CALIFORNIA
CENSUS REPORTS
1930
UPDATED DECEMBER 5, 2008
CALIFORNIA 1930
CENSUS
Remember the Woody Guthrie song about the Dust Bowl Refugees heading to California in the 1930s? “California’s a Garden of Eden, a Paradise to live in or see, but believe it or not, you won’t find it so hot, if you ain’t got the Do Re Me.’ We’ll you are going to find a huge influx of our folks from Texas and Oklahoma heading out here hoping to survive the Great Depression. Well, here goes.
He is 21 CA IL IN single and boarding. He manages a service station. He is a son of Frederick Singleton Putnam (Sr.) and Mary Elizabeth Whitcomb from Los Angeles. His dad is a son of Simon Putman and Hulda Singleton from Mount Sterling, Brown County, Illinois. He will soon be marrying Gretchen Elvira Johanson. He’ll be here in California till he dies January 25, 1973. Southern Putman family from Kentucky and Virginia before that.
He is 40 WA US US (should be WA NY NY) and his wife Grace 34 CA, and they have Patricia 12 CA, Guy L. Jr. 10 CA and Jacqueline 6 CA. Her widowed mother Elizabeth Mayert 62 CA is with them. He is a real estate agent. He is a son of John Henry Putman and Elizabeth Shuey. The family was here in Alameda County in 1860 and 1870, and then in Columbia County, Washington in 1880 and 1900. That’s where Guy was born. They were here in 1920. Dutch folks originally from Montgomery County New York.
He is 30 IN MD IN and teaches at the University of California here in Berkley. His wife Ernestine Leahy is 27 IN. He is a son of Hezekiah Hanson Putman and his second wife Martha Ann Wilkerson, and was born in Miami County Indiana. His dad was a son of Samuel Putman and Ann Elizabeth Summers from Frederick County. This is a German family out of Maryland. John will die out here October 1, 1973. Ernestine was born February 19, 1903 and will die here October 24, 1990. Both were returned to Indiana and are buried in the Mount Hope Cemetery in Peru, Miami County Indiana.
He is 43 IN NY DE. His wife Mae Cole is 43 NY and they have Joseph C. 9 NY. He is a mechanical engineer in the oil industry. He is a son of Joseph Edward Putnam and Mary Franklin from Rochester New York. New England family.
Menna Kinkead is 62 CA and widowed. She lives with her married daughter Ila 35 CA and husband Ernest Maltry 37 GERMANY. Menna is the widow of William Porter Putnam from Tulare County. He was a son of Royal Porter Putnam. New England family from Pennsyvania and New Hampshire before that. They were there in 1900 and I don’t see them in 1910 or 1920. They had to be here in 1920 as he died here in Berkley July 22, 1921. Menna will be around till she dies August 14, 1948.
He is 52 IL IL IL and his wife Ella Rebecca Newell is 42 MO. He owns a store. He is a son of John Elkins Putman and Emma Erhardt and was born in Cass County Illinois. He was home there in 1880. He and Emma were married in Joplin Missouri September 17, 1910 and were there in 1920. Dutch family originally from New York State.
He is 54 CA NOVA SCOTIA NOVA SCOTIA and is a teacher at the University of California. His second wife Madeline M. is 48 MA and they have Madeline S. 26 MA (from her first marriage) and Thomas M. Jr. 8 CA. He is a son of Thomas Crowe Putnam from Nova Scotia. He was born in Sonoma County, California May 22, 1875. He was here in 1910, but then was married to Margaret Murray, and in 1920 married to Madeline. The line goes back to Massachusetts. New England lineage.
He is 26 CA CA CA and is an automobile serviceman. His wife of two years Charlotte Mary Chatfield is 25 CO. He is a son of John Wesley Putnam and Mable Black and was born in Sonoma County and was there with his widowed mother in 1920. His dad was a son of Thomas Crowe Putnam from Nova Scotia. His uncle Thomas is here in town teaching at the University.
He is 34 WI DENMARK WI. His wife Ella is 20 WI and they have Clarence C. 8 WI. He didn’t use the Putnam or similar spelling in Wisconsin. Dad was from Denmark, and no Putnams were there.
She is now the widow of John Rufus Putnam from here. She is 40 CA and still has John’s widowed mother Helen Putnam 75 OH with her. John was a son of Rufus Putnam and Helen O’Hara from Ross County Ohio.
He is 28 CA NY CA and his wife Marilyn is 27 CA. He is an insurance agent and they have been married 6 years. He is a son of Kingman Putman and Mary Pratt from Alameda. New England family from Herkimer County New York and Guilford Vermont before that.
He is 47 CA NY NY single and boarding. He is a salesman in a hardware store.
He is 35 KS IL KS. His wife Rose Agnes Stewlow is 38 MN. They have been married 10 years and have Roger H. 5 CA. Best guess is that he is Clarence Randolph Putman, son of James Edward Putman and Myrtle Hicks. He was in Crowley County Kansas in 1900 and then Elbert County Colorado by 1910. That was a German family out of Maryland.
She is 35 CA and divorced. She has a daughter Isabel H. 9 MI KS CA. Can’t find anyone in Michigan in 1920 that would fit. Her maiden name is Hoover according to the California death records.
He is 33 CA US PA (actually is CA ME PA). His wife Hazel Dickinson is 30 CA and they have Harry H. 7 CA. He is a son of Albert and Carrie Putnam. Albert was a son of Lemuel and Azuba Putnam of Jefferson, Lincoln County, Maine. They were in Nevada County in 1900 and Carrie was widowed in San Jose in 1910 and here in Oakland in 1920 She is still here and listed shortly. Harry is a clerk at a bank.
He is now 60 CA MA MA and his wife Sadie Wrigglesworth is 55 MI and they have John H. 20 CA. He is a carpenter for the railroad. He is a son of Albert Sumner (3439) and Susan Leach from Lowell Massachusetts and then out here in the 1840s. Harry and Sadie were here in 1910 and 1920. New England line.
He is 50 OR OR OR (Think it’s CA OR OR as his folks bounced back and forth across the line). His wife Edna O. Hildebrand is 40 OR. Her widowed mother Rhoda Hildebrand is 75 MO. Jessie owns a printing shop. They were here in 1910 and in Humbolt County in 1920. He is a son of Charles Frederick Jr. and Elizabeth Hutchinson from Lane County Oregon. He and his folks were back here in Redlands by 1900, and his widowed mom is there now. New England Family that went Massachusetts to Kentucky then to Oregon two generations back.
She is 70 CAN and widowed. She is listed as grandmother of Clyde Maupin 34 WI. She is Josephine Charters and was here with her brother in 1920. No idea as to husband though.
She is listed without age or any other info. She is Carrie Hodgkins, the widow of Albert Putnam. She was widowed here in 1920 at age 52 PA. Albert’s folks were Lemuel and Azuba Putnam of Jefferson, Lincoln County, Maine. New England line.
She is 78 OH and widowed. She lives with her divorced daughter Grace P. Walker 56 MO. If you look at the 1900 Missouri Census in Adair County. You’ll see that I think Nellie is the wife of Daniel Proctor Putnam and Grace who was listed separately was their daughter. This is only a guess. New Englanders if that is the case.
He is 28 WA MI WA single and boarding. He is a draftsman in an architect’s office. He is a son of Ray Victor Putman from Seattle Washington. Ray is a son of John Henry Putman and Elizabeth Shuey from Columbia County, Washington and New York Before that. Dutch family.
He is 49 MI MI MI and is a janitor in the public school. His wife Lena is 48 NY and they still have Mary 18 CA and Allison 13 CA at home. They were here in 1910 and 1920. No idea who his folks were.
He is 53 MN US US and a caretaker for a house. His wife (no name listed) is 42 CA. He was married to Elsie Mesca here in 1910 and probably here in 1920 but not indexed. He is also listed in San Jose now under the name Ray.
He is 63 GA GA GA. His wife Matilda F. Kloss is 60 CA and they still have Ora 37 CA and Monroe C. 35 CA. Matilda’s brother August Kloss 69 CA is with them. Her mother has been here for ages, but died in the past ten years. Charles is the president of the National Bank here in town. He is a son of William M. Putman and Mary Moran from Gordon County, Georgia. The family was here in the 1870s and he has been here ever since. Southern Putman Family.
He is 38 UT UT UT and a truck driver on a farm. His wife Alice Mary Eccles is 38 UT and they have Glenn E. (Eccles) 14 UT and Thelma 12 UT. They had a daughter Bernice who is now married back in Salt Lake City. He is a son of Savannah Clark Putnam and Clarissa Amelia Cornia from Woodruff Utah. Ernest was born there September 16, 1891 and will die here in 1976. He married Alice October 11, 1911 and they were in Salt Lake City in the 1920. They moved over here around 1922. This is a Mormon family that came out to Utah from Rumford Maine in 1871. They were from Massachusetts before that. New England line. Then in looking at the census page I noticed the family right above are her folks Andrew Eccles 71 UT and Alice 67 WALES. Guess they all headed out together.
He is 38 IA MI IA and is single and boarding. He is working on the Calaveras Dam hauling gravel. I can’t find him any earlier than this. He should be a son of Ernest Putnam from Iowa City Iowa as shown in 1910 and 1920. The age should read 24 IA MI IA, and I feel it is just an error in transcription.
Louis Festus Putman is 39 CA MO CA and his wife Martha Coleman is 35 CA. They have Anita 12, Carolyn 10, Louis Jr. 9 and Jean 4 all CA. He is a son of Herman Ross Putman and Mary Ann McConnell from here. He states he is a sheep rancher, but I think he will soon help run the grocery store his grandfather started. The store will eventually burn to the ground in 1940. Louis will be around here though till he dies January 26, 1967. Southern Putman family out of Virginia to Kentucky to Missouri to here in 1870.
She is 65 CA and widowed. She is Mary Ann McConnell the widow of Herman Ross Putman who died in 1925 and was a son of Francis Marion Putman. Her son Victor 38 CA IN CA. He is helping run his dad’s grocery store. He is still single, but will soon marry Mary Ann Desmond and be here till he dies July 18, 1970. Also here is a grandson William Littlejohn 8 CA. Herman’s daughter Mary Theresa married Elmer Littlejohn, but they are getting a divorce now. Southern Putman family.
He is 34 CA MO CA and his wife Mary Elizabeth O’Donnell is 32 CA and they have Lawrence 10 CA, John 7 CA, Betty E. 6 CA and Margaret 2 CA. He is a son of Herman Ross Putman and Mary Ann McConnell from here. His dad died here in 1925 and was running the grocery store that his father Francis Marion Putman started. Oswald lists his occupation as a merchant of a creamery. It is part of the same store that his brother Victor is now running. He will be here until he dies March 31, 1982, Mary will die in 1975. Anyway, the family was from Missouri and Indiana before that then Kentucky and back to Virginia. Southern Putman Family.
He is 68 PA NY US and his wife Ella Virginia Williamson is 67 CA. They have Alfred 35 CA and his wife Georgia Bleekman 20 CA are with them. Eva will die in 1940 and Perley will marry Sallie Scaff in 1941 and then die here himself in 1946.He is a son of Perley Porter Putnam and Martha Ellen Marvin from Tioga County Pennsylvania. New England Family out of Massachusetts then Pennsylvania and Texas.
He is 59 WI WI WI and his wife Clara J. Brown is WI VT VT. They are living with their now widowed daughter Isla Griffin 36 WI and her son Shirley 8 CA. They were all here in 1920 and in Douglas County Wisconsin before that. He is a son of John B. and Addie Putnam from Chippewa County Wisconsin. His grandfather was from Vermont and New Hampshire before that. New Englanders.
He is 33 WI WI WI and a salesman. His wife Alba is 27 CA. They have been married about 10 years and have Janice 9, Vernon 7 and Edwin4 all CA. He is a son of Charles Putnam and Gloria Brown from Superior, Douglas County Wisconsin. He was home there in 1900 and 1910 and they were all here in 1920.
He is 27 CA CA CA and a chemist with Standard Oil Company. His wife Alice is 28 CA and they have been married 2 years. He is a son of George Albert Putman and Grace Amee Brackett from Walnut Creek here in Contra Costa County. They are in Concord here now. His dad is a son of John Henry Putman and Elizabeth Shuey from Montgomery County New York. Dutch family.
He is 66 CA US US (should be CA NY IL) and his wife Grace Amee Brackett is 65 CA. George Abram Putman is a real estate agent and a son of John Henry Putman and Elizabeth Shuey from Montgomery County New York. Dutch family. He married Grace when the family was in Washington on January 16, 1886. He’ll be here till he dies in 1942.
He is 41 WA CA CA and a horticulturalist. His wife Frances Catherine Vessing is 44 CA and they have Anita Clair 17 CA and Robert Kemble 15 CA. He lives right next to his folks George and Grace. New York Dutch.
He is 34 CAN CAN CAN single and boarding. He is a switchman for the railroad.
He is 36 MN OH DEN single and working on a farm. He is a son of Winslow Gordon Putnam and Carrie Bentson from Renville County Minnesota. His dad died in the 1890s and his mom moved out to Washington. He was there as well in 1910 and 1920. New England family.
He is 45 WV WV WV and his wife Lucy Belle Ochsenbein is 42 OH. They have Ralph A. 20 OH, Samuel 19 WV, Rosco J. 16 OH, Esther A. 12 OH and Mabel 7 OH. He is a son of Jonathan and Frances Putnam from Gilmer County West Virginia and Fauquier County Virginia before that. Southern Putmans. They were in Belmont County Ohio in 1930.
She is 21 NE NE NE Single and a maid. She is the daughter of Isaac Franklin Putnam from Dixon County Nebraska, and was home there in 1920. Her dad was from Nebraska and his dad from Vermont. New Englanders.
He is 21 CA CA CA single and boarding. He is a truck driver. He is a son of Reginald and Grace Putnam from Kings County in 1910 and Contra Costa County in 1920.
He is 55 WI WI MI, and his wife Nellie Smith is 46 IA and their son Clifford is 20 OR. He owns his house, but is a farm worker. He is a son of John Putnam and was born in Sauk County Wisconsin. He was with the family in Canyon County Idaho in 1900 and then was with his dad and married to Nellie in 1910 in Malheur County Oregon. I don’t find him in 1920 though. Edgar was born in 1874 and will die in 1950. Nellie was born in 1883 and will die in 1963. Both are buried back in Payette, Idaho. New England family.
He is 49 IL IL AR and owns a far. His wife Katherine Isabel McKenzie is 44 SCOT. They have two daughters Marian E. 21 and Katherine I. 14 and a son Alfred B. 19 all born CA. He is a son of Robert Alexander Putman from Brown County, Illinois. They were all in Tulare County in 1910, and he was here in 1920. He was born November 15, 1881 and will die June 28, 1951.Southern Putman family from Kentucky to Illinois to here.
He is 50 MO MA MO and a farmer. His wife Agnes Pollock is 40 MO. They have Margaret 18 CA, Gertrude 16 CA and Jack 8 CA. They were in Tulare County in 1910 with his dad Jerome Putman. Jerome was a son of Dexter and Ruby Putnam from Putnam County Missouri and Sutton Massachusetts before that. Obviously New Englanders.
He is 70 WI NY NY single and ‘retired.’ Best guess is that he is a son of Lafayette and Melissa Putman from Sheboygan County Wisconsin as shown in 1870. He was here in 1910. If he is, then it’s a Dutch family out of Montgomery County New York.
He is 24 NJ US US (NJ NY NY) and his wife Agnes is 23 NY. He rents a farm. In 1910 and 1920 he is in Orleans County New York with his grandparents William and Ida Sitzer. No clues to his folks except they were from New York.
He is 29 IA IA IA and his wife Lena Hilda Lindgren is 27 WA SWED SWED. They have just been married a year. He is a son of Fred O. Putnam from Linn County Iowa in 1880 and 1900 and then Benewah County Idaho in 1920. New England family.
He is 11 CA CA NE and ‘boarding’ with a Schultz family from Germany. Adam Putnam and Mary Ann Johnston from here had a son named Mason. This may well be that Mason’s son. The NE may be NS, as Adam came from Nova Scotia.
He is 82 NS NS NS and his daughter Edna is 46 CA. He is a son of Timothy Putnam (1987) and Ruth Dunlap of Middle Stewiacke, Nova Scotia, Canada, and has been here since the 1860s. His wife Mary Johnston died here in 1921. Family was originally out of Massachusetts and then Vermont then Nova Scotia.
He is 59 MA MA MA and manages an auto camp. His wife Mabel is 54 MD. He is a son of Arthur Alwyn Putnam and Helen Staples from Uxbridge Massachusetts. He was home in 1880 and then was in Rockland County New York in 1900.
He is 55 MO IL MO. His wife Carrie English is 46 KS and they have Thomas 26 OK, Harold 17 TX, Ruth 14 TX, Everett 12 TX, Claudia 9 TX, Marie 6 TX and Cecil 4 CA. He rents a farm. He is a son of DeWitt Clinton Putman and was born in Vernon County Missouri and then with the family in the Cherokee Nation Oklahoma in 1900 and Wharton County Texas in 1910. I don’t find them in 1920, but they were still in Texas. The family goes back to Grundy County Illinois and Jefferson County New York and finally Montgomery County New York. Dutch family.
He lists himself as 54 KY US US single and boarding. He was single here in 1920 and was a carpenter then. But in 1920 he said he was born in Virginia which is correct. He is the son of James K. Putman and Alice Steed from Warren County, Virginia. Southern Putmans.
He is 28 IN US US and his wife Mary A. 23 CA. They have been married 4 years and have Coleen 1 CA. He is a salesman for a bakery. He is a son of Joseph Squire Putnam and Alice Stoops from Wabash County Indiana. New England family from New Hampshire.
He is 64 NV MA IL and is a mining engineer. His second wife Anna Marie Arnold is 52 MI. He is a son of William Putnam and Louise M. Williams, both from Illinois. He was with his folks in Carson City, Nevada in 1870. He has been here in California since 1900. He was with his first wife Nettie Anderson in San Jose in 1900. They got divorced and he moved up here to Los Angeles. New England Line.
He is 71 IL NY NY and retired. His wife Martha W. Smallwood is 66 MO. He is a son of Harrison Putnam from Lake County Illinois. He was married to Martha in Salt Lake City Utah from the 1890s through the 1920 census. They were married in 1885. He will die here December 24, 1942 and Martha on April 7, 1943.
He is 23 OK TX TN single and boarding. He works in a glass factory. He is a son of George and Mammie Putnam from Garfield County Oklahoma. His grandfather Aldridge was from Canada. A New England family originally from Massachusetts.
He is 51 KS ME ME. He is a dental surgeon. His wife Olga Anna Olson is 40 DENMARK. He was married to Alvina from Kansas in Orange County in 1920. Olga is new and has a daughter Esther Floyd 22 DEN and widowed with her. Mark has Norman E. 17 OK (who would be Olga’s too from the first marriage) and Mark N. Jr. 4 CA from this marriage. He is a son of Mahlon Champlain Putnam and Flora Sweet from Maine. He was born in Kansas right after his folks moved there. He was there in 1880 and in Wichita in 1900. New England Putnams.
He is listed 17 OK US US single and boarding. He is also listed above withhis folks Mark and Olga Putnam..
He is 77 NY NY GERM and his wife Ida Malvina Dana is 71 IL. They have been here since the 1890s. He is a son of Jacob and Mary Putman from Albany New York. He was home there in 1860. Dutch family.
He is 60 KS MA NH. His wife Martha Ellis is 60 WI and they have Robert B. 24 WI and his wife of one year Pearl M. 23 TX. He is a son of Robert Wiley and Julia Putnam and was born in Leavenworth, Kansas. They were married in Milwaukee County Wisconsin in 1900 and in Minneapolis Minnesota in 1920. His dad was a son of John Putnam and Sabrina Wiley from Lowell Massachusetts.
He is 44 NY PA NY. His wife Ada Sanders is 45 IA and they have Ruth H. 15 IA and Louis H. 11 WA. Also here is her widowed mother Ida Saunders 71 IA. They were in Seattle Washington in 1920. Never find them in Iowa though.
He is 31 ND IL IL single and boarding. He is a tire maker at a tire factory. I don’t find him in North Dakota in 1900.
He is 32 KS KS KS and is single and boarding. He is a chef in a café. He is a son of Charles James and Elizabeth Putman from Rice County Kansas in 1900 and then in Kingfisher Oklahoma by 1910. Charles was a son of James Daniel Putman and Diadema Smith from Fulton County Illinois. James was a brother of my great grandfather Reding Putman Jr. Southern Putman family.
He is 40 IL RUSSIA RUSSIA and his wife Sadie is 38 POLAND. I would doubt his name is really Putman.
She is 60 GER and has a son Leroy S. 31 ME GER GER, and his wife Grace 35 ME. Again no such guy in Maine. Just not a Putnam.
He is 48 OR OR PA and is a truck driver for an oil company. He is widowed as his wife Elizabeth Prout had died in 1921. Still at home are Mabel Elizabeth 20, Elsie Ruby 18, Charles Robert 16, Kenneth Luther 15, Arthur Eugene 13 and Raymond Francis 10. The kids were all born in Arizona. He is a son of Charles Frederick Putnam Junior and Elizabeth Hutchinson. He was at home in 1900 in Redlands, San Bernardino County, California. He was single in Arizona in 1900 and married Elizabeth Prout in 1902. They were in Pinal County Arizona in 1910 and 1920. His line goes back to Lexington Kentucky and then to Stow Massachusetts before that. New Englanders.
He is 58 IL NY VT and divorced. He has a Mexican stepson Jose Something 13 CA. He is a real estate salesman. He is a son of Parker Trull Putnam and Laura Austin from Peoria, Illinois. New England line. He was single in Los Angeles in 1900. He was married to Katherine and they were in Imperial County in 1910 and in San Joaquin County in 1920. Then I guess they got divorced and he married a Mexican girl and got divorced again or something. Katherine is here in town now with their daughter Helen.
She is 49 TX and divorced from the above Frederick. She has their daughter Helen A. 19 CA with her. She is a public school teacher.
He is 27 MA MA MA single and living at a huge dairy farm. He is a son of Maynard and Martha Putnam from Worcester Massachusetts.
She is Adelaide Griswold 69 MN NY ME and is living with her daughter Emeline Blackburn 45 MA. In 1920 they were in San Francisco and the daughter was named Louise, same age and everything. Don’t find them before 1920 though.
He is 41 KS MI IL. His wife Grady M. Stone is 38 TX, and they have Theresa E. 18 OK and Electa M. 10 OK. Also here is his widowed mother Frances Sedelia Putman 62 IL. He owns a cleaning and dye works. He is a son of Anson Wesley Putman and Frances Gilstrap. He was in Greer County Oklahoma with his folks in 1900 and there married in 1920. Anson was is a son of John Cornelius Putman and Mary Eliza Hammond, his grandparents were Cornelius Putman and Eliza Ann Johnson of Amsterdam, Montgomery County, New York. He was born in Laningsburg, Shiawassee County, Michigan. This is a Dutch family from Montgomery County, New York.
He is 26 SD IA IL single and boarding. He is a salesman for an ice company. Big job back then. We didn’t have a lot of refrigerators, and used iceboxes. I remember them well as a kid. Still call fridges iceboxes today. Made out of wood mostly big block of ice on top. Anyway, he is a son of Marion H. Putnam and Sadie Armstrong from Cass County Iowa (1900) and then Sanborn County South Dakota (1910) and Caddo County Oklahoma (1920). Marion’s dad was James Rufus Putnam from Knox County Indiana and then Massachusetts before that. Adelbert will marry Ethel Fay Hammer November 27, 1936.
He is 45 MI MI OH and is an artist for a magazine. His wife Hazel Van Dusen is 43 MI and they have Dorothy 19 CA, Marjorie 16 CA and Claude Jr. 9 CA. Her widowed mother Clara Van Dusen 63 OH is with them as she was in 1920. He is a son of George Duncan Putnam and Caroline Louise Waterbury from Pontiac, Michigan. They were here in 1910 and 1920.
He is 72 IA IL KY and owns a retail grocery store. His wife Ella Spencer is 72 IA. He is a son of Elijah Fulton Putman and Nancy Ellis Brennan from Soap Creek, Davis County Iowa. He was there through 1880, and then in Oklahoma by 1900 and there in Pawnee County in 1910, and then in Los Angeles in 1920. Southern Putman family out of Fulton County Illinois and South Carolina before that.
He is 57 MA MA MA and his wife Ella Eileen Kivion is 47 NJ and they have Robert W. 11 CA. He is a traveling salesman for a hardware company. They were in Chicago Illinois in 1920 and Boston in 1900. He is the son of William Mason Putnam (2904) and Sabra Dickinson from Northridge, Worcester County Massachusetts and then Boston.
He is 29 SD US US and is a pharmacist at a drug store. His wife Opal is 29 OR and they have Dale W. 2 CA and Eleanor 1/12 CA. He is a son of Louis and Clara Putnam. He was born in 1901 in Langford Village, Marshall County South Dakota. Then the family was in Spokane County Washington in 1910 and Whitman County in 1920. Louis was a son of Norman Putnam and Julia Stratton Michigan and then Iowa. Originally the family was from Danvers, Mass. and then Windsor Vermont then Genesee County New York and west.
He is 33 NE NE NE (should be NE NE IA) and his wife of three years Roberta Brown is 43 TN. He is a plumber. He is a son of Isaac Franklin and Mary Ann Putnam from Dixon County Nebraska. He was born there and at home through the 1920. Isaac’s dad Charles Putnam was from Vermont.
He is 21 OR IN IN single and boarding. He is an automobile mechanic in a garage. He is a son of Daniel and Ida Putman from Yamhill County Oregon.
He is 50 CA GA GA and is a real estate salesman. His wife Lillie is 58 PA (bad writing is 50 PA) and they have Alberta 9 CA. He is a son of William M. Putman and Mary Mason from Gordon County, Georgia and then back to South Carolina. Southern Putmans. He was born in Butte County and was there in 1900 with his brother Charles, and then was married in Santa Barbara County in 1920.
He is 63 MI MI MI and a carpenter and builder. His wife Rosetta Graham is 51 MI and they have Clayton G. 22, Edwin H. 21, Zadah H. 18, and Donald C. 17 all MI. Also here is their married Daughter Janette 25 and husband Elmer Thompson 25 again both born MI. He is a son of George Lewis Putnam and Mary Hazen, and was born in Novi, Oakland County Michigan and was still there in 1920. He will now be here until he dies October 22, 1962 at age 96. The line goes back through Michigan to New York to Connecticut (Cornelius Putnam) to Massachusetts.
He is 4 AZ AZ AZ and lives with his grandfather Victor Crabtree and his mother Maggie. Jay is a son of George Wesley Putnam and Maggie Jane Crabtree from Mohave County Arizona. Maggie says she is widowed, but Georg is somewhere and will die back in Arizona in 1945. This family is out of Fauquier County Virginia originally. Southern Putman Family although this branch was always spelled Putnam.
She is 26 NM and married for 2 years. She is living with her widowed mother Evelyn Stengle 59 IA.
She is 60 IL NY NY single and boarding. She is a public school teacher. I don’t find her in 1870 or 1880 in Illinois.
He is 42 IA MI IL and has a citrus farm. His wife Mabel Ann Miller is 42 IA and they still have Mabel La Verne 19 IA and Della Maureen 13 CA. They were in Los Angeles in 1920. He is the youngest son of Marshall Danforth Putnam and Elizabeth Jane Sneath who are in Los Angeles. Harry was born in Pottawattamie County, Iowa on November 15, 1887. His dad was from Cass County Michigan and the line goes back through New York to Vermont to Massachusetts. New England English line.
Nettie Holden is now 70 MA and widowed. Her son Allen O. 38 MA is with her. They were here in 1920. In 1900 she and Allen were with her folks in Northfield, Franklin County Massachusetts. No ideas on the husband though.
He is 46 OH OH OH and his wife Jennie M. is 49 OH. They have been married one year. He was married in Cleveland in 1910 and then single in the oil fields of Wichita County Texas in 1920. He is an oil field worker. He is a son of Pembroke Putnam and Mary C. Randolph from Cleveland Ohio. His widowed mom and a couple of his brothers are here in Long Beach now too. New England family.
She is 41 SD ME ME and married a year to Clyde Willard 40 IL. Interesting that she held her maiden name. She is a daughter of Elmer and Sybil Putnam who have been here since 1910 and were in Davison County South Dakota in 1900. Elmer or Ulmer was from Dover Maine.
He is 71 NH CT NH and his wife Rose Osborne is 61 CA and young Rose is 31 CA. He came out here in the late 1800s married Rose and then went back to Brattleboro Vermont where they were in 1900 through1920. He retired and came back out. He is a son of Edwin Lombard Putnam and Emeline A. Wright. He was born in Hinsdale, Sullivan County New Hampshire January 24, 1859 and will die in Pasadena, Los Angeles County California in February 1947.
He is 37 NE ME WI and is a pharmacist with a drug company. His wife Lucille Burkhardt is 27 WI and they have Barbara L. 5 CA. They have been married for 7 years. He was here with his widowed mother in 1920. He is a son of Frank Charles Putnam and Ida J. Abbott. He was born in Aurora Nebraska and was there in 1900. New Englanders.
She is 48 PA and has her daughter Gloria 20 OR PA PA with her. She is the widow now of Walter Francis Putnam, a son of Francis Emery Putnam from Pennsylvania. They were in Coos County Oregon in 1910 and I don’t find them in 1920.
He is 35 IN IL MO and his wife Edna May Erickson 35 MN. He is a newspaper reporter. He is a son of Willis and Addie Putman from Rochester, Fulton County Indiana. He was home there in 1900. Dutch family from New York State.
She is 63 IA and her son Earle H. (Harrison) is 41 IA OH IA. Both are widowed and were in Los Angeles in 1920. He works on an oil well drilling team. Nellie Hubbard was the wife of John Putnam and they were all in Black Hawk County Iowa in 1900. Earl was in prison in San Jose in 1910. He married Helen LeBouteillier in June 1920 in San Diego, but it seems she has died.
She is 80 NY NJ CT and widowed. He was here widowed back in 1910 and always by herself.
She is 76 OH and widowed. She has her son Tyler W. Putnam 37 OH OH OH with her. He is a pumper in the oil fields. Then after several other entries under her listing, is her son Douglas Putnam 33 OH OH OH and who is a machinist on a ship at sea. Mary Catherine Randolph was married to Pembroke Russell Putnam back in Cleveland Ohio. They were there in 1910 and she was widowed there in 1920. New England family out of Vermont.
She is 74 IA and widowed. She has a Richard White 1 3/12 CA PA CO listed as a son. She is Phebe Southard, the widow of Allen W. Putnam from Genesee County New York. They were in Hardin County Iowa and she was widowed there in 1920.
He is 46 MA NY MA and a caretaker at a dance hall. His wife Marguerite Blair is 43 KS and they have William 15 IL, Virginia 14 IL, John 11 KS and Katherine 9 KS. They were in Wichita Kansas in 1920.
He is 41 CO US IA and his wife Daisy C. is 45 IN. She was married before and has a son Robert Mandell 32 IN. It’s his second marriage too, but I don’t find him earlier. He might be the William L. Putnam 35 CO in Los Angeles by himself in 1920.
He is 53 CAN CAN CAN (actually CAN ME CAN) and not working. His wife Ethel Eliza Birkinshaw is 49 UT and they have Laura L. 19 UT, Doris L. 17 UT and Desmond R. a son 10 UT. Adelbert Carl Putnam is a son of Alfred Putnam and Josephine Toponee. He was with the family in Bountiful Utah in 1880 and in Salt Lake City after that. His dad was a son of Horatio Gates Putnam from Oxford County Maine. He went to Canada where he married and then came down here
He is 49 MO GA TN and is a cashier for an oil company. His wife Bertha Porter is 45 TX and they have Lucille H. 22, Nell C. 20, Eloise J. 17, Kathryn E. 15, Virginia N. 13 and James A. 11 all born in Texas. He is a son of James G. Putman and Margaret Thurman and was born in Greene County Missouri. The family was in Parker County Texas in 1910 and then he was in Garvin County Oklahoma in 1920. His widowed mother and brother Frank were here in Los Angeles in 1920. Southern family from Alabama back to Georgia to South Carolina.
He is 37 OK OH MI. His wife Irene Sanchez is 35 CA and her widowed mother Elosia Schantez is 69 CA. He is a salesman for a bakery, and she a saleslady at a dry goods store.
He is 72 MI NY NY and his wife Katherine in 60 MO. He is retired. He was with his folks, Henry Putnam and Sarah Sanderson in Wayne County Michigan. He was single in Sacramento in 1910 and married to Katherine in San Francisco in 1920. His dad was a son of Charles Putnam (986) and Sarah Shaw from New York and Connecticut before that. New England folks.
He is 73 IL NY NY and says he is married, but he is lodging by himself. He is an attorney. He is a son of Charles Sewell and Mary Putnam. He was born in Bureau County, Illinois when the family was briefly there. They returned to New York. Alfred was there in 1880. He has been around since the 1890s and was married Margaret Bogart up till now, and may still be. She will die in Sonoma County in July 1944 and he will die down here in December 1944, so they may be separated. They were here in 1900 and in Santa Barbara after that.
He is 59 NY NY MA. His wife Rose Eberhart is 51 PA and they have Ralph S. 25 CA and Marjorie 14 CA. Both he and his son are photographers like his dad was. He is a son of John R. and Ellen F. Putnam from here. The whole family was in New York City in 1880 where his dad started a photography studio. They then moved out here and were here from the 1890s on. Arion will be here until he dies March 11, 1949. Rose won’t die until 1960. His father John is a son of Thomas H. Putnam and his first wife Sophia Sherman and was born in Delaware County New York. This family is a part of the ‘Other’ New England family. The one out of Yorkshire County, England. His married sister Blanche and her husband John Gardiner live next door. They were all here in 1920 and his widowed mother Ellen was too.
He is 62 NH NY US. His wife Nellie Austin is 55 IN. He is a cabinet maker. They were here in 1920.
She is 56 KS and has Fay N. 36 UT. They live with her folks Owen and Artimishka Myers. She was widowed with Fay and living with her folks in Salt Lake City in 1900, 1910 and 1920. No idea on her husband except he was born in New York.
He is 44 TX TX TX and is a streetcar motorman. His wife Daisy is 46 MO and they have Betty 6 CA. He is a son of William Jacob Putman from Eastland County Texas. He was with his mom in Coleman County Texas in 1920 and married Daisy in 1922. Southern Putman family that goes back to Ezekiel Putman of South Carolina and then Georgia.
He is 52 NH NH NH and still single. He is a son of Prescott and Emily Putnam from Claremont, Sullivan County, New Hampshire. He was home there in 1900, and was single in Alhambra Los Angeles County in 1920.
He is 37 OH OH OH and a carpenter with a building contractor. His wife Merle is 35 MO and they have Harlan 14 CA and Janet 8 CA. They were here in 1920 too. He is a son of Oliver Kimball and Ida Putnam from Orange County. He was born back in Greene County Ohio.
He is 37 CA IL DC. His wife Rachelle L. Walters is 38 WV and they have Barbara L. 13, Mary E. 9 CA, Chas. C. Jr. 6 and Carolyn R. 5 all born CA. He is a construction engineer for an architectural firm. He is a son of Frederick Singleton Putman and Mary Elizabeth Whitcomb from Brown County Illinois. The family moved out here in the late 1880s and everyone will be here the rest of their lives. Southern Putman family out of Kentucky and Virginia before that.
He is 43 CA NY OH and widowed. He lives in a hotel and works there too. He is a son of Alfred E. Putnam and Margaret Bogart from Santa Barbara County. He was home there in 1900.
She is 50 IA and widowed.
He is 37 OK MI MI (should be OK MI IL) and his wife Wyona is 30 OK. Both work in a dry cleaning shop, which they probably own. They have been married 9 years. Chelsea was married earlier and the first two kids are by the earlier wife. They have Anson L. 18 OK, Troy L. 16 OK, Chelsea Junior 8 OK and George W. 1 CA. He is a son of Anson Wesley Putman and Frances Sedalia Gilstrapp from Green County Oklahoma. His dad was from Michigan and the line goes back to Montgomery County New York. Dutch family. The son Troy LaDieu Putman was born March 2, 1916 and died in Texas June 7,1963. He was a master sergeant in the Air Force in WWII. The son Anson Leroy Putnam was born February 25, 1912 in Greer, Oklahoma and will die in March 1979. He is buried in Kingman, Mohave County Arizona. His wife Mary Myrtle is buried next to him. She was born July 5, 1910 in Russell County Virginia and died in July 1983.
She is 58 IL OH IN single and living in the El Dorado Hotel. She is a chambermaid there. She is a daughter of Luther Edgerton Putnam and Sarah Jane Martin from Champaign County Illinois. Luther was a son of Charles Marsh Putnam from Licking Co, OH and from Salem, Massachusetts originally.
He is 39 CA US US and has been married 2 years to Montague 23 WA. This is his second wife. He is a policy writer for an insurance agency. Beats me. Can’t find him anywhere before. If the age is 34 he might be the Clarence in San Francisco in 1920.
He is 48 KS MI MO and is married to Myra Harbert 31 CA CA CA and they have Gloria 3 6/12 CA. He would be the son of William and Lou Putnam as shown in 1885 in Dodge City, Kansas. But can’t find his dad before that so don’t know the line yet. They were married here in 1923 based on the ages they say they were when the got married. He was in Harney County Oregon single in 1900. He married Carrie Luce there October 12, 1908. They were in Nye County Nevada in 1910 and he was ‘single’ there in 1920. Then he came here. He is a miner in ‘metal mines.’ He was a miner in Nevada as well.
He is 23 TX TX TX and is a clerk in an Oil Well Supply Company. His wife Ivy A. Reilly is 23 PA. They have been married 2 years and have Clarence R. Jr. 1 7/12 CA. Ivy’s widowed mother Anna J. Reilly 50 PA is with them so I know her full name. I can’t find him in Texas in 1910 or 1920.
He is 49 OH US US. His wife Mary Eugenia Maxwell is 45 TX. They have Claude C. (Charles) 20 CO, Eugene M. (Maxwell) 18 OK, Donald E. 15 CA, Dorothy 13 WA, Gerald W. 12 MY, Blaine W. 9 WA, Mildred L. 8 WA and Beatrice L. 5 CA. He has been with the railroad for the past 20 years and the kids were born all over the place. He now is a house painter. They were in Portland Oregon in 1910 and in King County Washington in 1920. No idea who his folks were.
He is 22 KS KS KS and his wife Frances is 22 WA. They were just married. He is a clerk in a grocery store. He is a son of Emmett O. and Flora Putnam from Barton County Kansas in 1910 and Reno County Kansas in 1920. The family goes back to New Hampshire.
She is 34 NM and a governess. She says she has been married 8 years, but no husband is around.
He is 21 KS KS KS single and boarding. He is an automobile mechanic. Age is a tad off, but he looks to be the son of Emmett and Flora Putnam from Hutchinson Kansas. He was with his mother there in 1920 at age 9.
He is 36 IL IL IL and his wife Anna R. is 36 IL. He is a decorating contractor. They were here in 1920. He is a son of Barnet Putman and Della Hunt from Perry County Illinois. The line goes back to Laban Putman from South Carolina. His brother Otis is near by in Torrance. Southern Putmans.
He is 26 NE US US and a laborer. His wife Mabel is 25 TX and they have a daughter Ruth Rundal 6 CA who must be from Mabel’s first marriage. He looks like the son of Frank Everret Putnam and Myrtle Palmer as shown in Sage County Nebraska in 1920. New England line.
He is 36 MA MA MA and his wife Verna R. is 32 TX. They have been married 7 years. He is an accountant at a concrete company. He is a son of David Abbott Putnam and Alice Thornton Merrill from Danvers Mass. The family was there in 1900 and out here in Riverside California by 1910. Folks are still there now.
She is now 55 IN and still widowed as she has been since her husband Arthur Burch Putnam died back in 1908. Her son Frank B. is 34 TX, Edith V. 31 TX, Henry C. 25 TX, her just married daughter Helen Marshall 25 TX and her widowed mother Mary Ann Bishop 74 IA are all with her as they have been for a while. Her dad was here in 1920, but has died since then. New York Dutch family.
He is 45 WI VT WI and is a carpenter. His wife Margaret Siverts is 33 ND and they have Edna C. 6 CA and Mary M. 2 CA. They have been married 8 years. Ed was single in Wenatchee, Chelan County Washington in 1920. He is a son of Wallace R. Putnam and his first wife. He was with his dad and stepmother in Towner County North Dakota in 1900.
She is 58 OH and widowed. She was here listed as Ellen widowed and with her mother Frances Hance in 1920.
She is 47 IN and widowed. She is a seamstress working out of the house she owns.
He is 28 PA WALES GERMANY and single. He is an inmate in the L. A. County Jail.
She is now 77 IN and still widowed. She is a Negro and has been here since the early 1900s.
He is 55 CAN CAN CAN and lodging. He is a carpenter. He says he has been married for 25 years, but no wife is around. He is a son of Lorenzo Putman and Mary Graybiel from Grimsby, Lincoln County Ontario. He was home there in the 1881 census. He was married to a Mary from Ireland and they were in Clackamas County Oregon in 1910 and Clark County Washington in 1920. Dutch family originally from New York State.
He is 36 IL MA MO. He is a bond broker divorced and boarding.
He is 57 CA NY MD single still and boarding. He does office clerical work. Strange, I find him in 1880 with his folks Dewitt Putman and Rebecca Townsend in Sonoma County and then not again till now.
He is 58 GA MA MA and he works for the U. S. Customs Service. His wife Lottie M. Crosby is 54 CA. He is a son of John Howard Putnam and Antoinette Parsons. He was born November 2, 1870 while the family was in Savannah, Georgia. Then they were back in Revere, Massachusetts in 1880, and then with the family in 1900 in Everett Massachusetts, and then out here from then on. They were here in 1920. Lottie was born June 23, 873 and will die in Santa Barbara July 17, 1948. He will be around till he dies March 13, 1949 also in Santa Barbara.
He is 23 KS SD IN and his wife of three years Avis is 18 OK and they have Vera 1 CA.
He is 43 IA IA IA and his wife Anna is 39 IL. They have John F. 11 ND and Walter H. 9 ND. He is a sidewalk cement worker. He is a son of Andrew and Anna Putnam from Rock County Minnesota in 1900. He was married and with his widowed mother in Richland County North Dakota in 1910 and 1920. Andrew was born in Germany.
He is 39 MN VT VT and his wife Lillian B. is 40 WI. They have been married about 8 years. He might be the son of Hiram Putnam and Winnie Williams from Traverse County Minnesota. New Englander at any rate.
FRED S. (SINGLETON) PUTNAM Los Angeles, Los Angeles County
He is now 70 IL OH IL. His wife Mary Elizabeth Whitcomb is 61 DC and their daughter Mary Elizabeth is 25 CA. He is a son of Simon Kenton Putman and Hulda Singleton from Mount Sterling, Brown County, Illinois. They were here since 1900. He will die here in Los Angeles February 19, 1942. He is retired, and Mary is a bookkeeper at a bank. Southern Putman family.
She is 40 IA and divorced. She has Marie Janice 15 IA, Janet Bernice 14 IA and a son Barrett 10 IA. Genevieve Spears was married to Bennett Putnam in Hardin County Iowa in 1920 and then the got divorced. He is still back there living with his brother Earl. Bennett is a son of Allen and Phebe Putnam from there. New England family.
He is 28 IN MA IN and his wife Mary E. is 22 FL and they have Sylvia 2 5/12 FL. They have been married 5 years. He is an aircraft pilot. I don’t find him in Indiana. Also guess he was in the Air Force or something in Florida where he learned to fly. He’s on the New England line at any rate.
He is 49 KS KS KS and a machinist in a lumber mill. His new wife of 5 years Augusta B. is 53 GERMANY. He was widowed here in 1920, and I don’t find him any earlier. His first wife’s last name was Giles for what that’s worth.
He is 35 NE NE IRE and a carpenter at a movie studio. His wife Florence Iva Dow is 32 CA and they have Virginia R. 9 CA. Obviously here, but I don’t find them in 1920. I first find him in 1900 in Omaha with his widowed mother Belle from Ireland, but no daddy.
He is 23 CA WI MO and his wife Bernice is 22 IL. He does service work in a radio shop. Ah the old vacuum tube models I grew up with. He is a son of Charles Edward Putnam and Winifred Blackman and was born here in LA.
He is 57 MA MA MA lodging and still single. Guess he never married. He is a carpenter at a motion picture studio. Builds sets and all that stuff. He is a son of John Howard Putnam and Antoinette Parsons. He was born in Revere Mass. November 15, 1872, and then was with the family in 1900 in Everett Mass, and then out here from the 1910 on. He will be around till he dies in Santa Barbara January 6, 1948. His brother Frank DeWitt Putnam is in town as well. New England folks.
She is 47 IN and widowed. She wasn’t around here in 1920.
She is 46 TX and widowed and has her single daughter Evelin 25 TX with her. They are listed as nieces of George and Mary Reynolds also from Texas. This entry is directly after the one for Henrietta Putnam. They may be connected, but I can’t figure it yet.
She is 20 MO IL IL single and boarding. She is a cake decorator in a bakery. She is Helen Hortense Putman a daughter of John Ezekiel Putman and Ada Love from Jackson County Missouri. She never will marry. Southern Putman family out of Georgia.
She is 20 CA and says she has been married 2 years, but again no husband is around. She is a stenographer with a collection agency.
She is 43 TX and widowed. Her daughter Eulaline M. is 25 TX. She is listed as Putnal, but is Henrietta Boggess Newley who was married to Leland Sanford Putnam here in 1920. He was also listed as working in the Panama Canal Zone, so not sure if he is really dead. New England line that went to Canada and then back into Arizona.
He is 46 IN NH OH and his wife Nellie May Barker is 41 FL. They have Betty 10 CA. They were here in 1920. Only a guess based on the folks birthplaces, but he might be a son of Martin and Annie Putnam from Brightwood, Marion County Indiana. His dad was from Charlestown New Hampshire. He is an automobile mechanic.
He is 84 OH OH OH and his wife Lientisha Dennis is 67 OH PA PA. Their daughter Marie 32 OK is now married to Marvin Moak 32 OK. They have been in Oklahoma City since the very late 1880s. He is a son of Daniel and Elizabeth Putnam from Pike Township, Clark County, Ohio. Southern Putmans, line goes back to Henry Putman of Kentucky and Culpeper Virginia before that.
He is 67 IL NY IN and his wife Mary E. is 51 MO. He does odd jobs. Looks like Henry Edson, son of Goyne Putnam and Lucinda Babcock from Winnebago County Illinois. The family moved to Oregon in the 1880s. In 1910 he was married to Nettie Discus and they were in Douglas County Washington. If this is him, Mary is wife number 3.
He is 54 NY NY NY and is a salesman in a furniture store. His wife Harriet is 51 KS. He is a son of John Russell Putnam and Genella Lord of Madison County, New York. They were all in Butler County Kansas in 1900.They were in Long Beach in 1910 and here in 1920.
He is 55 MO IL IL single and boarding. He is a son of Benjamin Putman and Mary Elizabeth Carter from Linn County Missouri. Family came there from Illinois and Kentucky before that. Southern Putman family.
He is 77 OH CT VA and says he is married, but his wife Louise Magdatrau isn’t around. He has his daughter Margaret 28 IA and they live with his married daughter Helen 34 IA and her husband of 15 years Frank Colclough 35 IA. They had been in Henry County Iowa up till now. Horace was County Sheriff there. He is a son of Philip Dodderage Putnam and Isabel Carothers from Fayette County, Ohio. His dad was from Connecticut before that. New England line.
He is 32 TX TN TN and his wife Fannie B. is 34 KY. This is second marriage for both. Horton is a Policeman and Fannie a real estate saleswoman. He is a son of John William Putman and Mattie Shofel. His dad was born in Moore County Tennessee and grew up in Alabama. They moved to Hardeman County Texas with his folks Harrison Putman and Matilda Prince. Horton was born there and then was in Kiowa County Oklahoma in 1910 and in Osage County Oklahoma in 1920. Southern Putman family descended from Wilson Putman from North Carolina.
She is 49 AL AL SC and says she is married since she was 24. She is renting and says she is a commercial traveler with a real estate company. She looks like the wife of Claude Putnam who was in Caddo County Oklahoma with her in 1910 and 1920. He is presently in Oklahoma City and says he is widowed. I think she just left him.
He is 45 OH OH OH single and boarding. He is in advertising with a newspaper. He would be the son of Archibald Putnam and Euphema McCord from Columbiana County Ohio. He was home there with his widowed mother in 1900.
He is 39 SCOT SCOT ENG and is a carpenter. He has been married 10 years to Bella Rotfort 32 RUSSIA.
She is 82 OH and widowed. Her daughter Olive is 58 IA IL OH and single. Eliza Jane Grant is the widow of Jasper Newton Putman who died in 1909 in Davis County Iowa. She was there through 1920. Jasper was a son of Elijah Putman and Elizabeth Duff from Davis County and Fulton County Illinois before that. Elijah was my Reding Putman’s brother and both were sons of Daniel Putman from South Carolina. Southern Family.
He is 47 KS IL TN and is an electrician at a picture studio (photography studio). His Wife Regina F. Evans is 45 KS and they have Frank E. 20 KS and Catherine H. 15 CA. Regina’s widowed mother Emma Evans 65 IL is with them. He was in Cowley County Kansas with his widowed mother Mary E. Putnam in 1900 and married to Regina in Kingman County Kansas in 1910 and then here in 1920. No clue to his dad except he was from Illinois.
He is now 82 IA MA WI and his wife Emma A. Woodruff is 72 OH. They were here in 1920. He is a son of James Rufus Putnam from Indiana and then Marion County Iowa where they were in 1880. In 1900 John was Jefferson County, Texas. They then moved here where he will die June 2, 1931.
He is 70 NH NH MA and widowed. He is a laborer in the public gardens. He looks to be John Olen Putnam son of John Putnam and Susan Almira Nash of Jaffrey New Hampshire. I don’t know where he has been since 1900.
He is 61 VT VT VT and an engineer with the railroad. His wife Celia Ploss is 57 AUSTRIA and they have Asa C. 14 CA. He is a son of Samuel Grow Putnam and Priscilla Corliss Pattee from Rutland, Vermont. His dad died there in 1888. He and Celia were in Schenectady County, New York in 1900, and were here in 1920.
He is 53 WI CT CT and his wife Mary Adele Ackerson is 48 NY. He is a wax worker in a company making bee supplies. John Junior is a son of John Day Sr. and Catherine Lovell and was born in River Falls Wisconsin where his dad was mayor. His dad was from Brooklyn Connecticut, a great grandson of General Israel. The family moved out here in the 1890s.
He is 78 NY MA NY. His wife Louise Roberts is 61 ENG. They were in Glendale in 1910. He is a son of Leonard Miller Putnam and Caroline Cahoo from Ludlow Massachusetts then New York City where John was born and later in Jersey City New Jersey. John and Louisa were in Queens New York in 1900 and here ever since. John will be here until he dies February 23, 1943, and Louise till she dies December 25, 1954. I am sure she was happy to make Christmas.
He is 38 KY KY KY and is a culinary chef. He is lodging alone but says he has been married for 9 years. He is in the Del Monte Hotel as he was in 1920.
He is 28 CA US US and is single. He works in a gasoline station. He is a son of James Randolph Putman and his first wife Mildred Parsons from San Diego County and then Orange County after his mother died. Southern Putmans descended from Madison DeKalb Putman from Texas.
She is 54 MO and is a housekeeper at the Chase Sanitarium. She says she is married but is living in the hospital and has been widowed since the early 1900s. She is Kate Coleman who was married to Frederick Putnam. They were in Jefferson County Missouri in 1900 and she was out here widowed in 1910 in Santa Barbara. Fred’s line goes back to Grafton Vermont and then Massachusetts.
He is 62 IN and widowed. She is a seamstress at a day nursery, and is boarding with Helena Knipe who runs the nursery.
She is 46 NE and says she is married but only has a nephew Richard Wright 24 NE with her.
She is 19 MS TN VA single and a patient at the Los Angeles General Hospital. She is a daughter of William Harrison Putman and Dina Clay. She was born while the family was in Lee County Mississippi. The family was from McNairy County Tennessee originally and then they were back in Chattanooga by 1920.
She is 56 CA and widowed.
She is 21 TX MO IA single and is a servant with a McNeil family. She is a daughter of Thomas Allen Putnam and Carrie English. She was born in Wharton County Txas. The family is now in Kern County California. Dutch family from New York State.
He is 70 MI MI MI and divorced. First name is hard to read. He is a real estate salesman. He sorta looks like Lester Richard Putnam who was alone here in 1920.
She is 29 MT TX TX single and boarding. She is a waitress in a cabaret.
Martha Jane Skinner is now 93 MI and living with her daughter Blanche Laverne Turner 64 MI and husband William H. Turner as she was in 1920. Martha was married to Morris Jerome Putnam back in Flint, Genesee County Michigan in 1857. She has been widowed since he died there in 1910.
She is 88 NH and still widowed as she was in 1920. She just popped up here in 1920, so no idea where to even look for her husband. Tried California, but nothing.
He is 23 KS US US and his wife Marjorie Anna Lucas is 18 MN. He is a son of Benjamin Franklin Putnam and Amy B. Morris from Fort Scott Kansas. His folks are from Vernon County Missouri and Tennessee before that. The ‘elusive’ family out of Guilford County North Carolina. He is a bookkeeper for Union Oil Company.
He is 60 AR NY MO and his wife Olive Genevieve Fisher is 55 IL. He manages a hotel. He is a son of Isaac Edgerton Putnam and Sarah DeGuire. They were all in Colorado in 1870. He was in Madison County, Missouri in 1880 with his widowed mother Sarah. Then they were in Alameda County, California in 1900 and in Los Angeles in 1910 and Seattle Washington in 1920.
She is 48 ENG and divorced. She is a manager at a dance school. Probably Arthur Murray’s, think he started about then. Maude Pickthal was married to Frank Howard Putnam and they were in Iowa in 1900 and Minneapolis in 1920. He is still there married to another gal.
She is 46 IL and widowed. She is living with her married daughter Kathryn McNeese 25 IL and husband Samuel.
She is 58 PA OH MS and widowed.
She is 43 OH OH OH and lives with her sister Hatty Fay 40 OH and her husband Harold Winters 43 OH. She is a nurse. She is a daughter of Archibald Putnam and Euphema McCord from Columbiana County Ohio. In fact her brother James is here in Los Angeles now too.
He is 45 TX TX TX and divorced. Gotta be connected to Ezekiel’s son Abraham Pinkney Putman from El Paso, but I can’t figure it.
He is 40 WI WI WI divorced and lodging. He is a laborer with a cement company. He is a son of Fred E. Putnam and Luella Babb from Richland County Wisconsin. He was there in 1900 and 1910. I don’t find him in 1920 so not sure who he married. His folks were in Stanislaus County California in 1920 however. The family is from Vermont and then Massachusetts. New Englanders.
He is 27 AZ CO NM and his wife Ruth is 29 ID. They have been married 2 years. She was married earlier and has a son Grover Pischell 8 OR. He is an auto mechanic. Name is probably Rodney.
He is 52 IA IA OH and is an electrician. He says he is married but his wife Ethel isn’t here. She is actually in nearby Montebello with their now married daughter Helen. He is a son of John Putnam and Emma Woodruff, and was at home with his folks in Marion County, Iowa in 1880. They were in Portland Oregon in 1910 and then in San Bernardino California in 1920 and now here.
He is 42 WI WI OH and his wife Annie Martin is 40 NE. They still only have Joann 11 CA. He is a son of Horace I. and Vera Putman. He was born in Green Lake County Wisconsin. The family was in Pomona, Los Angeles County in 1900. He was married here in 1910 and 1920. His dad was from Charlestown New Hampshire. New England folks.
She is 43 IN and widowed. She is boarding and is a librarian.
He is Uriah Shaefer Putnam 67 CA IL VA single and boarding. He is a cook at a café. He is a son of John Drury Putnam and his first wife Hannah Shaefer. He was in Sonoma County orphaned in 1870 and 1880. I don’t find him in 1900, but he was in Kern County still listed as Uriah S. in 1910 and in San Bernardino County in 1920. He has basically the same specs in 1910-1930 and in 1920 and 1930 he is a cook. So, he is the same guy. Sam must be his nickname. He was born in California April 8, 1863 and will be here in Los Angeles till he dies August 21, 1946.
He is 24 NE NE NE single and boarding. Can’t find him in Nebraska in 1910 or any other time.
She is 79 NY and widowed. She lives with her married daughter Carrie 55 NY and her husband Albert D. Hatch 70 NY. Interesting. She was married to Newell Putnam from Genesee County New York. By 1880 she was widowed with Carrie and living with her mother in law Clarinda Hawley Putnam in Wyoming County New York, and then was next in Yates County New York by 1900. She was there in 1910 too and Carrie was then married to her first husband Elmer Merritt. I don’t find them in 1920. Newell was of the New England Putnam family.
He is 50 WI WI IL and is listed as a son of Charles and Capitola Kidder. Name looks like Pitman and I don’t find any Walter Putman that would fit.
He is 38 and listed as being born at sea with folks from Austria & Switzerland. His wife Cora is 35 TX and they have Charles 18 TX and Roger 6 TX. Pretty sure Putnam wasn’t his original name, and it wasn’t what he used in Texas in 1920 as I don’t find him.
He is 15 IL OH IL and lives with his widowed grandmother Olive Schadler. I don’t find him in Illinois in 1920.
He is 45 CO WI WI single and lodging. He works on a ranch. He was here in 1920. He is a son of Burton Balch Putnam and Clara H. Levins from Greeley Colorado. Burton was a son of Leslie Lincoln Putnam from Waukesha County Wisconsin. Family was out of Vermont before that.
She is 47 MO and is now widowed. Her son Harvey B. is 24 MO WI MO and married for 2 years, but no wife is around. Winnie Blackman was married to Charles Edward Putnam and they were here in 1910 and 1920. Charles was a son of John Day Putnam and Catherine Lovell. The line goes straight back to General Israel Putnam from Connecticut.
He is 28 AZ MA IA and his wife Gladys Flora Howe is 29 MO. They have Nadine 7 CA. He is a son of Charles Franklin Putnam. Charles was a son of Osgood Putnam (2122) and Rhoda Ann Hall from Groton Massachusetts. They were in Gila County Arizona in 1900 and Ralph was born there in 1902. In 1910 and 1920 his widowed mother Nora was in Albuquerque New Mexico and Ralph was with her.
He is 36 SD PA MD. Marguerite Elizabeth Danaher, his wife of 12 years, is 35 SD, and they have Jean M. 9 SD, John H. 8 MN. Thomas P.5 4/12 CA, Vincent L. 3 1/12 CA and Mary C. 1 1/12 CA. He is a tool pusher in the oil fields. I used to work in the oil fields one summer while in college, so know that a tool pusher is a floor man on a drilling rig. Helps ‘push’ the drill downwards. Jesse is a son of Harry A. Putnam and Mary Anne Herr and was born in Minnehaha County South Dakota. He was at home there in 1900 through 1910 and then was married in Davison County South Dakota in 1920. His folks were from Bradford County Pennsylvania and Massachusetts before that.
He is 31 OK IN IN. His wife Maude J. is 28 LA and they have William M. 3 CA and Helen L. 1 CA. His widowed father Daniel R. Putman 71 IN KY IN is with them. He was married to an Ida up through the 1920. Daniel just has to be a son of Joseph Putman and Eliza Conklin from Fayette County Indiana. Problem was that the family wasn’t shown in 1860, too hard to read in 1870 and then by 1880 Daniel was gone. He was in Oklahoma obviously when William was born, but was in Polk County Missouri in 1900 and William was there then. By 1901 they were in Washington. Then they were in Yamhill County Oregon in 1910. The folks were in Crook County Oregon in 1920 and William was down here someplace I guess. Anyway Southern Putman family.
He is 38 CA US US and his wife Lola is 40 CA. They have been married 10 years and have Robert 6 CA and George 4 8/12 CA. He just never appears earlier. No ideas.
He is 53 OH NH OH. His wife Ruth Evans is 38 IL and the have Margaret A. 19 CA and Beatrice E. 15 CA. Both kids are by his first wife Rose. He has a stepdaughter Virginia Patterson 12 IL from Ruth’s earlier marriage. They were in Inglewood in 1910 and here in 1920. He is a physician. Harrison is a son of Daniel Proctor Putnam and Anna Rice from Croydon New Hampshire then Bureau County Illinois then Ohio and then Iowa. His dad was here in 1910 and they were all in Adair County Missouri in 1900. New Englanders.
She is 81 OH and widowed. She is living with her married daughter Martha N. 41 MO WI OH and husband James Pickup 39 IL. Good Luck, I can’t find them earlier.
She is 47 ID and says she is married. She is living with her married daughter Helen R. Riggins 29 KS IA ID and her husband Wilbur Riggins 35 MO. She is married to Roy J. Putnam who is presently in Los Angeles. You can see his listing for the line.
He is 57 IA IA IA and is an ‘inmate’ in the Military Home. He is a rifleman on a firing squad. Sounds rough to me. Can’t find him in Iowa in the 1880.
He is 34 MI NY MI and is a patient in the State Hospital for the Insane. He is a son of Edward Herbert Putman and Margaret House from Crawford County Michigan. He married Katherine Cooper back there in 1917 and they were in Owosso Michigan in the 1920. She is still back there with two kids. Dutch family originally from New York.
She is 75 IL NY VT and single. She is living with her widowed sister Judith Fairfax-Scott 68 IL. Both are daughters of William Brower Garrison Putman and Martha Elkins from Montgomery County New York, then Schuyler County Illinois. Her dad and sister were here in 1900 and Alice was in Chicago then. She was here with her sister in 1920. Alice will die here February 19, 1941 and Judith on December 15, 1948. Dutch family.
He is 50 LA NH NH and is a construction engineer like his brother Walter here in town. His wife Katherine Staples is now 46 MS and they have Burleigh Jr. 21 MS, Joseph Watson 15 CA and Catherine L. 13 CA. His folks were Joseph Watson Putnam and Helen Elise Peabody from Washington County, Vermont. His dad was a railroad engineer and later traveled to Mississippi and then Louisiana. He was here with his mother in 1920. She has her own listing here now.
He is 26 KS MO MO and his wife Elizabeth Wilkins is 23 AZ. They have been married a year, but she was married before and has a daughter Lorraine Smith 5 CA. Elizabeth is a daughter of Charles Weston Wilkins and Matilda Jones. She was born August 2, 1906 and had married Earl Smith here in 1923. Everett is a son of Wilbur Putnam and Birdie Buckworth. Wilbur was a daughter of Dexter Evander Putnam. The family was in Putnam County Missouri in 1900 and then in Allen County Kansas in the 1905 census, and in Otero County Colorado by 1910. New England family from Sutton Massachusetts.
Frank is 20 MT TX TX and he is a driver for a grocery store. His brother Warren is 25 MT TX TX and is a cook in a café. They are sons of Abner Putman and Martha Hickson from Custer County Montana. They were there in 1900, and then the folks were separated or divorced in 1910. By 1920 they were both still there and remarried. Their brothers Lawrence and Pinkney are here in town now too. Southern Putman family out of Gonzales County Texas, then back to Tennessee and then South Carolina.
She is 74 GER and widowed as she was here in 1920. She is now in the Pasadena Home for the Aged. She wasn’t here in 1910 or 1900 so don’t know where to look.
She is 84 NH and widowed as she has been for almost 40 years. Her daughter Ethel 50 LA is still with her. Helen was married to Joseph Watson Putnam. She was here with her son Burleigh in 1920. Her other son Walter is here in Pasadena too.
He is 32 MT TX TX and his wife Ruth is 37 ME and they have Virginia 9 CA, June E. 5 CA and Phyllis 4 CA. He is a chauffeur like his brother Percy who is also here in town. He is a son of Abner Putman and Martha Hickson from Kendall County Texas, and grandson of William Putman and Adeline Gipson from Tennessee and then Texas. He was here in 1920 and with his folks in Custer County Montana before that. Southern Putman family.
She is 71 NY NY VT single and boarding. She is a private tutor. She looks to be the daughter of Edwin and Christina Putnam from Ellington, Chautauqua County New York.
He is 29 MT TX TX. His wife Edith J. Folsum is 29 WA and they have Maynard B. 6 WA and Lanelda 5 WA. He is a son of Abner Putman and Martha Hickson from Kendall County Texas, and grandson of William Putman and Adeline Gipson. He was born Pinkney Allen Putman, but didn’t really like it. He was listed as Pinkney in 1900 in Custer County Montana with his folks and there in 1910 with his mom. He was there by himself in 1920. He then changed his name to Percy and moved to Coleville Washington and married Edith there in 1922 and then they came down here. He’ll be here till he dies in the 1960s. Right now he is a chauffeur for a private family. His brother Lawrence is here in town and was here in 1920 too. He is a chauffeur too. Southern Putman family from Tennessee and North Carolina before that.
He is 51 LA VT VT and his wife Katherine is 50 IL. They still have Barbara 20 IL at home with them as they did in 1920. He is a civil engineer and Katherine is a Christian Science Practitioner. He is a son of Joseph Watson Putnam and Helen Elise Peabody originally from Albany, Washington County, Vermont. Joseph was a son of the Rev. George Putnam and Clarissa Watson. The family moved to Mississippi and then to Louisiana as his dad was with the railroad. Helen was widowed by 1900 and she and the kids were in Chicago. He and Katherine were in Sandusky County Ohio in 1910.
He is 47 IA MI IL and his wife Minnie Hesalroad is 46 IA. They have Paul H. 21 IA and Wayne W. 20 IA and his wife Alice Gertrude Logan 21 MO. He is a farmer. He is a son of Marshall Danforth Putnam and Elizabeth Sneath from Cass County Michigan and then Pottawattamie County Iowa and then here. The roots go back to Illinois to Vermont and to Massachusetts.
He is 25 PA PA PA and is a nephew of David and Florence Mahan also from Pennsylvania. He is a son of Leroy and Charlotte Putnam from Warren County Pennsylvania. New England family.
He is 77 IN NH IN and his wife Alice Stoops is 69 IN. Their son William is 46 IN. Then there is his second wife Fern 35 IN and William’s son Truman by his first marriage. Truman was with his mother Cora in Marion Indiana in 1920. William is an automobile mechanic and Truman works in the oil fields. Joseph is son of George and Elizabeth Putnam from Wabash County Indiana. George was a son of Joseph Putnam (#1943) and Sarah Shattuck of Lyndeborough New Hampshire. New England line.
He is 36 IN IN IN and a foreman in a creamery. His wife Geneva Arnold is 38 IN and they have Arnold 11 IN. Her widowed mother Ella Arnold is 72 IN. He is a son of Joseph Squire Putnam and Alice Stoops from Wabash County Indiana. He has been there all his life up till now. New England family from New Hampshire and Massachusetts before that. His brother Ray is here in town too.
He is 28 IN IN IN and his brand new wife Cloma is 24 MO. He is a hardwood floor contractor. He is another son of Joseph Squire Putnam and Alice Stoops from Wabash County Indiana. See his brother Leroy’s listing above. Raymond actually was a son of Joseph’s daughter Ethel who died in 1907. His birth name was Tyner, but was changed to Putnam when adopted.
He is 56 CA IA TX and his wife Myrtle 42 CA. Their daughter Gertrude 24 CA has been married and divorced since 1920. They also have Leona 9 CA and Joyce 6 CA who are listed as Putmans. He is a son of John Druary Putnam and Louise Murphy. He was with his family in 1880 in Lassen County, California. He was married in Fresno County in 1910 and here in Los Angles in 1920. His dad was a son of Daniel Green Putnam and Elizabeth Washburn of Warren County, Illinois and Vermont before that.
He is 77 MN US US and widowed. He is a night watchman for the street railroad company.
He is 26 MI MI CAN and works in a tire factory. His wife of three years Carol Scoby is 28 MO and they have Per