NEW JERSEY

CENSUS REPORTS

1830  -  1930

 

UPDATED NOVEMBER 30, 2008

 

I'm not certain exactly what happened, but the 1790, 1800, 1810, and 1820 Federal Census stuff for New Jersey just up and disappeared. The first news we get from the Jersey Shore begins with the 1830 census.

 

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. Starting in 1880 places of birth are listed for the person, their father and their mother. In the 1900 and 1920 Soundex, all families are listed. I was able to get the indexes for 1910 and 1930 so they are very complete, listing occupations and length of time married.

 

 

NEW JERSEY 1830 CENSUS

 

MARTHA PUTNAM  Warren Township, Somerset County

She is Martha Davis, widow of Miles Putnam jr. who died here in Plainfield on December 25, 1827. Miles was number 517 in Eben Putnam's books. His line goes back to Miles > Edward > Edward > Thomas > John. Miles was born in Winchendon, Mass. July 6, 1774 and moved with his family to Grafton, Vermont in 1783, and then came down here by himself. Here he met Martha and married her October 30, 1800. The listing is 001 1111101. Martha is in her forties. The only son at home is Ellis who is 16 at this time. Another son, William V. who would be 20 should be listed here, but wasn't. Don't know where he is, but he will marry in 1832 and be in Essex County in 1840. Martha and Ellis will also be in Essex County in 1840.

 

JOHN PUTNAM  Warren Township, Somerset County

John W. Davis Putnam is the eldest son of Miles and Martha. He is number 1272 in Eben's book. John was born September 21, 1801 and he married Elizabeth Totten here on September 12, 1824. He is a shoemaker. The listing is 20001 00001, both folks are in their twenties. The two sons are Andrew Jackson and Miles Putnam.

 

ANDREW WILKINS PUTNAM  Warren Township, Somerset County

He is not listed in the census, but is here and will be here. He is another of Miles' sons, and is number 1273 in Eben's books. He was born January 9, 1802 and married Rachel Smalley on November 5, 1825. The listing would be 10001  00001, with the son being Abner born in 1828.

 

 

NEW JERSEY 1840 CENSUS

 

ELLIS PUTNAM  Rahway, Essex County

He is a son of Miles and Martha, and is number 1278 in Eben's book. He was born in Warren, Somerset County, NJ on December 19, 1813. He married Margaret Runyon here December 21, 1832. Margaret was born March 29, 1813. The listing is 00001  22001. He and Margaret are in their 20s. The daughters are Elizabeth 6, Mary Jane 5, Marcia 2 and another who married or died before 1850.

 

MARTHA PUTNAM  Westfield, Essex County

Martha (Davis), Miles' widow, is now in her 50s. The listing is 00021  00111101.

 

WILLIAM V. PUTNAM  Rahway, Essex County

Of course, one of Miles' sons. The listing is 210001  10001. He is in his 30s, Maria in her 20s. He was born in Warren County on June 15, 1809 and married Maria Tunison March 29, 1832.

 

ANDREW PUTNAM  Warren Township, Somerset County

Andrew Wilkins is a son of Miles Putnam and Martha Davis (he is number 1273 in Eben's books). He was born here January 9, 1802, and married Rachel Smiley on November 5, 1825. He is a wollen worker. The listing is 020001 001001. They are in their 30s. The kids are Edwin, Isaac, Thomas and some female not in the 1850.

 

JOHN D. (DAVIS) PUTNAM  Warren Township, Somerset County

Another of Miles' kids, his eldest. John is number 1272 in Eben's book, and I told you all about him in 1830. The listing is now 121101  100001. He and Elizabeth (Betsy) are in their 30s.

 

 

NEW JERSEY 1850 CENSUS

 

JOHN PUTNAM  Plainfield, Essex County

He is 18 NJ living with Joseph and Rhoda Martin. He is a son of the above John, and is also listed there with his family. He must be away at school or something.

 

MARTHA PUTNAM  Plainfield, Essex County

Miles' widow, Martha Davis, is now 64 NJ. At home is her daughter Sarah Noe 44 NJ (she had married Azell Noe, and I guess he died), and Sarah's daughter Sarah M. Noe 21 NJ. Daughter Clarinda 42 NJ is still single and at home. Martha's youngest daughter Rachel Ann Vail 22 NJ and her son James W. Vail 3 NJ are back home too. Then there are Lucinda Pearse 20 MA and Sarah Jane Bell 19 NY who are boarders.

 

ELLIS PUTNAM  Rahway, Essex County

He is now 38 NJ, Margaret 38 NJ, Elizabeth 16 NJ, Mary Jane 15 NJ, Marcia 12 NJ, Benjamin 9 NJ, Ellis M. 7 NJ, Theodore 5 NJ and Margaret 1 NJ. He is a teamster, and just moved over from Somerset County, as did his mother and most of his brothers.

 

WILLIAM D. (DAVIS) PUTNAM  Rahway, Essex County

He is 18 NJ and a son of the following William. He lives with Nathan Craven. Both are listed as c. trimmers, tailors I guess.

 

WILLIAM V. PUTNAM  Rahway, Essex County

Miles' son is now 41 NJ, Ann Maria Tunison 36 NJ, Martha M. 14 NJ, Walter M. 12 NJ, James H. 10 NJ, Jeremiah O. T. 6 NJ, and Mary R. 2/12 NJ. Also listed last was Sarah Catherine Putnam 10 NJ who would be his daughter as she must have been the very young one shown in 1840. William is a silver plater (silversmith).

 

EMMA PUTNAM  Bergen, Hudson County

She is 26 PA and in the local County Jail for vagrancy.

 

F. C. (FERNANDO CORTEZ) PUTNAM  South Amboy, Middlesex County

He is 35 MA and an Episcopal clergyman. He lives with a Gravers family from Maryland. He is a son of William Putnam and Lydia Parker. He was born in Leominster, Massachusetts (or possibly in Woodstock, Vermont just prior to the family moving to Massachusetts) on August 22, 1813. He will soon marry Julia Ann Throckmorton in Freehold, Monmouth County on October 5, 1853. He is a minister, and will be in Ausable, Clinton County, New York in 1860, and then back here in Jersey City in 1870.

 

CHARLES PUTMAN JR.  Dover, Ocean County

He is 1 NJ and lives with Elisha Walton 42 NJ and Lydia Walton 35 NJ. Elisha is a mariner.

 

H. C. (CALVIN HARLOW) PUTMAN  Plumsted, Ocean County

He is 29 NY and a schoolteacher, Elnora D. Rappleyea, his wife, 31 NJ, Julia 1 NJ. His brother Orlando 19 NY is living with them. He and Orlando are sons of Calvin and Amy Putnam, and were born in Truxton, Cortland County, New York. Actually Orlando is listed both here and back there. Calvin will be in Bucks County, PA in 1860, and back here in New Jersey in Washington Township, Warren County in 1870 and in Somerset County in 1880. His brother Orlando Monroe Putnam will marry Judith Harris in the late 1850s and they are just outside of Dover, Delaware in 1860. He is also a schoolteacher. They are back in Somerset County New Jersey in 1870 and 1880. Calvin is number 1851, a son of Nathaniel Putnam (number 762) and his second wife Phoebe Snow of Wilton, Hillsboro County, New Hampshire.

 

ANDREW W. (WILKINS) PUTNAM  Warren, Somerset County

He is now 46 NJ, Rachel 46 NJ, Edwin 16 NJ, Isaac 13 NJ, Thomas 11 NJ, Henna Ann 9 NJ and Martha 5 NJ.

 

JOHN D. (DAVIS) PUTNAM  Warren, Somerset County

He and his brother Andrew have remained here, but the rest of the family moved a few miles east into Essex County. John is now 49 NJ and a shoemaker, Betsy Totten 47 NJ, Andrew Jackson 25 NJ, Miles 22 NJ, John Davis Jr. 17 NJ, David R. (Randolph) 14 NJ and his twin Lewis 14 NJ, Mary 11 NJ and Ernest C. 7 NJ.

 

NATHANIEL W. PUTMAN  Wantage, Sussex County

He is 16 NY, a student living at the school. He is probably the son of Albert and Elizabeth Putnam of Brooklyn, New York. He is also listed there, which would be the common thing to do. I have seen this before with kids away at school.

 

 

NEW JERSEY 1860 CENSUS

 

C. (CARLOS) G. PUTNAM  Mullica, Atlantic County

He is 22 NJ (VT, born in Chester), Sarah M. 22 NY and Charles H. 6/12 NJ. He lives next to his parents, Robert and Caroline Putnam.

 

ROBERT PUTNAM  Mullica, Atlantic County

He is listed 47 NJ (really VT), Caroline Hosmer 44 NJ (VT also). His son Carlos lives next door. He is a son of Robert Putnam and Susannah Horton. He was born in Chester, Windsor County, Vermont and this whole family was there in 1850. They will be in Philadelphia in 1870.

 

WALLACE PUTMAN  Shamong Township, Burlington County

He is 50 PA, Ellen 45 PA. They are a black family.

 

ALBERT PUTNAM  West Orange, Essex County

He is 61 MA a manufacturer, Elizabeth C. 50 MA, Nathaniel 25 NY a clerk, George W. 23 NY, Elizabeth 21 NY, Albert 18 NY a clerk, and Mary H. 15 NY. Nathaniel was the guy here at school in 1850. The family was in Brooklyn, New York City in 1850. Albert is a son of Thomas Putnam (2192) and Mary Fitts of Danvers. Elizabeth is Elizabeth Cheevers Putnam, daughter of Nathaniel Putnam and Elizabeth Waters of Danvers, Mass.

 

ANDREW PUTNAM  West Newark, Essex County

He is 58 NJ and a wool hatter, Rachel (Smalley) 55 NJ, Randolph 25 NJ, Thomas 20 NJ, Anna 18 NJ, Martha 15 NJ, Laura 6 NJ. They are all listed as from NY, but we know Andrew Wilkins Putnam was born right here. Then there is listed James H. Putman 21 NJ. He a son of William V., Andy's brother. The Randolph listed here is David Randolph Putnam, son of John Davis Putnam, who I think has died.

 

CLARINDA PUTMAN  West Newark, Essex County

She is a spinster daughter of Miles and Martha Putnam. She is 50 NJ and lives with her sister Rachel Ann 31 NJ and her husband David Morris. If you remember back in 1850, Rachel was back home after her first husband, a Vail, had died or left. She has remarried since then.

 

HARRIET PUTNAM  Morris Township, Morris County

She is 17 NJ and living with Alexander and Eunice Cameron. I don't find her in 1850, unless she is Andrew's daughter listed as Henna Ann in 1850.

 

N. (NATHANIEL W.) PUTNAM  East West Pate, Passaic County

He is 26 NY and boarding. He was here in school in 1850. I guess he graduated and liked it enough to stay here in New Jersey. He might be the same Nathaniel listed earlier with Albert Putnam, but I am starting to have second thoughts now. He is probably someone else.

 

REUBEN PUTNAM  Pelesgrove Township, Salem County

He is a shoemaker, 33 NJ, Mary Ann 31 NJ, Sarah Ann 11 NJ, Elwood H. 9 NJ, Samuel 7 NJ, Mary Jane 1 NJ. He wasn't in the 1850, so have no ideas here.

 

JOHN D. PUTNAM  Phillipsburg, Warren County

He is John Davis Putnam, jr. and was back home in Somerset County in 1850. He is now 21 NJ and a blacksmith. Sarah Elizabeth, his wife, is 20 NJ and Horace R. is 4/12 NJ. They will be in Newark by the 1880.

 

ELLIS PUTNAM  Rahway, Union County

He is now 48 NJ, Margaret 47 NJ, Benjamin 20, Ellis W. 18 and Anna L. 8. He is now a silversmith like his brother William who has moved over here as well.

 

WILLIAM D. PUTNAM  Rahway, Union County

He is now 27 NJ, Henrietta 30 NY and young Henrietta 3/12 NJ. He lives next to his father William. They will be in Staten Island, New York in 1880.

 

WILLIAM V. PUTNAM  Rahway, Union County

Miles' son has moved recently from the old home in Somerset County. He is 51 NJ, Ann Maria 48 NJ, Martha 24 NJ, Walter 22 NJ, James H. 20 NJ, Sarah Catherine 18 NJ, Jeremiah O. T. 15 NJ, Clara E 7 NJ. Also there is Rebecca Lunnican 70 NJ. I have no idea who Rebecca is. William is a silversmith still, and I guess in business with his brother Ellis.

 

 

NEW JERSEY 1870 CENSUS

 

CHARLES PUTNAM  Hammonton, Atlantic County

He is 10 NJ and lives with James and Sarah (31 NY) Conkey. Sarah is his mother. In 1860 Charles was at home with his dad Carlos G. and mom Sarah M. in Mullica, Atlantic County. I guess his dad died or something, but Sarah has remarried. His grandparents, Robert and Caroline have moved on to Philadelphia.

 

ELLEN & ALICE PUTMAN  Union, Bergen County

Ellen is 20, Alice 19. Both sisters were born in Ireland and work with a couple of dozen other Irish folks in a commercial laundry.

 

SARAH E. PUTNAM  Mansfield, Burlington County

She is 62 NJ, a domestic at a Health Institute. No ideas at all. There was a black family in the county in 1860, but Sarah is listed as white.

 

EDWIN PUTNAM  Newark, Essex County

Andrew's son is 34 NJ, Cornelia A. 33 NJ, Ella E. 9 NJ (CT), Mattie 6 NJ (CT), Cornelia 3 NJ and Mariah 1 NJ. He is a wholesale salesman. His brother Isaac, listed later, is a button vendor. Looks like they both went into the garment biz like their daddy. He married Cornelia Ann Van Deren here in Newark on February 20, 1860. In the 1860 census, Edwin was in Waterbury, Connecticut by himself though. They went back to Waterbury in 1861 and actually Ella and Martha (Mattie) were born there.

 

ISAAC PUTNAM  Newark, Essex County

Another of Andrew and Rachel's kids. He is 32 NJ, Marietta 31 NJ and Arthur G. 1 NJ.

 

MILES PUTNAM  Newark, Essex County

He is 40 NJ, Mollie or Millie 27 NJ. He is a son of John Davis Putnam, and is a brick mason.

 

JANE PUTNAM  Hoboken, Hudson County

She is someone's widow. Looks like she was from here, married, moved to New York and then came back, and daddy died or split. Anyway, she is 32 NJ, Jennie 8 NY, William 6 NY, Henry 4 NJ and Mary Ann 2 NJ.

 

FERNANDO C. (CORTEZ) PUTNAM  Jersey City, Hudson County

He is 53 VT and a Protestant Clergyman. There are Adah A. Husband 40 born in Jamaica, West Indies and a son William B. T. (William Barrett Throckmorton, no age recorded, but is 4 NJ) with him. Mrs. Adah Ann Husband Barrett is his second wife. They were married here around 1865. He had first married Julia Ann Throckmorton in Freehold, Monmouth County, New Jersey on October 5, 1853. She died in the early 1860s. Fernando was born in Woodstock, Windsor County, Vermont on August 22, 1813. His folks were William Putnam and Lydia Parker. They moved to Leominster, Massachusetts, and then Fernando came down here. According to a letter from him to Eben Putnam, his father William will die here in Jersey City in 1876, but I don’t find him around now. By 1900, his widow Adah and son William will be in Hoodsport, Mason County, Washington.

 

MARY A. PUTMAN  Jersey City, Hudson County

She is 40 ME and her son Percy is 14 ME (actually MA). They are boarding. She is Mary Elizabeth Stephens, widow of George Kendall Putnam (2883) who was killed in the Civil War in 1864. They were in Boston, Mass. in 1860, and are also listed back in Chelsea Mass right now. Kinda betwixt and between.

 

ELIZABETH PUTNAM  Montgomery Township, Somerset County

She is 23 PA and listed as a servant with David Vorhees. She is a daughter of Moses Putnam and Mary Beaton from Philadelphia. She will marry Charles Silvestor here in 1871. Her dad was from Nova Scotia.

 

ORLANDO M. (MONROE) PUTMAN  North Plainfield, Somerset County

He is 39 NY, his wife Judith N. Harris is 42 NJ and they now have Albert W. 9 DE, Ella C. 6 DE and Fannie P.3 NJ. He is a son of Calvin and Amy Putnam, and was born in Truxton, Cortland County New York in 1831. He was at home there in 1840, with his brother Calvin in Ocean County New Jersey in 1850, then in Kent County Delaware in 1860. They are here in 1880 and he will die here in 1883. Judith is widowed here in 1900 and will die in 1910. In this entry there is no occupation listed, but he is a schoolteacher as he was in 1860 and is still in 1880. New England family out of New Hampshire.

 

ANDREW (WILKINS) PUTNAM  Frankford, Sussex County

Miles’ son is now 67 NJ, a cotton manufacturer, Rachel Smiley is 65 NJ, and Mattie or Martha is 24 NJ.

 

LEWIS PUTNAM  Plainfield, Union County

He is 36 NJ, a tinsmith, Betsy 34 NJ, Alfred 8 NJ, Frank 6 NJ and Frazer 3/12 NJ. Lewis is a son of John Davis Putnam. He was home in Somerset County in 1850 and missing in 1860.

 

ELLIS M. (MILES) PUTNAM  Rahway, Union County

He is 28 NJ, a carriage painter, Kate 23 NY. He is Ellis junior. He was with his folks here in 1850.

 

ELLIS PUTNAM  Rahway, Union County

And here is his dad, a son of Miles. Ellis Miles Putnam Sr. is 58 NJ, Margaret Runyon 58 NJ, Benjamin P. (Packer) 29 NJ, Anna L. 18 NJ. Also there is Caroline Heddin 13 NJ. Ellis had three daughters, married by 1850, so Caroline is probably a granddaughter.

 

JEREMIAH PUTNAM  Rahway, Union County

He is a son of William V., and is now 25 NJ, Nellie 23 NJ and they have a daughter Georgia 1 NJ.

 

WALTER M. PUTNAM  Rahway, Union County

Another son of William V. and Ann Maria. He is now 31 NJ, a carriage body maker, Mahalia C. 30 OH, Walter 4 IL and Clara 1 IL. He was at home here in 1860, but looks like he took a fling out to the mid west in the mid 1850s.

 

WILLIAM V. PUTNAM  Rahway, Union County

He is now 61 NJ, a silver plater still, Ann M. Tunison is 58 NJ. James H. 30 NJ, Martha M. 34 NJ, and Clara E. 10 NJ are still at home. He and Martha will be here in 1880.

 

CALVIN H. PUTNAM  Washington, Warren County

He is a son of H. C. Putnam living here. Young Calvin is out boarding. He is 17, born May 10, 1853. He will be in Brooklyn by 1900 and remain there.

 

H. C. (CALVIN HARLOW) PUTNAM  Washington, Warren County

He was here in New Jersey in 1850 (see that for who he is), in Bucks County, Pennsylvania in 1860, and has re-crossed the Delaware again. He is now a teacher 48 NY, Elnora D. Rappleyea  50 NJ, Julia D. 21 NJ, Mary E. 19 NJ, and Elmer C. 10 PA. His other son Calvin is boarding nearby.

 

JOHN D. (DAVIS) PUTNAM  Phillipsburg, Warren County

John Junior is still here and is now 31 NJ, a laborer, Sarah Elizabeth 30 NJ, Horace R. 10 NJ and Virgil H. 3 NJ.

 

 

NEW JERSEY 1880 CENSUS

 

This is the full 1880 census, not just the Soundex.

 

KATE PUTMAN  New Barbados, Bergen County

She is 37 IRELAND, and a servant with an Eichell family.

 

LETITIA PUTNAM  Union, Bergen County

Letitia Pauilson Putnam is a music teacher 50 NY NY NY, her son Glenn H. is a divinity student 27 NY NY NY. She was married to Glen Putnam in New York City in 1860, but haven’t seen them before or since till now. He is a son of Glen Putman and Letitia Paulison from Glen, Montgomery County, New York. He was born there January 31, 1852. This is a Dutch family. The son Glen Howard will be in Wayne County Iowa with his mom in 1885 and then in Jo Davies County, Illinois in 1900 and married to Mary Ann Lewis, Hamilton County, Iowa in 1910 and Lee County, Illinois by 1920.

 

JOHN PUTNAM  Bridgeton, Cumberland County

He is 34 NY, Ellen is 37 PA. She is listed as ‘other’ but would be his wife. He is a son of Richard Putman and Frances Hedded. He was born in Ephratah, Fulton County, New York. The line is Dutch. The next Joseph is his brother.

 

JOSEPH H. PUTMAN  Bridgeton, Cumberland County

He is a lecturer 45 NY NY NY, Lucretia M. Wright his wife 32 NY CT NY. She is a physician and he is listed as such in 1900, so both are doctors. They live in a boarding house. He is a son of Richard Putman and Frances Hedded. He was born in Ephratah, Fulton County, New York. The line is Dutch. Lucretia will die here in 1897 and he will be widowed here in 1900 and 1910 and then die in 1913.

 

C. W. A. (CHARLES WILLIAM A.) PUTNAM  Landis, Cumberland County

He is 38 VT VT VT, H. E. (Hannah Ella Kimball, his wife) 31 VT VT VT, George K. 13 VT, Eddie 11 VT. Also there is E. W. Kimball 40 VT a sister in law. He is a son of Simeon Dike Putnam and was born in Randolph, Orange County, Vermont. The family was there in 1870 and will be again in 1900.

 

BENJAMIN PUTNAM  Newark, Essex County

Ellis' son is 38 NJ, widowed and living with his folks. He has Raymond L. (Lester) 7 NJ, Margaret 5 NJ and Manorah 3 NJ. He was married to Mary Mannering who has died January 22, 1879. They were married here July 3, 1872. He will marry Harriet V. Shaw on October 26, 1880. They are in Camden in 1900, and are there in 1910. Ben won’t die until October 27, 1911.

 

EDWIN PUTNAM  Newark, Essex County

Andrew's son is 44 NJ, Cornelia A. Van Deren 43 NJ, Ella E. 18 CT, Mattie 15 CT, Cornelia V. 13 NJ, Mariah 11 NJ, Addel G. 9 NJ, Edwin A. 5 NJ. Then there is a Clara A. Putnam 72 ENG, listed as an aunt.

 

ELLIS PUTNAM  Newark, Essex County

He is now 67 NJ, Margaret Runyon his wife is 67 NY. His son Benjamin and his kids are with them.

 

EUGENE H. PUTNAM  Newark Essex County

He is 32 NY, Anna 30 ME. They have 9 boarders. He wasn’t in the New York 1850 or 1860 census. He runs a boarding house it looks like. No clue to his folks. He will be here in 1900 through 1920 with a second wife named Susan whom he will marry in about 1885.

 

ISAAC F. PUTNAM  Newark, Essex County

He’s a Fancy Goods merchant, 41 NJ NJ NJ, Etta M. 41 NJ, Arthur G. 11 NJ. Arthur by the way is not listed as ‘student’ like most kids. He is listed ‘Scholar.’ He is a son of Andrew and Rachel Putnam, and was born here.

 

JAMES H. PUTNAM  Newark, Essex County

William's son is 39 NJ, Mattie (also a Putnam, a daughter of Andrew W.) 32 NJ, Thomas 4 NJ, Nellie B. 2 NJ, and Rachel Putnam 75 NJ. Rachel Smalley is Andrew's widow and Mattie's mom. He’s a carriage painter.

 

JOHN D. (DAVIS) PUTNAM  Newark, Essex County

John D. jr. is 47 NJ, Sarah Elizabeth 40 NJ, Horace Raymond 20 NJ, Virgil Howell 13 NJ, Mortimer F. 9 NJ. His sister Anna C. Meeks 30 NJ lives with them. He is a blacksmith.

 

(ELLIS) MILES PUTNAM  Newark, Essex County

He is 36 NJ (born in Newark), Catherine 32 NJ, Morris (actually Horace) 9 NJ and Kate 2 NJ. The children were born in Rahway. He is Ellis' son, Ellis Miles Putnam, junior. He is a carriage painter.

 

MILES PUTNAM  Newark, Essex County

This one is a son of John D. He is 48 NJ, Mollie Ball 37 NJ, Harry S. 9 NJ, Eddie D. 6 NJ and Willie B. 3 NJ. They live with Abram and Catherine Ball who are Mollie's folks.

 

EDWARD PUTMAN  Jersey City, Hudson County

He is 39 CT CT CT, and in a hotel. He is a telegraph operator. Okay, check out the listing here in Jersey City in 1900 for Kate Putnam. I think she is his widow. In a later report the son Charles says his dad was born in Connecticut. Gotta be this guy.

 

F. C. (FERNANDO CORTEZ) PUTNAM  Jersey City, Hudson County

He is still preaching and is 66 VT VT VT, Adah A. Husband 52 West Indies, William T. 13 NJ. Also here is a niece Isabel Husband 34 West Indies. He was here in 1880, see that listing for his story.

 

HARRIET J. PUTNAM  Jersey City, Hudson County

She is 66 MA and listed as an aunt with Edward and Ann Blanchard from Mass. She is an unwed daughter of Joseph Mason Putnam and Alona Holbrook of Dover and then Boston. Ann is a daughter of her sister Hannah Putnam.

 

HANNAH PUTNAM  Princeton, Mercer County

She is 18 NY NY NY and a niece of Othneil and Josephine Atwood also from New York. She is a daughter of Alfred Putnam and Carrie Weed from Brutus, New York. Josephine is her dad’s sister.

 

ELLA PUTNAM Trenton, Mercer County

She is 18 CT NJ NJ and a student in a boarding school for girls. She is a daughter of Edwin and Cornelia Putnam. She is also listed at home now in Newark, Essex County.

 

H. C. (CALVIN HARLOW) PUTMAN  Pompton, Passaic County

He is a school teacher 55 NY NY NJ, Ella Nora (Elnora D. Rappleyea) 50 NJ NJ NJ. They were in Washington County in 1870. See that listing. He is a son of Calvin and Amy Putnam, and was born in Truxton, Cortland County, New York

 

GEORGE P. (PALMER) PUTMAN  Raritan (East Brunswick), Middlesex County

He is 35 NY, Agnes R. Hall 29 LA, George P. junior 4 NJ and Mary A. 1 NJ. He He is a son of James Osborne Putnam and his first wife Harriet Foster Palmer. He was born in Buffalo, New York where his dad was a lawyer, then Postmaster then State Senator and then U. S. Consul to Belgium. He is now the U. S. Minister to Belgium. He and Agnes will be in New York City in 1900.

 

ORLANDO M. (MONROE) PUTNAM  North Plainfield, Somerset County

He is a schoolteacher, 49 NY MA NY, Judith Nixon Harris 52 NJ NJ NJ. Alfred W. 19 DE, Ella C. 16 DE, Fannie 13 NJ. He is a son of Calvin and Amy Putnam, and was born in Truxton, Cortland County, New York in 1831. They were here in 1870 and in Little Creek, Delaware in 1860. His brother Calvin Harlow is nearby in Passaic County. Orlando will die here July 1, 1883. Judith will be around in 1900 though. She will die January 29, 1910. They and the two daughters are buried in Dover, Delaware

 

ERASTUS G. (GAYLORD) PUTNAM  Elizabeth, Union County

He is a druggist, 46 NY NY NY, Mary Nichols Woodward 41 NY NY NY. Also here is a niece Jeanette Benton 16 NY. He is a son of Hamilton Putnam and was born in Hartford, Cortland County, New York on December 23, 1833. He married Mary Woodward in Vails Gate, New York January 30, 1867. From 1868 till 1872, he was Business Manager of Cornell University. They then moved to Elizabeth where he was on the Board of Education. They had four children who all died as infants. His parents were Hamilton Putnam (number 2349 in Eben's book) and Jeanette Cleveland from Madison, New York. They will be here in 1900, she will be widowed by 1920.

 

SAMUEL PUTNAM  Elizabeth, Union County

He is 57 NH MA MA, Mary K. 54 NY CT CT. He is Samuel Warburton Putnam. They were in Brooklyn, N.Y. in 1870.

 

LEWIS C. PUTNAM  Plainfield, Union County

Another son of John D. Putnam, he is 44 NJ, Betsy T. 40 NJ, Frank 16 NJ, Frazee C., a son, 10 NJ, Emily L. 8 NJ and Harriet 5 NJ. He’s a tinsmith.

 

JERRY G. PUTNAM  Rahway, Union County

Jeremiah is William and Ann Maria's son. He is 34 NJ, Melvina 33 NJ, Georgiana 11 NJ, William V. 9 NJ, Mattie M. 6 NJ and Kate Elenor 3 NJ.

 

WILLIAM PUTNAM  Rahway, Union County

William Vickory is still a silver plater, 70 NJ, his daughter Martha M. is 44 NJ. Also here is another daughter Clara E. Muddell 27 NJ, her husband Jerome 28 NJ, daughter Clara P. 4 and sons T. Leroy 2 NJ and Gilbert L. 9/12 NJ.

 

WILLARD PUTNAM  Union, Union County

He is a farm laborer 41 VT NY NY.

 

 

NEW JERSEY 1900 CENSUS

 

ALFRED W. (WILLIS) PUTMAN  Glen Rock, Bergen County

He is 39 DE born Dec 1860, Mary Virdin Wallace, his wife, is 36 DE Dec 1863, Ruth 12 DE Sep 1887, Amy 11 DE Jan 1889, Lillian 9 NY Oct 1890, Helen P. 5 NY Oct 1894 and Earle 2 NY Jan 1898. He is a son of Orlando Monroe Putnam and Judith Nixon Harris. In fact his mom is in Camden County right now. Orlando was a son of Calvin Putnam (1851) and his second wife Ann Clark of Truxton, New York. Orlando was born there June 3, 1831. Alfred was born in 1860 while the family was in Little Creek, Delaware.

 

KATE PUTNAM  Hackensack, Bergen County

She is 65 IRE born Nov 1834 and a 'servant' with Edwin Meyers. She was here single in 1880, and will be with the Meyers in Montclair, Essex County in 1910.

 

STEPHEN G. (GREELEY) PUTNAM  Midland Township, Bergen County

He is 45 NH born Oct 1854, Frances V. 42 NY Oct 1857, and there are two nephews Daniel A Vetter 13 NY and Stephen E. Vetter 4 NY with them. He is a son of Abram Putnam and Clarissa Greeley. He was born in Manchester, New Hampshire. His folks are from Andover, Vermont. Abram is a son of Jacob Putnam and Mary Burton.

 

LETITIA P. (PAULISON) PUTNAM  Woodbridge, Bergen County

She is 69 NJ born Oct 1830 and lives with her daughter Carrie P. Cameron 40 NY Jan 1860. She was married to Glenn Putnam in New York City in 1860 and was widowed here in 1880.

 

MARY R. PUTMAN  New Hanover, Burlington County

She is 54 NJ born Oct 1845 and lives with her daughter Elizabeth E. Poinsett.

 

BENJAMIN PUTNAM  Camden, Camden County

He is 59 NJ NJ NJ May 1841 and his wife Harriet Shaw is 57 PA PA MA Jun 1842. Elis’ son has moved down from Newark, and is here in 1910 and will die here in 1911.

 

MARGARET PUTNAM  Camden, Camden County

She is 25 NJ born May 1875 and is boarding. She is Benjamin's daughter and was at home in 1880 and 1900. She is here in 1910 too.

 

RAYMOND PUTMAN  Camden, Camden County

Raymond Lester Putnam is 27 NJ born Aug 1873, Mary Louise Hubbs, his wife, 22 NJ Sep 1878. He is a son of Benjamin Packer Putnam from Newark. They were just married September 27, 1899. They will be in New Castle, Delaware in 1910, and in Gloucester County, New Jersey in 1920.

 

WENDALL P. PUTNAM  Camden, Camden County

He is 48 MA born Mar 1852, Rosa M. (Horsy?) 33 DE Jul 1866. Also there is Emma Horsy 30 DE a sister in law and 2 other boarders. There was a Wendell P. Putnam in Boston in 1880, but was exactly 10 years older. If this listing should read 58 MA then that’s him. On the other hand I don’t know who that guy was.

 

JUDITH PUTMAN  Haddonfield, Camden County

She is 72 NJ born Oct 1827, Ella C. 36 DE Oct 1863 and Fanny P. 33 NJ May 1867. She is Judith Nixon Harris, widow of Orlando Monroe Putnam. Orlando was a son of Calvin Putnam (1851) and his second wife Ann Clark from Cortland County New York. Orlando died in North Plainfield in 1883. Judith will die here January 29, 1910, and Ella and Fanny will be here in 1910, still single. They never married Ella was born October 3, 1863 and will die November 28, 1960. Fanny was born May 6, 1867 and will Die December 25, 1952 after just too exciting a Christmas. Everyone is buried in Lakeside Cemetery in Dover Delaware where they lived in the 1860s.

 

JOHN S. PUTNAM  Bridgeton, Cumberland County

He is 57 NY born Jul 1842, Emma 56 PA Sep 1843 and John G. 19 NJ Jul 1880. The son John will be married here in 1910. I don’t find John and Emma in 1910, but she will be widowed here in 1920 living with her son John. He is a son of Richard Putman and Frances Hedded. He was born in Ephratah, Fulton County, New York. The line is Dutch. It goes back Richard & Frances > Richard & Nellie Van Brocklin > Lodowyck > Arent > Jan Putman.

 

JOSEPH H. PUTNAM  Bridgeton, Cumberland County

He is 66 NY born August 28, 1833 in Ephratah, New York and lives alone. He and the above John are brothers. Same lineage. He is a physician and was married here in 1880 to Lucretia Wright who died here in 1897. He will be here in 1910 and die here in 1913.

 

GEORGE A. (ALVIN) PUTNAM  Landis Township, Cumberland County

He is 61 MA born Aug 1838, Adeline (Lucy Adeline Rea) 58 MA Mar 1842 and they have George H. (Hildreth) 26 ME Nov 1873. He is a son of Israel Putnam and Mary Hawkes of Lyndeborough, N. H. and then Andover, Mass. Where George was born August 1, 1838. He was

orphaned early in life and went out to Colorado seeking adventure and probably gold. He served in the Civil War in a unit from Colorado, lost a leg and returned to Lyndeborough. He was in the N. H. legislature in the 1870s, worked in the Kittery Naval Yard in Maine (where his son George was born). He'll be here till Adeline dies in 1915 and then will go to live on his son James Garfield Putnam's ranch in Snohomish County, Washington where he will die April 20, 1920. This line is George > Israel > Aaron > Ephraim > Nathaniel > Benjamin > Nathaniel > John Putnam of Massachusetts.

 

ELLIS M. (MILES) PUTNAM  Bloomfield, Essex County

He is now 56 NJ born May 1844, Kate D. 52 NY Apr 1848, Kate 22 NJ Jan 1878, Cora D. 18 NJ Apr 1882 and Florence A. 14 NJ Mar 1886. He is Ellis Miles junior. Kate will be widowed in 1910 and be living with her then married daughter Kate in Newark.

 

HORACE F. PUTNAM  Bloomfield, Essex County

This one is a son of Miles and Catherine and was listed as Morris in Newark in 1880. He is 29 NJ born Oct 1870, Mary 28 SCOT Apr 1872, William F. 3 NJ May 1897 and Florence M. 1 NJ Dec 1898.

 

CARRIE A. (ADELA) PUTMAN  East Orange, Essex County

Carolyn is 14 NY born August 25, 1885 and boarding with her aunt. She is a daughter of Nathan Putnam and his first wife Ellen Landy. Her dad is over in Jersey City now. She is staying with her dad’s sister Jenny May and her husband James Crafts. They will raise her. They are here in 1910, but I can’t find Carrie. She married Harold Lewis Dodd about 1912. She died here in East Orange about 1971 and Harry died a couple of weeks later while in Florida with his daughter Ethel May.

 

J. L. PUTMAN  East Orange, Essex County

She is 49 NY born May 1851 and has a daughter Mary 14 CO NJ NY born May 1887. She lives with her sister Mary Lathbury. She states she is married and has been for 14 years.

 

ALONZO PUTNAM  Newark, Essex County

He is 35 MA VT ME born May 1865 and a stepson of John (55 VT NH NH) and Mahala (57 ME NH MA) Hales. His brother Lewis 37 MA VT ME is here too. They are all grocers here in Newark. Alonzo and Lewis are sons of John and Mahala Putnam. In 1870 they were in Rockingham County, New Hampshire. Mahala and John Hales were in Lowell, Mass. in 1880, and I guess John died and Mahala remarried. Lewis will be here in 1920. Alonzo and his family are also listed back in Lowell, Mass., and will also be there in 1920. Their folks will be in Heaven by then.

 

CORNELIA PUTNAM  Newark, Essex County

Edwin's widow, Cornelia Van Deren, is 65 NJ born Aug 1834, Ella 38 CT Jul 1861, Cora 34 NJ Aug 1865, Marie L. 30 NJ Sep 1869, Adelade G. 28 Apr 1872, and Edwin Andrew 24 Dec 1875.

 

EUGENE L. PUTNAM  Newark, Essex County

He is 52 NY born Nov 1847, Susan 40 NY Mar 1860, and Edith 13 NJ Aug 1886. He was here in 1880, but had a wife named Anna from Maine who was only 2 years younger than he was. So, Suzy is wife number two. He was here in 1880, and will be here in 1910 and 1920 as well.

 

HORACE PUTNAM  Newark, Essex County

He is Horace Raymond Putnam, a son of John Davis Putnam, Junior. He is now 40 NJ born Feb 1860, Mary 40 NJ Oct 1859, Hattie 14 NJ Mar 1886. His mother Sarah Elizabeth Putnam is 60 NJ born Feb 1840. He will be here in 1910, and in Philadelphia in the 1920 census.

 

HOWELL V. (VIRGIL) PUTNAM  Newark, Essex County

He is a son of John Davis and Sarah, and was listed as Virgil H. in 1880. He is 33 NJ born Jul 1866, Anne 34 IRE Apr 1866 and Howell jr. 11 NJ Apr 1889. They will be here in 1910 and 1920.

 

LEWIS C. PUTNAM  Newark, Essex County

John Davis' son is now 64 NJ born Oct 1835, Betsy J. 63 NJ Jun 1836 and Frazee C. 30 NJ Mar 1870. They live with Charles Lister and his wife, their daughter.

 

LEWIS J. PUTNAM  Newark, Essex County

He is 37 MA born Jul 1862 and lives with his stepfather John Hales. His brother Alonzo 35 MA is there as well. He'll be here, married, in 1920. See the comment above for his brother Alonzo.

 

MARIE PUTMAN  Newark, Essex County

She is 30 NJ born in 1870 and in the Essex County Hospital for the Insane. The only 10 year old Marie in 1880 was Edwin's daughter, but that one is still at home now in 1900, so I am not certain who she is unless this is a dual listing. She is here in 1910 listed as May Putman 43 US.

 

MARY E. PUTNAM  Newark, Essex County

She is 60 NY born Feb 1840. She lives with her sister Emma Harrison. She is the widow of Isaac Putnam from here in Newark. Her son Arthur 29 NJ born Oct 1870 is here too. They will both be here in 1910.

 

MILES PUTNAM  Newark, Essex County

John Davis' son is now 68 NJ born Dec 1831, Malvenia 56 NJ Feb 1844, Harry S. 30 NJ Mar 1870, William 23 NJ Nov 1876 and Arthur 19 Dec 1880.

 

MORTIMER PUTNAM  Newark, Essex County

John D. junior's son is 29 NJ born Aug 1870, Minnie A. 27 MA Sep 1872 and Herbert LeG. 7 NJ Mar 1893.

 

ALONZO PUTNAM  Jersey City, Hudson County

He is 19 West Indies born Jul 1881, and is listed as a stepson of Frederick (50 Germany) and Addea (39 West Indies) Grunwald. He could somehow be connected to Fernando Cortez Putnam. Fernando was married (his second) to Addah Husband who would be 72 now and is living with her son William in the State of Washington. But this is strange to have Alonzo’s mom named Addea. I really wonder if Addea was a child of Fernando, though was never in the censuses, that remained in the West Indies. Alonzo was born in the West Indies at a time when Fernando had been here in the States for many years. Very interesting. Hmmm.

 

CHARLES E. PUTNAM  Jersey City, Hudson County

He is 35 NY born Nov 1864, Lilla Taylor 30 NJ Dec 1869, Randolph E. 3 NJ Aug 1896. Also there is Mary Coyle 17 NJ Aug 1882 listed as a niece and William S. Taylor 70 SCOT, Lilla's father. Charles and the following Dana are sons of George and Abigail Putnam, and were shown at home in 1870 and 1880 in Elbridge, Onondaga County, New York.

 

DANA F. PUTNAM  Jersey City, Hudson County

He is 31 NY born Feb 1869, Annie Rodgers 28 MO Jul 1871. He and the above Charles are brothers, and sons of George and Abigail Putnam, and were shown at home in 1870 and 1880 in Elbridge, Onondaga County, New York. They are here in 1910 and 1920.

 

KATE PUTNAM  Jersey City, Hudson County

She is 40 NY born Oct 1859 and has a son Charles 19 NY born Dec 1880. They are here in 1910 and 1920 as well. They are eventually all in West Palm Beach Florida in 1930. At that time Charles says his dad was born in Connecticut. If you look back to the 1880 in Jersey City, you will see an Edward Putnam born in Connecticut. This just has to be his dad.

 

NATHAN W. (WATROUS) PUTNAM  Jersey City, Hudson County

He is 41 NY born Jun 1858, Libbie (Liberty Whitely) 29 NJ Apr 1871, Elizabeth 13 NY Jun 1886, Irma 5 NJ Feb 1895 and Nathan W. jr. 3 NJ Nov 1897. He is a son of Leonard Miller Putnam and his second wife Caroline Cahoo from Saratoga County, New York. They are here in 1910, and she'll be widowed here in 1920. The daughter Elizabeth is by Nathan’s first wife Ellen Landy who died in the later 1880s. He married Liberty in the early 1890s here in Jersey City.

 

SIMEON N. (NELSON) PUTNAM  Jersey City, Hudson County

He is 39 NJ (no, he was born in Barre, Vermont on Dec 7th 1860), Minetta A. Varney, his wife, 35 NJ (VT as well, born in Charlotte on Jun 24th 1864). He is a son of Ezra Nelson Putnam (2687) and Lucia Washburn of Barre and then Randolph, Vermont. Simeon is a book publisher here in town.

 

HENRIETTE E. PUTNAM  Kearney, Hudson County

She is 76 NY born Apr 1824 and the mother in law of William Lawrence 53 NY and her daughter Mary Ella 40 NJ. She is the widow of William D. Putnam from Rahway, Union County, and is here in 1910 as well.

 

ARTHUR PUTNAM  Passaic, Patterson County

He is 26 NY born Mar 1874 and boarding. He is a son of Edward and Emily Putnam, as shown in 1880 and now in Orleans County, New York. He is probably just down here working. He is back there now and will be with his widowed mother in Orleans County in 1910. He has a daughter then but no wife. He will be in Ocean County, New Jersey in 1930. He then also states he is married, but is by himself.

 

ELLA E. PUTNAM  Passaic, Patterson County

She is 38 CT born Jul 1861 and an inmate at the River Lawn Sanitarium. She is Edwin and Cornelia's daughter and is also listed (above in Newark) with her family.

 

E. I. (ELMER E.) PUTNAM  Salem, Salem County

He is 38 IL born Oct 1862, Mary Ludwig 31 WI Mar 1869 and Ray H. 9 NE May 1891. They are boarding with William English. He is a son of Edward George Putnam and Mary E. Crabbe who are still in Odell, Livingston County, Illinois. He married Mary in Cook County, Illinois August 10, 1889. They are here in 1910.

 

ERASTUS G. (GAYLORD) PUTMAN  Elizabeth, Union County

He is 66 NY born Dec 1833, Mary Nichols Woodward his wife is 65 NY Oct. 1834. They were here in 1880. He is a son of Hamilton Putnam and was born in Hartford, Cortland County, New York on December 23, 1833. He married Mary Woodward in Vails Gate, New York January 30, 1867. From 1868 till 1872, he was Business Manager of Cornell University. They then moved to Elizabeth where he was on the Board of Education. They had four children who all died as infants. His parents were Hamilton Putnam (number 2349 in Eben's book) and Jeanette Cleveland from Madison, New York, then back through Elijah Putnam of Medford, Mass to Eleazer Putnam of Danvers who was in the Battle of Lexington on April 19, 1875 at that famous bridge. They are here in 1910, and Mary will be widowed here in 1920.

 

WILLIAM PUTMAN  Elizabeth, Union County

He is 62 NY born Jul 1837, Mary 60 NJ Aug 1839, Mary 39 NJ Mar 1861, Catherine 35 NJ Feb 1865, Helen 21 NJ Oct 1878 and Archie 19 NJ Jun 1881. They weren't in the 1880 so I have no ideas here.

 

FRANK PUTNAM  Plainfield, Union County

Lewis' son is 36 NJ born Sep 1863, Ida C. 31 PA Jan 1869, Frank 7 NJ Apr 1893 and Hazel 2 NJ Aug 1897. They are here in 1910. Then he will have a new wife, Kate, and they are here in 1920 and 1930.

 

JAMES H. PUTNAM  Rahway, Union County

William's son is 60 NJ born May 1840 and is now widowed. His son Thomas is 24 NJ Mar 1876 and Nellie his daughter is now 23 NJ Jan 1877.

 

JERE (JEREMIAH) PUTNAM  Rahway, Union County

Jeremiah is William V. and Ann's son. He is 54 NJ born Jan 1846. His daughter Kate Place 23 NJ Jul 1876 is home as is another daughter Mary 14 NJ Jul 1785. His wife Melvina is missing, I think they have split up. His other kids are in Chicago. His daughter Martha had married William Place and they are now in Chicago along with his son Jerry and daughter Belle. Kinda sounds like the whole family just split apart.

 

MARTHA M. PUTMAN  Rahway, Union County

She is 54 (actually 64) NJ born Nov 1845 and living with Amos White as his aunt. She is the daughter of William Vickery Putnam. She will be here in 1910. She never married.

 

SARAH A. PUTMAN  Rahway, Union County

She is 49 NJ born Jan 1851 listed as a servant with William Robinson.

 

W. (WILLIAM) V. PUTNAM  Rahway, Union County

He is 35 NJ born Feb 1865, his wife Anna 40 NJ Jan 1860. They have Voorhus B. 18 NJ Mar 1882, Charles H. 16 NJ Feb 1884, Frank 10 NJ Jan 1890 and Sadie Putnam 15 NJ Jan 1885 listed as a servant. He is Jeremiah's son and the age is 29 born in Feb 1871. This is an example where they went back later and added the year of birth. The initial listing had age and month, so if they read the age wrong, they put in the wrong year. Happened all the time. Now if you look at 1910 and 1920, you’ll see the Charles and Frank listed here have the last name Brown and would be Anna’s from an earlier marriage. Sadie is probably a sister or cousin I guess. Then the Voorhus B. is???? Wonder if it is a ‘screw-up’ of William and his middle name is Voohus or Voorhies.

 

THOMAS L. (LORD) PUTNAM  Summit, Union County

He is 56 NH (MA) born Mar 1844, Mary Ann Collins, his wife, 51 NY Oct 1848, Arthur C. 33 NY Nov 1866, his wife Harriet C. 30 NJ Jan 1869, Collins T. 7 NJ Dec 1892 and Stanley V. 5 NJ Dec 1894. He is a son of Jeremiah Putnam and Sarah Lord, and was actually born in Danvers, Mass. October 9, 1842. They were in Peabody, Mass. in 1870 and Boston in 1880. They will be back in Melrose, Mass. by the 1920 census. The son Arthur, his wife Harriet and their kids will be there in Melrose by 1910.

 

 

NEW JERSEY 1910 CENSUS

 

FRANCES PUTNAM  Atlantic City, Atlantic County

She is 74 NY VT NY and widowed. She lives at the Schindler Hotel.

 

ALFRED W. (WILLIS) PUTNAM  Midland Township, Bergen County

He is 49 DE NY NJ and is a poultry and egg farmer.  Mary Virden Wallace his wife is 46 DE, Ruth 22 DE, Amy D. 21 DE, Lillian J. 19 NY, Persis 13 NY, and Elizabeth 7 NY. He is a son of Orlando Putnam and Judith Harris. His dad was a teacher and came here from Cortland County, New York in the 1860s. Alfred was married here in 1900 and will be widowed here in 1920.

 

BENJAMIN P. (PACKER) PUTNAM  Camden, Camden County

He is 68 NJ NJ NJ and is a carriage painter. Harriet V. Shaw his wife of 29 years is 68 NY. He is a son of Ellis Putnam and Margaret Runyon. He has been in Union and Essex Counties up till now. He was married to Mary Mannering who died January 22, 1879. He married Harriet V. Shaw on October 26, 1880. They were here in 1900. Ben will die here October 27, 1911. Harriet will be widowed in Rahway in 1920.

 

MARGARET PUTNAM  Camden, Camden County

She is 35 NJ, single, and a seamstress in a factory. She was here in 1900. She is either Ellis' or Benjamin's daughter as both had 5 year old Margarets in Newark in 1880.

 

ELLA & FANNY PUTNAM  Haddonfield, Camden County

Ella is 46 DE and her sister Fanny 45 NJ. They are unmarried daughters of Orlando Putnam and Judith Nixon. They were here with their widowed mother in 1900. They are still here and still single in 1930.

 

JOSEPH H. PUTNAM  Bridgeton, Cumberland County

He is 76 NY NY NY, widowed and a janitor in a Church. He has been here since the 1870s. He was widowed here in 1900 too. His wife Lucretia Wright died in 1897 and he will die here in 1913. Both he and his wife were physicians earlier in life. He is a son of Richard Putman and Frances Hedded. He was born in Ephratah, Fulton County, New York. The line is Dutch.

 

JOHN G. PUTNAM  Bridgeton, Cumberland County

He is 29 NJ NY NJ, Daisy Nichols his wife of 6 years is 23 NJ and they have Everett 4 NJ. He is a son of John S. and Emma Putnam. He was home here with them in 1900. I don’t find his folks now, but his widowed mother Emma will be living here with him in 1920. His father John was the above Joseph’s brother. Dutch family from New York State.

 

GEORGE H. (HILDRETH) PUTNAM  Landis Township, Cumberland County

He is 36 ME MA MA and still single. His mother Lucy Adeline Rea is now 68 MA. His father is George Alvin Putnam, and they were all here in 1900. His dad is around someplace, but not listed here now. Lucy will die here in 1915, and George Senior will move to Vader, Washington to live with his son James. He will die there in 1920. Not sure where George Hildreth is in 1920 though.

 

ELMER C. (CALVIN) PUTNAM  Belleville, Essex County

He is 50 NJ NJ NJ and a foreman in a shirt factory. Mary Ann his wife of 10 years is 37 NY. He is a son of Calvin Putnam and Elnora Rappleyea. He was at home in Warren County in 1870, and was single in New York City in 1900. He will be here in 1920 too.

 

MAY L. PUTMAN  Cedar Grove, Essex County

She is 43 US and an inmate at the Essex County Hospital for the Insane. She was here in 1900 as well.

 

ELMER E. PUTNAM  East Orange, Essex County

He is 47 IL CT CT and a salesman for a publishing house. Mary Ludwig, his wife of 20 years is 44 WI and their son Raymond H. is 19 NE. He is a son of Edward George Putnam and Mary E. Crabbe who are still in Odell, Livingston County, Illinois. He married Mary in Cook County, Illinois August 10, 1889. They were here in 1900.

 

JOSEPH W. (WARREN) PUTNAM  East Orange, Essex County

He is 39 MA MA MA and his wife Catherine Brooks is 33 MD. They have been married 10 years. They have Joseph W. Jr. 9 NY and Robert B. 7 NY. He is a son of Uzziel Putnam and Adelaide Medora Woodbury from Boston Mass. He was home in 1880 and in New York City just married in 1900. They are here in Essex County through 1930 and in New Rochelle New York after that. He is an electrical engineer.

 

MARY PUTMAN  East Orange, Essex County

She is 22 NC NC NC and a maid with a Lynch family. She could be the daughter of Rush Douglas Putman. That Mary was 14 in 1900 with the family in Gaston County North Carolina, and she’s not there now.

 

GEORGE W. PUTNAM  Montclair, Essex County

He is 27 NH NH NH and a school teacher. Bertha Marian Cole his wife of 2 years is 27 NH and they have William 10/12 CT. He is a son of William Jacob Putnam and Dora Tarbell of Nashua, New Hampshire. He was home there in 1900 and will be here in 1920.

 

KATE PUTNAM  Montclair, Essex County

She is 70 IRE and widowed. She is a servant with Edwin and Frances Meyers. She was widowed in 1880 in Bergen County, and there with the Meyers in 1900.

 

SILIAS M. PUTNAM  Montclair, Essex County

She is listed as 28 MA, a widowed mother in law of Robert Bush and his wife Margaret 40 MA. Her daughter Harriet 44 MA is with her. The listing was probably Mrs. Silas Putnam. She is actually Ann Maria Whitemarsh and is 78 MA, and the widow of Silas Safford Putnam. They were in Boston, Massachusetts in 1880 and she was widowed in Middlesex County, Mass. in 1900 with Harriet. Harriet will be with her sister in 1930 and they will be living in Union County then.

 

ALBERT PUTNAM  Newark, Essex County

He is 28 NJ NJ NJ. He is single and works as a waiter in a hotel.

 

ALICE PUTNAM  Newark, Essex County

She is 23 NH US US, single and lodging. She is a nurse. She is a daughter of William Putnam and Ella Gray from Wilton, New Hampshire. She was at home there in 1900.

 

CORNELIA A. PUTNAM  Newark, Essex County

She is 75 NJ and still widowed. Cornelia Van Doren was married to Edwin Putnam here and was widowed here in 1900. Still at home are Ella E. 45 CT, May L. 35 NJ, Adelaide G. 36 NJ and Edwin Andrew 35 NJ. The kids are all still single. Cornelia will still be here in 1920 at age 85.

 

DELL F. PUTNAM  Newark, Essex County

She is 58 NH NH NH and is widowed. She lives with her daughter Edith C. 30 MA NH NH who is single and a public school teacher. Dell is the widow of Clarendon Willard Putnam of Worcester, Mass. They were there in 1880 and 1900. By 1920, Dell and Edith are in Brooklyn, New York.

 

EUGENE H. PUTNAM  Newark, Essex County

He is 61 NY NY NY, his second wife Susan J. is 50 NY and their daughter Mary Edith is 23 NJ. He has been married to Susan for 24 years. He first popped up here in the 1880 and was then married to an Anna. He and Susan are here in 1920 as is Mary who is married by then.

 

HORACE R. (RAYMOND) PUTNAM  Newark, Essex County

He is a son of John Davis Putnam from here in Newark. He is now 50 NJ NJ NJ. Mary E. his wife of 24 years is 50 IRE and Hattie E. 24 NJ. He is a fireman. They will be in Philadelphia in 1920.

 

HOWELL PUTNAM  Newark, Essex County

He is 43 NJ NJ NJ and is a fireman. Anne his wife of 22 years is 44 IRE and young Howell is now 21 NJ. He is a son of John Davis and Sarah Elizabeth Putnam and was born in Warren County. He was married here in 1900 and will be in 1920. His full name is Howell Virgil Putnam.

 

KATIE PUTNAM  Newark, Essex County

She is 62 NY GER GER. She lives with her now married daughter Kate 32 NJ NJ NY and her husband of 9 years Andrew Hillman 41 NY GER GER. Kate is the widow now of Ellis Miles Putnam, Junior. They were all in Bloomfield in 1900.

 

MARY E. PUTNAM  Newark, Essex County

She is 66 NJ NJ NJ and still widowed. Her son Arthur G. is 42 NJ NJ NJ. Mary is the widow of Isaac F. Putnam who was a son of Andrew and Rachel Putnam. They have been here in Newark forever. Neither are around in 1920 though.

 

WILLIAM B. (BALL) PUTNAM  Newark, Essex County

He is 33 NJ NJ NJ and a theatrical promoter. Pearl Frey his wife of 3 years is 29 NJ and they have Dorothy 7/12 NJ. He is a son of Miles Putnam and Molly Ball, and was at home here in Newark in 1900. Also here is his brother Arthur F. 39 (actually 29) NJ and still single.

 

MORTIMER PUTNAM  Nutley, Essex County

He is 39 NJ NJ NJ. Minnie, his wife of 18 years is 37 MA and their son Herbert is 17 NJ. He is a son of John Davis and Sarah Putnam from Newark. He and Minnie were here in 1900 and will be in Little Falls, Passaic County 1920. He is a butcher. Herbert will be married and in Newark in 1920.

 

CHARLES A. PUTTMAN  Bayonne, Hudson County

He is 23 NJ GER GER. Verda E. his wife of one year is 21 PA. The name actually looks like Hellman. Not one of ours at any rate.

 

ALBERT PUTNAM  Jersey City, Hudson County

He is 28 MA MA MA and a machine operator. Clara his wife of 5 years is 35 MD (DC in 1920). He is Albert Willis Putnam, a son of Cornelius and Elizabeth Putnam from Oxford, Worcester County, Massachusetts. He was single in Boston in 1900, and will be here in 1920.

 

CHARLES E. PUTNAM  Jersey City, Hudson County

He is 45 NY NY NY and a physician of general practice. Lila Taylor his wife of 17 years is 38 NJ SCOT GER, their son Randolph is 13 NJ. Then Lila’s father William S. Taylor 82 SCOT, Lila’s sister Mabel 35 NJ and her husband John Melick 40 NJ are with them. They were here in 1900. Lila is widowed here in 1920 with Randolph. Charles is a son of George and Abigail Putnam, and was shown at home in 1870 and 1880 in Elbridge, Onondaga County, New York

 

CHARLES W. PUTNAM  Jersey City, Hudson County

He is 29 NY NY NY and manages a laundry. Mae his wife of 5 years is 24 NY and his widowed mother Kate N. Putnam 52 NY is with them. He was here with his widowed mom in 1900. No ideas as to his father though.

 

DANA PUTNAM  Jersey City, Hudson County

He is 38 NY NY NY and an insurance agent. Annie Rodgers, his wife of 12 years, is 34 MO. Her brother Harold Rodgers 19 NJ is living with them. They were here in 1900 and will be in 1920 still no kids. He and the above Charles E. Putnam are brothers, and sons of George and Abigail Putnam, and were shown at home in 1870 and 1880 in Elbridge, Onondaga County, New York.

 

NATHAN PUTNAM  Jersey City, Hudson County

He is 50 NY MA MA, and is a motorman for the trolley line. Liberty Whitely his second wife of 17 years is 38 NJ, Elizabeth 23 NY, Irma 15 NJ, Nathan Junior 13 NJ and Leonard 7 NJ. He is a son of Leonard Miller Putnam and his second wife C