LOUISIANA
CENSUS RETURNS
1810 - 1930
UPDATED NOVEMBER 12, 2008
Louisiana became part of the United States in 1803 with the Louisiana Purchase. It became a Territory in 1805 and the 18th State in 1812. It is divided into Parishes rather than Counties. The first Federal Census was in 1810 prior to Statehood. In the 1810 census both males and females are broken into 0-9, 10-15, 16-25, 26-44, 45 and over.
In the 1820 census males are broken down 0-9, 10-15, 16-18, 19-25, 26-44, 45 and older. Females are divided 0-9, 10-15, 16-25, 26-44, 45 and over.
In the 1830 and 1840 census both males and females are listed 0-4, 5-9, 10- 14, 15-19, 20-29, 30-39, 40-49, 50-59, etc.
From 1850 on ages and states of birth are shown.
LOUISIANA 1810
CENSUS
No Putmans or Putnams found so far. However, about 1806, Levi Putnam from Grafton, Vermont (one of the NewEngland branch) came to Natchitoches, Louisiana to set up a trading post. He died about 1808-1809. His son Lucius Putnam remained there and died there in 1821 at about age 16. The rest of the family returned to Vermont. I guess they were too far out in the boonies to be counted or even found at census time.
LOUISIANA 1820
CENSUS
CHARLES PUTNAM St. Landry Parish
He is in his mid 20s and single and listed 000100 000000. He is listed as being engaged in manufacturing. He looks to be Charles Caleb Putnam, son of Caleb Putnam and Hannah Russell from Newburyport, Massachusetts. He is currently also listed in Washington DC and will be married to Margaret Murdock there later this year.
LOUISIANA 1830
CENSUS
No Putmans or Putnams listed, but old Charles was there anyway.
LOUISIANA 1840
CENSUS
JOHN PUTMAN East Feliciana Parish
Southern Putman family. 00001 2001. He is in his 20s, she in her teens. He is John James Putman son of James Putman and Elizabeth Johnson. He has just come over from Mississippi. His wife is Nancy Crittendon.
CHARLES PUTNAM New Orleans, Orleans Parish
001111. He is now 43. He's Charles Caleb Putnam from Newburyport, Massachusetts and you’ll read all about him in the Mississippi Section. He was born October 1, 1793 and was a son of Caleb Putnam (1904) and Hannah Russell of Newburyport, Massachusetts. His family was in Maine in the 1790, New Hampshire in 1800 and Newburyport, Massachusetts in 1810. Charles came to Georgetown, Washington DC about 1816 and married Margaret Murdock there October 17, 1820. They moved to Tennessee in 1824 and were in Knox County Tennessee in the 1830 census, then to New Orleans and then to Smith County, Mississippi. He will next be found in 1850 in Smith County, Mississippi where he is an attorney. He died in Madison Parish, Louisiana in 1862, and Margaret died in New Orleans in July 1887. His line is Charles Caleb > Caleb > Archelaus > Archelaus > Nathaniel > Benjamin > Nathaniel > John Putnam of Massachusetts.
J. R. (JAMES
RUSSELL) PUTNAM New Orleans, Orleans
Parish
0111001 020001. This is James Russell Putnam, Charles brother. James is a son of Caleb Putnam and Hannah Russell originally from Newburyport, Massachusetts. James was born in Topsham, Maine on November 11, 1789. He was with his brother Charles in Washington I think in 1820 and then went to Tennessee. He married Sophia Ann Perkins in Davidson County, Tennessee on October 24, 1822. They came Mississippi and then to New Orleans by 1840. He will die in Vicksburg, Mississippi on March 31, 1841. He is a dentist and inventor of dental tools. His brother Charles is here in New Orleans. His line is James > Caleb > Archelaus > Archelaus > Nathaniel > Benjamin > Nathaniel > John Putnam of Massachusetts.
LOUISIANA 1850
CENSUS
PERRY PUTNAM East Baton Rouge Parish
He is 22 VA and in the State Penitentiary for larceny.
L. A. PUTNAM Jefferson Parish
She is a widow, 48 PA, with a son Arnet 17 and daughter M.J. 13.
JOHN PUTMAN Livingston Parish
He's moved and is now 31 MS, Nancy Crittendon his wife is 29 LA, Luritan (?) a son 12 MS, James J. 9 LA, William F. 5 LA, Sarah E. 2 LA and Lurena 1 month old. He is John James Putman son of James Putman and Elizabeth Johnson. He came over from Mississippi in the 1830s.
FANNY PUTNAM Orleans Parish
She is 50 VA. She is living with her daughter Indiana Hershey 20 VA and husband whose first name I can’t make out. The Perry Putnam in Baton Rouge is probably her son too.
MARY PUTNAM New Orleans, Orleans Parish
She is 4 LA and in an Orphanage.
WILLIAM PUTMAN Orleans Parish
He is 29 VT. He might be the son of William Putnam (1206) and Philena Buck from Randolph, Vermont. That guy is married now, but not listed in Vermont and works for the railroad. Might be here on business. Not at all certain.
LOUISIANA 1860
CENSUS
JOHN PUTMAN Thibodeaux, Lafourche Parish
He is 28 MS, Melorie 26 LA and there is an Octave Damtin 1 LA with them. He is listed as Potman and may not be a Putman. In 1870 there is an Emily Putman here with three kids. She is then 30, but the writing might be 36. There is a marriage record that she married John H. Putman here April 23, 1860. This is probably them, but I have no clue who John was.
B. (BRUCE) & SAM’L PUTNAM Madison Parish
Bruce is 26 TN and Samuel 29 TN. They are sons of Charles Caleb Putnam and Margaret Murdoch from Knox County, Tennessee and Newburyport, Massachusetts before that. Charles is over in Mississippi where he is a lawyer. Bruce is also listed over there now.
ANNA PUTNAM New
Orleans, Orleans Parish
She is 35 LA and is listed under Mrs. Benit or Benoit 39 LA and followed by Eugene Benit or Benoit 20 LA.
EMMET PUTNAM New Orleans, Orleans Parish
He is the youngest son of James Russell Putnam. He is 27 LA, Amelia 22 LA and they have Russell T. 1 LA. He is a broker in New Orleans.
EDWARD PUTNAM New Orleans, Orleans Parish
He is single living with Benjamin Quire. He is 37, born in Louisiana in about 1822. He is probably on of Charles Caleb's kids, but I do not have him listed as such, but then I don't have all that family. Edward is an engineer.
GERALD L. PUTNAM New Orleans, Orleans Parish
He is 31 MA and a ship carpenter. He is boarding with Mary McChesney 24 NY.
JAMES M. (MERCIER)
PUTNAM New Orleans, Orleans Parish
He is the eldest son of James Russell Putnam. He is 36 TN and his wife Mary Spearing is 35 LA, James Henry 12 LA, Emmett 4 LA and Edward 2 LA. Her brother Edward Spearing 26 LA is there with his wife Catherine 24 LA. He is a merchant, born in Tennessee.
LOUISIANA 1870
CENSUS
EMILY PUTMAN Thibodeaux, Lafourche Parish
She is 30 LA, Donado 11 LA, Dora 8 LA and they live with Henry and Beaneau Danta. There is a marriage record that she married John H. Putman here April 23, 1860. There was a John Putnam here in 1860 with the sorta same people but names not quite the same. Then, I have no clue who John was.
GEORGE PUTMAN Ward 7, Morehouse Parish
He is 22 MS a farm laborer. His wife Terry is 20 AR and they have Lissla 4/12 LA. This is a black family.
BERTHA PUTMAN New Orleans, Orleans Parish
She is 16 MA and lives with Edward and Sarah Kuikham.
EMILY PUTNAM New Orleans, Orleans Parish
She is a Black woman 50 LA, and has Sallie 8 LA and Victorine 6 LA. Also here is another black woman Rose Spearing 72 LA. They are domestic servants in the Spearing family where James Putnam and his family all live. They were probably slaves up till the end of the Civil War 5 years ago. That’s why they have the last names that they have.
GORHAM PUTNAM
New Orleans, Orleans Parish
He is 43 ME, his second wife Mary C. 34 NY and they have Mary J. 9 LA, Silas 7 LA, Emma 5 LA and Kate 1 LA. They are here in 1880. He is Gorham Lancaster Putnam, born in Searsport, Maine. In 1850 he is shown at home there with his folks Silas Putnam and Mary Ann Mitchell.
JAMES M.
PUTNAM New Orleans, Orleans Parish
James Russell Putnam's eldest. He is 45, Mary Spearing 42, Emmet 14, Edward 12, Robert 10 and Lee 8. Mary's mom, Mary Spearing age 72 born in England and her brother Henry Spearing 57 from England are there as well. The Spearings actually head this household.
JOHN PUTNAM New Orleans, Orleans Parish
This is John Murdock Putnam, son of Charles Caleb. He is 49 DC and a tobacco broker. Sophronia Fearn his wife is 43 AL, Maria 18 MS, and Oscar 15 MS.
SAM PUTNAM New Orleans, Orleans Parish
He is 39 TN and a liquor merchant, Margaret Moore 35 VA, Henrietta 14 MS and Margaret 13 MS. He is a son of Charles Caleb Putnam and Margaret Murdoch. His name is Samuel Houston Putnam. His dad and Sam were old friends.
LOUISIANA 1880
CENSUS
JAMES PUTNAM 6th Ward, Madison Parish
He is 16 LA and
boarding. He’ll be married in St. Helen Parish in 1900.
JAMES M.
PUTNAM New Orleans, Orleans Parish
He is 58 LA TN TN. Also here is L. Putnam 24 LA LA LA and they are boarding. Looks like a dual listing for James Mercier and his son Emmett. James is a sugar broker, his son Emmett works in a store. They are in a boarding house. They are also listed back home in St. Bernard Pariah.
AMELIA PUTNAM New Orleans, Orleans Parish
She is 42 NH NH NH, Minnie 19 LA LA NH, Alice 17 LA. There are also a niece Mary Diamond 13 LA and nephew Frank Diamond 18 LA. She is now the widow of Emmett Putnam, the youngest son of James Russell Putnam. She will be here in 1900 living with her then married daughter Camilla (Minnie here) Parkerson and her family. Minnie and William Parkerson will get married here in 1882.
GORHAM PUTNAM New Orleans, Orleans Parrish
He is 53 from Maine. His wife Mary C. is 44 NY, the kids are Mary L. 18 LA, Silas 16 LA, Emma 14 LA, Kate 11 LA, Viola 9 LA and Edgar 5 LA .He is Gorham Lancaster Putnam, born in Searsport, Maine. In 1850 he is shown at home there with his folks Silas Putnam and Mary Ann Mitchell. They were here in 1870 and probably in 1860.
BRUCE PUTNAM Ward 2, Pointe Coupee Parish
He is a farmer 46 TN MA DC. Kate his wife is only 16 ENG. He is a son of Charles Caleb Putnam and Margaret Murdock. He was born in Knoxville, Tennessee and came to this neck of the woods with his folks who are over in Mississippi.
JAMES PUTNAM St. Bernard Parish
This is James Mercier Putnam born in Nashville and a son of James Russell Putnam. He is 56 TN, Mary Spearing 55 LA and a whole bunch of kids. Emmet is 24 LA and his wife Emily McWhare 20 born in England and their daughter Agnes 1 month are living there too. Other kids at home are Robert 20 LA, Lee 18 LA. Also there is John Murdock Putnam from Mississippi age 57 TN listed as a cousin. He is also listed in New Orleans with Emmett.
LETITIA PUTNAM Tensas Parish
She is 13 MS and works on a farm. She is a black.
JAMES PUTNAM Ward 3, Vermilion Parish
He is 32 LA TN LA, Pauline Johnson 30 LA SC AL, Richard S. 8 LA, James H. 6 LA, Mary 4 LA, Russell 3 LA, Fannie 1 LA and Mary Johnson, mother in law 50 AL. He is the son of James Mercier Putnam. He and Pauline were married here June 20, 1871.
LOUISIANA 1900
CENSUS
CLARK O. (OTIS) PUTNAM Ward 4, Acadia Parish
He is 50 NY NY NY and a farmer. Millie his second wife is 25 LA and they have Mary B. 5 LA. From his first marriage to Ellen he has Wilbur O. 22 WI, Otis J. 16 SD and Martha A. 14 SD. He is a son of Israel Putman and Lydia Ann Duel from Jefferson County, New York. The family moved to Wisconsin in the 1870s and in 1880 he was married to Ellen from Connecticut. They were in Monroe County, Wisconsin in 1880. He married Millie here in 1895. They are here through 1930. This is a Dutch family out of New York State.
JAMES H.
PUTNAM Ward 6, Arcadia Parish
He is a son of James Mercier Putnam and has moved from Vermilion Parish. He is now 54 and his wife Pauline Johnson is 52, Mamie (Mary in 1880) 21, Fannie 19, Walter 17, Robert Emmet 16 born May 22, 1883 and William Chafee 12 born October 19, 1888. The daughter Fannie was born March 17, 1879 and will die in Abbeville in March 1966. She was in Texas with her mom in 1920 and then came back here. She never married. The son Walter is in Eddy County, New Mexico in 1910. James and the family are in Houston, Texas in 1910 and Pauline is widowed there in 1920.
EDWIN J. (JOSIAH) PUTNAM Ward 10, Calcasieu Parish
He is a farmer 66 VT VT VT born Sept 1833, his 3rd wife Susan M. is 47 IA VT VT born July 1853. They have Robert F. 15 IA June 1886, Benjamin H. 10 LA July 1889, Clyde A. 8 LA Dec 1891, and Paul A. 6 LA April 1894. Edwin is a son of Harvey Putnam and Rebecca Steward from Bethel, Vermont. He was in Chautauqua County NY in 1850, in Pike County MO in 1870 and in Boone County IA in 1880. They were here in 1900. He was married to Lydia Fidelia Clark in New York on July 17, 1855 and was with her in 1870. In 1880 he had a wife Catherine and now Susan. He married Susan in Iowa July 14, 1885. He and Susan are in Howell County Missouri in 1920 and I don’t find the kids then. The son Clyde was in the War and may be away with the Army still. Based on kids in the 1930, he was married in Kansas in 1920. Clyde is married in Houston Texas in 1930 and will die in Maryland in 1959. The son Benjamin will be married with a family in Linden, New Jersey in 1930.
ROBERT S.
(SPEARING) PUTNAM Ward 6, Iberia Parish
He is another son of James Mercier Putnam. He is 39 born October 1860, Jennie Irene Nourse his wife is 32, Alice S. 10, Edward 9, Henry 5 and Robert 4. Interesting, both Robert and Jennie go back to John Putnam of Massachusetts. The Nourses married a bunch of Putnams in Danvers, Mass. Jennie’s last Putnam was Eunice, a daughter of Benjamin Putnam from Danvers. Small world.
JOHN PUTNAM Ward 2, Morehouse Parish
He is 27 LA, Mattie his wife 25 AR and they have Pearl 4 LA, Corbeth 2 LA and James 1 LA. This is a black family.
AMELIA M. PUTNAM New Orleans 11, Orleans Parish
She is 62 LA MA MD and widowed. She lives with her married daughter Camilla Parkerson 39 LA TN LA and her husband, a lawyer, William Parkerson 43 LA. She is the widow of Emmett Putnam, the youngest son of James Russell Putnam. They were all here in 1870 and she was widowed here in 1880. Camilla or Minnie and William were married here in 1882.
EDWIN PUTNAM New Orleans 2, Orleans Parish
He is 34 NY NY NJ and an agent for the railroad. He is single and boarding.
HENNING PUTMAN New Orleans 1, Orleans Parish
He is I LA. He is an ‘inmate’ at the St. Vincent Infant Asylum.
MARY C. PUTNAM New Orleans 13, Orleans Parish
She is now 64 NY and widowed. At home still are Emma K. 34 LA, Edgar 25 LA and her widowed daughter Kate Rees 30 LA. She is the widow of Gorham Putnam from Maine. They were here in 1880.
NETTIE PUTMAN New Orleans 10, Orleans Parish
She is 13 LA LA LA. She is at school in the Protestant Episcopal Home.
SILAS PUTNAM New Orleans 14, Orleans Parish
He is a son of Gorham and Mary Putnam from Maine and then here. He is 36 LA born July 1863, his wife Catherine Blake is 37 LA, Edgar 7 LA, Mary L. 6 LA, Charlie 4 LA, Ethel 2 LA, Gorham J. 1 LA. Also there is Catherine's daddy, Michael J. Blake. They were married here February 6, 1888. They are here in 1910.
JAMES PUTMAN Ward 1, St. Helena Parish
He is 36 LA born March 1864. His wife Lucy Castleman is 32
MS, Frank R. 6 MS and Lillian 3 LA. He was in Madison Parish, single, in 1880.
They were marred October 28, 1891, and are in Bolivar County, Mississippi in
1920.
EMMET P. (PERKINS)
PUTNAM Ward 3, Vermilion Parish
He is the son of James Mercier Putnam. He is now 43, born August 1856, Emily McWhare 39, Agnes J. 20, Sophia A. 18, Minnie W. 17, Emily 11, Emmet Perkins 7 born November 18, 1892, Annie O. 5 and James A. 8 months. Also there is his mother, Mary Spearing 76, who is widowed
JAMES H. (HENRY)
PUTNAM Ward 3, Vermilion Parish
He is a son of James Henry Putnam. He is 26 born June 1873, Lilly L. 27, Lily D. 5, Irene 3. They are in Houston, Texas by 1910 and he is widowed there in 1920.
LOUISIANA 1910
CENSUS
CLARK O. (OTIS) PUTMAN Evangeline, Acadia Parish
He is 59 NY and a farmer as he has been and will be through 1930. Millie his second wife is 31 LA and they have Mary 15 LA and Elvira 6 LA. He is a son of Israel Putman and Lydia Ann Duel from Jefferson County, New York.
EDWIN J. (JOSIAH) PUTNAM Ward 2, Calcasieu Parish
He is 76 VT VT NR, his wife Susan M. Brown 67 IA and they have Ben H. 20 LA, Clyde 18 LA and John 15 LA. There is also a grandson Robert Brake 3 LA. He is a son of Harvey Putnam and Rebecca Steward from Bethel, Vermont. He was in Chautauqua NY in 1850, in Pike County MO in 1870 and in Boone County IA in 1880. They were here in 1900. He was married to Lydia Fidelia Clark in New York on July 17, 1855 and was with her in 1870. In 1880 he had a wife Catherine and now Susan. He and Susan are in Howell County Missouri in 1920 and I don’t find the kids then. The son Clyde was in the War and may be away with the Army still. Clyde is married in Houston Texas in 1930 and will die in Maryland in 1959. The son Benjamin will be married with a family in Linden, New Jersey in 1930.
WALTER J.
PUTNAM East Carroll Parish
He is 42 and wifeless. He has two sons, an unreadable name 14 and Walter Junior 12, and a daughter Dorothy 7. If the age is 28 he would be a son of James Henry Putnam.
ERWIN PUTMAN Ward 7, East Feliciana Parish
He is 38 LA, his wife Ellen 33. They have been married 3 years and this is the second for both. He has Fabiin 11 LA a daughter and Albertha 7 LA listed as a niece. This is a black family.
JENNIE I.
PUTNAM Lafayette, Lafayette Parish
She is 42 LA MA LA, Alice 20 LA, Edward L 19 LA, Henry E. 16 LA and Robert S. 13 LA. She is Jennile Irene Nourse, the widow of Robert Spearing Putnam. He died in 1906. They will all be in Houston, Texas by the 1920 census. She will die there in 1930.
JOHN C. PUTNAM Lafourche Parish
He is 26, Ella is 26 as well.
ANGIE PUTMAN Ward 6, Morehouse Parish
She is 52 LA and widowed. She has 3 daughters all single but different last names. Dora Jones 16 LA, Emma Smith 14 LA and Clara Putman 11 LA. This is a black family.
CHARLES H. PUTNAM New Orleans, Orleans Parish
He is 49 NJ NJ SCOT. Mary his wife is 45 PA. He is a son of Carlos and Sarah Putnam. He was only 6 months old in 1860 in Atlantic County, New Jersey. His dad died and his mother remarried John Conkley by 1870 and were still in Atlantic County. I don’t find him in 1880 or 1900. They are here through 1930.
CLAY PUTMAN New Orleans 1, Orleans Parish
He is 34 IL KY KY. His wife Sophie is 32 LA GER GER. They have been married 5 years and this is a second marriage for both. He is Henry Clay Putnam a son of Jonathan Putnam and Frances Browner from Sangamon County Illinois. He was home there in 1870 and Salina, Kansas by 1885. Clay was married to Jessie Hesselrigg back in Sangamon County. She died there in 1898. Her parents sued for custody of their two daughters. They won in 1899 and the kids are with them now. He was living alone in Clear Lake, Sangamon County Illinois in 1900 and was then a physician. He now lists himself as a painter. He is back in Springfield, Illinois in 1920 married to a Jennie. He will die there in 1924.
EDGAR PUTNAM New Orleans 1, Orleans Parish
He is 35 LA ME NY and works in a sugar refinery. Jeanne Meynier his wife is 33 LA. Her widowed mother Annalee Meynier 62 LA is with them. He is a son of Gorham and Mary Putnam from here. He married Jeanne here August 28, 1901.
EDWARD F. (FLOYD) PUTNAM New Orleans, Orleans Parish
He is 48 MA MA MA. His second wife Althema is 48 MA and they have Sarah M. 24 CO. He is a son of Joseph Porter Putnam and Sarah Elizabeth Sluman and was in Boston with the folks in 1870. He was in Denver in the early 1880s and then back in Chelsea, Mass. in 1900 with his first wife Georgia Smith. She must have died and he then married Althema. They are in Boston again in 1920.
EMMA PUTNAM New Orleans, Orleans Parish
She is 43 LA ME NY and single. She is a daughter of Gorham Putnam from here.
KATE PUTNAM New Orleans, Orleans County
She is 80 (closer to 60) ENG and widowed. She is at the Little Sisters of the Poor Home. She was married to Bruce Putnam from Mississippi here in 1880.
MALINDA PUTMAN New Orleans 1, Orleans Parish
She is a black woman 53 GA and widowed.
OSCAR L. (LEE) PUTMAN New Orleans 14, Orleans Parish
He s 55 MS, Minnie Virginia Shaw his wife is 40 KY and they have Oscar Jr. 3 LA. Her widowed mother Katie Shaw 60 KY is with them. He is a cotton broker. He is a son of John Murdock Putnam, son of Charles Caleb, and his wife Sophronia Fearn. They were in New Orleans in 1880 and then back to Mississippi. He just married Mary Shaw May 31, 1904. He will die here May 7, 1915. She and her mother are here still in 1930.
SILAS G. (GORHAM) PUTMAN New Orleans 14, Orleans Parish
He is 48 LA LA NY and his wife Katie, Catherine Blake, is 49 LA LA LA. They have been married 22 years. They have Edgar 18 LA, Mary 16 LA, Charles 14 LA, Ethel 12 LA, Gordon 10 LA and Katherine 8 LA. He is a son of Gorham and Mary Putnam from Maine and then here. They were here in 1900. They are here in 1920 and Catherine is widowed by 1930. The son, Charles Lancaster, enlisted in the Army May 10, 1917 and was killed in action in France in WWI October 8, 1918.
OTIS PUTNAM St. Landry Parish
He is 27 SD, Hazel 23 NE and Robert Bruce 3 LA. I don’t find them in 1920, but in 1930 they are all in Jefferson Davis Parish. He is a son of Clark Otis and Ellen Putnam. His dad has remarried and is in Acadia Parish since the 1890s. His brother Wilber lives next door.
WILBER(T)
PUTNAM St. Landry Parish
He is 30 WI, Mattie Rose Crawford 29 LA and a son Berwil C. 2 LA. He is a son of Clark Otis and Ellen Putman from Monroe County, Wisconsin. He was home there in 1880 and here since the 1890s. They are in Lake Charles in 1920 and in Allen Parish in 1930. Dutch family from New York. Clark’s folks were Israel Putman and Lydia Ann Duel from Herkimer County New York.
THOMAS PUTMAN Ward 1, Tangipahoa Parish
Thomas is 22 MS single and boarding. He is a black.
WALTER PUTMAN Ward 5, Tangipahoa Parish
He is 23 LA single and boarding. He is a black.
EMMET P. (PERKINS)
PUTNAM Abbeville, Vermilion Parish
James Mercier's son. He is 53 LA, Emily McWhare 49 LA, Emmet P. Junior 17 LA and Annie 15 LA are at home. Their son James must have died, he would be 10 now. Emmet was born August 4, 1856 and died in Vermilion Parish February 2, 1925. He married Emily McWhare in New Orleans on March 5, 1879.
ROBERT & WILLIE
PUTNAM Abbeville, Vermilion Parish
He is 26 LA LA LA. He is Robert Emmet, son of James and Pauline Putnam. His brother William Chaffee is 24 LA LA LA. Robert is married here in 1920 and 1930. Willie is alone here in 1920.
PRENTISS PUTMAN Ward 4, Washington Parish
He is 35 MS MS MS and works in a sawmill. His wife Lizzie is 15 LA. This is his second and obviously her first marriage. They have a son Fred 3/12 LA.
LOUISIANA 1920
CENSUS
WILBUR PUTNAM Lake Charles, Calcasieu Parish
He is 41 WI, his wife Mattie Rose Crawford 38 LA, a son Berwil C. 12 LA, Allen C. 16 LA, Wilbur junior 3 LA. They were in St. Landry Parish in 1910. He is a son of Clark Putnam and his first wife Ellen. His dad is in Acadia Parish. Dutch family.
LUCY PUTNAM Ward 7, East Feliciana Parish
She is 45 MS, She is widowed and living alone. Lucy Castleman was/is married to James Putnam in St. Helen Parish in 1900. Right now she is listed with him in Bolivar County, Mississippi as well. She is here still in 1930, and says she is widowed. She will then have her daughter Louise with her. That’s why I know it is the same gal as Louise is with her in 1920.
CHARLES H. PUTNAM Ward 7, Jefferson County
He is 60 NJ, his wife Mary E. 54 PA. There are no children. They are here in 1930 too. He is a son of Carlos and Sarah Putnam. He was only 6 months old in 1860 in Atlantic County, New Jersey. His dad died and his mother remarried John Conkley by 1870 and were still in Atlantic County. I don’t find him in 1880 till he was here in 1910.
JOHN B. (BIRGE)
PUTNAM Natchitoches Parish
He is 46 NC NC NC a telegraph operator for Standard Oil Company. Bernice Orgeron his wife is 28 LA, Mary Lucille 8 LA and Vernie 4 LA. He should be the son of Albert Putman and Eliza McIntyre from Cleveland County, North Carolina. John will die of Tuberculosis in West Baton Rouge January 12, 1927 and will be buried in a Shriner’s Cemetery in Shreveport. Bernice is widowed in Dallas with the two girls in 1930.
EMMA PUTNAM New Orleans, Orleans Parish
She is 52 LA, Kate Reece, her sister, is 49 LA and they have a niece May Johnston 21 LA with them.
GEORGE PUTMAN New Orleans, Orleans Parish
He is 47 TN, Minnie 42 MO, Edwin 19 MO, Francis 18 NE, Lewis 13 NE, Christina 12 NE, Florence 5 NE and Minnie 2 KS. He is George F. Putman, a son of Jeremiah and America Putman and was born in McNairy County, Tennessee. He was in Nodaway County, Missouri in 1900 and obviously in Nebraska after that. Mardi Gras must have drawn him down here to New Orleans.
LEIGH REDING
PUTMAN New Orleans, Orleans Parish
My grandfather. He has moved from Fayetteville, Arkansas to head a lumber company here on the river. He is 44, Helen Byrnes 40, Reding 17, Elizabeth 14, William (my father) 12, Randolph 8 and Albert 4. Everyone was born in AR. The whole family will be in Evanston, Illinois in the 1830 census. Leigh has taken a job heading up the American Lumbermen Association there.
RUBY PUTNAM New Orleans, Orleans Parish
She is 18 DC, and lives with her uncle Harry Donaldson 43 PA and his wife Delta 34 OH.
SILAS PUTNAM New Orleans, Orleans Parish
Gorham's son is from Maine stock. He is 53 LA, Catherine Blake is 55 LA, Edgar Lee 28 LA, Mary Louise 26 LA, Ethel 22 LA, Gorham J. 20 LA and Catherine 18 LA. She looks to be widowed by 1930, as she is with her daughter Ethel in Baton Rouge and Edgar is living with his brother Gorham and Silas isn’t around.
EMMET P. (PERKINS)
PUTNAM Abbeville, Vermilion Parish
Still in Abbeville. He is now 63 LA, Emily McWhare 59 LA and only Annie 25 LA is still at home. He was born August 4, 1856 and will die in Vermilion Parish February 2, 1925. He married Emily McWhare in New Orleans on March 5, 1879.
ROBERT E.
PUTNAM Abbeville, Vermilion Parish
Robert Emmet has now married. He is 37 LA, Mary M. 30 LA, Mary M. 8 LA, Richard 6 LA and Robert E. Junior 1 LA. New England folks. Emmet was born November 18, 1892 and will die here in March 1966. His wife Mary or Mattie was born September 6, 1889 and will die here in Abbeville in July 1976. The son Richard J. was born September 27, 1913 and will die here in Abbeville December 16, 2002. They are all here in 1930.
She is 31 MS, she has Lawrence 5 LA, William C. 4 LA and Ruth Audry 1 LA. She lives with her parents Louis and Agnes Bassick. She is the wife of William C. Putnam, listed shortly. He is away at work I guess.
EMMET P. PUTNAM (JR.) Ward 2, Vermilion County
He is 27 LA, His wife Ruth 21 LA. His folks are still in Abbeville. Ruth was born November 5, 1898 and will die here in Abbeville in October 1987.
WILLIAM C.
PUTNAM Ward 8, Vermilion Parish
He is William Chaffee Putnam a son of James and Pauline. He is 33 and a lodger with the Moreland family. His wife is back with her folks in Abbeville. Both state they are married, so no divorce here.
LOUISIANA 1930 CENSUS
He is 79 NY NY NY. His wife Millie is 51 LA and they have a daughter Alda 6 LA. He is a son of Israel Putman and Lydia Ann Duel from Jefferson County, New York. The family moved to Wisconsin in the 1870s and in 1880 he was married to Ellen from Connecticut. They were in Monroe County, Wisconsin in 1880. He was here married to Millie in 1895. His son Wilbur is presently in Allen Parish and son Otis in Jefferson Davis Parish. He is from the New York Dutch Putman family.
He is 51 WI NY CT and owns a sawmill. Mattie Rose Crawford his wife is 49 LA. They have Allen 16 LA, Wilbur 12 LA, Glenn 9 LA and Elizabeth 6 LA. He is a son of Clark Putnam and his first wife Ellen. His dad is in Acadia Parish. Wilbur was born April 21, 1878 and will die in Elton, Louisiana in November 1969. Mattie, Montrose Crawford, was born July 22, 1881 and died June 26, 1960. The son Aubrey Glenn was born December 10, 1920 and died in Jefferson Davis Parish August 11, 1997. His wife Laverne was born June 26, 1932 and was alive in 1997. The son Allen C. was born October 10, 1913 and will die here in Elton September 21, 2004.
She is 67 LA LA LA and married. She is living with her married daughter Ethel 32 LA and her husband Ernest Holbrook 38 LA. Catherine Blake was married to Silas Putnam. They were all in Orleans Parish in 1900 and 1920.
He is 26 KY KY KY. Helen his wife is 22 IL and they have Charles 1 6/12 TX.
She is 25 GA OK GA. She is single and manages a rooming house. She looks like the daughter of Glenn Putman and Minnie Ellis as shown in 1920 in Ben Hill County, Georgia. She was listed as Ozella then. Actually Trixie sounds better.
She is 51 MS and widowed. Her widowed daughter Louise Flanigan 29 LA is with her. Lucy Castleman was in St. Helen Parish in 1900 married to James Putman. Then they weren’t listed in 1910, but in 1920 she is listed here by herself and also in Bolivar County, Mississippi with James, Louise and two sons.
He is 14 LA LA LA and is with his mother Lottie and his stepfather Charles Griffin. They are Negroes.
He is 70 NJ CT CT. His wife Mary E. is 54 PA. They were here in 1920. He was only 6 months old in 1860 in Atlantic County, New Jersey. His dad died and his mother remarried John Conkley by 1870 and were still in Atlantic County. I don’t find him in 1880 till 1920. His folks were from VT not CT.
He is 46 SD NY NY and runs a general store. Hazel his wife is 42 NE and they have Shelby 18 LA. He is a son of Clark Otis Putnam and his first wife Ellen. His dad and stepmother are in Acadia Parish as the have since the 1890s. They were in St. Landry Parish in 1910. Otis was born August 27, 1883 and will die in March 1976
He is 23 LA SD NE. His wife Jessie is 23 LA and they have Muriel 2 3/12 LA and Robert B. just born. His folks are listed just above.
He is a Negro 5 AR living with his uncle Cecil Watson.
He is 30 IL CT KS. Edwina his wife is 29 AL. They have Emil Jr. 4 LA and Martha 2 LA.
He is 43 NY NY NY and works in a shipyard as a mechanic. Gertrude Bentz his wife is 37 LA. Her widowed father Edward Bentz 66 LA is with them. George was born August 6, 1887 and will die in Baton Rouge May 8, 1959.
He is 30 LA LA LA and a salesman for an electrical company. Georgiana his wife is 36 LA, and they have Charles S. 2 3/12 LA and Gorham J. II 5/12 LA. His brother Edgar Lee 38 LA is with them. They are sons of Silas Putnam and Catherine Blake from here. Their grandfather was Gorham Putnam from Maine. Georgiana was born May 5, 1893 and will die here in New Orleans in December 1873. Edgar was born October 19, 1891 and will die in Metairie in March 1965.
She is 63 LA and widowed. She lives with her married daughter Kate 44 IL IL LA and husband John Wagner 43 LA.
He is 31 NY NY NY and sales manager for a paint company. His wife Evelyn is 25 LA and a decorator at the paint company. They are newly married. It is his second though. He looks like a son of Charles Putnam and Edith Doty from Brooklyn, New York.
She is 48 KY and widowed. Her widowed mother Kate Shaw 79 MS is with her. Mary Virginia Shaw is the widow of Oscar Lee Putnam. They were here in 1910 and he died here in 1915.
He is 14 MS and is a Negro.
He is 25 LA and married. This is a Negro family.
He is 21 LA LA LA. Gladys his wife is 18 LA. He works at an oil refinery.
He is 28 MI MI MI and is a forester for a lumber company. Dorothy M. Skees his wife is 28 MI and they have John A. Jr. 2 5/12 GA. They were married in Pine Bluff, Arkansas in October 1923. He is a son of Alfred E. Putnam and Alice McNeill. He was born May 1, 1901 in Milan, Washtenaw County, Michigan and then with his folks in 1920 in Washington County, Iowa. He was also a cadet at the Naval Academy in Annapolis Maryland in 1920. He was just married to Dorothy in Washington, Iowa in 1925. Then they went down into Sneeds, Florida and then up into Bainbridge, Georgia where John Junior was born January 25, 1928. And then they came out here a year ago.
Robert Emmet Putnam is 48 LA LA LA and operates a rice mill. His wife Mattie is 40 LA and they have Mary 19 LA, Richard 16 LA, and Robert 11 LA. Also here is his divorced brother Walter J. Putnam 48 LA. They are sons of James Henry Putnam and Pauline Johnson from here. The folks went to Houston, Texas around 1905. Emmet was born November 18, 1892 and will die here in March 1966. His wife Mary or Mattie was born September 6, 1889 and will die here in Abbeville in July 1976. The son Richard J. was born September 27, 1913 and will die here in Abbeville December 16, 2002. There is a record in OBITS of Dorothea G. Putnam born March 12, 1912 and died here July 15, 1999. She might be Richard’s wife.
He is 37 LA, his wife Winnie Bassick is 42 MS. They have Lawrence 16 LA, Cecil 15 LA and Ruth 10 LA. Her widowed mother Anna 67 MS is here too. He is a son of James H. Putnam and Pauline Johnson from here. He and Winnie were here in 1920.
JOSEPH O. (OSCAR) PUTMAN Bogalusa, Washington Parish
He is 44 AL AL AL and works in a lumber mill. His wife Bertie Cofer is 40 TN. They were married back in Jackson County, Alabama July 30, 1909. He is a son of John Putman and Mary Jane Cochran from Jackson County, Alabama. He was born in February 1886, and will die here March 9, 1960.
He is 40 AL AL AL and works in a sawmill. Effie Carden his wife is 39 AL and they have Marlene 16 AL. Posey is a son of John Putman and Mary Jane Cochran from Jackson County, Alabama. He was born August 4, 1889 and married Effie there on February 9, 1913. They were in Holly Tree, Alabama in 1920. His brother Joseph is listed above. He will die here October 28, 1936. Their daughter Wilmer Marlene was born March 7, 1914, and will die here January 11, 1935.