SOUTH
DAKOTA
Census
Reports
1940
– 1950
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UPDATED JUNE 3,
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 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.
SOUTH DAKOTA 1940 CENSUS
WILLIAM PUTMAN Aberdeen City, Brown County
He is 22 IA single and lodging. He is a clerk in a grocery
store. He is a son of Clell Oscar Putnam and Mollie Lillian Clampitt and a
grandson of Willard Wallace Putnam and Dora Alice Cooper from Mercer County
Missouri. William Wallace
Putnam was born in Spencer County South Dakota January 20, 1918, and will die
in Dazey, Barnes County North Dakota on January 9, 2005. He was with the family
in Spencer County in 1920 and in Davison County in 1930 and 1935. Dutch family
from New York State.
IDA PUTMAN Aberdeen City, Brown County
She is 20 SD married, but living with her widowed mother Irene Bourdons 45 IL. She was at home here in 1935 and married someone in the last year or two. She is a stenographer in a wholesale surplus commodity depot. Rand found a thing on Ancestry that she was married to Kenneth Putnam. Ken is shown at home in 1940with his folks Joseph Henry Putnam and Etta Bond in Aberdeen, Brown County South Dakota.
JOSEPH H. (HENRY) PUTNAM Aberdeen Township, Brown County
He is 63 IL, his wife Etta M. Bond is 59 IN and Kenneth 22 SD is still at home. He is a son of Henry Putnam and Ada Price and was born in Champaign County Illinois August 8, 1876. His folks were divorced a year after he was born and in 1880 he was living there with his dad and his widowed grandmother Minerva Putnam. Henry’s folks were William Pitt Putnam and Minerva Harris from Massachusetts then New York and then Illinois in the 1860s. They will be here a while and both will die out in Riverside, California. He on September 25, 1967 and Etta on October 29, 1961. She was born in Indiana October 2, 1880.
He is now 65 MN, Reeda M. Hazard his wife is 62 WI. Also here is Rhoda’s mother Emma Hazard 93 MI. He is a jeweler. He is a son of Worthy Adelbert Putnam and Mary Ellen Welch from Winona County Minnesota. He was single in Rock County Minnesota in 1900, and married here since the 1910. His folks were here in South Dakota too in 1920.
CARL M. (MONROE) PUTMAN Newell City, Butte County
He is 38 SD IL MI and has a cattle ranch. Selma B. Kittleson his wife is 39 SD and they have Lois E. 16 SD, Eleanor J. 7 SD and Edward L. 4 SD. He is working on road construction. He is a son of Franklin Ward Putman and Orpha Jane Cole from Hughes County and grandson of Franklin Monroe Putman from Brown County Illinois and Lewis County Kentucky before that. He was born September 2, 1901 and married Selma in Clark County June 28, 1922, and they were in Sully County in 1925, Stanley County in 1930 and Hughes County in 1953 and now here. Thelma’s folks were from Germany. They will get divorced soon. Southern Putman Family.
EBER D. (DANIEL) PUTNAM Pollock, Campbell County
He is 71 WI and his wife Grace Helen Bales 64 IA. They have been in Emmons County North Dakota ever since the 1890s and were in 1930, but over here in 1935. He is a son of William Wallace Putnam and Mary Fuller. He was born in Auburn, Chippewa County Wisconsin August 18, 1868 and will die in Eureka, South Dakota May 30, 1957. Grace was born April 14, 1875 and will die there in 1948. No ideas why he is down here now though. New England Line.
(JAMES) ALFRED PUTMAN Raymond Township, Clark County
He is 48 KS and now married. His wife Bernice Hurlbert is 34 SD. He is James Alfred Putman a son of Allison Putman and Frances ‘Fannie’ Beecham. He was born November 10, 1891 in Highland, Jewell County Kansas. He was home there in 1900 and 1910. He was in Cheyenne River, Converse County Wyoming in 1920 and then single here in 1930. They were married here in 1935. Dutch family from New York State early on.
CHRISTIAN A. PUTNAM Vermillion Township, Clay County
He is 50 SD, his wife Elsie Mae Brown is 45 SD and they have
Edmond 25 SD, Laverne 21 SD, Chris L. 9 SD, Sandra M. 1 SD and a grandson
Douglas J. 1 SD. He was born Christian A. Mockler on July 17, 1889 to Theresa
Kraus and an unknown Mockler man. Theresa then married Edmond Julius Putnam who
adopted him and he was raised as a Putnam. Edmond and Theresa were divorced in
1910 and Edmond did the raising. Chris married Elsie Mae Brown October 7, 1925.
She had been married before and he got two stepchildren Edmond and Laverne. His
stepdad Edmond was a son of Henry Putnam and his second wife Elizabeth
Beaudette. He was with the family in Lyon County Iowa in 1880. Now it gets more
interesting. Henry was born with the name Patenaude in Quebec, Canada, and was
listed as Henry Putnode in Westford, Chittenden County Vermont in 1850. Rose
his wife to be was living two houses away at that time. Probably because there
were several Putnams in Westford, he changed or had anglicized his name to
Putnam sometime in the 1850s while in Vermont. She died and he went back to Quebec
and married Elizabeth Beaudette in 1865. Then, they came out to Iowa in the
1870s. So Edmond wasn’t a Putnam and Chris was
anything but a Putnam. So not related at all to any of the Putnam lines.
MABEL PUTNAM Dexter Township, Codington County
She is 63 IA and now widowed. Belle 37 SD and Raymond 23 SD are still at home. Mabel Helen Arnold married Warner George Putnam right here in 1896. They were here through 1930. He just died here January 4, 1940. Warner was a son of George Washington Putnam and Jeanette Allen from Windham County Vermont. Mabel is here in 1950 and Ray is married here in 1950.
ALLEN PUTNAM Florence Township, Codington County
He is 32 SD, his wife Eleanor Viola Knudson is 28 SD and they have Arnold A. 2 SD and Richard W. 7/12 SD. He owns a gas station. He is a son of Warner Putnam and Mabel Arnold and was born here in Codington County September 7, 1907 and will die in Florence, Coddington County December 27, 1984. He has been at home with them up till now. His dad Warner was born in Vermont, a son of George Washington Putnam and Jeanette Allen from Windham County Vermont. His mom is still in Dexter. He and the family are in Dexter, Coddington County in 1950.
ERNEST A. (ALLEN)
PUTNAM Watertown City, Codington County
He is 71 VT and widowed. He is a son of George Washington Putnam and Jeanette Allen from Windham County Vermont. He has been here since the 1890s and his wife Minnie Martinson has died since 1930 when they were in Dexter, Codington County. He was born in Halifax, Vermont October 21, 1968 and will die here in Watertown January 26, 1953.
GORDON L. (LAWRENCE) PUTNAM Custer City, Custer County
He is 35 WI, his wife Frances Hazel Avery is 30 ND and they now have Laura F. 12 MN, Leon M. 9 SD, Marlene R. 7 SD, Leroy A. 6 SD, Joann L. 3 SD and Imogene L. 4 SD. He works on road construction with the WPA. He is a son of Abraham Lincoln Putnam and his first wife Lillian Orpha Higginbotham. She died and his dad has married Evelyn Ward and they are back in Hughes County where they all were in 1930. Family from Vermont to Wisconsin and then here.
CLELL O. (OSCAR) PUTNAM Mitchell City, Davison County
He is
57 MO NY NY and still is a barber. Mollie Lillian Clampitt his wife is 49 MO
and they have William W. 21 ID and James W. 18 SD. There are also a bunch of
lodgers. He is a son of Willard Wallace Putnam and Dora Alice Cooper from
Mercer County Missouri. He was there in 1900 and they were in Spencer County
South Dakota in 1920. Clell was born in Mercer County Missouri June 24, 1882
and will die here in Mitchell, Davison County October 22, 1982. Mollie was born
in Harrison, Mercer County April 20, 1889 and will die in Grand Forks North
Dakota in May 1969. They were married May 17, 1914 in Davis City, Decatur
County Iowa. Dutch family from New York. Still Here in 1950.
IDA PUTMAN Mitchell City, Davison County
She is 63 MI and single. She has been here since the late 1870s when her folks came out here, and she never married. She is a daughter of Joseph W. Putnam and Mary Jane Norton and was born in Cass County Michigan in April 1876. Her folks were out here through the 1920 and went south to Iowa and Ida hung around up here. Her brother Fred stayed as well and is here now in 1940. Family came out of New England before getting to Cass County Michigan.
JAMES F. (FREDERICK) PUTNAM Mitchell City, Davison County
He has 2 listings next door to each other. He is 54 SD and 55 SD says married but no wife is listed. Winifred Hathaway isn’t around like she was in 1930. He will have a son, James Bruce Putnam, in 1946 and in his obituary in 2012 he says his folks were James and Kathryn Putnam. So, not sure who James’ wife now is. He works for the WPA. He is a son of Joseph W. Putnam and Mary Jane Norton and was born in Hanson South Dakota December 26, 1885. His folks were out here from the 1880 through the 1920 census and then went south to Iowa and he and his sister Ida hung around up here. Family came out of New England before getting to Cass County Michigan. Joseph was a son of Orlean Putnam and Amelia Vanderhoof. He was born in Cass County Michigan. Family came from Massachusetts to Vermont to Michigan to here.
SELMA PUTMAN Mitchell City, Davison County
She is 31 SD married and has Ivan Putman 9 SD and Delores Putman 8 SD. Her mother Rosie Titze 70 GER and brother Herman E. Titze 41 SD are here with her. Okay. She married King George Putman April 29, 1930 and they split up before 1935. She will divorce him and marry another guy whose name is listed ‘private’ in the next couple of years. Then King George is a son of George Nelson Putman and Julia King from Pennington County South Dakota where he was born August 29, 1903. He previously married Mildred Hildebrandt in Pennington County November 7, 1927. They divorced and he married Selma Martha Tietz April 29, 1930 in Minnehaha County. Dutch family out of New York State originally.
HARRIET PUTNAM Unorganized Territory, Dewey County
She is 40 SD single and lodging. She is a clerk for the U.S. Indian Services. She is a daughter of Warner Putnam and Mabel Arnold and was at home with them in Codington County through the 1935 census.
GEORGE PUTNAM Grandview, Douglas County
He is George Coyle Putnam 37 IA and his wife Delphine Schmidt is 33 SD. He is a son of the following James and Annie Putnam and owns half of their farm along with his brother Leslie who owns the other half.
JAMES PUTNAM Grandview, Douglas County
He is 62 IA and his wife Annie Coyle is 63 WI. They live with their son James Leslie Junior. They are listed separately as is their son George. James is a son of George Cornelius Putnam and Adelia Medbury. In 1880, he was in Linn County Iowa, and in 1900 in Plymouth County Iowa. They have been here since the early 1900s. Dutch family out of Livingston County New York.
LESLIE PUTNAM Grandview, Douglas County
Leslie James Putnam is 34 IA and his wife Erna Allenburg is 22 SD. Also his folks James Leslie and Anna Coyle Putnam are here, but I’ll list them separately. His brother George lives next door as well. They have split the family farm and the both now own a part or probably half each. He married Erna Allenburg here June 6, 1939. They are here with 5 kids in 1950. They are here forever.
GEORGE G. (GARFIELD) PUTNAM Argentine, Fall River County
He is 58 IA IA IA and a farmer. Minnie May Doran his wife is 47 SD. They were married here in 1914 and have Donald Harry 25 SD, Helen Louise 23 SD and Lloyd Dean 11 SD. He is a son of Albert Calvin Putnam and Electa Brown. He was born in Guthrie County Iowa. They were all in Custer County in 1900. George was married here in Fall River County in 1925, but I don’t find them in 1910 or 1920. They are here still in 1950. George was born September 19, 1881 and will die here September 15, 1954. Minnie was born October 24, 1892 in Custer and will die here in Edgemont May 14, 1992. She was a daughter of James Doran and Annie G. Scott. The son Harry Donald was born March 31, 1915 and will die here in Fall River County December 18, 1989. Helen Louise was born November 20, 1916 and will marry Darwin Toleman and will die in Wheat Ridge, Colorado September 21, 2002. Lloyd Dean was born here January 26, 1929. He will marry Beverly Jean Eisser in 1954 after serving in the US Army in Germany. He will die in Burdock, Fall River County June 23, 2010.
HARRY S. (SOLON) PUTNAM Canning, Hughes County
He is
48 SD MA NOR and is a farmer. Iona Howard his wife is 40 SD, Julia 18 SD, Merle
17 SD, Erwin 11 SD. They were married in Hand County October 20, 1920. Harold
Solon Putnam is a son of Solon Henry Putnam and Julia Halverson. They were in
Hand County in 1900 and here since then. Solon was a son of Lovel Kimball
Putnam and Almira Smith from Peru, Clinton County New York. Lovell was a son of
Archelaus Putnam and Deborah Kimball from there and Vermont before that. Solon
and Julia were married August 21, 1886. They were in Hand County up through the
1920. Harry was born in Kingsbury, South Dakota February 12, 1892 and will die
in Burke, Gregory County South Dakota in August 1968.
FLOYD PUTMAN Pierrea, Hughes County
He is indexed as Floyd Cutman but is William Floyd Putman, a son of Franklin Ward Putman and Orpha Jane Cole from Hughes County and Brown County Illinois before that. Southern Putman family. He is 37 SD, his wife Gladys DuBois 39 IA and they have Yvonne 6 SD and Beth M. 2 5/12 SD. They were married in Hyde County November 11, 1922.
WILLIAM R. (RALPH) PUTMAN Pierre City, Hughes County
He is 46 IA and his wife Minnie Barley. 41 IL. They say they were here in 1935. He is a son of Jacob Putman Jr. and Elizabeth ‘Lizzie’ Vandanacker and was at home in Bellevue, Jackson County Iowa in 1900. He was in Bellevue married to Jessie McCard. Jessie died there November 13, 1922. He and Minnie were married in 1924. Things got tough I guess as he committed suicide in Pierre South Dakota June 12, 1944. Dutch family out of New York.
A. (ABRAHAM) O. (ORLEAN) PUTNAM Lead City, Lawrence County
He is 62 MI, his wife Georgia Prisby is 62 SD and they have Leroy 18 SD still at home. He is still working in the gold mine. He is a son of the Joseph O. Putnam and Mary Jane Norton from Cass County Michigan where he was born in 1877 and then out here in Davison County South Dakota in 1880. He was in Stanley County in 1910 and 1920 and here in Lead City in 1930 and on. The family will go out to California at some later time. Abram died there December 6, 1960, and Georgette June 13, 1967. New England family.
BERNARD PUTNAM Lead City, Lawrence County
He is 32 SD and his wife Alice is 22 WA. He is a driller in a gold mine. Bernard Orlean Putnam is a son of Abraham Putnam and Georgette Prisby and was born here in town March 25, 1908. He will move to Santa Clara, California and die there February 12, 1982.
ABRAHAM L. (LINCOLN) PUTNAM Township 5, Lawrence County
He is now 69 WI and has a new third wife Betty Ann 52 OK and
her son Billy G. Putnam 17 OK. In 1930 he was in Pierre, Hughes County married
to his second wife Evelyn Ward. They must have gotten divorced as he was here
with Betty in 1935. Right now he is an enumerator for
the current US Census. He
is a son of George Putnam and Martha Brewer of Richland County Minnesota. He
was home there in 1880. The family was in Dodge County Wisconsin in the 1900.
He was married to Lillian Higginbotham in 1900, and after she died he married Evelyn Ward in December 1918 back in Wisconsin,
and headed over here. They were in Dewey County in 1920. They were also listed
in Walworth County then. He married Betty between 1930 and 1935.
RUTH B. PUTNAM Langford, Marshall County
She is 50 SD and widowed. Well not really. Ruth Booker was married to Clyde Chester Putnam in Mitchell, Davison County in 1920 and then they got divorced in 1924 and he married Helen Wenzel in 1927. I don’t find her in 1930. Clyde died in 1949 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
ROY PUTNAM Redstone Township, Miner County
He is 53 SD IA NOR and a farmer. Mable Julia Hetland is 46
SD, and they have Delores L. 20 SD, a son Denver Leroy 19 SD and Maurice D. 13
SD. Roy Edward Putnam is a son of Edward Bigelow Putnam and Lena Rost. He was
born April 11, 1887 and will die in Davison County July 17, 1966. He married
Mable August 20, 1919. She was born September 5, 1894 and will die in Davison
County February 16, 1985. They have been in Sanborn County up till 1920 and
here in 1925, 1930 and 1935. The son Denver was born January 5, 1921 and will
die in Palmdale, Los Angeles County April 28, 2009. The son Maurice Duaine was born in Carthage, Miner County December 11, 1926 and will
die in Sioux Falls, Minnehaha County March 17, 1982. He will marry Esther D.
Wells in Minnesota September 18, 1954. She is a daughter of Charles Wells and
Claribel White and was born in Sanborn County South Dakota August 16, 1933 and
will die in Parkston, Hutchinson County June 19, 2006. The daughter Deloris was
born July 26, 1919 and will die in California November 23, 1985. She married a
Jones man. New England Folks.
JOE PUTNAM Dell Rapids, Minnehaha County
Joseph Junior is now 39 IA, his wife Ruth Magness 32 SD and they have Mary 5 SD and Joe the 3rd 3 SD. He is a son of Joseph Putnam and Nellie Weir from here. This is the Patenaude family from Canada hat changed their name to Putnam back in Vermont ages ago. Young Joseph was born October 9, 1900 and will marry Ruth T. Magness here February 2, 1931. He will die here March 26, 1986. Ruth was born October 9, 1917 and married Joe when she was only 13 years old.
RUFUS PUTNAM Dell Rapids, Minnehaha County
He is 41 IA, his wife Regina Susan
Kennedy is 38 MN and they have James 5 MN and Rosemary 6/12 SD. He is a manager
of a grocery store. Rufus Sylvester Putnam is a son of Joseph Aloysious Putnam
and Ellen Agnes ‘Nellie’ Weir from Lyon County Iowa. Joseph was a son of Henry
Putnam and Elizabeth Beaudette from Canada. Rufus was born April 28, 1899 in
Sioux County Iowa and will die of a heart attack at work on July 23, 1959 in
Rawlins, Carbon County Wyoming. He was with his folks here in Grant County
South Dakota in 1920 and I don’t find any of them in 1930. They were in
Minnehaha in 1935 and obviously in Minnesota before that.
IRVING E. (ELLSWORTH) PUTNAM Sioux Falls, Minnehaha County
He is 50 IA and his wife Icae Carr 50 IA too. They were in St. Paul, Minnesota in 1935. He is a son of Henry Harrison Putnam and Cornelia Ann Chamberlain and was born in Bedford, Taylor County Iowa October 14, 1878 and will die back there May 16, 1977. He married Icae in Conway, Taylor County Iowa September 26, 1906. Family is from Vermont.
CHARLOTTE PUTNAM Rapid City, Pennington County
She is 75 MN and widowed. She lives with her married daughter Margie Moore 39 SD. Charlotte Turner was married to Ernest Putnam in Sanborn County in 1900 and Meade County South Dakota in 1910 and 1920. Ernest was a son of George Putnam and Martha Blackstone (Massachusetts folks) from Benton County Iowa. She is with her daughter in Lawrence County in 1930.
IDA R. PUTNAM Rapid City, Pennington County
She is 73 NY and widowed. She lives with he married daughter Bernice Parrott 47 SD and husband Joseph O. Parrott 53 MO and their kids. Ida Mae Blanchard was married to Fred Putnam and they were in Turner County in 1900 and 1910. She was widowed in 1920 in Clay County and in Walworth County in 1925 and 1930 and here in 1935. Fred was a son of Bela Frank Putnam and Frances Robbins from Turner County and Michigan and Oneida County New York before that. Family was originally from Sutton, Massachusetts.
RALPH PUTNAM Rapid City, Pennington County
He is 31 SD, and his wife Helen Olivia Simpkins is 33 SD and they have Wayne 2 SD and Kay just born SD. His widowed dad George Putnam 70 IA is with them. He is just a laborer. He was born right here September 27, 1908 and he will die in Quinn, Pennington County in April 1972. He married Olivia August 19, 1935 right here. He is a son of George Nelson Putnam and Julia King from Iowa. His dad George was born August 29, 1903 and will die here December 19, 1958. George is a son of George Cornelius Putnam and Adelia Medbury from Plymouth County Iowa. He and his folks were all there in 1900. They were in Hanson County by 1920 and back here in Pennington County by 1930. They are all here in Quinn Township, Pennington County in 1950. Dutch family from New York.
B. G. (BENJAMIN GEORGE) PUTNAM Afton, Sanborn County
He is another son of Edward and Lena from here and lives next door to his widowed dad, or maybe on the same farm. He is 54 SD, his wife Pearl E. Robbins is 53 IA and they have Voneta M. 18 and a grandson Leon D. Jones 2 ND. Leon must belong to his daughter Wolenda who is now married somewhere.
E. B. (EDWARD BIGELOW) PUTNAM Afton, Sanborn County
He is 83 IA and now widowed as his wife Lena Rost died here July 23, 1934. He is living with his married daughter Martha C. Swenson 47 SD and her husband Nels Swenson 53 DENMARK. He has been out here since the 1890s. He is a son of George Gideon Putnam and Martha Ann Blackstone from Linn County Iowa and New Hampshire before that. Massachusetts folks originally. Ed will die out here in 1949.
LESTER M. (McKINLEY) PUTNAM Afton, Sanborn County
He is 44 SD, his wife Anna Dorothea Anderson is 46 SD and they now have Lorna M. 13 SD, Leila M. 11 SD, Betty 9 SD and Dorothy 8 SD. He is a son of Edward and Lena from here. They were married here December 16, 1920. His farm is either a part of his dad’s or next to it. His brother Benjamin is also ‘next door.’
KIMBALL PUTNAM Township 3, Stanley County
He is 50 SD NY NOR and he has his own farm. Fannie C. Livermore his wife is 43 IL. They now have Harry Warren 17 SD (born October 27, 1923), Lola 13 SD, and Hazel 4 SD (born June 29, 1936). He is a son of Solon Putnam and Julia Halverson from Hand County. He was born in Bancroft South Dakota April 11, 1890. Fannie was born December 4, 1896 in Yates City, Illinois. They were here in 1920 too. Kimball will die in Pierre South Dakota October 11, 1947. Fannie will die in Pierre May 30, 1967. New England family that moved to Clinton County New York in the early 1800s. They were here in 1930.
PAUL PUTNAM Oneida City, Sully County
He is 22 IL and his wife Lois Jordon 21 SD. He was in Cornell, Clay County Iowa in 1935. He is Paul Milton Putnam a son of Charles Henry Putnam and Lulu Mabel Botts and was born in Chicago, Illinois October 29, 1917 and will die June 27, 2008 in Camarillo, Ventura County California. He married Lois Fern Jordan in Sioux Falls, South Dakota June 19, 1939. Lois was born here in Oneida September 1, 1918 and will die also in Camarillo October 5, 2005. The family came out of Vermont to Illinois.
FRANCIS PUTNAM Valley Township, Tripp County
He is 36 IA, his wife Bertha Mary Ann Determan is 29 SD and they now have Margaret Ann 10 SD, Robert 8 SD, Joe 5 SD, Doris 4 SD and James 2 SD. Francis John Putnam is a son of Dennis T. Putnam and Mary Calahan. He was born in Lincoln, Sioux County Iowa November 23, 1903 and will die in Dallas, Gregory County South Dakota January 3, 1980. Bertha is a daughter of John Adam Determan and Mary Elizabeth Weis and was born in Paxton, Gregory County South Dakota May 22, 1910 and will die in Gregory, Gregory County South Dakota March 8, 2005. They were married St. John’s Catholic Church in Paxton on June 10, 1929. They are here in 1950.
HORACE PUTNAM Valley Township, Tripp County
He is 28 SD and has his widowed mother Mary Putnam 62 IA with him kinda as they were in 1930. Horace is the youngest son of Dennis Putnam and Mary Calahan from here. His dad died about 1915. His dad Dennis was a son of Horace Putnam and Mary Burke from Vermont before coming to Sioux County Iowa.
NELLIE PUTNAM Beresford City, Union County
Nellie is 65 MN and widowed now. Her son Edward is 28 IA.
Nellie Weir was married to Joseph Putnam in Minnehaha County through the 1930.
He died there October 16, 1933. Joseph Aloysius Putnam a son of Henry Patenaude
‘Putnam’ and Elizabeth Beaudette from Canada. Not a Putnam just took that name
when he came down to the Colonies. Nellie was born in Preston, Minnesota
December 24, 1873 and will later die December 2, 1954 back in Worthington,
Minnesota. This is not a real Putnam family at all.
LE ROY PUTNAM Jefferson Township, Union County
He is 31 IA and lives with his mother Mary 60 SD who has married Medose Foisey 66 SD. Mary Provost was married to Frederick Orson Putnam here in 1915 and 1920 and before that in Plymouth County Iowa. He was the son of Orson Freeman Putnam and Amelia Throop from Merrick County Nebraska. They were in Sioux, Plymouth County Iowa in 1900, and here in 1920 and she was widowed here in 1930.
FRANK E. PUTNAM Mobridge City, Walworth County
He is 73 IA single and living by himself. He pops up in Carroll County Illinois in 1900 with a wife Martha and then they are in Aberdeen, Brown County South Dakota in 1910. They split and she is remarried by 1920. This is the first time I have seen him since then. I think the Iowa birth is wrong and that he was born in Illinois as he stated in 1900. If so, he looks to be Frank Edgerton a son of Luther Edgerton Putnam and Sarah Jane Martin as shown in Champaign County Illinois in 1870 and 1880. Not positive though. That was a New England Family.
SOUTH DAKOTA 1950 CENSUS
BETTY J. PUTNAM Aberdeen, Brown County
She is 19 SD and single, and in the dormitory or barracks in Marshall Hall. She is likely at college. She was born December 18, 1930. She is a daughter of Lester McKinley Putnam and Anna Dorethea Anderson and was at home in 1940 In Afton, Sanborn County. Lester is a son of Edward Bigelow Putnam and Lena Roust from there. Family from Massachusetts to New Hampshire and then out west.
RICHARD F. (FRANKLIN) PUTMAN Geston City, Brown County
He is 35 NE and his wife June Marie Schumacher is 29 NE and they have Joyce Fern 7 TX. He is a son of Glen Greene Putman and Leonore Anderson from Morrill County Nebraska where he was born October 23, 1914 and he will die in Scotts Bluff, Nebraska August 27, 1994. Southern Putman family back to Green Marion Putman from Fulton County Illinois and a cousin of my Redding Putman in Fulton County.
He is now 74 MN, Reeda M. Hazard his wife is 72 WI. He is a jeweler and watch repairer. He is a son of Worthy Adelbert Putnam and Mary Ellen Welch from Winona County Minnesota. He was single in Rock County Minnesota in 1900, and married here since the 1910. His folks were here in South Dakota too in 1920. He ws born in Steele County Minnesota August 31, 1874 and will die in 1958 back in Minnesota. Reeda was born in March 1877 in Milton, Wisconsin and will die in Rock County Minnesota in 1960. Family out of Worcester, Massachusetts.
He is 81 VT widowed and living with his married daughter
Fern Rose 42 SD who is married to George Nisich. Ernest is a son of George
Washington and Jeanette Allen Putnam from Windham County Vermont. His father
and brothers were here in 1900. He was born October 31, 1868 and will die
January 26 1953 in Coddington County South Dakota where he was in 1910 on. He
was married to Minnie Mattinson. Minnie was born May 27, 1870 in Hansford, Nova
Scotia Canada, and died in Coddington County South Dakota September 23, 1934.
They were married October 19, 1892 in Leominster, Massachusetts, and came out
here in about 1905.
JAMES A. (ALFRED) PUTMAN Raymond Township, Clark County
He is 58 KS and now married. His wife Bernice Hurlbert is 44 SD and they have a son David L. 9 SD. He is James Alfred Putman a son of Allison Putman and Frances ‘Fannie’ Beecham. He was born November 10, 1891 in Highland, Jewell County Kansas. He was home there in 1900 and 1910. He was in Cheyenne River, Converse County Wyoming in 1920 and then single here in 1930 and 1940. They were married here in 1935. The son David L. was born here November 18, 1940. Dutch family from New York State early on.
CHRISTIAN A. (ADOLPH) PUTNAM Vermillion Township, Clay County
He is 61 SD, his wife Elsie Mae Brown is 58 SD and they have, Chris L. 19 SD and Sandra M. 11 SD. He was born Christian A. Mockler on July 17, 1889 to Theresa Kraus and an unknown Mockler man. Theresa then married Edmond Julius Putnam who adopted him and he was raised as a Putnam. Edmond and Theresa were divorced in 1910 and Edmond did the raising. Chris married Elsie Mae Brown October 7, 1925. She had been married before and he got two stepchildren Edmond and Laverne. His stepdad Edmond was a son of Henry Putnam and his second wife Elizabeth Beaudette. He was with the family in Lyon County Iowa in 1880. He will die in Sioux City Iowa in March 1974 Now it gets more interesting. Henry was born with the name Patenaude in Quebec, Canada, and was listed as Henry Putnode in Westford, Chittenden County Vermont in 1850. Rose his wife to be was living two houses away at that time. Probably because there were several Putnams in Westford, he changed or had anglicized his name to Putnam sometime in the 1850s while in Vermont. She died and he went back to Quebec and married Elizabeth Beaudette in 1865. Then, they came out to Iowa in the 1870s. Edmond wasn’t a Putnam and Chris was anything but a Putnam. So not related at all to any of the Putnam lines.
ALLEN L. (LEWIS)
PUTNAM Dexter Township, Codington County
He is 42 SD, and his wife Eleanor Viola Knudson is 37 SD and they have Arnold A. 12 SD and Richard W. 10 SD, and Carol 4 SD. He owned a gas station in 1940 but is now a farmer. He is a son of Warner George Putnam and Mabel Arnold and was born here in Codington County September 7, 1907 and will die in Florence, Coddington County December 27, 1984. He married Eleanor Here November 25, 1936. He has been at home with them up till now. His dad Warner was born in Vermont, a son of George Washington Putnam and Jeanette Allen from Windham County Vermont.
MABEL PUTNAM Dexter Township, Codington County
She is 73 IA and widowed as she was in 1940. Mabel Helen Arnold married Warner George Putnam right here in 1896. They were here through 1930. Warner was a son of George Washington Putnam and Jeanette Allen from Windham County Vermont. She will die here in 1962.
RAYMOND W. (WARNER)
PUTNAM Dexter Township, Codington County
He is a farmer 33 SD, his wife Mary Jane Sutter 28 and they have Larry D 3 SD, James W. 1 SD and Doris Ann born in February 1950. Ray is a son of Warner George Putnam and Mabel Helen Warner. He was born here in Codington County December 27, 1916 and will die February 22, 1993. He married Mary Jane here October 23, 1943.
CLELL O. (OSCAR) PUTNAM Mitchell, Davison County
He is 57 MO and his wife Mollie Lillian Clampitt is 61 MO. Sill a barber in his own shop as he has been for ages. He is a son of Willard Wallace Putnam and Dora Alice Cooper from Mercer County Missouri. He was there in 1900 and they were in Spencer County South Dakota in 1920. Clell was born in Mercer County Missouri June 24, 1882 and will die here in Mitchell, Davison County October 22, 1982. Mollie was born in Harrison, Mercer County April 20, 1889 and will die in Grand Forks North Dakota in May 1969. They were married May 17, 1914 in Davis City, Decatur County Iowa. Dutch family from New York.
FRED E. PUTMANN Mitchell City, Davison County
He is 49 NE and his wife Anna B. is 43 IA. Can’t figure him anywhere.
LIELA M. PUTNAM Mitchell, Davison County
She is listed as Eilen M. Putman 21 SD single and a student at the Nurses Home in Saint Joseph Hospital. She sure looks like the daughter of Lester McKinley Putnam and Anna Dorthea Anderson who was at home in Sanborn County in 1940 listed as Leila M. 11 SD and then in 1930 as Liela M. 1 6/12 SD.
IVAN A. (ALLEN) PUTNAM Mitchell, Davison County
He is 19 SD and married to Viola Bentz 19, and they have a new born son Duane Allen Putnam. Ivan is a son of King George Putman and Selma Marth Tietz and was born here February 24, 1930. His folks divorced and he was here with his mother Selma in 1940. He married Viola in Rock Minnesota August 20, 1949. Dutch family out of New York State.
SELMA PUTMAN Mitchell City, Davison County
Selma Kittleson was married to Carl Monroe Putnam here up till 1940 and then got divorced. She will be in Huron, South Dakota in the 1956 directory. She is now 42 SD and a house keeper. Carl is a Southern Putman.
LESLIE PUTNAM Chester Twp, Douglas County
He is a farmer 44 IA, His wife Erna M. Altenburg is 32 SD and they now have James 9 SD, Paul Gerald 7 SD, Patricia Anne 5 SD, Donald F. 2 and Ruth M. born in September. He is Leslie James Putnam and was here in 1910 with his folks, James L. Putnam and Anna Lorettta Coyle, and still with then in 1940 in Grand View, Douglas County. He was born in Plymouth County Iowa September 27, 1906 and will die here September 12, 2001. He married Erna Allenburg here June 6, 1939. Erna was born in South Dakota January 20, 1918 and will die in Armour, Douglas County October 20, 2003. His dad is a son of George Cornelius Putnam and Adelia Medbury. In 1880, they were in Linn County, Iowa, and Plymouth County, Iowa in 1900. They were here in 1840. Now, I have always had his dad as James Leslie and this guy as Junior. But…found a family page and it has daddy as James Lyurgus Putnam. Same grandfather George Putnam. Dutch folks.
GEORGE C. (COYLE) PUTNAM Grandview, Douglas County
He is George Coyle Putnam 48 IA and his wife Delphine Schmidt is 43 SD. They now have Gregory 9 SD, Mabel 8 SD and Laura Agnes 5 SD. He is a son of the following James and Annie Putnam and owns half of their farm along with his brother Leslie who owns the other half. He was born in Akron, Iowa November 29, 1902 and will die in Corsicia, Douglas County Christmas Day December 25, 1992. Delphine was born in Corsicia January 5, 1907 and will die the June 1, 1997. She is a daughter of George J. Schmidt and Agnes Grossman. They were married here in Douglas County June 26, 1934. Dutch Folks.
J. (JAMES) L. (LYCURGUS) PUTNAM Grandview, Douglas County
He is 72 IA and widowed. His wife Annie Loretta Coyle died here May 25, 1942. James is a son of George Cornelius Putnam and Adelia Medbury. In 1880, he was in Linn County Iowa, and in 1900 in Plymouth County Iowa. They have been here since the early 1900s. Dutch family out of Livingston County New York. Look at the above listing for his son. His son Leslie and other son George are here around him on the farm as they have been.
DONALD PUTNAM Argentine, Fall River County
He is Harry Donald Putnam a son of the following George and Minnie Putnam. He is 35 SD, his wife Lois 27 and they have Pamela K. 4 SD, Lee Ann 1 SD and Donna S. born in March 1950. He was born Custer , South Dakota March 31, 1915 and will die in Hot Springs, Fall River County December 18, 1889, all in South Dakota. He joined the Navy February 10, 1945 and since the war was coming to an end, he was discharged March 13, 1946.
GEORGE G. (GARFIELD) PUTNAM Argentine, Fall River County
He is
68 IA IA IA and a farmer. Minnie May Doran his wife is 59 SD. They were married
here in 1914 and have Lloyd Dean 21 SD. He is a son of Albert Calvin Putnam and
Electa Brown. He was born in Guthrie County Iowa. They were all in Custer
County in 1900. George was married here in Fall River County in 1925, but I
don’t find them in 1910 or 1920. They were here still in 1940. George was born
September 19, 1881 and will die here September 15, 1954. Minnie was born
October 24, 1892 in Custer and will die here in Edgemont May 14, 1992. She was
a daughter of James Doran and Annie G. Scott. The son Harry Donald was born
March 31, 1915 and will die here in Fall River County December 18, 1989. Helen
Louise was born November 20, 1916 and will marry Darwin Toleman and will die in
Wheat Ridge, Colorado September 21, 2002. Lloyd Dean was born here January 26,
1929. He will marry Beverly Jean Eisser in 1954 after serving in the US Army in
Germany. He will die in Burdock, Fall River County June 23, 2010.
HARRY S. (SOLON) PUTNAM Canning, Hughes County
He is
58 SD MA NOR and is a farmer. Iona Howard his wife is 50 SD and their son Erwin
E. 12 SD. Their son Merle is married and listed next..
Harry and Iona were married in Hand County October 20, 1920. Harold Solon
Putnam is a son of Solon Henry Putnam and Julia Halverson. They were in Hand
County in 1900 and here since then. Solon was a son of Lovel Kimball Putnam and
Almira Smith from Peru, Clinton County New York. Lovell was a son of Archelaus
Putnam and Deborah Kimball from there and Vermont before that. Solon and Julia
were married August 21, 1886. They were in Hand County up through the 1920.
Harry was born in Kingsbury, South Dakota February 12, 1892 and will die in
Burke, Gregory County South Dakota in August 1968.
MERLE H. (HARRY) PUTNAM Canning, Hughes County
He is
a farmer 27 SD and now married to Bernice Kolodziel 24 TX and they have Bernard
A. 1 SD. He is a son of the above Harry Putnam. He was born November 21, 1922
and will die here September 27, 1992.
W.
(WILLIAM) FLOYD PUTMAN Pierre, Hughes
County
He is
47 SD and his wife Gladys Effie DuBois is 49 IA. He is William Floyd
Putman, a son of Franklin Ward Putman and Orpha Jane Cole from Hughes County
and Brown County Illinois before that. Southern Putman family. He was here in
Peoria in 1920 and 1925. Then in Stanly County in 1930 and back in Peoria in
1940 but was indexed as Floyd Cutman. He was born here November 7, 1903 and
will die here July 8, 1984. He married Gladys in Hyde County November 11, 1922.
She was born in 1900 in Clay County Iowa and will also die right here on April
18, 1978.
NEAL
G. (GORDON) PUTNAM Lead, Lawrence County
He is 24 ND single and working in a gold mine. He is a son of Hugh Gordon Putnam and Lucille M. Jackson and was born September 2, 1925 in Linton, Emmons County North Dakota and at home in 1940 in Emmons County North Dakota. Hugh is a farmer and a son of Eber Daniel Putnam and Grace Helen Bales from there. Family came out west from Vermont. Neal will eventually die February 12, 1993 in Mesa, Arizona. In the death index says his wife was Marilyn.
SAMUEL B. (BOYD) PUTNAM Rapid City Air Force Base, Meade County
He is 21 no birth state listed. But … found him on Ancestry and he was born March 4, 1929 in Shelby, Cleveland County North Carolina. He is a son of Jesse Malcom Putnam and Laura Etta McSwain from Shelby. Jesse is a son of William Alexander Putnam and Ida Turner Wall from here. He was born August 11, 1893 and will die here November 18, 1963. Laura is a daughter of John Leonard McSwain and Elizabeth Jane Brooks and was born September 15, 1899 and will die in Shelby March 14, 1972. Sam was born in Shelby March 4, 1929 and will die June 30, 2010. Southern Putnam/Putman line of course. The name was Putnam when Thomas Putnam come from England to Virginia in 1647. He died a month after arriving and his wife Dorothy couldn’t spell nor could the 1 year old son Thomas. So, the name got spelled like it sounded Putnam. After the Revolution the North Carolina Folks said they had to be related to the famous Generals Israel Putnam and Rufus Putnam from New England and so they used the Putnam spelling.
DELORES PUTNAM Clinton Township, Miner County
She is a telephone operator and is the ‘head’ of her family. Delores LaVay Putnam is a daughter of Roy Putnam and Mabel Julia Hetland and was at home in Redstone Township, Miner County in 1930 and 1940. She was born in Davison County October 18, 1931 and will die Mitchell, Davison County South Dakota May 10, 2022. She married Melvin Urban Goldammer May 29, 1948. Don’t know where he is now but he will be with her till he dies in 2007.
DENVER PUTNAM Redstone Township, Miner County
He is 29 SD his wife Frances is 19 SC and they have Judy 3 SD and Janet 1, SD. Denver Leroy Putman is a son of Roy Edward Putnam and Mabel Julia Hetland from here. He was born January 5, 1921 in Miner County and will die out in Palmdale, Los Angeles County California April 28, 2009. New England family going back to Gideon Putnam in New Hampshire.
ROY PUTNAM Redstone Township, Miner County
He is 63 SD IA NOR and a farmer. Mable Julia Hetland is 57
SD, and they have Maurice D. 23 SD. Roy Edward Putnam is a son of Edward
Bigelow Putnam and Lena Rost. He was born April 11, 1887 and will die in
Davison County July 17, 1966. He married Mable August 20, 1919. She was born
September 5, 1894 and will die in Davison County February 16, 1985. They have
been in Sanborn County up till 1920 and here since then. The son Maurice Duane
was born in Carthage, Miner County December 11, 1926
and will die in Sioux Falls, Minnehaha County March 17, 1982. He will marry
Esther D. Wells in Minnesota September 18, 1954. She is a daughter of Charles
Wells and Claribel White and was born in Sanborn County South Dakota August 16,
1933 and will die in Parkston, Hutchinson County June 19, 2006. New England
Folks.
DARWIN C. (CARY) PUTNAM Sioux Falls, Minnehaha County
He is
44 IA and his wife Geneva Jessie Winter is 26 IA and the son Jerry is 16 IA.
Jerry’s mom was Elise Marion Noack from Minnesota who was Darwin’s first wife.
Darwin married Elise here May 4, 1930, the split and he married Geneva August
9, 1949 in Union, South Dakota. He is a butcher at a meat facility here in
town. He is a son of Edson Putnam and Grace Webster from O’Brien County where
he was up through the 1930 census. He was born there December 2, 1905 and will
die in San Diego County California on September 10, 1965. New England family
out of Preston, Connecticut to Phoenix, Oswego County New York to here in the
1860s.
DELIAH PUTNAM Sioux Falls, Minnehaha County
She
is 22 SD single and boarding. She works in a general sales office. Can’t figure
her out at all.
RALPH A. PUTNAM Quinn Twp, Pennington County
He is 41 SD and a farmer. His wife Olivia Helen Simpkins 43 SD, and they have Wayne A. 12 SD, Kay Helen 10 SD, and Devonna J. 6 SD. He is just a laborer. He was born right here September 27, 1908 and he will die in Quinn, Pennington County in April 1972. He married Olivia August 19, 1935 right here. He is a son of George Nelson Putnam and Julia King from Iowa. His dad George was born August 29, 1903 and will die here December 19, 1958. George is a son of George Cornelius Putnam and Adelia Medbury from Plymouth County Iowa. He and his folks were all there in 1900. They were in Hanson County by 1920 and back here in Pennington County by 1930. They were all here in Pennington County in 1940. Dutch family from New York.
HARRY W. (WARREN) PUTNAM Rapid City, Pennington County
He is 27 SD and his wife Margarette 25 SD. He is a carpenter and she a bookkeeper. He was born October 27, 1922 and will die in Meade County South Dakota September 15, 2014. He is a son of Kimball Lovel Putnam and Fannie Livermore. Kim is is a son of Solon Putnam and Julia Halverson from Hand County. He was born in Bancroft South Dakota April 11, 1890. Fannie was born December 4, 1896 in Yates City, Illinois. New England family that moved to Clinton County New York in the early 1800s. They were here in 1930.
He is 32 SD, his wife Myrtle Fawcett 32 and they have Robert B. 8 SD and Wesley D. 6 SD. He is a son of Charles Clement Putnam and Inga May Hagen and was born in McCook County South Dakota April 26, 1917. The folks were here in 1930 and 1940 and they are in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho now in 1940. He married Myrtle here June 1, 1940. He is a basketball coach.
FRANCIS J. (JOHN) PUTNAM Lincoln, Tripp County
He is a farmer 46 IA, his wife Bertha Mary Ann Determan is 40 SD and they have Robert 18 SD, Joseph 15 SD, Doris 14 SD, James 12 SD and maybe an oops baby Patrick F. born here in March. Francis John Putnam is a son of Dennis T. Putnam and Mary Calahan. He was born in Lincoln, Sioux County Iowa November 23, 1903 and will die in Dallas, Gregory County South Dakota January 3, 1980. Bertha is a daughter of John Adam Determan and Mary Elizabeth Weis and was born in Paxton, Gregory County South Dakota May 22, 1910 and will die in Gregory, Gregory County South Dakota March 8, 2005. They were married St. John’s Catholic Church in Paxton on June 10, 1929. They are here in 1950.
FRED E. (ELVIN) PUTNAM Lincoln, Tripp County
He is a Lodger 23 CA says he is married but that gal ain’t
around. He did marry Betty Jo Robinson here November 26, 1948. I find him in
Gooding, Idaho in 1940 with his widowed mom Eunice. She and Fred were in Logan
County Arkansas in 1935. Found a family sheet that she was Eunice Lenore Rice
and had been married to William Elbert Putnam from Minnesota. He died out in
Spokane, Washington May 16, 1938. William was a son of Fred Elisha Putnam and
Eugenia Jane Palmer from Le Sueur, Minnesota. Fred’s folks were William Henry
Putnam and Lucy Ladd from Essex County New York. New Englanders.
HORACE PUTNAM Valley, Tripp County
He is 38 SD single and a farmer. His mother Mary 72 IA is with him. He is Horace Joseph Putnam, the youngest son of Dennis Putnam and Mary Callahan from here. His dad died about 1915. His dad Dennis was a son of Horace Putnam and Mary Burke from Vermont before coming to Sioux County Iowa. He will finally get bored and will at age 50 marry Evelyn Loraine Sanderson here January 2, 1962. He was born in Gregory County South Dakota June 26, 1911 and will die there June 11, 1995, 2 weeks short of his 84th birthday. Evelyn was born in Nebraska January 15, 1926 and will die here in Dallas, Gregory County South Dakota October 20, 1982.
LE ROY PUTNAM Jefferson Township, Union County
He is 41 IA and lives with his mother Mary 71 SD who has married Medose Foisey 66 SD. Mary Provost was married to Frederick Orson Putnam here in 1915 and 1920 and before that in Plymouth County Iowa. Leroy Oscar was the son of Orson Freeman Putnam and Amelia Throop from Merrick County Nebraska. They were in Sioux, Plymouth County Iowa in 1900, and here in 1920 and she was widowed here in 1930 and 1940. Le Roy is a bartender. He married Frances Irene Tifft here December 14, 1946. Guess they divorced. Leroy was born July 15, 1908 and will die August 27, 1978
NELLIE PUTNAM Beresford City, Union County
Nellie is 76 MN and widowed as she was in 1940. Nellie Weir was married to Joseph Putnam in Minnehaha County through the 1930. He died there October 16, 1933. Joseph Aloysius Putnam a son of Henry Patenaude ‘Putnam’ and Elizabeth Beaudette from Canada. Not a Putnam just took that name when he came down to the Colonies. Nellie was born in Preston, Minnesota December 24, 1873 and will later die December 2, 1954 back in Worthington, Minnesota. This is not a real Putnam family at all.