MICHIGAN

Census Reports

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UPDATED AS OF SEPTEMBER 30, 2023

 

MICHIGAN 1940 CENSUS

 

CHARLES PUTNAM  Alcona, Alcona County

He is 69 MI and now widowed as his wife Celestine LaLonde has died. Charles Eleazer Putnam is a son of Sidney Putnam and his first wife Romela Forsythe. He was born in Romeo, Tuscola County November 1, 1870 and will die in Spruce, Michigan August 25, 1953. Sidney was a son of Eleazer Putnam and Margaret Dawson from New York State. Stella was born January 20, 1872 and died here in March 1937. They were here in 1910 and 1920. New England family out of Connecticut.

 

CLAUDE R. (ROBERT) PUTNAM  Maple Ridge Township, Alpina County

He is 51MI MI MI and owns a farm. His wife Laverta Thompson is 46 MI and they have Violet 12 MI, Claudine 10 MI, Virginia 8 MI, twins Joan 6 MI and Jean 6 MI. He is a son of William and Amanda Putman from Ogemaw County. He was home there in 1910 and single in Detroit in 1920 and then Rose, Ogemaw County in 1930. Claude is a patient in the U. S. Veterans Hospital with tuberculosis in 1950 in Waukesha, Wisconsin and will die there September 30, 1950. Dutch family from New York State and then Canada.

 

JAMES R. (RANSOM) PUTNAM  Clayton, Arenac County

He is 81 PA PA OH and widowed. He has his son Jay 44 MI with him. He was single here in 1880, and married to Catherine Elizabeth Hettinger in 1900 through 1920. Can’t find him any earlier though. Family sheet says he was born in Vicksburg, Pennsylvania January 19, 1860, but no parents were listed. His death record, March 13, 1948 in Mills, Michigan names him James Ransom Putnam with a father named John. Can’t find any more on him, but found a sheet on Elizabeth. She was born June 5, 1866 in Michigan and died January 14, 1928 in Clayton. Her folks were William Hettinger and Susannah Pore. She married James October 9, 1883 in West Bay City, Bay County Michigan.

 

DON PUTNAM  Johnstown Township, Barry County

He is 66 OH and his wife Mary A. Wickwire is 60 MI. He is a retired high school teacher. He is Donald DeVan Putman, a son of Alpheus Putman and Amanda Inman from Sandusky County Ohio. Don was in Barry County in 1900, married there in 1910. His widowed mother was here with him in Battle Creek, Calhoun County in 1920. He and Mary were in Caledonia, Kent County in 1930 and now here where the started. The family came out here in the 1880s from Ohio. Don was born in Sandusky County Ohio August 28, 1873 and will die here in Johnstown Mar 14, 1948. Mary was born  here in Johnstown October 21, 1879 and will die here May 17, 1964. This is a German family from Pennsylvania.

 

A. B. (ALPHEUS BENJAMIN) PUTMAN  Yankee Springs, Barry County

He is 80 OH and widowed for the second time. He is Alpheus Benjamin Putman Jr. a son of Alpheus Putman and Amanda Inman from Sandusky County Ohio. He was born November 8, 1859 in Freemont, Erie County Ohio, He has been in Hastings, Barry County since the 1880s, except he was briefly in Grand Rapids in 1930 but back here by 1935. He was first married to Eva Cross April 23, 1883 and widowed by the 1890s. He married Mable ‘Abbie’ Winters November 6, 1901 in Middleville, Barry County and she died there January 4, 1923. He will die here himself on September 7, 1943. This is a German family originally out of Somerset County Pennsylvania before heading west into Ohio.

 

ALICE PUTNAM  Bay City, Bay Colony

She is 46 ENG says she is married and lives with her widowed mother Ellen Richardson 84 ENG. She first appears here with her folks in 1920 and says she is married. Then in 1930 she is actually with her husband Elias E. Putman who is a steamboat pilot. He’s not here now and she says she is still married. And then I have no idea who Elias is as the 1920 was the only time he ever appears

 

GEORGE PUTMAN  Bay City, Bay Colony

He is 47 MI NY MI and a building carpenter. His wife Pearl Gower is 46 MI and they have Charles 18 MI (born September 28, 1921 and will die here in Bay City in August of 1980), and John 7 MI. Their now married daughter Dorothy 20 MI, her husband Joseph Crowell 21 MI and daughter Beverly Crowell 1 MI are with them as well. He is a son of William Eugene Putnam and Carrie E. Gower from Genesee County in 1900 and then Shiawassee County in 1910. He was married and living at home there in 1920 and here in Bay City in 1930. George was born June 6, 1894 and will die here in Bay City in February 1969. Pearl is a daughter of Jacob Gower and Mary M. Baldwin. Rand found a sheet on his dad William and it has his folks as Charles Putman and Mary Hayward and Charles folks were Johannes Lodewyck Putman and Nancy Smith. Dutch family out of Montgomery then Ontario County New York.

 

MAUD PUTMAN  Essexville, Bay Colony

She is 56 MI and now widowed. She has Gerald 25 MI (born March 5, 1905 and died in Saugatuck Michigan July 1986. He’ll marry a Myrtle some day), and Doris 23 MI still at home. Maud Shell was married to Aaron Putman. They were here in 1920 and 1930, and in Gladwin County in 1910. He was a son of Theodore Putman and Sarah Ann MacAboy as shown in 1900 in Sanilac County. He was born there February 26, 1883. Dutch family originally from New York State.

 

DELL PUTNAM  Benton Harbor, Berrien County

He is 68 MI US US and manages a garage. His wife Mary Scherer is 70 MI GER GER. They have Catherine a granddaughter 14 OH. He is a son of Lewis J. Putnam and Mary Elizabeth Brown from Corunna, Shiawassee County. He was home there in 1880. He has been here in Benton Harbor since the 1890s and this is his second marriage. He was married to Kittie Brannigan here in 1900 and she died here August 26, 1904. He was married to Mary in 1910. He was born in Keeler, Michigan October 3, 1871 and will die here in Benton Harbor July 19, 1957.

 

HAROLD B. (BRUCE) PUTNAM  Benton Harbor, Berrien County

He is 54 MI MI MI and is an interior decorator. His wife Mabel Florence Emerson is 47 MI. He was single here in 1910 and married Mabel in 1913. They were married here from 1920 on. He is a son of Eber Putnam and Justina Batson from Niles City, Berrien County and then Van Buren County. He was born April 13, 1885 and will die here in April 1965.

 

JUSTINA PUTMAN  Benton Harbor, Berrien County

She is 78 MI and widowed as she was in 1920 and 1930 in Van Buren County. Her son Frank C. 53 MI is still with her. She is Justina Batson the Widow of Eber Lewis Putnam who died in Newango County October 7, 1912. Eber was a son of Perley Putnam and Margaret Ann Crampton from New York and the family was from New England before that. Justina is a daughter of William Batson and Cornelia Brown and was born September 29, 1861 and will die here in Benton Harbor December 29, 1945.

 

RAYMOND PUTMAN  Benton Harbor, Berrien County

He is 22 MI single and a nephew of Marion and Hazel Price. He is a son of Verne L. Putman and Mabel Price. He was at home in 1920 in Shiawassee County. Something must have happened to their mother and their dad has remarried and was in Lansing, Ingham County in 1930. Ray and his sisters were with their grandparents Fred and Anna Price in Pipestone, Berrien County.  Dutch family from New York State.

 

ALBERT PUTNAM  Niles, Berrien County

He is now 75 MI and his wife Charlotte DeLong is 74 MI. They have been married since 1897. He is a son of Lewis J. Putnam and Mary Elizabeth Brown from Corunna, Shiawassee County. He was home there in 1880 and in Van Buren County in 1900. He married Charlotte or Dollie in Van Buren County December 25, 1887. They were in Cass County in 1910. They were here in Berrien County in 1920 and 1930. His dad Lewis was a son of Parks or Parkhurst Putnam and Lucretia Scherer. Park’s was Reuben’s son from Monroe County, New York. His line goes back to Cornelius Putnam (339) from Sutton, Massachusetts and then Stafford, Connecticut .

 

WILLIAM F. (FULLER) PUTNAM  Niles City, Berrien County

He is 65 MI NY IL and his wife Bertha Marguerite Lampa is 55 GER. He is a mail carrier. He is a son of Herbert L. Putnam and Elizabeth Fuller from here. He was home here with his widowed dad in 1900, and married here since 1910. There is a record he married Lena J. Thompson July 27, 1904 and no idea what happened to her. He married Bertha May 2, 1909 in Three Oaks, Michigan. William was born March 7, 1875 in Stevensville, Michigan and will die in Berrien Center in 1952.

 

CECIL J. (JAMES) PUTMAN  Union, Branch County

He is 24 IN, his wife Helen Theda is 23 MI and the have Cecil Junior just born. He was here in 1930 with his widowed mom Ina and 2 siblings. Ina was the widow of Perry Putman. He was in Jackson County Michigan with his folks (Jay Thompson Putman and Catherine Stone first wife) in 1900. Then in 1910 Perry and Ina were in Steuben, Indiana. She was widowed here in 1920. The son Cecil was born October 31, 1915 and will die here in Union City July 25, 1986. Dutch line from Montgomery County New York then Sussex County New Jersey in the late 1700s and back to Yates County New York in the mid 1800s.

 

FRANK A. (ALVIN) PUTNAM  Athens, Calhoun County

He is 77 MI NY NY and owns a farm. His second wife Rose Stockwell is 56 KS. He is a son of Cyrus A. and Clarissa Putnam, and has been here in Athens all his life. His folks were from New York, and his grandparents were from Vermont. His first wife Ada Blodgett died in 1911. He married Rose November 18, 1913. They were here in 1920 and 1930. Frank was born in Athens September 3, 1862 and will die here in East Leroy June 4, 1952. Rose was born July 12, 1883 and will die here in June 1969. This is her first marriage.

 

ALVIN PUTMAN  Battle Creek, Calhoun County

He is 68 MI NY CAN and is an oven man in the food industry. His second wife Selena A. Lee is 66 MI. He is a son of George Putnam and Caroline Whitney from Branch County. His name is always spelled Putman, so guess he changed it or it just changed. The family was from Massachusetts to New Hampshire to New York to here.

 

CLARENCE PUTMAN  Battle Creek, Calhoun County

He is 46 OH and his wife Maude Frances Hoffman is 45 OH. Clarence Homer Putman is a son of Elder Willis Putman and Arlene Gaier from Van Wert County Ohio. He was born July 8, 1893 and will die in Ohio City in September 1970. They have been in Liberty, Van Wert County Ohio up till now and will be back there by 1942. Their kids are all back there now. In Van Wert County everyone is from Somerset County Pennsylvania and are all part of that German family in Maryland.

 

DELMAR M. (MAYO) PUTNAM  Battle Creek, Calhoun County

He is 63 MI NY NY and a superintendent in a manufacturing company. His wife Minnie L. Hallock is 53 SD NY MI and they have Maxine G. 5 MI. He was first married to a Gertrude in 1900 and then here with Minnie since the 1910. Don’t know his folks, but he was born here in July 1874 and will die here February 28, 1942. Delmar’s death record states his folks were William Walker Putnam and Celia Webber. But they were adopting parents. His birth parents were Otheniel Faxon and Alida Tripp. That’s why even though he was born in 1874, he wasn’t listed with William Putnam’s family in 1880. William died in 1891 and Celia and the regular kids were in South Dakota in 1900 and Delmar was here in Bedford, Calhoun County in 1900 and then Battle Creek through 1940. So he was not born a Putnam.

 

EMMA PUTNAM  Battle Creek, Calhoun County

She is 71 CAN and widowed. She is living with her married daughter Mildred 38 MI and husband Forest R. Young 38 MI and their 2 kids. Emma was the third and last wife of Mervin Putnam from here. The daughter Mildred is from her earlier marriage to a Mathews guy. Mervin was a son of George Putnam and Caroline Whitney from Branch County. He was here in 1900 and 1910 with a different wife each census year. Nellie Rowe in 1900 and Ida Cole in 1910, and Emma in 1920. The family was from Massachusetts to New Hampshire to New York to here.

 

HAROLD PUTMAN  Battle Creek, Calhoun County

He is 36 MI single and a patient in the Roosevelt American Legion Hospital. He is a son of Raymond Putnam and Charlotte Armaugher from Owosso, Shiawassee County. He was home there in 1930. This is the only New England family in the County where all the others are Dutch from New York State.

 

MAX PUTNAM  Battle Creek, Calhoun County

He is 27 IA and his wife Virginia is 25 MI. He is a barber in a barbershop and she a beautician in a beauty salon. They were both here in 1935. He is a son of Thomas Bethel Putnam and Rachel Brewer and was in Warren County Iowa in 1910 and 1920. His folks got divorced I guess and he was here with his mother in 1930 and she was married to Lewis Duffin. I don’t find his dad in Iowa now but he will die there in 1959. Thomas was a son of Albert Putnam and Nancy Catherine Pyle. New England family.

 

WILLARD N. (NICHOLS) PUTMAN  Battle Creek, Calhoun County

He is 59 NY IL US and is a physician. His wife Mary E. Gatiss is 55 IL. Her mother Margaret Gatiss 94 END and her brother H. M. Gatiss 64 CAN are with them now. They have been here a while now. He is a son of Charles Edward Putman and Lucretia Nichols and was born in Saint Lawrence County New York on April 12, 1881. He married Mary here December 16, 1908. He will die here in 1954 and Mary in 1958. Dutch family from New York State.

 

CARL PUTNAM  Bedford Township, Calhoun County

He is 56 MI single and a patient in the Veterans Administration Mental Facility (Hospital). Carl Wright Putnam is a son of Peter Putnam and Charlotte Doane. He was listed in 1900 as a nephew with Frank Putnam and Ada Blodget in Athens, Calhoun County. He was here in Battle Creek in 1910, in Detroit in 1920 and back in Battle Creek in 1930. He was born October 24, 1886 and will die here December 5, 1940 and is buried nearby in Athens.

 

ERNEST E. (EZRA) PUTNAM  Bedford Township, Calhoun County

He is 49 MI married and a patient in the Veterans Administration Mental Facility (Hospital). States he was last in Cooperstown, Ottawa County Michigan. He is married to Genevieve Platt as he was in 1920 and 1930 in Isabella County. She is currently in Ottawa County now with their kids. He is a son of John Henry Putman and his second wife Harriet Williams from there. John was a son of Jacob Blood Putman and Eunice Ellis from Montgomery County New York. Ernest was born January 10, 1891 and married Genevieve October 15, 1919. She is a daughter of Charles and Flora Platt and was born in Isabella County April 10, 1903. She will die here in Wexford County Michigan April 1, 1990. Ernie will die in Longwood, Florida December 31, 1967 maybe on vacation or retired there. Dutch family out of New York State.

 

WILLARD G. (GATISS) PUTMAN  Bedford Township, Calhoun County

He is 31 MI, his wife Alice I. Jones is 32 MI and they have Willard G. Junior 3 MI and Robert Charles 4/12 MI. He is a brakeman for the railroad. He is a son of Willard Nichols Putman and Mary Elizabeth Gatiss from Battle Creek where he was born August 11, 1909. He married Alice there September 6, 1934. She is a daughter of David P. Jones and Mabel L. Hyde and was born August 20, 1908 in Pennfield, Calhoun County and will die August 27, 1995 here in Bedford. Willard will die here in Bedford June 18, 1987. Dutch family from New York State.

 

GEORGE S. (STEPHEN) PUTNAM  Clarendon, Calhoun County

He is 67 MI MI GER. He is a brick mason. His wife Blanche Ellen Gallop is 61 MI. He is a son of Wiley Bancroft Putnam and Julia Stern and was born here February 6, 1873. He was in Branch County through 1910 and here in 1920 and back in Branch County in 1930. New England family from Vermont.

 

HARRISON O. (OSMER) PUTNAM  Clarendon, Calhoun County

He is 40 MI MI MI and is a farmer. His wife Ola Mildred Pell is 39 MI and they have Max Elmer 18 MI. He is a son of George Stephen Putnam and Blanche Ellen Gallop. They were here living with his folks in 1920. The folks moved back to Branch County but Harrison stuck around here. Harrison was born January 13, 1900 and will die in Tekonsha Michigan November 3, 1972. He married Ola September 10, 1919. Ola is a daughter of John Wesley Pell and Majesta Maud McWain and was born in Butler, Branch County July 6, 1900 and will die in Coldwater, Branch County November 5, 2000 just over 100 years old. Not Bad! Family is out of Vermont.

 

MELVIN PUTNAM  Clarendon Township, Calhoun County

He is 38 MI, his wife Mary Stevens is 33 MI and they have Frank 11 MI, Harold 9 MI, Melvin Junior 7 MI and Jean M. 3 MI. He works at an automobile factory. They were in Plainfield, Iosco County in 1930 and in Eaton Rapids, Eaton County in 1935. Melvin James Putnam is a son of Alfred Leander Putnam and Darlene Mary McVicker and was born February 19, 1902 in Hale Michigan and will die in Battle Creek October 9, 1969. The cemetery record shows that Melvin was married to Mary Stevens daughter of Frank Stevens and Millie Rice and she was born February 5, 1907 in Homer Michigan and will die in Albion Michigan September 10, 1979. Then Melvin’s dad Fred is a son of Francis ‘Frank’ Orlin Putnam and Mary Jackson and was born in Sunfield, Eaton County November 19, 1877 and will die in West Branch, Michigan March 14, 1965. Frank Orlin Putnam was a son of Orlin Homer Putnam and Caroline Brown and was born here in Clarendon April 6, 1844. Orlin Homer’s folks were Cornelius Putnam and Bridget Nevins from Hanover, Grafton County New Hampshire and Sutton, Worcester County Massachusetts before that.

 

JUNE M. (MARGARET) PUTMAN  Emmett Township, Calhoun County

She is 24 IN married and a patient in the Calhoun County Public Hospital as she was in 1935. June Margaret Stevens married Thomas Junior Putnam in Battle Creek, Calhoun County June 24, 1936. Yes Junior is his name as shown in the 1930 census in Battle Creek where he is indexed as Junior Putnam. Well Junior is Thomas Bethel Putnam Jr. son of Tom Senior and Rachel Brewer and he was born in Warren County Iowa February 2, 1910, folks got divorced and he came back up here with mom and brother Max. Rachel had remarried to Lewis Duffin from Iowa and they just took off out of there. Thomas Senior was a son of Albert Putnam and Nancy Catherine Pyle. New England family going back to James Rufus Putnam in Indiana to Massachusetts. June is a daughter of Walter G. Stevens and Irma I. Clark and was born in Battle Creek and will die in Kalamazoo June 6, 1984. She is buried in Young’s Cemetery in Battle Creek with Thomas Junior who died August 3, 1987 in Sandusky, Ohio. Surprised they are buried together as they were divorced in Broward County Florida February 18, 1981.

 

NIHL F. PUTNAM  Emmett Township, Calhoun County

He is 31 IN and his wife Aileen is 30 MI. He works in a wire manufacturing plant. He was here in 1930 with his widowed mom Ina and 2 siblings. Ina was the widow of Perry Putman. Perry was in Jackson County Michigan with his folks, Jay Thompson Putman and Catherine Stone first wife, in 1900. Then in 1910 Perry and Ina were in Steuben, Indiana. She was widowed here in 1920. He was born in Indiana in 1909 and he will die in 1968 and his wife Ailleen in 1994, both in Athens, Calhoun County. Dutch line from Montgomery County New York then Sussex County New Jersey in the late 1700s and back to Yates County New York in the mid 1800s.

 

GUY H. (HOMER) PUTNAM  Homer, Calhoun County

He is 56 MI MI MI and a clerk in a retail grocery store. His wife Julia Vesta Thomas is 54 MI and they have Hugh R. 23 MI and Warren R. 19 MI. He is a son of John H. Putnam and Julia Louisa Dodge from Eckford. He was born here April 22, 1883 and will die here in August 1963. He married Julia December 5, 1904. Julia is a daughter of William Thomas and Vesta Shaffer and was born January 1, 1885 and will die November 28, 1965 here in Homer. They were here in 1920 and 1930. Family is out of New Hampshire. Here is a findagrave.com link http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=9037506 

 

WALTER H. PUTMAN  Leroy Township, Calhoun County

He is a salesman 33 MI and his wife Jean E. is 37 MI. No such person around in 1930 or earlier that I can find. Bet not a Putman or Putnam.

 

RALSON PUTMAN  Marengo Township, Calhoun County

He is 44 MI single and an inmate in the Calhoun County Infirmary as he was in 1935. Probably not a Putman either. Good luck.

 

ELMER E. PUTNAM  Marshall, Calhoun County

He is 76 MI NY MI and sells silos. His wife Nellie L. is 77 MI. Their daughter Bernice 49 MI was divorced here in 1930, but she has married one again to Roy Southwell 56 MI. They were all here in 1910. In 1920 Elmer and Nellie were in Kalamazoo. He is a son of William Putnam and Abigail Styles and was home in Pulaski, Jackson County in 1870. Line goes back through Cornelius Putnam to New Hampshire then Massachusetts.

 

LLOYD PUTNAM  Sheridan, Calhoun County

He is 35 MI MI MI and a maintenance foreman at some kind of company. His wife Elsie Irene Hollabaugh is 34 OH. They have been married 14 years and have Jacqueline M. 13 MI, Beverly 11 MI, Edward Guy 5 MI and John William 3 MI. Arthur Lloyd Putnam is a son of Guy Putnam and Julia Thomas. He was born in Homer, Calhoun County October 6, 1905 and was home there in 1920 and in Albion, Calhoun County in 1930. He married Elsie January 1, 1926. She was born in Putnam, Ohio October 1, 1906 and will die in Homer September 8, 1984. Lloyd will die in Sebring, Florida April 11, 1977. The family was out of New Hampshire before coming here.

 

ELORA PUTNAM  Dowagiac, Cass County

She is Elora Gifford 88 MI and widowed. Her son Pliney 61 MI is home with her. She was married to Era Putnam through 1920. He was a son of Orlean Putnam and Amelia Vanderhoof and was born here in Cass County. He was with Elora in 1920.

 

LEWIS PUTNAM  Dowagiac, Cass County

He is now 48 MI MI GER and is a city fireman. His wife new wife Rena Louise Thor is 50 MI. He was married to Nellie Cropsey here in 1920 and 1930. She died October 20, 1933. Rena is new and has John Swisher 17 MI, Frank Swisher 16 MI and Kenneth Swisher 11 MI from her prior marriage. Nellie has their kids from that first marriage. He is a son of Lincoln and Sophia Putnam. He was born here. Line goes back to Uzziel Putnam in New York and Massachusetts before that.

 

LINCOLN PUTNAM  Dowagiac City, Cass County

He is 77 MI MI PA and no retired. He was a farm laborer. His wife Sophia Schmitterdorff is 76 GER and Donald is 37 MI. He is Ulysses Lincoln Putnam, a son of Ira Putnam and Rosanna Longnecker from here in Cass County. He was born here March 14, 1947 and will die in Jefferson, Cass County April 2, 1947. He married Sophia June 24, 1888 in Porter, Indiana. She was born in Germany May 9, 1863 and will die here in Dowagiac April 3, 1944. Again the line like everyone in Cass County goes back to Uzziel Putnam in New York and then Massachusetts.

 

NEWTON PUTNAM  Penn Township, Cass County

He is 40 MI, his wife Helen 36 MI and they have Margaret 12 MI. He is a hired man on a farm. Newton Lincoln Putnam is a son of Ulysses Lincoln Putnam and Sophia Schmitterdorff from Cass County. They are listed earlier. He was born January 22, 1900 and will die March 30, 1983 in Berrien, Berrien County. Helen was born May 7, 1904 and will die in Berrien April 10, 1989.

 

DON PUTNAM  Wayne Township, Cass County

He is 34 MI, his wife Dorothy Hampton 31 MI and they have Margaret 13 MNI and Robert 10 MI. Her widowed mother Glennis Hampton 65 MI is with them. He manages a grocery store. I first see him in 1920 in Benton Harbor, Berrien County living with his uncle Joe Stump. Then in 1930 he is married to Dorothy there in Benton Harbor with these kids. And Now, I fin a couple of family sheets on Ancestry. He is a son of Harold Bruce Putnam and his first wife Myrtle Ann Withey. He was born in Benton Harbor November 16, 1905. Then his folks split or divorced. I don’t find him or his mom in 1910, but she died in Chicago August 2, 1915. His dad is boarding in Benton Harbor in 1910, and then married Mabel Emerson in 1913 and they were there in 1920. So those are his folks. He will die January 15, 1965 in Dowagiac, Cass County. New England line goes back to Eber Putnam and Justina Batson from Van Buren County.

 

MINOR B. PUTNAM  East Jordan, Charlevoix County

He is 21 MI and married to June 26 IL. He is a tree climber for a public utility company. He is a son of Earl Moulton Putman and Alma Blackmore from Cass County and was at home in Cass County in 1920 and Lapeer County in 1930. Earl first appears in a School for the Deaf in Flint Michigan in 1900. Earl is a son of Edson Barnet Putman and Ema Adell Moulton from Shiawassee County, and was born there June 6, 1888. He married Alma in Genesee County March 26, 1910. Dutch family out of New York State.

 

ROY PUTMAN  Koehler Township, Cheboygan County

He is 39 MI, his wife Elizabeth Mae Mead is 36 MI and they have Donna Jean 11 MI, Hubert 6 MI and Perry 1 MI. He is a son of Abraham Putnam and Clara Churchill from Tuscola where he has been up until now. He was born there in 1901 and married Elizabeth there November 25, 1923. She is a daughter of Henry Mead and Arvelle Davidson and was born in Tuscola County January 25, 1904 and will die in Atlanta,

Georgia February 10, 1977. Roy will die in New Mexico November 22, 1952. His dad was a son of William Oscar Putman and Mary S. Hitchcock, and was born in Kingston, Tuscola County. New England family that went up into Canada and then back down here.

 

EDWARD P. (PERRY) PUTNAM  Farwell, Clare County

He is 71 NY NY NY and now widowed. His wife Nellie Maude McGlone has died in 1933. He is Perry Putman and Martha Alver’s son and was born in Niagara County New York in August 1868, and has been in Isabella County Michigan since the 1870s. Ed will die here in 1956. This is a Dutch family out of Niagara County New York then back to Canada and then back to Montgomery County New York.

 

ROY F. (FRANCIS) PUTMAN  Farwell, Clare County

He is 32 MI NY MI (born February 23, 1897) and he is a laborer at odd jobs. His wife Dorotha Ione Wood is 25 MI, and they have Robert 16 MI and Perry Lavern 11 MI (he was born here April 14, 1929 and will die here in Farwell on August 1, 2000). Didn’t know his folks, but now doing the 1940 census, I found a family sheet that he was a son of Francis Henry Putnam and Lena Belle Woolson and was born here May 27, 1897, and will die here in Farwell August 24, 1973. He married Dorotha here January 18, 1920. She is a daughter of Hiram Lenzie Wood and Lila Belle Snear and was born here in Farwell June 8, 1904 and will die in February 1991. Francis was a son of Perry Putman and Martha Alvers from Niagara County New York. This is a Dutch family out of Niagara County New York then back to Canada and then back to Montgomery County New York.

 

GILBERT E. (EZEKIAL) PUTMAN  DeWitt Township, Clinton County

He is 30 MI, his wife Lulabelle Bertha Moore is 27 MI and they have Barbara J. 6 MI and Norma J. 4 MI. He works in an automobile factory. He is a son of Cornelius Leighton Putman and Maud Margaret Mitchell from Laingsburg, Shiawassee County. He was born there May 4, 1909 and will die there December 21, 1993. He was at home in 1920 and with his brother Verne in 1930. He married Lulabelle in Lansing July 25, 1932. Lulabelle was born January 6, 1913 and will die in Laingsburg in February 1986. New York Dutch family.

 

LEO A. (ALBERT) PUTMAN  DeWitt Township, Clinton County

He is 32 MI, his wife Ethelyn is 31 MI and they have a daughter Lavay J. 9 MI, John A. 8 MI and Mary Jalane 1 MI. Don’t think the spelling is that great. Leo is a son of Albert James and Cora V. Putman and was born in 1908 in Flint, Genesee County. This is a Dutch family out of Niagara County New York then back to Canada and then back to Montgomery County New York.

 

HERBERT B. PUTNAM  Duplain, Clinton County

He is 70 MI OH ENG, and rents a farm. He is a son of Myron Putnam and Anna Kerr Knight and they were all here since the 1800s. His widowed mother was here with him in 1930. His dad was born in Summit County Ohio and the family came out of New Hampshire before that. He was born in 1869 and will die in Elsie, Jackson County in 1945.

                                                                                                                                                            

HELEN PUTMAN  St. Johns City, Clinton County

She is 18 MI single, boarding and a secretary. Helen Louise is a daughter of Claire Dale and Mary Putman and was born in Lansing, Ingham County and was there in 1930. Dutch family from New York State.

 

MARY PUTNAM  St. Johns, Clinton County

Mary Ann Taft is 71 MI widowed and has her daughter Evelyn 36 MI. She was married to Amon Putnam who died here in 1933. He was a son of John Wesley and Caroline Putnam of Clayton, Jefferson County New York. He was in Ovid, Clinton County in 1900, and here in 1910, 1920 and 1930. Mary will go till 1942. The daughter Evelyn was born in 1903 and will die in 1990. I don’t think she ever married. English family out of Vermont and Massachusetts.

 

GARNET W. (WILFORD) PUTNAM  Victor Township, Clinton County

He is 33 MI MI MI and is a dye setter at the Oldsmobile Motor Car factory here. His wife Rose Belle Ward is 32 MI and they have Burl D. 14 MI (He was born August 13, 1925 and will marry Gloria May Krebhill in Laingsburg on November 3, 1946), Pearl Marie 12 MI (She was born August 29, 1927 and will marry Howard Waterman here in 1946) and Garnet Lyle. 10 MI (He was born November 14, 1929 and will die in Laingsburg Michigan April 17, 1996 He will marry Dolores Ellen Ginther), Donna Mae 7 MI (born September 5, 1932 who will marry Wayne Wright in 1951) and Shirley Joan 2 MI (born August 31, 1937 who will marry LaVerne Russell). Garnet Wilford Putman is the son of Cornelius Leighton Putnam and Maude Margaret Mitchell from here. He was born January 1, 1907 and married Rose in 1925. The family is Dutch originally out of New York State.

 

ALFRED L. (LEANDER) PUTNAM  South Branch Township, Crawford County

He is Alfred Leander Putnam 62 MI MI MI and works on a WPA road project. Lenore M. Bates his second wife is 36 MI and they have Genevieve 14 MI, Robert A. 12 MI (born March 29, 1928 and will die in Burton Michigan November 30, 2002), William Leander 9 MI (born June 22, 1930 and will die November 16, 2007. He will marry Onalee Ruth Allen), Rosemary 5 MI and Clarabelle 3 MI. He was married to Darlene May McVicker in Iosco County in 1900 and was divorced there in 1910. He was single in Luce County in 1920, and married to second wife Lenore M. Bates in Iosco County in 1930. He was listed in 1880 as a grandson of Edward Squire in Wayne County. He is a son of Francis ‘Frank’ Orlin Putnam and Mary C. Jackson from Eaton County. He was born there November 9, 1875. Family is from New Hampshire.

 

DEVON PUTNAM  Charlotte City, Eaton County

He is 32 MI, his wife Velma May Graham 26 MI and her brother Donald Graham 30 MI is with them. He is an engineer for the highway department. He is DeVon Wickwire Putnama son of Donald Devon Putman and Mary Wickwire and was born in Johnstown, Barry County June 24, 1907 and was with his folks there in 1910, Battle Creek, Calhoun County in 1920 and Caledonia, Kent County in 1930. He married Velma in the late 1930s. They are in Lansing by 1948 and he will die there April 10, 1983. Velma was born in Illinois May 1, 1913 and will die in Oak Park, Cook County September 5, 2008. German family from Somerset County Pennsylvania to Wyandot County Ohio to here.

 

MARCUS L. PUTMAN  Charlotte City, Eaton County

He is 40 MI MI MI (should be MI NY MI) and he manages a drug store. His wife Neva M. Coons is 45 MI. They have been married 18 years and have Mary Elizabeth 16 MI. He is a son of Amon Putnam and Mary Ann Taft from Clinton County. He was at home there in 1920. He was born in 1899 and will die in Lowell, Kent County in 1954. Neva was born in 1894 and will die in Lowell July 29, 1965. New England family that went to New York then here.

 

RAYMOND PUTMAN  Charlotte City, Eaton County

He is 21 MI and his wife Margaret Ann Le Roy is 19 MI. They were just married here on May 28, 1939. He is a son of Lester Ernest Putman and Betsy Jane Reel and was born in Ingham County March 20, 1919 and will die here in Charlotte May 20, 1972. He runs a grocery store. Margaret is a daughter of Clifford Le Roy and Celeste Wilson and was born in Charlotte June 5, 1920 and she will die October 17, 2012 in Greenville, Michigan. Dutch family out of New York State like about every Putnam/Putman in Ingham County.

 

JESSE PUTNAM  Grand Ledge, Eaton County

He is 64 OH US US and his second wife Flora Estelle Bird Rall is 60 MI. He is Jesse Inman Putman a son of Alpheus Benjamin Putman and Amanda Inman. He was born September 19, 1875 in Fremont, Sandusky County. He was shown at home in 1880 in Sandusky County Ohio. He married Pearl Pierson March 29, 1897. He was ‘single' awaiting divorce from Pearl Pierson his first wife in Grand Rapids Kent County in 1900 and was divorced in Battle Creek Calhoun County in 1910. He and Bird were married in Battle Creek December 10, 1911. German family out of Somerset County Pennsylvania.

 

LESTER E. (ERNEST) PUTMAN  Mulliken, Eaton County

He is 48 MI MI MI and a telegraph operator at the railroad station. His wife Betsy Jane Reel is 39 TX. They have Josephine 17 TX a daughter of Betsy’s first marriage with Scott Bibbler. This is the second for Lester and third for Betsy. In 1920 he was married to Blanche and they were in Ingham County. He is a son of Ernest and Olive Putnam from Ingham County. He was home in 1900 and in Otsego County in 1910 and back in Ingham County in 1920. Dutch family out of New York State like about every Putnam/Putman in Ingham County.

 

VERN L. PUTNAM  Windsor Township, Eaton County

He is 47 MI MI MI and now is a farmer. His new wife Sadie S. is 51 MI. They have a son Gordon Putnam 16 MI. He is a son of Cornelius Putman and Maud Mitchell from Laingsburg, Shiawassee County. Dutch family out of New York State.

 

BETTY J. & PATSY A. PUTMAN  Carp Lake, Emmet County

Betty is 10 MI and Patsy 8 MI. They live with their mother Lillian 32 MI and new husband William Nelson 41 MI. Lillian was married to Orville Putman here in 1930. He was a son of Robert Henry Putman and Eunice Wells from here and he died in Petoskey, Emmet County on October 14, 1933.

 

ROBERT H. (HENRY) PUTNAM  Carp Lake, Emmet County

He is 56 MI CAN US and is a foreman on highway construction. His wife Eunice Wells is 55 MI. Robert is a son of William Ezra Putnam and Elizabeth Wilmot from Wells, Tuscola County. He was born there July 8, 1873. He married Eunice February 20, 1892. They were in Wells in 1900 and in St. Clair County in 1920 and here in 1930. Eunice is a daughter of James M. Wells and Sarah Gallop and was born in Fremont, Tuscola County in March 1877. New England family that went up into Ontario before coming back down here.

 

MARY PUTMAN  Petoskey City, Emmet County

She is 43 MI and married. She is a servant at the Emmet County Infirmary. Mary Kiogima is an Indian and is married to William Wesley Putman. They were married in Gaylord, Otsego County October 16, 1926 and were there in 1930 and 1935. Wesley is a son of William Byron Putman from Gaylord, Otsego County and was born there April 6, 1899.

 

DAVID W. (WILLIAM) PUTNAM  Atlas (Goodrich Village), Genesee County

He is 20 MI, his wife Frances Storum 20 MI and they have Carol Elaine born December 13, 1939. He is a clerk in a retail grocery store. He is a son of William Jonathan Putnam and Philena Marion Pierson and was born here in 1919. Frances is a daughter of Fred Storum and Clara S. Sherman and was born in 1920 and will die in Pontiac, Michigan in December 1970. David will die in 1968.

 

GEORGE F. (FROST) PUTNAM  Atlas (Goodrich Village), Genesee County

He is 69 MI MI MI and is a watchmaker with his own shop. His wife Ida May Horner is 65 OH. He is the son of William Henry Putnam and Rhoda Frost from here. Massachusetts family that went into New York State in the early 1800s. George was born in 1871, and will die here March 23, 1952 at age 80. Ida will be around till she dies here at age 89.

 

WILLIAM PUTNAM  Atlas (Goodrich Village), Genesee County

He is 54 MI MI MI and his wife Philena Marion Pierson is 55 MI. They have Betty J. 21 MI. He owns a hardware store and will become postmaster here in Goodrich. Remember a lot of early post offices were in hardware and drug stores in those days. When we lived in Hingham, Massachusetts in the 1970s, the South Hingham Post Office took over half a liquor store. Anyway, he is William Jonathan Putnam, a son of William Henry Putnam and Rhoda Frost. He was born here in Goodrich July 21, 1884 and will die here in Goodrich soon on April 18, 1940. Philena was born September 7, 1884 and will die September 21, 1964. New England family.

 

WINONA PUTMAN  Burton Township, Genesee County

She is 18 single and a maid for Richard and Bessie Harper. She is a daughter of George Birdell Putnam and Margaret Guy and was at hme in Rogers, Presque Isle County in 1930. Her dad is a son of William Oscar Putman and Mary Hitchcock. He was born in Kingston Tuscola County and he and his first wife Ella Quinn were there married in 1900 through 1920. New England family.

 

ROSCOE PUTNAM  Davison, Genesee County

He is 60 MI VT MI and his wife Grace Cooley is 59 MI and they have Arthur 27 MI (born March 7, 1914 and will die in Lake Michigan August 21, 1994), Lucille 20 MI and Jane 17 MI. He is a real estate broker, and a son of Simeon Spaulding Putnam and Naomi Morgan from Monroe County where he was born. They were here in 1910, 1920 and 1930 too. His eldest son Glen is married here in town now. The son Arthur will marry Margaret I. Carter. She was a daughter of Lorenzo Carter and Pearl Ryckman. She was born in 1913 and will also die in Lake, Genesee County March 10, 2004.

 

MAX PUTMAN  Fenton Township, Genesee County

He is 26 OH and his wife Marguerite is 25 OH. Ralph Max is a son of Jesse Benjamin Putman and Minerva Pauline Sharp from Rockford Village, Mercer County Ohio. He was born there July 22, 1913 and will die in Ann Arbor, Michigan January 4, 1988. German family from Somerset County Pennsylvania.

 

CHARLES E. (EMMANUEL) PUTMAN  Flint, Genesee County

He is 39 IN and now divorced. He was married to Sarah Nola Belle Watson in La Font, New Madrid County Missouri. They were married there June 9, 1923 and got divorced around 1932. Anyway, Charles is a son of Charles Mack Putman and Anna Davis and was born in Boonville, Indiana December 6, 1901 and will die in Cleveland, Ohio September 30, 1942. Southern Putman line from Culpeper County Virginia to Kentucky to Indiana and out here.

 

CLARENCE B. PUTNAM  Flint, Genesee County

He is 46 MI MI MI and a machine operator in an auto factory. His wife May Abigail Kelly is 56 MI and they have Harmon R. 17 MI, Robert F. 15 MI (born March 8, 1925 and will die here in Flint November 25, 1989), and Dorothy J. 12 MI. He is a son of Robert Henry Putnam and Eunice Wells from Tuscola County originally. He was born September 17, 1893 and will die in Caro, Tuscola County in September 1969. Clarence has been here since the early 1920s and in Tuscola County before that. He married Mary in Caro October 9, 1912. Mary was born in Michigan December 20, 1883 and will die in Caro in June 1962. New England family that came down out of Canada in the mid 1800s.

 

ERNEST PUTMAN  Flint, Genesee County

He is 38 AL single and lodging. He is a press operator in an auto factory. He is a son of Robert Lee Putman and his first wife Orpha Groce and was born in Jackson County Alabama August 21, 1902. He was married to an Agnes in Pontiac, Michigan in 1930. He will be around till he dies in January 1971.

 

GEORGE B. (BYRON) PUTMAN  Flint, Genesee County

He is 60 MI and divorced. He is living with his married daughter Martha Etta Ducap 29 MI. He is a son of William Putman and Annie Caryl of Lapeer County. He was born in Lapeer County February 3, 1880 and will die here in Flint December 9, 1944. He was with his twice widowed mother Anna in Grant, Huron County in 1900.  George was married four times. First to Hattie Elmira Fields in 1905, Katherine Kelly in 1910, Musetta Newcombe in 1918 and Bertha Sutton in 1924. He may have also been married first to Sarah Doty. His daughter Martha Etta was with Katherine Kelly, Guy Putman listed shortly is his brother.

 

GLEN PUTNAM  Flint, Genesee County

He is 34 MI, his wife Nola 30 MI and Robert 12 MI. is a pharmacist at a drug store. He has been married 13 years to Nola 21 MI and they were here in 1930. He is a son of Roscoe A. Putnam and Grace Ethel Cooley from Davison, Genesee County, and they are still there now. He was born there April 22, 1905 and will die in Lewiston Michigan in October 1976. Family from Vermont.

 

GUY C. (CARYL) PUTMAN  Flint, Genesee County

He is 53 MI NY NY and is a bricklayer. His wife Mary Alice Willette is 54 MI and Pearl C. 18 MI is still at home. There is also a grandson William 12 CA with them. They have been here since the 1910, and probably a few years before that. He is a son of William Putman and Annie Caryl of Lapeer County. He was born in Lapeer County March 25, 1887 and will die here in Flint in August 1965. He married Mary April 19, 1904. She is a daughter of Peter Holmes Willett and Harriet Ann Tremain and was born August 8, 1885, and will die here in Flint May 31, 1971. The grandson is a son of their son William Clifford Putman and Bernice Lillie and was born February 26, 1928 in Palo Alto, Santa Clara County California. Dutch family from New York then Canada.

 

HERBERT G. (GEORGE) PUTMAN  Flint, Genesee County

He is 32 MI, his wife Irene G. Johnson 31 MI and they have Barbara J. 12 MI. Irene’s mother Lena Johnson 54 MI is with them. He is a truck driver for an auto factory. He is a son of the above George Byron Putman and Hattie Elmira Fields. He was born January 24, 1907 in Alger, County. He will later marry Mary Monk here in Flint on December 1, 1962 and will die in Genesee County August 9, 1979. Mary was born September 17, 1910, and will make it to July 1, 1995.

 

KENNETH PUTMAN  Flint, Genesee County

He is 30 MI and married to Kathleen 29 MO. There are Roy Bennett 12 MO and Patricia Bennett 9 MI from Kathleen’s first marriage. He is a son of Guy Putman and Mary Agnes Willette who are listed above. He was home in 1910 and 1920, and then a prisoner in the Michigan State Prison in Jackson, Jackson County in 1930. He was born in Grant County April 15, 1909 and will die January 16, 1967. Dutch family from New York then Canada.

 

MARIE PUTNAM  Flint, Genesee County

She is 3 MI and in the Kings Daughters Children’ Home with a zillion other orphans.

 

WALTER R. (RAYMOND) PUTNAM  Flint, Genesee County

He is 52 OH and widowed. He is lodging with a Savage family. He is a real estate salesman and was in Detroit in 1935. He is a son of Walter Scott Putman and Abigail Bower from Wilmot, Stark County Ohio. He was there through 1920 single and I don’t find him in 1930. German family from Maryland to Somerset County Pennsylvania to Stark County Ohio.

 

CORA PUTNAM  Flushing, Genesee County

He is 50 MI widowed and a housekeeper for the Bendle family. Cora Stull was married to Albert Putnam here in 1930. He was a son of Sidney Eleazer Putman and Catherine Quinn and was born in Tuscola County in March 1886 and died here in 1939. Cora was born in 1890 and will be here until 1969 when she will die. New England line Massachusetts to New York to Ontario and back down here.

 

FORREST PUTNAM  Flushing, Genesee County

He is 27 MI, his wife Agnes Pauline Sholler 25 MI and they have David 4 MI. He works in an auto factory. Forrest Leonard Putnam is a son of Albert James Putnam and Cora Stull and was born here March 5, 1913 and will die in Saginaw County Michigan July 28, 1997. Agnes is a daughter of George Washington Sholler and Louella Abbie Bentley. New England line, Massachusetts to Connecticut to New York to Canada to Michigan.

 

THOMAS PUTNAM  Flushing, Genesee County

He is 29 MI, his wife Gladys Lucinda Nettleton is also 29 MI and they have Yvonne 8 MI and Allen 5 MI. Also here is his sister Genevieve 18 MI. He is Thomas Charles Putman a son of Albert James Putnam and Cora Stull from here. He was born in Flint, Genesee County May 7, 1911 and will die in Flint December 3, 1978. Sometime later he may marry Opal Helen Coleman, or at least she is mentioned on a family tree. New England line, Massachusetts to Connecticut to New York to Canada to Michigan.

 

ROBERT PUTMAN  Genesee, Genesee County

He is 18 MI single and listed as a step-grandson. He is at the top of the page and the bottom of the previous page is missing or something so don’t know who the folks are. At any rate he is a son of Alva Putnam and Augusta Acker and was at home with his mother in Jackson, Jackson County in 1930. Guess she remarried. New England line.

 

JOHN E. (EDWARD) PUTMAN  Mount Morris, Genesee County

He is 45 ND MO MO and is a worker in an auto factory. His wife Bertha Maude Helland is 46 IA. They have been married 17 years and have Edwin Cecil 15 MI and Ralph Leroy 12 MI. He was born April 13, 1894 and will be here in Flint until he dies May 21, 1965. Bertha is a daughter of Olaf Olson and Helma Helland and was born March 16, 1894 (in Towner County North Dakota I think), and will die here in Flint in August 1976. He is a son of Lafayette Putman and Verdia Summers from Towner County North Dakota. This family is out of Gilmer County West Virginia and from Fauquier County Virginia before that. His folks were then in Pike County Missouri before going up into North Dakota. Part of the Southern Putman Branch.

 

RUSSELL PUTNAM  Mount Morris, Genesee County

He is 39 MI, his wife Beulah 37 MO and they have Alberta 14 MO. He is a son of Robert Henry Putnam and Eunice Wells from Tuscola County originally. He was born August 6, 1901 in Caro, Tuscola County He was in St. Clair with the folks in 1920 and in 1930 he was still single with his brother Clarence in Flint, Genesee County. Therefore I guess Buelah was married before in Missouri and Alberta is by first marriage. Russell married Frankie Adelaide Hendrick in St. Clair October 16, 1920. The had 3 kids from 1921 to 1924 and then got divorced. She married David Schaaf about 1930 and had two more kids. New England family that came down out of Canada in the mid 1800s.

 

CLARK PUTMAN  Richfield Township, Genesee County

Clark O. is 10 MI and a stepson of George McRae 26 MI who has married his mommy Marie 33 MI. Marie Clark had been married a year to George Edmund Putman from Canada and they were in Detroit. Divorced I guess and here she is now. He was a son of Edmund Putman and Susan Catherine Misner from Wentworth Ontario where he was born January 22, 1901. Dutch family out of Montgomery County New York.

 

HUGH PUTMAN  Richfield Township, Genesee County

He is 47 MI and is a Nazarene Minister as he has been for a long time. His wife is listed as Laura 43 CAN. His daughter Phyllis is still with him and is 14 MI. In 1920 and 1930 he was married to Mabel Mary Schweigert who would be 44 MI now. So this may be a bad entry and she may still be his wife, as Mabel won’t die until September 4, 1981. Donմ know. Hugh is a son of William Oscar Putman and Mary Hitchcock from Wells, Tuscola County. He was born there October 24, 1891 and will die there in February 1981. His dad is a son of John F. Putman and Marilla Cohns. Dutch folks out of New York State and then up into Ontario and down here in 1847.

 

EBER PUTNAM  Gladwin City, Gladwin County

He is 26 IL, his wife Frances 25 IL and they have a daughter Sherrill 1 IN. He works a pipeline for an oil company. He is a son of Frank Alfred Putnam and Bessie Olive Keen and was born in Coffee, Wabash County Illinois. He was at home there in 1920 and in 1930 in Lawrence County. Family is out of Worcester, Massachusetts.

 

ROSS PUTNAM  Traverse City, Grand Traverse County

He is 47 MI single and an inmate in the Traverse City State Hospital. He is a son of Charles L. and Mary L. Putnam from Shiawassee County and then Newaygo County where I think Ross was born. They were in Saginaw County in 1920 and Midland County in 1930 with his widowed mom. Dutch family out of Montgomery County New York.

 

WALTER J. PUTNAM  Traverse City, Grand Traverse County

He is 46 MI CAN MI and is a commercial traveler for automotive oils. His wife Esther Anderson is 44 MI and they have Betty Jane 17 MI. He is a son of John Donovan Putnam and Anne Rennie from Leelanau County. He married Esther Anderson on October 5, 1915 and was there in 1920 and here in 1930. New Englanders that went up into Canada early on.

 

LEONARD PUTMAN  Alma, Gratiot County

He is 45 IL IN OH and is an automobile salesman. His wife Hazel is 42 MI and they have Edsel L. 19 MI, born September 7, 1920 and died in Warren Michigan February 26, 1989. (Obviously Ford Motors holds his attention). Leonard Martin Putnam is a son of Charles Marsh Putnam from Licking County Ohio. He was born in Champaign County Illinois September 17, 1894. They were all here in 1920 and 1930. New Englanders out of Massachusetts originally, and then Connecticut to Ohio. This is a direct line from General Israel Thomas Putnam of Revolutionary War fame.

 

ADDIE PUTNAM  Hamilton, Gratiot County

She is 66 MI MI MI and widowed. Adda Barton was married here to Charles Herbert Putnam. He was a son of Charles H. and Sarah Putnam and was here all his life. Family goes back to New York and then back to Connecticut descending from Cornelius Putnam (339).

 

LYNN PUTNAM  Ithaca, Gratiot County

He is 39 MI, his wife Lucille 35 MI and they have Myrl (Carlton Myrl named after Herbert’s son who died in 1915) 16 MI, Harold 11 MI, Robert 9 MI. He owns/runs a retail implements thing. Probably hardware or tool shop, he was a mechanic in 1930. He is a son of Charles Herbert Putnam and Addie Barton from Hamilton. He was at home with them in 1920 and married here in 1930. Carlton will be in WWII and will be killed in Action not long after D-Day on July 31, 1944. He is buried at the American Cemetery in Normandy France. Family goes back to New York and then back to Connecticut descending from Cornelius Putnam (339).

 

MAX PUTNAM  Ithaca, Gratiot County

He is 51 MI and a cook in a hotel. He was last in Cleveland, Ohio. He is a son of Claude Putnam and Martha Barrett from Emerson, Gratiot County. He says he is married, and he did marry Lucy Ross in 1931, but I don’t see her here. New Englanders Massachusetts to Connecticut to Pennsylvania.

 

RAY PUTMAN  North Star Township, Gratiot County

He is 36 IL, his wife Florence Hubbard is 35 IA and they have Betty L. 8 MI. He operates a farm. Rand found his Marriage Record and he is Roy C. Pittman, son of George Pittman and Harriet Ader. So probably not a Putnam or Putman.

 

C. M. (CHARLES MARSH) PUTNAM  Pine River, Gratiot County

He is 70 OH widowed and a farmer. His wife Anna Mae McDonald has died. He is a son of Luther E. Putnam of Licking County Ohio and grandson of Charles Marsh Putnam. They were in Champaign County Illinois up through 1910 and then here in 1920. New England folks from Massachusetts to Marietta Ohio in the early 1800s. His son Charles Russell lives next door.

 

RUSSELL PUTNAM  Pine River, Gratiot County

He is 47 IL OH IN and widowed as Reva Pardee died in 1939. Their daughter Harriet 23 MI is still at home. Charles Russell Putnam is a son of Charles Marsh Putnam and Anna Mae McDonald from here. He was born back in Champaign County Illinois, and has been here with his folks since. He was born October 12, 1892 and will die in Alma Michigan in January 1982. He manages a farmers gas company. New England folks from Massachusetts to Marietta Ohio in the early 1800s.

 

CARL G. PUTNAM  Camden, Hillsdale County

He is 35 IN, his wife Catherine 22 IN and they have Donald G. 2 MI. He is a son of the next Elvin Putnam and rents part of his dad’s farm. Carl was born in 1905 and will die here in 1987. Catherine was born in 1916 and will die in 1973.

 

ELVIN W. (WATSON) PUTNAM  Camden, Hillsdale County

He is 62 MI and his wife Nellie Portmann is 59 IN. He owns and runs a farm. Elvin is a son of Henry Orlin and Emma Putnam, and is shown at home in Sunfield, Eaton County Michigan in 1880 and Marshall County Indiana in 1900. He was married in Steuben County Indiana in 1910. He was back in Eaton County Michigan in 1920 and here in 1930. Elvin was born April 7, 1878 and will die here in 1950. Nellie was born in 1880 and will die here in 1977. New Englanders from Worcester Massachusetts to New Hampshire to New York to here.

 

ADDISON PUTNAM  Hillsdale, Hillsdale County

He is 84 MI MI MI and his wife Elva Mae Parkhurst is 80 MI. They are still living with their daughter Harriet 57 MI and husband James Decker 58 IN and their daughter. He is a son of Ephraim T. Putnam and his second wife Elsa Josephine Mulliken. He was born right here July 27, 1855 and has been here all his life. He will die here April 2, 1941. He married Elva in 1879. She is a daughter of Simon and Harriet Parkhurst. She was born in December 1859 and will die here in 1944. New England family Massachusetts to New York to Ohio and here.

 

EUTHEMA PUTNAM  Hillsdale, Hillsdale County

She is 77 MI and widowed. Her daughter Belle is 52 MI and still single. Euthema Carrie Comstock was married to Andrew Jackson Putnam who died here September 22, 1936. He was a son of Ephraim T. Putnam and his second wife Elsa Josephine Mulliken. He was born right here March 24, 1858 and was here all his life. Euthema was born here in Michigan January 9, 1863 and will die here in Hinsdale August 3, 1944. Belle was born June 16, 1888 and will die in 1875. New England family Massachusetts to New York to Ohio and then out here.

 

MAY PUTNAM  Hillsdale, Hillsdale County

She is 76 MI and now widowed. Her brother Horatio Curran 71 MI is with her. Estella May Curran was married to Alfred E. Putnam here. He died September 22, 1937. Alfred was a son of Ephraim T. Putnam and Elsa Josephine Mulliken and was born here August 24, 1853. May was his second wife. He first married Carrie Hunter November 10, 1878 and she died December 13, 1898. He married May April 6, 1903. May was born in April 1863 in Reading, Hillsdale County and will die here in 1944.

 

MICHAEL A. (ANDREW) PUTMAN  Litchfield, Hillsdale County

He is 66 OH OH OH and owns his farm. His wife Ella A. Smith is 62 OH. He is a son of Andrew Putman and Charity Earl from Wood County Ohio. He was born in Sandusky County January 30, 1874. He married Ella June 23, 1897. They were here from 1910 on. German family out of Somerset County Pennsylvania.

 

SARAH PUTNAM  Litchfield, Hillsdale County

She is 61 MI single, and her widowed sister Bertha Feighner 70 MI is with her. Says she was here before, but I don’t find her. She is a daughter of Lyman Putnam and Rachel Osborn and was born in Cambria, Hillsdale County in May 1877. She was at home there in 1880 and in 1900 was in Mendon, Saint Joseph County with her then widowed mother Rachel. She was single in Ypsilanti, Washtenaw County in 1920. New England family.

 

JESS N. (NEWTON) PUTMAN  Grant, Huron County

He is 55 MI MI NY and he drives a milk truck. His wife Mary K. Cavanaugh is 58 CAN and they have Frank 21 MI, Alton 20 MI (born September 18, 1919 and died in Saginaw October 24, 1988), and William J. 18 MI. He is a son of William Putnam and Minerva Ann Caryl of Lapeer County where he was born January 9, 1885. He will die here in Owendale, Huron County in 1948. Dutch family that went from New York up into Canada and then down here in the mid 1800s.

 

CHARLES PUTNAM  Ingham, Ingham County

He is 81 MI NY NY widowed and lodging. His wife Julia E. Distro has died. He is a son of Alfred Putnam and  Catherine Austin or Labordeau (maybe Laborders). Charles was born in Calhoun County and married Julia there in 1881. They have been in Branch County in 1900 and here after that. Charles' brothers Stephen Jerome and Alonzo Alfred Putnam have both died and Charles is the last of this family still alive. This is the last time we will see Charles though. He will die here on 4 February 1942. His line is Charles Monroe > Alfred > Stephen > Aaron > Cornelius > Cornelius > Benjamin > Nathaniel > John. New England family.

 

CLAIR D. (DALE) PUTMAN  Lansing, Ingham County

He is 50 MI MI CAN. His wife Mary E. is 48 MI and they have Dale Leigh 20 MI, Helen Louise 18 MI. He was born May 9, 1888 and will die in Clinton in June 1965. He is unemployed and Mary is a cook at a school cafeteria. He is a son of Lindsay Judge and Margaret Putman from here. His folks split up and he and Mary were here with his mother in 1920. The son Dale was born here September 3, 1919 and will be in Lansing till he dies in August 1975. Dutch family from New York.

 

JOY I. PUTNAM  Lansing, Ingham County

Joy is 43 MI and has Merlin 20 MI 10 and Dale 17 all born MI. Joy Itellu Irene Musser was/is married to Audley Monroe Putman and was in 1930. The son Merlin was born January 31, 1920 and will die in Lansing June 22, 2009. The son Dale will die in October 1997 in Laingsburg, Shiawassee County. Audley is a son of Monroe James Putman and Amelia Rebecca White from Williamston, Ingham County. He was born here in 1878 and won’t die till 1966. It looks like they are splitting up. Joy is his third wife. Dutch family from New York State.

 

LELAND PUTNAM  Lansing, Ingham County

He is 32 WI, his wife Margaret E. Lewis 30 MO and they have John 10 WI and Joan 8 WI. He is a son of John Leland and Mary E. Putman from Monroe County and then Dane County Wisconsin. He was born in Monroe County June 2, 1907. He will eventually die in 2006 in Riverside, Riverside County California. Dutch Putman family out of New York State.

 

MAUDE PUTNAM  Lansing, Ingham County

She is 70 MI and widowed as she was in Shiawassee County in 1930. She is living with her married daughter Aletha Jones 27 MI and her husband Merlin Jones and 2 daughters. Maude Margaret Mitchell was married to Cornelius Putman in Shiawassee County in 1920 and in Clinton County in 1910. He was a son of Peter Johannes Putman and Julia Dennison, and was born in Scotia, Shiawassee County October 7, 1860. He died in Laingsburg, Shiawassee County January 26, 1928. Maude was widowed there in 1930. She was born September 27, 1869 ad will die in Battle Creek, Calhoun County February 7, 1957. Her daughter Aletha Leone Putnam was born November 8, 1912. Dutch folks from New York State.

 

WILLIAM PUTNAM  Lansing, Ingham County

He is 50 MI MI MI and a bookkeeper at a furniture store. His wife Ida G. Pflegharr is 49 MI and Kenneth M 22 MI (born December 30, 1917). Also here is Charles Keeler listed as uncle-in-law. They were here in 1920 and 1930. He is a son of Amon T. Putnam and Mary Taft from Clinton County. He was at home there in 1900 and 1910. William was born in 1889 and will die in Clinton County in 1959. Ida was born in 1890 and will die in Clinton County in 1942. New England folks.

 

CLYDE PUTMAN  Leroy, Ingham County

He is 61 MI NY NY and owns a farm. His wife Irene H. Oesterle is 57 MI. He is Gilbert Clyde Putman, a son of David Putman and Melissa Grimm from Leroy, Ingham County. Dutch family from Herkimer County New York.

 

GILBERT L. (LARGE) PUTMAN  Leroy, Ingham County

He is 38 MI MI MI and owns a farm. He has been married 16 years to Carlotta M. Cranston 38 MI, and they have Grant C. 15 MI, Joyce A. 14 MI, Jayne M. 10 MI. They were married September 4, 1923. He is a son of Grant Putman and Ida Mae Large and was born here just like his folks were. He was born June 23, 1901 and will die here in Ingham County in 1958. Carlotta is a daughter of Elmer Eli Cranston and Sarah Page and was born in Michigan and will die in Lansing, Ingham County May 19, 1992. Also here is his widowed mother Ida 68 MI. His dad Grant died June 14, 1921, and Ida will die here February 1, 1955. Dutch Family from New York State.

 

CARL PUTNAM  Stockbridge, Ingham County

He is 54 PA and his third wife Mabel is 44 PA. They were in Macon, Lenawee County in 1930. Carl Edwin Putman was married to Madeline Etta or Ratta O’Neil his second wife in Sharon, Mercer County Pennsylvania. He was there in 1900 as well. He is Carlton Efron Putnam a son of Alfred Putnam and Philena Beardsley from Steuben, Crawford County Pennsylvania. He was home there in 1900.

 

HAROLD PUTNAM  Stockbridge, Ingham County

He is 19 PA single and lodging. He is a son of Carl Edwin Putnam and Madeline O’Neil and was at home in 1930 in Macon, Lenawee County. His folks are here in town now as well.

 

AUDLEY M. (MONROE) PUTNAM  Williamston, Ingham County

He is 61 MI, his wife Mabel is 44 MI. He is a son of Monroe James Putman and Amelia Rebecca White. He was born here in July 1878. He married Myrtle Alford December 20, 1899. She died April 16, 1903. He married her sister Hattie Alford March 16, 1905. Audley was at home widowed in 1910. Then he married Joy Irene Musser February 24, 1917, and they were here in 1920 and in Lansing by 1930. Now the gal Mabel is the identical age that Joy would be, so may be the same one and just recorded wrong which is very common. Joy was married twice before as well. Anyway, Audley’s dad Monroe was a son of Barnet Putman from Montgomery County New York. Dutch Putman line.

 

BELLE PUTMAN  Williamston, Ingham County

She is 62 MI single and living by herself in her own home. She is the daughter of Daniel Putman and Elizabeth Babbage from Ingham County where she was born in 1876. She was a typesetter with a newspaper in Jackson, Jackson County up through 1935. She is not working now. Dutch family out of Fulton the Herkimer Counties in New York.

 

ERNEST W. PUTMAN  Williamston, Ingham County

He is 75 MI NY NY and divorced as he has been for over 2 decades. He was an agent for the newspaper here through 1930, but is now just relaxing. He was divorced here in 1920 and 1930, and married to Olive Keffer in 1900 and 1910. He is a son of Daniel Putman and Elizabeth Babbage and was born here in 1865. Dutch family from Herkimer County New York.

 

FORREST PUTNAM  Williamston, Ingham County

He is 38 MI and divorced as he was in 1930. He is a salesman for men’s clothing and is boarding with Edwin Porter. He is Forrest Clifford Putnam a son of Audley Monroe Putnam and his first wife Myrtie Alford and was born January 12, 1901 in Leroy, Ingham County. He was here in Williamston with his folks in 1910 and 1920 and then was an inmate at the Detention Home at the Ingham County Jail in Mason, Ingham County. He was briefly married to Vera Julia Musser in the 1920 then divorced and she remarried. He will die in Grand Rapids, Kent County November 11, 1978 and then be buried back here in Williamston.

 

GENE PUTNAM  Ionia, Ionia County

She is 54 MI and now widowed. Her brother Dale W. Hall 59 MI is here as he was in 1920 and 1930. Marian Eugenia Hall was married here in 1920 and 1930 to Claud Alexander Putnam. He was a son of Edward Putnam and Estella Pardel and was born here in July 1883. His folks moved out to California around 1908 and Claude hung around here. New England family.

 

LENA M. PUTNAM  Belding, Ionia County

She is 72 CT and is living with her son-in-law Arthur E. James. Lena M. Gilnack is the widow of George Silas Putnam from Tolland, Connecticut. George Silas Putnam was a son of Silas and Matilda Putnam from Vernon, Tolland County Connecticut. Silas' folks were Russell Putnam and Adeline Bass from Charlton, Massachusetts and earlier Sutton, Massachusetts. They had been here since the 1890s through the 1910. He died August 25, 1917, and she has been here widowed ever since. Arthur married their daughter Gertrude who just died January 26, 1940. All 3 were here in 1930. Lena is a daughter of Martin Gilnack and Elizabeth Hamilton and was born May 3, 1867, married George in 1885 and will die here in Belding January 21, 1952.

 

ROBERT PUTNAM  Danby Township, Ionia County

He is 24 MI and his wife Belva 25 MI. Thad Robert Putnam is a son of Jesse Inman Putnam and Flora Estella Bird Rall and a grandson of Alpheus Putman and Amanda Inman from Sandusky County Ohio. He was born February 15, 1916 and will die out in Solano County California August 19, 1976. His tombstone says he was a Captain in the U. S. Air Force. Belva was born May 22, 1914 and will die in Fairfield, Solano County January 22, 2007. German family out of Somerset County Pennsylvania into Ohio.

 

CARL E. PUTNAM  Orange Township, Ionia County

He is 24 MI and his wife Fern Lucille Render 25 MI and they have Gail Lee 3 MI. He works in a gas station. He is a son of Stephen Benjamin Putnam and Myrtle Cahill. He was born September 6, 1916 and will die in Royal Oak, Oakland County Michigan July 3, 1981. Fern was born in Oakland County February 28, 1915 and will die in Lapeer County June 26, 2008. New England family Massachusetts to Connecticut to New York and over here.

 

BLANCHE PUTMAN  Portland, Ionia County

She is 57 MI and widowed and living as a sister-in-law of Jay and Mable Clark. She was widowed in Lansing in 1930 and had a son Simon Rouse from a prior marriage. Can’t find her in 1920 so no ideas as to the hubby.

 

EDWARD O. (ORLIN) PUTNAM  Plainfield, Iosco County

He is 58 MI MI MI and owns his farm. His wife Lottie (Charlotte May Webb) is 54 MI. They have Gertrude I. 25 MI, Charles E. 22 MI, John O. 17 MI, Elizabeth M. 15 MI, Dorothy H. 12 MI. Then there is their son Leon F. 19 MI and his wife Beulah 18 MI. Leon was born July 18, 1920 and will die in Hale Michigan January 8, 2003. He is a son of Frank Orlin Putnam and Mary C. Jackson from Eaton County. He was born there March 10, 1883 and will die is September 1957. Lottie was born in May 1885 and will die in Iosco County April 17, 1960. Line goes back through Cornelius Putnam in Hanover, Grafton County New Hampshire to Aaron Putnam in Sutton, Massachusetts to Cornelius in Salem, Massachusetts to John who came over there from England.

 

FRANCIS F. (FLOYD) PUTNAM  Plainfield, Iosco County

He is 45 MI MI MI and a laborer for the power company. His wife Goldie Guilford is 37 MI and they have Gwendolyn 15 MI, Devere E. a son 12 MI, Gerald R. 9 MI and Bruce G. 1 MI. He is Francis Floyd Putnam the son of William Woodford Putnam and and Lillian Putman of Iosco County as shown there in 1910. He was single in Flint in 1920, and married in Mecosta County in 1930. And yes, both his folks are Putnams. William is a son of Francis ‘Frank Orlin Putnam and Mary C. Jackson from Eaton County. Lillian is a daughter of George Putnam and Harriet Phelps from Barry County. Her dad was Frank’s brother and both were sons of Orlin Putnam. Family was originally from Massachusetts via New Hampshire and then New York and then Michigan. Goldie was born August 29, 1902 and will die in West Branch Michigan November 4, 1980.

 

WILLIAM PUTMAN  Blackman Township, Jackson County

He is 32 MI and an inmate at the State Prison of Southern Michigan. He is William Clifford Putman a son of Guy Putman and Mary Agnes Willett and was born in Flint May 24, 1907. He married Bernice Lillie about 1927, but was at home with his folks without her in 1930. He was in Flint in 1935. He will eventually die out in Santa Clara, California April 1, 1980. Dutch family from New York then Canada and then down here.

 

AUGUSTA P. PUTNAM  Jackson, Jackson County

She is Augusta P. Acker 44 MI and now admits she is divorced. She has her son Robert W. 18 MI (He was born September 6, 1921 and will die in Ottawa Lake Michigan on November 17, 1999). She works in an auto parts (horns) factory. She was married to Alva Wesley Putnam here in 1920, and here singleՠ n 1930 with their two kids. Alva was a son of Edmond Wesley Putnam and Effie Moorehouse, and was born here, as was his dad. Alva was born here March 26, 1894 and will be here till he dies January 9, 1975. Augusta was born June 7, 1895 and will die in Jackson on April 10, 1990. New England line.

 

CRAYTON PUTMAN  Jackson, Jackson County

He is 23 OH and his wife Maxine is 20 MI. He is a truck driver for a laundry. I don’t find him in 1930, but there was a Crayton/Creighton Putman in Van Wert, Ohio in 1920 but this guy wasn’t with them. Crate’s son Ira Putman was here in Jackson in 1920 but by himself. Then he was divorced by 1930 and is sill here in Jackson with a new wife. Crayton has to be connected somehow. Part of the German line out of Somerset County Pennsylvania and Maryland before that.

 

EDMOND PUTNAM  Jackson, Jackson County

He is 72 MI MI MI and retired. His wife Effie is 72 MI. He is a son of Charles Wesley Putnam and Christina Augusta Storms, and was born right here in August 1867. New England line

 

ELSIE PUTNAM  Jackson, Jackson County

She is 70 NY and widowed. She was the second wife of George Albert Putnam and they were here in 1930. He has since died. George was a son of Albert Putnam and Sarah Chapman. He was born here in Jackson. The family was from Massachusetts before that.

 

ERNEST L. (LAVERNE) PUTNAM  Jackson, Jackson County

He is 50 MI SC MI. He is a locomotive engineer for the railroad. His wife Bessie Adell Bachelder is 51 MI, and Barbara J. 18 MI. There is a niece Maxine Lewis 21 MI with them. He was single here in 1910 and married here in 1920 and 1930. They were married June 14, 1911. He is a son of Henry John Putnam or John Henry Putnam and Reta or Retta Putnam. Yes, Reta is a Putnam, a daughter of David Putnam and Martha Marcia Adell Davis.. A family sheet says they were Henry and Rhetta Putman. He was born in Marango, Calhoun County September 16, 1889 and will die here in Jackson April 7, 1974.

 

GEORGE D. PUTNAM  Jackson, Jackson County

He is 41 MI MI MI and his wife Ruth is 36 MI. They were just married here in 1930 and now have Lois E. 9 MI and Beverly J. 5 MI. He is sales manager for an office equipment company. He is a son of Archie Joseph Putnam and Carrie Stella Levens and was born right here in February 1898. He was at home with the folks in 1920 and married here in 1930. New England family.

 

HAZEL PUTNAM  Jackson, Jackson County

She is 39 MI and widowed. She has Marilyn 17 MI, and twins Leon and Lloyd 11 MI. She was in East Detroit, Macomb County with these kids and was widowed then. No clues as to her husband.

 

IRA S. (SANFORD) PUTMAN  Jackson, Jackson County

He is 49 OH and his new wife Eva R. is 50 MI. He is a switchman for the railroad. He is a son of Creighton and Mary Putman from Mercer County and then Van Wert County Ohio. He was born in Mercer County Ohio May 12, 1890 and will die here in Jackson June 7, 1966. He was home there in 1900 and 1910 and married Viola Lena Hire about 1911, and she died in 1917. He was widowed here in Jackson in 1920. He then married Mary Frances Kelley and they were divorced by 1930 and living separately in 1930. He married Eva after that. German family from Pennsylvania to Ohio.

                   

JAMES R. PUTMAN  Jackson City, Jackson County

He is 25 OH, his wife Ella 22 MI and they have Annette 2 MI. Ira Putman listed above had a son Richard Putman by his first wife and he would be exactly 25 OH. He was in Van Wert, Ohio in 1920 living with his grandparents. Must be him and he also works for the railroad like Ira does.

 

J. (JESE) B. PUTMAN  Leoni, Jackson County

He is 52 OH, his new wife Elsie is 49 OH and his sons Neil W. 18 OH and Robert 16 OH are with him. He is a son of Alexander Putman and Mary Elizabeth King and was born in Dublin, Mercer County Ohio in 1888 and was married to Mina Sharp there in 1920 and then widowed there in 1930. German family from Pennsylvania.

 

WILLIAM H. (HENRY) PUTMAN  Leoni, Jackson County

He is 67 MI MI MI and a stock clerk with the railroad. His wife Elsie Theresa Copeland is 69 CAN and Ruth 35 MI. He is a son of Jay Thompson Putman and Catherine Minerva Stone. He was born October 8, 1873 and at home here in 1880 and married since 1900. He will die here in 1958. Elsie is a daughter of Joseph Copeland and Sarah Mitchell and was born in Ontario September 4, 1871 and will die here in Jackson May 10, 1946. Dutch family New York to New Jersey back to New York and the out here to Michigan.

 

ABE PUTNAM  Rives Township, Jackson County

He is 36 MI lodging and working on a farm. He is alone but says he is married. Abraham Lawrence Putnam is a son of George Birdell Putnam and Ella Gertrude Quinn He was born in 1904 in Columbia, Tuscola County and home there with his folks in 1910 and 1920. Line goes back through Canada to New York to New England.

 

CARLISLE A. (ALDEN) PUTNAM  Summit Township, Jackson County

He is 28 MI and his wife Phyllis Virginia Howe is 27 MI. He is a son of Ernest Laverne Putnam and Bessie Adele Bachelder and was born here March 18, 1912 and will die here in Jackson County September 30, 1995. Phyllis is a daughter of Wilbur Ellsworth Howe and Elsie Agnes Porter and was born in Jackson March 23, 1913 and will die in Dearborn, Wayne County Michigan June 21, 1996. His dad Ernest was single in Jackson in 1910 and married here ever since. Ernest’s listing says his dad was born in South Carolina, but I can’t figure it out yet. Ernest was born in Marengo, Calhoun County September 16, 1889.

 

PERRY J. (JAY) PUTMAN  Summit, Jackson County

He is 55 MI MI and drives a laundry truck. His wife Jennie Bostrom is 56 MI SWED SWED. He is a son of Jay Thompson Putman and Catherine Stone and was born here. Dutch family from New York State.

 

CLARA MAY PUTNAM  Kalamazoo City, Kalamazoo County

Clara May Gates is 80 MI and widowed. She was married to Harmon Towsley Putnam here in 1930. Also here as they were in 1920 are their daughter Genevieve Hazell 38 MI, husband Alfred Hazel 42 MI and 3 of their kids. Harmon was a son of Joel Stokes Putnam and Lovilla Church. He was born in Leeds Ontario July 4, 1849, and moved to Michigan in 1880 to Osceola County. He married Clara here in Kalamazoo May 11, 1881. He died here in 1938, Clara will in 1948. Family was originally from New England.

 

FLOYD PUTNAM  Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County

He is 48 MI CAN MI and is an electrician. His wife Myrtle Jewson is 42 MI ENG MI, and they have Shirley 18 MI and Richard 8 MI. They have been married 19 years. In 1920 he was at home with his folks Harmon Towsley Putnam and Clara May Gates, and he then married Myrtle September 4, 1920. Lewis was born June 20, 1891 in Osceola County, and will be here until he dies February 26, 1970. Myrtle was born in Coopersville, Ottawa County Michigan June 6, 1897 and will die here in Kalamazoo January 5, 1972. They were right here in 1930. Lewis Floyd Putnam is the grandfather of Rand Putnam who has done so much work on the Putnam family and has published two huge volumes on the New England Putnam family. Rand’s father Richard Bryce Putnam was born here May 4, 1931. He will marry Constance ‘Connie’ Ray Carson in Flint, Genesee County August 20, 1953. Connie is a daughter of James Ray Carson and Constance June Anderson and was born July 15, 1934 in Wellsford, Kiowa County Kansas. She will die April 17, 1994 in Otisville, Genesee County. Richard will die May 27, 1997 in Flint Genesee County.

 

FRED C. (CLINTON) PUTNAM  Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County

He is 64 MI NY NY and is the local postmaster. His wife Mary R. Roush is 63 MI. He is the son of Charles Putnam and Louise Pangburn from Allegan County. He was there in 1880 and here since the early 1900s. He will die here in 1965. Mary is a daughter of George Roush and Eleanor Almira Morean and was born in Barry, Barry County October 9, 1876 and will die here in Kalamazoo April 5, 1957The family came here from Vermont.

 

GLENN PUTNAM  Kalamazoo City, Kalamazoo County

He is 22 AL, his wife Helen Doxey is 23 MI and they are living with her folks George and Clara Doxey. He works in a manufacturing plant. Glenn Franklin Putman is a son of David Lawrence Putman and Pearlie May Stacks and was born in Cordova, Walker County Alabama October 12, 1917. He will die here in Kalamazoo August 7, 1989. Southern Putman family; South Carolina to Kentucky to Alabama.

 

HARRY E. (ELMER) PUTNAM  Kalamazoo City, Kalamazoo County

He is 67 MI, Lulu Mae Horton 62 MI, Charles K. 36 MI, Elna Irene 34 MI. He is the son of Charles Casius Putnam and Louisa Pangburn. He was with his folks in Allegan County in 1880 and they were here since 1896. The family is from Vermont and Massachusetts before that. Harry was born February 15, 1873 and will die here in September 1961. An obit states Lulu was born November 5, 1877 and died in April 1967.

 

LEE F. (FOREST) PUTMAN  Kalamazoo City, Kalamazoo County

He is 51 MI ME IN and is now remarried to Betty 48 MI. Lee was married to Bertha Swartz in Battle Creek in 1920 and then widowed here in 1930. He is a salesman for a retail dairy company. He is Lee Forest Putnam, son of Melvin Ward Putnam and Mary Alice Farrah. He was born in Battle Creek, Calhoun County September 14, 1888. He will die here in 1943. New England family Massachusetts to Maine to here in the 1870s.

 

RICHARD PUTNAM  Kalamazoo City, Kalamazoo County

He is 17 MI single and listed as a son. His listing is a continuation of a previous listing, but I have no idea what that listing was.

 

FLOYD A. PUTNAM  Texas Township, Kalamazoo County

He is 54 MI NY OH and still single. His widowed mother was with him in 1920 and 1930 and now his widowed sister Ruth Keeler 51 MI and her 4 kids are with him. He is a son of Fernando Cortez Putnam and Abigail Viola Bogue. He was born January 8, 1887 and will die in Portage, Michigan in April 1977. They were in Allegan County in 1900, and not in the index in 1910. His great grandfather Archileaus Putnam came out of Vermont into New York. Floyd owns a farm.

 

C. (CLAUDE) C. PUTNAM  Alpine, Kent County

He is 67 NY NY NY and has a farm. His wife Alice E. Harrison is 65 NY and they have a lodger, Gerald Putman 21 MI MI. Claude has been here since the 1890s. He is a son of Thomas Putman and Roxeana Brimmer, and was home in 1880 in Schuyler County, New York. Thomas was a son of Andrew Putman and Submit Caswell as shown in 1850 in Steuben County New York. Gerald is a son of Ernest and Grace Putman and was at home in Detroit in 1920 and in Macomb County in 1930. Both Claude and Gerald are from a Dutch family New York to New Jersey and then back to New York.

 

ALPHEUS PUTNAM  Grand Rapids, Kent County

He is 50 MO OH IN and is a tool and die maker for automobile body parts. His wife Lydia is 54 MI, and they have Marguerite 28 MI, Maxine 24 MI and Helen 23 MI. He is a son of Alpheus Benjamin Putman from here and originally Ohio. Like his folks he was in Barry County up till 1930. German Family from Maryland to Somerset County Pennsylvania to Stark County Ohio and then out west.

 

BETTY PUTNAM  Grand Rapids, Kent County

She is 20 MI and lives with her parents Delos and Neva Partridge. Says she is married, but I have no ideas as to whom.

 

CHARLES K. PUTNAM  Grand Rapids, Kent County

He is 56 MI and his Wife Neva F. Kellogg is 44 MI. He is a chauffer for a private family. Charles is a son of Robert and Mary Putnam from here in Grand Rapids. He was born here in August 1883 and was at home in 1900 and off somewhere or not indexed in 1910. They were here in 1920 and 1930. This line came out of Massachusetts and went to Nova Scotia around 1800 and out here around 1900.

 

DOUGLAS PUTNAM  Grand Rapids, Kent County

He is 42 IL, his wife Nellie Pauline Mitchell is 38 IL and they have Lyle 5 MI. They were here in 1935. Douglas Perkins Putnam is a son of Charles Marsh Putnam and Anna McDowell and was born in Dewey, Champaign County Illinois April 15, 1897. He was with his folks in Conduit, Champaign County in 1900 and 1910. His family came over to Gratiot County Michigan around 1915. He married Nellie in St. Louis, Gratiot County April 14, 1917. She is a daughter of Leonard Mitchell and Mary Eva Schartzwelder from Champaign County. They were in Lake County Indiana in 1920 and in Indianapolis in 1930.This family goes back through Marietta County Ohio where Rufus Putnam helped establish Ohio after the Revolution and then back to General Israel Putnam from Massachusetts and Connecticut and who was so famous in the Revolution.

 

EDITH PUTNAM  Grand Rapids, Kent County

She is 60 MI (really IL) and widowed as she has been since 1920. Edith De Wolfe was married to Edward Putnam from New York and they were in Chicago in 1910. They had a son Edwin DeWolfe who was born November 4, 1908 and died February 10, 1920 of meningitis. His death certificate gives his mother’s name as Edith DeWolfe. But still haven’t figured Edward the dad out yet.

 

EDNA PUTMAN  Grand Rapids, Kent County

She is 18 single and lodging. She is a Cellophaner in a knitting factory. What ever that is, maybe she wraps stuff up in plastic. She is a daughter of Chester Putman and Gertrude White from Cadillac, Wexford County. She has been there up till now.

 

EDWARD PUTNAM  Grand Rapids, Kent County

He is 72 NY NY NY and his wife Fay L. is 65 OH. He is unemployed now. They were in Jackson County Michigan in 1920 and then here in 1930 married to Ruby. I don’t find them earlier. In 1920 he was listed as Edwin. Fay is new. He is Edward Putnam a son of the Reverend William Putnam and Hulda Ann Burroughs from Wayne County New York according to his marriage record.

 

ELAINE PUTNAM  Grand Rapids, Kent County

She is 29 MI single and boarding. She is a daughter of the above listed Edith Putman an Edward Putman.

 

FRANK PUTNAM  Grand Rapids, Kent County

He is 72 NY and widowed. Says he was in Lowell, Kent County in 1935. Can’t find earlier, maybe age is off or something or not a Putnam.

 

HAZEL PUTNAM  Grand Rapids, Kent County

She is 19 MI single and lodging. She is Hazel Corrine Putnam a daughter of George Dewey Putnam and Louise Remus from Sciota, Shiawassee County. She at home there through 1935 at least.

 

JOSEPH W. PUTNAM  Grand Rapids, Kent County

He is 60 MI MA MI. His wife Jette Strong is 53 MI. He manages the candy company his dad started out here. He is a son of Joseph Dwight Putnam and Irene Clark and was born here. His dad Joseph was born in Orange, Massachusetts September 30, 1844. He was a son of Benjamin Ganson Putnam and Sylvia Smith from Massachusetts

 

LEO PUTMAN  Grand Rapids, Kent County

He is 49 MI and his wife Grace Rector is 49 IL now. He is Leo Casper a son of Marvin Putnam and Nellie Rowe. He was born August 25, 1893 and will die in 1953. They have been married 32 years. He was at home in 1900. Can’t find in 1910 or 1920. They were here in 1930.

 

LYDIA PUTNAM  Grand Rapids, Kent County

She is 46 MI widowed and a servant with the Dunnewind family. Says she was in Chicago in 1935. If you look at the 1930, you’ll see a Lydia age 37 MI who was the wife of Warren S. Putnam in Durand, Shiawassee County. Might be her.

 

ROY PUTNAM  Grand Rapids, Kent County

He is 32 MI, his wife Florence 34 MI and they have Barbara 5 MI and Alice Ruth 4 MI. He does clerical work for the telephone company. He is a son of Guy H. Putnam and Julia Vesta Thomas and was born in Homer, Calhoun County May 26, 1907 and was at home there in 1910 and 1920. He will die here in Grand Rapids November 19, 1986. Line goes back through Hanover, Vermont to Sutton, Massachusetts and then Salem.

 

WILLIAM P. (POWERS) PUTNAM  Grand Rapids, Kent County

He is 66 MI MA MI and is an auditor at a sanitarium. His wife Maude Wilcox is 65 MI. Also here is their son Theodore Wilcox Putnam 38 MI and his wife Wilhelmina Beunk 35 MI. His brother Theodore Franklin 70 MI is with them and is still single. He is a son of Theodore Chandler Putnam and Anna Currier from here. He was born October 23, 1873 and will die May 21, 1960. He married Maude March 12, 1901. Line goes back into New Salem, Franklin County Massachusetts and then back to Danvers, Massachusetts.

 

ALLEN W. (WILLIAM) PUTNAM  Sparta, Kent County

He is 84 MI MI MI and his wife Mary Cecelia Kelley is 84 MI. He is Allen William Putman a son of Henry Putman and Frances Solomon and grandson of John Putman and Emily Johnson from Leoni, Jackson County. He was home with his widowed mother in 1860. He and Mary have been here for decades. Dutch originally from New York then New Jersey then New York and out here in the 1840s. He was born June 8, 1855 in Leone and will die here November 25, 1944. Mary was bon in Kent County December 3, 1855 and will die here later this year.

 

BERT H. (ALBERT HENRY) PUTNAM  Sparta, Kent County

He is 63 MI MI MI and operates a retail grocery and housewares store that his dad Allen owns or owned. His wife Josephine ‘Josie’ Elizabeth Lemunyon is 54 NY and Doris 21 MI. He is a son of Allen William Putman and Mary Cecelia Kelley from here. He was born here March 15, 1877 and will die here January 29, 1963. Josie she was born November 14, 1882 and will die here in Sparta in July 1967. Dutch line from New York to New Jersey in the 1700s and back to New York in the early 1820s and then out here in the 1840s.

 

AGNES PUTNAM  Elba Township, Lapeer County

She is 43 MI and still an inmate at the Michigan Home and Training School as she was in 1920 and 1930.

 

CHARLES E. (EARL) PUTNAM  Lapeer City, Lapeer County

He is 25 MI and his wife Mary Elizabeth Mabee is 26 MI. He is a son of Earl Frank Putnam and Alma S. Blackmore from Elba, Lapeer County. He was born in Davison, Genesee County Michigan November 25, 1914 and will die in Lapeer September 21, 2004). His dad was without any folks in Flint Michigan in 1900 and was married to Alma in Cass County in 1920. Mary is a daughter of John Frederick Mabee and Anna Bertha Frederick and was born in Attica, Lapeer County April 17, 1913 and will die here in Lapeer in June 1994. He is a moulder in a foundry and Mary is a beautician.

 

GEORGE PUTNAM  Lapeer City, Lapeer County

He is 50 MI, his wife Mary 45 and their son Charley is 15 MI. Can’t find any earlier. Bet he’s not a Putnam or Putman.

 

JEAN PUTMAN  Marathon Township, Lapeer County

She is 17 MI single and is a housekeeper boarding with a Johnson family. She is a daughter of Orin Putman and Dora Mae Blackmer from here. She was born August 9, 1922 and will die in Flint, Michigan May 5, 1944. She will marry Vernon Earl Ostrander. Dutch family from Canada and New York before that.

 

ROY D. (DELBERT) PUTMAN  Marathon Township, Lapeer County

Roy is 30 MI MI MI and works on road construction now for the WPA. His wife Bessie Mae Hunt is 28 MI and they have Evelyn Frances 10 MI, Ray Arnold 9 MI and Delphinine F. 7 MI. He is a son of Orin Putnam and Dora Mae Blackmer from here. He’s been at home through the 1920. He was born May 13, 1909 and will die in Flint, Michigan December 18, 1988. Bessie was born in Lapeer April 16, 1912 and will die here November 1, 1993. They were married August 18, 1928 and married here in 1930. New York Dutch.

 

ALVAH E. PUTNAM  Mayfield, Lapeer County

He is 67 MI MI MI and now retired. His wife Bessie I. Palmer is 60 MI. They were in Lapeer County in 1930, in Oakland County in 1920, Calhoun County 1910 and he was born in Ovid, Clinton County April 27, 1872. He is a son of John Henry Putman and Emma Granger. Dutch family out of Montgomery County New York.

 

EVITS W. PUTNAM  Northport, Leelanau Township, Leelanau County

He is 53 MI CAN CAN and is a manager for a coal and fuel company.  His wife Ruth Mabeth Lanham is 33 IN. She is a second wife, been married 14 years. He was here in 1920 married to Irena May Bartlett, and with Ruth in 1930. He has Harley W. 23 MI, Glenn Ray 21 MI (Glen Ray will die at age 90 on July 24, 2010) by Rena and Earl R. (Russell) 13 MI (He was born January 24, 1927 and will die in Shingleton Michigan on November 26, 2004), Charles D. 11 MI, Jean 10 MI, Gladys 8 MI and Thelma 6 MI with Ruth. He is a son of John Donovan Putnam and Annie Rennie and another grandson of Rinaldo Putnam. He was born June 9, 1886 and will die here in March 1964. He first married Irena May Bartlett April 23, 1913 and she died April 8, 1920. He then married Ruth May 29, 1926. Ruth is a daughter of Frederick Ulysses Lanham and Corda Pearl Jones and was born in Boone County Indiana November 18, 1906. She will die here in Northport February 2, 1979. New England line that went to Canada and back to Vermont and Massachusetts.

 

ANNA PUTNAM  Omena, Leelanau Township, Leelanau County

She is 58 MI and widowed as she has been since 1923. Her son Rennie 23 MI is still with her. Anna Bolme who was married to Frederick Rennie Putnam here. Fred was a son of John Donovan Putnam and Annie Rennie from here. He was born here August 18, 1882 and died here March 29, 1923. Anna was born in 1881 and she will be around till she dies February 18, 1955. Her son John lives here in town. Line goes back from Michigan to Ontario Canada to New York then Vermont then Massachusetts.

 

EDWARD J. (JOHN) PUTNAM  Omena, Leelanau Township, Leelanau County

He is 52 MI CAN CAN and widowed now that his wife Anna Pauline Egeler has died. His daughter Reah 15 MI and his married daughter Doris Wick 21 MI and husband Frank Wick 23 MI are with him too. He owns his farm. He was born here February 10, 1888 and married Anna June 30, 1910. She died here January 23, 1934. Ed will die here June 10, 1979. Yet another son of John Donovan Putnam and Annie Rennie from here. New Englanders.

 

JOHN PUTNAM  Omena, Leelanau Township, Leelanau County

He is 27 MI, his wife Evelyn Von Holt 32 MI and they have Dale Brown 11 MI and Keith Brown 7 MI by Evelyn’s prior marriage to Carl Brown who died here in 1934. John Raymond Putnam is a son of Frederick Rennie Putnam and Anna Bolme from here. He was born here January 8, 1913. E was with his folks here in 1920 and then his dad died March 29, 1923 and he was with his widowed mom Anna in 1930. She will be around till she dies February 18, 1955. John married Evelyn Ella Von Holt February 5, 1937. Evelyn was born April 8, 1908 and will die in Northport October 21, 1992. John will die here December 14, 1996. He is an attendant at a gas station and she is a waitress in a restaurant. His mom lives nearby.

 

OTIS D. (DEMELVILLE) PUTNAM  Leelanau, Leelanau County

He is 39 MI CAN MI and owns a farm. His wife Vera Elizabeth Egeler is 31 MI and they have Leland D. 14 MI (born February 4, 1926 and will die in Flint Michigan February 6, 2002), Phyllis 12 MI, Gerald 8 MI and Darwin 4 mi. He is a son of Benijah Nathaniel Putnam and Cora White from here. He was born here June 25, 1900 and will die in April 1966. He married Vera September 25, 1925 in Northport, Leelanau County. She is a daughter of Phillip Egler and Bessie Stebbins and was born here July 26, 1908 and will die in Traverse City, Michigan December 8, 1993. He was home in 1910 and his folks were here in 1920. His grandfather was Rinaldo Putnam from Canada and New York and Vermont before that.

 

ADA PUTNAM  Adrian, Lenawee County

She is 34 TN and has a daughter Phyllis 14 MI and they live with her parents J. B. and Martha Neal from Tennessee. Ada Beatrice Neal married Fred Putnam from Unicoi County Tennessee. They came up here and were married in Adrian July 19, 1936 and split a year or so later. She and Phyllis were here with her folks in 1930. Fred Winifred Putnam is a son of Augustus Merriman Putman and Julia Ann Miller and was born in Mitchell County North Carolina September 24, 1904. Fred has married Elizabeth Ann Arney and will go back to Tennessee and die in Mountain City, Tennessee August 23, 1987. Southern Putman family Virginia to North Carolina and then Tennessee.

 

CLYDE A. (AUGUSTUS) PUTNAM  Adrian, Lenawee County

He is 24 TN, his wife Dorothy O. Phipps 20 MI and they have Junior 1 MI. He works in an automobile spring company. He is a son of Frank Augustus Putman and Eliza Belle Horton and was born in Unicoi County Tennessee June 29, 1916 and will die here in Adrian February 18, 1988. His dad is a son of Augustus Merriman Putman and Julia Ann Miller from Mitchell County North Carolina. The family was in Unicoi County Tennessee in 1910 and in 1920. Southern Putman family.

 

ADELAIDE PUTNAM  Adrian, Lenawee County

She is 73 OH and now widowed. Adelaide Huddleston married Elmer Putnam from here in 1893 and they were here through 1930. He has died since then. He was a son of Josiah and Catherine Tenbrook Putnam from here. Family goes back to Vermont. He had been here all his life.

 

STEPHEN B. (BROWN) PUTNAM  Adrian, Lenawee County

He is 82 CAN widowed and living with his married daughter Winifred 46 MI and husband Thomas Ingersoll 44 MI. He is a son of John Williams Putnam and Elizabeth Hester Brown and was born in Renfrew County Ontario March 31, 1858. His grandfather was Asaph Ezra Putnam and Nancy Anne Stoke from Windham County Vermont and then Sutton, Massachusetts before that. The family went up to Ontario in the 1850s and then back down to Detroit in the late 1890s. Stephen was married to Isabelle Arbuckle in 1881 and she died in 1885. Then he married Sarah Elizabeth Smith about 1889. He will die sometime after 1946.

 

WEBB PUTNAM  Holloway, Raisin Township, Lenawee County

son of Augustus Merriman Putman and Julia Ann Miller and from Mitchell County North Carolina, then Unicoi County Tennessee where he was born September 24, 1904. He married Sylvia McInturff. They were in Unicoi County in 1930. Later he moved to Michigan with his twin brother Fred. His sister Ellen was born March 25, 1894. She married Jesse Jarrett in Unicoi County Tennessee June 16, 1910. They moved to Adrian and she died there August 18, 1987. Their folks Gus and Jullia will be out here in Adrian as their brother Clyde is now. Southern Putman family goes back to Elias Putman from North Carolina and to Thomas from Virginia.

 

GEORGE PUTNAM  Ridgeway Township, Lenawee County

He is 63 OH OH OH and a farmer. Guess school teaching lost it’s appeal to him and he turned to farming in the 1920s. His wife Elizabeth R. Strause is 62 OH. He is George Franklin Putman a son of Andrew Putman and Charity Earl of Sandusky County Ohio. He was born in Sandusky County November 17, 1876 and married Elisabeth in 1897. Lots of the family came over to Michigan after 1910. He will die in St. Petersburg, Pinellas County Florida July 30, 1970. German family out of Pennsylvania.

 

LOUIS PUTNAM  Tecumseh, Lenawee County

He is listed as 74 MI, his wife Sadie 58 MI and they have a daughter Martha 18 MI. They were sorta here in Macon, Lenawee County in 1930, but he said he was born in PA, she in OH and Martha in OH. Good Luck.

 

RICHARD PUTMAN  Tecumseh, Lenawee County

He is 73 CAN and widowed. He had a new young wife Ethel born in England here in 1930. He is Richard Lawrence Putnam a son of William Barzell Putnam and Percy Amaryllis Sherwood from Leeds County Ontario and then here. He was at home in Osceola County Michigan with them in 1880. He was here in 1910 and 1920 married to Alzada Wilkins.

 

FRANK PUTMAN  Rome Township, Lenawee County

He is 46 TN, his wife Eliza Horton 16 MI and they have George 16 MI, Helen 12 MI, Frank 10 MI and a couple of lodgers. He is a farmer. He is a son of Augustus Merriman Putman and Julia Ann Miller from Mitchell County North Carolina. He was born in 1892 and will die here in 1961. Eliza was born in 1894 and will die here in 1982. The family was in Unicoi County Tennessee in 1910 and in 1920. They were in Adrian, Lenawee County in 1930 and said they were born in North Carolina which I think is right. Southern Putman family. His dad will come up here in 1941 and then die here in Adrian August 16, 1941. His brother Fred is still in Unicoi County and will marry Ada Beatrice Neal there in 1936 and then come up here to Adrian and be here till he dies August 23, 1987.

 

MARY PUTMAN  Howell, Livingston County

She is 59 MI MI MI still single and a bookkeeper. She has been here since the 1890s. She first appears in 1900 with her widowed mother Atlanta Ellsworth Putnam who died here in 1915. Her mother was married to Horace A. Putnam, son of Horace Dexter Putnam from Conway, Livingston County.

 

BEULAH PUTNAM  Pentland Township, Luce County

She is 24 NE single and a switchboard operator in the Newbury State Hospital. Beulah Bell is a daughter of Ira Wayne Putman and Florence Ethel Crane and was at home in Rock County Nebraska in 1920 listed as Beula 4 NE and in Washington County Nebraska in 1930 listed as Blanche 14 NE. And now properly as she should be Buelah. She was born October 28, 1915 in Long Pine, Nebraska and will die here in Luce County August 12, 1995. She will marry Ernest B. Rieckhoff here September 20, 1941. 

 

FRANK E. PUTNAM  Roseville, Macomb County

He is 60 VT VT US and a building carpenter. His wife Jane H. is 62 VT. He is the son of Simon Putnam and Laura Woodruff and was born in April 1880 in Springfield, Windsor County Vermont. He was single in Ludlow, Windsor County in 1900. I can’t find them in 1910 or earlier, but they were in Detroit in 1920 and here in 1930.

 

GEORGE L. PUTMAN  Grant, Mecosta County

He is 69 MI IN IN and his wife Esther M. is 45 MI. They have Dempsey C. 17 MI and Sidney L. 15 MI (born November 20, 1924 and will die in Idlewild Michigan January 16, 1998). His brother Charles Frank 48 MI IN IN is with them. He is a son of John Arent Putman and Mary Caroline Huffman. He was born in 1897 in Bowne, Kent County and with the family in Wexford County Michigan in 1880. The family moved to Thurston, Lane County Michigan by 1900. I loose track of him them. His dad was a son of Simeon and Mary Hannah Putman. He was born in Montgomery County New York, and was with his parents in 1860 in Bowne Township of Kent County. Dutch family out of New York State.

 

ETHEL PUTNAM  Menominee City, Menominee County

She is 25 MI and divorced. She has a daughter Marleen 5 ND and they live with her mother Frieda Fahistrom who is also divorced and her other kids. She was married in North Dakota to Clarence Charles Putnam and then the divorced. He is currently in Glendale, Los Angeles County California single but will soon be marrying Mildred Dale Hess. He is a son of Clarence Simeon Putnam and Bertha Townsend from Barre, Vermont. He was born July 15, 1910 and die in Claremore, Rogers County Oklahoma in January 1972. His folks are back in Fargo, North Dakota where his dad is a director of music at the college there. New England folks.

 

FRED C. (CARL) PUTNAM  La Porte, Ingersoll Township, Midland County

He is 53 MI MI MI and rents a farm. His wife Matilda M. is 47 MI and they have Marjorie 15 MI, Loraine 12 MI, Helen M. 11 MI, Jimmie 8 MI, Delores 4 MI and Edward 2 MI. He is a son of Jacob Putnam and Ada Brown from here. He was home through 1910 and single here in 1920. He married Matilda in 1924 and they were here in 1930.

 

JAKE PUTNAM  La Porte, Ingersoll Township, Midland County

He is 83 MI NY NY and his wife Addie Maria Brown is 72 MI. He married Maria Brown in Clinton County on September 16, 1881. They have been here since the 1880s. Jacob is a son of Parks Putnam and Lucretia Sheers from Genesee and then Shiawassee County. He lives next door to the following John Kellog Putnam. John’s dad Charles was Jake’s brother. These two properties were part of the original family farm here.

 

JOHN K. (KELLOG) PUTNAM  La Porte, Ingersoll Township, Midland County

He is 54 MI MI MI and owns a farm. His wife Bessie May Thomas is 52 MI, and they have Charles M. 23 MI, Maxine 22 MI and Arlene 11 MI. He is a son of Charles L. Putnam and Mary L. Boyce and grandson of Parks Putnam and Lucretia Sheers. They were all here back in 1900. John was born here April 14, 1884 and will die in Hemlock, Saginaw County June 30, 1963. He married Bessie February 3, 1915. Bessie was born July 29, 1888 and will die in Saginaw in October 1974 at age 86. The son Charles was born May 24, 1916 and will die in Saginaw October 6, 1980. New Englanders via Canada.

 

MORT C. (MORTIMER CLARENCE) PUTNAM  La Porte, Ingersoll Township, Midland County

He is 45 MI CAN CAN and now works at an auto foundry. His wife Opal Gloas Spyker is 43 OH and they have Elwood W. 24 MI (born December 8, 1915 and will die in Saginaw Michigan February 7, 1996), Clarence E. 16 MI (born June 22, 1924, and will die in Freeland Michigan May 25, 1988), and Delos 13 MI. He is a son of Charles Putnam and Mary Boyce and was born here January 26, 1895. He married Opal right here July 11, 1915. Opal is a daughter of John Wesley Spyker and Lilly Irene Longbreak and was born in Deshler, Henry County Ohio May 25, 1898. She will die in July 1977. He will die here April 2, 1964. New England line like everyone else in town.

 

EARL PUTNAM  Midland Township, Midland County

He is 33 OH (really WV) and his wife Jennie Dornbush is 34 WV and they have Lowell 10 OH, Janet 8 OH, Billie 6 MI, Mary Ann 4 MI and Catherine 1 MI. Henry Earl Putman is a son of John Monroe Putman and Lucy Ellen Dunlap and was born in Braxton County West Virginia December 9, 1907 and will die here in Midland March 22, 1995. Jennie is a daughter of William Dornbush and Clara Belle Cline and was born in Ohio June 20, 1906 and will die in Midland June 21, 1994. He is a pipefitter for Pure Oil Company. Southern Putman Family out of Virginia.

 

MARK E. (EDSON) PUTNAM  Ward 3 Midland City, Midland County

He is 53 MI MI NY and his wife Charlotte M. Sheldon is 56 MI. He is a chemical engineer with Dow Chemical Company. There was a photo of him dated 1949 and it says he was a general production manager of Dow at that time. He is a son of Edson Barnet Putman and Emma Adell Moulton from Shiawassee County. He was born in Scotia August 6, 1886 and at home there in 1900. He will die here November 6, 1960. He married Charlotte in Kalamazoo County September 11, 1913. Charlotte was born August 25, 1883 and will die here in Midland in March 1979. They were here in 1920. Dutch family from New York State.

 

SHERMAN W. (WILLARD) PUTNAM  Ward 2, Midland City, Midland County

He is 43 MI MI NY and his wife Jane Willamina Cummins is 46 MI. He is a traveling salesman at Dow Chemical Company. They were married October 16, 1922. He was single here in 1920 and they were married here in 1930. He is a son of Edson Putman and Emma Moulton from Shiawassee County. He was born n Scotia, Shiawassee County May 20, 1896, and home there in 1900 and 1910. Jane was born September 26, 1893. Dutch family from New York like everyone in Shiawassee County.

 

WILLIAM PUTMAN  Ward 4 Midland City, Midland County

He is 25 WV single and boarding. He works in an Oil Refinery. William Day Putman is a son of John Monroe Putman and Lucy Ellen Dunlap and was born March 28, 1915 in Birch, Braxton County West Virginia. He will marry and be out here till he dies. Southern Putman family from Fauquier County Virginia.

 

HORACE C. (CHARLES) PUTNAM  Maybee, Exeter Township, Monroe County

He is now 62 MI and still widowed. He is living with his married daughter Imogene Lary 33 MI, her husband Harry Lary 37 PA and two kids. He is a son of Simeon Spaulding Putnam and Naomi Morgan from Monroe County. The family was in Lapeer, Lapeer County in 1910. His wife Ella Mae Miller died there in 1916. He was widowed with their two daughters in Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County in 1920. He was born August 17, 1877 and will die July 11, 1966.

 

VANCE PUTMAN  Albert Township, Lewiston, Montmorency County

Vance Ernest Putman is 45 MI MI MI and is a house carpenter. His wife Lillian Allen is 39 MI and they have young Vance Ira 6 MI and a nephew Robert Bigger 16 MI. Vance was at home single in 1920 and married to Lillian in Atlas, Genesee County in 1930. He is a son of George Adelbert Putman and his second wife Ada Dutton from Montmorency County and then Otsego County in 1920. He was born June 23, 1894 and will die in Crawford, Wayne County Michigan August 19, 1971. Lillian was born in Genesee County July 17, 1901 and will die in Wayne County January 28, 1988. The son Vance was born February 13, 1934 and will marry Dorothy Mae Moralle and die here in Albert, Montmorency County March 24, 2013. Dutch Pootman family originally from New York and then up into Canada and then over here.

 

GEORGE PUTNAM  Hillman Township, Montmorency County

He is 64 MI and his second wife Margaret Guy is 63 MI. He is a farmer. He is George Byrdel Putnam a son of William Oscar Putman and Mary Hitchcock. He was born in Kingston Tuscola County February 1, 1876. He and his first wife Ella Quinn were there married in 1900 through 1920. Then they divorced. He and Margaret were in Presque Island County in 1930. Something will happen, as he will marry Mary Mills June 18, 1951. New England family into New York then Canada.

 

GEORGE L. PUTNAM  Dalton Township, Muskegon County

He is 67 IL NY IL and is a fire extinguisher salesman. His wife Bertha L. McCagg is 68 MI. George is a son of George Boardman Putnam and Alice Maria Guild from Aurora, Kane County Illinois. He was born there in August 1872 and was home there in 1880. He was married to Bertha in Chicago August 18, 1894 and they were there in 1900, Cedar Creek here in Muskegon County in 1910, Muskegon Heights in 1920 and Blue Lake, Muskegon County in 1930.

 

ROY PUTNAM  Norton Township, Muskegon County

He is 41 WI, his wife Mayme J. McClusky is also 41 WI and they have William 9 WI, Patricia Kay 2 MI. Mayme’s mother Victoria McClusky 73 WI is with them. He is a local manager for the telephone Company. He is a son of William Arthur Putnam and Fannie Lou Stott and was born July 22, 1898 in Seymour, Lafayette County Wisconsin and was there in 1900. His dad died in 1904 and he was with his widowed mom in Darlington, Lafayette County in 1910 and 1920 living with her folks. In 1930 he and Mayme are in Madison, Dane County Wisconsin. Mayme is a daughter of Patrick McClusky and Victoria Shaw and was born in Eau Clair, Wisconsin June 1, 1898 and will die in Grad Haven, Ottawa County Michigan in September 1982. Roy will die here in Muskegon in May 1970. Dutch family goes back to Theron Putman then Jacob Putman from Montgomery County New York.

 

McKINLEY H. (HOBART) PUTMAN  Avon Township, Oakland County

He is 43 PA, his wife Ethel Gilbert 38 MI and there is a stepdaughter Dorothy Nickerson 21 MI from Ethel’s first marriage. He is a son of George Morrison Putman and Alice Ann Blackwell and was born November 2, 1896 in Delmar, Tioga County, Pennsylvania. He was single in Pontiac, Michigan in 1920 and married there in 1930. He will die in Punta Gorda, Charlotte County Florida April 2, 1975. His dad George was a son of John Janse Putman and Emeline Short from Tioga County Pennsylvania. Dutch family out of New York State.

 

MILTON F. (FRANKLIN) PUTMAN  Berkley, Oakland County

He is 32 MI, his wife Hope Hurlbert 20 CAN and they have Shirley 8 IN and Frank Duane 3 MI. He is a son of Franklin William Putman and Belle Blanche Blaylock. He was born December 10, 1907 in Detroit and with his folks there in 1910 and 1920. His dad worked on automobiles and moved to Indiana in the 1920s and was there in 1930 and 1940. Milton stayed in Detroit and married Hope Ernestine Hurlburt there in Detroit September 20, 1930. Hope was born in Brantford, Ontario Canada August 14, 1908. They must have gone to Indiana and then were back in Detroit in the mid 1930s. He and Hope are in the Detroit Area in 1935 and 1940. Their son Franklin Duane Putman was born February 21, 1937 and will die December 29, 2011. He will marry Nancy Law and have two children. Shirley May Putman was born September 11, 1931 in South Bend, Indiana. She will marry Ron Blaquiere and they had 5 children before divorcing.  She died February 27, 2008. Milton works in an automobile factory like his dad does. New England family from Vermont.

 

CLYDE PUTNAM  Bloomfield, Oakland County

He is 29 MI and his wife Margaret Griffith is 26 MI. He is a clerk in a motor truck company. He is a son of the following William Putnam and his first wife Anna Dexter. He lives next door to his folks. He was born October 20, 1906 in Detroit and will die in Clay City, Florida March 7, 1992. Margaret was born February 4, 1914 and will die in Florida January 4, 1986.

 

WILLIAM PUTNAM  Bloomfield, Oakland County

He is 56 MI. His new wife Katie is 51 PA. He is an inspector for a public utility company. He is William Arthur Putman a son of John Eli Putman from Canada and Martha Rolison. He was born in Lapeer County June 15, 1884 and was with his mother in Pontiac in 1900. He married Anna Dexter October 12, 1903 in Pontiac. They were in Detroit in 1910 and then got divorced. In 1920 she was a patient in the Pontiac State Hospital. I don’t find him in 1920, but he was widowed here in 1930. Dutch family New York to Canada to here.

 

DONALD PUTNAM  Ferndale, Oakland County

He is 39 MI MI MI and a pharmacist in a drug store. He has been married 10 years to Dorla Merrifield 40 MI. Donald is a son of Clinton Guy Putman and Maria Rogers. He was born in 1901 and was with his folks in Highland Park, Wayne County through 1929 and was married there in 1930. His dad is a pharmacist and Don worked with him in 1930 and is off on his own now. Dorla was born there September 27, 1899 and will die in Clinton Township in September 1973. German family from Pennsylvania and then Ohio.

 

NELSON PUTNAM  Ferndale, Oakland County

He is 29 OH and his wife Margaret Louise Baker is also 29 OH. Nelson Edward Putnam is a son of George Orno Putnam and Eva Rosella Metter and was born in Freemont, Sandusky County Ohio May 22, 1910. He married Margaret in Detroit March 31, 1934. They will get divorced July 23, 1941 in Detroit. He will then marry Mary Rose Bray December 15, 1941 and get divorced in January 1945 after he returned from the Pacific in WWII. He then married Harriet Farrington about 1948 and died in Livonia, Wayne County Michigan May 7, 1959. His dad George Orno’s folks were James Monroe Putnam and Amelia Rebecca White. Dutch Putman family out of New York State.

 

HAROLD D. PUTNAM  Huntington Woods, Oakland County

He is 36 MI NY OH and his wife of 5 years Nell M. is 37 MI. He owns a printing company. He is a son of De Costa Putnam and Martha Cox and was born in Ovid, Clinton County in December 1893. He was home in 1900 and 1910. He and Nell were in Detroit in 1930. New England Family that came through Jefferson County New York.

 

JOHN A. PUTMAN  Independence, Oakland County

He is 56 WV VA WV and owns a farm. His wife Etta Freeman is 50 MI and they have Glenn J. 23 MI, Lewis G. 20 MI and Jennette M. 17 MI. He is the son of John Putnam and Sarah Messenger of Gilmer County. He was born there March 7, 1884 and will die back there in Gilmer CountyDecember14, 1962. A Southern Putman branch here. This family was out of Fauquier County Virginia before that.

 

EDWIN H. (HAZEN) PUTNAM  Novi, Oakland County

He is 31 MI and his wife Ruth Louisa Hammond is 27 MI. He has a milk delivery route. He is a son of Grant Putnam and Rosetta Graham and was born here July 26, 1908. He was with the family here through 1920 and then the family was in Huntington Park, Los Angeles County in 1930. His folks are still in California now in 1940. He came back here and married Ruth December 7, 1935. She is a daughter of Harrison Lee Hammond and Olive Brooks and was born here in Novi October 23, 1912. She will die here August 31, 1999. Edwin will die here November 17, 1980. They will have 2 kids. His brother L. J. lives next door or maybe with him. The line goes back through Michigan to New York to Connecticut (Cornelius Putnam) to Massachusetts.

 

L. J. (LEWIS JESSE) PUTNAM  Novi, Oakland County

He is 35 MI, his wife Clara Anna Schwartz is 34 MI and they have Lenore P. 12 MI, Margaret Jane 11 MI and Patricia Ann 8 MI. He is a son of Grant Putnam and Rosetta Graham and was born here. He has always been listed as L. J. But a descendant says he was named for his two grandfathers, Lewis Putnam and Jesse Hazen. He was born here June 22, 1904 and will die in Alpena, Alpena County May 17, 1987. Clara was born in Detroit May 19, 1905 and will die April 11, 1984 in Hillman, Montmorency County.

 

FRED PUTNAM  Orion Township, Oakland County

He is listed 45 MI single and a hired hand with the Griffin family farm. I can’t find and Fred 35 in 1930 or 25 in 1920. I think it is bad handwriting and he is 25 MI and a son of Fred Putnam and Emma Smith as shown in 1930 at home in Pontiac at age 14.

 

BENJAMIN PUTMAN  Pontiac, Oakland County

He is 25 MI and his wife Ethel is 22 MI. He is a son of the following Edward and Nellie Putman from here. He works in an auto body shop.

 

EARL PUTNAM  Area A, Pontiac, Oakland County

He is 39 MN, his wife Eva May Jennings is 40 IL, and they have Helen Louise Moyer 20 IL and Hazel Lucille Moyer 17 IL. He is a machine operator in an automobile factory. He was the one here single in 1930. The kids are Evaճ from an earlier marriage to Harry Moyer in Indiana. Earl Leighton Putnam is a son of Joseph Louis Putnam and Josephine Lydia Leighton and was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota August 22, 1901 and will die here in 1953. New York Dutch Family.

 

EDWARD D. (DANIEL) PUTMAN  Pontiac, Oakland County

He is 53 MI MI MI and works in an auto plant. His wife Nellie B. is 43 MI and they have Princess 16 MI, Daniel E. 14 MI and Ellington E. 10 MI. They were in Luce County in 1920 and West Bloomfield, Oakland County in 1930. He is a son of Horace Putnam and Minnie Gunkle from Osceola County. He was born there October 16, 1886 and will die in Suttons Bay, Michigan in June 1979. New England line that went up into Canada and back down here.

 

FERD L. (LAVERNE) PUTMAN  Pontiac, Oakland County

He is 56 PA PA PA and works as an assembler in and auto factory. His wife Isabella Logan is 53 PA and they have Hazel Marie 16 PA still at home. Ferd is a son of Chester Putman and Sarah Johnson from Delmar, Tioga County Pennsylvania where he was born June 15, 1883. He married Isabella December 23, 1903 in Delmar. Isabella is a daughter of William Baird Logan and Isabella Brownlee and was born December 17, 1885 also in Delmar. He will die here in 1955, not sure about Isabella though. The daughter Hazel Marie was born October 22, 1923 and will die in Waterford, Oakland County June 17, 2005. She will marry Donald W. Fraser. Dutch family out of New York State.

 

FRED PUTNAM  Pontiac, Oakland County

He is 25 MI, his wife Edna 27 MI and they have Edna 5/12 MI. He is a sander in an auto factory. He is a son of Robert Henry Putnam and Eunice Wells and was born in Wells Township, Tuscola County December 2, 1914 and will die here in Pontiac on May 5, 1973. His dad ‘Bert’ Putnam is a son of William Ezra Putnam and Elizabeth Wilmot. He married Eunice here in 1892. William Ezra was a son of Thomas Putnam and Elmira Griffith from London, Ontario Canada. Line goes back to Seth Putnam (452c) of Putnam, Ontario and Lunenburg, Massachusetts before that.

 

LEON C. (CHESTER) PUTMAN  Pontiac, Oakland County

He is 35 PA and his wife Mildred Caldwell is 32 MI. They live with her father Charles Caldwell 79 MI. He is a clerk in an auto factory. He is a son of Ferd Laverne Putman and Isabella Logan from here. He was born November 25, 1904 and will die in Lake City Michigan in February 1982. Ferd is a son of Chester and Sarah Putman from Delmar, Tioga County PA. Dutch family out of New York State.

 

NORMAN PUTMAN  Pontiac, Oakland County

He is 23 MI and his wife Nina 21 IL. He is a son of the above Edward and Nellie Putman from here.

 

NORMAN PUTNAM  Pontiac, Oakland County

He is 57 PA PA PA and an inspector in a foundry. His wife Lucy Mae Kennedy is 54 PA. Their married daughter Dorothy Druley 36 PA and husband Harold Druley 35 MI are with them too. Norman George Putman is a son of George Putman and Alice Ann Blackwell from Tioga County Pennsylvania. He was born there May 3, 1883, and there in 1900 and married in Potter County Pennsylvania in 1910. They were in St. Lawrence County New York in 1920 and here in Pontiac in 1930. He will die here September 2, 1965. He married Lucy April 10, 1904. Lucy is a daughter of Hosea Howard Kennedy and Florence Ophelia Luddington, and was born in Delmar, Wellsboro County Pennsylvania February 19, 1887 and will die here in Pontiac December 26, 1953. Dutch family from New York State.

 

ROBERT PUTMAN  Pontiac, Oakland County

He is 9 MI and a grandson of Maude Jacke 59 ENGLAND. Looks like his mother Phyllis 31 ENG has remarried to John Barling 29 MI and they are here as well. In 1930 there was a Robert 2/12 with his folks Don and Dorothy in Benton Harbor, Berrien County.

 

RUSSELL PUTNAM  Pontiac, Oakland County

He is 28 MI, his wife Gertrude Elizabeth Dean is 23 MI and they have Donna Joy 5 MI and Marilyn 2 MI. He is a truck driver for an auto factory. He is a son of William Frederick Putnam and Emma Smith and was born here July 1, 1911 and was at home with his folks in 1920 and 1930. He married Gertrude about 1934. She is a daughter of William Henry Dean and Hazel Dell Norton and was born in Detroit March 17, 1918. She will die in West Branch, Ogemaw County Michigan July 30, 1996. Russell will die there June 12, 1982. New England family that went up into Canada.

 

WILLIAM J. (JAMES) PUTNAM  Pontiac, Oakland County

He is 74 MI MI ENG and now widowed. His wife Clara Bigler has died since the 1930. I find a family sheet showing William (no parents listed) born 1865, married Clara M. Bigler September 19, 1886 and died in Pontiac July 20, 1943. Clara was born in 1865 a daughter of Miles R. Bigler and Sarah Jane Scott. She was married to a Metz guy before William. He is the son of Nelson V. and Melvina Putnam and was born in Richfield, Genesee County and with them in 1870 and 1980. William was born in Saginaw August 18, 1864 and will die in Oxford Michigan July 20, 1943. Clara was born in Orion Michigan February 12, 1865 and will die in Pontiac March 7, 1938.

 

WILLIAM C. PUTMAN  Southfield, Oakland County

He is 44 MI MI MI and is a watchman at a retail drug company. He was a policeman in Ferndale in 1930. His wife Ruth H. is 34 CAN and they have R. Wayne 8 MI. He is the son of William Henry Putman and Amanda Caroline Meredith from Ogemaw County where he was born in October 1896. His dad was is a son of William Putman and Mary Chambers from Tuscola County. Dutch family from Montgomery New York then Sussex County New Jersey in the 1700s and back to Yates County New York, briefly in Ontario Canada and then out here.

 

FRED M. (MICHAEL) PUTNAM  Waterford Township, Oakland County

He is 24 MI and his new wife Thelma McBroom is 18 ME. He is a truck driver for a coal yard. He is a son of Fred Putnam and Emma Smith and was born August 8, 1915 in Lapeer County. He was there in 1920 and here in Pontiac in 1930. He married Thelma Althea McBroom here December 4, 1937. She is a daughter of James F. McBroom and Cora Iona Pinkham and was born September 15, 1921 in Bath, Maine. She will die in Decatur, Alabama November 21, 1996. Fred will die there a few weeks earlier on November 3, 1996

 

GERALD PUTNAM  Waterford Township, Oakland County

He is 28 WI and his wife Marjorie Hines is 21 IL. He is a packer in an auto factory where his dad works as well. He is a son of John Ephraim Putnam and Rosa Bell Foster and was born in Lake, Price County Wisconsin May 5, 1912 and was there with his folks in 1920 and then here in Waterford with them in 1930. His folks are a couple of houses down the road now too. He married Marjorie M. Hines about a year ago. She is a daughter of Loren and Florence Hines and was born in Illinois in 1919. Gerald will die here in Waterford May 15, 1949 and Marjorie will later marry Kenneth Tabor. He will die in 1992 and she will die March 15, 2009. New England family from Vermont.

 

ISABELLE PUTMAN  Waterford Township, Oakland County

She is 28 PA single and a servant with the McClintock family. She is a daughter of Fred Harry Putman and Agnes Brownlee Logan from Delmar, Tioga County Pennsylvania. She was at home there through 1935. Dutch family from New York State.

 

JOHN E. (EPHRAIM) PUTNAM  Waterford Township, Oakland County

He is 53 WI and is a packer in an auto parts plant. His wife Rose Bell Foster is 47 WI, and they have Homer 24 WI (He was born November 4, 1915 and will die in Pontiac January 9, 1978.), Helen 19 WI and Ralph 11 MI (He was born October 12, 1928 and will marry Gertrude Cooper. They will move to Hale, Michigan in 1974 and he will die in Hale on February 13, 1991). They have been in Price County Wisconsin in 1910 and 1920 and then here in 1930. He was born My 9, 1887 in Cartwright, Chippewa County. They were married in Price County in 1907. Rosa Bell is a daughter of William Foster and Mary Jane Knopps and was born in September 1892 and will die in Pontiac October 3, 1962. His dad was Ephraim Putnam from Vermont who died in Barron County Wisconsin in 1896. He was shown with his widowed mother Clara in Barren County in 1900.

 

WILLIAM C. PUTMAN  Waterford Township, Oakland County

He is 35 MI and is a steam fitter in a truck plant. His wife Anna M. is 33 MI. They have Ray 15 MI, Vivian 13 MI, Donna 11 MI, Patricia 9 MI and Beverly 7 MI. He is a son of Fred Putnam and Emma Smith from Lapeer County. They were all there in 1920. His folks are over here now too and live in Pontiac. In 1930 William and Anna had no kids, but the was a listing of the first 3 kids here living with their mother Hazel 33 MI and stepfather Floyd Lewis. So no real ideas on the first 3. Best guess Bill married Hazel, they divorced and she took the kids with her and then told Bill to take the damn kids back! Or something like that. New England family.

 

WAYLAND PUTNAM  White Lake Township, Oakland County

He is 40 PA, his wife Beulah M. Halberstadt 35 IN and they have Carol 13 MI and Richard 10 MI. He is a special delivery guy with the U. S. Post Office.They were all in Detroit in 1930. In 1920 Wayland was in Detroit with his parents Charles E. Putnam and Gertrude Jones. They were in Bradford, McKean County, Pennsylvania in 1900 and 1910. Charles is a son of Nelson Henry Putnam and was with them in Livingston County New York in 1880. New England family that went to New York in the early 1800s.

 

ARTHUR PUTNAM  Rose Township, Ogemaw County

He is 35 MI, his wife Thelma 28 MO and they have Billy 13 MO. He is a son of William Henry Putman and Amandy Meredith (Hawksworth). William is a son of William Putman and Mary Chambers from Tuscola County. Amanda is an illegitimate daughter of Sarah Meredith and Mathew Hawksworth and was raised by Sarah and used the name Meredith. Arthur was born in Lupton, Ogemaw County in 1904. Dutch family from New York State.

 

LEO A. (ADELBERT) PUTMAN  Bagley, Otsego County

He is 43 MI MI MI and is a mechanic in C.C.C. garage. His wife Rhoda Peters is 39 MI and they have Roland Roy 17 MI, Richard A. 14 MI, Helen E. 12 MI, Roger O. 11 MI, Marian J. a daughter 10 MI, Betty L. 8 MI, Ernest 6 MI, Everet 5 MI, Frederick James 2 MI and Dale  MI. He is a son of George Adelbert Putman and his second wife Ada Leona Dutton. They were in Montmorency County in 1900 and here in Otsego in 1910. His folks got divorced and he and Rhoda were with Ada in Genesee County in 1920. He and Rhoda and the first couple of kids were in Gaylord, Otsego County in 1930. They had 2 more daughters in 1930 and will have 2 more in the next couple of years making about 14 or so of them. He was born July 27, 1896 in Vienna, Montmorency County and will die February 1, 1957 in Charlevoix, Michigan. Rhoda was born November 14, 1900 and will die in Charlevoix November 19, 1994. Dutch folks New York to Lincoln, Ontario and then down here in 1854.

 

G. DELL (GEORGE ADELBERT) PUTMAN  Gaylord, Otsego County

He is now 79 MI (MI CAN CAN) and his third wife Harriet Josephine Wellington is 52 MI. They now have Harvey E. 25 MI, Newton A. 22 MI and Donald E. 16 MI. He used to move buildings, but is now retired. George is a son of Jonathan Putman and Sarah Jane Brower from Canada. He was born in Attica, Lapeer County July 8, 1860 and will die in Grayling, Crawford County December 16, 1947. In 1900, He was in Montmorency County where he was listed as Del Putnam, and here in 1910. He was then married to Ada Dutton, but they have since divorced. He was here married to Josephine in 1920 and 1930. He’ll also marry or was married to Ella Richards. Dutch line out of Montgomery County New York originally and then Lincoln, Ontario Canada.

 

WESLEY W. (WILLIAM) PUTMAN  Gaylord, Otsego County

He is William Wesley Putman 40 MI MI MI and is a wood cutter. His wife Mary Marian Kiogima is 42 MI. They were married October 16, 1926. They were here in 1930. He first pops up as a grandson of Jonathan Putman and Sarah Jane Brower here in Gaylord. Jon’s son William Byron Putman was there and was his dad and had been married to Mary Williams. He was born April 6, 1899 and will die in1957. His dad was born August 5, 1862 and died in January 1929. Dutch folks out of Ontario Canada and New York State before that.

 

GENEVIEVE PUTMAN  Polkton, Ottawa County

Genevieve Irene Platt is 36 MI and has Ernest 16 MI, Aver or Anan 14 MI, Ora Dale 11 MI, a daughter Oveta or Oretta 10 MI, Betty 5 MI, Audrey 2 MI and Paul 1 MI. She is/was married to Ernest Ezra Putman. They were in Sherman, Isabella County in 1930. He is a son of John Henry Putman and his second wife Harriet Williams from there. He was born January 10, 1891 in Clinton County Michigan and will die in Orlando, Florida December 31, 1967. 1967. He married Genevieve in Isabella County October 15, 1919. She is a daughter of Charles Albert Platt and Flora May Wilcox and was born April 10, 1903 in Blanchard, Isabella County and will die in Cadillac, Wexford County April 1, 1990. Found a family sheet that Genevieve divorced Ernest, married some guy and they divorced February 3, 1942 and she married again. Could be that she and Ernie divorced in 1942 and she tried one or two times more. The son Ora Dale was born April 9, 1928 and will die here July 21, 1983. He was in the Navy in WWII. Dutch family from New York.

 

STEPHEN PUTNAM  Holland, Ottawa County

He is 67 MI US OH and is still a barber. His wife Myrtle Cahill is 56 OH. He is Stephen Benjamin Putnam a son of Lewis Putnam and Phoebe Ewing. He was born in Allegan County August 28, 1872. He married Artensia ‘Lulu’ Winks June 25, 1893. She died April 12, 1898 at age 19. He married Myrtle Cahill May 24, 1902. Stephen and Myrtle were in Allegan County in 1910 and 1920 and will be in Ottawa County in 1940 and forever. He will die in Holland Ottawa County May 3, 1950 and Myrtle will die in Holland in May 1966.

 

JOHN C. (CHESTER) PUTNAM  Spring Lake, Ottawa County

He is 52 WI WI WI and is a caretaker on a private estate as he was in 1930. His wife Jeanette H. Clark is 51 SCOT. He is a son of Sylvester Putnam and Laura Chatterton and was born in Oregon, Dane County Wisconsin. He was single in Harvey, Cook County Illinois in 1910 and then married there in 1920. He and Jennie were here in 1930.

 

MILFORD & LORRAINE PUTMAN  Prudenville, Denton Township, Roscommon County

He is 18 MI and she 9 MI. They are listed as stepchildren of Alex Richardson 44 MI and Lucille Richardson 38 MI. Lucille Ladella ‘Lucy’ Taylor was married to Donald Putman. He was single in Detroit in 1920 and is there in 1942 and will die in Flint, Genesee County December 20, 1981. He is a son of John William Putnam and Mary Maria Randall. He was born in Tuscola County August 10, 1892 and was home in Tuscola County in 1910. Lucille or Lucy is a daughter of Albert Taylor and Gertrude Thompson and was born in Tuscola County March 29, 1902 and will die in Belding, Ionia County Michigan January 4, 1978. Don’t know when they divorced, but in the mid 1930s. Lucy married Alex April 4, 1938. After he died in May 1959, she married Jim Houvener in 1966. He was born November 20, 1900 and will die in 1975. Now then, Milford was born in Vassar Michigan February 18, 1922 and will die in San Antonio, Texas April 15, 1994. He will be in the Army in 1940 and at the end, marry Madeline Grace Carpenter December 25, 1945. She was born in Colorado December 9, 1924 and will die in Augusta, Kansas February 5, 2004.

 

WILLIAM PUTNAM  Buena Vista, Saginaw County

He is 36 MI, his wife Esther Scherzer 34 MI and they have Jean 8 MI and William 4 MI. He is a maintenance man for a household utility company. He is William Frank Putnam, a son of Frank Putnam and Jennie Cole and was born here December 21, 1903, and at home with them here in 1910 and 1920. His dad died in 1924 and his mom in 1923. His dad was Nelson and Melvina Putnam’s son from Genesee County as shown in 1860 there He was single with his married sister Lucille in 1930. Esther was born here December 18, 1905 and will die here September 24, 1980. William will die here December 12, 1966.

 

DELOS W. (WILLIAM) PUTNAM  Saginaw, Saginaw County

He is 31 MI, his wife Retta Rebecca Fisher 26 MI and they have Marlene M. 8 MI, Patricia A. 3 MI. His brother Austin L. Putnam 24 MI is living with them. Delos is a crane operator at a foundry. Austin works for a sewer project with the W.P.A. They are sons of Claude Alexander Putnam and Jenny May Brady from Wells, Tuscola County where they were born. They were both at home there in 1930. William Delos was born September 23, 1908 and will die March 5, 1974 in Wells, Tuscola County. He married Retta Rebecca Fisher in Caro on February 2, 1931. She was born April 20, 1914 and will die in Caro, Tuscola County September 30, 2000. Austin was born April 8, 1916 and will die in WWII action in Oulun Laani, Finland October 5, 1942.

 

EDGAR E. PUTMAN  Saginaw, Saginaw County

He is 70 WI and his wife Annie is 66 CAN. They were here in 1920 and 1930. He is a son of John Alonzo Putman and Henrietta Heinitz and was born while the family was briefly in Ohio. John Alonzo Putman was a son of John Wilson Putman and Sarah Ann Jones from Batavia, Genesee County New York. His dad was a son of Arent Derrick Putman and Alida Wilson from Montgomery County New York. Dutch line. The family went out to Michigan in the 1830s. John, his first wife Carrie and these kids were in Linn County Iowa in 1870 and Wisconsin before that. He was here in 1880 with Henrietta. Henrietta was a daughter of Carl Heinitz and Louisa Kindler. She was born in Germany November 10, 1855 and died of typhoid fever here December 27, 1904. John died here August 7, 1917.

 

ELEANOR J. PUTMAN  Saginaw, Saginaw County

She is 69 NY (actually CAN) and is living with her son-in-law Steven C. Gage 64 MI and her daughter Minna Gage 60 MI. She is William Putman’s widow. She was married here in 1880 and widowed ever since. She was here with the Gages in 1920 and in 1930 she was in Denver, Colorado with her other married daughter Harriet. Dutch family from New York State.

 

FRANK G. PUTNAM  Saginaw, Saginaw County

He is 74 WI NY CT and is still a broom salesman as he has been. His wife Emily A. is 54 UT and Frank G. 18 MI. Also here is their married daughter Harriet Heineman 35 MI, her husband Bertram Heineman 38 MI and their kids Sally 6 MI and Marcia 2 MI. He is a son of John Alonzo Putman and Henrietta Heinitz and has been right here since the 1870s. Dutch family out of Batavia, Genesee County New York.

 

HARRIET P. PUTNAM  Saginaw, Saginaw County

She is 65 IA NY CT single and lives by herself as she did here since 1910. She was single in Ionia County in 1900. She is a daughter of Charles and Anna Putman from Franklin County Iowa. She was home there in 1880. She is a Christian Science Practitioner. Dutch family from New York State.

 

HARRY N. (NELSON) PUTNAM  Saginaw, Saginaw County

He is 37 MI MI MI and is a fireman for the City like his dad was. His wife Rose Potolski is 35 Yugoslavia (says Austria now though). They have Dorothy V. 16 MI, Nelson L. 15 MI (he was born here August 28, 1924 and will die here August 4, 2005. He will marry Shirley Jean Deshone September 26, 1943. She was born September 6, 1924 and will die August 29, 2012 at age 87. They are in Saginaw all their lives.), Harry Jr. 13 MI and James 9 MI. He is a son of Frank L. Putnam and Jennie B. Cole and was at home here with them in 1920 and married here in 1930. He was born April 27, 1901 and will be here in Saginaw until he dies in January 1974. Rosina is a daughter of Simon Potolski and Rosina Seiler and was born in Apatin, Bacs Bodrog, Austria-Hungary September 13, 1904 and will die here in Saginaw March 7, 1993. Danvers, Massachusetts to Rome, Oneida County New York to Genesee County Michigan.

 

HENRY PUTMAN  Saginaw, Saginaw County

This was very hard to read and may not be a Putman. He is 55 OH divorced and had has a daughter Syanon 18 MI. He might be the son of Andrew Putman and Charity Earl from Sandusky County Ohio, but the age is off a little.

 

IDA B. (BAUR) PUTNAM  Saginaw, Saginaw County

She is 58 MI living alone but says she is married. She has been married to Louis Putnam here in 1920 and 1930. Louis and the kids are also still here but in a different house. See that listing coming up.

 

LOUIS R. (RAYMOND) PUTNAM  Saginaw, Saginaw County

He is 58 MI NY GER and is a janitor at a wholesale/retail hardware store. He says he is married, which he was in 1920 and 1930, but his wife Ida Louisa Rosetta Baur is living in town but by herself. He still has Franklin 30 MI and Genevieve 28 MI. Louis Raymond is a son of John Alonzo Putnam and Henrietta Heinitz from here. He was born here August 26, 1881 and married Ida Louisa Rosetta Baur in Huron County April 3, 1907. She was born in Sebewaiing, Huron County June 4, 1882 and will die here in Saginaw August 3, 1956. Louis will die here as well on June 16, 1956. The son Franklin was born November 1, 1909 and will be here in Saginaw till he dies in July 1971. New York Dutch line.

 

ROY PUTNAM  Saginaw, Saginaw County

He is 54 CAN and an inmate at the Saginaw General Hospital and Davis Nurses Home. He finally admits he is divorced. He is a son of Lester Henry Putnam and Emma Snyder. He was born in Adrian, Lenawee County in January 1885 and has been there most of his life. He was married to Lillian Rawling there in 1910 and 1920 and then was back with his folks there in 1930. Then both he and Lillian, who was with her folks in Detroit, said they were married. Line goes back through Ontario to Vermont then Massachusetts.

 

ED (EDGAR S.) PUTNAM  Port Huron, St. Clair County

He is 64 MI CAN MI and his wife Florence is 49 MI. They were married here in 1927 and were here in 1930. He is a son of James Putnam and Sarah Jane Howe. He was born right here. He was a caulker at a shipyard, but is now retired. Florence was born June 13, 1889 and will be here until she dies in January 1976.

 

JAMES F. PUTNAM  Port Huron, St. Clair County

He is 81 MI CAN CAN and retired. His wife Lilly is 83 OH, but is living separately with her sister Florence Coy 42 MI. They were married here in 1920 and 1930 and he was born here, a son of James Putnam (from Ontario) and Sarah Jane Hough. Line goes back to Danvers, Massachusetts about 1800.

 

MARION PUTNAM  Constantine, St. Joseph County

She is 64 MI and widowed now. Marion Mericle was married to George Becker Putnam who was born in Florence, St. Joseph’s County in April 1871. He married Marion in Centerville, St. Joseph’s County April 14, 1898. She is a daughter of Jesse Mericle and Elmira Hendershot and was also born in Florence in 1876. George died in 1938 and Marion will in1950. Dutch family out of Montgomery County, New York.

 

HAROLD G. (GEORGE) PUTNAM  Mendon Township, St. Joseph County

He is 40 OH OH OH and is now a public school teacher. His wife Fannie Martha Roof is 42 MI and they have Harold Gordon 15 MI, Martha Lou 12 MI, and Robert 9 MI. He is a son of Michael Andrew Putman and Ella A. Smith. He was born in Wood County Ohio May 11, 1899. The family has been in Hillsdale County Michigan since about 1905. Harold and Fannie were in Eaton County in 1930. They were married August 4, 1923 in Eaton County. She is a daughter of Morris Roof and Laura Ann Rundel and was born in Kalamazoo County December 3, 1897 and will die January 4, 1971. Harold will die December 16, 1954. German family out of Somerset County Pennsylvania.

 

MARIE PUTNUM  Wheatland Township, Sanilac County

Her name is Laura Marie Moore and she is 74 England (Canada in previous census records), is widowed and lodging. She is the widow of Isaac Emile Putnam who just died in Minden City of this county on March 11, 1938. Isaac was her third husband. She married Isaac Putnam on July 6, 1911 in Minden City. Isaac was a son of Thomas Henry Putnam and Almira Griffith, and was in Tuscola County Michigan in 1880 and in Saginaw County Michigan in 1900. Laura Marie Moore was marred 3 times as was Isaac. She married Eli Ward in Ontario December 5, 1883 then Michael Yager in Sanilac Michigan September 27, 1891 and then Isaac in July 6, 1911 in Minden City, Michigan. There were in Richland County Montana in 1920 and back in Minden City in 1930. 

 

JENNIE PUTNAM  Manistique, Schoolcraft County

Jennie Shuler is now 75 VT and widowed. She had been married here to Arthur Smith Putnam for about 40 years. He died March 12, 1920. Jennie will die here in 1947. Arthur’s line goes back into New Hampshire and then Massachusetts.

 

CLYDE PUTNAM  Caledonia Township, Shiawassee County

He is 27 MI and his wife Ruth Bildner 24 MI. He is an operator in a canning plant and rents a room with his mother Lottie. He is a son of Ray Ellsworth Putnam and Charlotte Aumaugher and was born in Owosso, Shiawassee County January 15, 1913 and will die there June 26, 1959. He married Ruth Irene Bilder August 8, 1937. She is a daughter of John William Bildner and Bertha Rozella Kelley and was born in Hillsdale, Michigan January 26, 1916 and will die in Corunna, Shiawassee County April 4, 2004. New Englanders Connecticut to New York to Michigan in the 1850s.

 

LOTTIE PUTNAM  Caledonia Township, Shiawassee County

She is 59 MI and widowed. Her daughter Arnetta is 17 MI. Charlotte Aumaugher married Ray Ellsworth Putnam May 19, 1898 and they were in Gratiot County in 1900 and 1910 and in Owosso, Shiawassee County in 1920 and they were divorced there by 1930. Ray died in 1939 so she is now officially widowed. Her married sons Reynold and Clyde are here in town too. New Englanders.

 

REYNOLD PUTNAM  Caledonia Township, Shiawassee County

He is 33 MI and his wife Helen Freda Bernice Carstensen is 30 MI. He is a machinist in a steam railroad car shop. He is a son of Ray Ellsworth Putnam and Charlotte Aumaugher and was born in Hamilton, Gratiot County April 1, 1907 and will die in Mecosta County July 3, 1972. Helen is a daughter of Charles Carson Carstensen and Emma Schubring and was born in Marion Springs, Saginaw County March 22, 1911 and will die September 19,1992 in Owosso, Shiawassee County. They will have a daughter Carol Lynne in 1945. New Englanders Connecticut to New York to Michigan in the 1850s.

 

ANNETTA PUTNAM  Durand, Shiawassee County

She is 91 NY and widowed as she has been for some 35 years. She is living with her married daughter Lula J. Goodspeed 63 MI and her husband James Arthur 64 MI. She is Annette Scribner, widow of Frank Putnam. Been here a long time now. Frank died back in the early 1900s. New England family.

 

WILLIAM PUTNAM  Laingsburg, Shiawassee County

He is 64 MI MI NY and owns a truck farm. His wife Jennie Viola Hamilton is 63 MI. They have been here since 1910. He is a son of Peter Johannes Putman and Julia Ann Dennison and was born here in Laingsburg. April 8, 1876. He married Jennie in 1897. She is a daughter of John and Elizabeth Hamilton and was born September 22, 1878 in Calhoun County and will die here in Laingsburg in December 1948. William will die here in 1963. Dutch family from Montgomery County New York.

 

CLIFFORD H. PUTNAM  Owosso, Shiawassee County

He is 37 MI MI MI and a salesman at a furniture store. His wife Grace Emma McCully is 29 MI and they have Donald E. 15 MI and James 9 MI. He is a son of Ray Putnam and Lottie Armaugher from here. He was born in 1902 and home here in 1920 and then his folks got divorced. He married Grace here May 28, 1921. She is a daughter of James Edward McCully and Melvina Mariah Bellinger and was born April 18, 1900. They had a son Donald and then adopted another son January 19, 1931 and named him James H. Putnam as shown in the entry. New England family. The son Donald will marry Dorothy Neiman, also from here, March 25, 1950.

 

ETHYL PUTMAN Owosso, Shiawassee County

She is 43 IL and now widowed. She was here in 1930 married to Lee Putman. He was a son of Oscar J. Putman and Clara Henion. He was born March 10, 1890. He died here July 24, 1933. Ethel Croxen is a daughter of George W. Croxen and Eliza Peck. She was born July 11, 1896 in Peotone, Illinois and will die here in Owosso December 29, 1975. She first married Webb Arthur Beard in 1917 and he died July 8, 1920. She married Lee April 3, 1924. Dutch family from Montgomery County New York.

 

PAUL W. (WESLEY) PUTMAN Owosso, Shiawassee County

He is 45 MI MI MI and owns a truck farm. His wife Maud E. Swarthout 45 MI, Dorothy E. 22 MI, Leonard 21 MI (he was born November 18, 1918 and will die in Grand Rapids June 16, 1999). He is a son of George Putman and Cora Beeman from Laingsburg. He was born December 31, 1894 and will die in Bancroft, Michigan in November 1972. He was at home in 1910 and married there in 1920. He married Maude July 31, 1915. Maude was born October 7, 1894 and will die February 27, 1943. They are both buried in the Putnam Cemetery in Laingsburg. Dutch family from New York State.

 

THEODORE C. PUTNAM  Owosso, Shiawassee County

He is 20 MI and lives with his mother Katherine 43 MI who has married George E. Pardee 52 MI. Katherine Cooper married Edward Alfred Putman here September 5, 1917 and they were here in 1920. They got divorced  and she was here in 1930 and he was out in Orange County California with his mother Margaret Howse Putman. Dutch family out of New York State.

 

MAUDE PUTNAM  Morrice, Perry Township, Shiawassee County

She is 69 WI and widowed as she was in 1930. She was a practical nurse but is now retired. Maude Margaret Mitchell was married to Cornelius Leighton Putman here in 1920 and in Clinton County in 1920. He was a son of Peter Johannes Putman and Julia Dennison, and was born October 7, 1860 in Scotia, Shiawassee County. He died in Laingsburg, Shiawassee County January 26, 1928. Maude was born September 27, 1869 and was widowed here in 1930. She will die in Battle Creek, Calhoun County February 2, 1957 at age 87. Dutch folks from New York State.

 

EARL M. (MOULTON) PUTMAN  Sciota Township, Shiawassee County

He is 51 MI MI NY and works his family farm. His wife Mary Lou Snyder is 49 MI. They have George E. 26 MI and Grace 21 MI. Her widowed father George Snyder 80 MI is with them. He is Edson Barnet Putman and Emma Moulton’s son and was at home in 1910 and married here in 1920. He was born June 6, 1888 and will die in Ovid, Michigan in July 1981. Dutch family from New York State. The son George Edson was born June 13, 1913 and will die in 1971. He will marry Gayle Edith Galloway who was born January 22, 1915 and will die September 13, 1951.

 

DEWEY PUTNAM  Sciota Township, Shiawassee County

He is George Dewey Putnam 41 MI MI MI and rents part of his dad’s farm which is next door to his uncle Edson’s farm. His wife Louise Remus is 39 MI and they have Hazel Corrine 19 MI, Dale Remus 17 MI (he was born here October 8, 1922 and will die in Laingsburg April 17, 1997), Richard Keith 16 MI, Robert Frederick 15 MI (He was born August 7, 1925 and will die in Lansing May 11, 1998), and John 3 MI all born here in Sciota. He is a son of George Binton Putman and Cora Beeman and was born here September 15, 1898 and will be around here till he dies in February 1971. Dutch folks from New York State like everyone around here.

 

GEORGE B. (BINTON) PUTNAM  Sciota Township, Shiawassee County

He is now 71 MI NY OH and works on his farm. He is still widowed. His wife Cora Beeman died here in 1905. His son Emerson Winfield 48 MI is still with him. Emerson was born August 16, 1891 and will die in Laingsburg in November 1970. He is still single, but will marry Eliza Barber Johnson here January 16, 1942. George will be here till he dies October 15, 1944. He was born here October 16, 1869, a son of Barnet Johnson Putman and Melinda Marie Cone. Dutch folks from New York State.

 

CARRIE PUTNAM  Vernon, Shiawassee County

Carrie E. Gower is 74 MI and now widowed. She has been here with William Eugene Putnam ever since they were married July 15, 1893 in Genesee County. Not sure about William’s folks. He first shows up in Genesee County in 1880 at age 17. He is there married in 1900 and here since. The IGI gives his name as William Eugene and he married Carrie Gower July 15, 1893 in Genesee County.

 

CHARLES E. PUTNAM  Vernon Township, Shiawassee County

He is 79 NY NY NY and owns a farm. His wife Hattie (Harriet Webster) is 75 MI. He should be the son of Philip Putnam and Catherine Keller of Otsego County New York. He was there in 1880. He married Harriet Ann Webster in Tuscola County August 17, 1882. They were in Bay County in 1900, Tuscola in 1910, and Genesee County in 1920 and here in 1930. Charles was born May 1, 1860 and will die June 20, 1954 in Auburn, Michigan. Hattie is a daughter of Sheldon Webster and Dina Gunnell and was born in Millington, Tuscola County December 7, 1864, and will die July 28, 1950 and be buried in Vernon County. His family is a part of the New York Dutch line.

 

CARL PUTNAM  Almer, Tuscola County

He is 30 MI, his wife Margaret Elaine Cramer 25 MI and they have Norine 4 MI, Abram 2 MI and John 1 MI. He owns his farm. Carl Abram Putnam is a son of Abram Putnam and Clara Churchill and was born in Caro, Tuscola County June 6, 1909 and will die in Caro September 3, 1976. Margaret is a daughter of Everitt Cramer and Neva Bell Crosby and was born in Pontiac, Oakland County January 14, 1915 and will die in Caro October 29, 2007. Dutch line that went from New England to New York then up into Ontario Canada about 1800 and then here in the 1850s.

 

CLARA PUTNAM  Almer, Tuscola County

She is 66 MI and now widowed. Still at home are her son Walter 21 MI and her married daughter Beryl Woodward 25 MI, her husband Donald Woodward 23 MI and their son George Lee Woodward 1/12 MI. Clara Churchill married Abram Oscar Putnam in 1896 and they were here through 1930. Abram was a son of William Oscar Putnam and Mary S. Hitchcock and was born in Lapeer, Lapeer County March 31, 1874 and he died here April 2, 1934. Clara is a daughter of Calvin P. Churchill and Emily Kilbreath and was born in Imlay, Lapeer County January 3, 1874 and will die here in Almer Township December 26, 1948. New England family out of Massachusetts then up into Canada and back down here.

 

RAY PUTNAM  Almer, Tuscola County

He is 50 MI CAN NY and owns a farm. His wife Marguerite Isabel Tomlinson is 40 MI, and they have Jane I. 16 MI, Charles W. 15 MI, Phyllis E. 12 MI, Raymond K. 11 MI, Douglas 7 MI and Keith 2 MI. He is Samuel Ray Putnam a son of William Ezra Putnam and Elizabeth Isabel Wilmot and was born in Dayton Township Tuscola County May 18, 1889 and will die September 6, 1889 in Mio, Oscoda County Michigan. He married Marguerite in Caro, Tuscola County April 10, 1918. She was born in Caro July 24, 1899 and will die in Caro April 13, 1969. Ray’s dad  William is a son of Thomas Putnam (2520) and Almira Griffith from Ontario and then Vermont and Massachusetts before that.

 

WILLIAM P. PUTNAM  Almer, Tuscola County

He’s 68 MI MI MI and owns a farm. He is a son of William Oscar Putman and Mary Hitchcock. He was born in Imlay City, Lapeer County and was at home with them in 1880 in Kingston, Tuscola County. Then he married Christine Trickey October 31, 1890 and they were here from 1900 to 1930. He says he is single. But is widowed as Christine has just died December 21, 1939. She was a daughter of William Henry Trickey and Christina Doris Anderson and was born in Ontario Canada March 24 1872. He will die here April 13, 1945. New England family out of Massachusetts then up into Canada and back down here.

 

CHARLES PUTNAM  Caro, Indian Fields Township, Tuscola County

He is 37 MI MI MI and is a truck driver working on County roads. His wife Edna McDurman is 35 MI and they have Edna May 15 MI. He is Charles Wesley Putnam, a son of William P. Putnam and Christine Trickey who are listed above in Almer. He was born July 16, 1901 in Almer and will die here in Caro in October 1967. He married Edna September 24, 1924 in Caro. She is a daughter of George and Mary McDurman, and was born here in Ellington June 29, 1904 and will die in Cass City, Tuscola County May 31, 1987. New England family from Massachusetts.

 

CHARLES PUTNAM  Caro, Indian Fields Township, Tuscola County

He is 23 MI single and a patient at the Caro State Hospital for Epileptics. Looks like the son of Edward Orlin Putnam and Charlotte Webb as shown in 1930 in Plainfield, Iosco County.

 

CHARLOTTE PUTNAM  Caro, Indian Fields Township, Tuscola County

She is 43 MI single and a patient at the Caro State Hospital for Epileptics. She is a daughter of Peter Gilbert Putnam and Charlotte Ann Doan and was born in Athens, Calhoun County July 22, 1896 and will die here at the hospital in Indian Fields April 15, 1953. Her body was donated to science. She was listed a niece of Charles and Delia Calkins in Mendon, St. Joseph County in 1930. She had been with them since 1900 except she was a patient at the Kalamazoo State Hospital in 1920. Massachusetts family that went to New York and then out here.

 

CLAUDE K. (KENNETH) PUTNAM  Caro, Indian Fields Township, Tuscola County

He is 34 MI MI MI and he owns a dairy farm. His wife Fay Arlene Bradley is 34 MI and they have Donald C. 15 MI, Betty 15 MI. Betty wasn’t listed in 1930. He is a son of Samuel Garfield Putnam and Grace Pearl Wright from here in the County. He was born May 13, 1905 and will die in Caro in May 1966. Faye was born in Guilford, Tuscola County February 27, 1907 and will die in Peoria, Arizona February 11, 1998. New England Family, Massachusetts then Canada.

 

ERNEST PUTNAM  Caro, Indian Fields Township, Tuscola County

He is 14 MI single and living with his remarried Mother Elva 55 MI and her new husband Edward Vantassel 66 MI. Elva Watters was married to Ernest William Putnam here in 1920. He died May 16, 1925. Ernest was a son of William Putnam and Elizabeth Wilmot from Canada. He was born March 29, 1883 and was at home with them in 1900 in Tuscola County, Michigan. He was in Lapeer County in 1910. Elva is widowed here in 1930. New England family.

 

RUSSELL PUTNAM  Caro, Indian Fields Township, Tuscola County

He is 54 MI CAN MI. His wife Ada Gertrude Crittenden is 54 MI. He is a supervisor and she is a matron at the Caro State Hospital for Epileptics. They are staff were here in 1930 as well. He is a son of William Ezra Putnam and Elizabeth Wilmot from here. He was born in Dayton Township in September 1885 and will die here April 22, 1943. Gertrude was born December 19, 1884 and will die here in February 1968. New England line that went up into Canada during the War of 1812 and stayed on.

 

WILLIAM PUTNAM  Caro, Indian Fields Township, Tuscola County

He is a farmer 29 MI, his wife Wilhelmina E. Westphal is 28 MI and they have Howard 8 MI, Darlene 6 MI, David 4 MI and Rexford 1 MI. William Oscar Putnam is a son of Abram Putnam and Clara Churchill from Almer. He was born September 24, 1910 and will die here in Caro December 25, 1961. He married Wilhelmina in December 1930. She was born September 16, 1911 and will die October 26, 1993 in Saginaw. New England family

 

GERTRUDE PUTNAM  Cass City, Tuscola County

She is 24 MI single and lodging as a hired girl with a Townsend family. She is a daughter of Jesse Newton Putman and Mary K. Cavanaugh and was at home with them in Grant, Huron County through 1935. Gertrude was born in Grant January 25, 1916. She will marry Clifton A. Endersbe shortly on June 8, 1940. She will die in Essexville Bay County December 25, 1995 and be buried back in Grant. From what I can gather, she died chasing Santa back up the chimney that Christmas. Dutch family that went from New York up into Canada and then down here in the mid 1800s.

 

Z. (ZEPHANIAH) J. PUTNAM  Columbia, Tuscola County

He is 56 MI CAN CAN. His wife Bonney Belle Johnson is 52 MI. He married Bonnie October 4, 1902. Bonney was born December 26, 1887 and will die in Caro in April 1975. He rents a farm. Zephaniah is a son of William Oscar Putnam and Mary S. Hitchcock from Caro, Tuscola County where he was born October 16, 1883. He’s been here forever and will die here in Columbia May 12, 1948. New England family.

 

DON R. (DONALD RAYMOND) PUTNAM  Ellington, Tuscola County

Don is 32 MI MI MI and operates a rental farm. His wife Mary Victoria Cottrell is 31 MI. They have Donna M. 14 MI, Shirley L. 12 MI, Mary June 10 MI and Donald Jerome 5 MI. He is a son of Ernest Putnam and Elva Watters from Tuscola County. He was born April 5, 1907 and will die February 17, 1964. He married Mary February 2, 1927 in Caro. Victoria was born January 5, 1909 and will die September 12, 1997. They were in Saginaw in 1930. Both are buried in Caro, Tuscola County. The family was from New England and then up into Canada and then down here. Massachusetts folks that went into Canada.

 

HAROLD PUTNAM  Ellington, Tuscola County

He is 32 MI, his second wife Aileen Annette Mileski is 25 MI and they have Richard 13 MI, Jean 12 MI, Robert 5 MI, Eugene 3 MI and Larry a week old MI. Harold William Putnam is a son of Samuel Putnam and Grace Wright from here. He was born here July 22, 1908 and will die in Caro May 9, 1993. He first married Thelma Isabell Hudson and she died August 11, 1930. The first two kids are hers. Then he married Aileen November4, 1933. She is a daughter of Frank Raymond Mileski and Nettie Goguen and was born in Ionia, Gratiot County June 11, 1915 and she will die in Bay City, Bay County March 6, 1999, and be buried here in Ellington.

 

SAMUEL G. (GARFIELD) PUTNAM  Ellington, Tuscola County

He is 59 MI MI MI and owns a farm. His wife Grace Pearl Wright is 53 MI and their son Floyd is 44 MI. He is a son of William Oscar Putnam and Mary S. Hitchcock from Caro. He was born here August 10, 1880. He married Grace June 3, 1903. She is a daughter of William Boardman Wright and Evelyn Warren and was born in April 1886. He will die here August 11, 1955. The son Floyd was born here January 14, 1916 and will be here until he dies in Caro in July 1979. New England Family.

 

CLIFTON PUTNAM  Fairgrove Township, Tuscola County

He is 21 NY single and a hired man with Joe and Rose Stekl. He is a son of Ernest and Elva Putnam and was in Caro with his widowed mom in 1930. Ernest was a son of William Putnam and Elizabeth Wilmot from Canada. He was at home with them in 1900 here in Tuscola County. New England family.

 

ELI W. (WILLIAM) PUTMAN  Guilford, Tuscola County

He is 52 MI MI CAN. He works on a farm. His wife Edith Jane Freeman is 49 MI. They have Sidney 22 (born in March 1917), Eli William Jr. 20 (born September 8, 1919 and will die in Vassar, Tuscola County on July 28, 2002. He will marry Rosa Martin here on January 19, 1943), Thomas E. 17 (born August 19, 1992 and will die in Mayville Michigan November 14, 1988), Stella G. 14 (born July 12, 1923 and married a Parker), Luella M. 12 (born October 22, 1927. She married a Hollister), Rachel E. 10 (born July 26, 1929 and married a Congdon), Norris James 6 (born June 24, 1933 and will die in Caro June 12, 1985. He married Frances Grace Van Antwerp), William H. 4 (born October 4, 1935 and died September 12, 1953), and Lucile M. 3 (born February 24, 1937 and died September 12, 1953) all born in MI. He is a son of Sidney Elizar Putnam and Catherine Quinn from around here. He has been here except in 1920 when he was in Genesee County with his widowed mother Kitty. Eli was born May 14, 1888 and will die in Caro, Tuscola County February 1963. Edith was born in Akron, Tuscola County July 31, 1892 and will die in Caro November 18, 1953. They will have Grace born and died in 1931, Norris James born June 24, 1923 and died June 12, 1985, William H. born October 2, 1935 and Lucille M. born February 4, 1937 and died September 14, 1953. New England family.

 

ALFRED PUTNAM  Juanita Township, Tuscola County

He is 47 MI MI CAN, his wife Susie Pearl Vader is 49 MI. He works on a farm. He is a son of William Putnam and Christina Trickey from here. He was born September 19, 1892 and will die in Caro February 14, 1967. He was home with them here in 1900 and married Susie here March 12, 1913 and they were here in 1920. Susie is a daughter of Clarence Herbert Vader and Mary Lehman and was born in 1891 and will die here in 1964. New England lineage.

 

LLOYD (PHILO) PUTMAN  Juanita Township, Tuscola County

He is 50 MI CAN CAN and is a mason contractor (brick and stone layer to you folks). His wife Catherine Ruth Ford is 44 MI. They have been married 24 years and have Mary I. 19 MI, Dorothy Jean 16 MI, William E. 14 MI and Lloyd P. (Patrick) 11 MI (Born September 23, 1929 and will die in Jackson Michigan March 9, 2006). Also here is their married daughter Roberta 21 MI, her husband Raymond Goodman 26 MI and their daughter Catherine 4/12 MI. He is a son of William Putman and Mary Chambers from here. He was with his widowed mother in 1900 and 1910 and then ‘overlooked’ in 1920, but was here. He was born August 25, 1889. He married Catherine February 12, 1917. He will be around till he dies in December 1972. Catherine will die in 1943 and he will later marry Teresa. Sorry, don’t her last name. Dutch family out of New York State into Ontario Canada and then here.

 

HAROLD PUTMAN  Novesta Township, Tuscola County

He is 26 MI MI MI and his wife Marion Margaret Brown is 22 M. He is a son of Ernest Putnam and Elva Waters from Caro. His dad died and his mom has remarried and is still in Caro. Mathew Waters 24 MI, his wife Christina 26 MI and daughter Margret 8 MI are with them. Part of his mother’s family. Harold was born October 17, 1913 in Kingston, Tuscola County and will de May 18, 1992 in Sorrento, Lake County Florida May 18, 1992. Marion is a daughter of Joseph Brown and Elnora Allen and was born in Deckerville, Sanilac County Michigan December 10, 1917. She will also die in Sorrent but on January 16, 2004.

 

GEORGE PUTMAN  Tuscola, Tuscola County

He is 65 MI single and living with his married sister Catherine Plane 46 MI and her husband Thomas Plane 55 MI. Pretty sure he is George Sydney Putnam a son of Sydney Eleazer Putnam and Catherine ‘Kitty’ Quinn and was born in Caro, Tuscola County May 21, 1878. He had married Florence Beebe May 11, 1907 and then she filed for divorce August 25, 1911. Learned his lesson and is still single now.

 

OSCAR PUTMAN  Tuscola, Tuscola County

He is 50 MI single and lives alone on the family farm. He is a son of John William Putnam and Mary Marie Randall from here. He was with his folks every year and with just his widowed mother Mary in 1930.

 

FRANK PUTNAM  Vassar Township, Tuscola County

He is 36 MI, his wife Gladys Shingler 27 MI and they have Evelyn 8 MI, Walter 7 MI, Charles 4 MI, Harry 2 MI and Burton 6/12 MI. He works on a sewer project. He is a son of George Putnam and Jennie Earns, and a grandson of Sidney Putnam and Catherine Quinn from Caro. He was born here September 14, 1903 and will die in Saginaw, Michigan May 21, 1967. He was with Sidney in 1910 and with his uncle Eli in Flint in 1920. He married Gladys Betty Shingler, she was adopted and her new last name was Dye. They were married on July 1, 1930. New England family down from Canada and then back to New York and Massachusetts.

 

JESSE PUTNAM  Vassar Township, Tuscola County
He is 29 MI, his wife Jessie Lester is 18 MI and they have Thomas 1 MI. He is a son of Eli William Putnam and Edith Freeman. He was born September 8, 1910. Here is his obituary: ‘Jesse F. Putnam. Died Tuesday, November 3, 1981 at Sparrow Hospital in Lansing following a six month illness. He was 71. He was born September 8, 1910 in Akron but was a lifelong county resident.  He married the former Jesse Lester on May 5, 1938, but she preceded him in death on March 11, 1956.  He was employed by Eaton manufacturing of Vassar. He is survived by six sons, Tom, Ervin, Richard, Raymond, James and Chuck Putnam; four daughters, Betty Mitchell, Grace Putnam, Sandra Putnam and Monica Sovey; five sisters, Lillian Albee, Jolene Wright, Estella Parker, Louella Hollister and Rachel Congdon; and three brothers, Eli, Tom and Jim Putnam.  Funeral services were Saturday at Atkins Funeral Home of Vassar with Rev. John Bertelsmeyer officiating.  Burial was in the Gilford Township Cemetery.’ New England line.

 

CLAUDE A. (ALEXANDER) PUTNAM  Wells Township, Tuscola County

He is 60 MI CAN CAN and is retired. His wife Jennie May Brady is 54 MI. They have a mob still at home. Clifford 17 MI (born June 24, 1922 and will die in Farwell Michigan September 17, 2002), Marjorie 13 MI, Junior W. (Peter Walton) 10 MI and Ford E. 8 MI. Then we get his son Stanley 33 MI (born January 20, 1907 and will die May 23, 1986) he is a road worker on W.P.A. projects. Stanley’s wife Olive M. Kelley 23 MI (she was born October 14, 1916 and she will die April 23, 2001. They were married September 14, 1931. Claude is a son of William Putman and Mary Chambers from here in Wells. He was born in Wells Township December 25, 1879 and will die right here February 17, 1955. Jennie was born October 7, 1885, and will be here till she dies September 28, 1975. This is a Dutch family that went from New York up into Canada and then back here in the 1860s. This is the line of Mark Putnam of Caro, Tuscola County who has done a great deal of work on this Dutch line. Peter Walton is Mark’s dad.

 

CLAUDE O. (OSBORNE) PUTNAM  Wells Township, Tuscola County

He is 34 MI and works for the government. Probably W.P.A. stuff, His wife Orpha Luella Kelley 29 MI, and their daughter Betty I. 10 MI. Then there is Orpha’s sister Phoebe Kelley 10 MI, and James D. Putnam 2 MI listed as a nephew. Claude is a son of Claude Alexander Putnam and Jennie May Brady listed above. He was home there through 1930. Osborne was born September 18, 1905 and will die in Saginaw October 31, 1968. His wife Orpha Kelley is a daughter of Archie and Hattie Kelley and was born December 2, 1910 and will die in Alma, Gratiot County August 10, 1998. They were married in Mason County Michigan May 24, 1929. New York Dutch line.

 

HOBART J. (JOHN) PUTNAM  Wells Township, Tuscola County

He is 29 MI, his wife Annalee Marion Brown 30 MI and they have Delmar G. 7 MI and Donald J. 6 MI. He owns a farm. He is a son of Claude Alexander Putnam and Jennie May Brady listed above. He was born August 23, 1910 and was home with his folks through 1930. Annalee was born June 15, 1909 in Dayton, Tuscola County and will die in Lapeer, Michigan February 27, 1989. They will get divorced, as Hobart will marry Mary Ellen Pearsall in Detroit April 3, 1956. Mary Ellen was born in Detroit October 16, 1920 and will die in Tawas City, Iosco County Michigan October 18, 2010. Hobart will die in Saginaw April 27, 1979, and be buried back here in Dayton, Tuscola County. Dutch family out of New York State.

 

HARRY PUTMAN  Geneva Township, Van Buren County

He is 35 NETHERLANDS (HOLLAND), his wife Bernice is 29 IL and they have Howard 8 IL and Nancy 1 MI. He works in a stove manufacturing plant. He is Harry Albert Putman and was born in Omsford in the Netherlands (Holland) August 15, 1904 and will die in Kalamazoo, Michigan October 5, 1991. He arrived in America in 1923. He married Bernice Henrietta Kreiger in Valpariso, Indiana July 20, 1929. They were in Chicago in the 1930 census. She is a daughter of Fred Kreiger and Margaretha Elnora Dumpke and was born in Chicago February 17, 1911 and will die in Plainwell, Allegan County Michigan October 28, 1998. He lives next to the following Herman who should be his brother and his mother Geraldine or Gertrude.

 

HERMAN PUTMAN  Geneva Township, Van Buren County

He is 32 NETHERLANDS (HOLLAND) and his widowed mother Geraldine is 65 NETHERLANDS. I found a family sheet for Herman. His full name is Carel Frederik Herman Putman Cramer. His folks were Gerhard John Wilhelm Putman Cramer and Anna Geertruida Zegars Veeckens. He was born in Amsterdam March 22, 1906.

 

WILLIS PUTNAM  Keeler Township, Van Buren County

He is 49 IA, his wife Eva Rupencamp 48 IA and there is a stepson Milford Krohne 18 MI from Eva’s prior marriage with John Krohne who died here in Keeler in 1936. He owns a farm here. Willis Emery Putnam Jr. is a son of Willis Emery Putman and Annie Day Mauger from Council Bluffs, Iowa. Dutch family out of New York State. Eva is a daughter of Fred and Theresa Rupencamp and was born in Council Bluffs, Iowa March 7, 1892 and will die here in Cass County August 13, 1960.

 

JESSE PUTMAN  Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County

He is 54 MI IN IN and his wife Barbara Marie Zill is 42 MI. They have Leonard Henry 20 MI and Robert N. 17 MI. They were here in 1920 and in nearby Scio in 1930. He is a grinder at a spring factory. Canմ’tfind him earlier than 1920 though. Jesse Jack Putman is a son of William H. Putman and Mary Schamberlan and was born in Paris, Michigan August 12, 1884. He will die shortly on April 9, 1942 here in Ann Arbor. He married Marie here in Ann Arbor December 27, 1919. She is a daughter of Leonard Zill and Maria Carolina Barbara Eberlein and was born October 22, 1897 in Monitor, Bay County. Dutch family out of Huron County and back to Montgomery County New York.

 

MARGARET V. PUTNAM  Ypsilanti, Washtenaw County

She is 65 CAN and widowed. Margaret Van Norman was married to William Sargent Putnam here in 1920. He was a son of Daniel Putnam and Sarah Elizabeth Smith from here where he was born July 3, 1871, and had been single up till then. He died here October 12, 1925. New England family out of New Hampshire. She is a daughter of Emerson Bristol Van Norman and Louisa Walker. She was born in Ontario Canada October 1, 1975 and will die here in Ypsilanti December 12, 1969. She married Robert Langton in Ontario December 5, 1894. They divorced and she married William July 3, 1913. She was widowed here in 1930 as well.

 

MARY B. PUTNAM  Ypsilanti, Washtenaw County

She is 79 MI NH NY and still single. She is a daughter of Daniel Putnam and Sarah Elizabeth Smith. She has been here all her life. She was living here with her brother William in 1910 and then by herself in 1920 as he just got married then. She was teaching at the Normal College here.

 

EDWARD H. (HYATT) PUTNAM  Dearborn, Wayne County

He is 39 IL and his wife Mabel is 27 CAN. They were in Detroit in 1935. His folks were Edward Herbert Putman and Maude Evelyn Coons. Edward Hyatt Putnam born in Joliet, Illinois June 23, 1899. Then ɮ Maude and Ed split and she married Fred Jerry VanRipper in Bradford, Pennsylvania March 16, 1914. Then they are back in Perry Wyoming County New York in 1920. Her kids Ed and Evelyn are listed as Ryan and VanRipper and not as Putnam or Putman. Same when they are in Detroit in 1930. By 1940 Eddie uses his real name here in Dearborn with his second wife Margaret Mary Hinnegan from Canada. He had previously married Ruth Ireland in Perry October 20, 1920 and they got divorced June 29, 1923. The wife in 1940 is listed as Mabel 27 CANADA and may be the second wife. Seems he and Margaret were actually married in Detroit July 22, 1948. May well have been a writing error and maybe Mary was number 2 using Mabel as a name. Who knows. His dad Edward Herbert Putman was a son of William Putman and Hulda Burroughs from Ingham County. Dutch folks from Genesee County to Montgomery County New York.

 

LELLIA E. (ELDERT) PUTNAM  Dearborn, Wayne County

She is 63 MI and now widowed. Her daughter Helen M. is 33 NY and still single. Lellia Eldert was married to Harry Stickney Putnam. He was a son of George Quincy Hill Putnam and Sarah Stickney from Penobscot County Maine. He married Lella or Lelia Eldert June 15, 1901 just over the border in Essex County Ontario, Canada. They were both unmarried in Massillon, Ohio in 1900. I can’t find them in 1910, but they were here in 1920 and 1930. Seems Lellia is not working. Helen is a secretary in an advertising agency and actually listed as ‘family head’ in this listing. Lellia and Helen are in Florence, Broward County Florida in 1945.

 

ALEX PUTMAN  Detroit, Wayne County

He is a Negro 39 GA, his wife Lila 26 VA and they have Barbara 7 MI.

 

ALICE PUTNAM  Detroit, Wayne County

She is 77 MI and widowed. She was widowed here in 1930 and then back into the 1800s married to John Fletcher Putnam from Canada who died here in 1926. He was a son of John W. Putnam from Vermont before moving to Canada. She was born in 1862 and will die here later in 1940.

 

ANNA PUTNAM  Detroit, Wayne County

She is 38 MI single and living with her married sister Jenny Campbell 42 MI and husband Ralph Campbell 40 NY. They are daughters of Charles H. Putnam and Mary Jane Smith. Charles was the son of Simeon Spaulding Putnam and Naomi Morgan and was born in Dundee, Monroe County July 6, 1869. Mary is a daughter of Peter Benjamin Smith and Mary Fencemaker and was born in Detroit February 20, 1866 and died there January 28, 1936. Family from Vermont and New Hampshire before that.

 

ARDETH PUTNAM  Detroit, Wayne County

She is 25 MI single and lodging. She is a secretary in a business office. Maybe just bad writing, but never saw before.

 

ARTHUR A. (AMBER) PUTMAN  Detroit, Wayne County

He is 49 NY NY NY and is a draftsman in an adding machine company. His wife Dorothy Leota Merritt is also 49 MI. In 1920 she was alone here simply listed as Mrs. Arthur Putman. They were both here in 1930. He is a son of Elisha Putman and Ella May Hill from DePeyster, St. Lawrence County New York. He was home in 1900 and 1910 and then I guess out here, as they were married December 30, 1914. He was born in 1890 and will die in a hospital in orange County Florida November 9, 1959. Dorothy is a daughter of Charles Merritt and Minnie Abbott and was born in Vassar, Tuscola County March 27, 1891 and will die in Seminole County Florida October 24, 1971. Dutch Putman Family from Tribes Hill, Montgomery County then St. Lawrence County New York.

 

ARTHUR O. (OWEN) PUTMAN  Detroit, Wayne County

He is 40 MI MI MI and a salesman for oils and lubricants. He is widowed since his wife Mildred Winter has died February 20, 1937. He has Robert A. 18 MI and Edward O. 16 MI still with him. Arthur is a son of Alva Eli Putman and Martha Hulbert. His folks got divorced June 20, 1902 and he was with his mother Martha who had remarried in 1910. He was here married to Mildred in 1930. His dad Alva was a son of John Henry Putman and Emma Granger. Dutch family from New York once they came over to America in the mid 1650s.

 

AUGUST PUTMAN  Detroit, Wayne County

He is 44 BELGUIM, Madeline Cannaert 43 BELGUIM and they have Eleanor 19 MI. They were here in 1920 and 1930. I don’t know his folks, but Madeline is a daughter of Henri Jules Cannaert and Marie Demei and was born in Belgium August 1, 1896. She came to America in 1906 and August came in 1914.

 

CLYDE J. PUTNAM  Detroit, Wayne County

He is 26 MI and a sergeant in the U. S. Army at Fort Benning here. He is a son of Jesse Putnam and Flora Estella Bird Rall from Eaton County. He was there through 1930 and in Fort Wayne in Michigan in 1935. German family out of Somerset County Pennsylvania and then Sandusky County Ohio.

 

CORA PUTNAM  Detroit, Wayne County

She is 33 CAN divorced and has Eleanor 18 MI and Gertrude 12 MI with her. Cora DeRond was married to Donald W. Putnam here in 1930 and gave him his second divorce. He is listed shortly and says Cora is till around. He is a son of Lafayette and Mary Putnam and was at home with them in Fountain County Indiana in 1900 and Indianapolis, Indiana in 1910. New England family. Cora was married along time ago to a sailor Clawson Wiles on December 24, 1924 in Springfield, Ohio. They divorced, but they are getting married again here on October 3, 1940. She will die here in Detroit July 3, 1980.

 

DONALD PUTNAM  Detroit, Wayne County

He is 42 MI and his wife Cora 49 MI. Must be kinda faked a bit as Cora is listed above with their two kids. He is a son of Lafayette and Mary Putnam and was at home with them in Fountain County Indiana in 1900 and Indianapolis, Indiana in 1910. New England family.

 

EARL PUTNAM  Detroit, Wayne County

He is 31 MI MI OH and his wife Liona McIntyre is 28 MI. They have Raymond 3 MI, Carroll a daughter 2 MI and Richard 1 MI. He is a tool manufacturer. He is a son of Charles Eleazer Putnam and Celestine ‘Stella’ LaLonde from Alcona County. His folks are still there now. Charles Putnam is a son of Sidney Putnam and his first wife Romela Forsythe. He was born in Tuscola County November 1, 1870. Sidney was a son of Eleazer Putnam and Margaret Dawson from New York State.

 

EARL A. PUTMAN  Detroit, Wayne County

He is 48 MI and his wife Jane is 49 MI. He is an executive in a glass company. He is a son of Lewis D. Putman and Myrta Van Syckle and was born in Kalamazoo County in February 1892. He was with his widowed mother there in 1900 and has been here with Jane in 1920 and 1930. His dad was a son of Lewis Putman from Fulton County New York and grandson of Ebenezer George Putman from Montgomery County New York. Dutch family.

 

EDGAR PUTMAN  Detroit, Wayne County

He is 74 MI (actually Canada) widowed and lodging. His wife Ellen A. McEwen was here with him in 1920 and 1930, but has died. His name is Edgar Eli Putnam and is a son of Ephron Elijah Putnam and Lodema Putnam (yes also a Putnam) from Blenheim, Kent, Ontario. He married Ellen in 1891 in Chatham, Kent. They were here with some kids in 1920 and by themselves in 1930. New Englanders.

 

EDWARD PUTNAM  Detroit, Wayne County

He is 38 NY single and has his mother Maude E. Putnam 58 NY. Edward Hyatt Putnam owns his own barber shop. Interesting, there are 4 other Putnams in Michigan who are barbers. They were here in 1930 and he said he was divorced then. Mom was widowed then as well as now. In 1910 she was in Naples, Ontario County New York with Edward and his sister Eveline. Maude Evelyn Coons was on her second marriage to a guy named Edward Ryan. Maude was married to Edward Herbert Putman. Edward Hyatt Putman had married Ruth Ireland October 20, 1920 and then they divorced June 29, 1923 so she was never in any census.

 

ELIZABETH PUTNAM  Detroit, Wayne County

She is 27 IL OH IN single and boarding. She is a lab technician at a receiving hospital. She is a daughter of Charles Marsh Putnam and Anna McDonald. She was at home in Champaign County Illinois in 1910 and then with her folks out here in Gratiot County Michigan in 1920. She was here in 1930. New Englanders from Marietta, Ohio and Massachusetts before that. Direct line down from General Israel.

 

ELLIOTT PUTNAM  Detroit, Wayne County

He is a Negro 6 MI living with his re-married mother Ruby Dickerson 25 GA.

 

ELMER PUTNAM  Detroit, Wayne County

He is Elmer Ellsworth Putnam 38 MA MA MA and a toolmaker at a tool factory as he was in 1930. His wife Mabel Irene Follmer is 39 MI and they have Ronald 1 MI. He is a son of Arthur Lawson Putnam number 2170 and Leora Arnold of Sutton, Massachusetts. He was born in Douglas, Massachusetts May 17, 1901 and was home in 1910 and in Harrisville, Rhode Island in 1920. They were here just married in 1930. He will die in Pinellas County Florida July 10, 1987. Mabel is a daughter of Joseph Follmer and Anna Catherina Weber and was born in Detroit June 16, 1900 and will die in Pinellas County January 5, 1993.

 

ERNEST C. (CHARLES) PUTNAM  Detroit, Wayne County

He is 35 MI MI MI and his wife Marjorie Mary Brown is 36 MI. He says he is President of his own business. He used to sell auto parts, so thatճ probably what it is. He is a son of Charles Eleazer Putnam and Celestine ‘Stella’ LaLonde. He was born in 1905 in Harrisville, Michigan and then with his folks in Alcona, Alcona County in 1910 and 1920. He married Marjorie in Detroit August 26, 1925. Marjorie is a daughter of Charles Brown and Jennie Misner and was born in Michigan January 6, 1903 and will die in Livonia, Wayne County August 7, 1992. Ernie will die here in Detroit in 1964. His dad Charles Eleazer Putnam was a son of Sidney Putnam and his first wife Romela Forsythe. He was born in Tuscola County November 1, 1870. Sidney was a son of Eleazer Putnam and Margaret Dawson from New York State and then the family goes back to Preston, Connecticut and Massachusetts before that.

 

FLOYD H. PUTNAM  Detroit, Wayne County

He is 42 IL IL IL and is a building contractor. His wife Kathleen Olivia Wallace is 38 OH and they have Floyd H. Jr. 18 MI and Earl J. 13 MI. He is a son of Orlin Uzziel Putnam and Minnie B. Herring (probably his middle name) from Macomb, McDonough County Illinois. He was born August 4, 1895 and will die in Taylor Michigan in January 1974. I don’t find them in 1920, but they had been married 2 years and were probably here. They were here in 1930. His dad had remarried and was in Oregon by then. New England family.

 

FLOYD M. (MAX) PUTMAN  Detroit, Wayne County

He is 45 MS single and lodging. He works for an auto company. He is a son of Lemuel Putman and Louisiana Weeks and was born in Calhoun County Mississippi November 5, 1894. He was in Tallahatchie, Mississippi in 1920 and kinda missing in 1930. He will die back in Calhoun City July 13, 1982. Southern Putman family Virginia to North Carolina to here.

 

FRANK L. (LEWIS) PUTMAN  Detroit, Wayne County

He is 53 MI NY CAN and is a barber. His wife Elizabeth is 42 MI and they have Donovan F. 19 MI (he was born June 22, 1920 and will die in Walled Lake Michigan January 19, 19998), and Theodore Wade 12 MI. Elizabeth was his wife in Sanilac County in 1920 and 1930, but was his second one. He is a son of Theodore Putman and Sarah Ann Macaboy, and was born in Sanilac County October 31, 1887 and was there with his folks in 1900, and with a wife named Lydia in 1910. Theodore was from Montgomery County New York. Dutch family.

 

GEORGE PUTNAM  Detroit, Wayne County

He is a Negro 18 GA and an inmate at the Wayne County Jail as he was in 1935.

 

HARRY PUTNAM  Detroit, Wayne County

He is 46 MI CAN CAN and widowed as his wife Emily Martha Grosenbacher has died. His son Harry 19 MI is with him (Harry was born July 26, 1921 and will die in Berkley Michigan March 14, 1997). They are living with his married daughter Bernice Murrell 20 CAN and husband Otis Murrell 27 AL. Harry Howard Putnam is a son of Stephen Brown Putnam and his second wife Sarah Elizabeth Smith. The family was from Chatham, Kent, Ontario but were in Ypsilanti in about 1891 through the early 1900s. Harry Howard was born here in December 1891. Then the family went back to Canada in the early 1900s. Harry married Emily there October 2, 1916, and then came back to Detroit in time to be in the 1920 census. Harry was born December 9, 1892 and will die out in Covina, Los Angeles County California in December 1970. Family was originally from New England.

 

HELEN PUTNAM  Detroit, Wayne County

She is 38 MI and has a daughter Beverly 14 MI. They are lodgers with a Millard family. She says she is married, but Fay is not here. Helen Ione Brooks was/is married to Fay Emery Putnam. They were married in Ann Arbor November 14, 1924, and here in 1930. Fay is a son of William Eugene Putnam and Carrie Estelle Burbridge and was born March 28, 1899 in Duffield, Genesee County Michigan and will die in Saline, Washtenaw County Michigan July 8, 1976. Helen was born in Vernon, Shiawassee County Michigan August 26, 1900 and will die in Ann Arbor about April 16, 1968.

 

HERBERT J. (JOHNSON) PUTNAM  Detroit, Wayne County

He is 78 CAN CAN CAN and is an auditor at a laundry. His wife Blanche is 75 NY. He is a son of Thomas Rolfe Putnam and Elizabeth Van Vliet. He was born in Ontario, but came here with his folks in the 1860s. Blanche was born in Brooklyn, New York October 30, 1864 and will die here in Detroit January 17, 1952. He has been married to Blanche for 56 years now. His line goes back to Vermont and then Massachusetts.

 

HORACE J. (JAMES) PUTNAM  Detroit, Wayne County

He is 36 PA and his wife Irene Augusta ‘Rena’ Boese is 37 CA. He is a buyer in a dry goods store. They live with her married sister Agatha 33 CAN and husband Clarence Fisher 33 CAN. Horace is a son of Charles Eugene Putnam and Gertrude James and was born in Bradford, Pennsylvania August 20, 1904. He has been at home with them in Bradford, McKean County Pennsylvania in 1910 and then here through 1930. His dad is a son of Nelson Henry Putnam and was with them in Livingston County New York in 1880. Rena is a daughter of William Carl Boese and Josephine Emma Weinhold and was born August 6, 1902 in Ontario. She will die March 25, 1985 in Marietta, Michigan. Charles Eugene Putnam was a son of Harry Putnam and E. Pearl Weller from Cayuga County New York. Horace will die in Royal Oak, Michigan October 2, 1981. The family was in New York State from the 1830s. Dutch family out of New York State.

 

HUGH PUTNAM  Detroit, Wayne County

He is 51 MI NH PA and a bricklayer. He is living in the Lenox Hotel and says he is single. He was here in 1930 and had been married to Rosanne for 3 years then. Hugh Fletcher Putnam is a son of Harrison Coolridge Putnam and Theresa E. Dwyer and was born in Kent, Ontario Canada December 24, 1888 (dropped off early by Santa) and was with the family here in Detroit in 1900. His dad died in 1907 and he was with his widowed mom in 1910 and 1920 (can’t find entry) and will be single again here in 1940. He will die in St. Clair County Michigan January 21, 1951. New England family that went through Ontario Canada to Michigan.

 

JAMES H. (HENRY) PUTMAN  Detroit, Wayne County

He is 57 ENG, his wife Agnes Annie Pound 55 ENG and they still have Daisy Ellen 15 MI and Betty 13 MI at home. They came down from Canada in April 1919. They were here in Detroit in 1920 and in Oakland County by 1930. His folks were Joseph Putnam and Sarah Ann Coch, and he was born in Brentford, Middlesex England October 28, 1881. He will die in Fenton, Genesee County Michigan November 5, 1964. Agnes was born August 12, 1884 in Martley, Worcestershire England and will die in Fenton March 19, 1955. Based on some English census records, she was in a poor house when she was 7 and probably a lot earlier and then a house servant till she got out of England when the WWI war got going.

 

JEANETTE PUTNAM  Detroit, Wayne County

She is 24 MI single and lodging. She is a registered nurse at the Deaconess Hospital. Eilene Jeanette Putman is a daughter of Clyde Putman and Irene Oesterle from Leroy, Ingham County. Dutch family out of New York State.

 

JEWEL PUTNAM  Detroit, Wayne County

She is 29 GA and divorced. She is a caterer in a restaurant. She has a nephew Warren Mcafee 19 GA who was in Ranger, Gordon Count Georgia in 1935. Jewell was here in 1935. Hey, one of my Southern Gang. Jewell Jeanette Putnam is a daughter of William Woods Putnam and Sarah Nolan from Ranger, Georgia. She was born there August 1, 1910.

 

JOHN PUTMAN  Detroit, Wayne County

He is a Negro 5 MI and living with his mother Willie Mae Putman 29 GA.

 

JOHN S. (STEWART) PUTNAM  Detroit, Wayne County

He is 39 PA and his wife Florence is 31 MN. He is a branch manager for an insurance company. He is a son of Herbert Saxton Putnam and Emma P. Stewart and was born in Towanda, Bradford County Pennsylvania. He was home in 1910 and 1920 in Towanda. Don’t find him in 1930, but he and Florence were in Chicago in 1935. Family goes back to Isaac Putnam in Great Barrington, Massachusetts and then Eleazer Putnam from Danvers, Massachusetts in the mid 1700s.

 

KENNETH PUTTMAN  Detroit, Wayne County

He is 21 MI and his wife Sadie Karmann is 21 RUSSIA. They live with her folks Jack and Yetta Karmann. Only one possible in 1930. See Kenneth Putman in prison in Jackson, Jackson County. Spelled his name Putman then too.

 

LAUREN PUTNAM  Detroit, Wayne County

He is 46 CAN, living by himself in a lodging house, but says married. He delivers wholesale eggs. This is only time he shows up in any census, here or Canada. Must be bad writing and not a Putnam.

 

LAWRENCE PUTNAM  Detroit, Wayne County

He is 34 AR and his wife Molly 24 IL. He is a son of Bennett Benjamin Putman and Cordelia Ezra Benton and was born in Van Buren Crawford County Arkansas October 11, 1905. He will be in Detroit, Michigan working with General Motors most of his life, and later return to Arkansas after retiring. His wife Mollie will die in Detroit in 1974. Lawrence will die May 18, 1993 in Fort Smith Sebastian County Arkansas. His great grandfather Bennett Putman was a brother of My Reding Putman and they were in Washington County Arkansas from the 1840s after heading down from Fulton County Illinois. Southern Putman family Virginia to the Carolinas and then out west after the Revolution.

 

LAWRENCE PUTNAM  Detroit, Wayne County

He is Lawrence Gilbert Putnam 40 CAN ENG CAN. His wife Gertrude Beck is 40 CAN, and they have Lawrence Jr. 17 CAN, Douglas 16 CAN and Patricia 7 (says CAN, but would be MI). He is a son of John Harry Putnam and Florence Elizabeth Beaton from Owen Sound, Grey North, Ontario. He was born June 6, 1899. He married Gertrude Irene Beck in York County Ontario on July 1, 1921. They came to this Country through Buffalo, New York April 16, 1924. He is a salesman for an automobile dealer. According to an obit, he will die in March 1980 in Saint Clair Shores Michigan. Gertrude will die in Warren, Macomb County Michigan December 9, 1994. His dad Harry was born in Leyton, Essex County England in March 1868 and was in Buckinghamshire in 1881. Came to Canada and married Florence in Frontenac, Ontario July 6, 1892. She was born in Ontario, and both died in Ontario.

 

LEO PUTMAN  Detroit, Wayne County

He is 50 CAN and operates a streetcar as he has been. His wife Marie is 44 CAN. Leo is a son of Harmon Putman and Laura Culp from Wainfleet Ontario Canada. Harmon died there in 1897. Leo was born January 6, 1891 and will die in Belleville Michigan in October 1982. He was in Potter County Pennsylvania in 1900 along with his widowed mother Laura. He was married and had his mom with him in St. Clair County Michigan in 1920. He and Marie were here in 1930. Dutch family originally from New York.

 

LESLIE C. (CHARLES) PUTNAM  Detroit, Wayne County

He is 27 MI MI CAN, and his wife Leona S. is 34 IL. They have Jack 8 MI and Karen 4 MI. They also have a maid Rose Hadi so they are doing okay.He is an attorney in general practice. He is a son of Charles Burt Putnam and Anna Winger from Caro, Tuscola County. He was born February 7, 1903 and will die in Grosse Point, Wayne County February 12, 1995. He was home there in 1910 and 1920. New England family that went up into Canada a while back.

 

LEWIS PUTMAN  Detroit, Wayne County

He is 39 NY and a bartender in a café. His wife Eilene is 31 MI and they have Nancy Lou 3 MI and Timothy M. 2 MI. He is Lewis Mathew Putman, a son of Frank R. Putman and Joanna Mary Hart and was born in Fulton County New York July 26, 1899. He was there in 1900 and 1910, and then here in Detroit in 1920 and in nearby Highland Park in 1930 still single. He will die here in Detroit in 1975. New York Dutch family.

 

LEWIS PUTNAM  Detroit, Wayne County

He is 74 NY and his wife Alice is 60 ENG. He was here in 1920 and was single then. Can’t figure him yet.

 

LYNN L. (LAUNCY) PUTNAM  Detroit, Wayne County

He is 35 MI and his wife Geraldine also 35 MI. He is a dentist with his own practice. He is a son of Clinton Guy Putnam and Marie Rogers and was born here September 28, 1904 and was at home with his folks in 1930 and still single. He will die in Royal Oak, Oakland County June 23, 1957. Don’t have any info on Geraldine. German family from Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland before that.

 

MERTON R. (ROMAIN) PUTNAM  Detroit, Wayne County

He is 60 MI NY MI widowed and runs a hotel. His wife Emma has died since 1930. He has a cousin Lillian Logan 70 MI and a niece Catherine Cassel 30 MI living with him. He is a son of Romaine and Ellen Putnam of Flint. They were here in 1920 and 1930. Vermont family.

 

ODIE PUTMAN  Detroit, Wayne County

He is 30 KY single and boarding. He drives a truck for a wholesale fruit company. He is a son of Jesse Floyd Putman and Myrtle McIntosh and was born in Hopkins County Kentucky July 2, 1911 and will die in Louisville, Kentucky April 3, 1989. Southern Putman Family out of South Carolina to Tennessee to Kentucky.

 

ORVILLE E. (EDGAR) PUTNAM  Detroit, Wayne County

He is 46 MI CAN SCOT and is a building contractor. His wife Florence is 40 MI and they have Virginia 18 MI, John O. 13 FL (John was born July 21, 1926 and will die here in Detroit January 25, 1992), and Joanne M. 10 MI. He is a son of Edgar Eli Putnam and Ellen McEwen from Blenheim, Kent Ontario. He and the family were here in Detroit in 1920 and 1930, but I don’t find them earlier. They obviously were here in the 1890s, but may have gone back to Canada for a while. His death certificate says he was born here in Michigan November 30, 1893 and died in Santa Clara County California March 4, 1976.

 

ORVILLE E. PUTNAM  Detroit, Wayne County

He is 40 (46) MI married but living in a hotel by himself. Dual listing of the above Orville.

 

OWEN PUTNAM  Detroit, Wayne County

He is 53 MI and his wife Rose 54 MI. He is a painter with a building contractor. He is a son of George Putnam and Abbie Bigelow from Detroit. He married Alice Josephine Thompson in Essex Canada November 7, 1911. Something happened as he was living alone in Ingham County in 1920 and married to a Florence in 1930. His dad was with him then and then died here in Detroit in 1936.

 

PAULINE & DONALD PUTNAM  Detroit, Wayne County

She is 11 MI and Don 9 MI. They live with their mother Anne 30 NY and her new husband, their stepfather, Theodore Elison 30 IL. Anne was married to George R. Putnam here in 1930. He was with his mother Hattie Schwartz Putnam here in Detroit in 1910 at age 2 and then ‘missing’ in 1920. His birth record reads his dad was Mr. Putman and momճ maiden name was Schwartz. Whoever he is, he is in Toledo, Ohio with a new young wife Mary now in 1940.

 

RALPH PUTNAM  Detroit, Wayne County

He is 48 MA, his wife Irene Biddulph 49 MI, and they have Doris 16 MI and Kenneth 9 MI. He is the son of Arthur Lawson Putnam and Leora F. Arnold. He was at home with them in 1910 in Douglas, Massachusetts. Ralph was born June 21, 1892. Irene was born in September 1900 and died in 1959. Ralph will die on February 20, 1978 in Broward, Florida.

 

RAY W. (WALLACE) PUTNAM  Detroit, Wayne County

He is 49 MI, his wife Amelia 47 MI and they have Jane 22 MI, Margaret 18 Cal and Laura 4 MI. He is an automobile Mechanic in a public garage. His draft registration in Detroit in 1917-18 states he was born July 27, 1891 in Twin Lake, Michigan. He is a son of Charles Frederick Putnam and Fanny Spencer Wallace. His dad is a son of Hiram Chapman Putnam and Laura Bragg. He was born in Allegheny County, New York. Charles and Francis were married here on July 4, 1879. He was home with them in 1910 in Muskegon County and will be back there in 1930. He and Amelia were in Detroit in 1920. Amelia was born August 5, 1892 and will be here till she dies in May 1979.

 

REED PUTNAM  Detroit, Wayne County

He is 24 NY single and lodging. Occupation lists Mt. Carmel Hospital. He was in Boston in 1935. I can’t find him under Reed or Read or anything. Name might be a middle one or it could be Fred something in bad writing.

 

RICHARD R. (RIDER) PUTNAM  Detroit, Wayne County

He is 73 KS VT VT and his wife Helen Thompson 66 MI. Their daughter Eleanor Rohrbach 37 MI and son Richard Rohrbach 9 MI are with them. Eleanor was just married here in 1930 and is now divorced. Her husband wasnմ around then either. Helen and Eleanor are schoolteachers and Richard is a retired teacher now. He is a son of the Reverend Robert Wiley Putnam and Julia Ann Bagley. His family moved to Leavenworth, Kansas in the 1860s, and Richard was born there March 14, 1867. Then they went to Ypsilanti, Washtenaw County in the 1870s. Helen was born in 1874 and they were married here in 1899 and have been here in Detroit ever since. He will die here in 1940.

 

ROBERT PUTNAM  Detroit, Wayne County

He is 24 PA and his wife Virginia Jane Duguid is 21 MI. He is a salesman for the electric company. They were here in 1935. He is Robert Eldert Putnam a son of Harry Stickney Putnam and Leilla Eldert and was born in Sharpsville, Mercer County Pennsylvania May 1, 1916. Robert and his family were here in 1920 and 1930. Virginia was born here in Detroit June 4, 1919 and will die in Rochester Hills, Michigan September17, 1995. His dad Harry is a son of George Quincy Hill Putnam and Sarah Stickney from Penobscot County Maine. He was single in Chicago in 1880 and divorced in Massillon, Ohio in 1900. In the 1900 he is boarding and has an Etta Eldert listed there as well. They got married! He married Lellia Eldert June 15, 1901 just over the border in Essex County Ontario, Canada. He is an agent for the telephone company. They were in Sharpsville in 1910. They were here in 1920 and 1930. New England folks from Maine.

 

ROGER N. (NORRIS) PUTNAM  Detroit, Wayne County

He is 37 MI OH MI and his wife Eleanor Bryan 37 CAN. They were just married here in 1930 and now have Suzanne 9 MI and John Bryan Putnam 7 MI. Also Eleanor’s sister Hilda Marie Bryan 33 CAN is with them. He and Eleanor are pharmacists in a drug store. Think owned by his dad Clinton. He is a son of Clinton Guy Putman and Maria Rogers from here. This is a German family from Somerset County Pennsylvania. The family was in Sandusky Ohio before coming up here.

 

ROY A. (ADAM) PUTNAM  Detroit, Wayne County

He is 41 CAN CAN CAN and is a bank teller. His wife Ruth Kathleen Huggins is 40 CAN and a bookkeeper at a bank, probably same one. They came into the Country in 1925. He is a son of Lewis Archibald Putnam and Abigail Frieze Roy. Lewis was a son of Augustus Putnam and Amelia Smith from Maitland, Hants. His mother Abbie Roy is a daughter of Adam Roy and Mary Thompson. He was born November 1, 1896 out in Cape Breton, but the family was from Maitland, Hants Nova Scotia and were back there by the 1911. Roy will die here February 27, 1987.

 

ROY R. (ROBERT) PUTNAM  Detroit, Wayne County

He is 42 MI and an inspector at an auto factory. His wife Ruth Matilda Harper 35 CAN and they have Gloria 12 MI. They were married here in Detroit November 3, 1926. He is a son of Lewis D. Putnam and Merta Azmith Van Sickle. He was born in Kalamazoo February 23, 1897. He was home in 1900 and then his mommy took off back to Canada and I think he was dragged along as I don’t find him in 1910 or 1920.  He and Ruth were here in 1930. He’l’t be here till he dies October 21, 1985. Ruth was born in Wellington County Ontario August 9, 1904 and will die here in Detroit August 16, 1987.

 

RUSSELL PUTNAM  Detroit, Wayne County

He is 50 MI and his wife Mame 48 MI. In 1900 he was here and listed as living with his stepfather John G. Everett and wife Katherine. Katherine Reiche was his mom, Charles Henry Putnam was his daddy. Don’t find in 1910, but in 1920 he is here with his mother Katherine Everett. Again, don’t find in 1930. Found his 1917-1918 draft registration. He is Russell Carl Putnam and was born in Bay City November 17, 1888. He will die here November 20, 1945.

 

STANLEY PUTNAM  Detroit, Wayne County

He is 20 MI single and lodging. Nowhere to be found in 1920 or 1930 anywhere. Stanley might be a middle name.

 

STELLA PUTNAM  Detroit, Wayne County

She is 56 CAN and still single. Her sister Laura was single with her here from 1900 through 1930, but has married a Brockway who has died and she is widowed now. Laura is now 58 CAN. They are daughters of Ezra Blackmore and Emily Putnam and were with their folks here in 1900 and 1910. Interesting, both parents were Putnams. Ezra was a son of John W. Putnam and Elizabeth Brown from Kent County Ontario. John was a son of Asaph Putnam and Nancy Stokes from Ontario and from Vermont prior to that. Emily is also a Putnam, a daughter of Ezra B. Putnam and Elizabeth Alexander. That Ezra was also a son of Asaph and Nancy Putnam. New England family that went to Canada a long time ago.

 

TERESIA E. PUTNAM  Detroit, Wayne County

She is 79 CAN and widowed. Theresa Dwyer is the widow of Harrison Putnam from Kent Ontario Canada. They were all here in 1900. He died here in 1906 and she has been widowed here ever since. She is living with her married daughter Lena Edgar 49 CAN and her husband Russell Edgar 49 CAN.

 

VERNETTA PUTNAM  Detroit, Wayne County

She is 26 MI US MI and lives with her grandmother Amelia Gordon 72 CAN. Her mother Pearl Gordon was married to Samuel Ray Putnam from Almer, Tuscola County. They obviously weren’t married very long, as they were here with her folks in 1920 and 1930. Vernetta was born in Caro, Tuscola County February 23, 1913.

 

WAYNE PUTNAM  Detroit, Wayne County

He is 39 CAN, his wife Helen R. 39 PA and they have Elizabeth A. 6 MI. His sister Elizabeth Wagner 42 CAN is with them. Says she is married, but hubby not around. Wayne is a son of Sheridan Hammond Putnam and Anna Robinson and was born in Thunder Bay, Ontario Canada in January 1901. Line goes back to Parks Putnam from Vermont who went to Canada in about 1800. Wayne came to America January 13, 1923.

 

WILLIAM H. (HENRY) PUTNAM  Detroit, Wayne County

He is 57 MI MI MI and a watchman at an automobile plant as he was in 1930. His wife Louise Frances Wilt is 60 MI. He is a son of Edward James Putnam and Mary Arlena Simmons from Port Huron, St. Clair County. They have been there up until now. He was born May 7, 1882 in Fairgrove, Tuscola County May 7, 1882 and married Louisa in Ontario Canada September 11, 1901. Louisa is a daughter of Augustus Wilt and Elizabeth Moffat and was born in St. Clair County Michigan February 24 1880 and will die soon on October 31, 1941. William will retire and move to Florida and die there in Pinellas Park, Florida August 3, 1975. New Englanders Danvers, Massachusetts to Oneida County New York and then out here.

 

WILLIAM P. (PITT) PUTNAM  Detroit, Wayne County

He is 69 OH OH OH and a chemical engineer in a chemical laboratory. His wife Alice Arabel Fuller is 67 MI They have been here since the early 1900s. He is a son of Israel Waldo Putnam (#3814) and Harriet Louise Ripley. He was born back in Belpre, Washington County Ohio on November 12, 1870. He married Alice here in Detroit June 11, 1900Alice is a daughter of Paul Edwin Fuller and Louisa Elizabeth Shaw and was born in November 1872 in Oceana, Michigan and will die in Birmingham, Michigan in 1953. William will die in Southfield, Macomb County, Michigan May 17, 1961.

 

WILLIAM S. (SHACKELFORD) PUTNAM  Detroit, Wayne County

He is 45 KY KY KY and a branch manager for an adding machine company. His wife Mary Rose is 44 KY and they have Frances 20 GA. He is a son of Forrest Lee and Lettie Putnam from Louisville and was born in Marion County Kentucky September 3, 1894. He will die out in San Diego County California October 28, 1963. They were here in 1930. Forrest was a son of Dr. Joseph Whitney Putnam and Eloisa Sanders. The family originally came down out of Stow Massachusetts.

 

CLYDE PUTNAM  Grosse Pointe, Wayne County

He is 44 VT and his wife Aileen 35 MI and they have Joe Ann 6 MI. They are doing okay as they have a live-in maid Christine Bryeans 17 AR. He is a salesman for an ink company and she is a teacher. He is a son of Albert and Katherine Putnam from Springfield, Vermont. He was born in Vermont in October 1879, and was in Pawtucket Rhode Island in 1900 at age 3.They were in Newport, New Hampshire in 1910. Clyde was single here in Wayne County in 1920 and married to Ida in Detroit in 1930. Aileen is new.

 

CHARLES PUTMAN  Hamtramck, Wayne County

He is a Negro 32 GA and his wife Willie Mae is 31 TN.

 

WILLIAM PUTNAM  Lincoln Park, Wayne County

He is 42 MI, his wife Marie Victoria Cook is 41 OH and they have a daughter Quaintance Caroline 16 OH (think really MI). He works in an auto factory. I got some info from a descendant. William was born November 27, 1897 in Michigan. In 1900 he was in Calhoun County Michigan with his folks Delmar and Gertrude Putnam. His had had remarried by 1910 and was in Battle Creek, Calhoun County. William was in an orphanage in Grand Rapids, Michigan in 1910. I don’t  find Delmar in 1920. Bill was single in Detroit then. In 1930, he and Marie and Quaintance were all in Chicago, Illinois where he was working as an electroplater for an auto parts manufacturer. Does chrome bumpers and all that. Big problem is I haven’t a clue as to who Delmar was except his dad was born in Massachusetts. Marie is a daughter of William Nathan Cook and Ruby Josephine Rounds and was born in Mansfield, Richland County Ohio June 26, 1898. She will die of cancer in Detroit in 1959. William will later move to Jackson, Mississippi and marry Lois Papisan Hembree in the early 1960s. He will die there November 30, 1996. The daughter Quaintance was born in Detroit March 30, 1924 and will marry John Eric Saren August 3, 1943 and die in Trenton, Wayne County February 14, 1994. His dad Delmar had married Minnie Hallock around 1907 and was with her in 1910 and is still with her in Battle Creek, Calhoun County. He will die there February 28, 1942. Still no ideas as to his folks.

 

CHESTER S. (SALISBURY) PUTNAM  Livonia Township, Wayne County

He is 50 MI NY MI and is president of a construction company. His wife Iva Bride Whiting is 51 MI. He is a son of Louis Putman and Myrta Azmith Van Syckle and was born in Kalamazoo City July 16, 1889 and was there with his folks in 1900. Then his folks divorced as in 1910 his dad is living with his widowed mother Emily Salisbury who was married to Lewis Putnam who died in Kalamazoo January 6, 1904. His mom married Emery Kimball Zimmerman in Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County April 4, 1911 and then they moved to Sandwich, Essex County Ontario Canada. Chester was with them in 1910 and then married Iva in Chatham, Kent County Ontario Canada December 1, 1913. They are back in Grosse Point, Wayne County Michigan in 1920 and Detroit in 1930 and now here in a suburb of Detroit. They will be in Plymouth, Michigan in 1942 and Dearborn in 1946 and he will die in Detroit November 4, 1950. Iva is a daughter of Wilbur L. Whiting and Aletta D. Carpenter and was born in Kalamazoo County September 26, 1887 and will die in Hollywood, Broward County Florida January 30, 1981. Then, as to Chester’s line. His dad Louis was a son of Lewis Putnam and Emily Salisbury and his dad was a son of Ebenezer George Putman and Rebecca Frey and was born in Johnstown, Fulton County New York March 12, 1830. This is the Dutch line out of Montgomery County New York.

 

ALONZO PUTNAM  Nankin Township, Wayne County

He is 54 PA and says married. He is a patient at the Wayne County Insane Asylum and was here in 1935. He actually came down from Sardinia, Ontario Canada and married Edith Bennett in Williamsburg, Pennsylvania and they were in Clinton County Pennsylvania in 1920. His folks were Harmon Putman and Laura Culp of Canada. Laura was widowed in Potter County PA in 1900 with the kids, Alonzo was only 4 at the time. Alonzo and Edith were in McKean County Pennsylvania in 1920 and in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1930.

 

HELEN PUTNAM  Nankin Township, Wayne County

She is 48 MI and says married. She is a patient at the Wayne County Insane Asylum. Can’t find her married to anyone here in 1920. She was here in 1930.

 

CLYDE H. (HAZEN) PUTNAM  Northville Township, Wayne County

He is 70 MI NY MI and not working and more. His wife Ellen Hicks is 65 MI. Then there are John Phelps 71 MI and his wife Nettie 68 MI listed as brother and sister in laws. Clyde Hazen Putnam is a son of George Lewis Putnam and Mary Hazen. He was born in Novi, Oakland County June 25, 1869. He married Ellen A. Hicks there on March 27, 1893, and has been there up through 1920 and then here in 1930. Dutch Putman family from Montgomery County New York.

 

HAROLD B. (BICKFORD) PUTNAM  Northville Township, Wayne County

He is 44 MA and his wife Beatrice Morgan is 43 ND and her widowed mother Nannie Morgan 68 MN is with them. He is a salesman for a printing plant. He is a son of George Francis Putman and Isabel S. Wakem. He was born in Malden, Massachusetts March 17, 1896 and at home with his folks in 1900 in Malden, Massachusetts and I have no idea where he was in 1920. In 1930 he is single in Detroit and a printing salesman as he is now. He married in Detroit October 9, 1936. They will eventually wander down to Habersham County Georgia and Beatrice will die there in Demorest August 31, 1985 and he will die there in Cornelia Habersham County June 25, 1944.

 

FLORENCE PUTNAM  River Rouge City, Wayne County

She is 43 MI and widowed. Says she was here in 1935. Beats me.

 

MILES PUTNAM  Wyandotte, Wayne County

He is 68 MI MI MI and now a foreman at a chemical factory. His wife Martha Long is 68 MI and their now married and widowed daughter Myrtle Mehilhose is 35 MI. She was single in 1930. They have been here under various spellings since the late 1800s. He is a son of Henry Putnam and Nancy Collins. He was born when the family was in Monroe County Michigan. In 1880 the family was in Fulton County Ohio and then they were all back in Michigan in 1900. His folks have been in Eaton County but his dad is listed just above in Taylor, Wayne County. Miles was born in 1871 and will die here in Taylor in 1953. Martha was born in 1873 and will die here in 1950. His family came out of Niagara County New York and Massachusetts before that.

 

CHARLES PUTNAM  Cadillac, Wexford County

He is 56 MI CAN MI and is an engineer for the steam railroad. His wife Rose Amelia Josephine Anderson is 49 MI and they have Bernard C. 26 MI (born August 28, 1913 and will die in Flint Michigan on November 17, 1998), and Russell 15 MI. He is Charles Albert Putnam, a son of Harmon Towsley Putnam and Clara May Gates and was born May 17, 1883 in Rose Lake Township, Osceola County at home there in 1900. They were here in 1920 and 1930. He will die here March 20, 1950. Rose is a daughter of Joseph and Minnie Anderson. She was born November 2, 1890 and married Charles November 19, 1910. She will be here in Cadillac till she dies November 29, 1974. Line goes back to Joel Stokes Putnam through Ontario Canada to Asaph Putnam who went up there from Vermont in the 1790s. Family from Massachusetts before that.

 

CHESTER PUTMAN  Cadillac, Wexford County

He is 49 MI NY MI and is a fireman on a Pennsylvania Railroad train. His wife Gertrude White is 46 MI and they have Russell 21 MI, Kenneth 13 MI, Thelma 9 MI and Alva 8 MI. There were 3 other daughters in 1930 that have since married. He is Chester Leroy Putman, born in May 1890, a son of James Hendrickse Putman and his second wife Eunice Aveline Bullard of Kingsley, Grand Traverse County. He was in Missaukee County in 1910. They were in Grand Rapids in 1920 and here in 1930. This family is Dutch from New York. This particular branch went to Canada and then back into New York and then out here.

 

WILLIAM PUTMAN  Cadillac, Wexford County

He is 54 MI IN US and is a foreman at a chemical plant. His wife Leona Maria Shields is 40 MI, and they have Jesse William 19 MI (born December 3, 1919 and will die in Newaygo Michigan in April 1985), Leaman R. 19 MI, Nettie M. 13 MI, Margaret 6 MI and Genevieve  MI. The son Jesse is married and his wife Betsy is 17 MI. The family sheet says he was married to Mary Margaret Martin who would be only 14 now, so Betsy is wife 1 and Margaret wife 2. They were here in 1920 and 1930. He the son of William Cassius Putman and Eleanor Nancy Welch of Muskegon, Muskegon County as shown at home in 1900. He was born March 17, 1886 and married Leona September 7, 1918 in Big Rapids, Mecosta County. Leona is a daughter of Peter W. Shields and Lena Gay Cuthbert and was born in Ludington, Mason County April 2, 1901 and will die in Kent City, Kent County Michigan January 27, 1998. Dutch family out of Montgomery County New York.