MINNESOTA

Census Reports

1950

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WORK IN PROGRESS AS OF JULY 5, 2022

 

In the 1940 census and especially now in the 1950 Census, the handwriting on the sheets is a bit better. But now that people are using Ancestry and Family Search and putting their family trees up on the sites, and the sites themselves have much better search engines and send you to a whole bunch of info docs and records. I now can find a family sheet on about everyone and many on the wife’s side. When I first started doing this in the very early 1970s, all that was available to see was up to the 1900. There was no such thing as on-line and the computers then were the size of a locker room. I had to drive out to Waltham, Massachusetts to the U. S. Library, beg for a film real of the dates and State I wanted and then look at it through a visual device in a back dark room and literally go page to page, county to county and write the info down on paper with a pencil. At that time, really the most people doing genealogy were older women, mostly retired school teachers in their 70s and 80s, who would send you hand written trees and info and stuff that they had back a couple of generations. Once in a while I would get an actual typewritten document. Wow! Got much better in the 1990s. Now it is soooo easy to get info you didn’t think was possible. Back in the 70s I tried calling folks, and got a hold of several who had info. Now just an e-mail brings in a ton of info. I got a pretty good amount into the 1940 census, so I can just update it by finding a family tree onto the 1950. Anyway, please really enjoy these censuses, and if you can add or correct, please let me know so I can help others.

 

 

MINNESOTA 1950 CENSUS

 

JULIAN PUTNAM  Anoka, Anoka County

He is 65 MN NY US and works for the railroad. His wife Emma Margaret Johnson is 54 MN and they have Leonard 16 MN and Ronald 13 MN. He is a son of Eugene Elmer Putman and Viola Johnson from Big Lake Sherburne County. He has been there through the 1920 and moved over here by 1930. He was born March 15, 1885 and will die in St. Paul (at a hospital) on December 15, 1958. Emma was born April 3, 1896 and will die here in Anoka on October 16, 1977. Their son Lowell Martin Putnam is listed just below.

 

LOWELL M. (MARTIN) PUTNAM  Anoka, Anoka County

He is 26 MN and his brand-new wife Eleanor Mae Andrews is 21 MN. He works as a millwright helper at an arsenal. She works at a gas station. He is a son of Julian Putnam and Emma Margaret Johnson from here. Lowell was born in Big Lake October 21, 1923 and came here with his folks in 1928. He flew airplanes for the Navy in WWII. He married Eleanor Andrews of Anoka September 17, 1949. He will die at a nursing home in St. Cloud March 15, 2009 and Eleanor was still alive at the time. Massachusetts folks.

 

MERRILL J. (JULIAN) PUTNAM  Anoka, Anoka County

He is 24 MN and his wife Viola Eldora Westland is 21 WI. The have Merrill Dale 1 MN. He is a carpenter. He is a son of Julian Putnam and Emma Margarette Johnson from here. He was born in Big Lake, Sherburne County October 5, 1925 and will die here in Anoka September 4, 2013. He married Viola here October 7, 1948. Can’t find any info on her. Tree says ‘private.’

 

RAYMOND E. (EUGENE) PUTNAM  Anoka, Anoka County

He is 30 MN and his wife Shirley Ann Pederson is 19 MN. They have Raymond E. Jr. born in November 1949. They will have another son Roger Lee born in 1957 who will die in 1974. He is a son of Julian Putnam and Emma Johnson listed here in Anoka. He was born in Sherburne County August 23, 1919 and will die here in Anoka August 5, 1971. Shirley was born here August 23, 1930 and will die here in Anoka February 24, 2007. Shirley will later marry Douglas W. Richards here on October 3, 1974. Raymond is a worker for the railroad here.

 

MAX PUTNAM  Columbia Heights, Anoka County

He is 38 CAN, his wife Anna Marian Kaszkevil is 35 MN and they have Flora Jean 14 MN, Maxine 11 MN and Paul 6 MN. He is a salesman for a collection agency for delinquents. They were married in Duluth in 1935. He is a son of Silas Elmer Putnam and Florence Ellis and was born in Red Deer, Alberta February 14, 1912. The family came from Vermont to Minnesota in the 1850s back to New York in the 1870s then back here. Silas went up into Canada and then into North Dakota in October 1914 and back here once again. Max and the family were in Minneapolis in 1940.

 

RUSSELL G. (GLEN) PUTNAM  Fridley, Anoka County

He is 48 IA IA OH and is an electrician in an electrical shop. Nellie Melvina Curtis his wife is 43 KS and they have Peggy Ann 17 MN, Duane 4 MN and David 2 MN. He married Nellie September 6, 1922 in Northwood, Worth County Iowa, and they were here in 1930. They were in Minneapolis in 1935 and then back in Mason City, Iowa in 1940. He is a son of Charles Corben Putnam and Harriet Evelyn Price from Linn County. Russell was born in Marion, Linn County May 25, 1901, and will die in Fridley, Anoka County Minnesota July 17, 1970. He married Nellie in Northwood, Worth County Iowa September 6, 922. Nellie is a daughter of Nelson William Curtis and Dolly Mae Shellenberger and was born in Attica, Harper County Kansas November 28, 1906. She will die in Anoka, Anoka County Minnesota November 27, 1996. Line goes back to Michigan to Hanover, New Hampshire with Cornelius Putnam to Aaron Putnam in Sutton, Massachusetts.

 

SARAH J. (JANE) PUTNAM  Bernidji, Beltrami County

She is 77 CAN and now widowed. Sarah Jane Arnold has been married to Andrew Newton Putnam since January 20, 1914 over in Grand Forks County, North Dakota. He died there December 5, 1943. Andrew was a son of Willard James Putnam and Mary Jane Davis and was born in Forest, Rice County Minnesota October 22, 1873. Sarah Jane was born in Ontario, Canada April 22, 1873 and will die right here May 27, 1956. New England family from New Hampshire.

 

DAVID J. (JAY) PUTNAM  Mankato, Blue Earth County

He is 24 MN single and boarding and hasn’t got a job. He is a son of Jay Leroy Putnam and Myrtle Ellen Covell and was born in Granite Falls Yellow Medicine County October 7, 1925 and will die there September 222, 1992. He will marry Patricia Colleen Watt this summer on August 5, 1950 in Fort Snelling, Hennepin County. New England family from New Hampshire to Chautauqua County New York to up here.

 

PAUL T. (THEODORE) PUTMAN  Mankato City, Blue Earth County

He is 44 MO and his wife Orpha Murphy is 36 KS and they now have Richard T. 9 MN. He is a medical salesman for a wholesale company. They were in Kansas City Missouri in 1935. He is a son of William Perry Putman and Lula Jenetta Henslee and was born in Franklin, Greene County Missouri January 23, 1906. He married Mildred Orpha Murphy in Kansas City July 27, 1935. Orpha was born in Kansas October 19, 1913 and will die here in Blue Earth County May 21, 1995. Paul will die here in Mankato October 4, 1979. Southern Putman family South Carolina to Tennessee to Missouri.

 

MILES A. (ALBERT) PUTNAM  Brainerd, Crow Wing County

He is 52 WA and his wife Rosalie Olbu is 49 MN and they have her mom Anna Olbu 83 FRANCE. He is a car foreman at a railroad shop. He is a son of Myers Putnam and Frances ‘Fannie’ Wheeler and was born in Seattle, King County Washington May 30, 1897 and will die in Tacoma, Pierce County Washington August 31, 1972. Rosalie was born here in Crow Wing County February 16, 1901 and will die in Grants Pass Oregon June 11, 1968. He works for the railroad like his dad and they are all over the Pacific Northwest. He was at home in 1900 in Everett Washington, then in 1910 in Eaton, Idaho and 1920 in Baker County Oregon and Tacoma, Washington in 1940. Dutch family out of New York State.

 

DAVID R. (RAMSEY) PUTNAM  Inver Grove, Dakota County

He is 29 MN and his wife Eleanor Franklin is 27 NJ and they have Diana 3 MN and Christine 1 MN. Dave Junior is a son of David Ramsey Putnam and Bess Putnam Whipple. He was born in St. Paul and has been there till now. Dave was born there September 7, 1920 and will die in Cockeysville, Maryland January 19, 2002.

 

DUNCAN M. (MCDOUGAL) PUTNAM  West St. Paul, Dakota County

He is 28 CAN and his wife Donese Martha Waterman is 25 IL. He is a mechanical engineer at a tape and abrasion factory. He is a son of Wilder C. Putnam and Ellen Lucy Cook from Maitland, Hants County Nova Scotia. He was born in Maitland, Nova Scotia Canada September 8, 1921 and will die in Golden Valley, Hennepin County Minnesota December 23, 2012. Donese was born in Chicago, Illinois on August 17, 1924 and will die in Edina, Hennepin County October 29, 2009. They will have a son Scott Wilder Putnam July 6, 1960. His dad Wilder’s folks were John Graham McDonald Putnam and Susan McDougal Douglas also from Maitland. Line goes back to Caleb Putnam in Danvers, Massachusetts. New England folks.

 

JEFFREY J. (JON) PUTNAM  Blue Earth, Faribault County

He is 4 MN and listed as a grandson with John H. Fisher 59 MN and his wife Elisabeth Fisher 54 MN. Found a record he was born January 26, 1946 here in Blue Earth. Lists his folks as Arthur Warren Elizabeth Ann Putnam. That Arthur was a son of Hiram Morgan Putnam and Olive J. Van Harlog from Nicollet County. Their son Arthur was born August 6, 1923 and married Norma Jean Katherine Ulrich August 6, 1949 after he got out of the Army Air Corps that he served in from 1942 to 1945 or so. He will die in Naples, Florida in February 1992 and Norma Jean will die in Redwood Falls, Minnesota April 25, 2010. But … don’t know the connection to these Fisher folks. Anyway, Jeff was born January 26, 1946 and will marry Katherine Bernice Darby in Sarasota, Florida June 12, 1971. Seems he was married to an Arlyne and they divorced March 30, 1970.

 

 JENNIE R. PUTNAM  Blue Earth, Faribault County

She is 83 NY and widowed. Jennie Walrath was married to Arthur C. Putnam and was at home with him in 1930 and 1940 in Sauk Center, Stearns County. Arthur was a son of Lorenzo R. Putnam and Mary Helen Thayer and was born in Becket, Massachusetts September 15, 1856. He married Jennie in Minneapolis August 19, 1885. They were in Minneapolis in 1900, in Wright County in 1910 and here in Sauk Center ever since. He died there July 13, 1940. Jennie is a daughter of Anthony Walrath and Lavinia Klock and was born in Herkimer County New York January 18, 1866. She will die in St. Louis County Minnesota December 27 1956.

 

HERBERT M. (MARCUS) PUTNAM  Lura, Faribault County

He is a farmer 38 IL and his wife Thelma Mae Boettcher 29 NE. They have Sina M. 7 MN, James M. 5 MN, Nancy H. 4 MN and Donna M. 1 MN. He is a son of James Monroe Putnam and his first wife Ellen Maria Jones from Illinois. He was born in Chicago March 24, 1912 and will die here May 10, 1986. His wife Thelma was born in Josie, Nebraska March 27, 1921 and will die in Blue Earth, Faribault County June 7, 2009. His dad is a son of Horace Thomas Putnam and was born in Chicago. Horace was a son of James M. and Elizabeth Putnam from Ludlow, Massachusetts. They were here since 1920. His folks are listed next.

 

JAMES M. (MONROE) PUTNAM  Lura, Faribault County

He is 72 IL MA MA and a farmer. His wife Sina Marie Osmundson is 82 MN folks from Norway. He was married earlier to Ellen Maria Jones in Chicago and she died in 1918. He is a son of Horace Thomas Putnam and was born in Chicago. Horace was a son of James M. and Elizabeth Putnam from Ludlow, Massachusetts. They were here since 1920. He was born October 2, 1878 and will die December 30, 1964 here in Faribault County.

 

HAROLD C. (CLAUDE) PUTNAM  Cannon Falls, Goodhue County

He is 31 MN and his wife Merna Matilda Timm is also 31 MN. They have Sharon L. 3 MN and Kenneth H. 1 MN. He is an elevator manager at a coal company. He is a son of Wallace Charles Putnam and Grace Mary Gage from Whitewater, Winona County where he was born March 25, 1918 and will die November 21, 1997 here in Goodhue County. Merna was born in Whitewater October 21, 1918 and she will also die here in Cannon Falls October 15. 2007. They were married in Elba, Winona County October 28, 1944. Line goes back through Wallace Charles Putnam in North Dakota to William Seward Putnam in Wayne County New York to Nahum Duncan Putnam Troy, Vermont. He has a twin brother Harry William Putnam.

 

FRANK S. (SHADRACK) PUTNAM  Hartland, Freeborn County

He is 32 MN and his wife Rosa Love Rivers is 30 MN and they have Oren Frank 6 MN, a daughter Kris R. 2 MN and Linda D. born in November 1949. He is an auto mechanic. He is a son of Oren Frank Putnam and Minnie Marie Larson from Otter Tail County where he was born December 27, 1918 and he will die out in West Covina, Los Angeles County California in August 1984. New Englanders out from New Hampshire before heading into New York State.

 

BERT D. PUTNAM  Golden Valley, Hennepin County

He is indexed as Bert D. Peetnam, but is Cuthbert Devonall Putnam, a son of Silas Elmer Putnam and Florence Eunice Ellis and was born in Red Deer, Alberta Canada January 25, 1914 and will die here in Minneapolis September 6, 2011. Line goes back to Pliny Dewey Putnam from Windsor, Vermont. Anyway, he is 36 CAN, his wife Helen Margaret Fisher is 36 MT and they have Linda Elaine 7 MN, Lee Ann 4 MN and Kay L. 3 MN. He is a salesman for office equipment. He married Helen in Alameda, California December 10, 1937.

 

ALICE E. PUTNAM  Minneapolis, Hennepin County

She is 65 MN ME SWIT and single. She is a mortgage clerk at a national bank. She is a daughter Frank Putnam and Mary Christian from here. She was with her widowed dad here in 1920, and he died here January 7, 1929. She was here by herself in 1930 and 1940. Alice will still be single and die here January 26, 1977.

 

AURELIA PUTNAM  Minneapolis, Hennepin County

She is 90 MN FR CAN and widowed. She was here from 1920 on. She is Aurelia Berthume, daughter of Frank and Aurelia Berthume. She looks to the widow of Pliny Dewey Putnam and shown in Tampa Florida in 1910. He died there May 12, 1912 and she came back up here where she was born. She’ll die here February 17, 1953. Her dad was born in Becket, Berkshire, Massachusetts, and was at home there in 1860, then out here by 1885.

 

BERNICE PUTNAM  Minneapolis, Hennepin County

She is 35 MN never married and a ‘partner’ of Viola Plantin 54 MN and widowed. Bernice is the daughter of Aurelia Putnam as she was with her as an adopted daughter here in 1940. He mom was Lenora Aurelia Morgan the widow of Pliny Dewey Putnam and shown in Tampa Florida in 1910. He died there May 12, 1912 and she came back up here where she was born.

 

BEVERLY PUTNAM  Minneapolis, Hennepin County

She is 22 MN and single. She works a secretary and file clerk in a fabric shop. Beverly Mae is a daughter of Lester Raymond Putnam nad Gladys Stumbo from Big Lake, Sherburne County and was at home there in 1940.

 

CHARLES F. (FRANCIS) PUTMAN  Minneapolis, Hennepin County

He is 36 Il and his wife Kathryn Krout is 35 IL. They have Gary Charles 9 IL and a daughter Lindsay Mae 1 IL and a maid. He is a Naval Commander for the U. S. Navy. He is a son of Floyd Fosket Putman and Clarissa Saunders. He was born in Fulton County Illinois March 17, 1914 and will hang around here and die in Edina, Hennepin County September 5, 2001. Kathryn was born in Canton, Fulton County Illinois June 16, 1914 and will go back and die there October 9, 1979. This is a Southern Putman line that goes back from Canton, Fulton County Illinois to Union County South Carolina to North Carolina to Virginia. Charles’ 3rd great grandfather, Hazeal Putman, was a brother of my Reding Putman both born in South Carolina in the late 1780s. Kinfolk. Anyway, here is what I have on the Putman records

Charles Francis Putman born March 17, 1914. He graduated from the Naval Academy in 1939, and served in the Navy for some 24 years in submarines. He married Kathryn Krout June 16, 1939. She was born June 16, 1914 and died October 9, 1979. He then married Nancy McCune Smead in 1981. He died in Edina, Minnesota September 5, 2001. Nancy was born May 18, 1927 and died in 2006. When he died in 2001, he had two children Gary Charles Putman born October 25, 1940 and Lindsay Mae Putman born October 5, 1948 and she married Ronald Glenn Ray born November 15, 1948.”

 

CHARLES L. (LEONARD) PUTNAM  Minneapolis, Hennepin County

He is 23 MN and his wife Doris Mae Morgan is 21 WA and they have sons Kerry J. 3 MN and Lee J. 1 MN. He is a son of Joseph Franklin Putnam and Fern Mae Cook from here in Minneapolis. He was born here November 30, 1926 and will die in Carver, Minnesota July 10, 1972. Doris was born in Tacoma, Washington December 8, 1927 and will die in California April 30, 2001. Dutch family out of New York State.

 

DIANE PUTNAM  Minneapolis, Hennepin County

She is 1 MN and ‘lodging’ with John and Lillian Hildreth. Good luck here.

 

EDITH E. PUTNAM  Minneapolis, Hennepin County

Edith is 68 MN is at home by herself and single as she has never married. In 1930 and 1940, she was here with her widowed mom Mary. Mary Elizabeth Turnbull was married to Lorenzo David Putnam from Massachusetts. They were here since 1880. He was Lorenzo Junior, and was born in Becket, Berkshire County Massachusetts. He died here in Minneapolis March 23, 1924. Edith is a translator at a local university. She was born here October 8, 1881 and will die here June 23, 1960.

 

EMILY KIRKPATRICK PUTNAM  Minneapolis, Hennepin County

She is 82 MN and divorced. She was married to Hiram Putnam here in 1920 and was a second wife. She was here and Hiram in Traverse County in 1930 both alone, both saying married. Hiram was from New Hampshire, a son of Alonzo Putnam and Hannah Cole from Haverhill, Grafton County New Hampshire. He died here March 31, 1938. She has a nurse, Emma Anderson 73 MN with her/

 

ERNEST H. PUTNAM  Minneapolis, Hennepin County

He is 56 GA and his Clara is 53 IA. They are a black family.

 

ETHEL I. (IRENE) PUTNAM  Minneapolis, Hennepin County

She is 57 WI and widowed. She is living with her now married daughter Marian 26 MN and her husband Thomas W. Lynch 27 MN. Ethel Irene Temple was married to Roy Warren Putnam here and he died here January 29, 1932. He was a son of Lorenzo and Mary Putnam from here in Minneapolis and Becket, Massachusetts before that. He was born here in Minneapolis on April 14, 1888. Ethel is a daughter of James Temple and Susan Sanderson. She was born June 4, 1893 in Cambria, Wisconsin and will die here July 16, 1953.

 

EUGENE F. (FRED) PUTMAN  Minneapolis, Hennepin County

He is 31 MN and his wife Ethel C. is 30 IL and they have Raymond E. 9 MN, Phillip J. 8 MN and Mark C. 2 MN. He is a son of Frank Ransom Putman and Helen Maude Eager and was in Medina, Hennepin County in 1920 and Minneapolis in 1930. Frank is the son of Fred Putnam and Cynthia Eldridge. He was born March 15, 1881 in Poysippi, Waushara County Wisconsin so missed the 1880 census by a few months. He is never shown at home but his parents are in Richfield, Wood County, Wisconsin in 1900. New England gang.

 

EVERETT H. (HENRY) PUTNAM Minneapolis, Hennepin County

He is 19 ND living in a lodging or boarding house. He is a plate maker at a lithographing company. He is a son of Henry Tyler Putnam and Ellen Elvira Pryor. He was born in La Moure County North Dakota and with his widowed mom in Todd County Minnesota in 1940. Henry was a son of Henry Eugene Putnam from Sutton, Massachusetts and was born in La Moure County June 12, 1889 and he died there September 12, 1933. Vera and the kids came over here in 1934 and were here in 1935. She will marry Clyde Wendell Garlock here on February 5, 1941. She will die in Findley, Minnesota November 10, 1973. Can’t find anything on Everett though.

 

FLORENCE PUTNAM  Minneapolis, Hennepin County

She is 69 ENG and widowed. Florence Eunice Ellis was married to Silas Elmer Putnam here in 1940. He was a son of Pliney Dewey Putnam and Laura Gertrude Williams. He was born April 12, 1873 in Crow Wing County. He died here April 20, 1949. He married Florence in Whitman County Washington February 19, 1905. Florence was born in Lancashire, England December 17, 1880 and will die in Minneapolis in July 1966. They went up into Alberta Canada in 1911 then into North Dakota in 1914 and then here in the 1930s. New Englanders from Vermont.

 

FRANK D. (DANIEL) PUTNAM  Minneapolis, Hennepin County

He is 72 MN and is a wholesale furniture salesman, in 1940 he managed a furniture store over in St. Paul. His wife Marie Carolyn Jorgenson is 68 MN and they have their daughter Katherine E. 40 MN who has never been married. He is a son of William Herrick Putnam and his first wife Adeline Rowle from Red Wing, Goodhue County. He was born there September 28, 1877, and was there in 1900 through 1920 and then St. Paul in 1930. He married Marie there April 20, 1904. She was born in Red Wing August 29, 1883 and will die in Minneapolis July 7, 1976. Frank will die there October 1, 1952. His dad came out here from Danvers, Massachusetts. New Englanders of course.

 

FRED W. (FREDERICK WARREN) PUTNAM  Minneapolis, Hennepin County

He is 65 MN MA NH widowed and lodging. He is a lawyer. His wife Margaret Bunting died here August 22, 1947 and the kids are all out on the own now. He is a son of William Herrick Putnam and Adeline Rowle, and was at home in Goodhue County in 1900 and marred there in 1920. He and Margaret were here in 1930 and 1940. His dad was a bank president and now his brother Robert has the job back there. Frederick will die here September 25, 1954. Family out of Danvers, Massachusetts.

 

GAILE PUTNAM  Minneapolis, Hennepin County

He is 51 WI and his wife Gertrude Mae is 41 WI. He is pharmacist at a retail drug store. Gertie works in a department store. He is Gaile Osro Putnam a son of Frank J. Putnam and Agnes Noteware from Chippewa Falls where he was born May 22, 1898 and was there in 1900 and in Rusk County since then. He will die here in Minneapolis December 6, 1976. Gertrude, can’t find last name, was born June 21, 1908 and will die June 6, 1971. Family came here from Vermont, and just decided it just wasn’t cold enough for them back East.

 

GRANT B. (BERNARD)PUTNAM  Minneapolis, Hennepin County

He is 30 ND and a carpenter. His wife Marie Josephine Gellerman is 25 MN and they have Cyntia born here in September 1949. They were married here October 8, 1948. Grant is a son of Charles Putman from Canada and Geneva Thompson from Grand Forks, North Dakota. He was born there April 4, 1920. They were there in 1920 and 1925. She died August 30, 1929 and Charles was widowed there with these kids in 1930. Charles is a son of Peter Putman and Jane Secord from Dorchester, Middlesex East Ontario. Grant will die in Minneapolis February 8, 2015. Dutch Family from New York and then Ontario Canada.

 

GRANT L. (LAVERNE) PUTNAM  Minneapolis, Hennepin County

He is 24 IA and never married. He works for the railroad. He is a son of Howard Orville Putnam and Corrine Woolridge from Dallas County Iowa. He was born there June 11, 1925 and will die here in Minneapolis January 5, 2004. He will marry Erma Louise Marquardt here April 18, 1955. She was born in Meeker County Minnesota August 5, 1927 and will die here November 11, 2003. New England family from New York back to Vermont from Massachusetts.

 

HUGH D. (DYER) PUTNAM  Minneapolis, Hennepin County

He is 22 ND single and lodging. He is a son of Hugh Rodney Putnam and Blanche Ebbert from Carrington City, North Dakota, and was born there February 12, 1928. Can’t find any more on him though. New England family out of Connecticut to New York, to Iowa and then to here.

 

KENNETH PUTNAM  Minneapolis, Hennepin County

He is 46 MN is also 36 MN. Kenneth Ellery Putnam is a son of Herbert Asa Putnam and Celia J. Oakes from Otter Tail County. His folks died there in the 1920s and he was there in 1930 with his brother Alfred and married Florence Josephine Barry there October 17, 1938. He is a dockhand with a truck freight company. He was born in Otter Tail County August 6, 1903 and will die here in Minneapolis June 13, 1999. Florence was born in Minneapolis September 17, 1912 and will die here December 2, 2003. But she is not listed now with Ken, so not sure what happened. New Englanders Massachusetts to Vermont to New York and then out here.

 

LENA B. PUTNAM  Minneapolis, Hennepin County

She is 77 MI widowed and living in a large place, lodging house or apartment building. She was married to Frank Hiram Putnam in St. Paul. Frank just popped up in Bay County Michigan with Lena in 1900. No ideas as to his folks though except from New York.

 

LORETTA PUTMAN  Minneapolis, Hennepin County

She is 41 MN, and divorced. She has Robert 17 MN. She lives with her parents John and Luetta Grasse as she was in 1930 and 1940. She was married to Robert Edson Putnam who was also living alone here in Minneapolis in 1930. They got divorced in the mid 1930s. Robert is a son of Frank Hiram Putnam and Hattie Miller originally from Peoria, Illinois. New Hampshire Putnams.

 

LOUIS F. (FRANKLIN) PUTNAM  Minneapolis, Hennepin County

He is 73 ME. His wife Lillian Mae Clark is 72 MN and Vera Louise their daughter is now is 50 MN and never married. He is a son of Franklin L. Putnam and Louise R. Mitchell and has been here in Minneapolis most all of his life. He is a secretary in a flourmill. Family is from Houlton, Maine. He was born in Deering, Maine November 5, 1876. He will die here October 7, 1963. Lillian will die very soon on June 24, 1950.

 

LYLE E. (EARL) PUTNAM  Minneapolis, Hennepin County

He is 25 MN and his wife Jennie Mae Sarner is 23 MN and they have two daughters Marcia M. 3 MN and Gail P. 1 MN. He is a maintenance worker at a precision instrument manufacturing company. He is a son of Joseph Franklin Putnam and Fern Mae Cook from here. He was born in St. Paul, Ransey County January 31, 1925 and will die here in Minneapolis October 10, 1968. He married Jennifer here September 1, 1945. She was born right here August 31, 1926 and will die in Champlin, Hennepin County January 23, 2010. His dad was a son of Joseph Lewis Putnam and Josephine Lydia Leighton from here. He was born here November 29, 1898 and was here with the folks in 1910 and then through the 1940. Dutch Putman family out of Montgomery County New York.

 

MARY PUTNAM  Minneapolis, Hennepin County

She is 60 MN and working as a practical nurse. Take a look at Howard Lee Putnam in Arlone Pine County in 1940. He has a wife Mary Sell age 50 MN. Best match I can make, but no proof.

 

MARY P. (PHELPS) PUTNAM  Minneapolis, Hennepin County

She is 75 MN and never married. She is a public school teacher and lodging. She is Mary Phelps Putnam a daughter of William Herrick Putnam and Adeline Mary Rowell from Red Wing, Goodhue County where she was born December 14, 1874 and will die here July 2, 1955.

 

MAURICE PUTNAM  Minneapolis, Hennepin County

He is 33 NE, his wife Gladys J. Lillebo is 37 MN and her mother Jenny Lillebo 75 NORWAY is with them. He is a son of George Y. Putnam and Minnie Leighton from here. He was single with his widowed mother here in 1930. He is an editor for a newspaper here. His dad was a son of Hollis Putnam and was born in Will County Illinois. This is a Dutch Putman family from New York State.

 

MERTEN C. (CYRIL) PUTNAM  Minneapolis, Hennepin County

He is1 ND and his wife Florence Gertrude Fryenlund is 27 ND. They have Nancy Jean 3 MN and Patricia Ann just born in November 1949. He is a son of William Edward Putnam and Lillian Mae Collison and was born in Jensal, Stutsman County North Dakota March 3, 1919 and will die here in Hennepin County February 25, 1977. He served in the military from 1941to 1945. He married Florence here July 10, 1945 right after he got out of the service.

 

MINNIE J. PUTNAM  Minneapolis, Hennepin County

She is 78 MN and widowed . She is in the Baptist Church Home for the Aged. Minnie Jane Hatch was married to William Henry Putnam in Little Falls, Morrison County in 1940 and he died December 15, 1945. William Henry Putnam was a son of John Elmer Putnam and Nancy Merriman from Sutton, Massachusetts, and was in Sherburne County Minnesota from the time he was born through the 1910 census and then in Morrison County by 1920. Minnie will die here December 28, 1950.

 

MYRTLE H. PUTNAM  Minneapolis, Hennepin County

Myrtle is 54 MN and says she is single and never married. But Myrtle was married to George Reed here in 1920 and is divorced and took back her maiden name. She is a daughter of Joseph Putnam and Josephine Michand from here. Joseph’s folks were Hollis and Charlotte Putnam from Montgomery County New York. Dutch family.

 

RICHARD H. (HERRICK) PUTNAM  Minneapolis, Hennepin County

He is 48 MN and his wife Ruth Augusta Tripp is 49 IA. They were married in 1921. He is a bank teller. He is a son of William Herrick Putnam and his second wife  Nellie Butts and was born in Red Wing, Goodhue County July 15, 1901. At that time his dad was President of a local bank. His dad was a son of William Richardson Putnam and was born in Danvers, Massachusetts.

 

ROBERT G. (GLEN) PUTNAM  Minneapolis, Hennepin County

He is 25 IA and his wife De Lora Dorothy Foreman is 21 MN. Her mother Ethel is 57 MN and widowed. Robert is a son of Russell Glen Putnam and Nellie Malvina Curtis and was born in Mason City, Iowa September 21, 1924 and will die in Big Lake Sherburne County, Minnesota March 29, 2020. His folks are here in Anoka County, Minnesota now. He is a carman on the railroad. He married De Lora here November 1, 1946. She was born here July 7, 1928 and will die here June 16, 2000. But they will split and he will marry sme ‘Private’ gal and later marry Rose Marie Peterson in Pine County Minnesota September 21, 1968. She will die in 1980 and he will marry Ruth Jensen February 14, 1990.

 

ROBERT L. (LEE) PUTNAM  Minneapolis, Hennepin County

He is 37 MN and his wife Gertrude Tenbrinke 32 MN. They have Robert G. 7 MN, Dick G. 5 MN, Lawrence G. 3 MN and Linda L. 2 MN. He is a son of Robert Winthrop Putnam and Winifred Lewis from here. His dad is a son of William Herrick Putnam and Adeline Rowele from Danvers, Massachusetts. His grandfather was president of a Bank and his dad is now the president. Robert Lee is a clerk there. Robert Lee was born May 26, 1912 and will die in Hennepin County June 29, 1979. Gertrude was born here October 19, 1917 and will die in Delano, Wright County December 5, 2013. New Englanders.

 

RUFUS A. (ARCHIBALD) PUTNAM  Minneapolis, Hennepin County

He is 43 IN and his wife Alta Mae Goad 45 IN and they have Alta Coleen 16 IN, Gerald Wayne 13 IN and Catherine E. 3 NY. He is a son of Rufus Pitt Putnam and his first wife Nora Mills and was born in Posey County Indiana January 2, 1907 and has been in Evansville, Indiana since 1911 through the 1940 census. He will die in La Jolla, California in July 1973 and be returned here for burial. He married Alta here March 8, 1929. She is a daughter of William Walker Goad and Sarah Elizabeth Hayhurst and was born in Indiana February 19, 1905. She will die there in Evansville October 12, 2000. Found a couple of newspaper articles. He graduated with a PhD in Education from Columbia University. He was studying there when he joined the Navy as a lieutenant in 1943 and graduated after the War was over. He moved to Yonkers, New York and later returned to Evansville, Indiana and was important in the Evansville school system. He then moved to Minneapolis to head their school system from 1953 till he retired in 1966. He will die July 22, 1973. New England family, Massachusetts to Lexington, Kentucky to Indiana to here.

 

WILLIAM G. (GORDON) PUTNAM  Minneapolis, Hennepin County

He is 48 MN NY NOR and his wife Theresa Marie Kromrey is 36 WI. He is a machinist helper with the steam railroad. He is a son of William Russell Putnam and Anna Stevenson from White Oak, Hubbard County. He was born May 23, 1901 and will die here January 20, 1963. Family out of Connecticut and Salem, Massachusetts before that.

 

JOHN S. (STANLEY) PUTNAM  Minnetonka, Hennepin County

He is 42 MN and his wife Eleanor Genevieve Berg is 34 MN and they Have John S. Jr. 3 MN. He does clerical work for a chain grocery store. He is a son of William Henry Putnam and Minnie Jane Hatch and was born in Little Falls, Morrison County January 26, 1908. He will die in Sand Creek, Minnesota October 19, 1985. Eleanor was born October 12, 1915 in Richland, Freeborn County and will die in Minneapolis February 11, 1982. Part of the line John Elmer Putnam brought out here from Sutton, Massachusetts.

 

RICHARD A. (AUSTIN) PUTNAM  Orono, Hennepin County

He is 56 IL IL IL and his latest new wife Elenora Hanson 41 ND. They have Richard A. 2 MN. Richard is a salesman for a wholesale paper company as he was in 1940. He is a son of Frank Hiram Putnam and Hattie Miller originally from Peoria, Illinois where Richard was born. Family has been here since the early 1900s though. In 1920 Richard was with his folks in Excelsior, Hennepin County. His folks are still in Excelsior. He was born October 26, 1893 and will die in Austin, Hennepin County on January 21, 1955. He first married Ruth Heywood in Minneapolis May 24, 1916. They divorced in the 1920s. He was with his folks in 1920, said he was married but Ruth wasn’t around. He then was married to Florence De Montreville here in 1930. She died in an automobile accident December 2, 1936. There is a death certificate for Florence in Lamar, Missouri. It states her folks as Clarence De Montreville and Alice Leppen and she was born in St. Paul, Minnesota March 6, 1893. It states she was divorced at the time of her death. She was killed in an automobile collision on Route 71 in Lamar on December 2, 1936. Her folks were living in St. Louis, and she may have been going there to see them. He then married Marjorie Lee is a daughter of William P. Lee and Margery Wentworth and was born in Cairo, Minnesota in about 1901. They were married in Corson County South Dakota September 24, 1936. Margery died or they split, as he has a third wife Eleanora Hanson now.

 

EUGENE H. PUTNAM  St. Louis Park, Hennepin County

He is 26 MN and his wife Margery Delores Anderson 26 MN and they have Craig D. 2 MN. He is a plasterer contractor. He is a son of Howard Lee Putnam and Mary Sell from Pine County. He was born July 30, 1923 and will die in Auburn, California in 1994. Dutch family out of Montgomery County New York then LaSalle County Illinois and here.

 

BERNICE PUTNAM  Cambridge Township, Isanti County

She is 50 ND single and an inmate in the State Epileptic Institution and was here in 1935 and 1940. She was a patient in the Minnesota Hospital for the Insane in St. Peter, Nicollet County in 1930. She is a daughter of Frederick and Lena Putnam from St. Paul. She was with her widowed mother there in 1920. Fred was a son of Sureno James Monroe and Jane Putnam from Jefferson County New York and then Rock County Wisconsin. Family out of Sutton, Massachusetts and then Lewis County New York.

 

RUSSELL L. (LEE) PUTNAM  Litchfield, Meeker County

He is 37 OH and his wife Evelyn Merle Clark is 35 OH and they have Rebecca Jane 13 OH. He is a feed and grain salesman as he was in 1940 back in Alliance City, Ohio. He is a son of Russell Bruce Putnam and Bernice Robb and was born November 15, 1912in Ross County Ohio. He will die back in Xenia, Green County Ohio November 25, 1984. He married Merle in Washington, Ohio April 6, 1935. She was born October 26, 1914 in Clarksburg,  Ross County Ohio and she will die also in Xenia January 18, 1985. German Pootman/Putman family out of Hampshire County Virginia.

 

NILES C. (CURTIS) PUTNAM  Lyle, Mower County

He is 70 IA NY PA and his wife Edna M. Cobb is 72 IA. He is a station agent for the railroad. He is a son of George Putnam and Adelia Medbury from Linn County Iowa and was born there May 6, 1879. He and Edna were in Steele County Minnesota in 1905 and in Winneshiek County Iowa in 1920 and then back here now. Edna was born October 14, 1876 and will die August 10, 1971. Niles will die here October 17, 1954. His dad George Cornelius Putnam was a son of Barney and Margaret Putman from Mount Morris, Livingston County New York. Dutch Putmans from New York State.

 

HIRAM M. (MORGAN) PUTNAM  North Mankato, Nicollet County

He is 52 MN NH NH. His wife Olive J. Van Harlog is 51 IA and they are living with their married daughter Evelyn 30 MN and husband Manvil Kaneger 29 MN. He is a son of Hiram Morgan Putnam and Winnie Williams from Traverse County. He was home in 1910 and with Olive in Flathead County Montana in 1920 and in Stevens County Minnesota in 1930, and here in 1940. Olive was born January 22, 1898 and will die in Grant County July 15, 1968.

 

CHARLES E. (EMERY) PUTMAN  Kalmar Township, Olmsted County

He is 49 MN, his wife Loretta Helen Quandt 45 MN. He is an adopted son of Charles Putman and Mary Carlson and was born here. He was with his widowed mother here in 1920. He was born September 28, 1900, and will be here till he dies December 21, 1972. He and Loretta were married here October 1, 1925. Loretta is a daughter of Rudolph Herman Quandt and Augusta Antonia Fenske and was born in Mover County November 5, 1904, and will die here September 20, 1986. I do not know his given name, but is adopting dad is on the New York Dutch line of Putmans.

 

LESLIE M. (MARVIN) PUTNAM  Rochester, Olmsted County

He is 36 MN says never married and a bell hop in a hotel. He is a son of Edgar Worthy Putnam and Lelia M. Crawford from Elgin Township, Wabash County, Minnesota. He was born there January 1, 1914 and will die here in Rochester May 26, 2003. He married Anna Debara Rich in 1934 according to a tree,  and they had a son Richard George Putnam in 1935. They split as he says here that he was never married. Yeh sure. New England folks.

 

WILLIAM PUTMAN Rochester, Olmsted County

He is 72 MN and widowed. I can’t find any who can fit in either 1930 or 1940. Bet he’s a Pitman or Patman.

 

ALFRED T. (TYLER) PUTNAM  Amor, Otter Tail County

He is 48 MN MN MN. His wife Helen Evangeline Bergerud is 38 MN. They have Herbert A. 5 N and Ann H, 4 MN. Also still here is his sister Helen Putnam 54 MN. He is a son of Herbert Asa Putnam and Celia Oakes from here. He owns the family dairy farm now. Alfred was born October 19, 1901 and will be here until he dies December 3, 1952. He married Helen Evangeline Bergerud here on July 15, 1943. She is a daughter of Hans Bergerud and Ellevine Boe and was born in Fergus Falls, Otter Tail County October 17, 1911 and will die December 21, 1998. Another Massachusetts family. He owns his farm next to his cousin Samuel listed below.

 

SAMUEL T. (TYLER) PUTNAM  Amor, Otter Tail County

He is 73 MN MA MA. Mary Clow Petitt his wife is 72 PA. He is a son of Henry Tyler Putnam and Caroline Porter Newton originally from Sutton, Massachusetts. He was in Amor, Otter Tail County in 1900 with his mother who was by then a widow and has been married there up till now. He was born in Minnesota November 17, 1876 and will die in Amor August 19, 1953. Mary was born November 13, 1877 and will die in Amor May 5, 1956. They are living here with their married daughter Ruth 36 MN and her husband Arthur Wahl 39 MN.

 

HANNAH PUTNAM  Pelican Rapids, Otter Tail County

She is 83 WI and widowed. Hannah Robinson was married to Frank Shadrack Putnam here in 1900 till they split up in the 1920s. He was a son of Luman Putnam and Lovinia Vanderwark. Both Hannah’s folks were from Norway. New Englanders.

 

WORTHY L. (LUMAN) PUTNAM  Pelican Rapids, Otter Tail County

He is 57 MN MN WI and works at a Summer Resort here. His wife Florence Amanda Schreiner is 57 MN. He is a son of Frank Putnam and Hannah Robinson and was born here November 20, 1892. Worthy will die here June 21, 1954. Florence is a daughter of Jacob Franklin Schreiner and Emilu Lunsten and was born in Minnesota August 28, 1892 and will die in Lincoln, Nebraska July 30, 1893. Their son Worthy Junior is listed next. New England family. Sutton, Massachusetts to Stockton, New York and out here.

 

WORTHY L. (LUMAN) PUTNAM JR.  Pelican Rapids, Otter Tail County

He is 32 MN, and his wife Joan Rosalie Grina is 32 ND and they have Robert W. 10 MN, Ray 7 ND and Jon 4 MN. He is a son of Worthy Putnam and Florence Amanda Schreiner. Worthy Junior was born April 16, 1917 here in Pelican Rapids and married Joan here February 24, 1939. Joan is a daughter of Andrew O. Grina and Lillie Isador Carter and was born in Ambrose, Divide County North Dakota February 11, 1918. She will die in Seabrook, Harris County Texas November 22, 2000. He will die in Houston, Harris County Texas October 6, 1977, and be buried back here in Pelican Rapids.

 

OREN F. (FRANK) PUTNAM  Scambler, Otter Tail County

He is 63 MN MN WI and is a home carpenter. His wife Minnie M. Larson is 62 MN and Frank S. 21 M. He is a son of Frank Putnam and Hannah Robinson from here. Oren was born here November 18, 1886. He married Minnie July 31, 1912. She is a daughter of Olaf Larson and Margaret Nelson and was born June 12, 1887 in St. Cloud and will die here in Pelican Rapids July 28, 1982. Oren will die here as well but on January 19, 1960. His dad was from Wright County. New England folks.

 

FRANK R. (RANSOM) PUTNAM  Plymouth, Pine County

He is 69 WI NY CAN. His wife Helen Eager is 55 MN and they are living with their daughter Shirley 27 MN and her husband Clayton Cahoon 31 MN. Frank is the son of Fred Putnam and Cynthia Eldridge. He was born March 15, 1881 in Poysippi, Waushara County Wisconsin. He is never shown at home but his parents are in Richfield, Wood County, Wisconsin in 1900. New England gang. He was single in Rock County Wisconsin in 1900 and is married here in Hennepin County in 1910, 1920 and 1930. He will die back in Parkers Lake, Wisconsin October 20, 1951. He married Helen Mary Eager in Minneapolis September 25, 1911.

 

LESTER R. (RUSSELL) PUTNAM  Dell Grove, Pine County

Writing all smudged. Lester last line on one page and the Marion on the top of next. From her down okay, So Lester would be about 29 MN, Marion Helen Matheson his wife is 26 MN and they have Roger 7 MN, Elwin Gene, a son, 5 MN and Mary Helen 4 MN. Also here is Frank E. Putnam 87 MN helping out on Lester’s farm. Lester is a son of Howard Lee Putnam and Mary Sell from Arlone, Pine County. Lester was born March 31, 1911 and will die October 17, 1997 in Minneapolis. Something will happen and Les will marry Ali Marie Luoma September 4, 1954.

 

FLOYD E. (EMANUEL) PUTNAM  Hinckley, Pine County

He is 33 MN and his wife Lila Elizabeth Busse 34 MN. They both work repairing houses. He is a son of Howard Lee Putnam and Mary Sell from adjoining Kanabec County where he was born August 8, 1916 and will die there November 2, 1986. He just married Lila here in Pine County February 6, 1950. She was born here in Hinckley August 2, 1915 and will die here November 15, 1987. Line goes back to Johannes Putman from Montgomery County New York. Dutch line of Pootmans.

 

AARON W. (WALLACE) PUTNAM  Sturgeon Lake, Pine County

He is 52 ND and his wife Katharina Nathann is 47 SD. They were married in Emmons County North Dakota in 1923 and they now have, Duane H. 18 ND, Donald 15 ND and Lorraine 13 ND. He is a son of Eber Daniel Putnam and his first wife Nellie Douglas. Eber is a son of William Wallace Putnam and Mary Fuller. He was born in Auburn, Chippewa County Wisconsin. His mom Nellie died a month after his childbirth. Aaron was born in Union, Emmons County North Dakota February 4, 1898 and will die in Duluth Minnesota November 2, 1986. Katie was born August 22, 1908 in Emmons County and will die in Duluth January 17, 1987. Both of her folks were from Russia. They have been in Emmons County North Dakota since he was born and was there in 1940.

 

RAYMOND E. (EDGAR) PUTNAM  Mounds View, Ramsey County

He is 20 IA and his wife Verla Kiefert is 19 ND. He is a car man on the railroad. She is a sewer in a garment factory. He is a son of Russell Glen Putnam and Nellie Melvina Curtis from Mason City, Cerro Garda Count Iowa. He was born there November 3, 1929. Russell is a son of Charles Corben Putnam and Harriet Evelyn Price from Linn County. Russell was born in Marion, Linn County May 25, 1901, and will die in Findley, Anoka County Minnesota July 17, 1970. Nellie is a daughter of Nelson William Curtis and Dolly Mae Shellenberger and was born in Attica, Harper County Kansas November 28, 1906. She will die in Anoka, Anoka County Minnesota November 27, 1996. Raymond married Verla in Hennepin County Minnesota November 18, 1949. In the 190s they are in Big Lake, Minnesota.

 

ARNOLD L. (LEWIS) PUTNAM  St. Paul, Ramsey County

He is 49 NE, his wife Ruth Beattle 47 MN and they have Donald 15 MN. He is a sheet metal worker. He is a son of William Herbert Putnam and Laura Christine Larson and was born in Wayne, Nebraska November 1, 1900 and in Superior, Wisconsin in 1910 and 1920. He married Ruth in St. Paul May 19, 1924 and they were in Superior in 1930 and here in St. Paul in 1940. Ruth was born June 1, 1903 in St. Paul and will die in St. Paul October 25, 1989. Arnold will die here May 18, 1987. Family came out of Danvers, Massachusetts to Brattleboro, Vermont to Oneida County New York then Bureau County Illinois.

 

BLANCHE PUTNAM  St. Paul, Ramsey County

She is 43 MN and works in a bakery. She was here in 1935 and 1940 and said she was married, but no guy was around then or now. She should be Blanche C. Lang who married Harvey Herbert Putnam June 24, 1924 and was with him in Duluth, St. Louis County in 1930. Then by herself in 1935, 1940 and 1950.

 

CARLTON B. (BENJAMIN) PUTNAM  St. Paul, Ramsey County

He is 49 NE and his wife Monica McDonald is 45 NE and they have Mona Kay 12 NE and Wayne E. 8 MN. He is a son of Frederick Arthur Putnam and Florence Gertrude Sanders and was born in Butte, Boyd County Nebraska and will die in McAllen, Texas February 5, 1958, but seems he was still living in St. Paul. Monica was born in Stuart, Holt County Nebraska May 17, 1904 and will die back in Oneil, Holt County January 7, 2002. The daughter Mona will marry Patrick Hayes here December 27, 1958. The son Wayne will marry a gal at Camp Lejeune Marine Corps March 4, 1972. Family goes back through Michigan to John Putnam in Danvers, Massachusetts.

 

CLARA PUTMAN  St. Paul, Ramsey County

She is 45 SD and listed as a sister-in-law with George and Leda Wood. She has Tommie 7 TX here too as a nephew. Clara says she’s married, but can’t find in 1940.

 

DAVID R. (RAMSEY) PUTNAM  St. Paul, Ramsey County

He is 65 OH and his wife Bess Whipple is 62 MN. He is a superintendent of a heating and light company. He is a son of David Edgerton Putnam and Susan E. Ramsey and was born in Columbus, Ohio December 27, 1884 and will die here in St. Paul October 24, 1968. Bess is a Putnam of sorts. Her folks are Lois Henry Whipple and May Nary Putnam who was a daughter of George Putnam from Marietta, Ohio. New England family Massachusetts to Ohio. Their son Dave Junior is married over in Dakota County now.

 

DELANO PUTNAM  St. Paul, Ramsey County

He is 51 IL and his wife Helen Krohn is 57 ND. He is a son of Asa Putnam and Ella Verne Waters. Delano Wellington Putnam was born in Livingston County Illinois January 11, 1897 and will die in Stearns County Minnesota April 17, 1963. He married Helen in Clay, Minnesota August 20, 1921.Helen was born December 16, 1898 in Langdon, North Dakota and will die March 3, 1998 in Benton, Minnesota. New England line Massachusetts to New Hampshire to New York, Illinois and here.

 

FREDERICK  A. PUTMAN  St. Paul, Ramsey County

He is 52 NE US US and his wife Olga is 53 GERMANY. He is assistant manager of the Public Works Department, sewers. He is a son of Willis Emery Putnam and Anna Manger from New York and was with then in 1900 in Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska. He and Olga were just outside Minneapolis in 1920 and here in 1940. OBITS has his birth as July 18, 1887 and death here in St. Paul on October 15, 1967. Olga was born April 7, 1886 and will die here in St. Paul May 15, 1968. Dutch family out of Ontario County New York and Montgomery County before that.

 

GRANT C. (CURTIS) PUTNAM  St. Paul, Ramsey County

He is 39 IA and his wife Frances Aileen Krouse is 43 IA. He is a service manager at a typewriter company. He is a son of Niles Curtis Putnam and Edna Marne Cobb. He was born July 11, 1910 in Carpenter, Mitchel County Iowa and will die back in Independence, Iowa March 5, 2001. Frances was born in Wayne County Iowa December 10, 1906 and will die Cherokee County Iowa November 22, 2003. Dutch Putman family out of Montgomery County New York.

 

HENRY PUTNAM  St. Paul, Ramsey County

He is 44 WA, his wife Jean Eskine Coons 42 MN, and they have Mary 13 MN and Ruth 10 MN. He is a purchasing agent for the airlines. Henry Homer Putnam, a son of Charles Henry Putnam and Mary Barnard Clark. His folks were married here in St. Paul in 1901 and then went to Spokane, Washington where he was born July 6, 1905. They were all there in 1910 and 1920 and then back here in 1930. Henry was in Lyons, Illinois in 1930 and here by 1935. He will die here in Ramsey County September 22, 1988. Jean was born in Minneapolis December 10, 1907 and will die here in St. Paul March 12, 1983. His dad is from Fitchburg, Massachusetts. New England folks.

 

HENRY O. (OAKES) PUTNAM  St. Paul, Ramsey County

He is 56 MN, his wife Hazel Bacon 54 NE and they have Herbert B. 11 CA. He is a secretary for a Crop Improvement Association. He is a son of Herbert Asa Putnam and Celia Oakes from Otter Tail County. He was home there in 1920 and all over in the nine years that they were married and back in Filmore County Minnesota in 1930. Then they were in Bismark, North Dakota in 1935 and here in 1940. He was born in Otter Tail County November 12, 1892 and will die here in St. Paul November 21, 1981. He married Hazel about 1921. She was born in Nebraska November 11, 1895 and will die here August 13, 1960. Henry will then marry Esther B. Hayes here September 29, 1962. She was born in Minnesota about 1903 and I don’t have a death date for her. Family came out here from Massachusetts in the 1850s.

 

HERBERT H. (HARVEY) PUTNAM  St. Paul, Ramsey County

He is 24 MN and his wife Frances Helen Gorton is also 24 MN and they have Diane H. 6 MN, Rita L. 5 MN, Larry H. 3 MN and Linda F. 2 MN. He is actually Harvey Herbert Putnam Junior, a son of Harvey Herbert and Blanche C. Lang from Duluth where he was born April 4, 1926. He will die in Anoka, Minnesota May 15, 1989. Frances was born in White Bear Lake, Ramsey County February 10, 1926 and will die in Saint Anthony, Ramset County June 19, 2016. Line goes back to Sewell Putnam in Vermont to the Dakotas.

 

IRA PUTNAM  St. Paul, Ramsey County

He is 23 ND and his wife Laura Pearl Bennett is 22 MN and they have Penny Lyn born in November 1949. Ira Cornelius Putnam is a son of Asa Putnam and Ella Verne Waters and was born in Richland County North Dakota. His dad Asa was a son of Aaron Putnam and Sarah Tenney originally from New York and New Hampshire before that. The family was in Livingston County, Illinois in 1900 and 1910 and then in Richland County, North Dakota in 1920 and Fargo in 1930.

 

LUCIUS W. (WHIFFLE) PUTNAM  St. Paul, Ramsey County

He is 36 MN and his wife Elizabeth is 35 MN and they have Michael 10 MN and Robert 6 MN. He is a son of David Ramsey Putnam and Bess Whiffle and was born here June 19, 1913 and will die here July 15, 1993. He is a general office clerk in a meat packing plant. Massachusetts family that went to Ohio and then out here.

 

MARY B. (BARNARD) PUTNAM  St. Paul, Ramsey County

She is 78 MA and now widowed. Mary Barnard Clark was married to Charles Henry Putnam here in 1930 and 1940 and in Spokane, Washington in 1910 and 1920. He was born in Fitchburg, Worcester County Massachusetts September 14, 1868. He died in St. Paul October 6, 1948. He was a son of David Edgerton Putnam and Susan E. Ramsey and was born in Columbus, Ohio December 27, 1884. Mary is a New Englander too. She was born in Boston, Massachusetts August 20, 1971 and she will die here in Roseville, Ramsey County December 19, 1963.

 

PEARL & RUTH PUTNAM  St. Paul, Ramsey County

Pearl is 74 MN and her sister Ruth is 64 MN. They are unmarried daughters of James Leroy Putnam and Josephine Vermieia who were in Yellow Medicine County in 1900 and divorced by 1910. Josie and the girls were here in 1930. She died  June 19, 1935 and the two have been here ever since. Ruth was born May 22, 1885 and will die here February 15, 1969. Pearl will die here November 25, 1952.

 

ROBERT W. (WILLIAM) PUTNAM  St. Paul, Ramsey County

He is 33 ND and his wife Mary Elizabeth Worum is 32 MN. They have Susan E. 9 MN, Robert W. Jr. 7 MN and John W. 5 MN. They also have a maid living with them. He is a son of George Frederick Putnam and Hazel Louise Moody from here in 1930 and 1940, and in Richland County North Dakota in 1920. Robert was born in Wahpeton, Richland County North Dakota April 21, 1917 and will die here in St. Paul October 26, 2008. Robert is a salesman for a chemical manufacturer. George’s dad was Hiram Putnam from Haverhill, Grafton County New Hampshire.

 

SALLY PUTNAM  St. Paul, Ramsey County

She is 2 MN and listed as a daughter of Mary and George Pabst. Good Luck.

 

SIDNEY U. (ULYSSES) PUTNAM  St. Paul, Ramsey County

He is 50 MN MN MN and now owns a grocery store. His wife of 28 years Mina E. Adams is 51 MN and they have Robert A. 23 MN and Richard L. 21 MN. He is a son of William Henry Putnam and has been at home in Morrison County up till 1930. He was born June 28, 1899 and will die in Red Wing, Goodhue County Minnesota in September 1967. The son Richard Lloyd was born September 12, 1928 and will be here till he dies December 3, 1997. The son Robert Adams was born December 22, 1926 and will die in Hennepin County February 22, 1985. He married Mina April 8, 1922. She is a daughter of Joseph Asher Adams and Eda Mary Walsh and was born in Fort Ripley, Morrison County August 25, 1898 and will die in Red Wing May 27, 1962. Family goes back to John Elmer Putnam and Nancy Merriman who came out here from Sutton, Massachusetts in the early 1950s.

 

WILLIAM A. (ALLISON) PUTNAM  St. Paul, Ramsey County

He is 58 IA and his wife Cora E. 58 OH. They were in Minneapolis in 1935 and here in 1940. He owns a grocery store now. He is a son of Edwin Harvey Putnam and Martha Evaline Windell Putnam from Allamakee County Iowa (1900) and then in Winneshiek County Iowa by 1910 after his parents got divorced. He and Cora were in Flint, Michigan in 1930. He was born in Pottsville, Iowa December 18, 1891 and will die in Hennepin County Minnesota September 26, 1978. I can’t find Cora’s maiden name, but she was born in Ohio November 1, 1887 and will die in St. Paul January 20, 1971. This line goes back to Massachusetts.

 

AVIS E. PUTNAM  Walnut Grove, Redwood County

She is 31 ND, never married and a waitress at a cafe. She was here in Chicago County in 1940. She was there with her parents Ernest Putnam and Jessie Clark in 1920, then by herself there in 1930 and 1940. Massachusetts family.

 

LESTER R. (RAYMOND) PUTNAM  Big Lake, Sherburne County

He is 49 MN, his wife Gladys Marie Stumbo is 47 IA and they have Donna Vick 19 MN, Jerry Lee 10 MN and Nancy K. 9 MN. He runs a hardware store now. He is a son of Elmer Eugene Putnam and Viola Maude Johnson from here. He was born here June 4, 1900 and married Gladys in 1921. She was born July 5, 1902 and will die in Wright County January 9, 1990. Lester will die in Monticello, Wright County December 11, 1956. His dad was a son of John Elmer Putnam and Nancy Merriman. New England family out of Sutton, Massachusetts.

 

HERSCHEL L. (LAMONT) PUTNAM  Elk River Village, Sherburne County

He is a worker at a creamery. He is 44 ND and his wife Edith Victoria Peterson is 42 MN and they have Donald W. 12 MN and Deanne K. 3mn. Edith’s dad Albert Peterson 80 MN is with them now. He is a son of Ernest Tuc Putnam and Jesse Myrtle Clark here in town. He was born in Bantrie, North Dakota May 24, 1907 and will die here is Sherburne County September 22, 1979. He married Edith in Chicago, Illinois May 22, 1937 and they were here in 1940. Edith was born in Minnesota January 19, 1907 and will die around here October 9, 1989. New England family, Massachusetts up to Canada to the Dakotas then to here.

 

AYERS B. (BOWEN) PUTNAM  Haven Township, Sherburne County

He is 48 MN and his wife Audrey Lorraine Hoskins is 35 MN. They have Ayers Sherwood 12 MN, Sheldon 11 MN,  Ames Whitmore 10 MN, Hollis 6 MN and Audrey 5 MN. Audrey the wife is delighted that she really can produce a girl. The 4 sons were simply tests. He owns and operates a farm. He is a son of Hollis Chester Putnam and Margaret Edith Ayers and was born in Fair Haven County April 23, 1902 and will die is Sherburne County June 13, 1963. Audrey was born in Minnesota November 22, 1913 and will die January 24, 2003 in Eden Prairie, Hennepin County. Dutch family out of New York State.

 

ARTHUR PUTNAM  New Auburn, Sibley County

Arthur is 26 MN and his wife Norma Jean Katheryn Ulrich 22 MN. He manages a tavern and she is a waitress and a 1st grade teacher. They were married here August 16, 1949. He was previously married to Elizabeth Ann Fisher in South Dakota July 31, 1943 and they divorced here in 1949. Arthur is a son of Hiram Morgan Putnam and Olive Janetta Hartog. He was born in Morris, Stevens County Minnesota August 6, 1923 and will die in Naples, Florida March 30, 1992. Norma was born in Granite Falls, Minnesota February 7, 1928, and will die back here in Redwood Falls, Minnesota April 25, 2018. Line goes back to New Hampshire.

 

FLOYD E. (EDWARD) PUTNAM  Eden Valley, Stearns County

He is 62 MN and his wife Rose Florence Dougherty is 71MN. He is a dentist. He is a son of Frank Shadrack Putnam and Hannah Robinson from Otter Tail County. He was there in 1910 and married in Meeker County in 1920. He will die in Meeker County December 16, 1950. New England family that went to Chautauqua County New York and then out here in the 1850s.

 

EDITH M. PUTNAM  St. Cloud, Stearns County

She is 70 MN and now widowed. She is living with her married Daughter Harriet and her husband Charles Schmidt and kids. Edith Marguerite Ayers was married to Hollis Chester Putnam here from January 2, 1901 when there were married until he died here in 1946. Hollis was a son of Charles Henry Putnam and Elizabeth Bowen from Wright County. He was born in Wright County April 1, 1874 and died here June 19, 1946. He married Margaret here January 2, 1901. Edith was born January 17, 1879 and will die in October 1971 in Seattle, Washington. Dutch family out of Montgomery County, New York State.

 

VIVIAN PUTNAM  St. Cloud, Stearns County

She is 19 SD and a student at St. Cloud State College here. She is a daughter of James Henry Putnam and Mabel Catherine Hegna and was at home in Madison, Lac Qui Parle County in 1940. Interesting. James is a son of Joseph Aloysius Putnam and Ellen Agnes Weir. Joseph is a son of Henri Patenaude from Quebec, Canada. Henry moved to Vermont, married Rose King in Chittenden County Vermont in 1850 and the name was changed to Putnam as there were several in the area.

 

WILLIAM S. (STUART) PUTNAM (JR)  St. Cloud, Stearns County

He is now 22 MN and married to Elizabeth ‘Betty’ Condon 22 MN. They were married here January 31, 1984 and without wasting any time have Mary C. 1 MN and Elizabeth C. born February 1950. He is a son of William Stuart Putnam and Catherine R. Long. He was born August 30, 1927 in Crow Wing County and with the folks in St. Cloud, Sherburne County in 1930 and 1940. He will die August 28, 1968 in Mott, Hettinger County North Dakota. Betty’s info on the family sheet is ‘Private.’

 

HARVEY H. (HERBERT) PUTNAM  Duluth, St. Louis County

He is 53 NE NE MI. His wife Evelyn Alice is 51 WI. He is a son of William Herbert Putnam and Laura Christine Larsen. He was born in Plum Creek, Wayne County Nebraska, and was there with his folks in 1900 and 1910. He married Blanche Cora Lang June 24, 1924. He was married to Evelyn Jones sometime in the early 1920s. He was born November 27, 1897 and will be here in Duluth till he dies July 12, 1973. Blanche is by herself in St. Paul in 1935 and 1940 and still in 1950, working as a waitress in a cafe. This Evelyn is new, no idea who she is though.

 

 JENNIE PUTNAM  Duluth, St. Louis County

She is 83 NY and widowed and listed as a grandmother with Clyde and Maxine Sykes. Jennie Walrath was married to Arthur Putnam in Sauk Center, Stearns County up through the 1940 and then he died July 13, 1940. Arthur was a son of Lorenzo R. Putnam and Mary Helen Thayer and was born in Becket, Massachusetts September 15, 1856. He married Jennie in Minneapolis August 19, 1885. They were in Minneapolis in 1900, in Wright County in 1910 and Stearns County ever since. Jennie is a daughter of Anthony Walrath and Lavinia Klock and was born in Herkimer County New York January 18, 1866. She will die in St. Louis County Minnesota December 27 1956.

 

JOHN B. PUTNAM  Duluth, St. Louis County

He is 18 and a washer in a hotel. Maybe the age should be 16 MN. Only one near the age is son of Frank Putnam and Mabel Mann who were in Rice Lake, St. Louis County in 1940 with a John 6 MN.

 

FLOYD A. (ARTHUR) PUTNAM  Duluth, St. Louis County

He is 47 NE IL MI. His wife Ethel Mae Turner is 43 MI. They were married here August 28, 1929. And now have Robert F. 19 MN, Wayne H. 15 MN, Helen M. 14 MN and Charles B. 11 MN. Ethel’s dad Robert Turner 85 CAN is with them. Floyd runs a coal and hardware store. He is a son of William Herbert Putnam and Laura Christine Larson and was born in Wayne County Nebraska September 22, 1902. Floyd was born September 22, 1902, and will be around until he dies here on February 9, 1975. Mae was born in Nebraska July 4, 1906 and will die in Lincoln, Nebraska February 9, 1989. New England family out of Massachusetts.

 

WILLIAM H. (HENRY) PUTNAM  Duluth, St. Louis County

He is 84 MI PA NY and widowed. His wife Frances Josephine Curry died here December 10, 1931. He is in a lodging house. He is now a retired agent for the railroad. He is a son of Abraham Putnam and Mary Blazier from Ingham County Michigan. He was home there in 1870 and 1880. In 1900 he was married in Jackson County Wisconsin. In 1910 they were in Barron County Wisconsin and here in Duluth in 1920 and 1930. William will later go out to Washington and be near his son Daniel. He will die there at age 94 on November 25, 1959 in Spokane, Washington. His son Daniel is out there now. Big problem is not sure who Abraham belonged to. Would guess New Englanders,

 

WILLIS A. (ARTHUR) PUTMAN  Duluth, St. Louis County

He is 61 ND and his first and very recent wife Dorothy Mas Tart is 47 MI. He is vice president and cashier for a National Bank. He is a son of William Putman and Mary O’Hern from here. He was born February 19, 1889. He had been single all his life, but marrie Dorothy Mason Tart here in 1946. A guess is that his dad William is a son of Jacob Putman and Louisa Corey as shown in 1870 in Barrington, Yates County New York. If so, New York Dutch Family.

 

JAMES & PATRICIA & DONALD PUTNAM  Lakewood, St. Louis County

The kids are living with their remarried mom Mabel 43 MI and her new husband James Brouse 57 CAN. James Phillip Putnam is 14 MN, Patricia A. is 12 MN and Donald L. is 7 MN. Mabel Hazel Mann had been married to Francis ‘Frank’ Edwin Putnam in Duluth, St. Louis County in 1930 and in Rice Lake, St. Louis County in 1940. Frank was a son of Ephraim Putnam and Clara Mandana Mapes and was born in Chippewa County Wisconsin May 30,1885. His dad died in 1896 and he was with his widowed mother Clara in 1900 and 1910 in Chippewa County. Frank died in Duluth November 29, 1949. James will be marrying Karen Alice Reamer here July 19, 1958. New England family out of Vermont.

 

TENIA PUTMAN  Stuntz, St. Louis County

She is 55 SWEEDEN and now widowed. Emma Hartinth ‘Tenia’ Johnson was married to Clement Putman here in 1930 and 1940 and he died here January 1, 1942. He was a son of Clement and Emily Putman from Ontario and Quebec and was born February 13, 1872 in Bay City, Michigan. Emma Hartenth ‘Tenia’ Johnson is his second wife. He was married in Duluth, St. Louis County to Agnes Murray in 1905. Tenia by the way was born in Sweden about 1887 and first married Emil Gustof Wendt about 1905 and had two kids. Also Tina has a separate listing with her son Roy Wendt in Hibbling, St. Louis County in 1930. Says she was divorced and is a seamstress at a department store. Her ex-hubby Gustof is in Cleveland, Ohio with their other kids in 1940

 

JAMES L. (LEROY) PUTNAM  Tintah, Traverse County

He is 26 MN and his wife Virginia Elaine Rehwaldt is 23 MN and they have Nancy C. 2 MN. He is a son of Jay Leroy Putnam and Myrtle Ellen Covell shown below in Granite Falls, Yellow Medicine County. He was born in St. Paul March 21, 1924 and will die January 27, 2000 in Granite Falls, Yellow Medicine County. Virginia was born September 4, 1927. They were married June 6, 1948. New England family from New Hampshire to Chautauqua County New York and out here.

 

JENNIE PUTNAM  Tintah, Traverse County

She is 60 NORWAY and widowed. She has Roger George 18 MN. Jennie Johnson was the second wife and now widow of George Henry Putnam. George was a son of Parker Alonzo Putnam and Ida May Henry, and was here with them in the 1890s. He was in Stutsman County, North Dakota in 1900 with his first wife Jenny Olson also from Norway. He just died here March 25, 1950. Parker was a son of Alonzo Putnam and Hannah Cole from Haverhill, Grafton County, New Hampshire. Jennie was born in Bergen, Norway May 24, 1890 and will die in Minneapolis June 3, 1981. They came over to Tintah around 1900.

 

WALTER PUTNAM  Tintah, Traverse County

He is 51 MN and his new wife Katherine Olivia Olson is 41 MN. They have their first kid George K. 8 MN. He is Walter Donald Putnam, a son of George Hall Putnam and his first wife Jennie Olson and was born November 13, 1898 and will die in Wilkin, Minnesota June 5 1961. He was single at home with his dad and stepmom here in 1930, and same in 1935 and he married Katherine October 5, 1935. His folks are here in town still. His dad George is a son of Parker Putnam and Mary Ida Henry and was born in Grafton County New Hampshire in 1877 and was out here in the early 1880s.

 

HAWLEY R. (RONALD) PUTNAM  Elgin Township, Wabasha County

He is 37 MN and his wife Eleanor E. Drake is 30 ND and they have Linda L. 2 MN and Larry A. 1 MN. They were married around 1974 and will get divorced April 15, 1974. He will later marry Mildred Evaline Hoven March 2, 1979. He is a salesman of farm machines. He is a son of Edgar Worthy Putnam and Lelia Minerva Crawford and was born here in Elgin December 9, 1912 and will die in Rochester, Minnesota November 8, 2006. Edgar He is a son of Charles Putnam and Harriet Amelia Irwin from Winona County. Charles’ dad was a son of Pliny Putnam and Flora Edgerton from Chautauqua County New York and Winchendon, Worcester County Massachusetts before that.

 

ADDIE B. PUTNAM  Rolling Stone, Winona County

She is 62 MN widowed and a housemaid in a Tibeser family home. Addie Belle Whitlock was married to Earl R. Putnam in Winona through 1940 and then he died December 22, 1948. Earl was a son of Charles J. Putnam and Harriet Irwin and was born here. Addie was born September 21, 1887 and will die here June 1, 1968.

 

HARRY W. (WILLIAM) PUTNAM  Winona, Winona County

He is 32 MN and his wife Lucinda Mae Kronebusch is 25 MN and they have William H. 2 MN and Nancy J. born November 1949. Lucia’s sister Rosella Kronebusch 22 MN is with them. He is a son of Wallace Charles Putnam and Grace Mary Gage from Whitewater, Winona County where he was born March 25, 1918 and was there with them in 1920, 1930 and 1940. He married Lucinda May 4, 1946. He will die in Winona County May 25, 1991. New England family from Vermont. Harry has a twin brother Harold who is married in Goodhue County.

 

WILLIAM E. (EDWARD) PUTNAM  Buffalo, Wright County

He is 60 SD VT IN and his wife Alma Emma Buisson is 39 MN (they were married later in life). He is a conductor on the railroad for the Pulman Company. Those were the cars that had sleeping compartments. Being a Pulman porter was reserved for blacks and the service was great. Conductors were of course whites. I remember going Pulman when we moved from Illinois to Connecticut in the early 1940s and we were really catered to. You had exclusive rights to the dining room car and it was kinda like being in a hotel that was long and thin. He is a son of Hosea Ballou Putnam and Matilda Dunhill from Windsor Vermont. He is William Edward Putnam, and was in Lac Qui Parle County with his folks in 1880. The family then moved to South Dakota and his dad Hosea Ballou Putnam died there in 1894. I don’t find the family there in 1900 however. His uncle Kitterage Putnam was there though. They were here in 1920. William will die in Wright County September 23, 1951.

 

BERT L. (LORIN) PUTNAM  Monticello, Wright County

He is 47 MN and his wife Blanche Jane Duffy is 33 MN. He works for the railroad and she is a clerk at a post office. Bert is a son of Elmer Eugene Putnam and Viola Maude Johnson. Bert was with his mom in Big Lake, Sherburne County in 1930 and there in 1940 with both his folks. Guess they settled up as they were living apart in 1930. Bert was born May 2, 1902 in Big Lake, Sherburne County and will die January 6, 1956 in St. Paul. Blanche will make till January 15, 1970.

 

ELLSWORTH E. (EUGENE) PUTNAM  Monticello, Wright County

He is 24 MN and his wife Vergie Lois Hedtke is 24 MN. He is a son of Lester Raymond Putnam and Gladys Marie Stumbo from Big Lake, Sherburne County. He was born there March 8, 1922 and will die here in Monticello June 20, 2001. Family came out of Sutton, Massachusetts straight to Big Lake, Sherburne County.

 

JAMES L. (LEROY) PUTNAM  Granite Falls, Yellow Medicine County

He is 26 MN and his wife Virginia Elaine Rehwaldt is 22 SD and they have Stephanie J. born in August 1949. They are living with Virginia’s folks Frangrat and Renata Rehwaldt. He is a son of Jay and Myrtle Putnam listed next. He was born in St. Paul March 21, 1924 and will die here in Granite Falls January 27, 2000. Virginia was born September 4, 1927.

 

JAY L. (LEROY) PUTNAM  Granite Falls, Yellow Medicine County

Jay is 58 MN, his wife Myrtle Ellen Covell is 54 MN. He is still a publisher of a weekly newspaper. He is a son of James Leroy Putnam and Josephine Vermilya from here in Yellow Medicine County. He was here in 1900 and 1910 and in Chippewa County in 1920. They were married here March 31, 1923 and were here in 1930 and 1940. James was a son of Union Putnam and Clarinda Frost. He was born September 29, 1891 and will die in Pinellas, Florida March 31, 1986. Myrtle is a daughter of Albert Freemont Covell and Harriet Adams and was born in Verona, Faribault County Minnesota August 16, 1894 and will die in Willmar, Minnesota July 27, 1983. New England family from New Hampshire to Chautauqua County New York.