UTAH

Census Reports

1950

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WORK IN PROGRESS AS OF JUNE 9, 2022

UTAH 1950 CENSUS

H. L. (HENRY LEE) PUTMAN Helper, Carbon County

Henry is still here and is now 54 UT (machinist for the steam railroad). His wife, Bessie Noakes is 53 UT and they have David 18 UT. They were living in Spring Glen, Utah in 1935 and here in 1940. He was born 10 May 1895 in Ogden, Utah and will die on 6 Jan 1980 in Salt Lake City. He married Bessie in Helper on 14 Jan 1922. Bessie was born on 1 Dec 1896 in Springville, Utah and will die on 22 Feb 1971 in SLC. Henry is a son of William Lee Putman and his second wife Annie Gange. William was a son of Jonathan J. Putman and Elizabeth Coulson born in Linn County, Missouri. Southern Putman family.

DALE PUTMAN Bountiful, Davis County

He 21 UT and married to Betty June Best 19 UT. Dale E. is a son of Joseph Owen Putnam and Bretta Lee and was born in Bountiful November 9, 1928 and will die here December 15, 2008. He and Betty were married here April 22, 1949. His dad Joe is the son of Edward Artimus Putman and Mary Ann Moss and was born here. Line goes back to Simeon Walton from Maine who came out here as a Mormon. The name has been spelled Putman since Simeon came out in the 1870s though. New England folks.

THELMA PUTMAN Bountiful, Davis County

She is Thelma Alice Bull who was married to Edward Artimus Putman Jr. She is 44 UT and has Bonnie 19 UT and Jim 14 UT. Thelma was born January 28, 1906 and will die in Woods Cross, Utah on March 2, 1993. She says she is widowed, but is divorced as Artie is out in California.

JACK L. (LEE) PUTNAM West Point, Davis County

He is 24 UT and his wife Geneve Holbrook is 22 UT and they have Jacquelyn 5 UT and Melinda 1 UT. He is a son of Joseph Owen Putnam and Breta N. Lee from nearby Bountiful. He was born there April 3, 1926 and will die in South Jordan, Salt Lake County September 29, 2020. He married Geneve Holbrook in Pocatello, Idaho July 19, 1943. She was born here in West Point June 6, 1927 and will die in Nashville, Tennessee March 31, 2003. She is buried back here in Bountiful.

EZRA PUTNAM  Woodruff, Rich County

Savannah Ezra Putnam is 68 UT (farmer) and is still here. Betsy Jane Longhurst his wife is 63 UT. He’ll stay here all his life till he is 98 in 1980. He bought up all the lands of his family and more and had a huge cattle ranch. Ezra was born February 9, 1882 and will die here May 30, 1980. Betsey Jane was born April 23, 1887 and will die here April 3, 1975

KEITH PUTNAM  Woodruff, Rich County

He is 30 UT, Erma Nichols, his wife, 30 UT and they have Myrna Jane 9 UT and Keith Lavar 8 UT. Also here is Erma’s brother George Nichols, Jr. 15 UT. Keith Longhurst Putnam is a son of Savannah Ezra Putnam and Betsy Jane Longhurst. He was born April 17,1920 and married Erma Nichols on 31 Dec 1936. She was born September 17, 1919. He was 16 and she was 17 years old. I guess there wasn’t much else to do in the middle of nowhere but get married. Keith died on 27 Jul 2010 in Woodruff. His obituary reads He loved ranching and had a great work ethic. He served as a county commissioner; he also served on the school board. He was a skilled carpenter. He also loved fishing and hunting. He served in the Army, where he was awarded several medals, including the Purple Heart, American Theater ribbon, Asiatic Pacific Theater ribbon, Philippine Liberation ribbon, Bronze Star, and a World War II Victory Medal. New England family. The son Keith Lavar Putnam was born February 16, 1942 and will marry Elva Hatch in Randolph, Rich County June 2, 1961.The daughter Myrna was born May 31, 1940 and will die here in Woodruff March 28, 2006. She will marry David Elwood Holman in Salt Lake City April 19, 1963.

JOSEPH PUTNAM  Woodruff, Rich County

He is 67 UT (farmer) and his wife Emily Gertrude Read is 67 UT. He lived in the same house in 1935 and 1940. He married Emily Gertrude Read in Salt Lake City November 27, 1912. He is a son of Savannah Western Clarke Putnam and Anne Marie Josephine Hemmert. Joseph was born February 4, 1883 and will die in Evanston, Unita County Wyoming October 26, 1964. Emily was born in Salt Lake City May 1, 1882 and will die in Evanston, Unita County Wyoming May 28, 1955.

RAYMOND PUTMAN Bingham Canyon, Salt Lake County

He is 26 CO single and rooming. He is a miner in a silver lead mine in the area. He is in a hotel or something with 20 odd roomers most of which working in copper and all sorts of other mines. Raymond Edward Putman is a son of James Edward Putman and Luella Pearl Clay and was born in Brown Dodd, Elbert County Colorado. His folks are in Park County Colorado now. He was born March 16, 1924 in Matheson, Elbert County Colorado and will die May 15, 1983 in Grand Junction, Mesa County Colorado. He will marry Geree Gwendolyn Dossey in Nevada July 6, 1957. She was born in Texas May 25, 1912 and will die January 23, 2009 in Garland County Utah. She was married to Glen McGinnis earlier and will later marry Paul Clay Pierce in 1885 after Ray dies in 1983. His dad James Edward Putman was a son of John S. Putman and Clarissa Duey from Pike County Ohio. He was born in 1868 and will die here in 1954. He was there in 1880. He was married to Myrtle Hicks in 1900 in Cowley County Kansas. He was here in 1910 and widowed then. In 1920, he was living with the Clay family and just married Luella here in 1920. Luella was born April 23, 1888 and will die in Salida, Colorado in January 1969. The son Leroy was born in 1922 and will die in Park County in 1953. German family.

ORA K. (KATHERINE) PUTNAN Lehi, Utah County

She is 51 UT (widowed) and living with her widowed mother Catherine Holmstead. She was here in 1930 and 1935 as well. She has a daughter Beryl Aleda 14 UT and a son Glen Eldon 12 UT. Ora Katherine Holmstead is the widow of Savannah Clarke Putnam’s son Anton Wilson Putnam. They were married June 4, 1924 and he died in 1928. Ora was here with some kids by herself in 1940. She ran the chicken farm for a while and is now teaching in a public school. She was born February 22, 1899 in Lehi and will die on August 26 1976 in Salt Lake City. New England family.

DAVID C. (CLARKE) PUTNAM  Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County

He is 24 UT and his wife Adele Mangum 24 ID. He is a proof reader at a printing company. David Clarke was born January 14, 1926 and will die January 29, 1998 here in Salt Lake City. He married Adele March 7, 1949 He is a son of Clarke William Putnam and Emily Pearl Love from here. His dad was a son of Savannah Clarke Putnam and Anna Marie Nielson from here. Adele is a daughter of Milton and Ulina Mangum and is from Logan, Cache County Utah. She was born there September 25, 1925. She became an Army Cadet Nurse in September 1945.

EDGAR R. (RICHARD) PUTNAM  Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County

He is 55 UT, his wife Hazel Fitt 59 UT. He drives a delivery truck for a Church, probably Mormon, as he did in 1930 and 1940. Their daughter Alina 17 UT is with them as is Hazel’s divorced brother Jack W. Fitt 50 UT. Hazel will die in the mid 1950s and he’ll marry Rose Brown August 18, 1955 and get divorced in 1958. On December 4, 1960 he marries Naomi Ann Fugate and divorces in 1972. Edgar was born July 24, 1894 and will die here in Salt Lake City on 7 May 1979. As an item of interest, one family group sheet on Ancestry.com has Rose Brown as the Rose E. Putnam that is the niece of James Openshaw in 1900 UT, Salt Lake City. We have not been able to identify her parents. Edgar is from the New England family.

GEORGE R. (REX) PUTNAM  Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County

He is 62 ND (superintendent of Utah construction), Hannah J. Hanson his wife 62 MN, and they have Gordon Rex 19 WA. They lived in Seattle, WA in 1935 and were here in 1940. He is a son of Frederick Frazell Putnam and Lena C. Cochran as shown in 1900 in Fargo, Cass County North Dakota. He was also in Seattle in 1930. He was born April 14, 1887 in Fargo, North Dakota and will later die about 1981 in Wilmington Delaware. He and Hannah were married in St. Paul, Minnesota June 7, 1916. Hannah was born April 25, 1887 in St. Paul and will die January 22, 1984 in Boise, Idaho. The son Gordon Rex Putnam was born December 28, 1930 and will die in Salt Lake City August 28, 2002. He will marry Carole McClellan Sheets here July 26, 1961. Carole was born November 14, 1934 and will die here December 24, 2000. She was waiting by the fireplace that night waiting for Santa. But she was too close and he weighed over 300 pounds and fell down the chimney and squashed here out flat.

GLEN PUTNAM  Salt Lake, Salt Lake County

He is 21 UT single and boarding. He is a physics teacher at the Utah State University. He is a son of Anton Wilson Putnam and Ora Katherine Holmstead. Anton was a son of Savannah Clarke Putnam and he died here in 1928. Glen was with his widowed mom here in 1930 and 1940. She was also a teacher.

GRANT PUTNAM  Salt Lake, Salt Lake County

He is Grant Buttle Putnam 36 UT, and his wife Mary Louella Samuelson 30 UT. They were married here September 26 1941. Grant was born March 20, 1913 and will die here in Salt Lake City June 13, 1997. Mary Louella is a daughter of Arthur Clyde Samuelson and Vera Harker and was born in Salt Lake City March 6, 1919 and will die here December 31, 2012. They are actually living with his mother Olivette Putnam listed Shortly. New Englanders.

MAX PUTNAM  Salt Lake, Salt Lake County

He is Max Leland 30 UT, his wife Louise Johannesen 28 and their daughter Sandra Lee 3 UT. Max was born July 29, 1919 and will die here July 14, 1999. He married Louise Johannesen on April 15, 1946. She is a daughter of Theodore B. Johannesen and Anna Meyer. She was born in Salt Lake City January 30, 1921 and will die in nearby Holliday, Utah August 9, 2001. Their daughter Sandra Lee will marry Trevor James Gillings here August 6, 1871. They will have a son Leland Kent who will marry Shauna Lee Benson here January 13, 1977. She was born May 23, 1956 and died May 4, 2005. Leland was still alive at the time. They are actually living with his mother Olivette Putnam listed Shortly. New England family.

MYRTLE PUTMAN  Salt Lake, Salt Lake County

She is 63 NY NY NY (widowed), daughter Mildred Gage 44 UT (divorced). She is Myrtle Clark Taylor, daughter of Adolphine Conradine Hansen and Herbert Taylor. She was later adopted by Adolphine’s newer husband, Wallis Leander Clark. Myrtle is living at home with Adolphine and Wallis in 1900, which shows Wallis married her mother in 1888. Myrtle was here in SLC with Cady Putman in 1930. Cady is on the New York Dutch line. He was born on 15 Jan 1875 in Charleston, Montgomery County New York and just died in New York City on 11 Feb 1940 and was buried in Payson City Cemetery, Payson, Utah. She was born in 18 Jun 1886 in Payson and died on 31 Aug 1974 and is also buried with Cady. She was previously married to Charles Baumann on 20 Jul 1904 and Charles B. Levett on 27 Dec 1910.

OLIVETTE PUTNAM  Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County

She is Olivette Buttle the widow of Savannahs Clarke Putnam’s son Peter Cornia Putnam from Rich County. She is 63 UT. Peter died in Rich County March 17, 1923. She was born March 26, 1887, and will be here till she dies in November 1967. Also here are her married daughter Ardella Pannell 32 UT and her husband Byron Thaddeus Pannell 35 UT, and their daughter Linda 2 UT. They were married in Boise, Idaho August 25, 1943. Also here are her sons Grant and Max, but I am giving them separate listings.

RALPH A. (ARNOLD) PUTNAM Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County

Ralph Arnold Putnam is 49 UT and an advertising salesman. His wife is Florence Jessie Newman 42 UT and they have Robert Lynn 19 UT, Steven 18 UT, Francis Gerald 16 UT, Paul Arnold 12 UT, Jane 9 UT, Gloria 5 UT and Donna 2 UT. They were here in 1930. He is a son of Savannah Western Clarke Putnam and his second wife Anne Marie Josephine Nielson. He’ll been in sales for years and will later be a deputy on the Salt Lake Police Force doing undercover work on the side. Florence was born August 4, 1907 and will die March 31, 1965 and he will then marry Reva Olsen Anderson in September 1965. Ralph was born April 18, 1900 and will die here in Salt Lake City in March 1977. Reva was born June 7, 1903 and will die in Orem, Utah on April 21, 2002 at age 98. He will marry Donna Linford here August 20, 1954. He is a Mormon and they can have more than one wife at a time. New England family.

RALPH PUTNAM  Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County

He is 21 UT and his wife Delila Renae Jones is 21 ID. They were just married here March 24, 1850. Ralph Dee Putnam is a son of the above listed Ralph Arnold Putnam and Florence Jessie Newman and was born here July 9, 1928 and will die in Washington County Utah March 29, 1998. His dad is a son of Savannah Clarke Putnam and his second wife Anne Marie Nielson. Renae is a daughter of Thomas Henry and Delila Jones from Bingham, Idaho. She was born in September 1932. They are living in Los Angeles, California in 1954.

WILLIAM H. (HARVEY) PUTNAM  Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County

He is 27 Utah and now divorced. He is a son of Edgar Richard Putnam and Hazel Fitt and was born here in Salt Lake City December 30, 1922 and he will die in Pasadena, Los Angeles County California June 25, 2005. He will marry Marlene Marie Martinson in Sat Lake City January 11, 1958. He will later get married to Barbara J. Boggs in Los Angeles June 16, 1978. He will be 55 years old then.

RUBY F. (FERN) PUTMAN Park City, Summit County

She is 39 UT and divorced. She has Don Rollo 17 UT, Wayne Rex 14 UT and his twin Elaine R. 14 UT and then Boyd Leroy 12 UT. Ruby Fern Ryan was married to Rollo Lincoln Putman as his second wife. They were in Utah County in 1930 and then right here in 1940. Rollo is a son of William Lee Putman and Lula Shaw. He was home in Salt Lake City in 1910 and 1920 and right here in 1930. And as far as I know he was born right here in Utah. He married Ruby December 20, 1929 but was married four years earlier to Lucille Hannah ‘Lucy’ Hopper on August 4, 1926 and they divorced in 1928. Ruby was born May 26, 1910 and will die December 22, 1984 in Salt Lake City. She will later marry John Melville Dingle. Rollo is in California now in 1950. He was in the Military in World War II. He divorced and married Blanche Doll in California.

NORD S. (SEAWIGHT) PUTNAM  Tooele, Tooele County

He is 27 WY and his wife Phyllis Ruth Slater is 22  UT. They were married in Tooele, Utah August 15, 1944. Also here is their son Dennis Lee 2 UT He will later marry Gaylia Genevieve Sessions on May 6, 1960. Nord was a son of Euvern Frank Putnam and Ruth Alice Seawright and was born August 27, 1923 in Auburn, Lincoln County Wyoming and will die there May 12, 1997. Euver was a son of Frank Nathaniel Israel Punam and Lucy Hildt from Lincoln County Wyoming. That Frank was born in Utah and his folks Seth Harris and Arthalinda Putnam back in Maine. Frank was a Mormon and was a friend of Butch Cassidy. Found an interesting story about Frank: “Nate was a friend of Butch Cassidy: In the winter of 1894 Butch Cassidy stayed in Auburn and FRANK NATHANIEL ISRAEL PUTNAM got to know him quite well, and spent a lot of time visiting with the outlaw. They witnessed the Cassidy legend first hand.  A widow living nearby couldn't pay her mortgage so Butch gave her the money for the payment.  But as soon as she got the receipt, Butch, who waited an hour or so, robbed the banker and got his money back.   Nate's dad, Seth Putnam, was barely making a living selling honey, cutting wood, selling eggs and running a few cattle at the sawmill on stump creek, the mill kept the family going through the long winter and he hired Butch who was just out of prison, and Elzy Lay to help him out.  Both also helped local ranchers with their cattle.  While he didn't have room to house the outlaws they stayed at a place just down the road.  By late summer they were working cattle and doing odd jobs.  They spent most of that summer driving cattle to the summer range Butch was trying to make an honest living after a year in prison when the lure of easy money was too much to take.  When the work ran out and a Star Valley friend ended up in jail and needed money for lawyers they decided to knock off the bank down in Montpelier.  Nate, then 22, agreed to sell them some horses and supplies.  At the time the boys didn't know that Butch and the boys were planning to go back to 'work' and their wild ways.  Nate was known far and wide for his fast horses, and that didn’t go unnoticed by Butch.  In 1894 Nate was with Butch and witnessed his arrest and beating and it left a deep impression on him.  His dad knew about the plan but wouldn’t take part, he had a healthy disrespect for the law after his arrest for polygamy in Utah just a few years before, he turned a deaf ear to the whole scheme.  The day before Nate and Charlie rode most of the way to Montpelier and camped out a few days on the trail.  Some say it was them that left a string of Nate's fastest ponies some 10 miles east of Montpelier, a claim that Nate and family has denied.  But it was that summer night on August 13 when the Wild Bunch gang rode back into Wyoming to swap out their horses.  All that's known today is that Nate had some spending money and all of the Wild Bunch debts back in Star Valley were paid in full.  The gang made a clean get away to the east, some say Robbers Roost others say further east.  Nate nor the Putnam's talked much about the bank robbery out of respect for Butch and fear of the law.  Nate lived out his life in the Star Valley area, gaining a reputation as a world class hunter and horseman.  He was the salt of the earth and hard as nails.  During the last years of his life and was impressed with his wisdom and kindness.  He owned and operated a neighborhood store in Auburn, Wyoming, for many years.” Very interesting.

HOWARD & JACK PUTNAM  Provo, Utah County

Howard is 28 UT and his brother Jack 24 UT. They are lodging with Ethel Lundahl 61 UT and widowed. They are single and both unemployed. They are sons of John Melvin Putnam and Rosa Belle Hogan and have been in Woodruff, Rich County up till now. Howard  Hogan Putnam was born July 12, 1923. The other son is Melrose ‘Jack’ Hogan Putnam born June 3, 1927.

SCOTTY J. (JOHN) PUTMAN Vernal, Uintah County

He is 30 OK and is an oil well fluids engineer. His wife Patricia Jane Sheras is 22 TX and they have Cynthia Ward 1 OK. He is a son of Otis Lincoln Putman and Verna Park. Otis is a son of David Alexander Putman and Fannie Childers. His dad is from Georgia. Otis was born February 26, 1892 and will die in Ardmore April 3, 1954. Vertie was born in Haynesville, Park County Kansas November 16, 1895 and will die in Ardmore June 22, 1990. Now Scotty was born April 14, 1919 in Ardmore, Carter County Oklahoma and he was at home there in 1920, 1930 and 1940. He will die November 25, 1981 in Port Huron, St. Clair County Michigan. He married Patricia Sheras in Harris County Texas December 13, 1947.

EDWIN G. (GUSTAV) PUTNAM  Ogden, Weber County

He is 52 UT. His wife is Stella Hunter 48 UT and they have Edwin Hunter 10 UT. Stella is a nurse.  He is now a sheet metal worker at an arsenal. He is a son of Andrew Jackson Putnam and Carolina ‘Lina’ Peterson. They were here in 1930 and 1940. He was born in Woodruff on April 30, 1897 and will die here on March 22, 1976. He married Stella here on 17 Oct 1928. She was born on 18 Mar 1902 and will die here on 12 Feb 1983. Edwin was born here on May 27, 1939 and will die here on December 1, 1954. New England family.

GLEN A. (ADOLPH) PUTNAM Ogden, Weber County

He is 48 WY and an express foreman for the railroad. His wife is Ruby Alice Neilson 49 UT and they have Dale Nielson 19 UT. He is a son of Andrew Jackson Putnam and Carolina ‘Lena’ Peterson like most everyone here in Ogden. He was born 26 Apr 1901 in Lyman, Uinta County, Wyoming and will die here in 13 Jan 1993. Glen married Ruby in Brigham Utah December 20, 1922. New England family.

GLEN ROBERT PUTNAM  Ogden, Weber County

He is 26 UT, his wife Dorothy Pike 25 UT and they have Glen Junior 3 UT. He is a car salesman at Wood Motors. He is a son of Glen Adolph Putnam and Ruth Alice Nielson and was here with them in 1930 and 1940. His dad is a son of Andrew Jackson Putnam and Carolina ‘Lena’ Peterson and was here in 1930. He was born 26 Apr 1901 in Lyman, Uinta County, Wyoming and will die here in 13 Jan 1993. Glen married Ruby in Brigham Utah December 20, 1922. Glen Robert was born here March 5, 1924 and will die in Salt Lake City April 29, 2007. Dorothy will die there too October 30, 2008. Glen joined the Army in 1942 and married Dorothy in Phoenix, Arizona on November 7, 1943. He was a career Army pilot from 1942 to 1984 and retired as a Lt. Colonel. New England family.

GUY H. (HORATIO) PUTNAM Ogden, Weber County

He is 51 WY and a furniture finisher. His wife is Vivian Donaldson 47 UT. They have Carol Gay 13 UT, and mother-in-law Sarah Donaldson 87 Scotland. They were here in 1930 and 1940. He is a son of Andrew Jackson Putnam and Lena Peterson. He is Horatio Gates Putnam and was born 28 Jun 1898 Lyman, Uinta County, Wyoming and will die here in 17 Aug 1973. Vivian is a daughter of Walter Donaldson and Sarah Miller. She was born December 21, 1901 and will die July 23, 1994. New England family.

LENA PUTNAM  Ogden, Weber County

Caroline Peterson Putnam is still around and is now 74 SWED and still widowed and has her daughter Ester Wilma 50 UT with her. Lena was married to Andrew Jackson Putnam. He was a son of Horatio Gates Putnam from Rumford Maine. They were in Unita, Wyoming in 1900 and here in Utah prior to that. Lena was widowed here in 1920, as Andy died here in 1919. Esther was born March 11, 1900 and will die here unmarried in December 1978. Most every Putnam here in Ogden are her kids.