ILLINOIS

Census Report

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UPDATED OCTOBER 6, 2022

 

There are a lot of birth and death dates on www.tributes.com that used to be called www.obits.com sorted by death years starting mostly in the 1960s and 1970s. When you get into the 1990s and 2000s most were born after the 1930 census or out of state and I have no idea who they are. www.findfagrave.com has a lot of dates taken from tombstones and sometimes people have added obituaries or family notes. Big help. I have put what I can find mostly here in 1930, especially stuff for young kids in the families.

 

ILLINOIS 1930 CENSUS

 

AMOS PUTMAN  Clayton, Adams County

He is 45 IL IL IL. His wife Stella Vaughn is 47 IL and they have John Everett 21 IL and his new wife Isabel Manker 19 IL, and Marcellus 12 IL. He is a son of John William Putman and Hannah Aber from next door in Brown County. He was born January 2, 1885 in Mount Sterling, Brown County and will die here November 30, 1949. He works for the railroad but will run a grocery store here soon. The son John Everett was born April 28, 1909 and will die September 11, 1987. Southern Putman Family.

 

LEOLA N. PUTMAN  Melrose, Adams County

She is 14 IL IL IL and single. She is a patient at the Adams County Tuberculosis Sanitarium. She is a daughter of   Briggs Putman from Elkhorn, Brown County.

 

CECIL E. PUTMAN  Quincy, Adams County

He is 25 IL IL IL and a barber in a hotel. His wife Mildred B. Mallory is 23 IL and they Raymond Eugene 2 IL and Richard Earl just born. He is a son of Clarence Vell Putman and Clytha Mehl from Mount Sterling, Brown County. He was born there March 6, 1905 and will die here in Adams County October 23, 1966. He married Mildred August 31, 1924. She was born February 1, 1907 and will die in Quincy in December 1976. The son Richard Earl was born May 28, 1929 and will be here till he dies in August 1980. Southern Putman Family.

 

RUFUS W. (WILLIAM) PUTNAM  Quincy, Adams County

He is 96 IL MA IL and widowed as his wife Melissa Simmons died over 40 years ago. He still has his single daughters Fannie L. 68 IL and Edith E. 60 IL with him. He’ll be here until he dies July 22, 1932 at the age of 98. He is the son of Henry Putnam and Martha McDonald from here. His dad was originally from Salem, Massachusetts. His greatgreatgrandfather Henry died at the famous bridge in Lexington on April 19, 1775.

 

MURRAY PUTMAN  Cooperstown, Brown County

He is 30 IL IL IL and a farmer. His wife Mary E. Kennedy is 29 IL and they have Laura Grace 9 and Wayne Ellsworth 5 IL. He is a son of Stephen Ellsworth Putman and Laura Ellen Hills. His full name is Murray Hills Putman and was born December 31, 1899.

 

JENNIE PUTMAN  Elkhorn, Brown County

She is 59 IL and widowed. She is Jennie Hendricks the second wife and now widow of George Washington Putman from here.

 

ANNA L. (LAURA) PUTNAM  Mount Sterling, Brown County

She is 64 IL IL IL and single as she will be all her life till she dies here in 1932. She is the daughter of Daniel Webster Putman and Harriet Harper.

 

KATE PUTMAN  Mount Sterling, Brown County

She is 66 IL OH IL and single. She is a daughter of Ambrose Putman and Margaret Kendrick from here.

 

WARREN PUTMAN  Mount Sterling, Brown County

He is 63 IL OH IL. His wife Amanda E. Bell is 59 MO and Harold 33 IL is back home again. He is divorced, but will marry Florence Curran here December 1, 1931. James Warren Putman is a son of John George Putman and Sarah Frances Gordley from here.

 

EDWARD R. (RUFUS) PUTNAM  Versailles, Brown County

He is 51 IL IL IL. His wife Louisa Covey is 46 IL and they have Lorraine V. 18 IL and Edna L. 16 IL. He is the son of Henry Francis Putman and Virginia Shackleford. He will be here till he dies April 26, 1954. He is a farmer.

 

JENNIE PUTMAN  Versailles, Brown County

She is 70 IL IL IL and widowed. She is Jane Hume who was the second wife of Stephen Ellsworth Putman. His first wife Laura Ellen Hills died August 11, 1916 and he married Jennie in 1918. Stephen died here June 20, 1924. He was a son of John George Putman and Sarah Frances Gordley from here. Jennie is a daughter of Joseph R. Hume and Martha Briggs from Versailles. She was born here in July 1959 and will die here March 14, 1931.

 

WILBUR D. (DICKSON) PUTNAM  Princeton, Bureau County

He is 42 NE MI IL he is boarding, but states he is married and has been for 11 years. He is a son of Orlean Elhanna Putnam and Nellie Henderson. In 1900 through 1920 he was home with his mother in Galesburg, Knox County but there was never a wife shown with him in 1920. He will be back In Galesburg in 1935 and 1940 and says he is widowed then. So I found a family sheet and by golly Wilbur wasn’t married once but twice and managed to put them out of their misery within a couple of years of him finding them out on the street and marrying them. Or at least something like that. He was born February 8, 1888 in Clay Center, Nebraska and then came up with the family and was in Henderson, Knox County Illinois in 1900 and 1910 and in Galesburg, Knox County in 1920 with the folks. He wandered west and married Jane Bradford December 27, 1920 in Woodland Park, El Paso County Colorado. Jane was born February 16, 1897 in Joliet, Will County Illinois and then died September 10, 1922 in Kankakee, Illinois. He then decided to try it again and married Emma Louise Aldrich October 4, 1923 here in Bureau County. She was born March 22, 1883 in Illinois and died April 13, 1930 in East Moline Rock Island County Illinois. Emma is currently in Hampton, Rock Island County in the Moline State Hospital.  She will die there shortly on April 13, 1930. Wilbur is in Galesburg, Knox County once again in 1940 and will die there January 10, 1957. New England line Connecticut to New York to Illinois.

 

ERNEST T. (TUCKER) PUTNAM  Mount Carroll, Carroll County

He is 46 IA CAN CAN. His wife Bessie is 44 IL. He is a son of John W. Putnam and Sarah Manda Crowder, both from Canada then from Cherokee County Iowa. He was born July 29, 1883 in Lemars, Iowa. He was with his remarried mother here in Carroll County in 1900. He is a telegraph operator for the railroad. Bessie was born September 10, 1885 and will die in May 1963.

 

ALICE C. PUTNAM  Champaign, Champaign County

She is 72 IL OH IN and single as she has always been. She is a daughter of Henry Putnam and Phoebe Conduit originally from Licking County Ohio.

 

CARRIE N. PUTNAM  Champaign, Champaign County

She is 67 IN OH IN and widowed. She lives with her married daughter Louise M. Anderson 28 IL OH IN and husband James L. Anderson 26 TN. Carrie N. McDowell is now the widow of Lee Francis Putnam. They have been in Condit for a long time. Lee was a son of Luther Edgerton Putnam and was born here.

 

JOHN PUTNAM  Champaign, Champaign County

He is 55 IN, his wife Helena Schaede is 60 IL and they have Clyde 26 IL and Ralph 18 IL. Also here are Helena’s brother Emil Schaede 43 IL, sister Marie Schaede 62 IL and another sister Meta Schaede 46 IL. He is a son of John Putnam and Jane McCullum from Vermilion County Illinois and Fountain County Indiana before that.

 

CHARLES W. (WICKLIFFE) PUTNAM  Condit, Champaign County

He is 64 IL OH OH. Susan B. Clark his second wife is 63 IL. He is a farmer and a son of Henry Putnam and Phoebe Conduit originally from Licking County Ohio. He was born here April 4, 1866. He married Tina Yexley here on March 6, 1893. She died February 14, 1902 and he married Susan B. Clark September 4, 1904. They were here in 1910 and 1920. He will die here March 12, 1939 and Susan is widowed here in 1940.

 

GEORGE PUTNAM  Ogden, Champaign County

George Edgar Putnam is 35 IL IL IL and is a farmer. This is the soybean capital of the world. His wife Hilka Kate Loeschen is 30 IL and they now have Wilbert H. 10 IL, Clarence R. 8 IL, Alvin 6 IL, Dorothy M. 5 IL, and Mildred L. 1 IL. He is a son of Fred S. Putnam and Anna Behrens. He married Kate in Danville December 26, 1917. Kate will die April 13, 1936 and he is widowed here with a zillion kids in 1940.

 

MINERVA PUTMAN  Ogden, Champaign County

She is 43 IL IL IL and still single. She was born January 1, 1887 and will die in Royal, Illinois in February 1976. She is living with her mother Anna and her stepfather George Keinitz. She is a daughter of Frederick Putnam and Anna Behrens from here. Her dad died in 1893 and her mom remarried in 1897.

                               

FLORINDA PUTNAM  Urbana, Champaign County

She is 72 IN and still has her daughter Helen M. 30 IL with her. Florinda Calhoun Fitzpatrick Putnam is the widow of George William Putnam. She was widowed here in 1920 too.

 

KATE M. PUTNAM  Urbana, Champaign County

She is 32 IL IL IL and still single and still a nurse at the hospital as she was in Champaign in 1920. She is a daughter of Charles Wickliffe Putnam and his first wife Tina Yaxley.

 

WILLIAM J. (JAMES) PUTNAM  Urbana, Champaign County

He is 42 IL MA IL and an assistant professor at Illinois University. His wife Nettie Smith is 39 IL and they have Doris M. 14 IL and Catherine L. 12. They have a servant so he must be doing okay. He is a son of James Putnam and Emma Sarah Paine from Rosamond Christian County. His dad was born back in Berkshire County Massachusetts. William was born August 22, 1887 and will die here in January 1981. Nettie was born October 6, 1890 and will die here in Urbana in April 1986 a couple of years shy of 100.

 

AMY PUTNAM  Taylorville, Christian County

She is 28 IL IL IL and single. She was in Springfield, Sangamon County with her folks where she was born September 19, 1901. She is a daughter of Jonathan Henry Putnam and Jessie Mae Stutters from Springfield. She will be here in 1940. She will marry John David Lamb January 21, 1944 in Taylorville. John was born January 22, 1890 in Johnson, Christian County and will die in Taylorville, Christian County December 12, 1969. Amy will die here December 11, 2004.

 

LYMAN W. (WHEELER) PUTNAM  Aviston, Clinton County

He is 29 MO IL IL. His wife Inez Lanier is 27 FL. Her brother Frank Lanier 21 FL is with them. He is Lyman Junior, son of Lyman W. and Fanny Putnam from University City, St. Louis Missouri. In 1920 he was listed with his folks and also at Camp Dix in New Jersey. That’s probably where he met Inez while he was in the service. He is a salesman at a feed and grain mill. They are in Duval County Florida by 1935.

 

MARK L. (LEANDER) PUTNAM  Berwyn, Cook County

He is 31 KS KS KS. He is a researcher for the electric company. His wife Lela Lucille Dilling is 31 IL and they have Elizabeth 8/12 IL. Her sister Clara Dilling 36 IL is with them. He is a son of Charles E. Putnam and Ida McGee. He was home in Franklin County Kansas in 1900 and 1910. Then his folks got divorced and he was with his mother in Lawrence, Douglas County Kansas in 1920. Right now his mom and brother are in Kay County Oklahoma. He and Lela are in Le Grange, Cook County in 1935 ad then in Summit, Union County New Jersey in 1940. . He was born in Richmond, Kansas April 12, 1898 and will die up in Fredonia, Chautauqua County New York May 20, 1990. Lela was born in Illinois February 9, 1898 and will die in Fort Wayne, Indiana in June 1980.

 

WILLIAM P. (PARSONS) PUTNAM  Berwyn, Cook County

He is 49 CAN CAN CAN. His wife Frieda Reuss is 49 GERMANY, and they have Hope 8 IL. He is a son of Charles Gordon Putman and Rachel Ostrander From Elgin East, Ontario County Canada. He was in Chicago with his folks in 1900 and this is the first time I’ve seen him since. They are here in 1940. Dutch Family originally from New York State.

 

ABBIE PUTMAN  Chicago, Cook County

She is 44 IL IL CAN and widowed. She lives with her married sister Minnie Ludwig. She is Abbie Boyce the widow of Frank Putman from here in Cook County in 1910 and not listed in 1920.

 

ALBERT PUTMAN  Chicago, Cook County

He is 59 GER and widowed by himself. May not be a Putman, could be a Puttmann who are around.

 

ALFRED E. (EDISON) PUTMAN  Chicago, Cook County

He is 44 IL IL CAN. His wife Sophronia Alice Wing is 45 IL. He is a vice president of a cement company. He is a son of Victor Charles Putman and Elizabeth Ann Ward from Chicago. He was born in Chicago January 3, 1886 and will die in River Forest, Illinois January 6, 1942, a day short of the 1st anniversary of the Pearl Harbor bombing and the start of WWII out there. Don’t know Sophronia’s folks but she was born in Chicago March 17, 1885 and will die in La Jolla, San Diego County California February 28, 1966. They were in Chicago in 1920 and will be in River Forest, Cook County in 1940. This is a Dutch family out of Jefferson County New York.

 

ALTO PUTMAN  Chicago, Cook County

He is 55 IN IA IA and his wife Millie is 51 GER. He is a clerk in a factory. He is a son of William Alexander Putnam and Belle Darnell from here in Chicago. William was a son of Hazeal Putman and Lydia Ann Miller from Fulton County. Southern Putman family.

 

ALMA R. PUTMAN  Chicago, Cook County

She is 30 OH IL IL and single. She is a musician. The age is 40 and she is a daughter of John Elkins and Emma Putman from here in Chicago. She was with her widowed mother here in 1920.

 

ANNA K. PUTNAM  Chicago, Cook County

She is 46 KY KY KY and single. She is a sales lady in an insurance agency. She is Anna Katherine Putnam daughter of Nathan Henry Putnam and Nancy Spaulding from Lebanon, Kentucky. New England family way back when.

 

BENJAMIN C. (CLAYTON) PUTNAM  Chicago, Cook County

He is 54 IL MA NH and his wife Della Edna Pierce is 46 CT. He is an office clerk for the railroad. He is a son of Frank Austin Putnam and Arabella Susette Foss was born here in Chicago May 30, 1875. He will die here in Chicago December 29, 1939. Della was born in Connecticut July 1, 1883 and will die out in Anaheim, Orange County California August 23, 1974. Massachusetts Family.

 

BIRDIE PUTMAN  Chicago, Cook County

She is 43 MI NY AUSTRALIA  and single. She is a public school teacher. She is a daughter of Charles Frederick Putnam and Fanny Spencer Wallace (from Australia) and was home in 1900 and 1910 and listed as Birta then. I think she is the one here in 1920 listed as Bird.

 

CAROLINE PUTNAM  Chicago, Cook County

She is 27 OH and married, but she is living with her widowed mother Minnie Smith and no husband is around. Caroline has been married 5 years to Norman Ray Putnam. He is currently also here in Chicago as a patient in a Tuberculosis Sanitarium. Ray is a son of Clarence Simeon Putnam from Barre Vermont. He was born in Fargo, Cass County North Dakota, and was there with his folks in 1910 and 1920. I don’t find either in 1940.

 

CHARLES PUTNAM  Chicago, Cook County

He is 50 UNKNOWN and a watchman in a store. He is a son of William H. and Anna Putman from here. He was married to Helen here in 1920. There is a single Helen here in Chicago that may be his ex-wife.

 

CONNIE PUTNAM  Chicago, Cook County

He is 32 IL IT IT. His wife Clara is 19 IL and they have Leatrice (probably Beatrice, but this is the way it was spelled) 1 IL. They live with her mother Agnes Johnson. They are here in 1940. Now, got lucky and found a tree. His real name in Cono Putigano a son of Genero Putigano and Maria Dalia and was born here in Chicago May 23, 1897. His folks are from Salerno, Campania, Italy.  Don’t know when he changed his name, but not one of our English Putnams or Putmans.

 

CORDELIA (ARDELIA) PUTNAM  Chicago, Cook County

She is 88 NY and widowed. She lives with her married daughter Jennie 48 IL NY NY and her husband Eugene Rogers 50 IL. She would be the widow of Edmond Putnam as shown in Ross, Vermillion County Illinois in 1900. Ages for both her and Jenny are perfect. She was named Ardelia Shephard in Ross in 1900. Edmond is the son of Orrin Putnam and Sophia Huntington from Genesee County New York. He was born April 5, 1841 and just died here in Chicago July 17, 1929. They were in Rossville, Vermillion County, Illinois in 1920.

 

ELEANOR PUTNAM  Chicago, Cook County

She is 55 MA and widowed. She was here in 1920.

 

ELGER PUTMAN  Chicago, Cook County

He is 28 IL and his wife Virginia Schmidt is 21 IL and they have Elger Jr. 6/12 IL. He works for the steam railroad. Elger Douglas Putman is a son of Alonzo Sylvester Putman and Lucretia Catherine Johnson and was born July 28, 1902 in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin. Dutch family from Montgomery County New York.

 

EMMETT PUTMAN  Chicago, Cook County

He is 24 MO MO MO and single. He is a son of Emery or Edwin and Sarah Putnam from Putnam County Missouri. His dad’s name was spelled differently every year, but was a son of Adelbert Putnam from there. He is an electrician with the Electric Company.

 

FLORENCE PUTNAM  Chicago, Cook County

She is 60 IL MA NY. She is an interior decorator. She is the daughter of Winthrop Davis Putnam and Jennie Barney from here. She was here with her folks in 1900 and then her dad died here January 15, 1907 and she was with her widowed mother in 1910. She was here in 1920.

 

FRANK PUTNAM  Chicago, Cook County

He is 45 IL IL IL and his wife Helen Larson is 42 IL. They have Neil 10 IL at home. He is a son of George and Sarah Putnam, and was born in East St. Louis, St. Clair County Illinois. They were here in 1910 and 1920.

 

FRED PUTMAN  Chicago, Cook County

He is 53 MI MI MI. His wife Alice Maud Murphy is 48 MI and they have Maria 26 IL (married name Brooke but no husband), John 22 MI, Anna 19 IL (married name scratched out. She will die and John will marry Olivia Taphorn here in 1931.), Helen 16 IL, Robert 14 IL and Daniel 12 IL. Strange listing. Both daughters married names were scratched over but both said they were still married. Also Daniel wasn’t listed here in 1920. Fred has been here since the 1890s. In 1880, he just pops up as a grandson of Edward Schryer in Hamtrack, Wayne County Michigan. Found a sheet that he is Fred Montgomery Putnam a son of John Egglestone Putnam and Ellen Schryer and was born in Port Huron, St. Clair County Michigan June 20, 1877 and will die here in Chicago July 12, 1945. According to the Sheet he was Minneapolis in 1918 and here in Chicago ever since. In the 1880 Michigan Census his folks John E. Putnam and wife Ellen Schryer were in Detroit, Wayne County and his dad was born in Lockport, Niagara County New York in 1845. Family goes back to John Cornelius Putnam in Monroe County New York to Nathan Putnam from Worcester Massachusetts to Isaac Putnam and Rachel Pratt from Sutton, Massachusetts To Isaac Putnam and Ann Fuller from Salem Village, now Danvers, Massachusetts etc. back to England.

 

GEORGE PUTNAM  Chicago, Cook County

He is 40 OH married to Willie 33 MS. They are Negroes.

 

GEORGE PUTMAN  Chicago Cook County

He is 75 NY NY NY and his wife Catherine is 77 IRE. Their daughter Sadie 35 IL is still at home. They have been here since the late 1800s.

 

GEORGE P. (PALMER) PUTNAM  Chicago, Cook County

He is 54 NY NY LA single and boarding. He is a supervisor for the telephone company. He was here in 1920. He is a son of George Palmer Putnam and Agnes Hall from New York City. He was home there in 1900. He will marry Lucy S. Holland soon on September 5, 1930.

 

GEORGE T. (TAYLOR) PUTMAN  Chicago, Cook County

He is 47 IL ME NH and is a manager at a gasoline station. His wife Elizabeth Van Hausen is 47 OH. Her father John Van Hausen 79 OH is with them. He is a son of Frank Austin Putnam from here in Chicago.

 

GEORGE W. (WILLIAM) PUTNAM  Chicago, Cook County

He is 35 MN MN MN and a researcher at a creamery. His wife Mildred Jones is 33 PA and they have George W. Jr. 8 MN and Jean 6 MO. He is a son of George Hall Putnam and his first wife Della Sowden and was born in Minneapolis October 30, 1894. He was at home in 1910 and in 1917 when he registered for the draft he was in the Cadet Corps at the University of Minnesota. He and Mildred are in Wilmette, Cook County in 1940, and he is still a researcher at a creamery then. He will die here in Evanston October 8, 1986. His dad’s father, George Whittemore Putnam was from Sutton, Massachusetts and came out to Minnesota in the 1850s.

 

GLENN H. PUTMAN  Chicago, Cook County

He is 34 PA PA PA and is single. He is an electrician with the power company. He is a son of Xenophan and Bessie Putnam from Crawford County Pennsylvania. He was born February 2, 1896 and will die in suburban Oak Park in November 1980. He is married here in 1940.

 

HAROLD PUTNAM  Chicago, Cook County

He is 27 IL ENG GER (actually IL MA GER) and his wife Ida Pohlmann is 28 IL GER GER. They both work in a Ford plant. They are here in 1940. He is a son of Henry Putnam and May Ninemeyer from McLean County. His dad died and his mom married William Henderson and are still in Cropsey, McLean County where he was born.

 

HARRY PUTMAN  Chicago, Cook County

He is 26 HOLLAND. His wife Bernice Kreiger is 19 IL. Harry Albert Putman is an engineer in a hotel. The Hendrik Putman listed below is probably his brother. Harry and Bernice and 2 kids will be in Van Buren County Michigan in 1940. He was born in Omsford in the Netherlands (Holland) August 15, 1904 and will die in Kalamazoo, Michigan October 5, 1991. He arrived in America in 1923. He married Bernice Henrietta Kreiger in Valpariso, Indiana July 20, 1929. She is a daughter of Fred Kreiger and Margaretha Elnora Dumpke and was born in Chicago February 17, 1911 and will die in Plainwell, Allegan County Michigan October 28, 1998. I have no idea as to his ‘given’ name. Look below to the Herman Putman also born in Holland and Hendrick. In 1940 Harry and his family live with Herman and his mother Geraldine. So gotta be same family.

 

HARRY PUTMAN  Chicago, Cook County

He is 42 TX TX TX and his wife Marie is 37 ENG. Now, take a look at the next Harry. Ages are exactly 5 years off and lots of people from CAN were listed as ENG. I’ll bet this is the 1925 State and next the 1930.

 

HARRY PUTNAM  Chicago, Cook County                        

He is 47 MA VT MA. His wife L. Martha is 42 CAN. He is a salesman in a department store.

 

HARRY PUTNAM  Chicago, Cook County

He is 48 IN WI IN and is single. His divorced/widowed mother Martha is 72 IN. He is a clerk in a department store. They first show up in 1900 in Porter County Indiana in 1900 and she was divorced at that point. His 1942 Draft Registration gives his birth date as August 14, 1881 in Valparaiso, Indiana. They weren’t around in 1880 so no idea of the husband. Then she and Harry were in Curry County New Mexico in 1910 and here now. Travel a lot it seems. His full name is Harrison George Putnam and his SS death card says he died in Chicago in October 1976. Rand Putnam figured his folks were Henry and Martha his first wife Putnam. Henry and wife 2 Henrietta Cowden were in Wichita Falls, Texas in 1920 and 1930. That Henry’s folks were Harrison and Christine Putnam from Wisconsin so his name makes sense.

 

HARRY C. PUTMAN  Chicago, Cook County

He is 42 IL IL IL and his wife Clara Ponto 45 IN. He is a building superintendent. He is a son of William A. Putnam from here in Chicago. William was a son of Hazeal Putman from Fulton County. Southern Putman family.

 

HELEN B. PUTNAM  Chicago, Cook County

She is listed with out an age or state or anything.

 

HENDRIK PUTMAN  Chicago, Cook County

He is 27 NETHERLANDS. His wife Maria is 27 NETHERLANDS and they have Thomas 2 IL. He works in an automobile plant.

 

HERBERT G. PUTMAN  Chicago, Cook County

He is 41 WI IL CAN. His wife Ella Larson is 33 WI and they have John D. 16 WI. Also here is his brother Robert 22 WI and Ella’s sister Viola Larson 23 WI. They were all here in 1920 and earlier. He is a son of Alonzo Sylvester and Lucretia Putman from Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin. He and Ella will be in Cook County Minnesota in 1935 and 1940..

 

HOLLIS D. PUTNAM  Chicago, Cook County

He is 24 IL IL IL. His wife Jane M. is 23 IL. He is a machinist in a tool factory. Think this is a messed up dual listing for the next guy. Can’t find any Hollises the right age in IL but several in MN, and only one with a middle initial ‘D’ is listed next.

 

HOLLIS D. (DWIGHT) PUTNAM  Chicago, Cook County

He is 24 MN MN MN. His wife Faith R. is 20 IL. He is a superintendent of a concrete building company. This is the only listing on the page and is headed by a comment “Enumerated through correspondence with the Central Office.” Must be a screwed up ‘dual’ listing for the other Hollis listed just above. At any rate this Hollis is a son of Hollis Chester Putnam and Marguerite Ayers from Stern County Minnesota. He was home there in 1910 and 1920 at age 14.

 

IDA B. PUTNAM  Chicago, Cook County

She is 60 WI MA MA and single. She is a physician in a homeopathic place. She is a daughter of Charles Edwin Putnam and Hannah Plummer from Richland County Wisconsin. She was here with her widowed mother in 1910.

 

JAMES PUTMAN  Chicago, Cook County

He is 35 IL IL IL, his wife Ethelyn Pinkley is 34 IL and John 8 IL. He owns a meat market. They were here in 1920. He is a son of James Putman and Mary French from here in Chicago. The son John ‘Jack’ Putman was born here November 28, 1921 and will marry Shirley Ann Katz in Slinger, Wisconsin August 23, 1944. They moved to Fond du Lac, Wisconsin in 1947. He taught at Fond du Lac High School for 38 years and died there March 16, 2010. Dutch Family out of New York State.

 

JAMES N. PUTMAN  Chicago, Cook County

He is 47 RUS and his wife Minnie 50 IA. They were here in 1920. He is an attorney in a law office. Being born in Russia, I would doubt his folks were from Massachusetts, not really a Putman.

 

JANE L. PUTNAM  Chicago, Cook County

She is 24 SD and says she is married, but is lodging by herself.

 

JEFF PUTMAN  Chicago, Cook County

He is 35 MS and heads up a Negro family.

 

JEREMIAH O. PUTNAM  Chicago, Cook County

He is 47 NJ NJ NJ and widowed as Bertha Bijick has died. He is an automobile Salesman. At home are Gerald J. 25 IL, Ruby J. 23 IL, Myrtle E. 21 IL, Howard 19 IL, Melvina D. 17, Milton 15 MI, Georgianna 14 MI and Roslyn 12 MI. He was first here single in 1900 and married to Bertha here in 1910. They were in Van Buren County Michigan in 1920. He is a son of Jeremiah and Melvina Putnam from Rahway, New Jersey. He is here in 1940.

 

JESSE PUTNAM  Chicago, Cook County

He is 39 IN NY IN. His wife Clara Belle Jenkinson is 33 IN and they have Lloyd 15 IL, Irene 13 IL, Bernard 10 IN, Albert 7 IL and Thelma 3 IN. He is a son of Edward Putman and Mary Alice Steward from Jasper County Indiana. He and Clara and the first three kids were there in 1920 also. Dutch family out of New York.

 

JOHN PUTMAN  Chicago, Cook County

He is 55 IA IA IA single and boarding. He is an express man.

 

JOHN E. PUTMAN  Chicago, Cook County

He is 30 MN US US single and a shipping clerk. He is John Earl Putman the son of Bert Putman and Mary Wampau. Bert was born in 1864 IL and Mary in 1870 MN. He was born in Chicago March 1, 1900. He lists himself as being born in Minnesota as he was there a couple of years later. He will marry Florence Irene Keshen who was born in 1910 and they are here in Chicago in 1940. By 1950 they will be in Royal Oak, Ferndale County Michigan and he will die there in 1960.

 

KINDA PUTMAN  Chicago, Cook County

She is 65 HOLLAND and widowed. Her name is likely Geraldine. She has a son Bastus 24, Herman 22 and Betsy 17 all born in Holland. They came to this Country in 1928. Herman is in Van Buren County Michigan in 1940 and has his mother Geraldine with him. Probably same gang as the probably didn’t speak very good English. Look above to the Harry Putman also born in Holland and Hendrick. In 1940 Harry and his family live next to Herman and Geraldine. So gotta be same family.

 

LAWRENCE PUTNAM  Chicago, Cook County

He is 39 IN IN IN. His wife May Geible is 32 IN and they have Betty 11 IN and Robert 6 IL. He is a son of Joseph Squire Putnam, and was born in Wabash, Indiana and was there in 1920.

 

LAWSON L. PUTNAM  Chicago, Cook County

He is 42 CO WI WI and is an accountant. His wife Eleanor Jones is 38 OH. Her widowed mother Ella Jones 72 OH is with them. He is a son of Leslie Lincoln and Ada Putnam. He was home in 1900 in Greeley, Weld County Colorado. They were here in 1920.

 

LEO PUTMAN  Chicago, Cook County

He is 29 WI WI WI and is a chauffer for a private family. His wife Earldine is 28 IL and they have Velma 9 IL. He has been married 4 years and Earldine for 10, so Velma is from her first marriage. He is a son of James Monroe and Etta Hollister from Walworth, Wisconsin. He was there through 1920. They are here in 1940 too.

 

LOUISE B. PUTMAN  Chicago, Cook County

She is 56 WI GER GER and widowed. Her daughter Bessie is 21 IL MO WI.  Louise B. Trader was married to Harry Putman from Colorado and he was a son of James Putman according to their marriage record. But I have no idea who Harry or James was. Louise also goes by Lizzie, and in 1920 was in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin with her dad Ferdinand Trader and had Bessie with her. They here in 1940 too.

 

MABEL PUTNAM  Chicago, Cook County

She is 46 MI and widowed. She is Mabel O’Leary who married Morris R. Putnam in Chicago August 31, 1903. They moved to Detroit and then got divorce. I can’t find her in 1920 and Morris died in 1923. Mabel is in Chicago, Illinois in 1930 and there for the rest of her life. Since Morris had died, she lists herself as widowed in 1930 and on.

 

MARTHA PUTNAM  Chicago, Cook County

She is 61 IL NH IL single and boarding. Mattie is a seamstress working out of her home. She has been here since the early 1900s. She is a daughter of George Boardman Putnam and Alice Guild. She was at home in Aurora, Kane County in 1880. She has been here since the early 1900s. She’ll be running a boarding house here by 1940 at age 71. Never married and will die in Dalton, Muskegon Michigan March 4, 1944.

 

MARY PUTMAN  Chicago, Cook County

She is 33 IL IL IL and single. She is an entertainer in an amusement park. She is a daughter of Charles Morgan Putman and Harriet Lyon from here in Chicago.

 

MERTON E. PUTNAM  Chicago, Cook County

He is 24 MI MI MI and his wife Irma Cecelia LaTour is 24 IL BEL BEL. They have Irma P. 3 IL, Anne S. 2 IL and Merton B. 3/12 IL. He is a son of Stephen Putnam and Myrtle Cahill from Allegan Michigan. He is a clerical worker at a dairy company. He was born January 30, 1906 and will die in Ionia, Michigan July 2, 1985. Irma is a daughter of August and Euphenia LaTour and was born here in Chicago in September 1907 and will die in Portland, Michigan in 1984. They are here in 1940 too.

 

MAX PUTMAN  Chicago, Cook County

He is 36 POLAND and his wife Sarah is 32 POLAND. Yet another non New Englander.

 

NELLIE PUTNAM  Chicago, Cook County

She is 61 IL OH IL and widowed. She lives with her daughter Opal 26 IL and her husband Homer Perry 27 IL. Nellie Keyes is the widow of George Allen Putman from Brown County. She has been there widowed since he died in 1903. Opal just got married in 1921 and they all moved up here. Homer is a manager of a chain food store. Southern Putman family.

 

NELLIE V. PUTNAM  Chicago, Cook County

She is 37 IL and widowed.

 

PATRICK H. (HENRY) PUTNAM  Chicago, Cook County

He is 55 IL WI WI. His wife Abbie F. McDole is 45 ME and her sister Mary McDole 47 ME is still with them. Pat is a son of Stephen C. Putnam and Susan Caroline Wheeler from Winnebago County Illinois. He was born January 9, 1872 in Harrison, Winnebago County Illinois and was at home there in 1880. He was single in South Springs, New Mexico in 1900 working on an oil well. He married Abbie McDole by 1910. They were here in 1910 and 1920. He will die Christmas Eve December 24, 1935. Abbie is widowed here in 1940.

 

PATRICIA H. (HOPE) PUTNAM  Chicago, Cook County

She is 14 IL, her re-married mother Elizabeth Scriven 33 IL and her new husband Guy O. Daggy 39 IN. They still live with her mom’s mother Charity Fugate 69 OH. Patricia Hope Putnam is a daughter of Aaron Ray Putnam and Elizabeth Scriven from Livingston County Illinois.

 

PETE PUTNAM  Chicago, Cook County

He is 27 TX TN TX single and boarding. He works at a soda fountain at a drug store.

 

RACHEL PUTMAN  Chicago, Cook County

She is 80 CAN and widowed. Rachel Ostrander is the widow of Charles Gordon Putman from here and Elgin East, Ontario before that. They came here in the later 1800s. They were here in 1910 and not indexed in 1920, so I don’t know when Charles died. Dutch family originally from New York.

 

RAYMOND PUTMAN  Chicago, Cook County

He is 42 MI PA ENG. His wife Minnie Ostrowski is 37 GER, and they have Raymond F. 12 IL and Esther 16 IL. They live with her folks as they did in 1920. He is a son of William and Anna Putnam from here in Chicago.

 

RAY NORMAN PUTMAN  Chicago, Cook County

He is 29 ND VT VT and married for 5 years. He is a patient in the Tuberculosis Sanitarium. He is a son of Clarence Simeon Putnam from Barre Vermont. He was born in Fargo, Cass County North Dakota, and was there with his folks in 1910 and 1920. He is married to Caroline Smith who is here in Chicago living with her widowed mother Minnie Smith.

 

RICH PUTNAM  Chicago, Cook County

He is 32 AL AL AL. His wife Delphie Wilburn is 30 AL and they have Vivian 14 AL and Eugene 9 AL. He is an assembler in an automobile factory. He is Richard Mack Putman a son of John Putman and Mary Jane Cochran from Jackson County Alabama. He was just married there in 1920.

 

RUSSELL L. PUTMAN  Chicago, Cook County

He is 35 OH OH OH and single. He is a publisher in a publishing house. He is a son of Walter Scott Putman and Abigail Elizabeth Bower from Stark County Ohio. German family from Pennsylvania.

 

SCHUYLER PUTNAM  Chicago, Cook County

He is 46 NY CT CT. His wife Helen is 57 MN. He is a salesman for an advertising company. They have been married 10 years.

 

THOMAS M. PUTNAM  Chicago, Cook County

He is 30 IL IA WI. His wife Mildred Moriarity is 28 IL. They were married November 30, 1928. Her folks Michael and Bernice Moriarity live with them. He is circulation manager for a publishing company.

 

VICTORIA PUTMAN  Chicago, Cook County

She is 23 IL and widowed. She has a son Richard 3 IL IL IL. They are with her folks Joseph and Anna Kasprczycki from Poland. Victoria had been married briefly to Chester Putman from here. They were married about 1826 and he died here March 31, 1928. Chester was a son of Harry Charles Putman and Clara Ponto from here. Southern Putmans from Fulton County. She will marry Casimer Sroka soon and she and Richard will be here in 1940.

 

WARNER C. PUTNAM  Chicago, Cook County

He is 45 CAN CAN CAN and his wife Bertha Walter is 45 IL. He is out of work. He is a son of Charles Putnam and Rachel Ostrander from here in Chicago and Canada before that. He was born August 10, 1885 and will die in June 1963. Dutch family originally from New York.

 

WILLIAM PUTMAN  Chicago, Cook County

He is 38 MI PA WALES. His wife Mary Mae O’Dea is 38 IL and they have Ella May 7 IL, Lorraine 3 IL and John 1 IL. He is a repairman in a garage. He is a son of William H. and Anna Putman from here. He and Mae were at home here with his widowed mother in 1920.

                                                                                          

WILLIAM PUTNAM  Chicago, Cook County

He is 32 MI MI MI. His wife Marie is 31 OH and they have a daughter Quinetance 6 MI. He is an electroplater for an auto parts manufacturer. Does the chrome bumpers and all that. I got some info from a descendant. William was born November 27, 1897 in Michigan. He was in an orphanage in Grand Rapids, Michigan in 1910. In 1900 he was in Calhoun County Michigan with his folks Delmar and Gertrude Putnam. His had had remarried by 1910 and was in Battle Creek, Calhoun County. I don’t find Delmar in 1920. Bill here was single in Detroit then. Big problem is I haven’t a clue as to who Delmar was except his dad was born in Massachusetts. William will later move to Jackson, Mississippi and marry Lois Papisan Hembree in the early 1960s. He will die there November 30, 1996.

 

WILTON PUTNAM  Chicago, Cook County

He is listed as Willow Putnam, but he is Wilton Eugene Putnam a son of William George Putnam and Melissa E. Gollmar. He is 24 IL IL IL and his wife Anna Genevieve Stover 22 IL. They have been married a year. His folks are also here in Chicago, Cook County and you can get more of the line there. His dad is an electrical engineer too. Wilton was born March 25, 1906 and will die here in Oak Lawn November 7, 1975. He married Anna December 17, 1929. They are in Oak Lawn Village, Cook County in 1940.

 

WILLIAM G. (GEORGE) PUTNAM  Chicago, Cook County

He is 48 IL IL WI. His wife Melissa Golmar is 49 WI and they have Kenneth 20 IL and Marion 13 IL. His father Judson E. Putnam 74 and widowed is with them. Judson was in Waukegan up till now and is a son of Harrison and Mary Putnam from Waukegan. William is an electrical engineer with the electric company. Melissa was born September 15, 1880 and will die in Oak Lawn in March 1983.

 

WILLIAM H. (HAGEY) PUTNAM  Chicago, Cook County

He is 49 IL MI US. His wife Helen V. is 46 SD LUX GER. He is a printer at a print shop. Also here are his daughter Mattie 23 MO and her second husband Jack Kahn 25 IL and then his son Robert L. 26 MO and his son Robert L. 3 IL but no wife. Mattie was first married to Joseph Clarke Atherton. Robert will soon go to California. Marry Grace Siper in 1936 and remain there till he dies in 1970. He is the son of Edwin Putnam (2632) and Julietta Lawrence from Jackson County Michigan and then Whiteside County Illinois where he was born. He was then in Cedar, Jasper County Missouri in 1900 and ‘missing’ in 1910, but these two kids and one more were in an orphanage in Denver in 1910. They were all here in 1920. He is also currently listed in El Paso County Colorado as a patient in the Union Printers Home out there. William will be ‘widowed’ in Denver in 1940, but looks like Helen is still right here in 1940 and also says widowed. Yeh, right.

 

WILLIAM T. PUTMAN  Chicago, Cook County

He is 35 IL IL MA and married 2 years to Margery B. Somebody 27 MI. He manages an auto shop. He is a son of Francis Victor Putman and Eleanor Marie Walsh from here in Chicago. He was born here January 24, 1894 and will die here in Chicago February 1, 1940. His death certificate says he is single then. Dutch family from Montgomery County New York.

 

WILLIAM PUTTMAN  Chicago, Cook County

He is 42 IN GER GER. His wife Helen is 42 IL and they have Glen 2 IL.

 

WILLIAM PUTTMAN  Chicago, Cook County

He is 39 OH OH OH and his wife Virginia Hogan is 35 GA. He is the son of Anthony Puttman and Frances Haverkamp. He was at home in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1900 with his widowed mother. He was single here in 1920. They are here in 1940.

 

CHARLES F. (FRANCIS) PUTNAM  Evanston, Cook County

He is 36 KY KY KY. His wife Marion S. is 33 KY and they have William S. 12 KY and M. Caroline 8 KY. He is a sales manager for adding machines. He is the son of Forest Lee Putnam and Charlotte Shackleford from Louisville, Kentucky.  New England family. There is a death certificate in Clayton, St. Louis County Missouri that he was born in Lebanon, Kentucky June 16, 1893 and died in St. Louis November 24, 1956. His wife Marion was still alive at the time. He was working for the Burroughs Corporation. They are still here in 1935 and then by 1940 are in Clayton Township, Ladue, St. Louis County Missouri.

 

LEIGH PUTMAN  Evanston, Cook County

This is Leigh Reding Putman my grandfather. He is 54 AR IL GA and is manager of the American Wholesale Lumber Association. His wife Helen Theresa Byrnes is 50 AR AR AR. They have Reding 27 AR, Elizabeth 24 AR, William, my father, 22 AR, Randolph 18 AR and Michael 15 AR. Leigh Reding was in the lumber business in Fayetteville, Arkansas with Helen’s dad Albert Michael Byrnes and then went to New Orleans in 1917 and was Manager of the Southern Pine Wood Association.  They moved up here to Evanston in the summer of 1920 and will be here till he dies of a heart attack in 1935. He went by the nickname Dick. He was appointed regional director of the Federal Housing Administration in the early 1930s. All five of the kids graduated from Northwestern by 1936 and Helen or Nell as she was called returned to Fayetteville. My dad Bill graduated Northwestern in 1929 and married my mother, Meda Sharon, in Evanston September 28, 1934. Meda also graduated from Northwestern in 1931. Because of the Depression, they waited till dad got a good job with Montgomery Wards before they married. I was born here in Evanston in 1937, so I’ll be here in the 1940 census then we’ll be living a little north of here in Glenview till 1944 when we move to Greenwich, Connecticut.

 

WILLIAM J. (JASPER) PUTNAM  Evanston, Cook County

He is 72 MO NY MO. His wife Margaret Elizabeth Atkins is 70 MO. Their son Harold Robert is 40 IL and widowed. He was at home in 1920 with his wife Irene Unseld. Harold was born November 24, 1889 and will die here in August 1964. He owns a commercial bakery. They have been here since the 1910. He is a son of Daniel Putnam and Louisa Damarius Fowler and was born in Kinderhook, Pike County Illinois in 1857 and will die in Chicago August 10, 1944. Family from New England to New York to here.

 

GERTRUDE PUTNAM  Harvey, Cook County

She is now 25 IL and still living with her grandparents James and Susan Stutters from England. She is daughter of Jonathan and Jessie Putnam from Sangamon County.

 

JOHN HENRY PUTMAN  Harvey, Cook County

He is 52 IL IL IL. His wife Hazel Guild is 37 MO and they have Vernon 10, Winifred 8, Donald 5, Glenn 3 and twins Stephen Dale and Stewart 1 6/12 all IL. Then there are three Frosburg kids from Hazel’s first marriage: Dorothy 18, Frances 15 and Mildred 12 all IL. They were here in 1920. He was married to Jessie Sutter in Sangamon County in 1910. He and Hazel will get divorced soon and he will be here in 1940 and Hazel must have remarried.

 

ROBERT J. PUTMAN  Harvey, Cook County

He is 18 IL IL ENG single working as a crane operator. He is a son of John Henry Putman and a first wife from here in town.

 

HENRY H. (HOMER) PUTNAM  Lyons, Cook County

He is 24 WA MA MN and is single. He is a son of Charles Henry Putnam and Mary B. Clark from Spokane, Washington. He’s working here in some kind of production job. He has been in Spokane and his folks are now back in St. Paul, Minnesota and Henry will be back there married in 1940.

 

CHARLES PUTNAM  New Trier, Cook County

He is 67 IL NY KY and owns a bakery. His wife Emma is 62 WI and they have Grace 31 IL. They have been here forever. He is a son of Daniel and Louisa Putnam from Pike County. He was there in 1870, then the family moved to Missouri by 1880 and he was here by 1900.

 

HILDA PUTMAN  Melrose Park, Cook County

She is 42 IL and now widowed. Hilda Ushner was married to Richard Putman here in 1920. Her brother Robert Ushner 35 IL is with her. Her mother was here too in 1920 but I guess has died too.

 

GEORGE E. (ELLSWORTH) PUTNAM  Oak Park, Cook County

He is 42 KS KS IL and an economist at the Swift Meat packing plant. His wife Clara Elsie Edwards is 41 LA and they have Pauline Elizabeth 12 MO. He is a son of Charles Ellsworth Putnam and Ida McGee from Richmond, Franklin County Kansas. George was born July 9, 1887 in Richmond City, Kansas and will die here in Illinois June 24, 1939. He married Clara Edwards June 6, 1911. He was home there in 1900. He and Clara were in Richmond in 1910, in Douglas, Kansas in 1915, and in St. Louis County Missouri in 1920 and that’s where Pauline was born. Here is a bio that Ed Putnam found “George Ellsworth Putnam, economist; student Ottawa (Kansas) University, 1903-05; A.B., University of Kansas, 1907; M.A., Yale, 1908; Rhodes scholar from Kansas, at Oxford University, England, 1908-11; diploma in economics "with distinction," 1909, B. Litt, 1911.  Assistant professor of economics, 1911-14, associate professor, 1915-16, University of Kansas; professor economics, Washington University, 1917-19; special expert U.S. Tariff Commission, summer 1918; consulting economist, Swift & Co., Chicago, Illinois, July 1920-; director Security Mutual Casualty Company.  Author: Practice Problems in Economics, 1915; The Land Credit Problem, 1916; Supplying Britain's Meat, 1923.  Co-author of Tariff Information Series (U.S. Govt. pub.), 1921.  Home: Hinsdale, Illinois.”

 

HENRY T. PUTNAM  Oak Park, Cook County

He is 38 NY ENG NY. His wife Millie is 25 IL and they have Georgina 16 IL and Lewis 14 IL.

 

KATHRYN W. PUTNAM  Oak Park, Cook County

She is 51 WI and widowed. She has Kathryn M. 24 WI IA WI and Louis S. 23 WI. She was married to Louis J. Putnam here in 1920. He was an engineer for the railroad and died in an accidental drowning in Ross Lake, Michigan. The death certificate says he was born in Iowa February 17, 1879 and died May 29, 1920. Kathryn signed the death certificate. Louis was from Delaware County Iowa, a son of Henry and Elvira Putnam.

 

VICTOR PUTMAN  Oak Park, Cook County

He is 69 IL NY CAN and his wife Elizabeth Ward 71 CAN. He is an engineer for the railroad. He is a son of George Putman and Sarah Ann Short from Morgan County. They were here in 1910 and Chicago before that. He will be here till he dies in 1935.

 

WILLIAM PUTNAM  Oak Park, Cook County

He is 45 IL IL IL and his wife Caroline is 35 IL. He has something to do with automobiles. 

 

MINNIE PUTNAM  Palatine, Cook County

She is 58 IL and widowed. Her son Albert is 23 IL. She lives with her parents Albert and Augusta Ohms from Germany. Minnie Ohms was the second wife of Rush Minor Putnam and they were here since the early 1900s. Rush was a son of Dennis Putnam from Lake County. He just died here January 18, 1930.

 

JOSEPH PUTNAM  Proviso, Cook County

He is 37 MS and his wife Ethel 33 MS. They are Negroes.

 

MR. (IRVING) PUTNAM  River Forest, Cook County

He is 51 IA VT IL. His wife Icae Carr is 50 IA. He is a minister in the Methodist Church here. He is Irving Ellsworth Putnam who was in Harvey, Cook County in 1920. His was listed as Ieal then. No idea what it really is.

 

KARL S. (SOBIESKI) PUTNAM  Riverdale, Cook County

He is 42 MO NY OH and is a civil engineer with a construction company. His wife Mabel Royce is 38 IA and they have his widowed mother Mary 63 OH with them. He is a son, probably adopted based on his names, of Rev. Glen Howard Putman and Mary Lewis. They were in Chicago in 1920.

 

THOMAS PUTNAM  Riverdale, Cook County

He is 46 IL IL NY. His wife Peggy 30 IL. He is here in 1940 and has a wife Isabel the same age Peggy would have been. Probably same gal. He is Thomas Harvey Putnam a son of Wallace Ashbil Putnam and Mary Alcott and was born in Ela, Lake County March 27, 1884. He was at home in Palatine, Cook County in 1900. He will die out in Los Angeles February 4, 1950.

 

RUFUS W. (WILLARD) PUTNAM  Riverside, Cook County

He is 38 WI US US. His wife Caroline Hough is 40 NY and they have Persis 14 NY, Rufus W. Jr. 12 NY and Benjamin O. 8 IL. Her parents Benjamin Hough 64 NY and Liza Hough 62 NY are with them. He is a son of William Rice Putnam and Jane Willard from La Crosse Wisconsin and then Rushford, Minnesota in 1900. I find him in 1910 when he was a cadet at West Point, and at a Military Base in Fairfax Virginia in 1920. He is out of the Army now and has his own consulting engineering business. They are all here in Oak Park in 1940 and Caroline and young Benjamin are also listed in Santa Fe, New Mexico in 1940 with her mother Eliza too.

 

RAY W. (WHEELOCK) PUTMAN  Clinton, DeKalb County

He is a Methodist Minister and is 51 NY NY NY. His wife Lola Maude Jones is 44 WI, and they have Gwendolyn 15 WI, Robert S. 11 IL and Ruth 8 IL. His widowed mother Helen 76 NY is still with them. He is a son of Aaron and Helen Putnam. They were in Rome, Oneida County in 1880 and in Chicago in 1900 and Madison County New York in 1910. Aaron was a son of Richard Putman and Abigail Young from Oneida County. Dutch family

 

CHARLES PUTMAN  DeKalb, DeKalb County

He is 59 IL NY NY and his wife Mary is 54 IL. He is a harness maker. They have been here since 1900. He is a son of Abraham Hanson Putman from Ogle County. Dutch family from New York.

 

HOWARD H. (HUGO) PUTNAM  DeKalb, DeKalb County

He is 35 IL WI IN. His wife Ethel Cunningham is 26 IL and they have Viola M. 9 IL, Ralph G. 6 IL, and Charles E. 1 IL. He works in a steel mill. He is a son of Chester W. Putnam and Kate Cronin. He was born in Illinois, but was with his folks in Woods County Oklahoma in 1900 and Pasadena, California in 1910. He was single in Kern County California in 1920. Ethel was about 15 when they were married. She was born June 28, 1903 and will die in Los Angeles County California April 2, 1942. Howard was born May 4, 1895 and will die in San Joaquin, California February 4, 1972. The family was out of Wisconsin, Michigan, New York and then New England.

 

CHARLES H. (HENRY) PUTNAM  Genoa, DeKalb County

He is 48 IA VT NY. His wife Lulu Mabel Botts is 49 NE, and they have Philip C. 17 IL, Pearl E. 14 IL, Paul M. 12 IL and Phyllis R. 6 IL. He is a Methodist Preacher. He is a son of Henry Harrison Putnam and Cornelia Ann Chamberlain. He was born in Bedford, Taylor County Iowa. His dad was born in Wardsboro, Vermont. Henry was a son of Prentiss B. Putnam of Vermont and Sutton, Massachusetts before that. Charles and Lulu will be getting a divorce here in 1944. In fact three of his four children will also get divorces in the 1945-1954 time frame. Only Paul Milton will make it. They were in Du Page County in 1920. His wife Lulu was born February 23, 1881 and will die in Oswego, Illinois in February 1974.

 

HANNAH PUTNAM  Clintonia, DeWitt County

She is 60 IL and now widowed. Hannah Best was married to John DeVales Putman here since the 1890s. He was from Guilford County North Carolina. Southern Putman family.

 

HANNAH PUTMAN  Waynesville, DeWitt County

She is 55 IL and widowed. She is a nurse for a Hull family. Probably a dual listing for John’s widow in Clintonia and someone here where she works just gave wrong information.

 

GERTRUDE PUTNAM  Downers Grove, Du Page County

She is 60 LATVIA and widowed. She lives with her daughter Minnie Dankalm and her husband. They are all from Latvia, so I have no clue how she got involved with the Putnam name. Never shows up at all and Minnie is only 36 so was with her earlier husband.

 

HELEN G. PUTNAM  Downers Grove, Du Page County

She is 18 IA IA IA single and a clerk in a grocery store. She looks like the daughter of Daniel Ransom Putnam from Webster County Iowa. Interesting though. In 1940, Kenneth Putnam from Chicago is married to a Helen G. born in Iowa who would he 19-20 now. They are in Elmhurst Du Page County married in 1940. Hmmm.

 

RALPH M. PUTNAM  Downers Grove, Du Page County

He is 32 PA NY NY. His wife Helen C. Westerland is 30 NY. He is an employment manager for the telephone company. He is a son of William Putman and Bessie Mason from Bradford, McKean County Pennsylvania. He was home in 1900, and the family wasn't listed in the 1910 census. Now, William his dad was a son of Joseph Putman and Jane Elise Brown and was born in Great Valley, Cattaraugus County New York and was there with his folks in 1870. Joseph was a son of John Putman and Mary Ann Learn from there. New York Dutch family He was single at the Erie Pennsylvania YMCA in 1920. They are here still in 1940.

 

WHEELER H. (HERVEY) PUTNAM  Downers Grove, Du Page County

He is 53 NY NY NY. His wife Fredericka Elizabeth Gocke is 55 MO GER IL and they still only have Harry R. 24 IL. He is an accountant with the railroad. They were here in 1920. He is a son of Hervey Putnam from Rose, Wayne County New York. Line goes back to Connecticut. They will retire to Lake County Florida and be there till they die in 1955. Wheeler was born May 13, 1877 and will die March 30, 1955 and Fredrica was born February 16, 1875 and will die 2 weeks after Wheeler on April 16, 1955. The son Harry will soon marry Julia Perron. She lives here in town and was born in Chicago April 16, 1908 and will die in Chattanooga, Tennessee August 26, 2003. Harry died before that.

 

BYRON E. PUTNAM  Wheaton, Milton Township, Du Page County

He s 32 IA IA IA and his wife Adelaide H. is 30 IL. He is a son of James C. and Minnie Putnam from Wayne County Iowa. He was still at home there in 1920 and married Adelaide here in 1926. He is an electrical engineer. He was born July 27, 1897 and will die in Wheaton, Illinois in April 1972. He will get married again later as obits has not only his death in Wheaton, but a Mary B. Putman born November 11, 1902 and died in Wheaton January 30, 1989. In the 1940 he is here and married to Mary B. at that time.

 

CARL (CARROLL) A. PUTMAN  Browns, Edwards County

He is 24 IL IL IL. His wife Frankie G. Milburn is 21 IL and they have Robert C. 8/12 IL. He is the son of David Zolley Putnam and Catherine Elper from next door in Wabash County. He was listed as Carroll, which is his name, in 1910 and 1920. He was born in Kitchen’s Bridge, Wabash County November 6, 1905 and will die in Sarasota, Florida August 21, 1988. The son Robert and another, David, were alive in Florida at the time.

 

ROSS PUTMAN  Bryant, Buckheart Township, Fulton County

He is 52 IL and single. He is the master of the disappearing act. He is a son of William H. Putman and Sarah Frances Miller and was born in Fulton County July 17, 1878 and then was with his folks in Riley County Kansas in 1880. That is the last I have been able to find him till now. He is here in 1930 indexed as Patman, and here spelled correctly in 1940 and 1950.

 

CARL T. (THOMAS) PUTMAN  Canton, Fulton County

He is 26 IL IL IL and works in a plow shop. His wife Mary Ann Warner is 25 IL. They have been married 4 years. He is a son of John Marion Putman. Southern Putman Family. They will be in Winnebago County in 1940.

 

FLOYD F. PUTMAN  Canton, Fulton County

He is 48 IL IL IL and an attorney at law. His wife Clara Thompson is 47 IL and they have Mary E. 19 IL, Lewis J. 17 IL, Charles F. 16 IL and Helen 8 IL. He is a son of Francis Marion Putman and Clara Sanders from here in Canton. Southern Putman Family.

 

FRED PUTMAN  Canton, Fulton County

He is 35 IL IL IL and his wife D. Marie is 35 IL PA IL. A niece, Freida M. Helm 16 MO is with them. He is a barber. He has been around since 1900, but was with his grandparents and I can’t figure his folks. I found a sheet for Fred and says his folks were William Putman and Lucinda Hensley. Their marriage record says they were married in Lewistown March 27, 1890. They split or something as she married Ambrose Green Sanders here May 6, 1900. No clues at all about Frieda. Fred’s gravestone in Canton says born 1895 died 1951.

 

HARRISON C. (CHRISTOPHER) PUTMAN  Canton, Fulton County

He is 52 IL IL IL and is a doctor over in Peoria. His wife Nellie Hanlon is 47 IL, and they have Elizabeth A. 16 IL, Jane H. 15 IL, Harrison C. 12 IL and William H. 11 IL. He is a son of Francis Putman and Clara Sanders from here in Canton. He was born February 11, 1877 and will die July 20, 1963. He graduated Rush Medical School in Chicago and is a doctor. He married Nelle Hanlon in 1911. She was born December 15, 1882 and died December 12, 1963. Southern Putman Family.

 

MARY B. (BELLE) PUTMAN  Canton, Fulton County

She is 55 IL IL IL and single. She is living with Enola Havermale. She is a daughter of Francis Putman and Clara Sanders from here in Canton. She never married. Southern Putman Family.

 

OSCAR PUTMAN  Canton, Fulton County

He is 50 IL NY IL (actually his dad was born in AR). He is listed as a half brother with Charles McBroom. His dad James D. Putman had married a widow Elizabeth McBroom. Southern Putman Family.

 

RAY PUTMAN  Canton, Fulton County

He is 28 IL IL IL. His wife Daisy is 29 IL and they have Jackie R. 5 IL. I think he is a Pitman or something. Not around here as part of any family earlier.

 

GEORGE L. (LEROY) PUTMAN  Cass, Fulton County

He is 42 IL IL IL and his wife Nola Maher is 37 IL. He is a son of John Marion Putman and was born here. Southern Putmans.

 

FLOYD PUTMAN  Deerfield, Fulton County

He is 21 IL IL IL and his wife Violet Vera Delta is 19 IL. He is a son of John Marion Putman. Southern Putman Family.

 

GLEN PUTMAN  Deerfield, Fulton County

He is 32 IL IL IL and his wife Anna Norman is 32 IL. They have Margaret 10 IL and Paul 5 IL. He is a son of John Marion Putman. Southern Putman Family.

 

JOHN PUTMAN  Deerfield, Fulton County

He is 66 IL IL IL and owns his farm. His wife Maggie Fengel is 51 IL and they have Leta 17 and Marian Ruth 7 IL still at home. Southern Putman Family.

 

FRANKLIN E. (EUGENE) PUTMAN  Joshua Township, Fulton County

He is 27 IL IL IL. His wife Margaret Harriet Stuckey is 28 IL and they have Russell E. 5 IL, Mary Ellen and John F. twins 3 IL and Robert F. 1/12 IL. He is a son of John Marion Putman. He was born September 7, 1902 and married Margaret December 28, 1923. She was a daughter of Frederick Stuckey and Grace Blanche Churchill. She was born December 29, 1901 and died in Canton Illinois July 3, 1958. Frank died here July 18, 1976. They had 13 children. Southern Putman Family.

 

LEWIS PUTMAN  Joshua Township, Fulton County

He is 57 IL IL IL. His wife Julia Mae Gilpin is 53 VA and they have Elsie 12 IL. He is a farmer, and a son of Robert Putman and Philena Murphy from here. Southern Putman Family.

 

GEORGE PUTMAN  Putnam Township, Cuba City, Fulton County

He is 58 IL IL IL and his wife Lillian DeWitt is 52 IL. He is a teamster at the local coalmine. He is a son of John Marion Putman and Sarah Catherine Miller. He will die here May 12, 1934. Southern Putman Family.

 

MINNIE PUTNAM  Wauponsee, Grundy County

She is 54 IL and single. She is an ‘inmate’ at the Grundy County Poor Farm. She is still here in 1940 and at age 57 then. Memory fading a bit.

 

ELLA PUTMAN  Galva, Henry County

She is 45 IL IL NY and is married but no husband. She lives with her married sister Anna Thomas and her husband William who runs a hotel Ella is working as a maid there. She looks like Ella Carlson who was married to William Putman in Stark County in 1920, and is still there now in 1930. Dutch family.

 

LULA B. (BLANCHE) PUTMAN  Kewanee, Henry County

She is 28 IL and single. She is a daughter of Charles Francis Putman from Stark County. She is a private nurse.

 

RAY PUTMAN  Kewanee, Henry County

He is 37 IL IL IL. His wife Alma Ethel Boyd is 34 OH and they have Charles 15, Willard 14, Wayne (Mitchell Wayne) 12, Oliver (Oliver Lawrence) 9, Lorene 8, Phillip 4 and Warren 1 all born IL. He is a son of Charles Francis Putman and Harriet Cynthia Screeton and has been in Stark County up till now, and will be back there by 1935 and in 1940. He was born in Stark County August 12, 1892 and will die in McDonough County January 3, 1970. Alma was born August 23, 1895 and will die in Peoria March 5, 1983. Dutch family originally from New York State. The son Willard was born January 30, 1916 and will die in Decatur, Illinois April 13, 2003. The son Oliver was born October 22, 1919 and will be a Lt. Colonel in the Army and will die in Springfield, Virginia January 22, 1966. Mitchell Wayne was born October 6, 1917 in Elmira and will die in Wyoming, Illinois May 30, 2010. Now, for the really great news! The 1 year old Warren Thomas Putman is the Warren Putman I have been talking about for years and years. He is the one that did all the great work on the Dutch line and lots of work on the New England line as well. He will move to Peoria and get married there to Mildred Lyons in 1951. Later they will move out to Rio Linda, California. After Mildred died in the 1990s, Warren moved back to Peoria. I flew out there to see him about 1998 and it was great. His sight was about gone and he had stopped doing genealogy. Then he married a gal named Anne and moved south, and I lost touch. Then in January 2006, I got an e-mail from his granddaughter who had stumbled on my web site and called Warren and then wrote me that he was in Athens, Georgia. I called him and it was the same enthusiastic guy I knew. He was 78, all sorts of physical problems but still having a great time. He was back in the Peoria area as of 2010, but not doing that great. Died sometime in a few years.

 

WALTER PUTMAN  Wethersfield, Henry County

He is 42 IL IL IL. His wife Lillian M. Smith is 39 NE and they have Hazel 21 IL, Helen 14 IL, Jean 10 IL and Dean1 IL. He drives a truck for an oil company. He is a son of Charles Francis Putman and Cynthia Screeton and has been in Stark County up till now. He was born September 2, 1888 and will die here in Kewanee in August 1967. Dutch family originally from New York.

 

F. (FRED) B. PUTMAN  Stockland, Iroquois County

He is 39 IL OH IL. His wife Helen Alice Shockley is 34 MO and they have Clara Lois 16 IL and Cassa Louise 13 IL. He is a son of John Henry Putman and Kate Moffet from Vermilion County. They were there in Danville in 1920. Southern Putman family from Champaign County Ohio and Kentucky before that.

 

ESTHER PUTTMANN  Murphysboro, Jackson County

She is 35 IL MO IL and has Millard 13 IL, Theodore 10 IL, Elizabeth 9 IL, Henry 3 4/12 IL Idress 11/12 IL. Also here is Martin Puttmann 27 IL who is a brother to her husband. Julia Esther Vastine has been married to John Theodore Puttmann for over 16 years. I don’t know where he is now, but is somewhere as he’ll be around all his life. Her parents John J. Vastine 72 MO KY MO and Elizabeth C. Vastine 63 IL SWITZ GER live next door. John and Martin are sons of William Puttmann and Margaret Sevening from here and Iowa before that. William is, I am pretty sure, a son of Bernard Puttmann from Wisconsin and Prussia Germany before that.

 

FRANK B. (BERNARD) PUTTMANN  Murphysboro, Jackson County

He is 38 IA IA IA and a coal digger and his wife Catherine M. (possibly Tonner) is 33 IL IRE SCOT. They have been married 16 years and now have Joseph F. 14 IL, Mary M. 13 IL, Thomas E 11 IL and Charles A. 4 3/12 ILK. Frances Bernard Puttmann is a son of William Theodore Puttmann and Anna Margaret Sevening from here and Winneshiek County Iowa before that. He was born April 4, 1892 and will die March 11, 1964. The family came out of Prussia in Germany in the mid 1800s. They have been here in Illinois since the late 1890s and will be.

 

C. W. (CLARENCE WORTHY) PUTMAN  Aurora, Kane County

He is 79 NY NY NY. His wife Sarah De Etta Nash is 75 IL. Worthy’s son has been here since the 1870s.

 

FRED PUTNAM  Aurora, Kane County

He is 56 IL NY NY and his wife Emma Wilton is 55 IL. He is a mail clerk with the railroad.  He is a son of Abraham Hanson Putman and was born back in Ogle County. He came here with his folks in the 1890s.

 

J. D. (JEREMIAH DOWNER) PUTNAM  Aurora, Kane County

He is now 62 IL NH CAN and owns a farm. His wife Ida Mae Barnes is 62 IL. He is a son of Jeremiah Putnam and his second wife Nancy Downer and was born here. His dad was from New Hampshire and was a teacher in West Albany, New York in 1850 and then here in Kane County by the mid 1850s. Jerry will be here till he dies June 26, 1937, Ida till November 6, 1937.

 

G. W. (GLENN WORTHY) PUTNAM  Aurora, Kane County

He is 47 IL NY IL and he is a general physician. His wife Hazel Lois McGraw is 45 SD and they have June 20 WI and Jean 16 IL. He is a son of Clarence and Sarah Putnam. He was born October 27, 1883 and will be here till he dies in May 1967. He was born here and was a doctor here in 1920.

 

RALPH C. PUTNAM  Aurora, Kane County

He is 49 IL NY IL and is an attorney at law. His wife Hattie Emmett Tuttle is 49 CAN (Nova Scotia) and they have Ralph C. Jr. 14 IL and Cynthia 13 IL. He is a son of Clarence Worthy Putnam and Sarah de Etta Nash from here in Aurora. The family is originally from Massachusetts via New York.

 

GEORGE W. (WASHINGTON) PUTMAN  Elgin, Kane County

He is 27 IL WI WI and is a patient at the Elgin State Hospital. He is a son of George Washington Putman and Leora DeLine from Wisconsin and then McHenry County Illinois. He was at home in Harvard, McLean County in 1920 and his widowed mom is there now. Dutch Folks out of New York State.

 

LYNN PUTNAM  Elgin, Kane County

Jesse Lynn Putman is 42 IA IA US and his new wife Margaret Lichtenberger 32 IA. He is a son of Tilford Lynn Putman and Jessie D. McKean. He was born in Riverton, Iowa December 16, 1886. Tilford is a son of Greene Marion Putman and Mary Elizabeth Kelsey from Fulton County Illinois, Davis County Iowa, and then Mercer County Missouri where Tilford was born February 8, 1859. He married Jessie in Columbus, Nebraska on March 25, 1886. They are in Page County Iowa in 1900 and 1910. Both father and son were physicians. Jessie died in 1917, and Tilford died August 26, 1926 in Shenandoah, Iowa. Southern Putman Family. Lynn was married to Grace Sweeney in Omaha, Nebraska in 1920. They were divorced and he married Margaret. Grace has remarried to J. P. Keller and is still there with the kids in 1930. Lynn and Margaret are in Dundee, Illinois in 1942 when he registered for the draft in WWII.

 

REUBEN PUTNAM  Kankakee, Kankakee County

He is 68 IL NY MI and is a painter for a contractor. His wife Minnie Lange is 55 GER and they still have Walter 25, Raymond 23 and Arnie 21 all IL. He is the son of Reuben Putnam and Minerva Wilson from here. Reuben was born here in Kankakee December 29, 1861 and will die here February 17, 1933. Minnie is a daughter of Johann Gottfried Lange and Louise Poewe and was born in Koenigsberg, Germany March 27, 1875 and will die here in Kankakee November 10, 1947.

 

HELEN M. PUTMAN  Rockville, Kankakee County

She is 77 IL and long widowed. She is Helen McElvain the widow of Charles Francis Putman who died in a train crash in Stark County where they were living back in 1912. She was born here in Kankakee and will be here till she dies in 1938. Charles Frances was a son of Hiram Bingham Putman. Dutch family out of New York.

 

CLARENCE V. (VAL) PUTNAM  Galesburg, Knox County

He is 46 IL IL IL and his wife Minnie Jane Baker 47 IL. He is a son of George Washington Putnam and Amanda Thomas from Brown County. He married Clyta Mehl there April 3, 1904. They divorced and he married Minnie in Lee County Iowa September 26, 1911. Clarence was born May 8, 1883 in Brown County and will die here in Galesburg May 10, 1970. Minnie was born in Versailles, Brown County September 25, 1882. Southern Putman family.

           

NELLIE S. PUTNAM  Galesburg, Knox County

She is 68 IL and has her daughter Frances 34 TX MI IL. She is Nellie Sophia Henderson who was married to Orlean Elhanna Putnam. She has been alone here with the kids since the 1900. She now states she is divorced, and probably was when she decided to leave Orlean back in Texas in 1897 or 1898.

 

BUDD PUTMAN  Haw Creek, Knox County

He is 37 NE IL IL and is a farmer. His wife Inez Boyd is 37 IL and they have Thomas 7 IL and Robert 4 IL. He is David Budd Putnam a son of Orlean Elhannah Putnam and Nellie Henderson from here. He was with his mom in 1920. They will have a son Theodore L. Putnam in 1933.

 

KELSEY T. PUTNAM  Henderson, Knox County

He is 43 NE MI IL and his wife Vera is 38 IL. They still only have Grace L. 15 IL. He rents a farm here. He is a son of Orlean Elhannah Putnam and Nellie Henderson. He was here in 1920.

 

ABBIE A. PUTNAM  Highland Park, Lake County

She is Abigail Anna Dudley now the widow of Abel Adelbert Putnam from here. She has her son William D. 49 IL VT VT (should be 59) who is divorced and back home. William is in advertising. He was married here in 1900 and by himself in Chicago in 1920.

 

JOHN A. (ABEL) PUTNAM  Highland Park, Lake County

He is 60 MA VT VT and he has a new wife Imogene Higgie 49 IL. He was born in Boston, son of Abel Adelbert Putnam and Abbie Anna Dudley. The family moved to Chicago in the 1870s. John has been here in Lake County on the North Shore since the 1900. He had been married to Annie Winchester up through the 1920.

 

CLEVELAND PUTNAM  Lake Forest, Lake County

He is 19 MN WI MN and a nephew of James and Sarah Hinkley. He is a son of Ernest Boles Putnam and Helen Louisa Van Auken from St. Paul, Minnesota. He was with his mother in Seebreeze, Florida in 1920.

 

HERSHEL L. PUTNAM  Shields, Lake County

He is 22 OK TX OK and stationed at the U. S. Naval Training Center here. He is a son of Hershel Montgomery Putman from Carter County Oklahoma. Southern Putman family out of Georgia.

 

DENNIS L. PUTNAM  Wauconda, Lake County

He is now 53 IL IL IL and his wife Jennie B. Seymore is 46 IL. There is a cousin Jennie E. Stoddard 72 MN here too. He is a worker at a golf course. He is a son of Wallace Ashbil Putnam and Mary Olcott from here in Lake County. His widowed dad has been living with him through 1920. Dennis was born in 1877 and will die here in 1954. Jennie was born February 28, 1884 and will die here in September 1972.

 

GEORGE PUTMAN  Waukegan, Lake County

He is 35 IL IL IN and his wife Beatrice is 37 IL. He is an accountant for a company that makes radios. He is George Glenn Putman a son of George B. Putman and Edith Elizabeth Cook and was born August 14, 1894 in Grant, Vermilion County and was there in 1900 and in Danville, Vermilion County in 1910 with his folks. He married Beatrice about 1917. They never had any children. They were in Chicago in 1920 and will be back there in 1940. He was born August 14, 1894. Beatrice was born May 30, 1892. Both died in Barry, Illinois in March 1973. Wonder if in a car accident. Anyway this is part of the Southern Putman line out of Virginia to Kentucky to Champaign County Ohio then Fountain County Indiana and then here in the 1860s.

 

EVELYN PUTMAN  Zion, Lake County

She is 41 TX and widowed.

 

LEONARD PUTNAM  Ottawa, La Salle County

He is 32 IL NY IL and president of an automobile corporation. His wife Nina Keith is 32 IL and they have Jane 3 IL and Scott 1 IL. Nina’s widowed mother Amanda Keith 69 IL is with them. He is a son of Willard Gamble Putnam and Emma Scott from Peoria. He will eventually die in Santa Clara County California December 4, 1964. Nina will die in Alameda County California December 26, 1994.

 

IRA PUTMAN  Bridgeport, Lawrence County

He is 57 IL IL IL and widowed. He has Margaret 26, Willis 24 and his sister Laura 62 IL. There is a nephew Frank Putman 39 IL here too. He is a son of Eber and Elizabeth Putnam from right here. The son Willis was born August 10, 1906 and will die in November 1964. Frank was born January 26, 1891 and will die here in June 1964.

 

SHERMAN PUTMAN  Lawrenceville, Lawrence County

Sherman Marshall is 24 IL IL IL and is boarding. He is a son of Benjamin Franklin Putman and Gertrude Swain. He was born in Mt. Carmel, Wabash County Illinois December 27, 1906 and says he has been married 7 years but no wife is around. He will marry Eileen Blanche Edwards in Summit Ohio December 17, 1935. Don’t know who he first married though.

 

FRANK PUTNAM  Petty, Lawrence County

He is 49 IL, his wife Bessie (Elizabeth Keen) is 43 IL and they still have at home George 19 IL, Eber 16 IL and Mary 10 IL. He is a pumper at an oil production well. Frank Alfred Putnam is a son of William H. Putnam and Miriam King from Wabash County. They have been there up till now and will be here still in 1940. Frank was born in Wabash County October 3, 1880 and married Bessie there on March 29, 1903. She is a daughter of Ancil Marion Keen and Alma Jackson and was born January 10, 1887 and will die here in Bridgeport in April 1974. Frank will die here January 11, 1949. The son George will be married and in Marion County by 1940 and working in the oil fields there too.

 

LEO PUTNAM  Petty, Lawrence County

He is 25 IL IL IL and a pumper at an oil facility. His wife Nova F. Waggoner is 22 IL and they have Catherine 4 IL. Leo Alfred Putnam is a son of Frank Alfred Putnam and Bessie Keene from Wabash County. He was born there May 18, 1904 and will die here January 27, 1981. Nova was born November 3, 1906 and died November 22, 1985. His folks are listed right above.

 

GEORGE PUTMAN  Ashton, Lee County

He is 49 IL NY PA and his wife Dora is 51 IL. Never had any kids. He is a manager of a poultry house. He is a son of William and Elizabeth Putman from here where he was born. Dutch family out of Fulton County New York.

 

CATHERINE PUTNUM  Dixon, Lee County

She is 54 IRE and widowed as she was back in 1900. Her daughter Carrie married a Scott fellow and is now 31 IL VA IL and widowed with a daughter Wilhelmina. There is a marriage record of Kate Hines marrying Theodore E. Putman in 1897 in Whiteside County. Strange as she always spells the name Putnum.

 

GEORGE F. PUTMAN  Forrest, Livingston County

He is 52 IL IL KS and he works in a machine factory. His wife Myrtle is 39 IL, a son Moyn T. 18 IL and a nephew Roy H. 16 IL. Roy belongs to Louis Putman who was here in 1920 as were they. George has been here since 1900. Myrtle was born August 31, 1890 and will die in April 1963. George and Louis are sons of Albro Putman and Sarah Jane White from McLean County. Not sure where Lewis is now, but he's around and will die here on August 28, 1938. Albro was originally from Connecticut.

 

JOHN S. (STERLING) PUTNAM  Rooks Creek, Livingston County

He is 72 IL NY NY and widowed as he was in 1920. He is living with his now re-married daughter Ollie 36 IL and her husband William Hopper. Ollie was married earlier to a Bowman guy, and she was divorced back with John in 1920. In 1920 William Hopper had been married to another of John’s daughters Emma Louise. Emma has died in the last decade and William then married Ollie. He is a son of Aaron Putnam and Sarah Tenney and has been here all his life. Family was from Vermont way back.

 

ELIZABETH PUTMAN  Decatur, Macon County

She is 65 US and still single as she has been for years. She is a daughter of John and Sophia Putman from Brown County. In 1880, she was here in Decatur with her sister Elmira Stoner. Elizabeth never married.

 

FRED H. PUTNAM  Decatur, Macon County

He is 44 NY US US and he drives a taxi. His wife Nellie Foster is 42 IL and they have Fred H. Jr. 16, Katherine 13, Mary E. 10, and Helen 7 all IL. His son James O. is 21 IL and his wife Bertha E. 19 IL and they have Clara L. 1 IL. James drives a taxi too. They have been here since 1910, but I don’t find him in 1900 so not sure who his folks are. Nellie was born April 14, 1888 and will die here in Decatur in March 1971.

 

GEORGE PUTMAN  Decatur, Macon County

He is 45 NY US US. His wife Pearl Holcomb is 41 IA and they have Willard 20 IL and Lyle 15 IL. They have a foster daughter Janet Thompson 8 IL. He just pops up here in 1910 married and everything. According to his tombstone he was born June 27, 1884. His death certificate states his father was Ward Putnam and his mother was Margaret Pritz and he was born in Syracuse, Onondaga County New York. Can’t find them though. He is a city fireman. He will die here January 7, 1944. Willard will die here in 1965. Lyle will be married to Carolyn Brasfield in Fulton County Kentucky in 1940.

 

JOHN A. PUTNAM  Decatur, Macon County

He is 17 IL NY IL and lives with his mother Hazel E. 40 IL and her new husband William Bowen 38 IL. They were here in 1920. Hazel married the John A. Putman who was single here in 1910. Actually there is a gravestone here that states she was the wife of John A. Putnam who died here October 23, 1915. He was born June 3, 1888. Hazel was born January 7, 1850. I don’t think she died here. John’s stone states her birth date but no death date. They are all here in 1940.

 

IRA PUTNAM  Madison, Madison County

He is 43 MO MO MO and divorced. He in an inspector for the railroad. He is a son of William A. Putnam and Lydia Moseley from Calloway County Missouri. The family was in Fayetteville Arkansas in 1910 and then here in 1920. The folks moved back to Arkansas and are there now. He was single here with them in 1920 so wasn’t married that long. His brother William is here in town too.

 

WILLIAM PUTNAM  Madison, Madison County

He is 34 MO MO MO and works on the railroad. His wife Pearl is 24 AR. He is a son of William A. Putnam and Lydia Moseley from Calloway County Missouri. The family was in Fayetteville Arkansas in 1910 and then here in 1920 and will be in Montgomery County in 1940. Southern Putmans out of Guilford County North Carolina.

 

JAMES PUTNAM  Saint Jacob, Madison County

He is 49 IL TN IL still single and boarding. He is a son of Hiram Putman and Lavinia Noblett. Been here with his widowed mom for ages now. His brothers John and Frank are still here too.

 

JOHN W. & FRANK PUTNAM  Saint Jacob, Madison County

John is 62 IL TN IL and Frank 52 IL TN IL. Also here is their sister Clara Belle 42 IL TN IL and her husband of five years William McHale 53 MO. They are all kids of Hiram Putman and Lavinia Noblett and were born here. Southern Putman family from Williamson County Tennessee.

 

LEON PUTNAM  Bushnell, McDonough County

He is 29 IL IL IL and owns a grocery store. His wife Vida Weber is 29 IL and they have Leon Jr. 5 IL. Her sister Lucille Weber 28 IL is with them. Leon was born April 27, 1901 and will die in Peoria in July 1976.

 

CLAUDE PUTNAM  Harvard, McHenry County

He is 42 WI WI WI and his wife Harriet Marvin 61 MI. They have Clifford 19 IL. They were here in 1920 and Harriet was previously married to a guy from Scotland before. He is a foreman at a barn equipment manufacturing company. He is a son of George Washington Putnam and Leora DeLine from here in Harvard and Linn, Wisconsin before that. New York Dutch family. The son Clifford was born December 24, 1910 and will die in Capron, Illinois in July 1987.

 

LEORA PUTMAN  Harvard, McHenry County

She is 60 WI and now widowed. Leora DeLine was married to George Washington Putman from here since the 1800s. He was from the New York Dutch line.

 

LOREN PUTMAN  Harvard, McHenry County

He is 36 WI WI WI and his wife of 5 years Elizabeth Tredup is 31 GER. He is a son of George Washington Putnam and Leora DeLine from here in Harvard. He briefly married Pearl Krischke and had a daughter and split in 1918. He and Elizabeth were married June 9, 1923 in Lake County Indiana. They are here in 1940.

 

OLIVER PUTNAM  Harvard, McHenry County

He is 56 IL NY NY and his wife Mary Estella Crumb is 54 WI and they have Monroe 22 IL still at home. He was here in 1900 with his widowed mother Kate. Monroe was born December 19, 1907 and will be here in Harvard till he dies January 5, 1988. There is a birth record stating Oliver was born in Canajoharie, Montgomery County New York May 18, 1873 and his father was Mr. Putnam and mother Kate Parr. So I looked in the 1880 census in Canajoharie County and found This Listing: “WILLIAM PUTMAN  Canajoharie, Montgomery County. He is 53 NY, Catherine 43 NY and Albert 7 NY. He may be the guy here single in 1870, but the age is off. Obviously just married in the past decade.” So age is perfect for Kate who is 64 NY in 1900. The writing was bad in the 1880 and I thought it said Albert, but it’s Oliver and he was 7 NY in 1880 and 27 NY in 1900 so that’s his family and obviously Dutch Poutman Family coming from Montgomery County.

 

WILLIS M. (McDOWELL) PUTNAM  Bloomington, McLean County

He is 32 IL IL IL and is a fireworks salesman. His wife Ruth Merrifield is 29 IL and they have Dorothy 11. He is a son of Lee Francis Putnam and Carrie McDowell from Champaign. He and Ruth and Dorothy were at home there in 1920. His uncle Frank Edgerton Putnam was here since 1910 and his widow Kittie is still nearby. Willis was born October 22, 1897 and will die here in Bloomington in March 1973. Ruth was born July 15, 1900 and will die here December 6, 1996.

 

KITTIE PUTNAM  Normal, McLean County

She is 66 IL and now widowed. Katie Deck has been here a while married to Frank Edgerton Putnam from Champaign County. He died here in 1927. Kitty was born in September 1863 and will die here in Normal December 6, 1945.

 

FRANCES PUTNAM  Saybrook, McLean County

She is now 83 CAN and widowed as she was in 1920. Frances Jane Wells was married to Albert Allen Putnam. Albert was a son of Perley Putnam and Margaret Ramsey from New York. He died in St. Josephs County Michigan April 17, 1912 and Frances came back after that. He and Fanny were married Christmas Day December 25, 1867. They were here in 1880 and 1900. Frances is a daughter of John Wells and Isabelle Watson and was born March 28, 1846. She will die in Saybrook, Illinois January 3, 1931.

 

GEORGE H. PUTNAM  Jacksonville, Morgan County

He is 65 ME NH GA and a teacher at the State School for the Deaf. His wife Lillie Pretz is 62 PA. Their daughter Edith is 27 KS. She was single in 1920, married a Shaw guy and is now widowed all in 10 years. George was born in 1865 and will die here in 1953. Lillie was born in 1867 and will die here in 1943. George is a son of George Augustus Putnam and Fannie Maria Wells of Yarmouth, Cumberland County Maine. His dad was a minister originally from Massachusetts.

 

JENNIE PUTMAN  Jacksonville, Morgan County

She is 38 IL IL IL and single. She is a cook at the School for the Deaf. She is a daughter of Charles Francis Putman from Stark County.

 

ALPHEUS H. (HENRY) PUTMAN  Mount Morris, Ogle County

He is 38 IL IL IL and his wife Iva V. Messer is 33 NC. They have Juanita 14 IL, Robert 9 IL and Patricia 1 IL. Alfie is a son of Jacob Abraham Putman and Nancy Elizabeth Ford New York Dutch like everyone in Ogle County and that would be why he spells his name Putman. He was born August 19, 1891 here in Ogle County and died January 6, 1958. Iva was born September 25, 1895 and will die May 5, 1987. They are in Whiteside County in 1940. His dad died and then Nancy married Joseph Wilson and they were in Grand Decatur Township, Ogle County in 1900 and then using the last name Putman in 1910 and till he moved out on his own in the 1920s. His mom died in 1929 and his stepdad in 1930.

 

JOHN F. (FERSON) PUTNAM  Oregon, Ogle County

He is 49 OH OH OH. His wife Ada Gale is 38 IL and they now have Martha B. 10 IL and John G. 7 IL. They were here in 1920. He is a son of David E. Putnam and Susan Ramsey from Franklin County Ohio. He was home there in 1900 and 1910 and then here in 1920.

 

CHARLES PUTNAM  Peoria, Peoria County

He is 65 IA IA IA (should be MA MA MA) and widowed. He is president of a coal company. He and his son were in Burlington Des Moines County Iowa in 1910 and he was widowed then. He is the son of Nathan Putnam and Caroline Messer from Salem, Massachusetts. He was at home in 1860 and then with his widowed mother there in 1880. Then he Martha Jane Lane in Massachusetts and they were in Brookline Massachusetts in 1900, and then went out to Iowa. In 1910 he was widowed with her mother Antoinette Lane and his son Charles (listed next) and they were in Burlington, Des Moines County Iowa. Can’t find him in 1920, and in 1940 he and his son Charles are still here in Peoria

 

CHARLES M. PUTNAM JR.  Peoria, Peoria County

He is 30 MA MA IA and his wife Caroline Derby is 36 IA. His dad is listed right above. They were married here November 20, 1926. Charles was born June 13, 1900 and will die here in Peoria in December 1983. Caroline was born February 6, 1883 and will die here in Peoria May 11, 1968.

 

DAN R. (RANSOM) PUTNAM  Peoria, Peoria County

He is 42 IA IA IA. His wife Maude Van Winkle is 43 IA and they have James Thomas 15 WI and Edna 9 WI. He is a house painter. He is a son of Frank Harrison Putnam and his first wife Ida Langdon. Frank was a son of Harrison Putnam and Clementine P. Lovering. He was in Fort Dodge, Webster County Iowa in 1920.

 

EMMA PUTMAN  Peoria, Peoria County

She is 63 IL and now widowed. Emma Scott was married to Willard Gamble Putman who died here November 7, 1925. Her son Joseph Clifford is married in Washington DC now and will be in Montgomery County Maryland by 1935 and in 1940. Emma will be living with him then.

 

FRED H. (HUMPHREY) PUTNAM  Peoria, Peoria County

He is 53 NY VT NY. His wife Josephine Emerson is 52 IL and Marian 11 IL. He is manager of a real estate firm. He is a son of Joseph Putnam and Mary Owens and was born in Chemung County New York. By 1880 the family was in Lenawee County Michigan, and then he came here in the late 1880s with his brother Willard. Been here since then and will be. Fred was born January 9, 1878 and will 

 

HAROLD L. PUTNAM  Peoria, Peoria County

He is 46 IA MA NH. His wife Belle Marge Clark is 42 IL and they have Austin C. 13 IL and Betty M 10 IL. He is a salesman for petroleum products. He is a son of Austin Herbert Putnam and Ida Mae Lyford from Danvers, Massachusetts. He was with the family in Danvers in 1900. The family was in Hamilton County Iowa in 1885 and that was where Harold was born. Harold and Belle were in Rockford Winnebago County in 1920.

 

LYLE PUTNAM  Peoria, Peoria County

He is 18 IL IL IL. He is living with his mother Cynthia who has married Charles Johnson. She was married to James H. Putman in Canton Fulton County in 1920. Lyle’s full name is Lyle Leonard Putman. He was born in Canton, Fulton County April 9, 1912 and will die May 27, 1973 here in Peoria.

 

OTIS PUTNAM  Peoria, Peoria County

He is 38 IL US US, his wife Sylvia is 41 IL and they have Richard 15 IL and Eugene 11 IL. He is an automobile salesman. He is a son of John Devales Putnam from Clinton, DeWitt County. He was born there and there married in 1920. They are all here in 1940. Southern Putnam family out of Guilford County North Carolina.

 

BARNEY PUTMAN  Du Quoin, Perry County

He is 59 IL IL IL. His second wife Louverna Quillman is 68 IL. He runs a machine in the coal mine. Been here since 1900. He is a son of William Putman and Julia Ann Foster from Gallatin County. Southern Putman family.

 

ROY PUTMAN  Chambersburg, Pike County

He is LeRoy Briggs Putman and is 39 IL IL IL. His wife Velida Petrie is 38 IL and they have Delbert 17, Leroy 9, Glen D. 7, Bobby 4, Dorotha 2 and Joan 1 all IL. He is a son of Henry Francis Putman and Virginia Shackleford. He married Velida April 12, 1911 back in Brown County where he was born September 22, 1889. They were in Elkhorn there in 1920. He is a farmer. He will die May 30, 1963 and is buried back in Brown County. Delbert was born April 7, 1913 and will die in May 1986. Southern Putmans.

 

PEARL PUTNAM  Derry, Pike County

Pearl Arthur is 36 IL IL OH and his wife Priscilla E. Dolbeare is 35 IL. They have Isabelle 13, Pauline M. 10 and R. Jeanne 9 IL. They were here in 1920 and before. He is a son of James M. Putman and June Farley from Brown County. They have been here since the 1890s. His widowed mom is in El Dara. Southern Putman family.

 

JUNE E. PUTNAM  El Dara, Pike County

She is now 76 OH. June Farley is the widow of James M. Putnam. They were from Brown County but have been here since the 1890s. She is still here in 1940 and will be till she dies November 26, 1942.

 

EMMA L. (LOUISE) PUTNAM  Hampton, Rock Island County

She is 47 IL and married. She is a patient at the Moline State Hospital. Emma Louise Aldrich is married to Wilbur Dickson Putnam who is presently in Princeton, Bureau County. They were married October 4, 1923 here in Bureau County. She was born March 22, 1883 in Illinois She will die here in East Moline April 13, 1930. Wilbur will be around till he dies January 10, 1957.

 

FRANCES A. (AMELIA) PUTNAM  Moline, Rock Island County

She is Frances Amelia Wicker 82 NY and widowed as she was here in 1920. Her daughter Grace is 55 OH NY NY and still single. She is the widow of Edward Howell Putnam. They were here in 1900 and 1910. He was born February 14, 1824 in Warsaw, Wyoming County New York and died here in Hazelton, Buchanan County Iowa on March 29, 1908. She was born May 2, 1847 in Lockport, New York and will die in Ohio January 20, 1938. Grace will die here December 13, 1932.

 

R. G. (ROSS GRIFFITH) PUTNAM  Eldorado, Saline County

He is 47 IL IL IL and a jeweler for a watchmaker firm. His wife Kate E. Milliken is 44 IL and they have Miriam 19 IL, William 16 IL and Katherine 5 IL. Ross is a son of William H. Putnam and Miriam W. King and was born in Wabash County March 11, 1983. He served in the Army in the Spanish American War in the Philippine Islands from 1901-1903. In 1904 he graduated from the St. Louis Watchmaking School and then married Kate September 1, 1907. Kate is a daughter of William J. Milligan and Jane Elizabeth Courter and was born in Wabash County October 28, 1886. Ross will retire from his jewelry business December 31, 1941 and his son William will take over. Ross has been President of the Board of Education and will next serve one term as mayor of Eldorado. Ross will die here in May 1967, and I don’t have a death date for Kate yet. Family comes from Howard Putnam in Salem, Massachusetts to Eber Putnam from Delaware County New York to Wabash County here in Southeastern Illinois just a little north of Saline County where Ross is now.

 

ELMER PUTNAM  Springfield, Sangamon County

He is 46 IL IL IL. His wife Mayme Sprague is 48 IL. This is his first marriage, but her second. They live with her son Ralph Winter from her first marriage. He’ll be here till he dies in April 1965. He was single here in 1920. He is a son of George Washington Putman and Amanda Thomas of Brown County Illinois and was born there March 11, 1885. Southern Putman Family.

 

MARGARET PUTNAM  Rushville, Schuyler County

She is 44 IL IL IL and single. The first name looks more like Mayme though. She should be the daughter of John Oliver Putman and Hannah Jane Aber from Brown County. She was home there in 1920 and never married. It’s her as she is here single in 1940 name is Mayme. Southern Putman.

 

ROY E. (LEROY EDGAR) PUTMAN  Dupo, St. Clair County

He is 41 IL US US and his wife Geneva Lee Suver is 32 IL and Genevieve is 12 MO. He is an insurance agent. Roy is a son of John Anderson Putnam and Martha Jane Cannon and was born in Macomb County Illinois February 28, 1889 and will die back there in October 1972. He married Geneva in Clay County Arkansas October 28, 1916. They were here in Dupo, Saint Clair County Illinois in 1920. He is divorced in Quincy, Adams County Illinois in 1940., I don’t know where Geneva was. His mother Ruth Ellen Holmes was here in Dupo in 1920 and Roy was in Missouri.

 

DAVID PUTNAM  East St. Louis, St. Clair County

He is 51 IL IL IL and is a bank guard. His wife Irene Maude Porter is 48 MO and Harold 23 IL. He is a son of Wheeler S. and Louise Putnam and was born here.

 

DAVID PUTNAM  East St. Louis, St. Clair County

He is 28 IL IL IL and is a cigar salesman. His wife Florence is 25 MO. He is a son of David and Irene Putnam and was born here.

 

GEORGE PUTMAN  East St. Louis, St. Clair County

He is 75 NY CAN CAN and his wife Sarah Roesch is 77 MO and the son George is 45 IL. He is a son of George and Ophra Putnam of Dorchester, Middlesex County Ontario and was shown there with the family in the 1851 Canadian Census. They have been here in East St. Louis since the 1870s. Family is originally from Massachusetts. George will die here July 11, 1933 and Sarah will die here December 28, 1939.

 

HARRY F. (FLOYD) PUTNAM  East St. Louis, St. Clair County

He is 35 IL MO MO and his wife Jeanette Basche is 30 IL and they have Harry F. Jr. 12 IL. He is a son of George and Sarah Putnam from here. He was born here September 14, 1894 and will die here in March 1978. His dad was actually from Canada though.

 

HERSCHEL PUTNAM  East St. Louis, St. Clair County

He is 23 IL US IL and his wife Dorothy Louise Runtz 21 IL. He is a machinist in a steel foundry. He is a son of Kenneth Putnam and Mattie Jackson from here. He was born February 15, 1907 and will die in Bakersfield, California June 1, 1975. He and Dorothy will split and he will have 2 more wives. Don’t have a name for the next one. Last will be Annie Laurie Lambertson born in Oklahoma and died in Bakersfield May 6, 1984.

 

MATTIE R. PUTNAM  East St. Louis, St. Clair County

She is 60 IL and widowed. Her daughter Helen is 30 IL IN IL. The ages are screwed up but she is Mattie Kehoe the widow now of Gideon Putnam from here. They were all here in 1920.

 

WALTER E. PUTNAM  East St. Louis, St. Clair County

He is 45 IL MA IL and he is once again widowed. He still has John Shelby 21 IL and Dorothy J. 19 IL with him. His second wife Harriet James has died or maybe just took off. The kids are with his first wife Goldie Gabbert. He is a son of James Putnam and Emma Sarah Paine from Christian County and was born there March 10, 1885. The son John Shelby will marry Mary E. Hendricks. She was a daughter of Ray Hendricks and Sarah Tozier, and was born here March 15, 1914 and will die at age 27 on February 13, 1941.

 

VICTOR J. (JOHN) PUTNAM  Washington Park, St. Clair County

He is 37 IL IL IL. His wife Opal Fern Keyser is 27 MO. They have Juanita J. 8, Lillian F. 6 IL Marion L. 4 IL and Bobby L. 1 IL. He is the son of John Anderson Putnam, son of Uzziel Franklin Putnam. His widowed mother Ruth Ellen Holmes was in Dupo, St. Clair County in 1920. Victor was born October 7, 1893 and will die in Dupo, Illinois August 15, 1987.

 

WILLIAM PUTMAN  Wyoming, Stark County

He is 43 IL IL IL and works construction for the power company. His wife Ella Carlson is 45 IL. He is George William Putman a son Charles Frances Putman and Harriet Screeton from here in Stark County. He was born August 6, 1886 and will die here October 13, 1964. He married Ella here in Wyoming on March 27, 1913. They will be either divorced  or separated here in 1935 and 1940. Dutch family originally from New York.

 

ANGELINE PUTMAN  Freeport, Stephenson County

She is 86 MA MA MA and widowed. She lives with her single daughter Eleanor Rounds 50 MA. She is the widow of some Rounds Guy in Wisconsin. In 1905 she was married to Joseph Putnam in Langdale County Wisconsin. He was single there in 1900 and that was the first time I have seen him in ages. He was son of William Witt Putnam and Philena Buck of Bethel, Windsor County Vermont. His first wife Sophia has died in the late 1800s. Angie was widowed by 1910 in Langdale County. I don’t find Angie in 1920, but Eleanor was here in 1920.

 

ARCHIBALD W. (WILLIAM) PUTNAM  Freeport, Stephenson County

He is now 40 IL IL IL. His wife Cora Cowan is 39 IL and they have Margaret E. 16 IL, Muriel E. 13 IL, Archibald W. Jr. 12 NJ and Lucille M. 8 MI. He is a son of Walter and Emma Putnam from here. He was born here and here through the 1910. Then I guess he was in New Jersey maybe to see his grandparents. In 1920 though they were in Detroit Michigan and that’s where he first used the name William. He is a Parcel Post carrier for the Government. Cora was born January 7, 1891 and will die here in Freeport in February 1972.

 

FRANK PUTNAM  Freeport, Stephenson County

He is 53 IL NJ OH. His wife Margaret Agnes Cavanaugh is 48 Southern Ireland, and they have Marjorie 26, Alice 24, Ralph 23, Frank G. Jr. 20, Betty 15 and Patricia 9 all born IL. He is a son of Walter M. Putnam and Mahala Curtis. He was born here March 18, 1877 and married Margaret May 20, 1902. He will die here November 26, 1938. Margaret is widowed here in 1940, and will die in February 1976 in Vermilion County. The son Frank Garfield Junior was born March 2, 1910 and will die here November 7, 1956. He will marry Leona Kirk Nesbit on October 25, 1937. Leona was born July 24, 1909 and will die in Tempe, Arizona May 15, 2008.

 

PARKER PUTNAM  Freeport, Stephenson County

He is Parker Henry Putnam 45 WI WI WI and divorced. He lives in the YMCA and is a chef in a hotel. He is a son of Harry Putnam and Mary Dippen from Janesville Rock County Wisconsin. He was married to Edna Drew there in 1910 and 1920. They were living with his widowed mother there the whole time. Actually Edna is still back there living with his mother, so maybe they are just separated or something. He will die back in Rock County in 1938 according to his tombstone.

 

WALTER M. PUTNAMN  Freeport, Stephenson County

He is 63 IL NJ OH. His wife Emma Weik is 61 IL. He is a postman at the post office. He is a son of Walter M. Putnam and Mahalia Curtis originally from Rahway, New Jersey. The folks came out here in the 1860s and Walter was born here and married Emma here in 1888.

 

CHARLES E. PUTNAM  Fond Du Lac, Tazewell County

He is 43 IL MA OH and works in an iron foundry. His wife Liza is 41 IL and they have Donald E. 20, Mabel 18, James W. 15 and Pershing J. 12 all born IL.

 

EDWARD PUTMAN  Pekin, Tazwell County

He is 60 IL IN PA and single. He is a molder at a foundry. He is the son of John Putnam and Mary Alice Fisher and was at home with them in Tazewell County in 1880 at age 10. He was single in Richwoods, Peoria County in 1910.

 

HENRY PUTNAM  Butler, Vermilion County

He is 41 IL IL GER and is a farmer. His wife Julia Hazel Foley is 40 IL, and they have Warren 15, Edward 14, Pauline 13, and Margaret 10 all IL. Henry William Putnam is a son of Fred Putnam and Anna Behrens from Ogden, Champaign County. He was still there in 1910 and married here in 1920. He was born December 15, 1888 and will die in nearby Hoopeston in November 1975. Julia was born January 20, 1890 and will also die in Hoopeston in November 1974.

 

CARL D. (DONIVAN) PUTNAM  Danville, Vermilion County

He is 24 IL IL IL and his new wife Gladys W. is 22 IL. He is a dairy salesman. He is a son of Simeon King Putnam from Wabash County. He was there in 1920 and came up here with his brother Harry I guess. They are both here in Danville. Carl was born October 15, 1905 and will die in Farmington, Illinois in March 1967. His second wife Mary was born December 29, 1914 and will die in Farmington in June 1987.

 

FRED A. PUTNAM  Danville, Vermilion County

He is 39 IN ME OH and is a manager for a retail coal company. His wife Wilma A. Smith is 39 IL and they have Milton 9 IL. He is a son of William Tasker and Lillie Putman, and was at home with them here in 1910 and married here in 1920. They are here in 1940.

 

HARRY P. (PERCY) PUTNAM  Danville, Vermilion County

He is 28 IL IL IL and is a brakeman for the steam railway. His wife Dorothy A. Streiben is 25 IL and they have Raymond C. 3 IL. He is a son of Simeon King Putnam and Sarah Courter from Wabash County. He was at home there through 1920. They are here in 1940 with 4 more kids.

 

HARRY T. (TROTWOOD) PUTNAM  Danville, Vermilion County

He is 42 IL PA IN and is a salesman for a gasoline company. His wife Margaret N. Truman is 42 IL, and they have George W. 14, Jane 12, Norene E. 10, and Nell Rose 7 IL. He is a son of George William Putnam and Florinda Kirkpatrick from Ogden, Champaign County. He was there in 1910 and here in 1920. Margaret was born March 18, 1888 and will die here in Danville in February 1976.

 

WALTER E. PUTNAM  Danville, Vermilion County

He is 48 IL PA IL. His wife Vera L. Cheney is 39 IN and they have Melvin E. 15 IL and Rex E. 14 IN. They were in Livingston County in 1920. He is Walter Earl, son of George William Putnam from Champaign County. Vera was born December 24, 1889 and will die here in Danville in August 1981.

 

MOLLIE E. PUTNAM  Hoopeston, Vermilion County

She is 68 IN and widowed. Her daughter Lila is 42 IL IN IN. Mollie Myers is the widow now of Charles Thomas Putman. They were here since 1900, and he died May 11, 1923. Southern Putman Family.

 

HARM PUTNAM  Pilot Township, Collison, Vermilion County

He is a farmer 37 IL IL IL and his wife Nettie Erdwins is 36 IL. They have Roy H. 16 IL, George G. 11 IL and Orville F. 7 IL. He is a son of Fred Putnam and Anna Behrens from Ogden, Champaign County. He married Antoinette March 5, 1913. They were here in 1920. The son George ‘Shorty’ Putnam was born June 25, 1918 and married Grace Laverne Neff on March 6, 1940 in Shelbyville, Kentucky. They lived in Vermilion County where he was with the Sheriff’s department and Putnam Brothers Corn Shelling plant and farmed in Armstrong. Vernie died January 13, 2006 and George died February 7, 2008 at age 89. This was from his obituary.

 

ERNEST W. (WENTWORTH) PUTMAN  South Ross, Vermilion County

He is 54 IL OH OH and a steam engineer. His wife Cora Elizabeth Wilson is 58 IL. He was born October 5, 1875 and will die March 8, 1961. He married Cora Elizabeth Wilson on June 26, 1894. Cora was born June 15, 1872 and will die January 3, 1968. He was raised by Joseph Putman and Elizabeth Slusser from here, but is actually an out of wedlock son of their oldest daughter Mary Ellen Putman. Southern Putmans.

 

FOREST L. (LEE) PUTMAN  South Ross, Vermilion County

He is 24 IL IL IL and an automobile mechanic. His wife Mary Magdaline Carter is 22 IL and they have Joan 2 5/12 IL. He is a son of Ernest Putman from here. He was born here May 6, 1905 and married Mary November 20, 1926. He will die in Henning February 14, 1982. She was born October 10, 1907, and will die in Hemming May 29, 1998. Southern Putmans.

 

JOHN H. (HENRY) PUTMAN  South Ross, Vermilion County

He is 75 OH VA OH. His wife Eva Kate Renard is 65 IL and Cassie 44 IL is the only one at home now. Also here is Frank Renard 56 IL IL IL who is Kate’s brother. He will die here January 28, 1931, and Kate on March 29, 1932. He is a son of Joseph Henry Putman and Elizabeth Slusser from Clark County Ohio and then here. Southern Putman family.

 

CATHERINE PUTMAN  Bellmont, Wabash County

She is 60 IL PA HOL. Catherine Epler is the widow of David Zolley Putnam and has been for a while now.

 

LAFAYETTE F. (FRANKLIN) PUTMAN Bellmont, Wabash County

He is 68 IL IL IL and not working any more. His wife Clara E. Barker is 65 IL. They were here in 1900 and then in Edwards County in 1920. He is a son of Alfred D. Putnam and Nora Sherer from here.

 

NORA PUTNAM  Bellmont, Wabash County

She is Nora Shearer 67 IL and the widow of Alfred G. Putnam from here. He died back in the early 1890s. She’s been widowed here since the 1900 and will still be here in 1940 at age 78.

 

WILLIE A. PUTNAM  Bellmont, Wabash County

He is 44 IL IL IL and is a farmer. His wife Marie or Mary Johnson is 42 IL and they have Vern L. 19, Helen 13, Wilma 10 and William 7 all IL. He is a son of Lafayette Franklin Putnam and Clara Barker from here.

 

CLIFFORD PUTMAN  Lancaster, Wabash County

He is 21 IL IL IL and his wife Gladys Cunningham is 23 IL. They have Marjorie just born. They live with her folks William and Mary Cunningham. Clifford is a son of Simeon King Putnam and Sarah Courter from here.

 

LESTER PUTNAM  Lancaster, Wabash County

He is 30 IL IL IL and his wife Ida E. Stewart is 29 KY. They have Opal 5 IL, Juanita 4 IL and Robert 1 IL. Lester Mayo Putnam is a son of Simeon Putnam and Sarah Courter from here. He wasn’t around in 1920, and I wonder if he was at school or in the Service. He owns his farm. Not bad the others around here rent theirs. He is in Danville, Vermillion County in 1940 with another daughter Mary Lou. His mom is listed next.

 

SARAH PUTNAM  Lancaster, Wabash County

She is 59 IL. She has a grandson Billy 7 IL. Sarah Louise Courter is the widow of Simeon King Putnam from here. They were both here up through 1920. He died here November 21, 1925. In 1940 she is here living with her son Clifford, listed above. Sarah will hang in right here till March 3, 1950.

 

AGATHA E. PUTNAM  Mount Carmel, Wabash County

She is 75 IL GER IL and still widowed. Agatha Weinbach was married to Samuel R. Putnam up through 1900 and has been widowed since then.

 

EDGAR N. (NEWTON) PUTNAM  Mount Carmel, Wabash County

He is 72 IL NY IN and widowed as Rose Dyer had died in 1924. His daughter Helen is 28 IN. He is a son of Chesterfield Putnam and Elizabeth Baird and was born here. He will die here himself October 3, 1931,

 

KARL PUTNAM  Mount Carmel, Wabash County

He is 52 IL IL IL. His wife Fannie Johnson is 46 IL and Anne E. 21 IL. He is a cashier at a bank. He is a son of Samuel and Agatha Putnam from here. Karl was born August 13, 1887 and will die in Dalton, Illinois in April 1976. He must have gotten married again later as there is a Mildred born February 27, 1928 who died in Dolton as well in January 1987.

 

CHARLES W. (WILMER) PUTNAM  Wabash, Wabash County

He is 55 IL IL IL, his wife Clara Tanquary is 54 IL and Arthur B. 28 IL. He owns a farm. He is a son of William H. Putnam and Miriam King from here in Wabash County. Clara is widowed here in 1940, and also with her sister in Lawrence County in 1940 as well.

 

VIOLET M. (MARGARET) PUTMAN  Spring Grove, Warren County

She is 21 IL and has a daughter Donna belle 2 IL but no husband around. She lives with her parents Charles and Margaret Simcox. Violet Margaret Simcox was possibly married to Thomas Jefferson Putnam. Thomas is the son of John Joseph Putman and Martha Lewis from Gilmer County West Virginia and Fauquier County Virginia before that. Now all family sheets say Violet was married to Tom, but I question it or maybe he had two wives or maybe just an affair. Thomas was born in New Mexico and has been in Arizona ever since and married to Minnie Gray. Then in 1930, Violet and Donna Belle are with her folks in Warren County Illinois and Donna say born in Illinois then too. But these family sheets say she was born in Center, Saguache County Colorado March 11, 1928. So I think we can say her dad was Thomas and mother Violet and leave everything else out.

 

LESTER D. (DODGE) PUTMAN  Grayville, White County

He is 44 IL IL IL and a civil engineer. His wife Evelyn Buchanan is 43 IL and they have Jack B. 19, Donald G. 17 and Virginia 16 all IL. He is a son of Alfred George Putnam and Leonora Angeline ‘Nora’ Sharer from Wabash County. He was born there and married there in 1920. They are in Mason County in 1940 and back here in 1950. Lester was born February 25, 1886 in Belmont, Wabash County and will die in 1968 or 1969.

 

BURR PUTNAM  Rockford, Winnebago County

He is 66 WI NY NY and his wife Harriet Ellen Lyon 59 IL. He is a machinist in a foundry. Burleigh is the son of Charles and Adelia Putnam from Rock County Wisconsin. He has been here since the 1880s. He will die here October 3, 1938

 

CHARLES PUTNAM  Rockford, Winnebago County

He is 29 IL WI WI. His wife Nellie is 26 KY and they have Bobby H. 5 IL and Carol L. 1 IL. He runs a movie theater. They are here in 1940 and 1950 but he calls himself Gene then. The rest stick with the same names as now. The son Robert ‘Bobby’ was born March 22, 1925 and will die here in January 1981.

 

DYER PUTNAM  Rockford, Winnebago County

He is 50 MI MI IL and an insurance agent. His wife Ruby Eckbert Wise is 50 IL and they now have Dyer Carlton 21 IL, Margaret 20 IL, Betty 18 IL, Catherine 17 IL. He is a son of Dyer Conger and Catherine Jane Enoch. He was born in January 1878 in Douglas, Allegan County Michigan. He is shown at home there in the 1880 census. Family is from Oswego County New York and Preston, Connecticut before that. They were here in 1920. Dyer will die here September 30, 1950. Ruby was born December 25, 1878 and will die here March 26, 1981 at age 102. The son Carlton was born May 24, 1908 and will die here in November 1978.

 

EDWARD PUTNAM  Rockford, Winnebago County

Jay Edward Putman is 62 IL NY NY and a clerk in a drill manufacturing plant. His wife Katherine Minzinger is 60 IL. He is a son of Jay L. and Lucy Putman from Ogle County and had been here since the 1800s. They never had any children. Katherine is widowed here in 1940. Dutch family from Montgomery County New York.

 

ELDON PUTNAM  Rockford, Winnebago County

He is a landscaper for a nursery and is 28 IL. His wife Harriet Hose is 27 WI and is an inspector at a hosiery mill. Ah, remember the old silk stockings? They have Dorothy 5 IL, Raymond 4 IL and Anna 2 IL. He is the son of Roy Putnam and May Hoover. Roy was a son of Charles A. Putman and Adelia Wells from Johnstown Wisconsin. Eldon was born here March 23, 1902 and was at home in 1910. His dad died November 30, 1912. In 1920 Eldon was in the U.S. Navy at their Training Station in Lake County, Illinois. That’s the Naval Air Station in Glenview where we were living from 1941 till 1944 when we moved to Connecticut. They used to have a big Flying Model Airplane Show there every Summer. Just a tid bit of info. Anyway, also by 1920 his mother May had married Frank Wells and she and some of the kids were here and the older ones still in town but married. They are here in 1930. He will die here in Rockford December 22, 1981. New England family from Vermont.

 

HAZEL G. (GRACE) PUTMAN  Rockford, Winnebago County

She is 47 MI NY IL and single. She is a public school teacher, and a daughter of Catherine Putnam as shown in 1920. Her dad was Dyer Conger Putnam who died here in 1894. She is still here in 1940.

 

ORRE PUTMAN  Rockford, Winnebago County

He is 37 IL and his wife Madeline Tongue 34 IL. He is a house painter, and a son of Ray Putnam who was here back in 1900 and 1910. He and Madeline are here in 1940 too.

 

ROY CLARK PUTNAM  Rockford, Winnebago County

He is 40 NE PA GER and is a mechanic. His wife Hermina Wilhelmina Johanna Dammann is 42 IA GER GER and they now have Ruth Anita 17 IA and Gracy May 15 IA. They were here in 1920. He is a son of Homer and Katy Putman from Johnson County Iowa. He was born December 7, 1889 and will die here in Rockford in October 1972. They were in Muscatine, Iowa in 1910, and were here in 1920. Hermina was born October 10, 1887 and will die here in April 1976. His two eldest girls, Marian 20 IA and Mildred 19 IA are both nurses and living at the Rockford Hospital.

 

VAN S. PUTNAM  Rockford, Winnebago County

He is 27 MO IL MO and a printer with the newspaper. His wife Alice Gertrude Logan is 23 MO and they have Donald J. 2 IL. He pops up in Webster Grove, Missouri in 1910 and listed as an orphan in an Orphan Home and had a sister Agnes there too. He may have been the Donovan in Kansas City in 1920. Age is right. He is here in 1940 and I think I have him all set. Take at look at the 1940.

 

WALTER PUTMAN  Rockford, Winnebago County

He is 20 IL IL WI single and spending time in the Winnebago County Jail. He is a son of Roy Putnam and May Putnam from here. His dad died in 1912, and he was with his remarried mother here in 1920. Walter was born December 22, 1909 and will be here all his life till he dies October 2, 1992.

 

YVONNE PUTMAN  Rockford, Winnebago County

She is 13 IL and a patient at the Municipal Sanitarium. She is a daughter of Orrin Putnam from here and was at home in 1920.

 

JAMES M. (MILTON) PUTNAM  Shirland, Winnebago County

He is 47 WI CAN WI. His wife Villa C. Hullett is 38 MI. He is a house painter. He is a son of James Putnam and Lydia Dulcia Wheeler from Grant County Wisconsin.