CENSUS REPORTS
1906
This was a special census that covered the Western Territories of Alberta, Manitoba and Saskatchewan only.
He is 41 born in Nova Scotia, and lives with his brother William and his family. They are sons of Robert Hunter Putnam Jr. and Elizabeth Sprout from Middle Stewiacke, Colchester, Nova Scotia. Charles will marry Nina Coates and will die here in 1926. See William’s listing coming up.
He is 48 and his wife Anneta is 41. They have Lyle 11. They were all born in Nova Scotia.
He is 39 and was born in Scotland. His wife Elizabeth is 38, and they have Maggie 13, Charlotte 8 and James 6 all born in Scotland. The name is very hard to read and doesn’t look like it starts with a P.
He is 31 and says married, but no wife is with him. He was born in America.
He is 28 born in Nova Scotia. His wife Ida Jean King is 30 and they have Robert E. just born November 22, 1905. I have it that he married Ida back in Nova Scotia December29, 1905, but it must have been a year earlier. His brother Charles 41 is with them. They are sons of Robert Hunter Putnam Jr. and Elizabeth Sprout from Middle Stewiacke, Colchester, Nova Scotia. The line is William > Robert > Robert > Timothy > Timothy > Stephen > Benjamin > Nathaniel > John.
He is 47 born in the United States. His wife Emma (Minie Mariah Carey) is 47. At home are Worthy 17, Dale 14, Joyce (Calvin J.) 13. Everyone was born in the United States. He is a son of Thomas Worthy Putnam and Lucretia Wealthy Towne. The family was from Chautauqua County New York and then in Wabasha County Minnesota where Albert was born. Then by 1870 they were in Dodge County Nebraska through the 1880 and then he and Emma were here in 1901.
He is 78 born in the United States. Son of a gun. Ira is a son of Ira H. Putnam and Polly Markham and was born in Cass County Michigan. He was married to Rosanna Longnecker who died in the 1860s. In 1900 he was in Cass County living with his daughter Estella Ashcraft. He must have come out to see his son Orlean, but is not living with him.
He is Orlean Putnam 47 born in the United States, and single. He would be the guy listed as Ozlian Putnam in Lacombe Alberta in 1901. At any rate he is a son of the above Ira J. Putnam and was also born in Jefferson, Cass County Michigan. He was home in 1870 in Michigan, then single in Knox County Illinois in 1880. In 1884 he married Nellie Henderson there March 11, 1884 and they were divorced in the late 1890s. I haven’t found him yet in 1910.
He is 36 and born in the United States. He has Roy 15, and Victor 12. He lives right next to Orville. He would be his brother John and the age should be 37. He too was born in Kansas. See Orville’s listing for this line.
He is 33 and his wife Lulu May Crabbe is 35. They have Esther 10, Leona 8 and Orville 2. Also here is her mother Caroline Crabbe 70. Everybody was born in the United States. He is Orville Monroe Putnam, a son of Uzziel Franklin Putnam and Martha Jane Cannon. He was born in Neosha County Kansas and then returned with his folks to McDonough County Illinois and was there in 1900. He came up here in 1905 and will be here a while. Then they are in Toole County Montana by 1920 and eventually they will move to Portland Oregon where he will die June 11, 1936. His dad was from Michigan, and the family was from from Vermont and Massachusetts before that. The line here is Orville > Uzziel Franklin > Ira H. > Uzziel > Uzziel > Amos > John > Nathaniel > John.
Listed as a guy 39, and his wife Sarah 30. They show William 18, John 16, Barney or Burney 15, a daughter Elne 5, Mary 3, Bertha 1 and David 2 months old.
He is listed as 21 born in Ontario, single and boarding. In 1911 there is an Ernie Putman in Kent West Ontario.
He is 48 born Nova Scotia. His wife Janet is 47 born Ontario and they have Anna 21, Grace 19, R. H. (Robert Hunter) 17, May 11, Margaret 8, Beatrice 6 and Perley 2. Also here is Christina Putnam 76 born Nova Scotia listed as widowed mother. In 1901 she was listed as Janet’s mother Christina Pistornson. They were Lisgar County Alberta in 1901 and are still here in 1911. I can’t pin him down, but still feel he is a son of Robert Hunter Putnam from Colchester County Nova Scotia. That line has several Perley Putnams in it.
She is listed as Emma Pulman 50 and single.
He is 22 single and boarding. He was born in Nova Scotia. He is a son of Stephen Putnam and Isabel Blair from Maitland Hants. His dad died back in ova Scotia in 1902. His brother John and sister Lillian will be here in 1911 and shortly after that his mother will come out here and stay till she dies in 1937. George will soon marry Florain Isabel Thompson and they will be in Vancouver British Columbia in 1911 and be there all their lives. The family was originally from New England.
He is 40 married and boarding by himself. He was born in England.
He is 45 born in Ontario, his wife Kate 36 Ontario and Nora 7 Manitoba.
He is 58 and married. Can’t find a James or Joseph in 1901 or 1911 that fits.
He is 28 single, and born in the United States.
He is 33 single and boarding. He was born in England.
He is 27 born in the United States, single and working on a farm.
He is 28 single and boarding. He was born in England.