NEW MEXICO
Census Reports
1850 – 1950
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New
Mexico was a Territory from 1850 until it became a state in 1912. A few, very
few, of our folks wandered out here from Texas, Oklahoma and generally the
southern states. Some to ranch, most to go mining for that elusive pot of gold
(or silver in most cases).
UPDATED AUGUST 16, 2022
NEW
MEXICO 1850 & 1860 TERRITORIAL CENSUS
There
were no Putmans or Putnams listed in 1850 and 1860. And then only one Putnam or
Putman per decade up till 1910.
NEW
MEXICO 1870 TERRITORIAL CENSUS
OSCAR J. PUTNAM Cubero Precinct, Valencia County
He is
a farmer 23 MI and his very young wife Gabriella is 13 NM. There are no kids as
Gabriella may not yet have reached puberty. He is a son of Silas and Martha
Putnam from Lenawee County, Michigan. He was at home there in 1850 and 1860.
NEW
MEXICO 1880 CENSUS
FRED H. PUTNAM Silver City, Grant County
He is
22 MA MA MA, a miner boarding with a Joseph Reynolds. He is probably Frederick
Huntington, son of Benjamin Wadsworth Putnam and Susan Symonds from West
Roxbury, Mass. He was home there in 1860 and 1870.
NEW
MEXICO 1900 CENSUS
PAT H. (PATRICK HENRY)
PUTMAN South Springs, Chaves County
He is
28 IL IL WI single and boarding. He is a well driller. Pat is a son of Stephen
C. Putnam and Susan Caroline Wheeler from Winnebago County Illinois. He was
born January 9, 1872 in Harrison, Winnebago County Illinois and was at home
there in 1880. He will marry Abbie Somebody be back in Chicago by 1910 till he
dies Christmas Eve December 24, 1935.
NEW
MEXICO 1910 CENSUS
NORA PUTNAM Old Albuquerque, Bernalillo County
She
is 46 IA and widowed. She has Israel 24 AZ MA IA and Ralph 7 AZ MA IA with her.
She was married to Charles Franklin Putnam from Massachusetts. They were in
Gila County, Arizona in 1900. Israel is married here in 1920 and 1930. Nora and
Ralph are here in 1920, and Ralph is in Los Angeles California by 1930.
CHARLES PUTMAN Ponil, Colfax County
He is
26 PA KS KS and is single. He is boarding. He is a stationery engineer.
MARTHA A. PUTNAM Clovis, Curry County
She
is 50 IN and divorced. Her son Harry is 26 IN WI IN and single. She was
divorced or at least single in 1900 in Valpariso, Porter County, Indiana in
1900. She and Harry are in Chicago by 1930. Based on the 1900 Indiana Census
she had a daughter Zada. In 1920 Zada is living with the Henry and Henrietta
who are also here in Curry County now and is listed as a married. daughter.
MAURICE PUTNAM Clovis, Curry County
He is
33 AL AL AL and works in a boiler factory. His wife of 10 years Margaret is 34
AL. They have Vernie 9 AL and Fred 2 AL. He is Christopher Morris Putman, son
of William Putman and Elizabeth Meyers from Jackson County, Alabama. He and his
wife listed as Ellie M. were there in 1900 with his widowed mother.
HENRY R. PUTNAM Texico, Curry County
He is
45 MI NY US, his wife Henrietta Cowden is 40 OH NY
ENG. They live with her parents Henry (85 NY) and Mary A. (75 ENG) Cowden. He
is a real estate agent. He is the son of Harrison and Christine Putnam from
Winnebago County Wisconsin. I don’t find him in 1900, but they are in Wichita
Falls, Texas in 1920 and 1930. Look up two entries and see Martha Putnam. It
seems she was his wife in 1882 and 1900, though he was somewhere out of Indiana
in 1900. They must have come out here and divorced, and Henry married Henrietta
recently out here. Interesting.
WALTER PUTMAN Artesia, Eddy County
He is
28 LA US US and his wife Eva is 29 LA. They have been married 1 year and Eva
has two daughters last name Carter from her first marriage. He is a son of
James H. Putnam and Pauline Johnson from Arcadia Parish, Louisiana. He was home
there in 1900. His family goes back to Massachusetts.
ORLIN M. PUTNAM Artesia, Eddy County
He is
37 KS MI IL. Anna Bergstrom, his wife of 6 months, is 25 IA. This is his second
marriage. He is a son of Uzziel Franklin Putnam and Martha Jane Cannon. He was
home in 1880 in Reno County, Kansas with his folks. In 1900, he was with the
family in McDonough County, Illinois with his first wife Minnie Herring. I
guess she died. Now in 1910 his kids are with Minnie’s folks. By 1920 he and
Anna will be in Lane County, Oregon. They will be there the rest of their
lives. They never had any children.
ROBERT PUTNAM Silver City, Grant County
He is
40 KS KS KS. Lucy his wife of 9 years is 26 TX and they have Rodney or Charley
7 NM. He is divorced and all by himself here in 1920. He is a son of James L.
and Anna Putnam and was born in Leavenworth, Kansas in March 1869. He was there
through the 1890s and the here. James looks to be the son of Philip Putman and
Catherine Keller from Otsego County New York. That James was home in 1850 and
1860 and gone by 1870. This is a Dutch family from Montgomery County New York.
ELMER PUTMAN Columbus, Luna County
He is
35 PA VA ??. Adly his wife of 10 years is 36 PA, and they have Vera 8 PA,
George 4 ID and John 3 ID. He is a son of Eugene and Mary Putnam and in 1880
was at home in Clearfield County, Pennsylvania. In 1900 his folks were in
Potter County, Penn. But I don’t find him then. Adley and Vera are on a ranch
in 1920 in Otero County. No sign of Elmer or the sons though.
JOE M. PUTMAN Tucumcari, Quay County
He is
39 AR GA TN. Mamina Sanford, his wife of 13 years, is 32 AR. They have James S.
11 TX. He is a son of John Augustus Putman and Elizabeth Brown from Franklin
County, Arkansas. He was with the family in Parker County, Texas in 1880 and
married there in 1900. They are here in 1920.
NEW
MEXICO 1920 CENSUS
ISRAEL O. (OSGOOD) PUTNAM Albuquerque, Bernalillo County
He is
34 AZ, Clara 31 NM. His mother Nora is listed next. They are here in 1930.
NORA PUTNAM Albuquerque, Bernalillo County
She
is 56 IA, her son Ralph 17 AZ. She is the widow of Charles Franklin Putnam from
Massachusetts. Charles was born in Groton, Mass, a son of Osgood Putnam (2122)
and Rhoda Ann Hall. Charles left home in the late 1850s, and was in
Lavensworth, Minnesota in 1860. He joined the Union Army in Minnesota in 1861,
and then moved to Arizona in the early 1880s. Charles and Nora were there in
1900, and she was widowed here in 1910. She is still here in 1930 and Ralph is
married and in Los Angeles County California in 1930.
JOHN S. (SIDNEY) PUTNAM Fort Sumner, De Baca County
He is
29 CO, Lina Leota King 27 TX. He is
John Sidney Putnam, the son of Frank Shephardson Putnam and Laura Alma
Peacock. He was in Lyon County, Kansas, in 1900 and 1910. New England
family that went to Warren County, Penn and then out here. They are here in
Curry County in 1930 and 1940.
MAGNUS L. (LAWRENCE) PUTNAM Fort Bayard, Grant County
He is
18 MO and a soldier at the U. S. Hospital here. According to a tombstone, he
will marry Josephine Bell in about 1921. She died here in New Mexico in 1937.
He is a son of Edward Putnam and Mattie McGill from Polk County, Missouri. He
was born May 4, 1900 and will die January 21, 1924 and is buried inPinos Altos,
New Mexico.
ROBERT G. PUTMAN Haihita, Grant County
He is
49 KS and living alone. He was married here in Grant County in 1910. He is in
Luna County in 1930 and admits he was divorced. He is a son of James L. and
Anna Putnam and was born in Leavenworth, Kansas in March 1869. He was there
through the 1890s and the here. James looks to be the son of Philip Putman and
Catherine Keller from Otsego County New York. That James was home in 1850 and
1860 and gone by 1870. This is a Dutch family from Montgomery County New York.
ALBERT E. (ERNEST) PUTMAN Denning, Luna County
He is
OK IL OH and runs a newsstand. His wife Irene A. Sanchez is 23 CA CA CA. He is
a son of Henry C. Putnam and his second wife Leuticisha Dennis. He was at home
in Oklahoma County in 1900 and 1910 and they are in Los Angeles in 1930 and his
folks are there too. Henry is a son of Daniel Putman
and Elizabeth La Tourette from Clark County Ohio. Southern Putmans.
ADLY PUTNAM Alamogordo, Otero County
She
is 46 PA, her married daughter Vera Crosby is 18 PA. There are also some
boarders here on the ranch. She was married to Elmer Putman in Luna County in
1910. No idea where he or their sons are now.
JOSEPH M. PUTMAN Tucumcari, Quay County
He is
49 AR, Nannie A. Sanford 42 AR and James Sanford Putnam 21 TX. He is a son of
John Augustus and Elizabeth Putman from Parker County, Texas. His father is a
son of William J. Putman from Alabama, grandson of Ezekiel Putman of Georgia.
They were here in 1910. Joseph will die in Los Angeles October 14, 1926 and
Nanna is widowed in Redondo Beach, Los Angeles County in 1940.
JOHN A. (AUSTIN) PUTMAN Guemado, Socorro County
He is
29 TX and Mary A. Rash his wife is 21 TX. John is a son of William Henry Putman and Dora Melvina Fox from
Gonzales County where he was born July 31, 1899. He was with his folks in
Presidio County in 1910. They will be in Dickens County Texas in 1930 and then
they will get divorced. Mary is there in 1940.
FRANK E. (ERNEST FRANKLIN) PUTMAN Cedarville, Torrance County
He is
63 IN, Magnolia B. Carpenter his wife is 46 TX, Viola A. 23 OK, James W.
(Warren) 20 TX, Laura A. 16 OK, Edna O. 14 OK and her twin Edgar F. 14 OK. In
1900 the family was in the Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory of Oklahoma. He
was listed then as Ernest F. Putman, and in El Dorado, Jackson County, Oklahoma
in 1910. His son Jack was in Jackson County, OK in 1910. Nola is widowed in
Amarillo, Texas in 1930 living with her son Edgar who is married then. He is a
son of John Warren Putnam and Mary Rogers. He was at home with them in 1870 in
Marshall County, Indiana, and then in Wise County, Texas.
JACK A. (ALTON) PUTMAN Cedarville, Torrance County
He is
a son of the above Frank Ernest Putman. He was with the family in Oklahoma in
1900 and with his new wife in Jackson County, Oklahoma in 1910. He is 33 TX,
Nellie Mae Weyrick 29 OH, Walter R. 9 OK, Vera L. 6 OK, and Velma M. 4 OK. They
are back in Jackson County Oklahoma by 1930. They traveled back and forth
several times trying to homestead here.
NEW
MEXICO 1930 CENSUS
NORA L. PUTNAM Albuquerque, Bernalillo County
She is
66 IA and still widowed. She runs her own dressmaker’s shop. She is the widow
of Charles Franklin Putnam from Massachusetts. They were in Arizona in 1900 and
she has been here widowed ever since. Her son Israel is still here in town too.
ISRAEL PUTNAM Albuquerque, Bernalillo County
He is
now 44 AZ MA NE and is a plumber. Clara his wife of almost 11 years is 42 NM
and they have Norma 7 NM. Israel Osgood is a son of Charles Franklin and Nora
Putnam. He was born in Arizona, and has been here with his widowed mother since
the early 1900s. He and Clara were just married here in 1920. They are all 3
here in 1940.
He is
26 TX TX TX and works for the newspaper. Grace, his wife of 5 years is 25 TX.
He looks like the son of Joe Putman as seen in Wichita County Texas in 1920.
He is
40 CO PA TX. He is sales manager for a car dealership. Lina Leota King his wife
is 37 TX. They have been married about 16 years. They were here in 1920 and
will be in 1940. He is John Sidney
Putnam, the son of Frank Shephardson Putnam and Laura Alma Peacock. He was
in Lyon County, Kansas, in 1900 and 1910. New England family that went to
Warren County, Pennsylvania and then out here.
He is
31 AR AR AR and an automobile mechanic. Virgie L. Jones his wife is 28 AR, and
they now have Carl 12 AR, Dow W. 10 AR and Bill H. 7 AR. He is John Villette
Putman, a son of Joseph Henry Putman and Missouri Edens from Yell County,
Arkansas. He was born there and married to Vergie there in 1920.
He is
66 TX GA AL and is a farmer. He states he is married, but no gal is around. He
is a son of Thomas Rogers Putman and Mary Ann Flemming from Caldwell County,
Texas. He was born there and orphaned there in 1870. He then went to El Paso
and was superintendent of schools there. He was married twice and is still
listed in El Paso now with his wife Belle.
He is
30 AR AR AR and a farm laborer. Rosa his wife of 2 years is 26 AR and they
Wendell A. 8/12 NM.
She is
28 WI WI WI and a waitress at the U. S. Veterans Hospital.
He is
29 WI NY ME and a patient at the U. S. Veterans Hospital. Both he and the above
Ellen say they have been married 11 years so I guess they are a couple. He is a
son of Nelson J. and Cora M. Putnam from Brown County, Wisconsin in 1900 and
Rock County in 1920. He wasn’t married then, but must have gotten married very
soon thereafter. This is a Dutch family originally from New York.
He is
45 TX US US and widowed. He works as a tank builder in the oil fields. He looks
like John Wesley Putman son of James M. Putman and Melinda Majors from Cooke
County Texas and Marion County Alabama before that.
He is
65 PA NY NY and divorced. He is lodging and is a building constructor. He was
in Chicago in 1920. He is a son of William A. Putman and Lydia Freeland from
Steuben County New York and then briefly in Pennsylvania where Claude was born
October 7, 1865. Then the family moved to Michigan. Claude married Martha
‘Mattie’ Bartlett there in Emerson Township, Gratiot County May 21, 1899. They
were in Houghton County Michigan in 1900 and Benzie County in 1910. He will be
in a Nursing home in Lake Worth, Florida in 1935 and 1940. He will die there in
1943. New Englander.
He is
59 KS NY NY and divorced. He is a policeman in the city. He has been in Grant
County since the turn of the Century. He was married in 1901 and in the 1910
census, and divorced there in 1920 and here n 1940. He is a son of James L. and
Anna Putnam and was born in Leavenworth, Kansas in March 1869. He was there
through the 1890s and the here. James looks to be the son of Philip Putman and
Catherine Keller from Otsego County New York. That James was home in 1850 and
1860 and gone by 1870. This is a Dutch family from Montgomery County New York.
NANNIE PUTMAN Precinct 19, Torrance County
Nannie
is 52 AR and lives with her dad Albert Sanford 77. She was married to Joseph M.
Putman in Torrance County in 1920. He died in Los Angeles October 14, 1926.
Nannie is widowed in Redondo Beach, Los Angeles County California in 1940.
NEW MEXICO 1940 CENSUS
ISRAEL O. (OSGOOD) PUTNAM Albuquerque, Bernalillo County
He is now 54 AZ MA NE and is a plumber. Clara Blueher his wife is 52 NM and they have Norma 17 NM. Israel Osgood is a son of Charles Franklin and Nora Putnam. Charles was born in Groton, Massachusetts and was a son of Osgood Putnam (2122) and Rhoda Ann Hall. Charles left home in the late 1850s, and was in Lavensworth, Minnesota in 1860. He joined the Union Army in Minnesota in 1861, and then moved to Arizona in the early 1880s. Nora was widowed with the kids in Albuquerque, New Mexico in 1910 through 1930. Israel and Clara were just married here in 1920.
JOE W. (JOEL WILLIS) PUTNAM Albuquerque, Bernalillo County
He is 66 TX and his wife Betty Jane Redin is 61 TX. They were in Wichita Falls, Texas in 1920 and 1930 and I can’t find him before under either Putnam or Putman. I am guessing he is the Joel Putnam who was a son of Willis Putnam and Susan Young born in McLennan County Texas February 22, 1874 and shown there in 1880. Also guess that Willis is his middle name. Joe says his dad born NC, AL and TN in other census listings. Willis was born in Georgia, but I think Joe or Joel took off when he was a kid as I never find him in 1900 or 1910 although he was in Texas someplace. They are still around in 1950.
VELMA PUTNAM Albuquerque, Bernalillo County
She is 35 TX and divorced. She is living with her mother Anna McFarland 71 AL who is widowed. It looks like she is the Velma age 26 TX married to Roy B. Putman in Fort Worth, Texas in 1930. He was a son of George Washington and Maggie Putman out of Blount County Alabama and Laurens County South Carolina before that.
FAY PUTNAM Los Griegos, Bernalillo County
She is 39 MN and has two orphans with her: Wayne Watkins 16 NM and Lewis Putnam 15 OR. I found an obituary for Lewis Thomas Putnam born in Portland Oregon April 26,1925 and died in Silver City, New Mexico October 9, 2010. Said his parents were Frank and Lena Funk. Guess Fay adopted him or something. Fay has an ‘M’ for married after her name, but it’s crossed out. No clue as to who she is, except she was in the same house in 1935.
JOHN W. (WELDON) PUTMAN Los Griegos, Bernalillo County
He is 25 TX, his wife Oneta Ayers is 25 TX and they have a
son George McKenzie 5 TX from her prior marriage. They were married in Lubbock,
Texas in the late 1930s. He is a son of John
Wesley and Carrie King Putman. They were all in Cooke County Texas as a family
in 1920. In 1930 he and his brothers Wayne and Clay are living with his dad’s
married sister Viola and David King. No idea where the folks were then. Anyway
… his dad was a son of James M. Putman and Melinda Majors from Arkansas and
originally from Alabama. Now in 1940, his dad John Wesley Putman and his
brother Wayne are in Curry County New Mexico and his dad is widowed. John
Weldon was born February 22, 1915 and will die back in Lubbock, Texas May 24,
2006. Oneta was born August 27, 1914 and will die in Lubbock July 4, 1977, leading
parade or playing with fireworks I would guess. They will soon move back to
Lubbock where he will found Putnam Concrete Company in 1956. Southern Putman
family.
CHARLIE PUTNAM Rayado, Colfax County
He is
56 KS and his wife Anna Burns is 55 NM. He works in a sawmill. At home is their
son Freddie (Fred Sidney) 13 NM. Then there are Carmel Parks 20 CO listed as
daughter with a daughter and Lucy Ward 19 NM listed as daughter with a
daughter. Lucy Lydia is his but I think Carmel is Anna’s from a prior marriage.
Charles Francis is a son of Fred Daniel Putnam and Lydia Brown from Lyon County
Kansas and Fred is a son of Sidney Putnam and Lucy Ann Shephardson from Erie
County New York and Guilford County Vermont before that. Anna will die in 1945
and Charles in 1961.
He is
50 CO PA TX. He is sales manager for a car dealership. Lina Leota King his wife
is 47 TX. They were married February 4, 1914. They were here in 1920 and 1930. He is John Sidney Putnam, the son of Frank
Shephardson Putnam and Laura Alma Peacock. He was in Lyon County, Kansas
in 1900 and 1910. New England family that went to Warren County, Pennsylvania
and then out here.
JOHN WESLEY PUTMAN Field, Curry County
He is a
farmer 57 TX and is widowed. His wife Corrine King died back in Texas in 1923.
In 1930 he wasn’t around and his kids were living with his sister Viola in
Lubbock, Texas. Now he has his son Wayne Gilcrest 27 TX with him and his other
son John Weldon is here but in Bernalillo County. He says he was in
Gainesville, Cooke County Texas in 1935. He and his whole family were there in
1920. John is a son of James M. Putman and Frances Melinda Majors and was born
January 18, 1884. I think in Arkansas but he says Texas now.
CARL PUTMAN Carlsbad, Eddy County
He is
22 AR, his wife Nellie Ruth Bloskas is 18 TX and they have Shelby Carl 2 NM and
Patricia Delores 10/12 NM. He is a machinist in his dad’s car garage. He is a
son of John Villette and Vergie Putman from Yell County Arkansas. He was with
the family here in Carlsbad in 1930. He was born March 9, 1918 in Yell County Arkansas. He will
later marry Frieda Marie Schumacher. She was born May 5, 1914 and will die in
Yoakum, Lavanca County Texas on January 20, 2005. Carl will die in Yoakum February
19, 1976.
CLYDE PUTMAN Carlsbad, Eddy County
He is
30 AR, his wife Rosetta ‘Rose’ Porter 36 AR and they have a son Wendell Argene
10 NM, Haskell 8 NM, Norman 6 NM and Billie Dean 1 NM. He is a son of Joseph
Henry Putman and Missouri Eden from Yell County Arkansas. He was born there
March 23, 1910 and will die in Albuquerque April 13, 1971. He married Rose here
in Carlsbad November 2, 1928 and they were here in 1930. Rose was born in New
Mexico February 28, 1904 and will die in Carlsbad August 11, 1974. Dow &
Carl in town are his cousins. Their father is his brother.
DOW WARREN PUTMAN Carlsbad, Eddy County
He is
28 AR and his wife Doris Jemmima is 17 NM. He is a son of John Villette and
Vergie Putman from Yell County Arkansas. He was with the family here in
Carlsbad in 1930. He was born January 22, 1920 in Arkansas. He will die in Sulphur Springs,
Hopkins County Texas on November 15, 1991.
HOWARD PUTMAN Hobbs, Lea County
He is
32 TX, his wife Martha Faye Womack is 27 OK and they have Wayne 7 TX, Joyce 3
NM and Theada 1 NM. Simuel Howard Putman is a son of Lewis Simuel Putman and
Bertha Jarrett from Dickens County Texas. Sim was born October 19, 1907
in Linden, Texas. He Married Martha Faye Womack on July 26, 1930. She was born
in Oklahoma City October 11, 1912 and died in Lubbock, Texas October 30, 2006.
Sim died in Marble Falls, Texas August 20, 1994. The family was from Benton
County Alabama and North Carolina and Tennessee before that.
ROBERT PUTMAN Deming, Luna County
He is
70 KS NY NY and divorced. He was a policeman in the city. He had been in Grant
County since the turn of the Century. He was married to a Lucy in 1901 and in
the 1910 census, and then divorced there in 1920 and here in 1930. He is a son
of James L. and Anna Putnam and was born in Leavenworth, Kansas in March 1869.
He was there through the 1890s and the here. James looks to be the son of
Philip Putman and Catherine Keller from Otsego County New York. That James was
home in 1850 and 1860 and gone by 1870. This is a Dutch family from Montgomery
County New York.
CLAUD PUTNAM Portales, Roosevelt County
He is
37 OK, his wife His wife Deloria Iva
Hutchinson 22 AR and they have Deloria Mae 3 NM and Ralph 1 NM. He is a trucker
for the WPA. He is a son of Willard Putnam and Nellie White and was born
in Ardmore, Carter County Oklahoma. His brother John Reuben Putnam is here in
town too. They are here in 1950. He will die in New Mexico July 23, 1963.
Deloria will head out to Tulare County California and die there October 14,
1988.
JOHN PUTNAM Portales, Roosevelt County
He is 44 TX, his wife Juanita Faye Davis 22 TX. He is John
Reuben Putnam a son of Willard Putnam and Nellie White and was born in Ardmore,
Carter County Oklahoma March 8, 1896. Juanita was born in Texas January1 2,
1918 and will die March 15, 2007 in Portales. John will die here in August
1964. His dad Willard is a
son of John Warren Putnam and Mary Lavinia Rogers. He was with them in Marshall
County, Indiana in 1870. John was a son of Norman Putnam and his first wife
Sally Shepard from Ontario County New York and then Pennsylvania. New England
family.
HARRY E. (ERNEST) PUTNAM Farmington, San Juan County
He is 53 KS and his wife Alice May Bishard 52 KS. He owns a Billiard Parlor, Pool Hall to you youngsters. He married Alice in Fort Scott Kansas January 31, 1905. They were in Archuleta County in 1910, 1920 and 1930. He is a son of Jacob Stanley Putnam and Celestina Almira Lawton from Bourbon County Kansas. Jacob is a son of William Putman and Sarah Foland from Jefferson County Tennessee. Harry was born June 8, 1886 in Fort Scott, Kansas. He will die in Fort Scott, Colorado on January 4, 1974. Alice was a daughter of James Carson Bishard and Ida Cleavenger and was born in Bourbon County Kansas on May 3, 1888 and die in Montrose County Colorado January 9, 1959. Southern Putmans.
CAROL H. PUTNAM Santa Fe, Santa Fe County
She is Caroline Hough 50 NY and she has Benjamin Putnam 17
IL and her widowed mother Eliza L. Hough 72 NY. She was married to Rufus
Willard Putnam in Riverside, Cook County Illinois in 1930 and 1935. Willard is a
son of William Rice Putnam and Willard from La Crosse Wisconsin and then
Rushford Minnesota in 1900. I
find him in 1910 when he was a cadet at West Point, and at a Military Base in
Fairfax Virginia in 1920. He is out of the Army now and has his own consulting
engineering business in Riverside, Illinois in 1930. The ‘M’ for married on her
line is crossed out, so maybe divorced or something. New England family.
NEW MEXICO 1950 CENSUS
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 a bunch
of folks. Now just an e-mail brings in a thousand years’ worth of info. Anyway, really enjoy this and if you can add
or correct, please let me know so I can help others.
FAY M. PUTNAM Albuquerque, Bernalillo County
She is
49 MN widowed and has her orphan son Lewis Thomas Putnam 26 OR and his wife
Ruth 20 NM. I found an obituary for Lewis Thomas Putnam born in Portland Oregon
April 26,1925 and died in Silver City, New Mexico October 9, 2010. Said his
parents were Frank and Lena Funk. Guess Fay adopted him or something. No clue
as to who she is, except she was in Los Griegos, Bernalillo in 1935.
HUGH E. (ENOS) PUTNAM Albuquerque, Bernalillo County
He is
51 UT and working at an Air Force base here. His wife Nellie Marie Bull is 45
UT and Hugh Raymond 23 UT and William Edward 21 UT are with them. He is a son
of Edward Artimus Putnam and Mary Ann Moss and was born in Bountiful, Utah
March 2, 1899 and will die here in Albuquerque January 24, 1974. Line goes back
to Simeon Walton Putnam who was born in Oxford, Maine and headed out to Utah
with the rest of the Mormons.
ISRAEL O. (OSGOOD) PUTNAM Albuquerque, Bernalillo County
He is
now 64 AZ MA NE and is a plumber. Clara H. Blueher his wife is 62 NM and they
have Norma Lucille 27 NM. His brother Ralph 47 AZ is with them now. Israel is a
plumber. Israel Osgood is a son of Charles Franklin and Nora Putnam. Charles
was born in Groton, Massachusetts and was a son of Osgood Putnam (2122) and
Rhoda Ann Hall. Charles left home in the late 1850s, and was in Leavenworth,
Minnesota in 1860. He joined the Union Army in Minnesota in 1861, and then
moved to Arizona in the early 1880s. Nora was widowed with the kids in
Albuquerque, New Mexico in 1910 through 1930. Israel and Clara were married
here October 30, 1919. Israel was born in Arizona June 5, 1885 and will die
here May 4, 1957. Clara was born March 29, 1888 and will die here in
Albuquerque November 2, 1980.
JAMIE R. PUTNAM Albuquerque, Bernalillo County
He is
24 OK and his wife Audrey is 27 TX. He is a salesman for a used car dealer. He
is a son of Carl Putnam and Jewell Barton Cox from Harmon County Oklahoma. His
dad is a son of Carlos Tenney Putnam from also in Harmon County. The family
comes from New Hampshire to Illinois to Texas and then to Oklahoma.
JOE W. WILLIS) PUTNAM Albuquerque, Bernalillo County
He is 76 TX and his wife Elizabeth ‘Betty’ Jane Redin is
71 TX. They were in Wichita Falls, Texas in 1920 and 1930 and I can’t find him
before under either Putnam or Putman.
He is Joseph ‘Joe or Joel’ Willis Putnam who is a son of Willis Putnam and Susan
Young born in McLennan County Texas February 22, 1874 and shown there in 1880.
Also guess that Willis is his middle name. Joe says his dad born NC, AL and TN
in other census listings. Willis was born in Georgia, but I think Joe or Joel
took off when he was a kid as I never find him in 1900 or 1910 although he was
in Texas someplace. They were in 1940.
Joe will die in San Miguel County May 24, 1951. Betty was also born in Texas
and will die right here March 7, 1969. Southern Putmans from North Carolina.
FREDERICK R. (RICHARD) PUTNAM Ranchos De Albuquerque, Bernalillo County
He is
28 CA and his wife Patricia Walker is 25 CA and they have Richard born in June
1949 in Minnesota. Wanderers. He is with the U. S. Navy but can’t figure he is
stationed here on the desert.
He and
Pat were married in California December 30, 1947. They just made the tax
deductions for the year 1947. Oh Well. He is a son of Harry Lawrence Putnam and
Dorothy Elizabeth Runkle and was born in Los Angeles June 10, 1921. He was at the
U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland in 1940, and was a Lieutenant in the
Navy.
FREDERICK PUTNAM Los Griegos, Bernalillo County
He is
24 NM and his wife Nora Sanchez 20 NM and they have John 1 NM. Fred Sidney is a
son of Charles Francis Putnam and Anna Montoya Burns and was at home in Rayado,
Colfax County in 1940. He was born September 8, 1925 and will die in Santa Fe
March 17, 2007. He married Lenora ‘Nora’ Virginia Sanchez in 1949. He was in
the Military from November 13, 1943 till it was over. His dad Charles Francis
is a son of Fred Daniel Putnam and Lydia Brown from Lyon County Kansas and Fred
is a son of Sidney Putnam and Lucy Ann Shepardson from Erie County New York and
Guilford County Vermont before that.
ALLEN
E. (ERNEST) PUTNAM Someplace, Bernalillo
County
He is
30 IA and work for the Government Civil Service. His wife Florence Arzella
Clough is 29 IA and they have 2 daughters, Bobbie 5 IA and Billie 3 IA. He is a
son of Ernest Wendell Putnam and Marie Wilhelmina Greve and was born September
29, 1919 in Avoca, Pottawattamie County Iowa and will die down the road in
Wendover Utah May 31, 2018. Florence was born in Walnut, Iowa July 19, 1920 and
will die here in Albuquerque December 2, 2000. New England family down from
Illinois.
WILBER
D. (DICKERSON) PUTNAM Someplace,
Bernalillo County
He is
62 NE and widowed and unable to work. He is a son of Orlean Elhanna Putnam and
Nellie Sophia Henderson from Knox County Illinois. He was at home with his mom
there 1900-1920, then bureau County Illinois in 1930. He was born in Holdridge,
Nebraska February 8, 1888 and will die in Knox County Illinois January 10,
1957. He was married to Jane Bradford who died in 1921 then Louise Aldridge who
died in 1924. Family came from Vermont to Michigan to Illinois and then out
Southwest.
ROY C. (CALVIN) PUTMAN Roswell, Chaves County
He is
49 MI and his wife Elizabeth Mae Mead is 45 MI and they have Hubert M. 16 MI and
Perry L. 11 MI. He is a son of Abraham Putnam and Clara Churchill from Tuscola
where he had been up until 1940 in Cheboygen County Michigan and then here. He
was born there September 29, 1900 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 here 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.
CHARLIE F. (FRANCIS) PUTNAM Rayado, Colfax County
He is
67 KS and widowed and unable to work. He is living with his married Daughter
Lucy 29 NM and her husband Amaranter Chavez 30 NM and their kids. Charles
Francis is a son of Fred Daniel Putnam and Lydia Brown from Lyon County Kansas
and Fred is a son of Sidney Putnam and Lucy Ann Shephardson from Erie County
New York and Guilford County Vermont before that. His wife Ann Burns died in
1945 and Charles will in 1961.
He is
60 CO PA TX. He is sales manager for a car dealership. Lina Leota King his wife
is 57 TX. They were married February 4, 1914. They were here in 1920 and ever
since. He is John Sidney Putnam, the
son of Frank Shephardson Putnam and Laura Alma Peacock. He was in Lyon
County, Kansas in 1900 and 1910. New England family that went to Warren County,
Pennsylvania and then out here.
JOHN W. (WELDON) PUTMAN Field, Curry County
He is
35 TX, his wife Oneta Ayers is 25 TX and they have a son George McKenzie1 5 TX
from her prior marriage and then their own kids Bobby 9 NM, Patsy L. 7 NM and
Hazel L. 5 NM. They were married in Lubbock, Texas in the late 1930s. They were
here in Bernalillo County in 1940. He is a son of John Wesley and Carrie King
Putman. They were all in Cooke County Texas as a family in 1920. His dad was a
son of James M. Putman and Melinda Majors from Arkansas and originally from
Alabama. In 1940, his dad John Wesley Putman and his brother Wayne are in Curry
County New Mexico and his dad is widowed. John Weldon was born February 22,
1915 and will die back in Lubbock, Texas May 24, 2006. Oneta was born August
27, 1914 and will die in Lubbock July 4, 1977, leading parade or playing with
fireworks I would guess. They will soon move back to Lubbock where he will
start up Putnam Concrete Company in 1956. Southern Putman family.
KENNETH L. (LEROY) PUTNAM Las Cruces, Dona Ana County
He is
37 SD and his wife Margaret is 38 IL. He is a son of Clyde Chester Putnam and
Ruth Booker and was born in Mitchell, Davison County South Dakota November 20,
1934. His dad Clyde was a son of Henry Harrison Putnam and Cornelia Ann
Chamberlain from Taylor County Iowa. Family is from Vermont and Massachusetts
prior to that.
DOW W. (WARREN) PUTMAN Carlsbad, Eddy County
He is
30 AR and his wife Doris Jemmima Riley is 27 NM and they have Nancy Lee 9 NM
and Dow W. Jr. 5 NM. He is a son of John Villette and Vergie Putman from Yell
County Arkansas. He was with the family here in Carlsbad in 1930. He was born January 22, 1920 in
Arkansas. He will die in Sulphur Springs, Hopkins County Texas on November 15,
1991. Then… He married Doris January 4, 1939 and she will die or split. Hewill
marry a Barbara October 24, 1964 and they divorce August 4, 1969. Then he’ll
marry Evelyn Novak October 4, 1969 and divorce March 26, 1970. Then Alma on May
31, 1979 and divorce in a couple of weeks on July 9, 1979. Busy lil beaver he
was.
NELLIE R. PUTMAN Carlsbad, Eddy County
She is
28 TX and now divorced. Nellie Ruth Bloskas was married to Carl Putman here in
1940. She has the kids, Shelby Carl 12 NM, Patricia Delores 10 NM and Linda K.
8 NM. Her widowed mother Laura E. Bloskas 70 TX is with her. He is a son of
John Villette and Vergie Putman from Yell County Arkansas. He was with the
family here in Carlsbad in 1930. He was born March 9, 1918 in Yell County Arkansas.
WILLIAM
PUTNAM Carlsbad, Eddy County
He is 76
IA and widowed. Jay Forbes 76 IA is with him. William is a son of Harvey
Cornelius Putnam from Vermont and was in Deep River, Poweshiek County Iowa. His
daughter Opal had married Harold Forbes and Jay was his dad. Both dads widowed.
William was born in Iowa June 16, 1872 and will die here in Carlsbad February
3, 1951. He had been married to Myrtle Cranston who died in 1926 and later
Eloise Wilcox and they split as she didn’t die till 1991. New England line from
Sutton, Massachusetts.
CLYDE W. (WILLIAM HENRY ‘CLYDE’) PUTMAN
Otis, Eddy County
He is 42 AR, his wife Rosetta ‘Rose’
Porter 46 AR and they have a son Wendell Argene 20 NM, Haskell Edel 18 NM,
Norman Varnell 16 NM, Billie Dean 10 NM and a daughter Clydene 6 NM. He is
William Henry ‘Clyde’ Putman a son of Joseph Henry Putman and Missouri Eden
from Yell County Arkansas. He was born there March 23, 1910 and will die in
Albuquerque April 13, 1971. He married Rose here in Carlsbad November 2, 1928
and they were there in 1930 and 1940. Rose was born in New Mexico February 28,
1904 and will die in Carlsbad August 11, 1974. Southern Putmans Carolinas to
Alabama to Arkansas.
He is 57
NM and his wife Minnie E. Gray is 48 MX and they have Mervin Nellis 21 AZ. He
is a son of John Joseph Putman. His dad was from Gilmer County West Virginia.
They were all in Mohave County Arizona in 1920 through 1940. He married Minnie
there in 1922. Thomas was born September 18, 1893 and will die in New Mexico in
1962. Minnie was born in 1902 and will die here in 1951. They will move to
Silver City, New Mexico in 1945. The son Mervin was born March 15 1929 and will
die August 7, 2007 and be buried in the Fort Bayard National Cemetery in New
Mexico. He married Mary Damacia Barela on December 21, 1957 in Grants, New
Mexico. Mary died in 1992 and he married a high school sweetheart Betty
(Kimmick) Hunt in Silver City, New Mexico June 26, 1999. Southern Putman Family
from Virginia.
He is
42 TX GA GA, his wife Leota Moore is 40 TX and they have Stanley 14 TX. He is a
son of John Forney Putman from Kaufman County Texas and Marion County Alabama
before that. He was in Van Zandt County Texas in 1920 and 1930. He was born
August 27, 1907 and will die in Midland, Texas March 30, 1992. Leota was born
February 2, 1910 and will die in Midland July 30, 1958. Their son Rudolph is
listed next. Southern Putmans.
RUDOLPH
PUTMAN JaI, Lea County
He is
22 TX and his wife Clara C. is 19 TX and they have Gwendolyn K. 1 TX. Rudolph
Benton Putman is a son of Grover Benton Putman and Leota Moore from Van Zandt
County Texas. He was home there in 1930 and can’t find any of them in 1940. His
folks are here now. He was born July 31, 1928 in Kaufman County Texas and will
die in Deltona, Florida July 2, 1996. Southern Putman family back to Alabama
and Georgia and then to the Carolinas.
BENJAMIN
O. (OLNEY) PUTNAM Los Alamos, Los Alamos
County
He is
27 IL and Cecily Long 25 TX, and Rufus W. 3rd 4 NM. He is a chief
clerk and she a secretary in a ‘Private’ Company. He is a son of Rufus William
Putnam and Caroline Frances Hough and was born November 24, 1922 in Oak Park,
Cook County Illinois and will die here in Santa Fe November 23, 1951. New
England family down from Wisconsin.
DELORIA I. PUTNAM Portales, Roosevelt County
She is
32 AR and has divorced from Claud Putnam listed next. He lists her but she is
out on her own. Deloria has split and will head out to Tulare County California
and die there October 14, 1988.
CLAUD PUTNAM Portales, Roosevelt County
He is
46 OK, his wife His wife Deloria Iva Hutchinson 32 AR and they have Deloria Mae
13 NM and Willard Ralph 11 NM. He has his own business but doesn’t say what it
is or does. He is a son of Willard Putnam and Nellie White and was born in
Ardmore, Carter County Oklahoma. His brother John Reuben Putnam is here in town
too. They were here in 1940. He will die in New Mexico July 23, 1963. Deloria has
split and will head out to Tulare County California and die there October 14,
1988. New England family to Pennsylvania to New York to Oklahoma and here.
JOHN R. (REUBIN) PUTNAM Portales, Roosevelt County
He is
54 TX, his wife Juanita Faye Davis 32 TX. He is John Reubin Putnam a son of
Willard Putnam and Nellie White and was born in Ardmore, Carter County Oklahoma
March 8, 1896. Juanita was born in Texas January 12, 1918 and will die March
15, 2007 in Portales. John will die here in August 1964. His dad Willard is a
son of John Warren Putnam and Mary Lavinia Rogers. He was with them in Marshall
County, Indiana in 1870. John was a son of Norman Putnam and his first wife
Sally Shepard from Ontario County New York and then back to Pennsylvania. New
England family.
STANLEY
E. (ELWOOD) PUTNAM Truth or
Consequences, Sierra County
He is 42 WA and says he never married and is a partner with Harry Carson 38 NY. Stanley is a son of Frank Putnam and Fanny Belle Perrin and was born in Conconully, Okanogan County Washington May 5, 1907. He was single at home in Okanogan County through 1930. He will die in a car accident in Siskiyou County California August 6, 1963 driving off a high bridge over some river. Line goes back through his dad Frank from Nebraska to Willis Emory Putman from Rochester, New York back to John Putman and others out of Montgomery County. Dutch Putman family.