but very possibly a Boutwell. He is still here with the Boutwellls in 194.

 

BURGESS F. (FRANKLIN) PUTNAM  Braintree, Norfolk County

He is now 50 MA MA MA and is an edge trimmer at a shoe factory. His wife Lillian Smith is 49 MA (ME in 1920 and CT in 1910 and 1940) and their son Lloyd F. is 23 MA. He is the son of Franklin Lewis, son of Lewis (3106). They were in Boston in 1900 and 1910, and he was back where he was born, in Marlborough, in 1880. They were all here in 1920. Lillian is widowed here in 1940.

 

CHARLES B. (BRAMAN) PUTNAM  Braintree, Norfolk County

He is 60 MA MA MA and a salesman for a laundry. His wife Grace M. Harrington or Farrington is 60 MA. He is a son of Elijah Braman Putnam and Susan Emma Bruce from Melrose. He was home there in 1900. They were in Boston in 1910 married a year then. Then they were in New Haven, Connecticut in 1920, and are in Cambridge by 1940.

 

DAVID H. PUTNAM  Brookline, Norfolk County

He is 63 NH NH NH and is a traveling salesman for silk underwear. He is now married to Harriet A. 61 VT. He was single here in 1920 and single in Boston in 1900. He is a son of David Putnam and Sarah Brown of Concord, New Hampshire. He is widowed in Boston by himself in 1940.

 

FLORENCE N. PUTNAM  Brookline, Norfolk County

She is 63 MA MA MA and single. She is an unwed daughter of William Edward Putnam and Florence Nichols from here. She was at home in 1900 and on her own ever since. She has Martha Shewell 61 MA and Sarah Cutler 59 MA both single and both were with her in 1920. She and Sarah are here in 1940.

 

GRACE S. PUTNAM  Braintree, Norfolk County

Grace Soule is 65 MA and now widowed. She has been here since the early 1900s as the second wife of Henry Albert Putnam. Henry was a son of Lewis Putnam (3106) and Almira Parker of Marlborough. She is here in 1940.

 

THERESA PUTNAM  Brookline, Norfolk County

She is 29 MA and married. She has a daughter Maria Theresa 3 6/12 MA. They live with her folks Henry and Mary Theresa Perkins. She has been married 6 years and no sign of a husband.

 

TRACY J. (JACKSON) PUTNAM  Brookline, Norfolk County

He is 35 MA MA MA and is a physician. He is now married to Imarita K. 35 NJ. They have Lucy W. 2 MA and three servants. He is a son of Charles Pickering Putnam and Lucy Washburn from Boston. He was home there with his widowed mother in 1920, and he married Irma in 1925. They are still here in 1935 and then they are all in the Bronx, New York City where he is also a physician. He and Imarita will split and return to Pennsylvania. Tracy will later marry Elizabeth McCafferty and they will move to Los Angeles California and stay there till she dies May 16, 1973 and he will die there March 29, 1975.

 

WILLARD S. PUTNAM  Cohasset, Norfolk County

He is 36 MA MA MA and his wife Dorothy Crouch is 33 NY. They have been married 11 years and have Willard S. 8 MA and Elliot L. 3 MA. He is a son of Willard Abram and Lillian Putnam from Cambridge. He was at home there in 1920 and Dorothy wasn’t there then. He is an investment banker. They are here in 1940.

 

GEORGE T. (THWING) PUTNAM  Dedham, Norfolk County

He is 50 MA MA MA and a banker in the bond business. His wife Olive Winslow is 47 MA. They have John W. 18 MA, Timothy 16 MA and Hugh 13 MA. He is a son of Henry W. Putnam (3157) and Florence Thwing of Boston. He was home there in 1900, and just married in Boston in 1910, and they were in Brookline in 1920. They are here in 1940. The son John Winslow Putnam is married in Concord in 1940.

 

MILO A. (AMASA) PUTNAM  Dedham, Norfolk County

He is 41 MA, his wife Laura V. Diehl is 40 MA. And they have Shirley 8 MA, Barbara 5 MA, Nancy 3 MA and Deborah 1 MA.  He is a son of Wilmot Putnam and Ida Morse. He was here in Dedham with them in 1910. Looks like his folks ‘split up.’ His mom is in Stoneham and his dad is back in Boston by himself. The folks are back together in Stoneham by 1930 though. Laura will die here in 1952. Milo will die August 17, 1967 in Riverside County California. He will be buried along with Laura beside his folks in Rock Hill Cemetery, Foxborough Massachusetts.

 

JAMES J. PUTNAM  Foxborough, Norfolk County

He is 39 MA MA MA. He is single and a physician in general practice. He is the son of James Jackson Putnam (son of Charles Gideon Putnam 1974 and Elizabeth Jackson of Boston) and Marian Cabot from Boston. In Eben’s book, he married Wilhelmina Harris on June 7, 1921. Not sure what happened. They are both here in 1940.

 

ELLIOT PUTNAM  Milton, Norfolk County

He is 51 MA MA MA and is an architect. His wife Marguerita Sumner is 50 MA. They have Henry 23 FRANCE, Elliot 22 MA and Sumner 20 MA. He is the son of Henry Ware Putnam (3157) and Florence Thwing of Boston. He was single in Cambridge in 1900, and married Marguerita there in 1903. They were in Hingham in 1910 and here in 1920. The son Henry was indeed born in France. Elliot was studying architecture there at the time. The son Henry Ware Putnam will marry Kate Davis Pulitzer September 18, 1941. Her grandfather was the journalist that the Pulitzer Price was posthumously named for. He was born in France February 2, 1906 and will die in WWII in air combat over Japan on May 25, 1945. Kate was born October 13, 1916 and will die March 5, 2003 in Scarborough, Maine. After Henry’s death she married General Elwood Quesada on October 12, 1946.

 

LEWIS P. PUTNAM  Norwood, Norfolk County

He is 39 MA MA MA and manages a grocery store. His wife Miriam is 37 MA and they have William 11 MA. I don’t ever find him earlier.

 

CHARLES H. (HENRY) PUTNAM  Quincy, Norfolk County

He is 28 MA MA SCOT and an automobile machinist. His wife Mildred is 21 MA. They have been married 2 years and have Lloyd W. 6/12 MA. He is a son of Harry Edward and Isabel Putnam and was born here.

 

CLARENCE W. PUTNAM  Quincy, Norfolk County

He is 48 NH NH NH and his wife Lilla R. Wyman is 48 MA. He is an inspector at the Quincy shipyard, which is still there now. He was in the Navy in the Philippines in 1900. He was born in Lisbon, Grafton County New Hampshire. His folks were Milton G. Putnam and Jennie L. Welch from there. Milon’s folks were John C. Putnam and Mehitable Jane Weston from Lisbon. They were here in 1910 and 1920. Lilla is widowed all the way across the Country in San Diego County California by 1940. Since Clarence was in the Navy I guess he was sent out there as there a several Navy Yards there.

 

CLESSON W. (WELLINGTON) PUTNAM  Quincy, Norfolk County

He is 67 MA MA MA and is a draftsman at a scale company. His wife Alice Loring Bailey is 50 TN. He is a son of Nathan Bond Putnam and Isabelle Hammond from Franklin County. He was married to Emma Sisson and they were in Holyoke, Hampden County in 1900 and Northampton in 1910. By 1920, Emma was by herself with their daughter Lillian in Springfield, and Clesson was in Groton Connecticut with his new wife Alice then in 1920. Emma is still in Springfield now in 1930. Clesson will die in 1935 and be buried in Athol, Massachusetts in the Silverlake Cemetery. Alice will be around there in 1940.

 

DOROTHY PUTNAM  Quincy, Norfolk County

She is 22 MA  and married for 6 years. She lives with her mother Sarah Hurley from Ireland.

 

EDWIN A. (ALLEN) PUTNAM  Quincy, Norfolk County

He is 71 MA MA MA and a conductor on the steam railway. His second wife Mary Bird McIntosh is 51 MA and her widowed mother Abbie McIntosh 81 MA is here with them. They were in Needham in 1920. He is the son of Flavius Joseph Putnam and Sylvia Bissell Alden. He was born in Ludlow, Massachusetts on January 21, 1860. He was shown in Windsor Locks Connecticut in 1850, and in Ludlow, Hampden County in 1870. He and his first wife Addie Bacon were in Woonsocket, Rhode Island in the 1880s till about 1909 when she died. He married Mary in 1917.

 

ISABELLA PUTNAM  Quincy, Norfolk County

She is 50 SCOT and now widowed. Isabella Souden was married to Harry Edward Putnam here for a long time and through the 1920. She still has Raymond 21 MA and Robert 25 MA at home. Her married daughter Isabella 23 MA is at home. Last name is Souden so she probably married a cousin. Then there are two granddaughters Dorothy 5 MA and Roberta 2 MA last name Putnam, they belong to Robert and his wife Ellen and they are all here in 1940.

 

MARION G. PUTNAM  Quincy, Norfolk County

She is 47 MA and widowed. She lives with her brother Herbert Gurney. She is the widow of Ernest P. Putnam and has been in Sutton Mass since the 1890s. Ernest was a son of Henry Woodbury and Abby Putnam from Sutton.

 

WILLIAM H. (HAMMOND) PUTNAM  Quincy, Norfolk County

He is 53 MA MA MA and an advertising manager for a newspaper (would be the Quincy Ledger). His wife Carrie Hamilton is 51 ME. They have Clesson 18 NY, Hamilton 16 NY, Carolus 14 NY, Quinton 12 NY and Isabelle 10 NY. He is the son of Nathan Bond Putnam and Isabelle Hammond from Franklin County, Massachusetts. William was in Worcester, Massachusetts in 1900 and then in the Bronx New York in 1910. They were in Medfield, Massachusetts by 1920. Carrie is widowed in 1940 and is back in Brooklyn with the kids.

 

WILLIAM J. (JOSEPH) PUTNAM  Quincy, Norfolk County

He is 45 ME ME ME and a newspaper reporter. His wife Adeline Hambro is 42 MA and they have Robert C. 15 MA and Stephen R. 11 MA. He is a son of William Peleg and Mabel Dow Putnam. He was born in Searsport, Maine October 26, 1884 and came down here with the family in the latter 1880s. They were in Boston in 1900 and William was married there in 1910 and 1920. He will die here in Quincy November 11, 1964. He married Adeline in Boston June 2, 1909. She is a daughter of Aaron Hambro and Leanora Polak and was born in Boston June 15, 1887 and will die here in Quincy August 10, 1968. They are here in 1940.

 

EBEN PUTNAM  Wellesley, Norfolk County

He is 61 MA MA MA and a treasurer at a bank. His wife Florence M. Tucker is 56 MA. This is the Eben Putnam who wrote the 1907 and 1908 books on the History of the Putnam Family, and the guy that assigned all these numbers to most of these folks. He married Florence here in 1890, and then went to Burlington, Vermont about 1898 working for a publishing company. He then went back to Salem around 1905 and got his books together. They were here in Wellesley in 1910 and 1920. He is a son of Frederick Ward Putnam and Adelaide Edmands of Salem and then Cambridge.

 

CHARLES H. (HOWARD) PUTNAM  Weymouth, Norfolk County

He is 64 MA MA MA and is a leather importer. His wife Isabelle S. Kerr is 69 MA. He is the son of John Howard and Antoinette Putnam of Revere. He was born September 23, 1865 and will die out in Santa Barbara, California January 8, 1963 at 98 years. He was there at home in 1880, and here since 1910.

 

DONALD PUTNAM  Bridgewater, Plymouth County

He is 45 MI MI MI and in the State Insane Asylum as he was in 1920 and will be in 1940. He was listed as Aden then and I couldn’t figure him then or now.

 

MORRISON R. (RAYMOND) PUTNAM  Hanover, Plymouth County

He is now 52 NH NH NH and still working at a box factory. His wife Grace Harvey is 50 MA and a billing clerk. He is number 2647 in Eben's book, a son of Asahel Putnam (1178) and his third wife Thankful Frances of Newport, New Hampshire. They have been here since 1910 and will be in 1940.

 

MARION PUTNAM  Plymouth, Plymouth County

She is 6 MA MA MA and is a niece of George and Eleanor Guild.

 

MARY C. PUTNAM  Wareham, Plymouth Colony

She is 35 MA and has a daughter Gretchen 11 MA. She says she has been married 12 years, but he’s not around. In 1920 she was married to Ralph Putnam in New Bedford.

 

PUTNAMS? Suffolk County

You’ll see several Putnam entries that can’t be tied up to earlier listings. I have the feelings they may not be Putnams at all. There has been a huge group of Pitmans from Maine and Nova Scotia in the area for years. They have also been in the Essex County listings as well. I think a lot of these uncertain Putnams are probably Pitmans.

 

ADA A. PUTNAM  Boston 2, Suffolk County

She is 58 CAN widowed and manages a drug store. She is Ada Frazer from Nova Scotia who was married to Albert Sewell Putnam from Danvers. They were here in 1900 and 1910 and she was widowed here in 1920. Her two sisters Janet and Mary are still with her. Also here is her daughter Doris 30 MA who has married James H. Johnston 33 MA.

 

ALBERT PUTNAM  Boston 9, Suffolk County

He is 23 NY ENG HOLLAND and is single. He is a jewelry salesman. If his folks were all NY, he was in Charlestown New York. Otherwise not a clue.

 

ALBERT W. PUTNAM  Boston 4, Suffolk County

He is 40 MA MA MA single and lodging. He is a mechanic installing sprinkler systems in buildings. He is the son of George W. Putnam and Maria Martin of Worcester. He was born there January 16, 1890 and was home there in 1900 and 1910 and single here in 1920.

 

ANNIE E. & ETHEL M. PUTNAM  Boston 21, Suffolk County

Annie is 51 NH MA NH and her sister Ethel is 49 NH MA NH. They are both bookkeepers and single. They are daughters of William Henry Putnam and Mary Frances Robbins from Litchfield, Hillsborough County New Hampshire. William Henry Putnam was a son of Osgood Putnam (2122) and Rhoda Hall of Groton, Massachusetts. Went up to New Hampshire about 1869. He was there in 1880 and married to Mary Frances Robbins. He was single there in 1900 and was shown with his son Leslie in Lexington, Massachusetts in 1910. Annie was there in Lexington with them. Annie and Ethel were both here together in 1920. Annie is single here in 1940.

 

CARROLL R. (ROBERT) PUTNAM  Boston 13 (Brighton), Suffolk County

He is 37 VT VT NH and is a brass man for a plumbing company. His wife Ethel is 37 ME. He is a son of Robert and Addie Putnam, and was born in Springfield Vermont July 15, 1892. He was there with his first wife Mary Emily Wetherby, who he married June 14, 1916, and they were here in 1920. They divorced. She married Raymond Collins and is in Rutland now with their son Robert. Carroll married Ethel here in 1928. They are here in 1940.

 

CHARLES O. (ORRIN) PUTNAM  Boston 6 (South Boston), Suffolk County

He is 43 MA VT MA and divorced. He is a shipper at a molasses company. He is a son of Franklin and Maria Choate Putnam and was born in Boston, Massachusetts. He was with the folks in Boston in 1900 and then back in Wethersfield, Vermont in 1910. That was where his dad came from before moving to Boston. Charlie will marry Ruth Helfenstern and be in South Boston till he dies. In a 2005 obit it says Ruth E. died on January 10 and was the widow of Charles O. Putnam. On the obit.eons site, I find their son Charles O. Junior was born June 18, 1937 and died Friday May 1, 1992 for what that’s worth.

 

CLYDE PUTNAM  Boston 4, Suffolk County

His is listed as Pulman 41 MA MA MA and a chauffer. He is Clyde Hervey Putnam, son of Ernest Merrill Putnam and Carrie Marie Olcott. He was born on December 14, 1888 in Clinton, MA. He married Edith Brimmer of Nova Scotia on August 31, 1912 in Lynn, MA. Clyde is at home with his parents in Lynn, MA in 1920. I do not see him in 1940 but he registered for the WWII draft in 1942.

 

COLLINS T. (TAYLOR) PUTNAM  Boston 16 (Dorchester), Suffolk County

He is 37 NY MA LA and is a salesman for a laundry. His wife Estella is 38 MA and they have Muriel D. 9 MA and Collins C. 8 MA. He is a son of Arthur and Harriet Putnam. His folks were from Danvers and then moved to New York and then to New Jersey by 1900 and then in Melrose in 1910 and 1920. They are in North Reading, Middlesex County in 1940.

 

CORA PUTNAM  Boston 5 (Back Bay), Suffolk County

She is 37 OH OH OH single and a secretary at the YWCA. She is a daughter of Albert Bronson Putnam and Mary Alida Dunn from Madison Ohio. He was a reverend in the Cleveland Episcopal Church. She was with her widowed mother in Knox County Ohio in 1910 and in Cleveland, Ohio in 1920.

 

DELLA G. PUTNAM  Boston 11 (Roxbury), Suffolk County

She is 69 MA MA MA and still single. She lives with her widowed sister Helen Emery 75 MA as she was in 1920. They are daughters of Charles O. Putnam from here.

 

EDITH F. PUTNAM  Boston 10, Suffolk County

She is 21 NH NH NH and is a student nurse at Massachusetts Women Hospital. She is a daughter of Leslie Hiram and Mary Putnam from Goffstown New Hampshire in 1910 and Worcester Mass. in 1920. This is the ‘other’ New England line out of Yorkshire England.

 

ELIZA D. (DAY) PUTNAM  Boston 5 (Back Bay), Suffolk County

She is 40 CT CT CT single and boarding. She is a private school teacher. She is a daughter of Albert Day Putnam and Harriet Dorrance from Killingly Connecticut. She was teaching in Morristown, New Jersey in 1910 and in Manhattan in 1920. She is here in 1940. She never married and will die December 16, 1949 and be buried back in Windham County Connecticut where she was born.

 

ELIZABETH PUTNAM  Boston 4, Suffolk County

She is 45 widowed and lodging. She is a dietician at a hospital. She was here in 1920 and will be in 1940.

 

ELIZABETH PUTNAM  Boston 5 (Back Bay), Suffolk County

She is 56 MA MA MA and single. She has 7 servants living with her. She is a daughter of George Putnam (3155) and Harriet Lowell. She was here with her widowed mom in 1920.

 

ELIZABETH PUTNAM  Boston 10, Suffolk County

She is 61 MA and says she’s married but is rooming by herself.

 

ELIZABETH L. PUTNAM  Boston 4, Suffolk County

She is 68 MA and widowed. Owns a VERY expensive home and has 7 female servants mostly Irish. Not bad. Emily Elizabeth Upham is the widow of Granville Bradstreet Putnam (3188) who died here in 1900.

 

ELLEN M. PUTNAM  Boston 18 (Mattapan), Suffolk County

She is 64 MA and widowed. Ellen Thompson is the second wife and widow of Simeon Lincoln Putnam from here. She was married here in 1900 and 1910, and was widowed 1920.

 

ELMER PUTNAM  Boston 16 (Dorchester), Suffolk County

He is 43 MA MA MA and his wife Sarah ‘Sadie’ E. Pickford is 42 MA. He is an operator for the railway. That would be the street trolley railway not the big steam thing. He is a son of Ernest M. Putnam and Carrie M. Olcott from Clinton in Worcester County. He was born there August 31, 1886 and was at home there in 1900 and just married with his family in Lynn in 1910. He was here in Dorchester in 1920. They are also listed in Ward 20 West Roxbury. Must have moved to one of these addresses about census time. Sadie is a daughter of James H. Pickford and Mary E. Berwick from Fall River. They are divorced by 1940. Elmer is in Holbrook, Norfolk County in 1940. Also they are listed together here in Dorchester as well.

 

ERNEST C. (CHESTER) PUTNAM  Boston 10, Suffolk County

He is 46 MA MA MA and drives a city hack (taxi cab). His wife Helen is 47 MA. They still have Dorothy 20, Mildred 19, Arthur 17, Virginia 15, Edward 13 and Ruth 10 all MA. The two older daughters are married off now. He was born here and is a son of Arthur James and Mary Putnam. He was at home with them here in 1900 and married ever since. They are here with three kids in 1940.

 

FRANCIS PUTNAM  Boston 19 (West Roxbury), Suffolk County

He is 22 ME TN TX single and boarding. He is a registered pharmacist at a drug store. He is married in Malden, Middlesex County in 1940.

 

FRANK PUTNAM  Boston 3, Suffolk County

He is 27 MA MA MA. He is single and a hitchman in a hotel. Can’t find him in 1910 or 1920. He is here in 1940 and says he was born in New Hampshire. Can’t find him there either.

 

FRANKLIN PUTNAM  Boston 5 (Back Bay), Suffolk County

He is 46 MA MA CHINA and his wife Dorothy Dowse is 43 MA. They were here in 1920. He is Franklin Delano Putnam the son of Henry Ware Putnam and his second wife Mary Nelson Williams from here in Boston. Mary was indeed born in Shanghai, a daughter of Franklin Delano Williams and Mary Nelson. Franklin was born June 11, 1883 here in Boston. Dorothy was born in Newton July 25, 1885. Dorothy is widowed here in 1940.

 

FRANKLIN L. PUTNAM  Boston 3, Suffolk County

He is 62 MA VT ME and his wife Ida M. is 74 ME. He is an elevator operator. They live with Albert and Julia Adams as they did in 1920. He is a son of Franklin and Maria Putnam. He was here with them in 1880 and married and separated from Emma Butterworth here in 1900.

 

FREDERICK E. PUTNAM  Boston 5 (Back Bay), Suffolk County

He is 19 MA MA CAN and a student. He is living with his married sister Agnes O’Brien 34 MA. I can’t find either one ever in Massachusetts. He is with another married sister Eva in 1940.

 

FREDERICK H. (HENRY) PUTNAM  Boston 4, Suffolk County

He is 61 MA MA NH and owns a hotel. His wife Jean Leyden Hendry is 57 MA and manages the hotel. He is the son of William Henry Putnam, son of Osgood Putman (2122) of Groton, Mass. They have been here since the 1890s.

 

GEORGE PUTNAM  Boston 5 (Back Bay), Suffolk County

He is 40 MA MA MA and his wife Katherine Harte 38 PA. They have Barbara 12 MA, Katherine 10 MA, Elizabeth 9 MA and George Jr. 3 MA. They also have a cook, a waitress, three maids and a nurse. George is a trustee for an investment trust. Doing well. He is a son of William Lowell Putnam and Elizabeth Lowell. He was home here in Boston in 1900 and married here in 1920.

 

GEORGE E. (ELDRIDGE) PUTNAM  Boston 18 (Hyde Park), Suffolk County

He is 64 MA MA ME and a salesman for Eastman Kodak. His wife Amanda Hedengram is 63 SWED. Her sister Anna 61 SWED is here too as she has been a while. They were here in 1900 through 1920. He is the son of George Harriman Putnam and Ellen Perley from here in Boston. His dad was a son of Harriman, son of Stephen (#1853).

 

GEORGE H. (HENRY) PUTNAM  Boston 6 (South Boston), Suffolk County

He is 59 MA VT MA and retired. His wife Carrie L. Mackie is 52 MA and they have Robert M. 32 MA. He is the son of Franklin Putnam (son of Solon 2568) and Maria Choate, and was born here in Boston. His dad has moved back to Vermont. George was here in 1910 and probably in 1920 but wasn’t listed. Carrie is widowed here in 1940.

 

GEORGE J. (JACOB) PUTNAM  Boston 5 (Back Bay), Suffolk County

He is 60 MA MA MA and is an investment banker. His wife Helen Huntington White is 58 MA and they have two servants. He is the son of George Franklin Putnam (2057) and Sarah Beckett Hunt of Salem and then Boston. They have been in Brookline from the 1890s trough the 1920 census. They are both here in 1940.

 

GERTRUDE M. PUTNAM  Boston 5 (Back Bay), Suffolk County

She is Edith Gertrude Morse 65 MA and widowed. She was briefly married to Henry Ware Putnam here in Boston. She was his third wife and they were married in 1908 and he died here in 1911.

 

GRACE S. PUTNAM  Boston 5 (Back Bay), Suffolk County

She is 71 MA ME MA and widowed. She is in the Charles Gate Hotel. Grace Stephens was married to John Pickering Putnam, jr. here in Boston in 1900 and 1910. She was widowed here in 1920. She will be with her son John here in 1940 as she was in 1920.

 

GUY E. PUTNAM  Boston 21, Suffolk County

He is 42 VT CT VT and his wife Harriet Harrington is 40 MA. He is a candy salesman. He is a son of Henry Benjamin Putnam and Jennie Gifford from Windsor County Vermont. He was single in Everett in 1900 and married Harriet Harrington there in 1903. They were there in 1910 and were here in 1920. No kids yet.

 

HAROLD B. (BARNES) PUTNAM  Boston 18 (Hyde Park), Suffolk County

He is 38 MA VT MA and is a radio salesman. His wife Martha Hyde Sargent is 36 MA. They have Harold 14 MA and Gladys S. 12 MA. He is a son of Willard Cushing Putnam and Elmira Barnes from Windsor County, Vermont. They were in Norfolk, Norfolk County in 1900. Harold was single here in 1910 living with his grandmother Lucinda Barnes, and then married here in 1920.

 

HAROLD E. (EUSTACE) PUTNAM  Boston 21, Suffolk County

He is 36 MA ME MA. His wife Anna L. is 35 MA. He is a photographer for an engineering company. He is a son of Charles Edgar and Elizabeth R. Putnam from here. He was home with his folks here in 1910, and then with his widowed mother in 1920. This entry says he has been married 10 years. The 1920 states he is married, but Anna wasn’t around then.

 

HELEN E. PUTNAM  Boston, Suffolk County

She is 45 NH and is living with her married daughter Julia Helen Sanborn 18 MA. No idea as to the husband, but in 1940 Julia is married again to William Miner and Julia and Helen are in Boston. Don’t find them in 1920.

 

HENRY PUTNAM  Boston 4, Suffolk County

He is 59 MA MA MA and boarding. He says he has been married since age 24, but she’s not around now. He is a steward in a hotel. He is a son of William Henry Putnam and Elizabeth Gardner of Salem. He was married to Isabelle McKeough there in 1910 and yes he had been married since 24. Don’t find them in 1920 though.

 

HENRY H. (HOWELL) PUTNAM  Boston 19 (West Roxbury), Suffolk County

He is 61 IL CT NY and is a manager of an insurance company or agency. His wife Cordelia Howard is 59 MA and their son Howard 35 MA and daughter Patricia 20 MA. Howard is an author who writes books. Henry is a son of Samuel Porter Putnam and Louise Howell. His dad was a son of Rufus Austin Putnam and bother were Congregational Ministers. Henry was born while the family was in Illinois. In 1870 the family was in Pembroke, Merrimack County, New Hampshire and were with his grandfather Rufus. Then the family was in Ohio and I don’t find them in 1880. He was in Lexington in 1900 and 1910 and in Harvard, Worcester County in 1920. They are here in 1940.

 

ISABEL T. H. PUTNAM  Boston 11 (Jamaica Plain), Suffolk County

She is 27 CAN CAN CAN. Single and a nurse in a hospital.

 

JOHN PUTNAM  Boston 16 (Dorchester), Suffolk County

He is 39 MA MA MA and is a structural engineer. His wife Dorothy Benner is 30 MA. They were married May 30, 1925 in Maine. They have been married 4 years and have Roger 3 MA and what looks like Barbara Graham 2 MA listed as a daughter and Laura Benner 70 ME listed as mother (Dorothy’s). He would be a son of Silas Stafford Putnam and Mary Jane Vance from here. He was still at home here in 1920 and the folks have both died in the last ten years. They are al in Milton, Norfolk County in 1940.

 

JOSEPH PUTNAM  Boston 6 (South Boston), Suffolk County

He is Joseph Francis Putnam 55 MA MA MA and is a waiter at a club. His wife Catherine F. Sullivan is 30 IRE and they have Virginia 7 MA, Helen 5 MA and Joseph 3 MA. He is a son of Joseph William Putnam and Jennie Trumbull of Somerville. He was born there and married Mary Kearney on December 16, 1897. She died of tuberculosis April 18, 1918. He then married Catherine January 22, 1922. She was born in Ireland August 1, 1899 and will die here October 23, 1967. Joe was born August 31, 1875 in Somerville and will die of a heart attack on March 5, 1952.

 

JULIUS L. PUTNAM  Boston 12 (Roxbury), Suffolk County

This is the Russian family that’s been around since the early 1900s. Obviously not our Putnams, wonder what the original name was. He is 49 RUS, Bessie Levine 49 RUS, Ruth 23 MA, Lawrence 20 MA and Edith 15 MA. Bessie’s folks live next door.

 

LAURENCE A. PUTNAM  Boston 8, Suffolk County

He is 28 ME ME ME and a doctor at a hospital (see next listing). He has been married 3 years to Doris F. Tozier 25 ME. They were married in Fairfield Maine June 19, 1928.  He is a son of Walter and Carrie Putnam from Somerset County Maine. He was at home there in Fairfield in 1920. His dad was a son of John Benedict Putnam and Aurilla Searles from Nashua New Hampshire.

 

LAWRENCE A. PUTNAM  Boston 8, Suffolk County

He is 28 ME NH ME and is a resident physician at Massachusetts Memorial Hospital. He is also listed in this area with his wife Doris.

 

LOIS PUTNAM  Boston 4, Suffolk County

She is a student nurse at New England Deaconess Hospital. She is 18 VT VT VT. She is a daughter of Harry W. Putnam and Ethel Crocker from Essex Junction Vermont. The family was there in 1920 and are in Malden now.

 

MARGUERITE M. PUTNAM  Boston 4, Suffolk County

She is 18 MA MA SCOT and a music student at the New England Conservatory of Music. She is a daughter of Harry B. and Margaret Putnam and was at home in Westfield Hampden County in 1920.

 

MARK E. (EMERY) PUTNAM  Boston 4, Suffolk County

He is 43 VT VT VT and a magazine salesman. His wife Maud Burr is 49 VT MA VT. He is a son of William Augustus Putnam and Clara Belle Emery of Middlesex Vermont. He was single in Montpelier Vermont in 1900 and 1910 and here in Boston with Maud in 1920. They were married December 19, 1917. He is a magazine salesman, but obviously runs a boarding house as well. There are 10 roomers including a cousin Blanche Carver 46 VT ME VT.

 

MARION PUTNAM  Boston 4, Suffolk County

She is 35 MA and married but no husband is around.

 

MARTIN T. (THOMAS) PUTNAM  Boston 15 (South Boston), Suffolk County

He is 51 MA, his wife Anna J. Stanton 47 MA and their son Martin T. is 22 MA. He was born here, a son of Joseph William Putnam and Jennie Turnbull.

 

MARY A. PUTNAM  Boston 9, Suffolk County

She is 64 NH IRE NY and divorced She is Mary Sheehan who was married to John Grosvenor Putnam 3rd in Claremont New Hampshire June 21, 1887. She was here by herself in 1900 and in 1910 with a son from that marriage. She is still here by herself in 1940. She and John were married in Claremont, Sullivan County New Hampshire June 21, 1887 and divorced in Merrimack County November 9, 1898. He had taken off the North Dakota and the divorce was granted by ‘willing absence.’ He died out in Everett, Washington March 17, 1938. Mary is a daughter of David Sheehan and Josephine Kelley and was born in Lebanon, New Hampshire in 1865.

 

MARY C. (CATHERINE) PUTNAM  Boston 8, Suffolk County

She is 20 NH NH NH single and a ‘guest’ at the Franklin Square House. She is a clerk at an insurance company. She is a daughter of William Arthur Putnam and Rebecca Reid George from Francestown, New Hampshire. She was born there May 2, 1909. She appears in Francestown in 1910 with 4 siblings as a niece of Rebecca McGirkin. Then they were in Greenfield in 1920. No idea why she was taken from her folks and didn’t go back. Two of the kids were with the folks in 1920.

 

MARY K. PUTNAM  Boston 22, Suffolk County

She is 66 NH NH NH and as in 1910 and 1920 she is with her sister Annie Stark 68 NH who has become widowed since 1920. Annie and Mary are daughters of Barnes Bigalow Putnam and Lucy Ann Bills. They were home in Nashua, New Hampshire in 1870 and 1880. They were here together since 1910.

 

MAUDE N. PUTNAM  Boston 16 (Dorchester), Suffolk County

She is 52 IRE and widowed. She is a store detective in a dry gods store. I remember store detectives as a kid. They dressed in regular street clothes and wandered about the store looking for shoplifters. She was widowed here back in 1900. No ideas as to her husband. She is here in 1940.

 

MAY NORA PUTNAM  Boston 3, Suffolk County

She is 30 NE NE NE. She is single and a missionary for a church. She looks like the daughter of William Herbert Putnam and Laura Larson. She was home in Wayne County Nebraska in 1900 and then in Douglas County Wisconsin in 1910 and 1920, except she should be NE IL MI. Don’t know.

 

NITA PUTNAM  Boston 4, Suffolk County

She is 46 CAN and widowed. She is a nurse in a hospital. Nita Coates was married to Charles Putnam in Medicine Hat City, Alberta Canada. Charles was a son of Robert Putnam and Elizabeth Sprout from Middle Stewiacke Nova Scotia. He was born in Nova Scotia August 2, 1864. He died there in 1926. Nita is here in 1940 too.

 

RALPH PUTNAM  Boston 4, Suffolk County

He is listed without any info and then the whole line is crossed out.

 

OLIVE C. PUTNAM  Boston 18, Suffolk County

She is 62 MA and widowed. Her daughter Helen is 23 MA. She is indexed as Alice C. Patnam, but is Olive Curtis Humphrey and was married to Charles Edwin Putnam here in 1900 and 1910. Charles was a son of Albert Putnam and Cordelia Ballou from Halifax, Windham County Vermont. He and Olive were married here October 20, 1890. She is a daughter of Edward and Olive Humphrey and was born in Braintree, Massachusetts.

 

ROGER W. PUTNAM  Boston 12 (Neponset), Suffolk County

He is 38 MA MA MA single and an accountant at a shipyard (probably the one across the river in Quincy). He lives with his sister Ruth 43 MA and her husband Leon A. Wescott 42 ME. They are children of Silas Safford Putnam and Mary Jane Vance from here in Boston. He is here by himself in 1940.

 

RUTH A. PUTNAM  Boston 3, Suffolk County

She is 20 MA MA MA and a student nurse at Massachusetts General Hospital. She is a daughter of Ralph C. and Florence Putnam from Marblehead. She was there in 1910 and 1920.

 

RUTH M. PUTNAM  Boston 5 (Back Bay), Suffolk County

She is 35 MA and has been married since she was 25. There is no husband around and there was no Ruth 25 married in the state in 1920.

 

STANLEY PUTNAM  Boston 5 (Back Bay), Suffolk County

He is 32 NJ MA NJ and divorced. He had married Muriel Percy Van Antwerp on September 14, 1928. He is boarding and is a lumber 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 here in Melrose in 1910 and 1920. There are two marriage records dated September 29, 1930. One says he married Casta S. Ross and the other Casta S. Sawyer. They are the same girl from Montclair New Jersey. I don’t know which is her maiden name and which was her first husband’s though. They are in Newton, Middlesex County in 1935 and then up in Cape Elizabeth, Maine in 1940 where he is a wholesale leather salesman.

 

WILLIAM (FRANCIS) PUTNAM  Boston 17 (Dorchester), Suffolk County

He is 63 MA MA MA and is a caretaker at a college. His wife Sarah Jane McLellan is 61 CAN and they have Ruth 30, Gertrude 28 and Marion 21 all three gals MA. He is a son of George Washington Putnam and Harriet Floyd. George was a son of John Pierson Putnam and Jane Lewis. William was born in Chelsea, and they were there in 1900 and in Everett in 1910 and then here in 1920. He was born December 6, 1867 and will die in Milton on July 15, 1933. Sarah was born August 30, 1869 in Great Village, Nova Scotia and will die in Boston February 6, 1948.

 

WILLIAM P. PELEG PUTNAM  Boston 4, Suffolk County

He is ME ME ME and married to Mabel ME ME ME. They are in a boarding house and he is a shoe buyer. The ages are listed as unknown, but he is 68 ME and she is 67 ME. He is the son of Joseph Nealey Putnam and Sarah Ann Thompson from Searsport, Maine. He was born there May 12, 1861. Joseph was a son of Silas Hutchinson Putnam, son of John Putnam (876). Mabel was born back in Searsport like William on April 4, 1863 and she will die here in Boston January 25, 1933. Bill will die here as well on July 12, 1945. They were here in 1910 and in Baltimore, Maryland in 1920. William is widowed here in 1940.

 

HARRY A. (ALLEN) PUTNAM  Chelsea, Suffolk County

He is 52 CAN CAN CAN and a rubber worker in a rubber mill. His wife Ethel is 55 MA and their daughter Ethel is 26 RI and still single. He is a son of Frank Rollins Putnam and Louisa Ann Francie from Liverpool, Queens, Nova Scotia. His dad was born in Gloucester, Massachusetts November 15, 1850 and died in Chelsea, Massachusetts September 29, 1898. Harry was single in Bristol, Rhode Island in 1900, and married there to Ethel in 1910 and here in 1920.

 

RALPH B. PUTNAM  Chelsea, Suffolk County

He is 36 ME ME ME and a dentist on the staff at the U. S. Naval Hospital. He has been married 12 years. He is also listed in Somerville with his wife Ruth.

 

RUSSELL F. (FREEMAN) PUTNAM  Revere, Suffolk County

He is 40 MA CAN MA and is a fisherman on a boat. His wife Grace C. is 29 MA CAN MA and they have Grace C. 9 MA and Mary F. 8 MA. He is a son of John R. Putnam from Canada. He was at home with his family in 1900 and 1910 next door in Winthrop. They were here in Revere in 1920 and will be in 1940.

 

ARTHUR PUTNAM  Winthrop, Suffolk County

He is 47 NJ NJ NJ and I can’t read what he does. His wife Dorothy Hanley is 32 MA. They have been married for 6 years. They live with her parents William and Margaret Hanley. He is a son of Miles Putnam and Mollie Ball from Newark, New Jersey. He was single there through 1910 and I don’t find him in 1920. Dorothy is widowed in Brookline in 1940.

 

CHARLES A. PUTNAM  Athol, Worcester County

He is 71 VT VT NH and works in a toy factory. His second wife Ethel Amelia is 64 MA. He is the son of Hiram M. Putnam and Mary Small from Lamoille County, Vermont. Then the folks moved to Ashburnham, Mass by 1870, and here in Athol by 1880. His first wife was Caroline Ward Harris. He and Amelia were here since 1900.

 

CHARLES W. (WARRINGTON) PUTNAM  Athol, Worcester County

He is 72 MA MA MA and widowed. He has Ida J. 29 MA and Vernon W. 28 MA at home still. He is a foreman at a tool company. He is Charles Warrington Putnam, son of Nathan Bond Putnam and Isabelle Pierce Hammond of Orange, Franklin County and was born there April 15, 1857. He was home in 1880 and here from 1890s. He married Mary Jane Kennedy February 9, 1891 and she was here till she died in 1929.

 

DANIEL B. PUTNAM  Athol, Worcester County

He is 70 MA MA MA and owns a taxi service. He has a new wife Addie Jane Ames 69 MA and a daughter from her first marriage Lillian Ames 47 MA. They were here in 1920 and simply listed as boarders. Guess the fell in love and got married recently. He is a son of Austin and Mary Jane Putnam from Sutton. He had been married to Mary Murphy here in 1900 and was widowed here in 1910 and 1920.

 

LILLY M. PUTNAM  Athol, Worcester County

She is 36 MA and widowed. Her son John W. is 10 MA MA MA. She is a cost clerk in a tool factory. She married Harold Putnam, son of Charles Putnam from here on August 7, 1915. Lilly May Metcalf was here with John and her mother in 1920 and was widowed then. In looking at this census, her folks are three houses away from the above Charles W. Putnam who was Harold’s dad.

 

LIZZIE M. PUTNAM  Athol, Worcester County

She is 46 MA US US and single. She is an ‘inmate’ at the Town Infirmary. Must be more than that as it is headed by a warden. Everyone is old, so more like a town farm. She was in Winchendon in 1900 as an adopted daughter of George Kempton. No ideas at all on her parents. She was there in 1910 and was here in 1920 still single.

 

ORRIN E. (ELEAZER) PUTNAM  Athol  Worcester County

He is 69 VT VT VT and widowed. He is a janitor in a building block. He is a son of Hiram Putnam and Mary Small of Walcott, Vermont in 1860, and in Ashburnham, Mass. in 1870. In 1880, he was single in Phillipston, Worcester County. He then was in Gardner, Worcester County in 1900 and 1910 and Winchendon in 1920. Says he was married when he was 23 (1883). He was first married to Nettie Holden in the late 1880s or early 1890s and something happened. They had a son Allen Orrin in 1891. In 1900 Nettie was with her folks in Northfield, Franklin County with Allen and pretty much the same in 1910. By 1920 Nettie and Allen were in Los Angeles County California and are there forever. He then married Alice M. Smith here in 1898, but separated very quickly as both were alone in different houses in Grafton, Worcester County in 1900.

 

GLADYS H. PUTNAM  Auburn, Worcester County

She is 25 MA MA MA single and boarding. She is a telephone operator. She is a son of Frank and Grace Putnam and was born here. Her dad died and in 1920 she was with his folks Austin and Ella Putnam here in Auburn.

 

MYRON C. PUTNAM  Auburn, Worcester County

He is 70 VT VT VT and is a retail grocer. His wife Eleanor Long is 66 CAN. He is a son of Haman Putnam and Juliette Chapin from Westford, Chittendon County, Vermont. His dad died back in the 1860s and he was with his mother up through 1880. He was married in Burlington in 1900, and down here in Oxford in 1910 and Worcester city in 1920. Eleanor is widowed here in 1940.

 

PRESTON M. (MELDRAM) PUTNAM  Auburn, Worcester County

He is 27 MA single and boarding in a hotel. He is a civil engineer. Preston is a son of Webster Fletcher Putnam and Helen Preston Meldram from Danvers. He was born there August 20, 1902 and will die December 24, 1954 in Niagara Falls, New York. From what I gather on that Christmas Eve he was copying Santa Claus and tried to ride a wooden sled over Niagara Falls, but neither he nor the dozen reindeers made it safely to the bottom. He will be married in Ashland, Middlesex County in 1940.

 

A. (ALFRED) FREDERICK PUTNAM  Charlton, Worcester County

He is a lumber mill operator 59 MA MA MA. His wife Mary Ellen Howe is 57 MA and they have Florence E. 36 MA and Nellie M. 35 MA. He is a son of Henry Clark Putnam and Sarah Madera Williams from here in town. Henry was a son of Russell Putnam (2155) and Adeline Buss of Charlton. Alfred was born in Brookfield, Worcester County February 10, 1871 and will die in Charlton January 30, 1949. He married Mary Ellen here in Charlton June 1, 1892.  Mary is a daughter of Daniel Milton Howe and Ellen Frances McIntire. She was born in Southbridge, Worcester County February 28, 1873 and will die in Worcester June 29 1942.

 

ARTHUR L. (LEONARD) PUTNAM  Charlton, Worcester County

He is now 64 MA MA MA and his wife Ada C. McIntire is 57 MA. He owns a dairy farm. He is a son of Thomas Leonard Putnam and Mary Jane Hammond of Worcester, who was a son of Russell Putnam (2155). They were married here August 1, 1888.

 

FESTUS A. PUTNAM  Charlton, Worcester County

He is 66 MA MA MA still single and lodging. He is a paint contractor. Festus is a son of Lucian Dalrymple Putnam, a son of Russell Putnam (2155). Been here all his life. In 1920 he was with his widowed mother Clarinda Rich Putnam, but she has died in the past several years.

 

HAROLD PUTNAM  Charlton, Worcester County

He is 24 NY VT VT single and works on a farm. The birth states are really VT NY VT and he is Harold Nathan Putnam a son of Charles H. Putnam and Ida Tirrell. He was at home in 1910 in Chittendon County Vermont and in 1920 with them in Addison County Vermont. He was born in 1906 and will die in 1981. He will marry Edith Elizabeth McIntire April 19, 1935. They will be here in Charlton the rest of their lives. His dad Charles was a son of Adam Putnam and Pauline Monroe from Warren County, New York. Dutch family.

 

JUSTIN M. (MARBLE) PUTNAM  Charlton, Worcester County

He is 57 MA MA MA and owns a dairy farm. His wife Blanche M. Stone is 56 MA. They have Herbert M. 24 MA, Evelyn E. 23 MA and Marion A. 21 MA. Blanche’s widowed mother Eliza Stone 86 MA is here as she was in 1920. He is a son of Marble Putnam and Evelyn Waters from Sutton. Marble is a son of Waters Putnam (2805) and Jane Putnam of Sutton. He married Blanche here in 1902.

 

PAULINE PUTNAM  Charlton, Worcester County

She is now 84 MA and widowed of course. Her son from marriage one, Arthur Bemis 61 MA is still with her. She was the third wife and now widow of Henry C. Putnam from here. They were here married in 1900 and 1910 and she was widowed here in 1920. She will die here herself on January 4, 1933.

 

STANTON D. (DARLING) PUTNAM  Douglas, Worcester County

He is 26 MA MA MA and works in a grocery store. His wife Doris Mary Keith is 23 MA. They have been married 4 years and have Stanton W. 2 MA. He is a son of Carl Winfred Putnam from Sutton. He was with his widowed dad in Webster in 1910 and in Northbridge in 1920. They are here in 1940.

 

MILTON A. (ALDRICH) PUTNAM  East Brookfield, Worcester County

He is 39 MA MA MA and works on odd jobs. His wife Mary Wentworth Dutton is 40 MA and a public school teacher. They have Elizabeth 14 MA. He is a son of Milton Knight Putnam and Alice Sherman from here. He was at home in Sturbridge through 1910 and married here in 1920 and are still in 1940.

 

ADDIE E. PUTNAM  Fitchburg, Worcester County

She is 67 MA MA CAN . She is a daughter of Newell and Sarah Putnam. She was home in Townsend in 1900 and single here ever since.

 

ADELINE R. PUTNAM  Fitchburg, Worcester County

She is 8 MA NH MA and lives with her mother Laura 33 MA and her new husband James O’Neil 35 RI. Laura was married to Forest Putnam here in 1920.

 

ALBERT H. PUTNAM  Fitchburg, Worcester County

He is 72 MA MA CAN. He still says he is married but has been by himself the last 15 or so years. He is a son of Newell and Sarah Ann Putnam, and was born in Townsend, Mass. In 1900 and 1910 he was married to Mary Brackett and they were in Leominster. He was widowed here in 1920.

 

EMMA PUTNAM  Fitchburg, Worcester County

She is 77 MA and widowed. Emma Jane Park had been married here to Salmon Wilder Putnam Jr. who died July 16, 1923. At home again are her son Salmon W. (3rd) 54 MA, his wife Louisa Falls 44 MA, and their kids Salmon (4th) 11 NY and Merelin a daughter 7 MA. They were briefly in Rochester New York in the 1920. None of them are working. Emma is in Weymouth, Norfolk County in 1940. Salmon and Louisa are in Fitchburg in 1940.

 

GEORGE R. (RUFUS) PUTNAM  Fitchburg, Worcester County

He is 49 MA MA MA single still and boarding. He is also out of work. He is a son of Henry Osmer Putnam and Sarah Ann Smith of Fitchburg. George was born here February 23, 1880 and has been here ever since. He will retire and be in Westminster in 1935 and 1940.

 

HARRY M. PUTNAM  Fitchburg, Worcester County

He is 60 MA MA MA and is a clerk in a store. He is a son of Henry Marshall Putnam and Lucy Ann Lowe of Fitchburg. He never married so far. He lives next to William and Fanny Lowe who would be kin of sorts.

 

WALDO R. PUTNAM  Fitchburg, Worcester County

He is 30 ME ME ME and a switchboard operator for the street railway. His wife Margaret M. Smith is 28 ME and they have Waldo Jr. 6 ME, Corrine 4 ME and Patricia 2/12 MA. His mother Amy 60 ME is here. Amy was married to Fred Fillmore Putnam in Rumford Maine in 1910 and then was widowed there in 1920. In this listing her last name is Glenmore or something so she looks to be remarried. Waldo married Margaret in Oxford County Maine on April 27, 1920.

 

WILLIAM S. (SWEETSER) PUTNAM  Fitchburg, Worcester County

He is 71 MA MA MA and still single. He is an insurance agent. He is the son of James Pope Putnam (son of Isaiah Putnam 1751) and Abby Upton. He was born here in Fitchburg. He has been here ever since and never married.

 

CARRIE E. PUTNAM  Gardner, Worcester County

She is 67 VT and still widowed. Her daughter Laura is 43 MA and single working as a cashier in a chair factory. Back in those days and through the 70s, Gardner was the furniture capital of the northeast. Dozens of factories and later outlet stores. North Carolina finally took over and there are only a few small places left. Anyway, Carrie Elliott is the widow of George Holden Putnam. He died here March 15, 1903. George was a son of Thomas Whipple Putnam and Louvinia Rice, and was born in Springfield, Vermont. She and Laura are here in 1940 too.

 

CLARENCE N. PUTNAM  Grafton, Worcester County

He is 72 MA MA MA and works in a shoe factory. His sisters Frances 70 MA and Ida 69 MA are with him. All are single. They are children of George Edwin Putnam and Carolyn Allen of Grafton. They have been here since they were born.

 

EMMA PUTNAM  Grafton, Worcester County

She 77 MA and widowed. She is living with her married daughter Alice 56 MA and husband Edward Newton. Emma Gill is the second wife and now widow of Daniel Cady Putnam from Shrewsbury. She was married before and Alice would be her daughter from the first marriage. All three were here in 1920. Edward by the way is a farm foreman and they live at the Grafton State Hospital where he works.

 

MAYNARD D. (DARIUS) PUTNAM  Grafton, Worcester County

He is 54 MA, his wife Mattie Gaines Hayes is 62 MA, and they have Kenneth H. 21 MA, his wife Ethel M. 20 MA and Anabelle M. 8 MA. He owns his own farm. Maynard Darius Putnam is a son of George Eugene Putnam and Lucy Annabel Putnam of Sutton. Yes, Lucy is a cousin and a daughter of Sumner Putnam and Betsy Thompson of Sutton. Maynard was born March 3, 1876 and was with the family there in 1880 and in 1900, then got married and moved into Worcester by 1910 and was there in 1920 also. They are here in Grafton still in 1940. The son Kenneth Howe Putnam was born October 1, 1908 and will die in Grafton August 25, 1987. He married Ethel M. Whitney in 1924. Ethel is a daughter of Edwin Elijah Whitney and Ida Amanda Prentice. She was born in Grafton March 12, 1910 and will die there in December 1985.

 

ALICE L. (LOUISA) PUTNAM  Holden, Worcester County

She is 47 MA MA MA single and a housekeeper for a family. She is a daughter of Lovell Woodbury Putnam from here. She has been at home up until now. He is not around as he died. She will be in Worcester in 1940.

 

JOHN E. (EBEN) PUTNAM  Holden, Worcester County

He is 59 MA MA and owns a hen (chicken) farm. His wife Faustina Weymouth is 59 ME. He is the son of Sumner Putnam (son of James 1360) and Laura Ellen Lowe from Sutton. He was home in 1880 and single in Worcester in 1900 and 1910 and then married here in 1920. She is a daughter of James Emery Weymouth and Arvilla Deveraux. They are here in 1940 too.

 

MABEL G. PUTNAM  Holden, Worcester County

She is 64 MA and widowed. Mabel Gertrude Moore was the second wife of Lovell Woodbury Putnam and was here with him in 1920 and he has died. She is listed as a sister, but there is no one else listed in the household. She is still here in 1940. In 1940 she is living next to Rena Moore who is her sister and  must be around here someplace.

 

HARRIET PUTNAM  Hubbardston, Worcester County

She is 32 MA MA MA and single. She is a dental hygienist. She is a daughter of Henry Anderson Putnam and Adelaide Prentiss from Worcester.

 

LEROY A. (AUGUSTUS) PUTNAM  Leicester, Worcester County

He is 48 MA MA MA and his wife Edith is 35 MA. They have Blanche 16 MA. He is a son of Alonzo L. Putnam and Rebecca Nichols. They were in Grafton, Worcester County in 1880. In 1900 he was with his widowed mother in Ashland, Middlesex County, and was in Worcester in 1920.

 

ARTHUR R. (RICE) PUTNAM  Leominster, Worcester County

He is 23 MA MA MA and is a shipper at a celluloid shop. His brand new wife Mabel is 23 MA and is a packer in the same shop. Leominster has long been ‘The Plastic Capital of America.’ Dozens of companies out there. The company that made all the nice tacky pink flamingos that wander the yard of my Inn are from there. Anyway, he lives two houses away from John and Jessie Rice Putnam who are his parents. He was born in Phillipston in 1906. Problem is that he has never appeared in a census report before this one. He wasn’t listed with his folks in 1910 and none of them were listed in 1920. He is here with his widowed mother in 1940.

 

CHARLES PUTNAM  Leominster, Worcester County

He is 50 ME ME ME and an engineer in a powerhouse as he was in 1910. His wife Minnie Crane is 49 CAN and their son Roy 14 MA. Her widowed father Robert Crain 89 SCOT is with them as he was in 1920. He is a son of Daniel Filmore Putnam from Rumford, Oxford County, Maine. He was home there in 1880 and gone in 1900. Minnie was boarding in Southbridge in 1900 and said she has been married for just two months. Guess Charles was out looking for a job or back in Maine getting the rest of his stuff. They have been here since the 1910 and will all be here in 1940. He married Minnie in Boston March 29, 1900. She is a daughter of Robert R. Crane and Agnes Myers and was born in Charlottetown, Queens, Prince Edward Island Canada May 24, 1880 and will die in Leominster February 7, 1971. Charles will die here January 20, 1941.

 

FLORENCE T. PUTNAM  Leominster, Worcester County

She is 65 MA and still widowed. Florence Tufts Morse is the widow of William A. Putnam, a son of Andrew Jackson and Sarah Putnam from Wilton, New Hampshire. They were here in 1900 and 1910. She was widowed here in 1920 too.

 

JOHN C. (CALEB) PUTNAM  Leominster, Worcester County

He is 70 MA NH NH and his wife Jessie Olive Rice is 62 MA. Their son Charles Howard is 20 MA. He is the son of Artemus Putnam and Mary Kidder from Wilton, New Hampshire. He was in Wilton in 1880 with a wife named Gertrude. He and Jessie were in Leominster in 1900, Phillipston in 1910 and not listed in 1920.

 

JOSEPH G. (GREELEY) PUTNAM  Leominster, Worcester County

He is now 81 NH VT NH and his wife Annie George is 81 MA. He is the son of Abram Putnam and Clarissa Greeley of Manchester, New Hampshire. Been here since the 1890s. He’s retired now.

 

MARY L. PUTNAM  Leominster, Worcester County

She is 85 NH and widowed. She is an Aunt of Archie and Helen Griffin from Mass. She is the second wife and now widow of Andrew Jackson Putnam. He and Mary were in Center Harbor, Belknap County, New Hampshire in 1880, 1900 and 1910. They were then in Sterling Worcester County in 1920. He was a son of Edward Putnam (2161) and Roxanna Davis. He was born in Lowell, Mass.

 

OLIVER J. PUTNAM  Leominster, Worcester County

He is 87 MA MA NH and now widowed. His married daughter Grace M. 60 MA and her husband Charles H. Brock 64 MA are living with him now. He was single here in 1870 and married here since about 1875. According to an entry in the Mormon AF, he is a son of John Putnam and was born in Boston. No clue who John was though. He was married to Theresa A. Harris up through the 1920.

 

WILMOT A. PUTNAM  Leominster, Worcester County

He is 62 VT VT NH and is a janitor in a radio shop. His wife Amy Van Buskle is 58 CAN (Nova Scotia) and they have Winifred 28 MA and Marion O. 32 VT. He is the son of Albert Sanderson Putnam, son of George Washington, son of Stephen (1209). He was born in Halifax, Vermont. They were here in 1900 and in Fitchburg in 1910 and back here in 1920. They are here in 1940.

 

CARL PUTNAM  Northbridge, Worcester County

He is 52 MA MA MA and widowed. He owns a farm. He is the son of Peter Holland Putnam and Harriet Augusta Putnam from Sutton. He was home in Sutton in 1880 and boarding in Worcester in 1900. He then married Susannah Harris Darling in about 1901 and they had the son Stanton Darling Putnam in 1903. They were in Northbridge in 1920.

 

RUSSELL PUTNAM Oxford, Worcester County

He is 23 MA MA MA  and is a mechanic in a garage. His mother Florence is 48 MA and widowed. He is a son of Murray Putnam from here. Murray was the son of Cornelius Putnam and Isabelle Moffett of Oxford. They were all here in 1920.

 

ALBERT N. (NEWTON) PUTNAM  Paxton, Worcester County

He is 53 MA MA MA and his wife Loretta Lois Profit is 52 CAN. They have James T. 20 MA, Dorothy L. 17 MA and Elizabeth L. 11 MA. Her widowed father James H. Profit 77 CAN is with them. He is a son of Daniel Cady Putnam and Mary Louise Avery of Worcester. He was at home there in 1880, and married there in 1900. They were in Shrewsbury in 1910 and in Worcester in 1920. He and Loretta are here in 1940. She is a daughter of James Hall Profit and Annie McDougall and was born November 12, 1877 and will die here in Paxton July 12, 1948. Albert will die here December 9, 1945.

 

ALICE L. PUTNAM  Rutland, Worcester County

She is 70 MA MA MA and still unmarried. She is a daughter of George Atlee Putnam and Philena Fletcher from here. Also here are her widowed sister Sally Ann Howe 79 MA and an aunt Lois Fletcher 89 MA. Her brother Clinton’s son is also here, but I’ll give him a separate listing.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                

 

CLINTON W. PUTNAM  Rutland, Worcester County

He is 60 MA MA MA and an engineer at the state hospital. His wife Lucy Case Dodge is 57 CT and they have Bernice F. 32 MA. Lucy’s sister in law Bertha Dodge 58 MA is with them. He is the son of George Atlee Putnam (son of Rufus 1734) and Philena Elizabeth Fletcher from Rutland. He was born here March 3, 1869 and will die here February 22, 1951. Lucy was born in Hebron, Connecticut March 7, 1873. They are here through 1940 at least.

 

MARK A. (AVERY) PUTNAM  Rutland, Worcester County

He is 58 MA MA MA and is now the Postmaster in town. He was a letter carried back in 1910. His wife Mary P. Rockett is 56 MA and the kids are all off on their own. He is a son of Daniel Cady Putnam and Mary Louise Avery, and was born here in Rutland January 16, 1872. He married Mary in Hingham, Plymouth County July 2, 1895. Mary is a daughter of John Mayland Rockett and Abigail Whitney Cobb and was born in Hingham June 8, 1873. They were back here by the 1900 and ever since. Mark will die here November 1, 1956.

 

RAYMOND K. (KIMBALL) PUTNAM  Rutland, Worcester County

He is 39 CA OH OH and a foreman at the farm at the county sanitarium. His wife Hazel Belle Fuller is 40 MA and they have Virginia F. 16 MA. He is a son of Oliver Kimball Putnam and was born in Los Gatos, California May 25, 1890. Oliver was born back in Xenia, Ohio, and his grandfather was Jasper Wheeler Putnam (3105) from right about here in Grafton, Mass. Family really went full circle. They were in nearby Charlton in 1920.

 

RUFUS PUTNAM  Rutland, Worcester County

He is 30 MA MA MA and owns a painting business. His wife of three years Hazel A. is 25 MA and they have Alice J. 1/12 MA. He is a son of Clinton Williams Putnam and Lucy Dodge. He was born here and named for his grandfather.

 

CLARA A. PUTNAM  Shrewsbury, Worcester County

She is 63 MA and widowed as she was here in 1920. Clara Winchester was the wife of John W. Putnam from here. They were here in 1900 and 1910 and she was widowed here in 1920.

 

HERBERT C. (CHEENEY) PUTNAM  Shrewsbury, Worcester County

He is 48 MA, his wife Elizabeth M. is 58 MA. He is a manager at an oil & gas company. He is a son of Herbert Leander Putnam and Mary Cheeney of Shrewsbury. They were in Worcester though in 1900 and then back here by 1910. Herb junior was born October 26, 1881 here in Shrewsbury. In his WWII draft registration in 1942, he gave his birth date, and the fact he was married and worked for Socony-Vacuum Oil Company (became Mobil Oil later). The SS death index has him dying in Shrewsbury in February 1966.

 

FRANK L. (LESTER) PUTNAM  Southbridge, Worcester County

He is 50 MA MA MA and has something to do with cutlery. His wife Bessie Johnston is 36 MA. Her folks were here in 1920 now only her widowed mother Elizabeth 75 CT is here. He is the son of Daniel Brown Putnam and Ella Woods and was at home in Templeton in 1900, and was single here in 1910. He had married Pearl Elizabeth Ross on June 8, 1910 in Montague. Pearl died and he married Bessie Johnston and they were here in 1920 and are still in 1940.

 

CHARLES F. (FREEMAN) PUTNAM  Southbridge, Worcester County

He is now 59 CT CT CT and is a blacksmith. His wife Flora Marie Prince is 53 MA and they have Stanley P. 15 MA. They were married here March 1, 1896. They live with her widowed sister Rosa Bowers 64 MA. He is the son of Freeman Putnam and Hulda Morse. He was home in Eastford, Windham County, Connecticut in 1880. He was there in 1900 and here in 1910 and 1920. They are in Sarasota, Florida in 1935.

 

FLORENCE E. PUTNAM  Spencer, Worcester County

She is 44 MA MA MA and still single. She is a daughter of Andrew Putnam and Emma Watson from here. She was with her widowed mother here in 1920, and she has died in the last few years. Florence was born here March 15, 1886, and she will die here in March 1975.

 

GEORGE F. (FREDERICK) PUTNAM  Spencer, Worcester County

He is 41 MA MA MA and divorced. He has a son Phillip G. 8 MA. Also here is his widowed mother Jane 78 MA. He is an accountant. He is a son of Austin George Putnam and Jane Stearne Garfield from here in Spencer. Both he and his dad were born here. George was home here with his folks in 1910 and then single in Derby, Connecticut in 1920. He was obviously married but I’m not sure who or where he was.

 

ROSCOE H. PUTNAM  Spencer, Worcester County

He is 25 MA MA MA and his brand new wife Mildred Hannah Swallow is 25 MA. He is a printer in a printing office, probably same as his dad’s company. Roscoe is a son of Walter and Harriet Putnam from here. He was born here February 27, 1905 and will die here December 29, 1968. He just married Mildred in Spencer January 18, 1930. She is a daughter of George Henry Swallow Junior and Sarah Ann Morris. She was born in Holden Massachusetts November 7, 1904 and will die April 15, 1986.

 

WALTER D. (DANIEL) PUTNAM  Spencer, Worcester County
He is 51 MA MA MA and a printer in a box shop. His wife Harriet L. Harrison is 53 MA and they have Caroline E. 19 MA and Sumner D. 16 MA. He is the son of William W. Putnam and Roxanna Caroline Pollard of Templeton. He was born July 18, 1878 and was home there in 1880 and single in Leominster in 1900. He was married to Hattie here in 1910 and 1920. His wife is actually Harriet Louisa Moore born 1876 in Sutton. Her parents are William A. and Mary E. (Tusker) Moore. Hattie was later adopted by Joseph Harrison and Elizabeth Gardner. She first married Jacob F. Stark on July 8, 1893 in Greenfield. Harriet is widowed here in 1940.

 

EARL U. & DOROTHY A. PUTNAM  Sturbridge, Worcester County

He is 15 MA and his sister 11 MA. They are living with their mother Ella 41 MA and her new husband Richard Risdel. Ella Frances Underwood was married to Clarence Sherman Putnam here in 1920. He died here February 11, 1925. She married Richard Conrad Riedel in the late 1920s and they are here with these kids in 1940.

 

MILTON K. (KNIGHT) PUTNAM  Sturbridge, Worcester County

He is 70 MA MA MA and his wife Mary Alice Sherman is 67 MA. He is the son of Alvin Woodbury of Sutton, who was a son of Tyler Putnam (2734). They were here since 1900.

 

ALBERT S. (SLOAN) PUTNAM  Sutton, Worcester County

He is 40 MA MA MA and his wife Florence C. Barber is 23 MA. They live with her widowed mother Catherine Barber 64 MA. He is a son of George Emery and Mary Putnam from here. He was married to Edna Johnson in Millbury in 1920. She died in 1921 and he married Florence here in 1927 or 1928.

 

ARTHUR B. (BRYANT)  PUTNAM Sutton, Worcester County

He is 48 MA MA MA and a house carpenter. He has a new wife Anah Elizabeth Caswell 38 MA. Anna has a daughter Laura Rosebrooks 8 MA from her first marriage. He is a son of Irving Wilbur Putnam and his first wife Emma Bryant of Sutton. He was at home here in 1900.  Arthur was married to Ethel May Fletcher here in 1910 and 1920. His folks Irving 76 MA and his second wife Rena C. Moore 67 MA are here too. In fact his dad owns the house and I have listed him further along. Arthur and Anah are here in 1940.

 

CHARLES A. (ALFRED) PUTNAM  Sutton, Worcester County

He is 51 MA MA RI and now widowed. He is a patrolman of high-tension lines (wires). He has David N. 16 MA and Mary L. 15 MA with him. He was married to Bertha Needham here in 1920, and with his folks George Emery and Mary E. Putnam before that. Bertha was a daughter of Herbert Chester Needham and Harriet J. F. Burditt. She was born in August 1888, and died around 1926 or 1927. He will marry a woman named Marion in the next few years and they are here in 1935 and in 1940.

 

CHARLES W. (WESLEY) PUTNAM  Sutton, Worcester County

He is 50 MA MA MA and his wife Nellie Jane Adams is 46 MA. They have J. Belle 22 MA, Doris M. 16 MA and Shirley Ella 7 MA. They have a boarder Albert Ames 55 MA. He is a son of Marble Putnam and Evaline Julia Waters from here. He was home with them in 1910 and on his own in 1920. Another guy born right here.

 

CLYDE PUTNAM  Sutton, Worcester County

He is 22 MA MA MA single and working on a farm. He is a son of Arthur Bryant Putnam and Ethel May Fletcher from here.

 

DAVID N. (NELSON) PUTNAM  Sutton, Worcester County

He is 37 MA MA MA and his wife Daisy Theakston is 46 RUSSIA. They now have Pauline M. 17, David B. T. 16, Barry Brooks 13, Grant P. 11, Bruce C. 9 and Joy L. 7 all MA. He is a son of David Oscar and Blanche Putnam from here in Sutton. He was home with them in 1900 and boarding in Worcester in 1910 and married here in 1920. Daisy was born in Russia March 15, 1883. Her parents were Missionaries, her dad Joseph was born in Russia and mother Jane in England. He is a lineman for the telephone company and also a farmer. The son David will marry Ruth Shaw and be married 51 years till he dies May 27, 1989. Ruth will die December 13, 2001 at age 97.

 

FORD L. (LESLIE) PUTNAM  Sutton, Worcester County

He is 47 MA MA MA and owns a farm right next to Peter Putnam. His wife Mary Keith is 47 MA and they have Carolyn J. 14 MA, Ford L. Jr. 10 MA and Ralph A. 6 MA. He is a son of Peter Holland Jr. and Harriet Putnam from here in Sutton. They were married here since 1910.

 

FRANKLIN L. (LEANDER) PUTNAM  Sutton, Worcester County

He is 71 MA MA MA and owns a farm. His wife Hattie A. is 72 MA. He is a son of Leander Putnam (2178) and his second wife Martha Ann (Utley) Bowen of Sutton. They have been married here over 40 years.

 

HENRY W. (WATERS) PUTNAM  Sutton, Worcester County

He is 74 MA MA MA and his wife Ella J. Brigham is 70 MA. He is a farmer. He is the son of Waters Putnam (2805) and Jane Putnam (a cousin) of Sutton. Waters was a son of Peter Putnam (1247) and Martha Waters of Sutton. Been here all his life.

 

IRVING W. (WILBUR) PUTNAM  Sutton, Worcester County

He is 76 MA, his wife Rena C. Moore is 67 MA and Phoebe Gifford 87 is with them. He is living with his son Arthur listed earlier. He is the son of Alvin Woodbury Putnam and Mary Lovell Knight. Been here all his life. They are here in 1930 and he will die in 1936. Rena is widowed in Holden, Worcester County in 1940.

 

JULIA R. (ROSINA) PUTNAM  Sutton, Worcester County

This is kinda confusing. She is 54 MA and married and has a son Homer Robbins 24 MA. She is a daughter of Marble Putnam and Julia Waters from here. In 1920 she was with her widowed mother and then used her married name of Robbins. She was very briefly married to Peter Orrin Putnam in 1915. He is listed shortly.

 

MARY E. PUTNAM  Sutton, Worcester County

She is 69 RI and now widowed. Mary E. Combs has been married to George Emery Putnam here up until he died in 1926. He was a son of James Putnam (2294) and Phebe Sloan of Sutton. She is still here in 1940. Mary is a daughter of Thomas Combs and Mary E. Calder and was born in Rhode Island in April 1860 and will die here in 1943.

 

PETER O. (ORRIN) PUTNAM  Sutton, Worcester County

He is 63 MA MA MA a farmer and says he is married. He had a wife Elizabeth Hoyle who died in 1902. He married Julia Putnam October 22, 1915. She is listed earlier and ha. He is the son of Peter Holland Putnam Junior from here.

 

WALDO J. B. (JACKSON BRIGHAM) PUTNAM  Sutton, Worcester County

He is 63 MA MA MA and a farmer. His third wife Alice Maude Kimball is 45 MA and they now have Faith K. 7 MA. He is a son of Elijah Brown Putnam and Lucy M. Fuller of Sutton. He was born there June 1, 1866. He married Leonora Johnson November 21, 1888, then Jennie Eaton in 1892 and Alice around 1914 or 1915. He and Alice were in Alberta Canada in 1916, otherwise he has been here all his life and will be till he dies iDecember 16, 1942.

 

WALTER E. (EDWIN) PUTNAM  Sutton, Worcester County

He is 55 MA MA MA and a farmer. His wife Elizabeth E. Phillips is 46 MA. They were in Douglas in 1920 and he was single there in 1910. He is the son of Rufus Putnam and Hannah Graves of Sutton. They live with Erastus Plummer 66 MA and his wife Louise. Erastus is a son of Sarah Graves Plummer who was a common law wife of Emory Putnam from here. Emory and Rufus Putnam were brothers.

 

HAVEN L. (LEE) PUTNAM  Templeton, Worcester County

He is 52 VT VT VT and a strapper in a chair shop. His wife Ethel Irene Nichols is 51 ME. They have Truman Borden a son from her first marriage to Borden Gray, and Haven L. Jr. 20 MA, Ethel I. 18 MA, William D. (Dana) 15 MA and Luther S. 13 MI. He is a son of Myron C. Putnam from Chittenden County, Vermont. He has been married here since the 1910. He was briefly in Bay City Michigan when his son Luther was born in October 1916 and then back here by 1920. They are in Phillipston, Worcester County in 1935 and 1940. Ethel was born in Lisbon, Androscoggin County Maine March 29, 1879 and will die in Gardner October 17, 1964. She is a daughter of Charles Nichols and Mary Smith. She was previously married to Borden F. Gray in Worcester August 27, 1897. Haven will die in Gardner November 19, 1970.

 

HELEN M. PUTNAM  Templeton, Worcester County

She is 42 MA and divorced. Helen Mary Bradish is living with her widowed mother Helen E. Bradish 70 NH MA MA. In 1920 she was here married to the next listed John Putnam.

 

JOHN H. (HENRY) PUTNAM  Templeton, Worcester County

He is 54 MA MA MA and an agent for the Farm Journal. He is divorced now. John was single here in 1900 and then widowed with a daughter by 1910. In 1920 he was here married to Mary Helen Brandish, who is back living with her folks. He is a son of Daniel Brown Putnam and Ella Woods from here.

 

FRED E. (EUGENE) PUTNAM  Uxbridge, Worcester County

He is 57 MA MA MA and is a cabinet maker. His wife Florence E. Crane is 55 MA and they have their son Ralph E. 30 MA. Ralph has been married 8 years and has Rodney D. 3 MA but no wife. Ralph was married to Marguerite Ingram and they divorced. He is the son of George Eugene Putnam (son of Maynard 2815) and Annabelle Lucy Putnam (daughter of Sumner 2715) of Sutton. They were here in 1900 and 1910 and probably in 1920 too, but not indexed. They are here in 1940.

 

LUCY A. (ANNABELLE) PUTNAM  Uxbridge, Worcester County

She is 78 MA and widowed. She is listed mother in law (grandmother in 1940) of Ralph Christiansen 28 MA and Myrtis Barr Christianson 29 MA. Lucy is a Putnam, a daughter of Sumner Putnam (2715), and also the widow of George Eugene Putnam, a son of Maynard Putnam (2815) all from Sutton. They were there in 1910 and like many others overlooked in 1920. George died December 2, 1912. Lucy and the Christiansons is still here in 1940. Now as to Lucy’s relationship with the Christianson family. George and Lucy’s daughter Anna Louise Putnam married William Warner Barr and their daughter Mytris Parker Barr married Ralph William Christianson.

 

ETHEL PUTNAM  Webster, Worcester County

She is 31 MA MA MA single and boarding. She is a public school teacher. She is a daughter of Henry and Ethel here in town.

 

FREDERICK PUTNAM  Webster, Worcester County

He is 36 MA MA MA and a foreman at a woolen mill. His wife Gertrude Redlitz is 35 GER. They have been married a year. Name was hard to read. She will die here in 1967, Fred in 1980.

 

FRED L. (LEROY) PUTNAM  Webster, Worcester County

He is 42 MA RI MA (should read MA MA RI) and a salesman at the electrical plant. His wife Lottie M. is 35 MA and they have Fred L. Jr. 11 MA and Vernon G. 6 MA. He is a son of Frank Austin Putnam and Edith E. Baker, and was home with the family in 1900 and 1910 in Dudley, Mass. They were here married in 1920.

 

HENRY J. (JOHN) PUTNAM  Webster, Worcester County

He is 62 MA MA MA and owns a cabinet shop. His wife Annie Stobbs is 56 MA. Their son John D. 22 MA is at home. He is the son of John Davis Putnam and Sarah Johnson from Webster. Been here all his life.

 

ELLA O. PUTNAM  West Brookfield, Worcester County

Ella Comstock is 72 NY and still widowed. Also here are her sister Hattie and husband Arthur Livermore as they were in 1920. She is the widow of Jacob Putnam. They were here from 1880 to 1910. She was widowed here in 1920. He was a son of Jacob and Harriet Putnam from Warren.

 

C. (CARL) SHERMAN PUTNAM  Westborough, Worcester County

He is 51 MA MA MA and manages a retail meat market. His wife Jennie Fische Tilson is 46 MA and Thelma 24, Elizabeth 19 and Charles 12 are at home. Charles is listed as an adopted son, but was with them in 1920 just as a son. He is the son of Elisha Albert Putnam and Mary Elizabeth Bixby from here. He married Jennie October 12, 1904 and been here all his life. He was born here in 1879 and will die here in 1932. Jennie is widowed here in 1940.

 

MARY E. PUTNAM  Westborough, Worcester County

She is 74 MA. Mary Elizabeth Bixby is the widow of Elisha Adelbert Putnam. They were in Hopkinton in 1880, and she was widowed here in 1900 and still is now in 1930.

 

GEORGE A. (ALBRO) PUTNAM  Winchendon, Worcester County

He is 31 MA MA MA and a bench sawyer in a toy factory. He has been married 8 years to Alice 27 MA CAN CAN (French from Quebec) and they have Beryl M. a daughter 6 CAN and Vernon G. 3 MA. Rand found a draft registration for him. His name is Albro George Putnam born in Westminster April 14, 1899. His folks were Ernest Edwin Putnam and Gertrude Jane Nichols and they were all in Westminster, Worcester County in 1900 and George was with his mother there in 1910. Ernest’s dad was Albro Putnam as seen in Rhode Island in 1850, Uxbridge Massachusetts in 1860 and then in McLean County Illinois in 1870 and 1880.

 

PHILIP L. (LUCIUS) PUTNAM  Winchendon, Worcester County

He is 39 NH MA NH and single. He is a machinist in a factory. He is a son of John Caleb Putnam and Gertrude Nutting from Wilton New Hampshire. He was born in Milford, Hillsborough County New Hampshire November 14, 1890. He was at home with his dad and stepmother Jessie Rice in 1900 in Leominster, and with his married sister in Templeton in 1910. He was single here in 1920 and will be here in 1940.

 

ADA F. PUTNAM  Worcester, Worcester County

She is 69 MA single and a patient at the State Hospital. She is also a dining room worker there. She was listed as an adopted daughter of Peter Putnam and Betsy Smith of Cambridge in 1900, and was in Medford in 1910. She was here in the hospital in 1920 and will still be in 1940.

 

ARCHIE R. (ROYAL) PUTNAM  Worcester, Worcester County

He is 37 MA MA MA and drives a street railway car (trolley). His wife Alma Johnson is 36 MA and Eileen 15 MA and Hazel 11 MA are at home. Archie is a son of Arthur Leonard and Ada Putnam from Charlton. He was home there in 1900 and 1910 and married here in 1920. They are in Charlton in 1940. He and Arthur here in town are twins. He is back in Charlton by 1935 and there in 1940 still driving a trolley car.

 

ARTHUR R. (RUSSELL) PUTNAM  Worcester, Worcester County

He is 37 MA MA MA and a bus driver. His wife Mary M. Tucker is 36 MA. They have Robert E. 1 MA. Also here is her widowed father James E. Tucker 70 IRE. He is a son of Arthur Leonard Putnam and Ada C. McIntyre from Charlton. He was single here in 1920. They are all in West Boylston, Worcester County in 1940. He and Archie here in town are twins.

 

ARTHUR D. (DAVIS) PUTNAM  Worcester, Worcester County

He is 62 MA MA ME and a civil engineer with the Electric Light Company. His wife Louise Sartelle is 63 MA. Their now married daughter Louise D. is 26 MA, her husband Raymond Jenkins is 36 NH and they have Louise F. 3 MA. He is the son of Otis Earle Putnam and Louisa Davis from here in Worcester City. He has been married here since the 1890s. They are still here in 1935 and in Miami, Florida by 1940.

 

BENJAMIN W. (WESLEY) PUTNAM  Worcester, Worcester County

He is 50 MA MA MA and a tool maker for an energy company. His wife Annie E. is 50 PA and a saleslady in a department store. They have Waldo W. 20 MA. He is a son of George Sumner Putnam and Mary E. Adams from Rutland. He was home in 1880 and 1900, and married here since 1910. They are here in 1940.

 

CHARLES PUTMAN  Worcester, Worcester County

He is 57 RUS and widowed as his wife Gussie Cohen has died. He has a son Sumner 21 MA with him. Been here since he came to the Country in 1890. He owns a wholesale woolen dealership. They are here in 1940.

 

CHARLES E. PUTNAM  Worcester, Worcester County

He is 58 MA MA MA single and out of a job. He is a son of Edward J. Putnam and Henrietta Stockwell from here. He has always been at home and was here with his widowed mother in 1920. She too has died.

 

CHARLES S. (SIBLEY) PUTNAM  Worcester, Worcester County

He is 59 MA and his wife Mary F. Emmons is 55 VT. They have Charles S. Jr. 22 MA. He is a son of Edward Sibley Putnam and Josie Dennison from Sutton and then in Worcester by the 1870s. He was home here with his widowed mother in 1880. I don’t find them in 1900, but they would be here, and they were here in 1910 and 1920, and will be in 1940.

 

CLINTON A. PUTNAM  Worcester, Worcester County

He is 25 VT VT VT single and lodging. Can’t find him in Vermont.

 

DANIEL W. (WALDO) PUTNAM  Worcester, Worcester County

He is 41 MA MA MA and a salesman. His second wife Mary is 41 MA. He is a son of Anson Waldo Burlingame Putnam and Ella M. Stowe. He was home with his widowed mother in Auburn in 1900 and 1910. He and Florence were just married In Auburn on June 24, 1919. They were in Shrewsbury in 1920. Then she died in 1924 and he married Mary in Shrewsbury in 1928.   He and Florence had a daughter Florence Marjorie Putnam born March 27, 1920 in Shrewsbury and she is now with her mother’s folks, Charles and Ada Tuttle, in Worcester and will be with them single in 1940 and will die single here in Worcester August 5, 1994. Donald and Mary will get divorced and he is single here in 1940. He will die here in 1951,

 

DARIUS A. PUTNAM  Worcester, Worcester County

He is now 76 MA MA MA and widowed since his wife Alice Gleason has died. He still runs his funeral parlor. He is the son of Sumner Putnam (2742) and Amelia Newton of Rutland.

 

EDGAR W. (WILLIAM) PUTNAM  Worcester, Worcester County

He is 49 MA MA MA and a bus driver. His wife Louise S. is 54 MA. Also here are his parents Frank Austin Putnam 74 MA and Edith E. Baker 69 RI, and his single sister Minnie M. 34 MA. They are from Dudley Massachusetts. Frank is the son of Austin Putnam and Roxanna Perkins of Auburn.

 

EDWARD F. PUTNAM  Worcester, Worcester County

He is 25 MA MA MA and is an office manager at a wire mill. His wife Marion H. Bennett is 25 MA and they have William B. 4/12 MA. They live with her widowed mother Margaret Bennett 59 IRE. He is a son of Henry Anderson Putnam and Adelaide Elizabeth Prentiss from here. He was born here December 10, 1904 and he will die in Chatham on Cape Cod November 28, 1993. He will be buried in Shrewsbury, Worcester County. They are here in 1940.

 

EDWIN L. (LEWIS) PUTNAM  Worcester, Worcester County

He is 41 NH US NH and is a building carpenter. His wife Pearl Powrs is 44 CAN and they have Milton C. 11 MA. They were here in 1920, but now his widowed mother Vina 65 NH is with them. He is a son of Lewis Hiram Putnam and Vina McLaughlin from Hookset NH. They were there in 1900 and in Dunbarton NH in 1910. His dad was originally from Hubbardston, Worcester County. They are part of the other, Yorkshire England branch of the family.

 

ELMER A. PUTNAM  Worcester, Worcester County

He is 69 MA MA MA and he works on a farm. His wife Alice E. Clark is 67 MA and her widowed mother Ellen Clark is 87 MA.  He is a son of Joseph Woodbury Putnam and Lucy Stockwell from Oxford. They were all three here in 1910 and 1920. Alice is widowed here in 1940.

 

EMMONS W. (WALDO) PUTNAM  Worcester, Worcester County

He is 33 MA MA MA and is a bank teller. His wife Ethel E. Chase is 40 RI and they have Lois 8 MA and Emmons Jr. 5 MA. Her folks were with them in 1920 and now just her widowed dad Frank A. Chase 78 VT is here. He is a son of Charles Sibley Putnam and Mary Emmons. He was born here in Worcester May 6, 1896 and was at home with them here in Worcester in 1910 and married here in 1920. They are here in 1940.

 

FANNIE PUTNAM  Worcester, Worcester County

She is 65 MA single and still a servant for Albert Bond as she was in 1920. She is a daughter of Samuel Putnam (3135) and Harriet Graves from here. She was here with her widowed mother in 1910.

 

FLORENCE M. PUTNAM  Worcester, Worcester County

She is 63 MD and widowed. Florence Mace was the third wife and then widow of Otis Earle Putnam from here. They were married in 1902 and here together in 1910. He died by 1920 and she was back in Baltimore with her sister Ella Mace then. She is also listed now in Washington DC.Not sure when she came back here, but will probably be here till she dies.

 

FLORENCE M. PUTNAM  Worcester, Worcester County

She is 10 MA MA MA and lives with her grandparents Charles and Ada Tuttle. She is Florence Marjorie Putnam a daughter of Waldo Daniel Putnam and Florence Marjorie Tuttle and was born in Shrewsbury, Worcester County March 27, 1920 and will die here in Worcester, still single, August 5, 1994. She is here with them in 1940.

 

FRED PUTNAM  Worcester, Worcester County

He is 63 MA MA MA and a salesman at a seed store. His wife Ada Davis is 59 MA. He is a son of Charles H. Putnam and Jane Forbes from here in Worcester. Been here forever.

 

GEORGE A. (ATLEE) PUTNAM  Worcester, Worcester County

He is 34 MA MA MA and a clerk in an investment house. His wife Eunice Julia Hult is 28 MA and they have Dorothy R. 6 MA. He is a son of Clinton William Putnam and Lucy Case Dodge of Rutland. He was single here in 1920 and got married in 1922. They are here in 1940.

 

GEORGE H. (HENRY) PUTNAM  Worcester, Worcester County

He is 63 MA MA MA and a real estate salesman. His wife Nellie M. Knight is 61 MA. Their married daughter Harriet Stoffer 27 MA and daughter Evelyn Stoffer 5 FL are here. They are all also listed now in Clearwater Florida. Maybe they have two houses. He is the son of Henry Clinton Putnam (son of James Putnam 2294) and Harriet Maria Fuller from Sutton.

 

GLADYS PUTNAM  Worcester, Worcester County

She is 30 CT and divorced.

 

GRACE PUTNAM  Worcester, Worcester County

She is 50 MA and widowed. She is a chambermaid in a hotel. She is the widow of Frank Austin Putnam. They were in Auburn in 1910 and she was widowed here in 1920.

 

HAROLD PUTNAM  Worcester, Worcester County

He is 26 RI MA RI and his wife Dorothy May Parks is 26 MA and they have Beverly 1 MA. He is a foreman at a leather company and she works there too. He is a son of Wallace Edgar Putnam and Minnie Frances Darling from Sutton. His folks were obviously in Rhode Island in the early 1900s and then were in Sutton in 1910 and here in Worcester in 1920. Harold was born December 12, 1903 and will die in 1982. Dorothy was born in Hudson, Middlesex County February 3, 1904 and will die in Shrewsbury, Worcester County April 13, 1990 at age 86. They are here in 1940.

 

HAROLD PUTNAM  Worcester, Worcester County

He is 32 MA MA MA and his wife Evora is 35 MA. They have been married 7 years and have Evora 6 MA. He is a son of Willis Putnam and Harriet Cook and was born here. They are all here in 1940.

 

HATTIE PUTNAM  Worcester, Worcester County

She is 70 MA MA RI single and living by herself. She is a daughter of Sibley Putnam (2732) and Sarah Brown. She was here in 1900 with her then widowed mother Sarah. In 1910 she was here with her sister Emma and was by herself here in 1920.

 

HENRY A. (ANDERSON) PUTNAM  Worcester, Worcester County

He is 69 MA MA MA and a house carpenter. His wife Adelaide E. Prentiss is 59 MA and Stella 34 MA is the only one still at home. He is the son of Samuel Putnam (3135) and Harriet Graves from here. Been here all his life and married for the last 36 years.

 

HORACE W. (WHITE) PUTNAM  Worcester, Worcester County

He is 72 MA MA MA and a foreman at a leather place. His wife Mary E. Nichols is 71 MA. He is the son of George Atlee Putnam (1734) and Philena Fletcher of Rutland. They were here since 1900.

 

JOHN P. PUTNAM  Worcester, Worcester County

He is 63 MA MA MA and just got married this year to Susan W. 50 MA. He is a son of John Jay Putnam and Isabella Parkhurst from here in Worcester. They were all here in 1910. He was with his widowed mother here in 1920. This is his first go at marriage. He doesn’t have a job, but has a servant and owns his own house.

 

S. LEROY PUTNAM  Worcester, Worcester County

He is 52 MA and a painter. He is still single and will be forever. He is Leroy Sumner Putnam, a son of George Sumner Putnam and Mary Emma Adams and was born in Rutland September 19, 1877 and will die in Rutland in May 1965. He is here in 1940 too.

 

LESLIE H. (HIRAM) PUTNAM  Worcester, Worcester County

He is 48 NH NH NH and a planer in a machine shop. His wife Mary Florence George is 43 NH and they now have Edith F. 21 NH, Lawrence F. 20 NH, George L. 13 NH and Leslie W. 10 MA. He is a son of Lewis Hiram Putnam and Lavina Eldora McLaughlin from Hookset, New Hampshire. He was born there August 29, 1881, and was at home there in 1900 and he was married in Goffstown, Hillsborough County in 1910 and here in 1920. He will die here in Worcester April 15, 1977. This is the ‘Other Branch’ of the family originally from Yorkshire, England.

 

LILLIAN E. PUTNAM  Worcester, Worcester County

She is 78 MA and widowed. She lives with her married daughter Ethel LaFlameme 30 MA and her husband Joseph. Beats me.

 

LIZZIE M. PUTNAM  Worcester, Worcester County

She is 52 MA MA MA and single. She lives in the Abbott House and is a nurse. She is the daughter of Daniel Cady Putnam and Mary Louise Avery. She was at home in Worcester in 1880 and in Needham in 1910. She was here in Worcester in 1920.

 

LOUISA PUTNAM  Worcester, Worcester County

She is 76 MA and widowed now. Hannah Louise Sabin is the second wife and now widow of George Augustus Putnam from here. She has two stepdaughters from his first marriage with Fannie Marie Wells. They are Jennie 62 ME and Florence 54 MA. George was a clergyman like his father John Milton Putnam and traveled around New England over his career.

 

MARIA V. (VICTORIA) PUTNAM  Worcester, Worcester County

She is 72 MA and widowed. She lives with her married daughter Edith 43 MA and husband Earl Crockett 46 MA. She was married to George Willington Putnam here through the 1920. He was the son of William Putnam (3134) and Sarah Wheelock from here in Worcester. Maria is a daughter of William Martin and Sarah Smith and was born in West Boylston August 31, 1857. She is widowed here still in 1940.

 

MARION PUTNAM  Worcester, Worcester County

She is 51 MA MA MA and still single. Her sister Helen is 46 and single too. They are daughters of Samuel Henry Putnam and Sarah Woodbury from here in Worcester. They have been home through 1910 and were there with their widowed mother in 1920. In fact this is the same house their folks owned.

 

ROBERT W. (WHITNEY) PUTNAM  Worcester, Worcester County

He is 31 NH MA MA and says he has been married 7 years, but is boarding by himself. He sells automobiles. He is a son of Fred Brooks and Elizabeth Putnam and was born in Antrim March19, 1899 in Hillsborough County New Hampshire They were there in 1900 and then the family was back here in 1910 and probably 1920. His dad was from Leominster originally. There is a record that he will have a son, Richard Graham Putnam, on June 25, 1932. The birth certificate states his mother was Harriet E. Souzor. I guess that is who Robert is married to now.

 

SARAH F. PUTNAM  Worcester, Worcester County

She is 88 MA and still lives with her nephew Harry P. Prescott and his wife Mabel. Sarah Frances Johnson is the widow of John Davis Putnam from Webster. John was a son of Russell Putnam and Adeline Buss of Charlton. He died in Webster in 1907. She was here in 1920 and will be here in 1940 still with Harry and Mabel Prescott. And, she’ll be 98.

 

STUART D. (DENNISON) PUTNAM  Worcester, Worcester County

He is 24 MA MA VT and a teller at a bank. His wife Elizabeth C. is 21 VT. They have been married 2 years, and they have Robert S. 5/12 MA. He is a son of Charles Sibley Putnam and Mary Emmons from here in Worcester. He was born here February 2, 1906 and will die in Boston, probably in a hospital, November 24, 1959 and be buried in Longmeadow, Hampden County.

 

VICTOR H. (HERMAN) PUTNAM  Worcester, Worcester County

He is 36 MA RUS RUS. His wife Dorothy C. is 34 MA and they have Selma R. 5 and Marjorie M. 4 MA. He is a son of Charles Putnam and Augusta Cohen, both Russian Jewish immigrants. They have been here since the 1890s, Victor since he was born. No idea what their real name was.

 

WALLACE E. (EDGAR) PUTNAM  Worcester, Worcester County

He is 54 MA MA MA and owns a trucking company. His wife Minnie Darling is 60 RI. Their son Donald 20 MA is at home and their other son Harold is now married here in Worcester. He is a son of Peter Holland Putnam Junior and Harriet Augusta Putnam (kinfolk) of Sutton. They were in Sutton in 1910 and here in 1920 and will be in 1940.

 

WILLIAM H. (HARRISON) PUTNAM  Worcester, Worcester County

He is 67 OH MA ME and now widowed as Annie Marble has died in the past few years. His daughter Catherine 36 MA is still at home. He is the son of Frederick Wheeler Putnam (son of Jasper Putnam 3105) and Caroline Crocker from Grafton, Massachusetts. . He was born when his folks were in Xenia, Greene County Ohio May 29, 1863. His dad worked for the railroad and they were in Ohio from the 1850s to the 1880s. They were here since the 1890s.

 

WILLIAM H. (HENRY) PUTNAM  Worcester, Worcester County

He is 35 MA, his wife Mildred E. Warren 35 MA and they have Elizabeth 10 MA and Harry A. 2 MA. Mildred’s dad George F. Warren 62 MA and widowed is with them. He is a son of Henry Anderson Putnam and Adelaide Elizabeth Prentiss of Worcester. Henry was the son of Samuel (3135) of Worcester. Willie, and his birth certificate states Willie not William. He was born here November 15, 1894 and will die here July 5, 1967. He is a school janitor as he will be in 1940.

 

WILLIS E. PUTNAM  Worcester, Worcester County

He is 27 MA MA MA and is a salesman of household goods. His wife Crystal is 30 MA. He is a son of Willis and Harriet Putnam and was born here. They are in Millbury, Worcester County in 1940.

 

WILLIS E. PUTNAM Worcester, Worcester County

He is 61 MA MA MA and says he is married but Hattie isn’t here with him Think she died about 1929. He is a son of Edward S. Putnam and Josie J. Dennison of Sutton. He and Hattie were here in Worcester in 1900 through 1920.