IOWA

Census Reports

1930 – 1940

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UPDATED NOVEMBER 12, 2022

 

 

IOWA 1930 CENSUS

 

LLOYD PUTMAN  Postville, Allamakee County

He is 39 IA NY NY and he runs a harness store. Georgianna ‘Anna’ Bruene his wife is 36 IA. He was single here in 1910 and 1920 and married Anna December 28, 1921. Lloyd Francis Putnam is a son of Surreno Putnam and Emma Dean and was born in Winneshiek County. OBITS has his birth as August 22,1890 and death July 11, 1967 here in Postville. Anna was born August 3, 1893 and she will die here April 11, 1982. She is a daughter of Karl Bruene and Amelia Kaiser both from Germany.

 

F. M. (FRANCIS MARION) PUTMAN  Centerville, Appanoose County

He is 48 IA IA IA and a clerk in a wholesale something. Alta Rogers his wife is 46 IA, and they have Dorothy 14 OK. He is a son of James R. and Margaret Putman from here. They were in Putnam County Missouri in 1910. I don’t find them in 1920, but his folks were in Wood County, Oklahoma in 1910 and that’s probably where Dorothy was born. Francis will die in the 1930s and in 1940 Alta will be in Buffalo County Nebraska with her daughter Dorothy who married Earl Harrelson here around 1938. James was a son of Benjamin Putman and Melvina Baker out of Linn County, Missouri. Southern Putmans.

 

WILLARD A. PUTMAN  Cincinnati, Appanoose County

He is 57 IA OH OH and his wife Bertha E. Burr is 54 IA. They have been here since 1900 and he was with his folks in Adams County in 1880. He is a son of William Putman and Mary Elizabeth Nelson. William was a son of Benjamin Putman and Melvina Baker out of Linn County, Missouri. Southern Putmans.

 

MARY M. PUTNAM  Douglas, Appanoose County

She is 55 IA and divorced. Mary Miller was married to John J. Putnam here in 1900, and she was divorced here by 1910. She was in Taylor Appanoose County in 1920 with her daughter Gladys, and in Mahaska County by herself in 1925.

 

GEORGE J. (JACOB) PUTMAN  Cedar Falls, Black Hawk County

He is 76 WI NY NY and widowed since his wife Ida M. Huyek has died. He is living with his married daughter Mary Ethel Peterson 50 IA. He is a son of Jacob Putman and Mary Jane Marr from Waushara County, Wisconsin. He was home there in 1860 and 1870. He was married in Grundy County, Iowa in 1880, and here in 1900 through 1920. New York Dutch family.

 

ETHEL PUTNAM  Waterloo, Black Hawk County

She is 38 IA US US single and a public school teacher. She is a daughter of Merton Adelbert Putnam and Alice Blakely. She has been at home up till now. Her folks are still in Keokuk County now. She was here in 1925 and will be in 1940.

 

WALTER PUTMAN  Waterloo, Black Hawk County

He is 49 MS MS MS and this is a Negro family. He was in Dubuque in 1920.

 

CHARLES PUTMAN  Cono, Buchanan County

He is 87 MI NY NY and widowed. He is living with his married daughter Caroline Reece 28 IA and her new husband Henry Reece 43 IA. He was in Linn County in 1920 with his second wife Laura and young Caroline. Charles is a son of Orlin L. Putnam and Caroline Brown. He was born in Clarendon, Calhoun County, Michigan. He was at home there in 1860 in Eckford, Calhoun County and in Linn County since the 1870s.

 

EARL PUTMAN  Coon, Buena Vista County

He is 38 IA IA IA and is a tenant farmer. His wife Jennie Wendt is 38 NE and they have Hazel 13 IA, Homer 10 IA, Milton 5 IA, and a foster son Connie Foster 15 IA. He is a son of Louis Orville and Martha Putnam from here in the County. OBITS has Homer being born here August 3, 1919 and dying here June 22, 2002, Milton born July 5, 1925 and dying April 30, 2000. Been here all his life. New England family.

 

CLAUDE S. (SEXTON) PUTNAM  Griswold, Cass County

He is 44 IA IA IA and a farm laborer. His wife Iva M. Pierson 42 IA is a cook in a restaurant. He is a son of James Rufus Putnam and his first wife Eliza Jane Sexton. He was in Cass County in 1900 and in Scotts Bluff Nebraska 1910. In 1920 they were in Pottawattamie County. He’ll be around till he dies here July 24, 1958. Eva will be here till July 17, 1949.

 

JAMES R. (RUFUS) PUTNAM  Griswold, Cass County

James Jr. is now 71 IA IN IN and now retired. Ulrica Thulin his second wife is 60 SWED and her aunt Elna Parson 85 SWED is still with them. He is a son of James Rufus Putnam and Cynthia Bradley. He was born in Dubuque March 10, 1859 and will die here in Griswold December 27, 1942. Christmas was just too much that year. Ulrica will die here December 30, 1935 also after a hectic Christmas Party I guess.

 

LEON L. (LEROY) PUTNAM  Griswold, Cass County

He is 11 IA IA IA and living with his married sister Lenore 20 IA and her husband Everett Mauk. Both are kids of Claude and Iva here in town. Leon will marry Dorothy Dewitt here in about 1938. They are listed right under Claude and Iva and are all in the same house.

 

RAYMOND PUTMAN  Mason City, Cerro Gordo County

He is 2 6/12 IA IA IA listed as a child in St. Josephs Mercy Hospital. He is the son of the following Russell Putman. He is at home with the family in 1940.

 

RUSSELL PUTMAN  Mason City, Cerro Gordo County

He is 29 IA IA OH and is an electrician in an electrical shop. Nellie M. Curtis his wife is 31 KS and they have Dora M. 7 IA and Robert 3 IA. He is a son of Charles Corben Putnam and Harriet Evelyn Price from Linn County. Russell Glen Putnam was born in Marion, Linn County May 25, 1901, and will die in Findley, Anoka County Minnesota July 17, 1970. Nellie is a daughter of Nelson William Curtis and Dolly Mae Shellenberger and was born in Attica, Harper County Kansas November 28, 1906. She will die in Anoka, Anoka County Minnesota November 27, 1996. The daughter Dora was born here in 1923 and will die in Anoka, Minnesota December 18, 2005.

 

C. H. (CLAUDE HENDERSON) PUTNAM  Union, Cerro Gordo County

He is 45 IL MI IL and owns his farm. His wife Lehme L. Strode is 38 IL and Nellie Frances 15 IA. In 1900, he was in Knox County Illinois with his mother Nellie Henderson. His dad is Orlean Putnam from Cass County Michigan. That family was in Nebraska in the 1890s and then Nellie retreated back home to Illinois. He was in Knox County Illinois in 1910 and here in 1920.

 

GEORGE PUTMAN  Sheridan, Cherokee County

He is 37 IA WI IA single and a farm laborer. He is a son of Frank and Stella Putman. He was at home in Clay County in 1910 and the family wasn’t listed in 1920.

 

JAMES F. PUTNAM  Franklin, Clarke County

He is 47 IL US IL and owns his farm. His wife Louise E. is 46 IA. He looks to be the son of Thomas Putman and Nancy White from Gallatin County Illinois. He was born there in 1883 and was at home in 1900 and then out wandering in 1910 and 1920.

 

STACY PUTMAN  Dickens, Clay County

He is now 56 WI, Florence S. Davis 52 IA, Millicent 22 IA and Kenneth 17 IA. He is a son of Jacob Putman and Mary Jane Marr and was in Waushara County Wisconsin with his folks in 1880 and then was here in 1900. Florence will be widowed in 1940 and living with her then married daughter Millicent in Palo Alto County Iowa. Dutch family from New York State.

 

COLEMAN PUTMAN  Lodomillo, Clayton County

He is 64 MI MI NY and owns his farm. His wife Sarah Cordelia Probst is 62 IA. Coleman is a son of Charles Bernard and Esther Carroll Putnam, and was born in Eaton County Michigan June 3, 1865, and was there in 1870. The family was then in Linn County Iowa from 1880 on. He was in Delaware County in 1900, and here in 1910 and 1920. He will die here March 10, 1936.

 

RAYMOND PUTMAN  Camanche, Clinton County

He is 38 BELGIUM and his wife Martha Peterson is 39 GER. They have been married 10 years and have Jane 9 IA, Henry 8 IA, Charles 7 IA, Doris 6 IA, George 3 IA and Betsy 1 IA. Then there are two stepchildren De Verne Seymour 17 IA and Roy 12 IA. Martha was married before and these are hers from that marriage. They were here in 1920. There was a picture for sale on ebay of a guy with a truck that says Putman Fisheries Clinton, Iowa. Clinton is right on the widest part of the Mississippi River in all of Iowa. Probably ole Ray. Camanche is only 5 miles from the City of Clinton. The son George Earl Putman and was born here April 6, 1927 and will die here January 15, 1981. He married Lucille Tyler. They are here in 1940 with 2 more kids.

 

HOWARD O. (ORVILLE) PUTNAM  Spring Valley, Dallas County

He is 25 IA IA IA and drives a truck for a meat packing plant. His wife Corrine Woolridge is 30 MO and they have Grant L. 5 IA, Jimmie L. 2 IA and Max D. 9/12 IA. He is a son of Ulysses Grant Putnam and his second wife Nackey Earley from here in Dallas County where he was born in 1904. He will die in Santa Clara County California December 3, 1973. They are in Des Moines in 1935 and 1940.

 

NACKEY PUTNAM  Spring Valley Township, Dallas County

She is 58 OH and widowed as she was in 1920. She is living with her married daughter Ruth 30 IA and her husband Bert Hutchinson 42 IA. Nackey Earley had been married to Ulysses Grant Putnam who died here November 21, 1925. He was a son of Benjamin Putnam and Samantha Purinton, and was born in Polk County April 12, 1864. He was with his folks in 1870 and 1880 in Boone County Iowa. Nackey Earley was his second wife. He married Clara Wells in Polk County on November 19, 1884. She died November 27, 1897, and he married Nackey November 16, 1898. They were here in 1900 through 1920. Nackey was born in Ohio July 6, 1871 and will die here November 23, 1944. The daughter Ruth will die here April 20, 1945. They are all here in 1940.

 

WILLARD PUTMAN  Drakesville, Davis County

He is 59 IA IA IA and owns his own farm. His wife Nellie M. Clark is 50 IA. He is a son of Jasper Newton Putman and Elizabeth Jane Grant, and was born here in Davis County. Jasper was a son of Elijah Putman from Fulton County Illinois. Southern Putman family.

 

GILES PUTMAN  Soap Creek, Davis County

He is still single and is now 79 IA IL IL. He is living with a cousin Cecil Combs. Cecil’s sister Stella is married to Thomas Elijah Putman from here. Giles is a son of Daniel Thomas Putman and Jeanette Roundey. He was born here, but has been ranching in Montana for the last 20 years. He was born here February 11, 1851. He will move over to Independence, Missouri soon and he will die there December 16, 1931 at almost 81 years of age. He never married.

 

EDWARD PUTNAM  Delaware, Delaware County

He is 55 IA NY NY and works at milling. His wife Hettie Spare is 48 IA, and they have Marjorie 16 IA and Robert 8 IA. He is a son of Henry Harrison Putnam and his second wife Elvira Stanclift, and was here at home with them in 1900, and married here since 1910.

 

ELLEN PUTNAM  Julien Township Dubuque City, Dubuque County

She is 70 WI and now widowed. She was the second wife of David Archibald Putnam and they have been in Dubuque for a while. She has Ruth 18 IA with her. Ruth was with her in 1920 and is a daughter of Archie Junior who was without wife in 1920 and totally out of town now.

 

GEORGE PUTMAN  Julien Township, Dubuque City, Dubuque County

He is 50 PA VA PA. His wife Verne or Fern Campbell is 40 IL and they have Mary 10 IA. This is a screwed up entry based on the 1920, which was accurate. Anyway he is George Vincent Putnam junior, son of George Putnam and Susan Burke from Springfield, Illinois. They were here in 1920. He’ll die here in 1937

 

ROY PUTMAN  Julien Township, Dubuque City, Dubuque County

He is 41 IL US US and works at a sash and door shop. His wife Rose Kline is 32 IA and they have Le Roy 5 IL. He is Harrison Le Roy Putnam a son of George Putnam and Susan Burke from Springfield, Illinois. He was married to Elsie Henry there but they were divorced about 1921. He then married Rose in 1922. They are here in 1940

 

ARTHUR PUTMAN  Fairfield, Fayette County

He is 40 IA OH IA. He owns his farm. Edna Miesgeier his wife is 41 IA and they have Dale 14 IA, Hilda 13 IA, Lloyd 11 IA, Lester 10 IA, Royden 9 IA, Wesley 8 IA and Vera 4 IA. Arthur is a son of Elliot Putnam and Caroline Nus and was with them in Clayton County in 1900. They were here in 1920. OBITS has Arthur as being born December 16, 1889 and dying here in February 1964. It has Dale born April 25, 1915 and death in Jesup Iowa in August 1985, and Lloyd born June 16, 1918 and dying in Jessup November 14, 2003. The son Royden Elliott was born here September 27, 1920 and will die June 13, 2011 in Osage, Mitchell County Iowa. He will marry Gladys Carrison on January 27, 1944.

 

ERVIN PUTMAN  Geneva, Franklin County

He is 56 IA NY ENG and is a tenant farmer. Zella Malissa Silence his wife is 55 IA and May their daughter is 28 IA. Charles Ervin is a son of Charles Bartlet Putman and Anna Briggs and was born in this county and has always been here. He was born December 18, 1873 in Jackson County and will die here in 1946. He married Zella here in Franklin County March 22, 1899. She was born here in Geneva September 7, 1874 and will die here July 29, 1935. Dutch folks out of New York.

 

MARGARET PUTNAM  Farragut, Fremont County

She is 64 IL GER PA and widowed. She is Maggie Luella Reich who was married to Omar Andrew Putman. They were here in Freemont in 1880 then Cheyenne County Nebraska in 1900. She was in Bremerton, Kitsap County Washington in 1920. Omar  is currently in Montana and will die in in Yakima, Washington February 9, 1931. Maggie will die in Huntington Park, California August 2, 1938. Omar was part of the Southern Putman family from Fulton County Illinois.

 

HOWARD PUTMAN SR.  Hamburg, Fremont County

He is now 80 IA IL MD and now widowed as his wife Emily Jane Headley has died since 1925. At home are Murtie 54 IA, Essie 41 IA and Zelma 33 IA, and all are still single. He was born in Davis County a son of Elijah Putman out of Fulton County Illinois. One of the 'southern' branch folks. Been here forever.

 

HOWARD PUTMAN  Hamburg, Fremont County

He is 42 IA IA MO and Nora Russell his wife is 41 KS (MO in 1920). He is Howard Junior, son of Howard Putman and Emma Jane Headley from here. He was born here December 19, 1886 and will die here in Hamburg in October 1969. He is a house carpenter. Southern Putmans.

 

OTTO PUTMAN  Hamburg, Fremont County

He is 50 IA IA IA. Lena Marie Schaut his wife is 46 GER. He is another son of Howard Putman and Emma Headley and has been here since he was born. He owns his farm. There is a record of his death in Atchison County Missouri on December 15, 1956. He had been living there for some 10 years and his wife was still alive.

 

TONY J. PUTMAN  Highland, Guthrie County

He is 29 IA IA IA. Tena his wife is 25 IA and they have Virgil 9 IA, Verial 8 IA, Valeria 5 IA and Vivalle 2 IA. The last 3 are all daughters. The name is clearly spelled Putman on the census, but still no ideas as to who he is. His marriage record with Christina ‘Tena’ Tiefenthaler says his folks were Henry Puettmann and Anna Klein. I can’t find them or him earlier, but would be Dutch or German.

 

EARL C. (CLAYTON) PUTNAM  Eldora, Hardin County

He is 49 IA NY IA and is a tenant farmer. His wife Etta Whiting is 40 IA. They now have Gerald W. (Whiting) 14 IA, Helen 12 IA, Alice L. 11 IA, Lorraine 8 IA, Jeanette 5 IA. Also here is his brother Bennett 42 IA who is now divorced from Genevieve Spears. He is a son of Allen Putnam and Phebe Southard and was born here. The daughter Helen will marry a Sanberg, Alice a Tobin and Lorraine a Foster. Jeannette was born December 11, 1925 and will die February 7, 2006. She will marry Bert Ed Seitzinger December 7, 1947.

 

LOUISE PUTNAM  Eldora, Hardin County

She is 31 IA IA IL and single. She is listed as a niece of Gorham and Martha Arnold. She was with then in 1920 and 1925 in Grundy County. Martha Arnold is her mother’s sister. She is a daughter of Warren Ami Putnam and Hattie Beary. Warren Ami is a son of George Gideon Putnam. New England family that came out here in the 1870s. Louise was born here and was with her folks in Grundy County in 1900. The folks moved to Anne Arundel County Maryland in 1909. Louise decided to stay here. She is here with the Arnolds in 1940.

 

NANCY PUTNAM  Boyer, Harrison County

She is Nancy Margaret Ballentine, widow of Charles Francis Putnam. They were in Monona County in 1900 and here in 1910 and she was widowed here in 1920. She is 66 IA. She is still right here in 1940.

 

LENA PUTNAM  Cresco, Howard County

She is 74 NOR and now widowed. Lena Nelson was the second wife of Charles Hiram Putnam from here. Also here is Naoma Malek 14 IA, listed a step granddaughter. In 1920 there were 4 Malek kids that I guessed were Lena’s in an earlier marriage. Charles’ dad was Hiram F. Putnam and his mom Martha Jones. Martha was here with him from the 1860 through the 1910 census.

 

CHESTER L. (LLOYD) PUTNAM  Griggs, Ida County

He is 43 IA IA OH and is a physician, general medicine. Susie Emorine, his wife, is 38 IA and they have W. (William) James 15 IA. He is a son of William Franklin Putnam and Mary Ann Rizor. He was born September 19, 1886 in Marion County and was at home with his folks there in 1900 and in Union County in 1910, and here in 1920.

 

CLARE PUTMAN  Belleview, Jackson County

He is 23 IA IA IA and works in a fish market. Helen Bradley his wife is 17 IA. He is a son of George Putman and Mary Reis, and was born here April 2, 1907. Dutch family.

 

CLARENCE PUTMAN  Belleview, Jackson County

He is 34 IA IL IA and is a contractor in the construction business. His wife Viola Keil is 25 IA and they have been married for 7 years. He is Jacob Putman’s youngest son and was born here September 11, 1896 and will die here May 26, 1960. They are in Riviera Beach, Florida working in 1945. Dutch family.

 

GEORGE PUTMAN  Belleview, Jackson County

He is 45 IA IL IA is a commercial fisherman. Mary Reis his wife is 40 IA, and they have Eugene 21 IA, Vincent 17 IA, Delores 16 IA, Annette 13 IA, Florence 11 IA and Lucile 9 IA. He is another son of Jacob Putman and was born here Mat 3, 1885 and will be here till he dies December 22, 1961. He married Mary here January 16, 1906. She is a daughter of John and Katherine Reis. OBITS gives Eugene’s birth as December 24, 1908 and death May 2, 1992, and Vincent’s as June 19, 1912 and death November 27, 2003. Dutch family.

 

JACOB PUTMAN  Bellevue, Jackson County

He is 67 IL NY NY. Elizabeth Vandanacker his wife is 66 IA and they have a grandson Robert 7 IA who is a son of his son Ralph. Robert will die here shortly on July 6, 1930. Jacob is a son of Jacob Putman and Eliza Wicks from Montgomery County New York. Dutch family. He was born in Carroll County Illinois and was here with his folks in 1870 and 1880. His dad and mom returned to Carroll County Illinois in the 1880s, but Jacob (this one) remained on the old farm here in Bellevue. His dad died back there in the 1880s and his mom came back here around 1890 and was here in 1900. His kids are all here in town. Lizzie will die here on November 17, 1937. He will be here until he dies January 18, 1958 at age 95.

 

JOHNNIE PUTMAN  Belleview, Jackson County

Another son of Jacob Putman from here. He is 45 IA IL IA and is a commercial fisherman with his brother. His Wife Annie Marie Lintgen is 39 IA, and they have Floyd 19 IA, Dorothy 17 IA, Myrtle 14 IA, Gracie 12 IA, David 10 IA, Irene 7 IA, Richard 4 IA, John Jr. 2 IA and Ray 1/12 IA. He was born here September 18, 1886 and will be here till he dies February 25, 1976. OBITS has Richard being born on August 30, 1925 and dying September 7, 1999. John Jr. being born September 15, 1927 and dying October 1, 1997. David born October 15, 1920 and dying January 28, 2006 all in Bellevue. Dutch family.

 

RALPH PUTMAN  Belleview, Jackson County

He is 37 IA IL IA and now widowed. His wife Jessie McCard has died November 13, 1922. He still has Willard 14 IA and Edward 10 IA at home, and a son Robert living with his folks. He also has a maid Minnie Bailey 31 IA watching over the kids. He is another son of Jacob and Elizabeth Putman and was born here December 21, 1893. He will marry Minnie Bailey (the maid here now) and they will move to Pierre, South Dakota and run a motel there. He will commit suicide there June 12, 1944. Dutch family from New York.

 

MILES PUTMAN  Farmers Creek, Jackson County

He is 38 IA WI IA and owns his own farm. Matilda Zirklebach his wife is 39 IA, and they have Mildred 18 IA and Mona 10 IA. Miles is a son of James Putnam and was shown at home in 1900 in Winnebago County Iowa. He was single here in 1910, and he and Matilda were here in 1920. OBITS has his birth as January 7, 1892 and death in September 1964.

 

LESLIE R. (RAY) PUTNAM  Fairfield, Jefferson County

He is 44 IA PA PA and his wife Neva Vey Smith is 39 IL. He is a public school teacher. They have Paul Leslie 18 MT, Loren Smith 16 IL and Louise V. 7 SD. Also here is Neva’s widowed mother Lucy L. Smith 68 IL. He is a son of Henry Harrison Putnam and Cornelia Ann Chamberlain. He was born in Taylor County Iowa May 6, 1885 and was at home there in 1900. He and Neva were married in Morrison Illinois December 22, 1910. I don’t find him in 1910, but they were in Montana by 1911. Then in 1920 they were in Mitchell, Davison County South Dakota and in 1925 in Riley County Kansas. He, Neva and Louise will be in Murray, Calloway County Kentucky by 1935 and he will be teaching at Murray State College. They will all be there the rest of their lives. He will die in Murray, Kentucky in November 1969. Neva was born in Union Grove, Whiteside County Illinois December 25, 1889 and will die in Calloway County Kentucky July 26, 1970. The son Paul Leslie was born January 19, 1912 in Helena, Montana and will marry Betty Ann Phillips December 25, 1938. She died in 1948 and he then will marry Frances Smith in San Francisco, California January 19, 1952. He will die in Coos, Oregon April 29, 1987. The son Loren Smith was born October 24, 1913 in Whiteside County Illinois and will die in Fort Collins, Colorado April 19, 2006. He married Mildred Miller in Hazel, Kentucky June 13, 1940. The daughter Louise Vey was born January 4, 1923 in Mitchell, South Dakota and will marry a Mr. Carter, Jr. in Murray, Kentucky May 10, 1943. She will die July 18, 2000 in Greenville, North Carolina.

 

WAYNE PUTNAM  Iowa City, Johnson County

He is 30 IA MI IA and is a welder in an iron works. His wife Helen Margaret Seemuth is 30 IA and teaches music at home. They have Wayne Jr. 9 IA and Charles 8 IA. He is a son of Ernest Albert and Stella Putnam from here in town. He was just married here in 1920. OBITS has Wayne’s birth as March 30, 1901 and death here in Iowa City in September 1973.

 

JOHN W. (WILLIAM) PUTNAM  Monticello, Jones County

He is 63 IA IA VA and now widowed. He was here in 1920 married to Ellen J. Kelley. He is a son of Howard Putnam and his first wife Margaret Jane Kline, and was born here. He is a metal worker in a farm implement company. He is still here in 1940.

 

FLOYD J. (JAMES) PUTNAM  Warren, Keokuk County

32 IA IA IA and rents his farm. Ila C. Rempp his wife is 33 IA and they have Lorene 7 IA. He is a son of Merton Putnam here in town. They will be in Poweshiek County by 1935 and there in 1940.

 

MERTON A. (ADELBERT) PUTNAM  Warren, Keokuk County

He is 72 IA VT NY. Alice A. Blakely is 68 IL. He is a son of Cornelius Putnam and was born in Poweshiek County and was in Palo Alto County in 1900, and in Mahaska County in 1910. They were here in 1920.

 

CHARLES C. PUTNAM  Cedar Rapids, Linn County

He is 50 IA US PA and a salesman for a pump company. Bessie O. Johnson his wife is 35 IA and they have Charles P. 10 ND. No ideas yet on his folks. Found a family group sheet that has his name as Charles Corgan/Corrigan/Cordan Putnam born November 19, 1879 in Marion, Linn County Iowa and married Bessie Olevda (Olvida) Johnson. She was born in Buffalo Center, Winnebago County Iowa September 27, 1894 and will die in Vinton, Iowa December 22, 1957. Charles will die in West Union, Iowa in April 1942. He is a son of Charles Bernard Putnam and Esther Carroll born in Marion, Iowa. He is shown at home there in 1880 and married in 1900. They were in Fargo, Cass County North Dakota in 1920. The son Charles was born March 14, 1920 in Fargo, North Dakota. He will marry Carol M. Wenz in Lancaster, Missouri September 13, 1941 and will die May 4, 2000 in Mishawaka, St. Joseph County Indiana. Carol was a daughter of Charles Carl Wenz and Luella A. Mabb. She was born February 3, 1920 in New Rockford, Eddy County North Dakota. Charles and Bessie are divorced by 1940. Bessie is here then and has young Charles with her. Charles married Cora Limback March 25, 1940 in Independence, Iowa.

 

CLAYTON R. PUTNAM  Cedar Rapids, Lynn County

He is 39 IA IA IA, and married to Elizabeth K. 25 IA and they have Agnes B. 9 IA, Mary L. 7 IA and Betty R. 3 IA. He is a service man at a steam shovel factory. His brother Eugene C. 20 IA is living with them and is a truck driver at the factory.  He could be a Charles or some other name and may not be a Putnam at all. Just don’t have any info that works.

 

HANNAH PUTMAN  Cedar Rapids, Linn County

She is 61 IA and widowed. She lives with her married daughter Mary L. 23 IA and husband Arthur Lyons. Hannah Hyde is the widow of James Anderson Putnam. They were all in Winnebago County in 1920. She is here with Mary in Marion, Linn County in1940. Her son Miles is still in Jackson County. James was a son of James Putnam and Mary Ann Snyder and grandson of Edward Putnam and Lydia Melandy from New Hampshire to New York to Lake County Illinois where James was born.

 

MARION PUTNAM  Cedar Rapids, Linn County

She is 23 IA IA WI single and boarding. Mary is a public school teacher. She is a daughter of Dennis T. Putnam and Mary G. Cahalan and was born in Lincoln, Iowa County February 21, 1907. Then the family went up to South Dakota and they were in Lahaye, Tripp County in 1910 and in 1920 when her mother as widowed. She is still teaching here in 1940. Family descends from Henry Patenaude from Vermont who ‘anglicized’ his name to Putnam in the 1840s.

 

MEREDITH B. PUTMAN  Cedar Rapids, Linn County

He is a traveling salesman for advertising. He is 53 IL IL IL and his wife Anna 51 IA. He is a son of William H. and Sarah Putman, and was shown with his folks in 1880 in Riley County Kansas. I havenմ seen him since until they were here in 1920.

 

RUTH PUTNAM  Cedar Rapids, Linn County

She is 24 IA IA IA single and a public School teacher. She looks like the daughter of Niles Putnam from Winneshiek County.

 

STEPHEN A. PUTMAN  Cedar Rapids, Linn County

He is 39 MN ENG MI and is an inspector of electric burglar alarms. His wife Myrtle Laier is 35 ND and they have been married 12 years. He was single in 1910 in Trail County North Dakota. He and Myrtle were in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1920 and here in Cedar Rapids in 1925. He will die back in Minneapolis September 21, 1935. He is a son of Israel Putman and Lydia Armstrong according to the 1925 State Census. He was in Polk County Wisconsin with his widowed mother Lydia in 1895 and 1900. Pretty sure Israel was the son of Pliney and Martha Putnam as shown in the 1857 census of Rice County Minnesota. He and his folks were from Pennsylvania and Stephen was born in Minnesota.

 

SIMARY PUTNAM  Spring Grove, Linn County

He is 44 MI MI MI and is a poultry farmer. His wife Emogene Broyles is 38 WI. Simary Winfield Putnam is a son of George Putnam and Harriet ‘Hattie’ Phillips from Jackson County Michigan. He was born May 2, 1855 in Plainfield, Livingston County Michigan. He was with his widowed mother in Benton County Arkansas in 1900. He first married Dolly Brown in Missouri June 11, 1904. Something happed as he married Emogene May 11, 1914 in Kansas City, Missouri. They have been married 16 years. He rents his farm. They were here in 1925. Simary Winfield Putnam was born May 2, 1886 and will die July 2, 1957 in Nevada, Vernon County Missouri. At that time he was married to a Rebecca and they were living in Kansas City, Missouri. Can’t find him so far in 1910, 1920 or 1940 censuses. In 1910 however he is listed in the Kansas City Directory as a carpenter. He registered for the draft in WWII in 1942 and was also living then in Kansas City Missouri. So that kinda takes care of 1910 and 1940 so in 1920 he was someplace in the mid-west.

 

CLEO PUTMAN  Washington, Lucas County

He is 24 IA IA IA and a tenant farmer. Genevieve his wife is 23 I and they have Charles 2 IA. He is a son of Charles Marion Putman and Ivy Gordon from Wayne County. He has been home there up until now. He’ll be here as will his folks in 1940.

 

ELMER PUTNAM  Oskaloosa, Mahaska County

He is Elmer Franklin Putnam 47 IA IA IA and is an automobile mechanic. Jessie Lorene Shackelford his wife is 36 MO. They have Roland 15 MO, Harold 14 IA, Dorothy 13 IA, Elmer Jr. 10 IA, Doris 8 IA, Vincent 5 IA and Hartley 3 IA. He is a son of Hartley Putnam and Martha Kannals. He was in Mahaska County with the folks in 1900, in Keokuk County in 1920 and here in 1925. OBITS shows his birth as March 14, 1883 and death here in Oskaloosa in May 1971. Harold Leroy was born October 23, 1915. He will marry Lois Edith Phillips June 10, 1951. She was born October 24, 1923. He died October 14, 2008 in Eldora, New Jersey. Jessie was born December 7, 1892 and died in an automobile accident in Mendon, Missouri on August 10, 1952. The son Elmer Franklin Jr. was born June 3, 1919 and will die here in Iowa October 10, 2009. He served in WWII and received 2 Purple Hearts and 3 Bronze Stars in the Army. He married Jean Latcham September 19, 1948. She was born August 15, 1927 and died April 17, 2001 in Wapello, Iowa. They owned several restaurants and moved from here in Oskaloosa to Wapello in 1970.

 

WILLIAM F. (FRANKLIN) PUTNAM  Knoxville, Marion County

He is 83 IA IN IN and widowed as his wife Mary Ann Rizor had died here August 24, 1926. He is a son of James Rufus Putnam, and was born in Dubuque County. He was here in Marion County since the 1870s. His widowed daughter Tessa Caulkins 58 IA is with him. Havenմ seen her since the 1880. William will die here July 15, 1934.

 

EDWARD C. PUTNAM  Linn, Marshall County

He is 55 IA CAN CAN and single. He is an ‘inmate’ in the Iowa Soldiers Home. He is a son of John W. and Sarah Putnam from Canada. He was with them in 1880 in Cherokee County Iowa and none have been seen since then. May well have gone back to Canada.

 

EDGAR PUTNAM  Marshalltown, Marshall County

He is 68 IA and his wife Rose Shank 66 IL. He is a son of Nahum Daniel Putman and Mary Spake and was born here September 15, 1861. He will die here in 1934 and Rose will be here living then with their married daughter Edith Marie Everist.

 

EMMA PUTNAM  Marshalltown, Marshall County

She is 61 (66) IA and widowed. She is Emma Lukecart, the widow of George Putnam (Nahum's son).

 

CLARA A. PUTNAM  Glenwood, Mills County

She is 35 IA and an 'inmate' at the Institution for Feeble Minded Children. She has been here most of her life and will be in 1940. Her mother’s name was Flora Putnam according to her death record. She was an inmate I Kane Pottawattamie County Iowa in 1900 at age 5, and there were several other Putnams there. Just abandoned I guess.

 

HUBERT H. PUETTMANN  Liberty, Mitchell County

He is 29 IA, his wife Laura Kramer 26 IA. They have been married 5 years and they have Eileen A. 3 4/12 and Bernice A. 2 1/12 IA. He is a son of Joseph Puettmann and Agnes Ostendorf from Carroll County. They were here in 1910 and 1920. They are here with 3 more kids in 1940. Family is originally from Germany.

 

HARRIET PUTNAM  Otranto, Mitchell County

She is 49 IA and widowed. She has Marjorie 23 ND, June H. 19 ND and Rachel 16 ND. She is back with her parents Walter and Anna Dockstader. She was married to Floyd Putman in Streeter, North Dakota in 1920 and in Anderson County Kansas in 1925. Floyd was a son of Aaron Putman from Fulton County New York. Dutch family.

 

HOMER PUTMAN  Muscatine, Muscatine County

He is 67 WI NY IL and is a teamster. Catherine Frank his wife is 65 GER and they have Allen (born October 31, 1894 and died in December 1964) 35 IA. He is a son of William C. and Sarah Putman and was in Floyd County in 1870, and in Johnson County in 1900. His dad was from New York. They were here in 1920.

 

J. E. (JAMES EUGENE) PUTNAM  Maple, Monona County

He is 56 NE NY NY and owns his farm. Mary E. Christianson his wife is 61 IA and they have Mary 10 IA and Joseph 14 IA. They never had any children and both these kids were adopted. Mary was with them in 1920. Joseph was with them in 1925. He is a son of Eri Carlton Putnam and Eliza Goodrich and has been here since the 1870s. He will be here till he dies in 1955.

 

DARWIN C. PUTMAN  Floyd Township Sheldon City, O’Brien County

He is 25 IA IA IA single and boarding. He is a manager at a grocery store. He is a son of Edson Putnam and Grace Webster from here. His dad died here about 10 years ago. His mother is here in Hartley, O’Brien County now. He is married in Sioux City, Woodbury County in 1935 and 1940.

 

HORACE S. PUTNAM  Floyd Township Sheldon City, O’Brien County

He is Horace Junior from here and is 46 IA VT IA. He has been married 4 years to Clare who has been married before. She is 52 IL. He was at home with his folks Horace and Mary in 1920.

 

MARY PUTNAM  Floyd Township Sheldon City, O’Brien County

She is now 79 IA (really NY) and widowed. Julia 37 IA and Evelyn 34 IA are still at home. Mary Burke was married to Horace Putnam from Vermont here since the early 1900s and in Sioux County from the 1870s till the 1900s. He just died earlier this year and she will die here in 1932 herself.

 

GRACE PUTNAM  Hartley, O’Brien County

She is 44 (should be 47) IL and widowed. Her son Robert is 17 IA. Grace May Webster was married to Edson Putnam who died here in 1920. He was a son of Dennison and Josephine Putnam, born Hardin County and here in O'Brien from 1900. OBITS has Robert born June 10, 1912 and dying in Sanborn Iowa in September 1979.

 

HOBART PUTNAM  Hartley, O’Brien County

He is 33 IA IA IL and is a mail carrier. He has been married 5 years to Bertha 34 IA, and they have Cora May 4 IA and Lorene 1 6/12 IA. He is a son of Lewis and Cora here in town. OBITS has Bertha’s birth as July 15, 1896 and death here in Hartley in April 1987.

 

IDA PUTNAM  Hartley, O’Brien County

Ida Lowery is 48 IA and has Celia Bernice 23 IA. She was here by herself with two kids in 1920. She now lists herself as divorced. She was married to Dennison’s son Frank Putnam here in 1910 He died in 1919 and she was here with her two kids in 1920. In 1925 in the State Census she was married to Harry Burke. I guess that didn’t last long and she is now divorced. OBITS has her birth on February 7, 1882 and death here in Hartley in January 1968.

 

LEWIS PUTNAM  Hartley, O’Brien County

He is 58 IA NY PA and operates his own farm. His wife Cora Summey is 57 IL and the kids are married off now. He is a son of Dennison and Josephine, born Hardin County and here in O'Brien since 1900.

 

JASON PUTMAN  Shenandoah, Page County

He is now 61 IL VT NY and manages a feed store. His wife Alta May Probst is 57 IA. He is a son of Henry Harrison Putnam and Cornelia Chamberlain, and was in Taylor County since 1900. His son Virgil is married and still back there now.

 

LIL PUTMAN  Shenandoah, Page County

Lillie Belle Baker is now divorced I think (though she says married) from Jay DeForest Putnam. They were here in 1920. She is 54 IL, Helen 33 IA, Mabel 31 SD and Arthur 23 IA. She is here in 1940 and says she is then widowed.

 

ORIN PUTMAN  Shenandoah, Page County

He is 27 IA IA IA and has been married 6 years to Eva Florence Smalley 26 IA. He works at a nursery. He is a son of Jay De Forest Putman from here. The family was here in 1920, but Jay is over in Phelps County Nebraska now. The rest are all here. Dutch family from New York originally.

 

RALPH PUTMAN  Shenandoah, Page County

He is 22 IA US US and a truck driver. His wife Thelma Marie Black is 20 IA and they have Jack 1 9/12 IA. He is a son of Jay De Forest Putman from here. The family was here in 1920, but the folks split and Jay is over in Phelps County Nebraska now. His mother and the rest of the kids are all still here.

 

ELMER PUTNAM  West Bend, Palo Alto County

He is 34 IA SD IA and manages a billiard parlor. His wife Julia Augusta Morris is 38 IA and there is a stepson from her first marriage, Clarence Christianson 18 IA. He is a son of Frank Putnam and Martha Saltzkorn. He was in Carroll County Illinois in 1900 and in Brown County South Dakota in 1910. Then his dad died and his mother remarried and he was with his mother Martha and stepfather Nicholas Peterson here in 1920.

 

HATTIE W. PUTNAM  West Bend, Palo Alto County

She is 40 MO and has a son Orville Bastedo 24 IA. She has only been married a year, but there is no husband around. She is listed next to Elmer Putnam. Best guess is she is married to Elmer’s brother John W. Putnam who I haven’t seen since 1910 in South Dakota. But his mother and brother are here in town, so makes sense.

 

CHRIST PUTTMAN  Elkhorn, Plymouth County

He is 61 GER GER GER and widowed as he was in 1920. With him are a nephew Ed C. Puttman 37 IA, his wife Ella 33 IA, Ada 13 IA and Alvin 5 IA. He owns his farm. He and the Lewis in Woodbury County are probably brothers and related to the Puttmanns who have been for a while. Ed is a son of Fred and Mary Puttmann from Pottawattamie County. He was here in 1900 with his brother William who since moved to Davenport Iowa.

 

W. (WILLIAM) C. PUTTMAN  Elkhorn, Plymouth County

He is 35 IA GER GER and a tenant farmer. Viola Huss his wife is 31 PA, Randolph H. 12 IA, Max L. 9 IA, Stanley W. 7 IA, William 5 IA and Joyce 3 IA. He is a son of Lewis Frederick Puttmann and Christina Florke. He was at home in Rutland, Woodbury County in 1910 and 1920.

 

CARL PUTTMAN  Garfield, Plymouth County

He is 57 IA GER GER. Helen Reichmann his wife is 54 GER and they have Maynard 27 IA. He is a son of Frederick Puettmann and was born in Blue Grass, Scott County. They were in Rutland, Woodbury County by 1900. He was there in 1910 married to Helen with 2 kids an indexed as Charles.

 

F. A. (FRANCIS ASHBURY) PUTMAN  Marshall, Pocahontas County

He is 58 IA NY CAN and owns his farm. Clara Harrington his wife is 51 MO. They have Mary 23 IA, Alta 16 IA and Lola 13 IA at home. He is a son of Benjamin Augustus Putnam and Samantha Purinton from Boone County. He was here in 1910 and 1920. In 1940 he is widowed and living with his son Francis in Buena Vista County.

 

WILLIAM PUTMAN  Bloomfield, Polk County

He is 33 IA PA IA. Louise his wife is 49 SCOT. They have Ray D. 19 NE and Robert A. 11 IA. Never seen him before anywhere.

 

ADA E. PUTNAM  Des Moines, Polk County

She is 28 IA and has Robert W. 9 IA, Pauline D. 8 IA and Betty J. 3 IA. She says she is married but he’s not around. She lives with her parents Elmer and Maude Wilkinson. She was married to Clement Putnam from here in 1925. He was Ernest’s son and is missing here now.

                        

CLYDE CHARLES PUTNAM  Des Moines, Polk County

He isn’t indexed but he and his kids are here not like they were in 1920 and will be in 1940. See those listings. Dutch Putman line out of New York State.

 

ERNEST PUTNAM  Des Moines, Polk County

He is 71 IA IA IA, Rosalie Dugan his wife is 57 IA. They are living with their married daughter Dorothy 22 IA and her husband of 2 years Leonard Fisher. He is a son of Benjamin Augustus Putnam and Samantha Purinton from Boone County. He was here in 1910 and 1920.

 

EUGENE PUTMAN  Des Moines, Polk County

He is 22 IA US US. His wife Beryl Robertson is 20 KS. They were just married and live with her folks Carl and Iva Robertson. He is a son of Thomas Elijah Putman and Stella Combs. He was home in Davis County up until 1920, and then his folks died in 1920 and 1921, so he’s on his own now. OBITS gives his birth as February 14, 1908 and death in July 1974.

 

GERTRUDE PUTMAN  Des Moines, Polk County

She is 52 NY and divorced. The age is off by 10 years, but this is Gertrude Pratt who was married to James Putnam here in 1920.

 

GORDON PUTNAM  Walnut, Polk County

He is 31 VA VA VA (should be VA MI VA based on the 1920). His wife Adeline Villian is 31 IL FRA FRA, and they have John R. 10 IA and Lillian 5 IA. Gordon is a son of Miles Putnam from here who just died October 5, 1929. Also here is his widowed mother Rosa Dickenson Rorer Putnam 55 VA and Joseph W. Putnam 77 MI OH OH and widowed listed as father in law. Joseph was Miles’ father from Cass County Michigan and then South Dakota. I have Joseph dying in South Dakota on November 14, 1907, but obviously it will be sometime after 1930 as he seems to be doing okay now. Rosa is a daughter of Charles Henry Rorer and Annis Preston Hubbard. She was born in Pittsylvania, Virginia November 23, 1874. She will die here November 30, 1939. Gordon and his family are all here in 1940.

 

WILLIAM F. PUTTMANN  Avoca, Pottawattamie County

He is 58 IA GER GER and Augusta M. Koch is 44 GER. He is the son of Christian Puttmann and Anna Margareta Kastbaum who were here in 1900 and 1910. William and Augusta were married here in 1909 and been here ever since.

 

ERNEST W. (WENDELL) PUTNAM  Avoca, Pottawattamie County

He is 30 IL IL IL and drives a truck for road construction. Marie Graves his wife is 28 IA and they have Allen E. 10 IA, Robert E. 8 IA. They were here in 1920 and 1925. He is a son of William D. Putnam and Gertrude Duddles from Lake County Illinois. He was shown newly born there in 1900. OBITS has the birth as August 31, 1899 and death here in Avoca in December 1979. They were married on 12 Jul 1919.

 

LEON PUTNAM  Belknap, Pottawattamie County

He is 31 IA IA IA and a tenant farmer. Carrie A. Perkins his wife is 30 IA and they have Phyllis M. 9 IA, Donald L. 8 IA, Dale D. 6 IA, Bonnie A. 5 IA and Emma Jean 2 IA. He is a son of Charles Eastman Putnam and Jennie May Cook from Center Township. They were married in 1919 but overlooked in 1920. Actually in this census they were indexed as Rutman. OBITS has Leon’s birth as March 26, 1899 and death in Oakland Iowa in August 1987. It has Dale’s birth as January 20, 1924 and death in September 1988. They are here in 1940 with 4 more kids.

 

ARTHUR PUTNAM  Carson, Pottawattamie County

He is 55 IA IA IA (should be IA NH NH) and runs a hardware store. Abbie Johnson his wife is 50 IA and they have Margaret E. 17 IA and Kathryn 10 IA. They were here in 1910 and 1920. He is a son of David Augustus Putnam from here in the County.

 

FRED E. (ELLSWORTH) PUTNAM  Center, Pottawattamie County

He is 61 IL NH IL and now widowed since his wife Carrie Jane Wilson died. He still has Helen 27 IA and George Merle 23 IA at home. He owns and operates his own farm. He is a son of George McIntyre Putnam and was born in Ogle County Illinois. Heճ been here since the 1870s though.

 

CHARLES F. (FRANCIS) PUTNAM  Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie County

He is 41 IA, his wife Ada Stuart is 38 IA and their son Charles F. 18 IA. He is the manager of an oil product company and she is office manager. He is a son of Charles Francis Senior and Nancy Margaret Ballantine and was born in Soldier, Monona County March 23, 1889. He married Ada in Magnolia, Harrison County March 1, 1911 and they were there in 1920 and are here in 1940. Ada was born August 31, 1891 and will die in April 1983. Charles will die here January 28, 1966. New England family.

 

CLYDE W. PUTMAN  Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie County

He is 28 NE NE NE. His wife Gertrude Harper is 29 WI and they have Opal 4 CO. His full name is John Clyde William Putnam born July 13, 1902 in Hastings, Nebraska. He and Gertrude are in Denver, Colorado in 1940. In 1910 he was Lincoln Nebraska as a grandson of David H. and Tillie Putnam who were the folks of his dad. I think his dad was Dave’s son John William Putnam.

 

DAVID H. PUTMAN  Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie County

He is 38 NE US IRE and a tire salesman. His wife Helen Heaston is 32 MO, and they have George D. 12 IA and Charlotte 10 IA. He was a son of a George Putnam from Ohio and Isabelle Carson from Ireland. In 1900 he was with his widowed mother Belle in Douglas County Nebraska. He and Helen were here in 1920 and 1925. The 1925 census is where I found his father’s name. OBITS has his birth as September 25, 1891 and death in August 1966 here in Council Bluffs. No idea who he is though. They are all here in 1940.

 

HARRY E. PUTNAM  Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie County

He is 46 NE NY ENG and is an engine foreman for the steam railway. His wife Charlotte Wood is 33 IA DEN DEN and they have Barbara J. 6 IA. He is a son of Willis Emery Putman and Annie Mauger. He was born in Omaha, Nebraska and was at home there in 1900. The family moved here in the early 1900s and his father died here in Council Bluffs in 1909. He was single here in 1920 and then married later that year. Dutch family from Ontario County New York.

 

VERNIE R. PUTNAM  Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie County

He is listed with no age IA IA IA and is an automobile mechanic. Mollie Chaney his wife is 37 IA and they have Roberta 12 IA. He is a son of Charles Eastman Putnam and Jennie Cook from here. He was home in 1910 and then ‘overlooked’ in 1920, but was here. They had a son Max born in 1914 who I think has died a while back. Roberta will marry Tom Moyer in about 1936. Just filling in stuff you wouldn’t find out till 1940.

 

WALLACE PUTNAM  Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie County

He is 41 MO US US and a telegraph operator. His wife Susie Bessie Kahler is 31 IA and they have Margaret 10 IA and Wallace Jr. 8 IA. He is a son of Edgar Julian Putnam and Mary Isabelle McRorie and a grandson of Dexter Putnam from Massachusetts. He was at home with his folks in 1900 in Putnam County Missouri. They were here in 1920.

 

WILLIS E. (EMERY) PUTNAM  Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie County

He is 37 NE PA ENG single and boarding. He is an auto mechanic. He is Willis Emery Putnam Junior and was shown at home with his folks, Willis and Annie Putman, in Omaha, Douglas County in 1900. He was here in Council Bluffs in 1920. He will be married to Eva Rupencamp in Van Buren County Michigan in 1940. New York Dutch family.

 

WILLIAM G. (GEORGE) PUTNAM  Grove, Pottawattamie County

He is 57 IL NH IL and owns his farm. His sister Myrtle C. is 54 IA. They are both single and have been here together for years. They are kids of George McIntire Putnam who was here with them in 1920 and 1925.

 

CHRIS PUTTMANN James Township, Pottawattamie County

He is 54 IA, his wife Mary Berge 47 IA, Elmer F. 23 IA, Harry C. 18 IA, Melvin L. 16 IA and Everett J. 14 IA, Raymond 10 IA and Wilbert 4 IA. He is Chris junior, his dad was born in Germany. The family was all here in 1900, and Chris Junior was married here in 1910 and 1920.

 

JOHN S. PUTMAN  Lewis, Pottawattamie County

He is 72 IL NY NY and widowed. He has a granddaughter Ethel 30 MI MI IA. He is a son of Victor and Sarah Ann Putman from New York. Victor was a son of Victor Putman and Deborah Burns from Oneida County New York.  He was born in Lee County Illinois in 1858 and was there in 1860 through 1880. In 1900 they were in Stanton County Nebraska. He and Mary are here in Council Bluffs in 1910 and 1920. Dutch family originally from Montgomery County New York.

 

CLARENCE C. PUTTMANN  Pleasant Township, Pottawattamie County

He is 25 IA, his wife Alma W. 22 IA and they have Lorna May 10/12 IA. He is a son of Fred and Mary Ann Puttmann from here. He was at home here in 1910 and they are still married here in 1940.

 

LLOYD R. (RUFUS) PUTNAM  Wright, Pottawattamie County

He is 36 IA IA IA and rents a farm. His wife Maud E. Higgins is 35 IA and they have Opal M. 15 IA, Fanetta M. 13 IA, L. Robert Jr. 10 IA, Dean C. 8 IA, Kenneth D. 7 IA and Rex G. (Gordon) 4 IA. He is a son of Charles Eastman Putnam and Jennie May Cook. He was here with the family in 1900 and 1910 and married here in 1920. OBITS has Lloyd’s birth as July 18, 1893 and death in Oakland Iowa in October 1986. Rex was born in 1926 and will die in Omaha Nebraska June 8, 2007.

 

HARRY E. (ERNEST) PUTNAM  Deep River, Poweshiek County

He 36 IA NY IL and is a tenant farmer. Melvina Fay Wymore his wife is 35 IA and they have Madison A. 12 IA. He is a son of Merton Putnam and Alice Blakley. He was at home in Palo Alto County in 1900 and in Mahaska County in 1910. They were in Keokuk County in 1920. In 1925 they were in Iowa County. His brother Fred is here in the County now too. OBITS Gives Melvina’s birth as April 13, 1894 and death May 14, 1990 at age 95. They are back in Keokuk County by 1935 and in 1940.

 

WILLIAM PUTMAN  Deep River, Poweshiek County

He is 57 IA VT NY and now widowed. His married daughter Opal Ida Forbes 25 IA is with him, but her husband isn’t around. He is a son of Harvey Cornelius and was born right here. He and the family were here in 1900, and he was married here in 1910 and 1920. His wife Myrtle Cranston has died recently.

 

FRED E. (EARL) PUTMAN  Jackson, Poweshiek County

He is 46 IA IA IL and rents his farm. Millie P. Ford, his wife of 20 years, is 46 IA and they have Dorothy 20 KS, Dixie 18 KS and Mildred 10 IA. In 1910 he and Millie were in Neosho County Kansas. He is a son of Merton Adelbert Putnam and Alice Blakely and was born in Poweshiek County. They were in Mahaska County in 1920 and are here still in 1940.

 

CHARLES PUTNAM  Montezuma, Poweshiek County

He is 62 IA NY NY and his wife Abbie Elliott is 61 IL. He owns his own farm. Charles is a son of Harvey Cornelius Putman and Sarah Ann Stewart from here. He was born on August 2, 1868 and will die June 17, 1939. Abbie is widowed here in 1940.

 

PAUL R. (REVERE) PUTNAM  Montezuma, Poweshiek County

He is 36 IA IA IL. Emma Naomi Saunders his wife is 32 IA and they have been married 10 years. He is a mail carrier on a rural route. He is a son of Charles Putnam and Abigail Elliot from here.

 

AARON H. (HUGO) PUTNAM  Davenport, Scott County

He is 39 NY NY NY and divorced. He is a son of Albert G. and Cora Elizabeth from Rome, New York. He was born there April 10, 1891. He was married to Nellie in Charleston, West Virginia in the 1915-1918 time frame and they were here in 1920. He was divorced here in 1925. According to the SSDI he was born in New York April 10, 1891 and will die here in Davenport in May 1968. Dutch family from Steuben County New York.

 

EDWARD K. (KIRBY) PUTNAM  Davenport, Scott County

He is 61 IA NY PA. His wife Hilma Sandberg is 55 ENG SWED SWED and they have a son Edward Sandberg Putnam 9 IA. He is a son of Charles Edwin Putnam and Mary Louise Duncan and was here with them in 1880 and 1900. He was just married here in 1910. Edward Kirby was born November 17, 1868 and will die May 22, 1939.

 

FRANK C. PUTNAM  Davenport, Scott County

He is 71 IA GER GER and single. He is in the County Poor House. He should be Christian Puttman from Plymouth County. He was a son of Chris and Anna Puttmann from Germany.

 

HARRIET L. PUTNAM  Davenport Scott County

She is 60 NY and widowed. She is living with her now married daughter Eunice 30 IL and her husband Harry C. Sleth. She is Harriet Isabelle Lyon, wife of Charles Morgan Putman from here. In 1920 she was here but he was in Chicago. He died in 1920.

 

HILDA PUTNAM  Davenport Scott County                              

She is 27 IA VA IA and is single. She works as a housekeeper. Based on the places she and her folks were born, she could be the daughter of John Putman and Mary Rosetta Whitsel as shown in Marion Township, Washington County in 1900. But he ages are off by 5 years. Another choice is the Hilda daughter of Joseph Puttman in Carroll County in 1910, close age but folks are from IA and Germany. There is probably also a chance she isn’t a Putnam at all.

 

WILLIAM J. PUTMAN  Davenport, Scott County

He is 72 IA GER GER and widowed. I have no idea why he keeps stating his folks were born in Germany when they were both born in Davis County Iowa just like he was. He is a son of Abraham H. Putman and Elizabeth Moran of Bloomfield, Davis County. Abe was a son of Elijah Putman and Elizabeth Duff. Southern Putman family. They were here in 1900. Anna Gillian, his wife, died here in 1917, he will die here October 15, 1935.

 

WILLIAM J. PUTNAM  Shelby, Shelby County

He is 57 IL VT VT and his wife Gertrude Duddles is 55 IL. They have Esther B. 21 IL. He does trucking on the state highway. He is a son of Anthony Putnam and Ann Kendall both from Vermont. He was with his folks in Lake County Illinois in 1880 and married there in 1900. Then they were in Fort Bend County Texas in 1910. I don’t find them in 1920. They are here in 1940. New Englanders.

 

EDWIN B. (BENJAMIN) PUTNAM  Nevada, Story County

He is 48 KS, Effie M. Perry 68 IA. He is a cement worker. He is the eldest son of Joseph Newton Putnam and Sarah Elizabeth Evans. They were in Garfield County, Oklahoma in 1910. They were here in 1920 and are here in 1935 and 1940.

 

HELEN PUTMAN  Ames, Story County

She is 27 IA OH MO and is single. She teaches in the College here. She is a daughter of William Luther Putman and was home in Decatur County in 1920.

 

ED S. PUTMAN  Bedford, Taylor County

He is Edwin Sidney Putnam son of Sidney and Josephine Putnam from here. He is 54 IA VT VT and owns his farm, which was his dad’s place. Mabel A. Snyder his wife is 48 IA. His son Harry is here too. OBITS has his birth November 16, 1875 and death here in Bedford in April 1971. Mabel will die here March 25, 1961.

 

GEORGE PUTMAN  Bedford, Taylor County

He is 47 IA VT VT and owns his own farm. Vera Bradley his wife is 44 IA. He is a son of Sidney C. Putman and Josephine Smith and was born here. OBITS has Vera’s birth as November 7, 1885 and death in Coon Rapids in September 1984.

 

HARRY E. (EDWARD) PUTNAM  Bedford, Taylor County

He is 24 IA IA IA and his wife Ruth Iris Burner is 27 IA. They have been married for 2 years. He is a son of Edwin and Mabel Putnam and is living on their farm. OBITS has Harry’s birth as December 7, 1905 and death in November 1985 here in Bedford. They are here in 1940.

 

VIRGIL G. (GLEN) PUTNAM  Benton, Taylor County

He is 30 IA IL IA and works on a farm. His wife Mary Nancy Livingston is 29 IA and they have Margaret 3 IA. He is a son of Jason Putnam and Alta Probst from here. He was with them here in 1920 and they have since moved to Page County. Virgil has been married now for 8 years. Virgil was born May 19, 1899 and will die in October 1983. Mary was born August 10, 1900 and will die here August 20, 1972

 

EMMA PUTNAM  Lenox, Taylor County

She is 82 VT VT VT and widowed. She lives with her widowed daughter Minnie E. Belding 61 VT VT VT. She is Emma Robinson the widow of Adney Putnam from Whittington, Vermont. They came out here in the 1870s. They were in Cass County in 1880 and Minnie was 11 at the time. Then they were in Adams County after that. Emma was there in 1920 with her daughter Flossie Crouse.

 

WALTER A. PUTNAM  Creston, Union County

He is a son of Adney Putnam and Emma Robertson from Adams County where he has been up till 1925 and will be back there again in 1940. He is now 57 IA VT VT and his wife Grace N. Boyer 51 IA. Their son Leslie D. is 22 IA and still single. He owns his own farm. OBITS has Grace born December 2, 1880 and death here in October 1976.

 

MARY K. PUTMAN  Center, Wapello County

She is 43 IA IA IN and single. She is a patient at the Sunny Slope Sanitarium. She is a daughter of Albert Putnam and Nancy Pyle from Warren County. She was at home there up until now.

 

JAKE PUTMAN  Ottumwa, Wapello County

He is 31 IA VA IA, and works in a meat packing plant. Augusta Marshall his wife is 28 MO and they have Jacob 6 IA, Clarence 4 IA and Francis 3 IA. He is a son of John Putman and Mary Whitsel from Washington County. This is a German family out of Hampshire County Virginia.

 

CECILIA M. (CECILE MARGARET) PUTMAN  Ottumwa, Wapello County

She is 21 IA and widowed already. She has a daughter Shirley J. 1 IA. She lives with her married sister Stella Finley and her husband Charles Finley. She is Cecile Margaret Gee the widow of Willard Earle Putman. They were married here May 15, 1926. Willard was a son of Willard Alva Putman and Bertha Elizabeth Burr and was born in Appanoose County February 23, 1903 and then has just died March 2, 1930.Cecile is a daughter of Joseph William Gee and Hester Anna Leonard and was born here in Wapello County January 4, 1909 and will die in Stockton, California October 14, 2012. She will marry a Ingham guy in 1935 in Olmstead County Minnesota and be in Fresno County California by 1937.

 

LOREN R. (REZIN) PUTNAM  Ottumwa, Wapello County

He is 49 IA IA OH and his wife Victoria Noftager is 49 IA. He is a government inspector in a meat packing plant. He is a son of William Franklin Putnam and Mary Rezin. He was home in Marion County in 1880 and 1900. He was married here in 1910 and 1920. William was a son of James Rufus Putnam from Dubuque County. He was born May 1, 1878 and married Victoria November 26, 1902. She was born May 14, 1877 and will die in Longmont, Colorado January 26, 1957.

 

ALBERT PUTNAM   Ackworth, Warren County

He is now 80 IA IN TN and widowed. He is a son of James Rufus Putnam. He was married to Nancy Catherine Pyle here for ages, but she died in 1920. He will be around till he dies April 4, 1943 at age 93.

 

HARRY I. (IRVING) PUTNAM  Indianola, Warren County

He is 49 IA VT VT and owns his own farm. His wife Daisy M. Boyer is 46 IA and Mildred L. 16 IA. He is a son of Adney Putnam and Emma Robertson and was born in Adams County and he and Daisy were there through 1920. OBITS has Harry’s birth as December 11, 1880 and death here November 1975, and Daisy’s birth as August 3, 1884 and death in September 1974.

 

OBER W. (WOODSON) PUTNAM  Indianola, Warren County

He is 39 IA IA IN and is a mail carrier on a rural route. His wife Mabel C. Scott is 37 IA and they have Charles A. 16 IA, Roy E. 11 IA and Edna C. 7 IA. He is a son of Albert Putnam and Nancy Pyle and has been here all his life. He was born August 30, 1890 and will die here in January 23, 1978. Mabel was born June 10, 1892 and will die here July 10, 1977.

 

F. (FRANCIS) L. PUTNAM  Lincoln, Warren County

He is 21 IA IA IA and rents his farmlands. His wife Mildred Dillon is 21 IA and they have Margaret 2/12 IA. They have just been married a year and didn’t waste time in making a baby. He is a son of Harry Putnam and Daisy Boyer. They have been in Adams County since the early 1900s, and even his folks are out here now. OBITS gives Francis’ birth as November 9, 1916 and death in Creston, Iowa on June 23, 1995. He married Mildred in June 1929. She will die February 25, 1934 and he will then marry Wilma Halene Wynn February 19, 1936. She will survive him. His obituary says they had Margaret who married Lamar Smith, Viola who married Edward Jaggers, Rosella who was single then, and a son Howard who’s wife was Norma.

 

ASA L. (LLOYD) PUTMAN  Richland, Warren County

He is now 76 IA IN VA and his wife Sarah Ellen Pyle is 77 IN VA KY. He is still working his dairy farm. He is a son of James Rufus Putnam and has been here most all his life. He was born here in 1854 and will die in 1940. Sarah was born in 1852 and will die here in 1939.

 

ERNEST PUTMAN  Richland, Warren County

Charles Ernest Putnam is a son of Asa Lloyd Putnam and Sarah Ellen Pyle. He is now 55 IA IA OH and works on a farm. His wife Myra Belle Seavers is 53 IA. Their son Robert Donald 30 IA is still at home, but will be married here in 1940.

 

ALFRED E. (EMORY) PUTNAM  Washington, Washington County

He is now 63 MI NY MI and his wife Alice Stannard McNeill is 66 MI. At home still is Harold M. 40 MI. OBITS has Harold McNeill Putnam as being born September 7, 1889 and dying in February 1963. He married Lois Holland about 1940. He is a manufacturer of cloth charts and his son works with him. A descendant gave me this that he made ‘cloth charts’ a measuring device he invented and sold nationwide from a shop in the backyard.  It was later bought by Measuregraph in St. Louis after Harold’s death and Clyde’s son, Nathan James (Jim) went there to work for them.  My grandfather got tired of having to unroll bolts of fabric for inventory and invented this device to measure the fabric without unrolling it.  You can find the later ones for sale on the Internet. Occasionally the older ones that looked like a cross between a slide rule and calipers.  I have one of the original wooden ones, made in Michigan and two metal ones with box and instructions. They were here in 1920 and then briefly in Sneeds, Florida in the 1926-1927 range and then back here. He is a son of Nathan Curtis Putnam and Hannah Mariah Bunce from Washtenaw County Michigan. Nathan’s father John was from Berkshire County Massachusetts. Alfred was born in York, Michigan April 26, 1866 and will die here November 10, 1941. Alice was born in Petersburg, Michigan in December 1863 and will die here in Washington June 26, 1937. Alfred is here with their son John Alfred in 1940.

 

JOHN PUTMAN  Washington, Washington County

He is 78 VA VA VA and still widowed as he has been since 1914. With him are his widowed daughter Mollie Therion 47 IA and her daughter Mildred 26 IA. He is a son of Jacob Putman jr. from Hampshire County Virginia. German family. He will die here in 1934 in his 80s.

 

MARY A. PUTMAN  Washington, Washington County

Mary Ann Chalupa is now the widow of John Putman from here. She is 40 IA, Lorene E. 19 IA, Wilson J. 17 IA, Maurice W. 11 IA and Audrey J. 3 IA. John died August 6, 1926. He was a son of John Putman and Mary Rosella Whitsel from here. German family.

 

MINA PUTMAN  Washington, Washington County

Mina Bellville is the widow of Charles C. Putman from here and was widowed here in 1920. Look back at 1920 and you will see her son Oral’s widow Bessie and some kids there. Well, Bessie has married Jacob Hertig and is here (age 40 IA) and has her Putnam kids Everett 17 IA, Bessie 15 IA and Mildred 13 IA with her. In 1940 Mina will be with her then married daughter Bessie in Davenport, Scott County.

 

N. (NATHAN) CLYDE PUTNAM  Washington, Washington County

He is 34 MI MI MI and rents farmlands. His wife Opal Macon is 33 IA. They have June K. 8 MT.  He says he has been married for 4 years, she for 15 so the daughter is from her first marriage. He is a son of Alfred E. Putnam and Alice McNeil from here. He was at home with them in 1920. OBITS has Opalճ birth as January 7, 1897 and death here in Washington in April 1984.

 

WILLIAM I. PUTMAN  Washington, Washington County

He is 26 IA VA VA and is an auto mechanic. His wife Gladys L. Nickerson is 24 IA and they have Dorothy M. 3 7/12 IA. Also here are her sisters Sara E. Nickerson 15 IA and Mary Ann Nickerson 13 IA. He is a son of John Putman and Rosella Whitsel. He lives next to his Grandfather John Putman.

 

JAMES C. PUTNAM  Walnut, Wayne County

He is 58 IA MO IA and a janitor at the public school. His wife Minnie B. Wilson is 58 IA. He is a son of William A. Putman and Mary Elizabeth Nelson. He was born in Adams County Iowa in 1870. In 1900 he was in Appanoose County Iowa. He was in Texas County Oklahoma in the 1910 census. They were back here in Wayne County in 1920.

 

SUSAN PUTMAN  Walnut, Wayne County

She is 62 MO OH OH and widowed. Well never could figure her out until the 1925 State Census came out. She had married James R. Putman here about that time. He was a son of Benjamin Putman and Melvina Baker from Kentucky, to Monroe County Indiana, then to Linn County Missouri. He married Margaret Bell December 3, 1871. They were here in 1920. She died in the early 1920s and Jim married Susan. He has since died and in 1940 she is in Woods County Oklahoma living with her son, from her first marriage, Harry Foster also from Missouri.

 

CHARLES M. (MARION) PUTMAN  Wright, Wayne County

He is 63 IA IN IL and owns his own farm. Ivy Alice Gordon his wife is now 59 MO and Frank G. (Gordon) 28 IA is still at home. He was born right here, a son of William and Mary Jane Putman from Fayette County Indiana and Kentucky before that. Southern Putmans.

 

EMMA PUTNAM  Bloomfield, Winneshiek County

She is now 77 NY and still has her son Leon Ray 51 IA with her. Emma Irene Dean is the widow of Surreno Putman and has been here since the 1870s. She was born back in New York on February 24, 1853 and will die here March 17, 1939. She will be buried by Surreno in Postville, Allamakee County. Leon Ray was born September 23, 1878 and will die here September 12, 1950. He never married.

 

FRED W. PUTTMANN  Rutland, Woodbury County

Frederick Junior is now 44 IA GER GER, his wife Lena E. 36 IA and Earl F. is now 13 IA.

 

LEWIS F. PUTTMAN  Rutland, Woodbury County

He is 63 GER GER GER and does something on the highways. Christina A. Florke his wife is 61 GER. He is a son of Frederick and Christine Puttmann. He was born in Scott County and has been here in Rutland since the 1890s. He is divorced by 1940 and living with his nephew Maynard Puttmann who is married here then.

 

LEWIS H. PUTTMANN  Rutland, Woodbury County

He is 55 IA GER GER and now divorced. He is living with Arthur and Laura Weinreich. He is a son of Frederick and Christine Puttman from Rutland. He was at home here in 1910 and married here to Cora Alice Leigh and now all by his lonesome. Don’t find him in 1940.

 

ROY C. PUTTMANN  Rutland, Woodbury County

He is 32 IA GER GER and his wife Clara E. Reinking 32 IA. They have Wayne C. 6 IA. Also here is his cousin Maynard Puttmann 27 IA GER GER. Roy is a son of William and Anna Puttmann. Maynard a son of Charles and Helen Puttmann. Both were born right here.

 

RUDOLPH W. PUTTMANN  Rutland, Woodbury County

Indexed as Adolph, but is Fred and Christine Puttmann’s son. He is 31 IA and still single. His married sister Amanda Byers is 46 IA and her husband Carl H. Byers is 42 GER GER GER.

 

ALFRED A. (ALEXANDER) PUTMAN  Sioux City, Woodbury County

He is 54 IA CAN IA and a real estate salesman. He has a new wife Zina Warntzis 51 HOLLAND. He is a son of Henry James Putnam (real name Henri Patenaude) and Elizabeth Beaudette from Lyon County. He was there in 1880 and with his widowed mom in Sioux County in 1900. He was here in 1910 and 1920 with his wife Olive Tamplin born in Illinois. She died later in 1920 and he married Zena. In 1925 he and Zena were here. Zena is widowed here in 1940.

 

CHARLES PUTMAN  Sioux City, Woodbury County

He is 30 SD IA IA single and boarding. He is a laborer in a packing house. There is a family sheet that has him as a son of Edmund Julius Putnam and his first wife Theresa Kraus and that he was born in Vermillion, Clay County South Dakota November 30, 1903. He does not appear in the 1910 South Dakota with Edmund in Vermillion, Clay County. All I can guess is that when Edmund and Theresa divorced she took Charles and either hid out or remarried and Charles was listed under that name. He popped up here in 1920 at age 16 SD and then age 21 SD in 1925. Now here in 1930 and he will be here in 1940. He married Merna Miller just over the line into South Dakota on Christmas Day December 25, 1933. They were living in Sioux City, Iowa at the time. The line is not Putnam or Putman, but is Patenaude coming down from Canada into Vermont in the 1840s, and then changing to Putnam.

 

HORACE E. (ELIJAH) PUTNAM  Sioux City, Woodbury County

He is 70 IA IL IL and widowed. He is in a hotel of sorts. He is a son of Daniel Thomas Putman and has been in Dixon County Nebraska for years. He was married to Martha Stark in 1909. He will die himself January 12, 1936.

                                                    

MARY PUTNAM  Sioux City, Woodbury County

She is 28 IA and has Carol 11 IA and Muriel 8 IA. She is still living with her parents Albert and Maud Sowby as she was in 1920. In 1920 though Mary Louise Sowby was married to Harry Lee Putnam here in 1920. They were divorced about 1922. He has since married again and he and his new wife Nannie are in Lyons, Burt County Nebraska.

 

ANNA M. (MARGARET) PUTNAM  Belmont, Wright County

She is 23 IA and lives with her parents Arne and Julia Skarr. She says she is married a year, but no husband is around. Anna Skaar married Victor W. Putnam December 5, 1928 in Garner, Hancock County Iowa. He was a son of George Nare Putnam and Helena Salley Sinz from Sheboygan, Wisconsin. No idea where he is or will be. New York Dutch family though.

 

ROY H. (HENRY) PUTNAM  Clarion, Wright County

He is 26 IL US US and is a timekeeper with the steam railroad. His wife Florence Castleman is 26 IA. They have Arlene 4 IA. They have been married for 8 years and live with her parents Jesse and Tillie Castleman. He should be the son of Jonathan and Jessie Putnam as shown in Sangamon County Illinois in 1910. He was single here in 1920.

 

GEORGE PUTNAM  Dows, Wright County

He is 35 IA US US and his wife Leota Echelberger is 26 IA. They live with her parents George and Minnie Echelberger. This would be his second marriage and her first. They have been married 7 years. He is a building painter. Not sure who he is.

 

 

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EMMA PUTNAM  Carl Township, Adams County

She is 92 VT and widowed. She is living with her married daughter Flossie Molynew 51 IA and husband C. O. Molynew 51 IA and family. Emma Nancy Robinson married Adney Putnam in Windham County Vermont October 2, 1867 and they were here in 1870 through 1900. Adney died December 20, 1904. Both he and Emma are buried here in the Mt. Zion Cemetery. Emma was a daughter of Reuben Robinson and Emeline Smith and was born in Jamaica, Windham County May 12, 1847 and will die in Prescott, Adams County September 29, 1944. For what it’s worth Flossie was with Emma in 1910 then married to Wilmer Crouse in 1920 and now married again.

 

H. I. (HARRY IRVING) PUTNAM  Carl Township, Adams County

Adney and Emma's son is a farmer and was born here December 11, 1880. He is 59 IA, Daisy M. Boyer his wife 55 IA. They were here in 1910 and 1920, and were in Warren County by 1930 and back here by 1935. He will die here in November 1975.

 

W. A. (WALTER ADNEY) PUTNAM  Nevinville, Adams County

He is 67 IA and his wife Grace Narcissa Boyer is 61 IA. He is a son of Adney Putnam and Emma Robertson from Adams County, where he had been up till 1925 and then they were in Creston, Union County in 1930 and back here by 1935. He was born in Cass County Iowa March 19, 1873 and will die in Creston, Union County February 25, 1955. Grace is a daughter of James William Boyer and Mary Amanda Chance and was born in Redfield, Dallas County Iowa February 2, 1879 and will die also in Creston March 26, 1948. They were married March 24, 1901 here in Adams County. His folks came out of Vermont.

 

L. D. (LESLIE DEAN) PUTNAM  Union Township, Adams County

He is 32 IA, his wife Zelda Opal Beck 27 IA and they have Bernadine 5 IA. He is a son of Walter Adney Putnam and Grace Narcissa Boyer. He was born in Adams County August 31, 1907 and will die in Creston, Union County March 11, 1985. He married Zelda April 1, 1933. His dad is a son of Adney Putnam and Emma Robertson. New England line out of Whittington, Vermont.

 

LLOYD PUTMAN  Postville, Allamakee County

He is 39 IA NY NY and he runs a harness store. Anna Georgiana Bruene his wife is 36 IA. He was single here in 1910 and 1920 and married Anna December 28, 1921 in Gladbrook. He is Lloyd Francis a son of Surreno Putnam and Emma Irene Dean and was born in Winneshiek County. August 22, 1890 and he will die July 11, 1967 here in Postville. Anna was born August 3, 1893 and she will die here April 11, 1982.

 

LEONARD PUTNAM  Lincoln Township, Black Hawk County

He is 23 SD and a hired man with a Creswell family. He is Leonard Robbins Putnam, a son of Benjamin Gideon Putnam and Pearl Effie Robbins and was born in Sanborn County South Dakota October 10, 1916 and as home there in 1920 and 1930 and says he was in rural Monroe County Kentucky in 1935. He will marry Rachel Marguerite Wood right after the War on October 7, 1945. He will die in Manassas, Virginia. Family came from New Hampshire and Massachusetts before that.

 

BEN PUTMAN  Waterloo, Black Hawk County

He is a Negro 49 MS and his wife Elizabeth 42 MS.

 

ETHEL C. PUTNAM  Waterloo, Black Hawk County

She is 54 IA and a schoolteacher so of course she is unmarried like all of them. She is a daughter of Merton Adelbert Putnam and Alice Blakely. She has been at home up till now. Her folks are still in Keokuk County now. Her dad is a son of Cornelius Putnam and was born in Poweshiek County and was in Palo Alto County in 1900, and in Mahaska County in 1910. They were all in Warren, Keokuk County in 1920. Family is from Vermont before coming to Iowa a bunch of years ago.

 

EVERETT H. PUTMAN  Waterloo, Black Hawk County

He is 47 IA, his wife Refa Hardcastle 47 OK and Pauline F. 15 OK. He owns a used furniture store here in town, He is a son of Charles Putman and Elsie Wells, and was born in Oelwein, Fayette County Iowa July 26, 1892 and will die there in September 1972. He was married to Refa in Oelwein in 1915 and 1920. Can’t’tfind in 1930 but probably in Oklahoma then. His dad was a son of Peter Putman and Alice Teague from Montgomery County New York. New York Dutch family.

 

GERALD PUTNAM  Waterloo, Black Hawk County

He is 27 IA, his wife Marie Sophie Baier 28 IA and they have Donald 2 IA. He is a Union Organizer for a labor union. He is a son of George Washington Putnam and Edith M. Nettleton from Floyd County and then Butler County. He was born March 5, 1912 and will die in Cedar Falls, Iowa June 15, 1959.His dad is a son of Marshal Danforth Putnam and his first wife Betsy Jane Sneath.

 

ARTHUR PUTMAN  Westburg Township, Buchanan County

He is 50 IA OH IA. He owns his farm. Edna Miesgeier his wife is 51 IA and they have Dale 25 IA, Lester 20 IA, Royden 19 IA, Wesley 18 IA and Vera 14 IA. Arthur is a son of Alfred Elliot Putnam and Caroline Johanna Nus and was with them in Clayton County in 1900. They were in Fayette County in 1920 and 1930. Arthur was born December 16, 1889 and will die in February 1964. Dale was born April 25, 1915 and will die in Jesup Iowa in August 1985. The son Royden Elliott was born September 27, 1920 and will die June 13, 2011 in Osage, Mitchell County Iowa. He will marry Gladys Garrison on January 27, 1944. Family came from Windham County Vermont to Winnebago County Illinois to here.

 

LLOYD PUTNAM  Westburg Township, Buchanan County

He is 21 IA and single. He is working on the Richardson farm. He is a son of Arthur and Edna Putnam here in town. He was at home with them in Fayette County in 1930. He was born June 16, 1918 and will die in Jessup, Iowa November 14, 2003.

 

EARL PUTMAN  Coon Township, Buena Vista County                                                                

He is 48 IA IA IA and is a tenant farmer. His wife Jennie Wendt is 48 NE and they have Homer 20 IA, Milton Earl 14 IA, and a nephew Milton A. Jones 17 IA. Earl Francis Putnam is a son of Louis Orville Putnam and Martha E. Pray from here in the County. He was born here July 21, 1891 and will die here October 26, 1961. The son Homer Orville was born here August 3, 1919 and will die here June 22, 2002, Milton Earl was born July 5, 1925 and will die April 30, 2000. Been here all his life. New England family, Massachusetts to Vermont to New York and then out here in Iowa.

 

FRANCIS PUTNAM  Poland Township, Buena Vista County

He is 38 IA, his wife Adelia Mare King 35 IA and they have Charles 6 IA and Joan Carol 4 IA. His widowed dad Francis Putnam 68 IA is now with him. He is Francis Delbert Putnam a son of Francis Ashbury Putnam and Clara Ellen Harrington. His dad is a son of Benjamin Augustus Putnam and Samantha Purinton from Boone County. He was born in Boone County Iowa December 30, 1900 and will die here in Marathon, Buena Vista County in June 1982. Adelia was born in Iowa August 3, 1903 andwill also die in Marathon in July 1985. New England family.

 

JOHN PUTTMAN  Carroll Township, Carroll County

He is 55 IA and his wife Dorothy 45 WY. He says he has been here but I can’t find him in 1910, 1920 or 1930. But in 1900, the German Puttmans or Puettmans were all over Roselle Township, Carroll County and John was there. He should be a son of Barnard or Barney Puttmann and Sybilla Timp both born in Germany. In 1850, Barnard was in Burlington, Racine County Wisconsin with his father John who was 64 at that time. He was here in Winneshiek County Iowa in 1860, listed as Bernard Puttmann born in Prussia. Barney has been here since the mid 1870s, but they haven’t appeared in any census since 1860 till 1900. Barney was born in Dorsten Westphalia on January 9, 1828. He came with his parents to Wisconsin in April 1845. He married Sybilla Timp there on April 27, 1852. They then came here in mid May 1856 and will be here in Iowa all their lives. Sybilla was born November 28, 1833 and will die January 9, 1911. Barney was born January 9, 1828. He will die on May 14, 1920.

 

CLAUDE S. (SEXTON) PUTNAM  Griswold, Cass County

He is 53 IA IA IA and a farm laborer. His wife Iva M. Pierson 51 IA is a cook in a restaurant. He is a son of James Rufus Putnam and his first wife Eliza Jane Sexton. He was in Cass County in 1900 and in Scotts Bluff Nebraska 1910. In 1920 they were in Pottawattamie County and then here in 1930. He’ll be around till he dies here July 24, 1958. Eva will die here July 17, 1949.

 

JAMES R. (RUFUS) PUTNAM  Griswold, Cass County

James Jr. is now 81 IA IN IN and widowed for the second and last time. Ulrica Thulin his second wife died here in Griswold December 30, 1935. He is a son of James Rufus Putnam and Cynthia Bradley. He was born in Dubuque March 10, 1859 and will die here in Griswold December 27, 1942.

 

LEON L. (LEROY) PUTNAM  Griswold, Cass County

He is 21 IA IA IA and his wife Dorothy Dewitt 17 IA and they have Gerald a couple of months old IA. He is a son of Claude Putnam and Iva Pierson here in town. He was born in Dubuque October 30, 1918 and will die here December 6, 1986. Leon married Dorothy Dewitt here November 9, 1938. They are listed right under Claude and Iva and are in the same house. Dorothy is a daughter of Russell Edward DeWitt and Mildred Emiline Westerlund, and was born April 19, 1923 in Elliott, Iowa and will die here in Griswold on May 12, 2012.

 

RUSSELL G. (GLEN) PUTNAM  Mason City, Cerro Gordo County

He is 38 IA IA OH and is an electrician in an electrical shop. Nellie Melvina Curtis his wife is 31 KS and they have Dora M. 17 IA, Robert G. 15 IA, Raymond E. 10 IA and Peggy A. 7 MN. He married Nellie September 6, 1922 in Northwood, Worth County Iowa, and they were here in 1930. They were in Minneapolis in 1935 and then back here. He is a son of Charles Corben Putnam and Harriet Evelyn Price from Linn County. Russell was born in Marion, Linn County May 25, 1901, and will die in Fridley, Anoka County Minnesota July 17, 1970. Nellie is a daughter of Nelson William Curtis and Dolly Mae Shellenberger and was born in Attica, Harper County Kansas November 28, 1906. She will die in Anoka, Anoka County Minnesota November 27, 1996. The daughter Dora was born here in 1923 and will die in Anoka, Minnesota December 18, 2005.

 

JULIA PUTMAN  Cherokee, Cherokee County

She is 50 IA and single. She is a daughter of Horace Putnam and Mary Burke from Vermont. She was born in Sheldon, O’Brien County and was there with the folks in 1920 and with her widowed mom in 1930. She is now an inmate at the Cherokee State Hospital for the Insane. Her dad died in 1930 and mom in 1932 and need some help I guess.

 

GRACE PUTNAM  Marcus, Cherokee County

She is 59 IA and widowed. She lives with her now married daughter Pauline Huntting 34 IA and a couple of her kids. Grace Mae Webster was married to Edson Adelbert Putnam in Hartley, OՂrien County in 1910 and 1920 and he died in 1920 and she was widowed there in 1930 as well. She states she was in Peterson, Clay County Iowa in 1935. Edson was a son of Dennison and Josephine Putnam, born Hardin County and here in O'Brien from 1900.

 

KENNETH PUTNAM  Spencer, Clay County

He is 27 IA, his wife Kathleen 23 ND and they have Michael 1 SD. He is a son of Stacy N. Putman and Florence S. Davis from here in Dickens, Clay County. Dutch Folks.

 

RAYMOND PUTMAN  Comanche, Clinton County

He is 48 BELGIUM and his wife Martha Henrietta Peterson is 49 GER. They have been married 20 years and have Henry 18 IA, Charles 17 IA, Doris 16 IA, George 14 IA, Betsy 11 IA Geraldine 8 IA and Ronald 4 IA. Also here is Roy Seymour 22 IA. Martha was married before and Roy is hers from that marriage. They were here in 1920 and 1930. There was a picture for sale on ebay of a guy with a truck that says Putman Fisheries Clinton, Iowa. Clinton is right on the widest part of the Mississippi River in all of Iowa. Probably Ray’s company. Comanche is only 5 miles from the City of Clinton. The son George Earl Putman and was born here April 6, 1927 and will die here January 15, 1981. He married Lucille Tyler. Charles was born January 4, 1923, George was born April 6, 1927 and Geraldine September 30,1931. Wonder what his ‘original’ name was.

 

HARLAN R. (RAYMOND) PUTNAM  Adel, Dallas County

He is 30 (really 34) MO and a lodger. He says he is married and was in Ames, Story County Iowa in 1935. He is a son of Samuel Stephen Putnam and Louisa J. Oelsen and was born in Flat River, St. Francois County Missouri. He was there with his folks in 1910 through 1930. Samuel is the son of Jonathan Putnam and Anna Messenger from Gilmer County West Virginia. Southern Putman family out of Fauquier County Virginia.

 

GRANT PUTNAM  Spring Valley Township, Dallas County

He is 14 IA and single. He is listed as a nephew-in-law of Harry and Naoma Heaton. He is a son of Howard Orville Putnam and Corrine Woolridge from here. He was at home with them here in 1930.

 

NACKEY PUTNAM  Spring Valley Township, Dallas County

She is 68 OH and widowed as she was in 1930. She is living with her married daughter Ruth 40 IA and her husband Bert Hutchinson 50 IA. Nackey Earley had been married to Ulysses Grant Putnam who died here November 21, 1925. He was a son of Benjamin Putnam and Samantha Purinton, and was born in Polk County April 12, 1864. He was with his folks in 1870 and 1880 in Boone County Iowa. Nackey Earley is his second wife. He married Clara Wells in Polk County on November 19, 1884. She died November 27, 1897, and he married Nackey November 16, 1898. They were here in 1900 through 1920. Nackey was born in Ohio July 6, 1871 and will die here November 23, 1944. The daughter Ruth will die here April 20, 1945.

 

NELL PUTMAN  Drakesville, Davis County

Nellie M. Clark is 60 IA and widowed. She has been married here to Willard Putman in 1900 through 1930. He was a son of wife Jasper Newton Putman and Elizabeth Jane Grant, and was born here in Davis County February 11, 1871. Jasper was a son of Elijah Putman from Fulton County Illinois. Southern Putman family.

 

AGNES PUTNAM  Leon, Decatur County

She is 25 IA single, lodging and is a schoolteacher. She says she was in Cedar Falls in 1935, but I can’t find her anyplace before this.

 

CHESTER L. (LLOYD) PUTNAM  Manchester, Delaware County                                                            

He is 53 IA IA OH and is a physician, general medicine. Susan Esther Emorine his wife is 48 IA and they have Fred J. 20 IA (typo, he is really William James 25 IA). He is a son of William Franklin Putnam and Mary Ann Rizor. He was born September 19, 1886 in Marion County and was at home with his folks there in 1900 and in Union County in 1910, and Ida County in 1920 and 1930 married to Susan. They were married June 3, 1913. She is a daughter of James Emorine and Sarah Elizabeth Burke and was born in Sac County June 3, 1891 and will die in Jessup, Maryland in June 1968 where she is living with her son William. Chester will die in Des Moines, Iowa in 1952.

 

ROBERT PUTNAM  Manchester, Delaware County

He is 18 IA single and lodging with his married sister Mary Ortberg 37 IA and her husband Ralph Ortberg 41 IA. He is Robert Louis Putnam a son of Edward Putnam and Hetty Spare and was born here January 9, 1922, and was at home up through 1930 and here in 1935. Edward is a son of Henry Harrison Putnam and his second wife Elvira Stanclift, and was here at home with them in 1900, and married here since 1910.

 

GEORGE PUTMAN  Spirit Lake, Dickinson County

He is 45 IA, his wife Anna 37 IA and they have Verna 16 IA, Alvin 10 IA, Melba 7 IA and Alice 3, IA. Looks like he has been around forever, but not really. He is George Jacob Putman a son of Frank and Savilla Putman. He was born in Logan Township, Clay County Iowa March 15, 1895 and then was with the family in Pine County Minnesota in 1900, back here in Clay County in 1910 then in Fergus County Montana with his folks in 1920. I can’t find him/them in 1930 but they were here in 1935 and probably 1930 or at least in Iowa. Anyway, his dad Frank was a son of Jacob Putman and Mary Marr from Waushara County Wisconsin and New York before that. Dutch family out of Montgomery County New York.

 

HARRISON L. (LEROY) PUTMAN Dubuque City, Dubuque County

He is 55 IL US US and works in a quarry now. His wife Rose Kline is 44 IA and they have Le Roy 15 IL. He is Harrison Le Roy Putnam a son of George Putnam and Susan Burke from Springfield, Illinois. He was married to Elsie Henry there but the were divorced about 1921. He then married Rose in 1922.

 

ERNEST PUTNAM  Fairfield Township, Fayette County

He is now 51 IA a farmer and still single. He is a son of Alfred Elliot Putnam and Caroline Johanna Nus and was born here August 14, 1888. Alfred Elliot was son of Lucien B. and Esther Putnam from Warsaw, New York and then here in Fayette County in the 1860s and on. He died here in 1926 and his wife Caroline died here in 1939.

 

ROY H. (HENRY) PUTNAM  Oelwein, Jefferson Township, Fayette County

He is 37 IL US US and is a clerk with the steam railroad. His wife Florence Castleman is 37 IA. They have Arlene 14 IA. They have been married for 18 years. He is the son of Jonathan and Jessie Putnam as shown in Sangamon County Illinois in 1910. He was single here in 1920.

 

CHARLES C. PUTNAM  West Union, Fayette County

He is 50 IA US PA and a salesman for a pump company. His new wife Cora Limback 62 IA. They were just married March 25, 1940 in Independence, Iowa. He was married to Bessie Johnson in Fargo, North Dakota in 1920 and here in Cedar Rapids, Linn County in 1930. He is a son of Charles Bernard Putnam and Esther Carroll born in Marion, Iowa. He is shown at home there in 1880 and married in 1900. Found a family group sheet that has his name as Charles Corgan Putnam born November 19, 1879 in Marion, Linn County Iowa and married Bessie Olevda (Olvida) Johnson. She was born in Buffalo Center, Winnebago County Iowa September 27, 1894 and will die in Vinton, Iowa December 22, 1957. Charles will die in West Union in April 1942. He is a son of Charles Bernard Putnam and Esther Carroll born in Marion, Iowa. He is shown at home there in 1880 and married in 1900.

 

C. E. (CHARLES ERVIN) PUTMAN  Geneva, Franklin County

He is 67 IA NY ENG and widowed since his wife Zella Malissa Silence has died here on July 29, 1935. He is now living with his married daughter Mae 39 IA and her husband J. F. Kopacek 44 IA. Charles Ervin is a son of Charles Bartlet Putman and Anna Briggs and was born in this county December 18, 1873 and has always been here. He will die here in 1946. His grandparents were David and Malinda Putman from Jefferson County New York. Dutch family.

 

HOWARD PUTMAN  Hamburg, Fremont County

He is 53 IA IA MO and Nora Russell his wife is 51 KS. He is Howard Junior, son of Howard Putman and Emma Jane Headley from here. He was born here December 19, 1886 and will die here in Hamburg in October 1969. He is a house carpenter. Southern Putmans from Fulton County Illinois.

 

MURTIE PUTMAN  Hamburg, Fremont County

She is 64 IA and single as she will be all her life. Myrtle is a daughter of Howard Putman and Emily Jane Headley and was born here in August 1975 and will die here in 1951. Southern Putmans out of Fulton County Illinois.

 

MILDRED PUTNAM  Stuart Township, Guthrie County

She is 26 IA single and boarding. She is a daughter of Harry Putnam and Daisy Boyer and was at home in Indianola, Warren County in 1930. She is a public school teacher and like most public school teachers, she is single. But she’ll break the rules soon and marry Robert Elmer Hoskinson August 19, 1942 and have three kids. He will die April 13, 1982 and she will then marry William Howard Wood on April 23, 1983. She will die in Creston, Union County Iowa January 24, 1991.

 

HELEN PUTNAM  Randall, Ellsworth Township, Hamilton County

She is 22 IA single and boarding. She is a daughter of Earl Clayton Putnam and Etta Whitting and was at home in Eldora, Hardin County in 1920 and 1930. She is a public school teacher. She will marry a Sanberg man later. That’s a surprise as I have yet to see a public school teacher that was married back in those days.

 

GERALD PUTNAM  Eldora, Hardin County

He is a farmer 24 IA, his wife Winifred 21 IA and they have a daughter Broasa or something 2 IA and Dennis1 IA. He is Gerald Whiting Putnam a son of Earl Clayton Putnam and Etta Whiting and was born here January 18, 1916 and will die in Minneapolis, Minnesota June 4, 1986. He married Winifred September 28, 1937 and they divorced August 28, 1954. He later married someone else August 28, 1954 and they divorced in October 1956. Got this info from a family sheet but all the names were marked private so can’t get any more info. Earl is a son of Allen Putnam and Phebe Southard and was born here January 21, 1881. Family from Genesee County New York and Massachusetts before that.

 

LILLIAN V. PUTNAM  Eldora, Hardin County

Lillian is 53 IA and listed as family head, but she has a husband Bennett W. 52 IA and a daughter Betty Veline 14 IA. Bennett was here in 1920 married to Genevieve Spears. The got divorced and he was here in 1930 living with his brother Earl, and Genevieve was in Los Angeles with the kids. He married Lillie here in the early 1930s. She was married to a Veline fella and Betty is hers from that marriage. Bennett William Putnam is a son of Allen Wilson Putnam and Phoebe Keziah Southard and was born here June 30, 1887. He will die here in 1948.

 

ETHEL LOUISE PUTNAM  Eldora, Hardin County

She is 41 IA IA IL and says widowed. She is listed as a niece of Gorham and Martha Arnold. She was with then in 1920 and 1925 in Grundy County, and here in 1930. Martha Arnold is her mother’s sister. She is a daughter of Warren Ami Putnam and Hettie Beary. Warren Ami is a son of George Gideon Putnam. New England family that came out here in the 1870s. Louise was born here and was with her folks in Grundy County in 1900. The folks moved to Anne Arundel County Maryland in 1909. Louise decided to stay here. I didn’t think she ever married as she has been single here forever.

 

PHOEBE PUTNAM  Eldora, Hardin County

She is Phebe Southard 84 IA and widowed as her husband Allen has died. Been here forever.

 

NANCY M. (MARGARET) PUTNAM  Woodbine, Boyer Township, Harrison County

She is 76 IA and widowed as she has been for well over 20 years. Nancy Margaret Ballentine is the widow of Charles Francis Putnam. They were in Monona County in 1900 and here in 1910 and she was widowed here in 1920.

 

JUNE PUTNAM  Mount Pleasant, Henry County

She is 19 IA single and lodging. She is a waitress in a cafe. She says she was right here in 1935. She looks like the daughter of Nathan Clyde Putnam and Opal Macon as shown at home in Washington, Washington County in 1930. That makes Opal her mother and her dad, whatever his name was, that Opal was married to before she married Nathan in 1925.

 

CLARE PUTMAN  Belleview, Jackson County

He is 33 IA IA IA and is a commercial fisherman for his uncle Johnnie. Helen Bradley his wife is 26 IA and they have Nancy 3 IA. He is a son of George Putman and Mary Reis, and was born here April 2, 1907 and will die here in 1994. Dutch family.

 

EUGENE PUTMAN  Bellevue, Jackson County

He is 31 IA, his wife Dora Anna Hickle is 32 IA and they have Beverly 6 IA, George 5 IA, Frank 3 IA and Jean 1 IA. Eugene Sylvester Putman is a son of George C. Putman and Mary Ries and grandson of Jacob and Lizzie Putman all from here. Eugene was born December 24, 1908 and will die in Clinton, Iowa May 2, 1992. Dora was born April 5, 1908 in Butler County Iowa and will die August 2, 1988 in Renton, King County Washington. They were married in Waterloo, Iowa January 8, 1934. Dutch like everyone in town.

 

GEORGE PUTMAN  Belleview, Jackson County

He is 55 IA IL IA is a commercial fisherman with his brother John. Mary Reis his wife is 51 IA, and they have Florence 22 IA still at home. Rest of the kids are all still here in town. He is another son of Jacob and Lizzie Putman and was born here May 3, 1885 and will be here till he dies December 22, 1961. He married Mary here January 16, 1906. She is a daughter of John and Katherine Reis. Dutch family from New York State.

 

JACOB PUTMAN  Bellevue, Jackson County

He is 77 IL NY NY and widowed. Elizabeth Vandanacker his wife died here on November 17, 1937. Jacob Dote Putman is a son of Jacob Putman and Eliza Wicks from Montgomery County New York. He was born September 4, 1862 in Carroll County Illinois and was here with his folks in 1870 and 1880. He married Lizzie in Iowa November 16, 1883. His dad and mom returned to Carroll County Illinois in the 1880s, but Jacob (this one) remained on the old farm here in Bellevue. His dad died back there in the 1880s and his mom came back here around 1890 and was here in 1900. His kids are here in town. He will be here until he dies January 18, 1958 at age 95. New York Dutch family.

 

JOHN PUTMAN  Belleview, Jackson County

He is a son of Jacob and Lizzie Putman from here. He is 53 IA IL IA and is a commercial fisherman with his brother George’s son Clare. He also owns a fish market. His Wife Annie Marie Lintgen is 46 IA, and they have Floyd 28 IA, Myrtle 23 IA, David 19 IA, Irene 17 IA, Richard 14 IA, John Jr. 12 IA, Raymond 10 IA and Betty Jean 7 IA. He was born here September 18, 1886 and will be here till he dies February 25, 1976. Anna was born in Bellevue July 14, 1891 and will die here March 4, 1943Floyd was born here August 17, 1911 and will die here July 15, 1940. Richard was born on August 30, 1925 and will die September 7, 1999. John Jr. was born September 15, 1927 and will die October 1, 1997. David was born October 15, 1920 and will die January 28, 2006. Myrtle was born April 24, 1916 and will die here March 5, 1988 all in Bellevue. Dutch family from New York State.

 

VINCENT PUTMAN  Belleview, Jackson County

He is 27 IA, his wife Thelma Cohee 23 WI and they have two sons Robert 5 IA and Dale Edward 3 IA. He is a son of George C. Putman and Mary Ries and grandson of Jacob and Lizzie Putman all from here. He was born here June 19, 1912 and will die here November 27, 2003. Thelma was born in Bridgeport, Wisconsin August 2, 1917 and will die in Clinton, Iowa November 14, 1990.

 

MILES PUTMAN  Farmers Creek, Jackson County

He is 48 IA WI IA and owns his own farm. Matilda Zirklebach his wife is 49 IA. Miles is a son of James Putnam and his first wife Ella Morse and was shown at home in 1900 in Winnebago County Iowa. He was single here in 1910, and he and Matilda were here in 1920 and 1930 with two daughters who are married now. He was born January 7, 1892 and will die in September 1964.

 

JERRY PUTMAN  Newton Township, Jasper County

He is 34 IA and says divorced. There is a family sheet for Cleo Charles ‘Jerry’ Putman who was a son of Charles Marion Putman and Ivy Gordon from Wayne County, Iowa and still with the family in Washington, Lucas County Iowa in 1930 and there now at the age of 34 but married to Genevieve Lockridge. Probably a dual listing of sorts and the family sheet had no info after 1930 on it except that he died in Denver Colorado in September 1982.

 

ERNEST A. (ALBERT) PUTNAM  Iowa City, Johnson County

He is 70 MI and his wife Carrie Estella Smith 66 IA. He is an instructor at the local State College of Engineering, and she is a manager of a rest home. He was single in 1900 in Lucas, Johnson County, Iowa, but must have married by 1901. He was here in Iowa City in 1910 with Estella. He is a son of Charles Bernard Putnam and Esther Carroll. In 1870 he was with them in Eaton County, Michigan, was near them in 1880 when the family was in Marion, Linn County Iowa. He was born April 28, 1868 and will die here January 30, 1951. New England family out of New Hampshire.

 

GEORGE M. (MERLE) PUTNAM  Iowa City, Johnson County

He is 33 IA and his wife Elizabeth Sarah Payne 29 CO. There is also Helen Larrabee 22 IA.  He is a farm manager for a farm management real estate company. He was in Omaha, Nebraska in 1935. He is a son of Fred Ellsworth Putnam and Carrie Jane Wilson and was born in Center, Pottawattamie County February 28, 1907 and was there in 1920 with his folks and in 1930 with his widowed dad. He married Elizabeth in 1936. She was born in 1910 and will die here in 1967. He will die here January 8, 1989. New England family from New Hampshire to Ogle County Illinois to here after the Civil War.

 

HAROLD R. (RUSSELL) PUTNAM  Iowa City, Johnson County

He is 36 IA, his wife Margaret Grady 35 IA and they have Nancy 6 IL and June 4 IL. He was single in Jenny Lind, California in 1930 and says they were in Chicago in 1935. He is a service man for an electrical power company. He is a son of Ernest Albert Putnam and Carrie Estella Smith from here. He married Margaret November 11, 1930. She will die in 1948 and he will marry Helen A. and she is buried with him. New England family.

 

HAZEL PUTNAM  Iowa City, Johnson County

She is 27 OK and single. She is a trained nurse at the Nurses Home at Westlawn Hospital. She is Leah Hazel Putnam a daughter of Stonewall Jackson Putman and Amanda Harriet McGhee born May 11, 1913, and was at home in Checotah, McIntosh County Arkansas in 1820 and 1930. She will marry a Krause guy at some stage and die out in Los Gatos, Santa Clara County California January 1, 1986.

 

VERNON PUTNAM  Iowa City, Johnson County

He is 27 IA and his wife Evelyn M. Bends is 27 WY. They live with her folks Charles and Marie Bends. He is a son of Ernest Adelbert Putnam and Carrie Estella Smith from here. He was born here October 11, 1912 and his folks are still here in town now. He is an instructor at the State University here like his dad is. His wife Evelyn was born February 13, 1913 and will die in Portland, Oregon December 7, 2001. Vernon will die there May 23, 1992. Both are buried in Williamette National Cemetery. New Englanders.

 

WAYNE PUTNAM  Iowa City, Johnson County

He is 40 IA MI IA and now has his own machinist shop. His wife Helen Margaret Seemuth is 40 IA and teaches music at home. They have Wayne Jr. 19 IA and Charles 18 IA. Wayne Smith Putnam is a son of Ernest Albert Putnam and Carrie Estella Smith from here in town. He was born here March 30, 1901 and will die here in Iowa City in September 1973. He married Helen May 4, 1919. She is a daughter of Jacob J. Seemuth and Margaret Mary Schmidt.

 

WILLIAM (JOHN WILIAM) PUTNAM  Monticello, Jones County

He is 73 IA IA VA and widowed as he was in 1930. He was here in 1910 and 1920 married to Ellen J. Kelley, and she died here January 18, 1927. He is a son of Howard Putnam and his first wife Margaret Jane Kline, and was born here April 28, 1866. He is still a sheet metal worker in a farm implement company as he was in 1920 and 1930. He will die in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma October 3, 1942.

 

CHARLES PUTMAN  Keokuk, Lee County

He is 67 IA and his wife Flora Belle South is 69 IL. He first pops up by himself and a brother and sister in Montrose Township, Lee County in 1900 and 1905, and I don’t see him again till 1930. I ran a search and found a family sheet of sorts. He was born in Lee County February 1, 1873 and will die here December 29, 1944. He married Flora Belle here June 18, 1921. It was his first and her third. She was born in Illinois May 28, 1870 and will die later this year on September 3, 1940. Then it says his folks were Howard Putnam and Anna Mossberg from Illinois. But, I can’t ever find them anywhere. Maybe something will show up to remedy all this.

 

HARRY E. (ERNEST) PUTNAM  Prairie Township, Keokuk County

He 46 IA NY IL and is a tenant farmer. Melvina Fay Wymore his wife is 45 IA and they have Madison A. 22 IA. He is a son of Merton Adelbert Putnam and Alice Annette Blakley. He was born November 17, 1893 In Plymouth County and married Melvina December 30, 1914 in Poweshiek County. He was at home in Palo Alto County in 1900 and in Mahaska County in 1910. They were in Keokuk County in 1920 and Poweshiek County in 1930. In 1925 they were in Iowa County. He will die in Johnson County Iowa November 18, 1956. Melvina was born April 13, 1894 and will die May 14, 1990 at age 95. The son Madison Adelbert was born May 2, 1917 and will die May 18, 1962. He will marry Hazel Salina Denham in Fort Leonard, Missouri December 25, 1944. Hazel is a daughter of Thomas Samuel Denham and Emma Madeline Mowery and was born October 2, 1921 in Greybull Wyoming and will die December 18, 1987.

 

ANNA PUTMAN  Cedar Rapids, Linn County

She is 60 IA and widowed. She was married to Meredith B. Putman here in 1920 and 1930. He was a son of William H. Putman and Sarah Frances Miller and was born in Fulton County Illinois December 18, 1876. Southern Putman Family.

 

BESSIE PUTNAM  Cedar Rapids, Linn County

She is 45 IA and divorced. Her son Charles C. Jr. 20 ND is still with her. Bessie Olvida Johnson was married to Charles Corgan Putnam here in 1930. She was born in Buffalo Center, Winnebago County Iowa September 27, 1894 and will die in Vinton, Iowa December 22, 1957. Charles was born November 19, 1879 in Marion, Linn County and will die in West Union, Iowa in April 1942. Still no ideas as to Charles folks. The son Charles was born March 14, 1920 in Fargo, North Dakota. He will marry Carol M. Wenz in Lancaster, Missouri September 13, 1941 and will die May 4, 2000 in Mishawaka, St. Joseph County Indiana. Carol was a daughter of Charles Carl Wenz and Luella A. Mabb. She was born February 3, 1920 in New Rockford, Eddy County North Dakota.

 

MARION PUTNAM  Cedar Rapids, Linn County

She is 32 IA IA WI single and boarding. She is a public school teacher. She is a daughter of Dennis T. Putnam and Mary G. Cahalan and was born in Lincoln, Iowa County February 21, 1907. Family descends from Henry Patenaude from Vermont who ‘anglicized’ his name to Putnam in the 1840s. Then the family went up to South Dakota and they were in Lahaye, Tripp County in 1910 and in 1920 when her mother as widowed. She was teaching here in 1930.

 

MONA PUTNAM  Cedar Rapids, Linn County

She is 21 IA single and boarding. She is a stenographer in a home appliance store here in town. She is a daughter of Miles Putnam and Matilda Zirklebach and was in Farmers Creek, Jackson County up through 1935.

 

RUTH PUTNAM  Cedar Rapids, Linn County

She is 34 IA IA IA single and a public School teacher. She was here in 1930 too. She looks like the daughter of Niles Putnam from Winneshiek County.

 

HANNAH PUTMAN  Marion, Linn County

She is 71 IA and widowed. She lives with her married daughter Mary L. 32 IA and husband Arthur Lyons. Johanna Heide is the widow of James Anderson Putnam. They were all in Winnebago County in 1920. She is here with Mary and her family in Cedar Rapids, Linn County in1940. Now, as to James. Can’t find his folks or line anywhere. He was born in Lake County Illinois March 29, 1861. He married Hannah in Winnebago County Iowa November 16, 1898 and he died there in Buffalo Center November 28, 1920. In 1910 he said his dad was born in Connecticut and his mom in New York. Then I just found a family sheet that he was born in Waukegan, Lake County and his folks were James S. Putnam and Mary Ann Snyder. I looked at the 1860 and yes they were in Waukegan in 1860 and he was a son of Edward Putnam and Lydia Melandy from New Hampshire who was also in Lake County in 1860. Ed was number 1243 in Eben Putnam’s book. Going back to his dad James S. Putnam, he was in the Union Army in the Civil War and died November 26, 1869. Thatճ why I can’t find him or young Jim in 1870. But, finally got the line. Yeh!!!

 

CHARLES M. (MARION) PUTNAM  Russell, Washington Township, Lucas County

He is 73 IA, his wife Ivy Alice Gordon 69 MO and their son Cleo 34 IA and his wife Genevieve 30 IA. Cleo and Genevieve were here in 1930. Charles was born in Wayne County September 18, 1866. He is a son of William Putman and Mary Jane Hayes from Rush County Indiana. He’ll be here until he dies April 11, 1940. Ivy was a daughter of George Gordon and Eliza Jane Ruark and was born in Missouri in September 1870. Southern Putman family, Kentucky to Indiana to here.

 

ELMER F. PUTNAM  Oskaloosa, Mahaska County

He is Elmer Franklin Putnam 57 IA IA IA and is an automobile mechanic. Jessie Lorene Shackelford his wife is 47 MO. They have Dorothy E. 23 IA, Elmer Jr. 20 IA, Doris 19 IA, Vincent 14 IA, Hartley 13 IA, and Richard 6 IA. His dad Hartley 81 IA and brother in law Lewis Shackelford 32 MO are with them. He is a son of Hartley Putnam and Martha Kannals. He was in Mahaska County with the folks in 1900, in Keokuk County in 1920 and here in 1925 and 1930. He was born March 14, 1883 and will die here in Oskaloosa in May 1971. Jessie was born December 7, 1892 and will die in an automobile accident in Mendon, Missouri on August 10, 1952. The son Elmer Franklin Jr. was born June 3, 1919 and will die here in Iowa October 10, 2009. He served in WWII and received 2 Purple Hearts and 3 Bronze Stars in the Army. He married Jean Latcham September 19, 1948. She was born August 15, 1927 and died April 17, 2001 in Wapello, Iowa. They owned several restaurants and moved from here in Oskaloosa to Wapello in 1970. New England family Massachusetts to Vermont to New York and then out here.

 

NETTIE PUTNAM  Oskaloosa, Mahaska County

She is 39 IA and married. Confusing. The listing has Art Angus 20 IA as head, Nettie as mother, Earl Angus 22 IA as brother and Dorothy Putnam 11 IA as sister. They say they were all in Knoxville, Marion County in 1935. Okay, I found a birth certificate for Arthur Willard Angus born December 19, 1919 in Sioux City, Woodbury County Iowa. His dad was Herbert F. Angus and mom Nettie Linn. So that ties Nettie into the Angus gang. They were all in Sioux City in 1920. I don’t find any of them in 1930, even Dorothy. So I assume she married a Putnam sometime. Dorothy may be theirs or his from a previous marriage. I kept looking and found Dorothy in Lyons, Burt County Nebraska in 1930 as a daughter of Harry Lee Putnam and his new second wife Nannie and they also have a son Arthur 10 IA. BINGO! Harry had been married to Mary Sowby in 1920 in, of all places, Sioux City, Iowa and they were divorced in the early 1920s. Since Nettie Angus lived across the street and Herbie had died or gone missing, Harry shoved them all in the back of his new 1926 Ford Wagon and got outa town fast as he could. You’ll note Nettie says she is married still. So does Harry who now in 1940 is in a Veteran’s hospital in Pulaski County Arkansas and says he is still married. Wait for the 1950 to see what is next.

 

HARTLEY PUTNAM  Scott Township, Mahaska County

He is 79 IA widowed and an inmate at the Mahaska County Home for Paupers and the Insane. Says he was in rural Poweshiek County in 1935. Hartley Stewart Putnam is a son of Harvey Cornelius Putnam and Sarah Ann Stewart, and shown in that family in 1860 in Poweshiek County. Harvey Cornelius was a son of Harvey Putnam and Rebecca Steward and was born in Bethel, Windsor County Vermont on October 19, 1825. In 1900 Hartley was in Pleasant Grove Township, Mahaska County married to Martha Elizabeth Kannals. Martha died and he will marry Charlotte Quackenbush in 1910 and they are in Brooking County South Dakota in 1915 1920 and 1925. I don’t find him in 1930 and he will die here in 1941.

 

ALBERT PUTNAM  Linn Township, Marshall County

He is 90 IA and divorced. His wife Nancy Pyle died in 1920 when they were in Warren County. He was widowed in 1930 at age 80 so I doubt if he married in the last few years. Anyway he is a member of the Iowa State Soldiers Hospital and will be here till he dies April 4,1943. He is a son of James Rufus Putnam and his first wife Cynthia Ann Bradley from Dubuque County.

 

ROSE PUTNAM  Marshalltown, Marshall County

She is 77 IL and widowed. She lives with her married daughter Edith Marie 34 IA and her husband Cecil B. Everist 37 IA and their son Ralph. Rose Shank was married to Edgar H. Putnam who died here in 1934. He was a son of Nahum Daniel Putman and Mary Spake and was born here September 15, 1861.

 

CLARA A. PUTNAM  Glenwood, Mills County

She is 35 IA and an 'inmate' at the Institution for Feeble Minded Children. She has been here most of her life and will be in 1940. No idea as to her folks as she was in an orphanage with some siblings in Kane, Pottawattamie County in 1900.

 

HUBERT H. (HENRY) PUETTMANN  Liberty, Mitchell County

He is 39 IA, his wife Laura Kramer 36 IA. They have been married 15 years and they have Eileen A. 13 IA, Bernice A. 12 IA, Romona S. 10 IA, Alfred W. 7 IA and Wilbur R. 6 IA. He own his own farm. He is a son of Joseph Puettmann and Agnes Ostendorf from Carroll County. He was born there in Roselle Township March 26, 1901. He married Laura October 6, 1925. He was here in 1920 and they were here in 1930. He will die here in Little Cedar, Mitchell County January 20, 1982. Laura Lucy Catherine Kramer is a daughter of John H. Frederick Kramer and Margueretta Woerdeoff and was born January 31, 1904 in Meyer, Mitchell County and will die here in Little Cedar August 18, 1976. Family is originally from Germany.

 

J. E. (JAMES EUGENE) PUTNAM  Maple Township, Monona County

He is 66 NE NY NY and now widowed. He owns his farm. His wife Mary E. Christianson has died in the last few years. He is a son of Eri Carlton Putnam and Eliza Goodrich and has been here since the 1870s. He was born in Meadow Grove, Madison County Nebraska December 1, 1873 and he will be here till he dies January 8, 1955.

 

VERA & HAROLD PUTMAN  Muscatine, Muscatine County

She is 21 IA and her brother Harold 17 IA. They are in the YMCA but I can’t find them any earlier.

 

KATHERINE PUTMAN  Muscatine, Muscatine County

Catherine Frank is 55 GER and widowed. She has Allen (born October 31, 1894 and died in December 1964) 44 IA. She was married to Homer Putman here in 1920 and 1930. He was a son of William C. and Sarah Putman and was in Floyd County in 1870, and in Johnson County in 1900. His dad was from New York. Dutch family out of Lewis County New York.

 

HOBART PUTNAM  Hartley, O’Brien County

He is 43 IA IA IL and is a mail carrier. He has been married 15 years to Bertha 43 IA, and they have Carol May 13 IA, Thyra Lorene 11 IA and Dorothy 6 IA. He is a son of Lewis Putnam and Cora Summey here in town. Hobart was born April 2, 1897. OBITS has Bertha’s birth as July 15, 1896 and death here in Hartley in April 1987.

 

IDA M. PUTMAN  Hartley, O’Brien County

Ida Mae Lowery is 58 IA, and her son Louis Jay is 30 IA. She was married Dennison's son Frank Leroy Putnam here in 1910, and he died July 29, 1918 and she was here in 1920. She was here in 1925 and married to Harry Burke. Then they split and she and her daughter Bernice were here in 1930 with the last name Putman again. She is a reporter for the local newspaper and Louis is a mechanic in an electrical radio shop. Ida is a daughter of Robert Francis Lowery and Socelia Dring and was born in Butler County February 7, 1882 and will die here in Hartley January 25, 1968. Louis was born December 12, 1909 and will die in Iowa City February 17, 1971. New Englanders

 

LEWIS PUTNAM  Hartley, O’Brien County

He is 67 IA NY PA and operates his own farm. His wife Cora Summey is 66 IL and the kids are married off now. He is a son of Dennison Putnam and Josephine Walker, born Hardin County in March 1870 and here in O'Brien since 1900. Cora Almeda Summy was born September 10, 1872 in Jo Daviess Country Illinois, parents were Aaron and Nancy (Wallace). New England Line.

 

ROBERT PUTNAM  Hartley, O’Brien County

He is 27 IA and his wife Leona Jenison 28 IA. He owns and operates a gas station. Robert Bruce Putnam is a son of Edson Adelbert Putnam and Grace May Webster and was born here June 10, 1912 and will die in San Diego County California September 19, 1979. Leona was born August 30, 1911 and will die in December 1995 in Sanborn, Iowa. Her parents were William Joseph Jenison and Lulu Melinda Schmalle. They were married on June 10, 1935 in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

 

EVELYN PUTNAM  Sheldon City, O’Brien County

She is now 44 IA and still single. She is a daughter of Horace and Mary Putnam and was home here with them in 1920 and with her mother in 1930.  Her dad died in early 1930 and her mom in 1932. Her dad was from Vermont and then Sioux County here in the 1870s. Doesn’t look like she has a job or anything.

 

HORACE S. PUTNAM  Sheldon City, O’Brien County

He is Horace Junior from here and is 56 IA VT IA. He has been married 14 years to Clare who has been married before. She is 62 IL. He was at home with his folks Horace Putnam and Mary Burke here in 1920 and married to Clare here in 1930. New Englanders.

 

ARTHUR PUTMAN  Shenandoah, Page County

He is 33 IA, his wife Pearl Agnes Bailey is 36 KS and they have Vivian Irene 7 IA and Arthur Doyle 3 IA. They also have Geraldine Agnes Ingrims 16 IA, Lee Walton Ingrims 12 IA and Myrtle Ingrims 11 IA from Pearl’s first marriage to Jack Ingrims who died here in 1930. She is a daughter of Alfred Cornelius Bailey and Betty Heiser De Lang and was born in Helper, Crawford County Kansas August 18, 1903 and will die in San Bernardino, California July 27, 1993. Arthur Jay Putnam was born July 6, 1906 in Akron, Iowa and will die in La Mesa, California October 18, 1972. They were married in 1931. He is a son of Jay De Forest Putman and Lillie BelleBaker from here. His widowed mom is here in town now too. Dutch Putman family from New York.

 

LILLIE PUTMAN  Shenandoah, Page County

Lillie Belle Baker is now 64 IL and living with her married daughter Helen McCullough 43 IA. She was married to Jay Deforest Putman here in 1920, married or widowed with the kids in 1930 and just plain widowed. Dutch family from New York originally.

 

ORIN PUTMAN  Shenandoah, Page County

He is 37 IA IA IA and has been married 16 years to Eva Florence Smalley 36 IA. He works at a nursery. He is a son of Jay De Forest Putman from here. The family was here in 1920, but Jay is over in Phelps County Nebraska. Orin and Eva are here in 1940, still no kids. Dutch family from New York originally.

 

RALPH PUTMAN  Shenandoah, Page County

He is 29 IA and now a farm laborer. In 1930 he was a truck driver. His wife Thelma Marie Black is 29 IA and they have Jack 11 IA and Robert 9 IA. He is a son of Jay De Forest Putman from here. The family was here in 1920, but the folks split and Jay is over in Phelps County Nebraska now. His mother and the rest of the kids are all still here.

 

FLORENCE PUTMAN  Silver Lake Township, Ayrshire, Palo Alto County

She is Florence S. Davis now the widow of Stacy Putman and they were in Clay County up till now. She is 65 NE and living with her now married daughter Millicent 33 IA, her husband Severt Swanson 36 IA and their two sons Ronald 5 IA and Richard James 3 IA. Stacy was a son of Jacob Putman and Mary Jane Marr and was in Waushara County Wisconsin with his folks in 1880 and then was here in 1900.

 

ELMER H. PUTNAM  West Bend, Palo Alto County

He is 43 IA SD IA and now is an egg grader at a produce station. I guess that means he gives a grade or score every time Humpty Dumpty has a’ great fall’. His wife Julia Augusta Morris is 47 IA and there is a stepson from her first marriage, Clarence Christianson 27 IA. He and Julia were married in Cherokee County Iowa March 7, 1928. He is a son of Frank E. Putnam and Martha Mathilda Salzkorn. He was born in Illinois October 6, 1896 and will die here in Emmetsburg, Palo Alto County December 1, 1961 He was in Carroll County Illinois in 1900 and in Brown County South Dakota in 1910. Then his dad died and his mother remarried and he was with his mother Martha and stepfather Nicholas Peterson here in 1920. He was married to Julia here in 1930.

 

ORVILLE PUTNAM  West Bend, Palo Alto County

He is 35 IA and single. In 1930 he was here with his mother Hattie who had married some Putnam here in 1929. He was listed then as Orville Bastedo and was part of Hattie’s first marriage. He lives next to or with Elmer Putnam and I think his stepfather was Elmer’s brother John.

 

CHRIST PUTTMAN  Elkhorn, Plymouth County

He is 71 GER GER GER widowed as he has been since 1920 an still farming. Christian came to America in 1882 and was naturalized in 1888. He was here in 1900 with his brother William who since moved to Davenport Iowa. He was here in 1920 and 1930.

 

WILLIAM C. (CHRIS) PUTTMAN  Elkhorn Township, Plymouth County

He is a farmer 45 IA, his wife Viola Huss 41 IA and they now have Max Louis 19 IA, Stanley E. 16 IA, Billie B. 15 IA, Janice A. 13 IA and Connie Ann 8 IA. He is a son of Ludwig Louis Puttmann and Christina Marie Wilhelmina Florke from Rutland, Woodbury County and was at home with them in 1900 and 1910. He was married to Viola here in 1920 and 1930, and in 1935. He was born December 1, 1894 here in Plymouth County and will die October 13, 1965 in Colorado. Viola is a daughter of Harry and Louisa Huss and was born December 16, 1898 and will die in 1951. They were married December 27, 1916. The family is from Prussia and the original spelling was Puettmann.

 

ANNE PUTTMAN  Garfield Township, Plymouth County

She is 66 IA and widowed. Anna Paulson was married to William Puttman in Rutland, Woodbury County. He was a brother of the following Carl Puttman and a son of Frederick and Christine Puettmann.

 

CARL PUTTMAN  Garfield Township, Plymouth County

He is 66 IA GER GER. Helen Reichmann his wife is 64 GER. They were here in 1930. Carl is a son of Frederick and Christine Puettmann/Puttmann from Rutland, Woodbury County. Carl was shown with the family in Scott County where he was born in the 1880 census and in Rutland, Woodbury County in 1910.

 

LOUIS O. (ORVILLE) PUTNAM  Laurens, Swan Lake Township, Pocahontas County

He is 72 IA, his wife Anna Kemp 82 IL and they have a granddaughter Evelyn Smith 22 IA. Evelyn would be a daughter of their daughter Jennie Smith. Also here is Anna’s mother Mary Jane Kemp 100 IL. He is a son of Benjamin Augustus and Samantha Putnam and was with them in Boone County in 1870 and 1880. He married Martha E. Pray in Boone County on June 12, 1888. They were in Buena Vista County in 1900 and 1910. He was there married to Anne in 1920. I don’t find them in 1930, but probably here as they were here  in 1935.

 

ALICE L. PUTMAN  Des Moines, Polk County

She is 21 IA single and boarding. She is a daughter of Earl Clayton Putnam and Etta Whiting from Hardin County were she was born and shown there in 1920 and 1930. New England family out of Genesee County New York before this. According to an obituary she will marry a Tobin fella.

 

CLYDE PUTNAM  Des Moines, Polk County

He is 28 IA and his wife Naomi 30 IA. He is a lawyer. Clyde Charles Junior a son of Clyde Charles Putnam and Clara Frances Rittenmeyer and was born in Iowa City, Johnson County Iowa June 30, 1911, and then was with the folks here in Des Moines after that. He will die July 21, 1996 in Olympia, Washington. I don’t know who Naomi is, but he will marry Dorothy Elizabeth Rolofson in St. Louis, Missouri May 5, 1946. She was born in Cripple Creek, Colorado November 5, 1918 and will die here in March 1985. His dad was a son of Samuel Deloss Putman and Sarah Ockerman from Furnas County Nebraska. His dad was a son of John Putman and Mary Meek from Huron County Ohio then Mercer County Missouri and then here. Dutch Putman Family out of Fulton County New York State.

 

CLYDE C. (CHARLES) PUTMAN  Des Moines, Polk County

He is 61 NE, Clara Frances Rittenmeyer 57 IA He is a son of Samuel Deloss Putman and Sarah Ockerman from Furnas County Nebraska. His dad was a son of John Putman and Mary Meek from Huron County Ohio then Mercer County Missouri and then here. Dutch Putman Family out of Fulton County New York State. They were in Furnas County Nebraska in 1880 and back here in Johnson County Iowa in 1900 and Polk County ever since. He was born in Furnas County November 17, 1878 and will die here in Des Moines November 6, 1951. Clara was born in Iowa City, Johnson County July 5, 1879 and will die here in Des Moines April 8, 1949. They were married in Newton, Jasper County Iowa October 11, 1906.

 

ERNEST PUTNAM  Des Moines, Polk County

He is 80 IA IA IA, Rosalie Dugan his wife is 68 IA. Also here is their son Clement 44 IA and his son Robert Putnam 18 IA. Ernest Judson Putnam is a son of Benjamin Augustine Putnam and Samantha Ellis Purinton from Boone County. He was born September 24, 1859 and will die here August 11, 1943. He married Rosalie May 9, 1892. She was born September 5, 1871 and will die in May 1958. The son Clement Earl Putnam was born January 17, 1896. He was married to Ada Wilkinson in 1920 and 1925. She was here living with the kids at her parent’s house in 1930 and I don’t find Clem in 1930. They have been here since 1910. New Englanders.

 

EUGENE PUTMAN  Des Moines, Polk County

He is 32 IA US US. His wife Beryl Robertson is 30 KS. They were just married here in 1930 and lived with her folks Carl and Iva Robertson. He is a son of Thomas Elijah Putman and Stella Combs. He was home in Davis County up until 1920, and then his folks died in 1920 and 1921. He was born February 14, 1908 and will die in July 1974. Southern Putmans out of Fulton County Illinois and Kentucky and South Carolina before that.

 

HOWARD O. (ORVILLE) PUTNAM  Des Moines, Polk County

He is 34 IA IA IA and drives a truck for a meat packing plant. His wife Corrine Woolridge is 40 MO and they have James Lewis 12 IA, Max Ronald 10 IA and another son Val 6 IA. He is a son of Ulysses Grant Putnam and his second wife Nackey Earley from Dallas County where he was born in 1904. He will die in Santa Clara County California December 3, 1973. Corrine was born in 1901 and will die in Redwood City, California in the 1970s. They were in Spring Valley, Dallas County in 1930 and his widowed mother Nackey was there then too. New England Family.

 

MABEL L. PUTMAN  Des Moines, Polk County

She is 39 SD single and boarding. She is a bookkeeper at a laundry. She is the daughter of Jay DeForest Putnam and Lillie Baker and was in Page County in 1920 and 1930 and in Union County South Dakota before that. New York Dutch family.

 

MAX PUTNAM  Des Moines, Polk County

He is 31 IA, his wife Elizabeth Maynard 34 IA and they have Mary 1 IA. Max Clyde Putnam is a son of Clyde C. Putnam and Clara Frances Rittenmeyer and was born in Johnson County Iowa May 20, 1908 and then with the folks here in Des Moines after that. He married Elizabeth here March 23, 1932 and he will die here in Des Moines August 12, 1996. Elizabeth was born in Livermore, Iowa October 3, 1906 and I don’t have a death date yet. His dad was a son of Samuel Deloss Putman and Sarah Ockerman from Furnas County Nebraska. His dad was a son of John Putman and Mary Meek from Huron County Ohio then Mercer County Missouri and then here. The family is Dutch out of Fulton County New York State.

 

FRANCIS PUTMAN  Union Township, Polk County

He is 68 IA and widowed. He is listed as an uncle of Albert and Clarice Drake. He is Francis Asbury Putnam a son of Benjamin Augustine Putnam and Samantha Purinton from Boone County. He was born there January 21, 1872. He was in Pocahontas County in 1910 through 1930 and here in 1935. He was married to Clara Ellen Harrington through 1930. She died back there November 30, 1933. Francis will die May 10, 1958. His dad was from Bethel, Windsor County Vermont and his granddad from Sutton, Massachusetts.

 

GORDON PUTNAM  Walnut, Polk County

He is 41 VA. His wife Adeline Villian is 42 IL FRA FRA, and they have John R. 20 IA and Lillian 15 IA. He is a building carpenter. Gordon is a son of Miles Putnam from here who died here October 5, 1929. His widowed mother Rosa Dickenson Rorer Putnam was here in 1930 as was his grandfather Joseph W. Putnam. Joseph was Miles’ father from Cass County Michigan and then South Dakota. Rosa died here in 1939 and Joe in the 1930s

 

CHARLIE E. (EASTMAN) PUTNAM  Pottawattamie County

He is a son of James Rufus and has been here since 1900. He is now 73 IA, Jennie May Cook his wife 66 IA. He was born January 8, 1867 and married Jennie May February 24, 1891. He will die in Oakland, Franklin County March 5, 1948. Jennie was born April 16, 1873.

 

ERNEST W. (WENDELL) PUTNAM  Avoca, Pottawattamie County

He is 40 IL IL IL and is a clerk in a grocery store. Marie Wilhelmina Greve his wife is 38 IA and is a clerk in a clothing store. They have Allen E. 20 IA, Robert E. 18 IA. Also here is Marie’s mother Bertha Ingerson 63 GER. Bertha was married to Jergen Greve who died here in 1925, so I guess she remarried an Ingerson fella who also died. They were here in 1920 and 1925. He is a son of William D. Putnam and Gertrude Duddles from Lake County Illinois. He was shown newly born there in 1900. He was born August 31, 1899 and will die here in Avoca December 25, 1979. Marie was born here in Avoca September 28, 1901 and will die in Harlan, Iowa July 7, 1983. They were married on July 12, 1919.

 

WILLIAM F. PUTTMANN  Avoca, Pottawattamie County

He is 68 IA and Augusta Koch is 54 GER. He is the son of Christian Puttmann and Anna Margareta Kastbaum who were here in 1900 and 1910. William and Augusta were married here in 1909 and been here ever since. German family.

 

LEON PUTNAM  Belknap, Pottawattamie County

He is 41 IA IA IA and a tenant farmer. Carrie A. Perkins his wife is 40 IA and they have Donald L. 18 IA, Dale D. 16 IA, Bennie A. 14 IA, Emma Jean 11 IA, Willa Jean 8 IA, Judith 6 IA, Darrel 3 IA and Karen 1 IA. He is Leon Burwell Putman a son of Charles Eastman Putnam and Jennie May Cook from Center Township and now here. They were married February 25, 1919 but overlooked in 1920. Actually in 1930 they were indexed as Rutman and now as Putnum. Leon was born March 26, 1899 and will die in Oakland Iowa in August 1987. Carrie was born March 5, 1900. New Englanders.

 

A. L. (ARTHUR LUCIUS) PUTNAM  Carson, Pottawattamie County

He is 65 IA IA IA (should be IA NH NH) and runs a hardware store. Abbie J. Johnson his wife is 61 IA and they have Kathryn 20 IA. They were here in 1910 and on. He is a son of David Augustus Putnam and Emlin Stephens from here in the County. David was the eldest son of George Putnam and Elizabeth Perkins from Charlestown, New Hampshire. Arthur was born May 13, 1874 and will die in Council Bluffs, Iowa March 26, 1959. Abbie was born October 17, 1878 in Bethel, Iowa and will die in Cason, Iowa May 14, 1959. They were married in Greeley, Weld County Colorado February 25, 1909.

 

FRED E. (ELLSWORTH) PUTNAM  Center, Pottawattamie County

He is 71 IL NH IL and widowed since his wife Carrie Jane Wilson died back in 1926. His now married daughter Helen 37 IA and her husband Marion Kates and their two sons are living with him. He owns and operates his own farm. He is a son of George McIntyre Putnam and was born in Ogle County Illinois. He’s been here since the 1870s though. He was born December 26, 1868 and will die here December 28, 1950. New Englanders.

 

CHARLES F. (FRANCIS) PUTNAM  Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie County

He is 51 IA and his wife Ada Stuart is 48 IA. He is the manager of an oil product company and she is office manager. He is a son of Charles Francis Senior and Nancy Margaret Ballantyne and was born in Soldier, Monona County March 23, 1889. He married Ada in Magnolia, Harrison County March 1, 1911 and they were there in 1920 and here in 1930. Ada was born August 31, 1891 and will die in April 1983. Charles will die here January 28, 1966. New Englanders out of Michigan.

 

C. (CHARLES) FRANCIS PUTNAM  Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie County

He is 28 IA and his wife Jean A. is 26 MO and they have Eleanor J. 1 IA. He is Charlie the third, son of the above Charles and Ada Putnam. He operates a gasoline filling station and his wife is the bookkeeper. They work for his dad’s oil company.

 

DAVID H. PUTMAN  Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie County

He is 48 NE US IRE and a tire salesman as he has been for 15-20 years. His wife Ora Helen Heaston is 43 MO, and they have George D. 22 IA and Charlotte 20 IA. He is a son of a George Putnam from Ohio and Isabelle Carson from Ireland. In 1900 he was with his widowed mother Belle in Douglas County Nebraska. He and Helen were here in 1920 and 1925. The 1925 census is where I found his fatherճ name. They were still here in 1930. OBITS has his birth as September 25, 1891 and death in August 1966 here in Council Bluffs. No idea who his dad is though. Ellen is a daughter of George David Heaston and Myrtle ‘Minnie’ Knott and was born in Hatfield, Harrison County Missouri January 18, 1897 and will die in Louisville, Kentucky October 27, 1962.

 

HARRY E. PUTNAM  Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie County

He is 56 NE NY ENG and is an engine foreman for the steam railway. His wife Charlotte Wood is 43 IA DEN DEN and they have Barbara J. 16 IA. He is a son of Willis Emery Putman and Annie Mauger. He was born in Omaha, Nebraska and was at home there in 1900. The family moved here in the early 1900s and his father died here in Council Bluffs in 1909. He was single here in 1920 and then married later that year. Dutch family from Ontario County New York.

 

KATHERYN PUTMAN  Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie County

She is 63 IA and is still a public school teacher so of course is single like every school teacher. She is a daughter of David Augustus Putnam and Emeline Stevens and was born here in 1877. Her mom died right after that, and she was taken in by her dad’s brother Lucius Putnam and his sister Belle. She was living with Belle here in 1920. She was here but not indexed in 1930 and was in this same house in 1935. Family from New Hampshire.

 

WALLACE PUTNAM  Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie County

He is 52 MO US US and a telegraph operator. His wife Susannah Bessie Kahler is 31 IA and they have Margaret 20 IA, Wallace Jr. 18 IA and Shirley 6 IA.. He is a son of Edgar Julian Putnam and Mary Isabelle McRorie and a grandson of Dexter Putnam from Massachusetts. He was at home with his folks in 1900 in Putnam County Missouri. They were here in 1920 and 1930. Wallace was born October 6, 1888 in Putnam County and will die September 6, 1971. Susie is a daughter of Henrich Koehler and Augusta Brosch and was born in Iowa July 6, 1898 and will die January 3, 1990. The daughter Margaret is also listed as a student nurse at the Jennie Edmundson Hospital here in town.

 

WILLIAM G. (GEORGE) PUTNAM  Grove, Pottawattamie County

He is 68 IL NH IL and owns his farm. His sister Myrtle C. is 64 IA. They are both single and have been here together for years. They are kids of George McIntire Putnam who was here with them in 1920 and 1930 and Emily Alice Jackson. William was born when the family was in Ogle County Illinois and his dad was born in Charleston, New Hampshire.William will die in 1959

 

EVERETT PUTTMANN  James Township, Pottawattamie County

He is 24 IA and his wife Leona G. is 25 IA. He is a son of Christian Puttmann Jr. and his wife Mary Berge from here in the County. The family gets indexed every 20 or so years and indexed under weird spellings other times. Christian Senior was born in Germany and has been in Plymouth County. The family was here in 1930 indexed as Pittmann.

 

VERN PUTNAM  Lake Manawa, Pottawattamie County

He is 49 IA IA IA and is an automobile mechanic. His new wife is Esther La Rue 49 IA and they are living with her folks Charles and Dora La Rue. Also here is Naomi Putnam 27 IA listed as a lodger, but is Vern’s sister. Vernon Rolando Putnam is a son of Charles Eastman Putnam and Jennie Cook from here. He was born April 28, 1892 and was at home in 1910 and then ‘overlooked in 1920, but was here in 1930 married to Mary Elizabeth ‘Mollie’ Chaney. They were married November 21, 1913.

 

CLARENCE C. C. PUTTMANN  Pleasant Township, Pottawattamie County

He is 35 IA, his wife Alma 32 IA and they now have Lorna May 10 IA and Marvin Allen 5 IA. He is a son of Fred and Mary Ann Puttmann from here. He was at home here in 1910 and married in 1930.

 

LLOYD R. (RUFUS) PUTNAM  Wright Township, Pottawattamie County

He is 46 IA IA IA and rents a farm. His wife Maude Emma Higgins is 45 IA and they have Kenneth D. 18 IA, Rex G. (Gordon) 13 IA Merrill D. 8 IA and Marylin J. 6 IA. He is a son of Charles Eastman Putnam and Jennie May Cook. He was here with the family in 1900 and 1910 and married here in 1920 and 1930. Lloyd was born July 18, 1893 and will die in Oakland Iowa in October 1986. He married Maude January 1, 1914. She was born in Shelby, Iowa July 5, 1894 and will die in Oakland Manor, Iowa November 23, 1979. Rex was born in 1926 and will die in Omaha Nebraska June 8, 2007. They will have another son, Robert M. in 1931 and he will work in the transit system (bus & trolleys) and die in Council Bluffs Iowa August 10, 2007. Maude is also listed now with her widowed mother Hattie Bartlett in Shelby County

 

ROBERT PUTNAM  Wright Township, Pottawattamie County

He is 20 IA and hired help on the farm of Glendon and Laverne Wilson. Lloyd Robert is a son of Lloyd Rufus and Maude here in town. He was born February 24, 1920 and will die September 17, 1989. He will marry Edna Mae Chambers She was born November 1, 1924 here in Oakland, Iowa and will die in Sacramento, California October 26, 2001.

 

LOUISE M. PUTNAM  Deep River, Poweshiek County

She is 46 IA and has her son Edgar Dan 19 IA with her. She says she is widowed, but I think is actually divorced. Louise McGowan was married to Russell Dan Putnam in Marshal County in 1920 and alone there with Edgar in 1925 but said she was married. Russell is/was a son of Edgar Hiram Putnam and Rose Shank from Marshall County.

 

FLOYD J. (JAMES) PUTNAM  Jackson, Poweshiek County

42 IA IA IA and rents his farm. Ila Catherine Rempp his wife is 42 IA and they have Lorene 17 IA. Ila’s brother Earl and his family live next door. Floyd is a son of Merton Adelbert Putnam and Alice Annette Blakely. He was born in Plymouth County May 15,1897 and was with the family in  Mahaska County in 1910 and in Keokuk County in 1920 and married there in 1930. He married Ila September 11, 1920. She is a daughter of Andrew Rempp and Tozetta Cobbs and was born in Montezuma, Poweshiek County January 6, 1897. She will die in San Diego County California July 24, 1968. Floyd will die there February 9, 1972.

 

FRED E. (EARL) PUTNAM  Jackson, Poweshiek County

He is 56 IA IA IL and rents his farm. Millie P. Ford, his wife of 30 years, is 56 IA. His widowed mother Alice 78 IL is with them. He is a son of Merton Adelbert Putnam and Alice Blakely and was born in Poweshiek County. Merton died in Delta County July 3, 1937. Alice will die here June 5, 1950. Fred was born May 21, 1883 and will die April 3, 1954  In 1910 he and Millie were in Neosho County Kansas. They were in Mahaska County in 1920 and here in 1930.

 

ABBIE PUTNAM  Montezuma, Poweshiek County

Abigail Elliott is 71 IL and widowed. She has been married to Charles Putnam here for a long time. Charles is a son of Harvey Cornelius Putman and Sarah Ann Stewart from here. His dad is from Vermont. Charles was born on August 2, 1868 and died June 17, 1939.

 

PAUL R. (REVERE) PUTNAM  Montezuma, Poweshiek County

He is 46 IA IA IL. Emma Naomi Saunders his wife is 42 IA. They have been married 20 years and now have Joann 9 IA. He is a mail carrier on a rural route. He is a son of Charles Putnam and Abigail Elliot and was born here March 5, 1894.

 

CLYDE PUTNAM  Buffalo Township, Scott County

He is 38 MO, his wife Ella Ritchey 30 OK and they have Billy 9 IA. Clyde Leroy is a son of David Meek Putnam and Minerva Caroline Mason and was born in Jackson, Douglas County Missouri September 26, 1901. His dad died in June 1906 and his mother then married Henry Clay Malernee August 3, 1907 and Clyde was with them in McMurtrey Douglas County in 1910 and 1920. He then went to Oklahoma and married Ella and they were in Shidler, Osage County Oklahoma in 1930 and over here a few months later. He will die in Santa Monica, California September 4, 1974. This is a Dutch Putman family out of Montgomery County New York to Huron County Ohio to Mercer County Missouri.

 

AARON H. (HUGO) PUTNAM  Davenport, Scott County

He is 48 NY NY NY and divorced as he was in 1930. His widowed mother Cora Elizabeth 69 NY is living with him now. He is a son of Albert G. and Cora Elizabeth Putnam from Rome, New York. He was born there April 10, 1891. He was married to Nellie Louise in Charleston, West Virginia in the 1915-1918 time frame and they were here in 1920. He was divorced here in 1925. According to the SSDI he was born in New York April 10, 1891 and will die here in Davenport in May 1968. Dutch family from Steuben County New York.

 

EDWARD PUTNAM  Davenport, Scott County

He is 19 ENG and his wife Etta Elizabeth De Camp is 17 IA. He is a furnace installer. Edward Sandberg Putnam is an adopted son of Edward Kirby Putnam and Hilda Sandberg from here. He was born in England November 19, 1920 and came over here to New York December 3, 1921. He will die in Santa Ynez, Santa Barbara County California January 14, 1992. His dad worked as a journalist in Chicago, Illinois and as professor of literature at Stanford University (1901-1906). He returned to Davenport, Iowa in 1906 to manage the Putnam Trust and became director of the Davenport Academy of Sciences (became Davenport Public Museum in 1927) until his death May 22, 1939. His mother Hilda is here in town. Elizabeth is a daughter of Albert Lee and Kernelia Etta De Camp and was born October 31, 1923

 

EVERETT PUTMANN  Davenport, Scott County

He is 26 IA and his wife Ruby is 23 IL. He would be the son of Charles Putnam and Mina Bellville from Washington County. His mom moved here and I guess he came along.

 

HAROLD PUTMAN  Davenport, Scott County

He is 28 MI single and boarding. He has a milk route for a dairy. He was in Madison, Wisconsin in 1935. Looks to be the son of Fredrick Rennie Putnam and Anna Bolme from Leelanau, Michigan. He was born December 24, 1911 and was at home there in 1920 and 1930. His dad Fred was a son of John Donovan Putnam and Annie Rennie from there. New Englanders from Massachusetts to Vermont to Canada to Michigan.

 

HARRIETT PUTNAM  Davenport, Scott County

She is Harriet Isabelle Lyon, widow of Charles Morgan Putman. They were in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois in 1900 and here in 1910 and then alone with the kids in 1920 and 1930. He was in Chicago in 1920. Maybe on business or maybe they split. Charles was a son of Charles E. Putnam and Mary Louisa Duncan from here. She is now listed as 72 CAN, but was listed MI in 1920 and IL in 1930. At any rate she is now living with her married daughter Mary Kendall 42 IL and husband Othel Kendall 45 IL.

 

HILMA PUTNAM  Davenport, Scott County

Hilma Sandberg is 65 ENG SWED SWED and now widowed. She was married to Edward Kirby Putnam here up through 1930. He was a son of Charles Edward Putnam and Mary Louise Duncan and was here with them in 1880 and 1900. They were just married here in 1910. Edward Kirby was born November 17, 1868 and just died here May 22, 1939. Edward taught English at Stanford University and then came back here in 1906 to head up his family’s real estate trust and was the first president of the Davenport Real Estate Board and then director of the Davenport Public Museum till he died. New England family.

 

MINA PUTNAM  Davenport, Scott County

She is 79 IA and widowed. Mina Bellville was married to Charles C. Putnam in Washington, Washington County through 1900 and then he died. She was widowed there in 1920 and 1930. Part of the German family out of Hampshire County Virginia like most everyone in Washington County. Now she is listed with Homer and Bessie Brooks 25 IA as Mother in law age 51 IA. Then there is a Bessie Goode listed as grandmother 79 IA. This is just wrong writing down things. Mina is the mother of Bessie Goode who was married to her son Oral who died back in Washington County in 1916 and the young Bessie married to Homer Brooks is hers. Mina’s daughter –in-law Bessie has been married twice since Oral and is now widowed for the third time. I would guess she is just a real bad cook or something.

 

MAUDE PUTNAM  Harlan, Shelby County

She is 45 IA and lives with her widowed mother Hattie Bartlett 67 KS. She says she is married, but no husband is around. She is married to Lloyd Rufus Putnam and was with him in Wright, Pottawattamie County in 1920 and 1930 and is with him now there as well. I guess just visiting here.

 

WILLIAM J. PUTNAM  Shelby, Shelby County

He is 69 IL VT VT and his wife Gertrude Duddles is 70 IL. They have Esther B. 29 IL. He does trucking on the state highway. He is a son of Anthony Putnam and Ann Kendall both from Vermont. He was with his folks in Lake County Illinois in 1880 and married there in 1900. Then they were in Fort Bend County Texas in 1910. I donմ’tfind them in 1920. They were here in 1930. New Englanders.

 

HELEN PUTNAM  Ames, Story County

She is listed 29 MO single and lodging. She is a secretary at the Iowa State College. The age is 39. She is a daughter of William Luther Putman and was home in Decatur County in 1920. She was here at the College in 1930 as well. Dutch family from New York.

 

L. W. PUTNAM  Grant Township, Story County

He is listed as 63 PA and his wife Livina 55 MO. This should be William Luther Putnam from Decatur County in 1920 and 1930. The ages are right and his wife was born in Missouri, although he was born in Ohio. His daughter Helen is in Ames now.

 

EDWIN B. (BENJAMIN) PUTNAM  Nevada, Story County

He is 57 KS, Effie M. Perry 78 IA. He is the eldest son of Joseph Newton Putnam and Sarah Elizabeth Evans. They were in Garfield County, Oklahoma in 1910 and here since the 1920. They will get divorced, and he will marry Rose Alexander here September 5, 1948. Edwin was born in Clay County Kansas January 25, 1883 and will die here in Nevada October 2, 1958. Effie was born February 4, 1862 and will die November 15, 1947 in San Bernardino, California.

 

PATTY JUNE PUTNAM  Toledo, Tama County

She is 7 IA obviously single and in the State Juvenile Home and Hospital. Orphanage I guess. She was in Polk County in 1935.

 

ALTA PUTNAM  Bedford, Taylor County

Alta May Probst is now 67 IA and widowed. She has been married to Jason Prentiss Putnam here in 1900 through 1920 and then in Page County in 1930. Jason was a son of Henry Harrison Putnam and Cornelia Ann Chamberlain. He was born August 21, 1869 in Amboy, Illinois and died here in Bedford May 21, 1935. This family goes back to Windsor County Vermont and then Massachusetts before that. He married Alta February 15, 1894 here in Bedford. Alta is a daughter of Daniel Probst and Nary Burnside and was born in Platteville, Iowa December 25, 1872 and will die November 29, 1952.

 

E. S. (EDWIN STANLEY) PUTMAN  Bedford, Taylor County

He is Edwin Sidney Putnam a son of Sidney Chase Putman and Josephine Adele Smith and was born here. He is 64 IA VT VT and owns his farm, which was his dad’s place. Mabel A. Snyder his wife is 59 IA. Her widowed mother Ressie Snyder 80 IA is living with them. He was born November 16, 1875 and will die here in Bedford in April 1971. Mabel is a daughter of James Snyder and Ressie Thomas. She was born in 1882 will die here March 25, 1961.

 

GEORGE PUTMAN  Bedford, Taylor County

He is 57 IA VT VT and operates an oil company station. Vera Bradley his wife is 54 IA. He is George Israel Putnam, a son of Sidney Chase Putman and Josephine Adele Smith and was born here March 20, 1883. Sidney was a son of Prentiss Putnam and Jemima Chase. He was born November 6, 1842 in Whittingham, Vermont. Vera was born November 7, 1885 and will die in Coon Rapids in September 1984. George will die in 1957.

 

HARRY E. (EDWARD) PUTNAM  Bedford, Taylor County

He is 35 IA IA IA and his wife Ruth Iris Burner is 37 IL. They were married here December 22, 1928 and have Barbara Ruth 7 IA. He is a son of Edwin Sidney Putnam and Mabel A. Snyder and is living next door to them on a part of their farm. Harry was born December 7, 1905 and will die in November 1985 here in Bedford. Ruth is a daughter of Thomas Elijah Burner and Dora Lena Massie and was born in Hancock County Illinois September 15,1902 and will die October 3, 1987.

 

VIRGIL G. (GLEN) PUTNAM  Benton, Taylor County

He is 40 IA IL IA and works on a farm. His wife Mary Nancy Livingston is 39 IA and they have Margaret May 13 IA, Mary Lou 9 IA and Howard Dean 2 IA. He is a son of Jason Prentiss Putnam and Alta May Probst from here. He was with them here in 1920 and married here in 1930. Virgil has been married now for 18 years. Virgil was born May 19, 1899 and will die in October 1983. Mary was born August 10, 1900 and will die here August 20, 1972. This family goes back to Windsor County Vermont and then Massachusetts before that.

 

MATTY M. PUTMAN  Grant Township, Union County

She is 71 IA and widowed. Says she was here in 1935 in the same house but I can’t find Mattie or Martha or Matilda or any gal that age ever before in Iowa. Good Luck.

 

F. L. (FRANCIS LAVERNE) PUTNAM  Spaulding Township, Union County

He is 31 IA and his wife Wilma Halene Wynn is 24 IA. There are Margaret 10 IA and Viola 8 IA from his first marriage with Mildred Dillon, and Howard 1 IA with Wilma. He is a son of Harry Irving Putnam and Daisy Boyer. They have been in Adams County since the early 1900s, then Warren County. Francis was born in Prescott, Adams County November 9, 1916 and will die in Creston, Union County June 23, 1995. He married Mildred Dillon in June 1929. She died February 25, 1934 and he married Wilma February 19, 1936. She will survive him according to his obituary. His obituary says Margaret married Lamar Smith, Viola married Edward Jaggers, Rosella who was single then, and Howard who’s wife was Norma. New Englanders.

 

AUGUSTA PUTMAN  Ottumwa, Wapello County

She is 38 IA and now divorced. Augusta Marshall was married to Jacob Putman here in 1930 and in Washington County in 1920. Jake is here in town and has the kids with him now. Jake is a son of John Putman and Mary Whitsel from Washington County. This is a German family out of Hampshire County Virginia.

 

JAKE PUTMAN  Ottumwa, Wapello County

He is 41 IA VA IA, and works in a meat packing plant. He has divorced Augusta Marshall his wife and has with him Jacob 16 IA, Francis 13 IA and James 6 IA. He has a housekeeper Bertha Ross 31 IA living with them. He is a son of John Putman and Mary Rosetta Whitsel from Washington County.  He was born there August 21, 1898. I believe he will later marry Minnie Virginia Shanks here. This is a German family out of Hampshire County Virginia.

                                                                     

WILLARD A. (ALVA) PUTMAN  Ottumwa, Wapello County

He is 68 IA OH OH and his wife Bertha E. Burr is 64 IA. He works in a quarry for the W.P.A. They have been Appanoose County since 1900 and were there in 1930. He was with his folks in Adams County in 1880. He is a son of William Putman and Mary Elizabeth Nelson, and was born in Adams County October 28, 1872. He married Bertha April 8, 1894. She was born in July 1875. I don’t have a death date for either. William was a son of Benjamin Putman and Melvina Baker out of Linn County, Missouri. Southern Putmans.

 

KATHERINE PUTNAM  Ackworth, Warren County

She is 53 IA single. Mary Catherine is a daughter of Albert Putnam and Nancy Catherine Pile. She has been in Warren County all her life. Her mom died in 1920 and she was here with her dad in 1920 and I don’t find her in 1930 but was around. Her dad is still around and won’t die till April 4, 1943. New England family.

 

OBER W. (WOODSON) PUTNAM  Indianola, Warren County

He is 49 IA IA IN and is a mail carrier on a rural route. His wife Mabel Clair Scott is 47 IA. They were married January 4, 1913, and they have Charles A. 25 IA, Roy E. 21 IA and Edna Kathryn 17 IA. He is a son of Albert Putnam and Nancy Pyle and has been here all his life. He was born August 30, 1890 and will die here in January 23, 1978. Mabel was born June 10, 1892 and will die here July 10, 1977.

 

A. L. (ASA LLOYD) PUTMAN  Richland, Warren County

He is now 86 IA IN VA and widowed as his wife Sarah Ellen Pyle died here October 12, 1938. His son Charles Ernest is 65 IA and widowed. He is still working his dairy farm. He is a son of James Rufus Putnam and Cynthia Ann Bradley and has been here most all his life. He was born here April 6, 1854 and will die September 6, 1940.

 

DONALD PUTNAM  Richland, Warren County

He is 40 IA and his wife Gertrude Marman is 38 IA. They were married in Dubuque August 8, 1932. He is Robert Donald Putnam a son of Charles Ernest Putnam and Myra Belle Seevers and was born in Hartford, Warren County December 13, 1899. He was at home in 1900 through 1930 in Hartford. He will die in Des Moines December 30, 1973. I don’t believe they had any children. His dad was a son of Asa Lloyd Putnam and Sarah Ellen Pyle.

 

RUTH PUTMAN  Ainsworth, Washington County

She is 34 IA (actually OK) single and lodging. She is a daughter of James C. Putman and Minnie B. Wilson and was at home with them in Seymour, Wayne County through 1935. Her folks are still in Wayne County now. She is a grammar room teacher and single like about every teacher in America. Southern Putman family out of VA > KY > IN > MO > IA.

 

A.E. (ALFRED EMORY) PUTNAM  Washington, Washington County

He is now 73 MI and widowed. He is living with his son John listed below, but I thought he should have his own listing. He is a son of Nathan CurtisPutnam and Hannah Mariah Bunce from Washtenaw County Michigan. His dad was from New York and Massachusetts before that. Alfred ran a dry goods store back in Michigan and then here in 1910 through 1930 called ‘The New York Store’. His grandfather John Putnam was from Berkshire County Massachusetts. Alfred was born in York, Michigan April 26, 1866 and will die here November 10, 1941. Alice Stannard McNeill was born in Petersburg, Michigan in December 1863 and died here in Washington June 26, 1937.

 

HAROLD M. (MCNEILL) PUTNAM  Washington, Washington County

He is 50 MI and his brand new wife Lois Kaye Holland is 30 IA. He has been single up till now and living with his folks. He is a son of Alfred Emory Putnam and Alice Stannard McNeill and was born September 7, 1889 in Monroe, Washtenaw County Michigan. He is a County Sheriff. Lois is a daughter of William A. Holland and Josephine Casten and was born in Iowa City, Johnson County April 6, 1909 and will die here in Washington in December 1984. Harold will serve in the military in WWII and will die here in February 1963.

 

JOHN A. (ALFRED) PUTNAM  Washington, Washington County

He is 38 MI MI MI and is a forester researcher for the U. S. Forest Service. Dorothy Minola Skees his wife is 38 MI and they have John A. Jr. 12 GA and Marjorie 2 LA. They were married in Pine Bluff, Arkansas October 30, 1923. Also there is a nephew Jack D. Hale 19 MI. His widowed dad Alfred 73 MI is also with them but I’m going to give him a separate listing. John is a son of Alfred Emory Putnam and Alice Stannard McNeill. He was born May 1, 1901 in Milan, Washtenaw County Michigan and then with his folks in 1920 in Washington County Iowa. He was also a cadet at the Naval Academy in Annapolis Maryland in 1920. He was just married to Dorothy in Washington, Iowa in 1925. Then they went down into Sneeds, Florida and then up into Bainbridge, Georgia where John Junior was born January 25, 1928. And then they were out Opelousas, Louisiana in 1930, then back in Pine Bluff, Arkansas in 1935 and the back to Louisiana where Marjorie was born and then here. They are in Washington County Mississippi in 1950. His wife Dorothy is a daughter of Thomas Martin Skees and Bessie Margaret Young and was born in Milan, Michigan May 5, 1901 and will die in Northfield, Rice County Minnesota January 26, 1994. John will die in Greenville, Mississippi June 11, 1976. The family went from Massachusetts to New York to Michigan to Iowa.

 

LOURINE, WILSON JOHN, MAURICE, AUDREY PUTMAN  Washington, Washington County

Lourine is 29 IA single and living with her mother Mary Ann 50 IA and her new husband Ralph Hesseltine. Mary Ann Chalupa was married to John Putman here February 8, 1910 and was till he died August 6, 1925. She works in a button factory. He was a son of John Putman and Mary Rosetta Whitsel and was born here December 5, 1886. Like everyone around here he was part of the German family from Hampshire County Virginia. Lourine was born here November 11, 1910 and will marry Howard Choakley and die December 19, 1972. She works in the packing department of a novelty goods company. Then also here are her siblings Wilson John 25 IA a mechanic, Maurice 21 IA and Audrey 13 IA.

 

NATHAN C. (CLYDE) PUTNAM  Washington, Washington County

He is 46 MI MI MI and rents a farm. His wife Opal Macon is 43 IA, and they have Nathan Junior 8 IA. He is a son of Alfred Emory Putnam and Alice Stannard McNeil from here. He was born November 18, 1893 and was at home with them through 1920. Alfred is a son of Nathan Putnam and Hannah Mariah Bunce from Washtenaw County Michigan. His dad was from New York and Massachusetts before that. Opal was born here in Washington County January 7, 1897 and will die April 25, 1984. She was previously married to Raymond Ramsey in Billings, Montana in 1920 and they had a daughter Kathryn June Ramsey (now Putnam) in 1821 and she was with them here in 1930. Opal married Nathan here in 1925. Nathan will die here in Washington in May 1948.

 

WILLIAM I. (ISSAC) PUTMAN  Washington, Washington County

He is 36 IA VA VA and is an auto mechanic. His wife Gladys Lorene Nickerson is 34 IA and they have Dorothy M. 14 IA and William John 9 IA. He is a son of John Putman and Rosella Whitsel and was born here August 5, 1903. He married Gladys September 22, 1923. She is a daughter of Isaac Reuben Nickerson and Nellie Jane Brown and was born in Iowa June 27, 1905 and will die in Iowa City June 14, 1986. William will die here in 1965. His dad John William was a son of Jacob G. Putman Junior and Ellen Edmundson from Hampshire County Virginia and he died here in 1934. German line down from Peter Putman from Maryland and Germany.

 

J. (JAMES) C. PUTNAM  Walnut, Wayne County

He is 68 IA MO IA and a janitor at the public school. His wife Minnie B. Wilson is 68 IA. There is also a niece Donna Wilson 15 IA with them. He is a son of William Arthur Putman and Mary Elizabeth Nelson. William is a son of Benjamin Putman and Melvina Baker from Indiana and then Linn County Missouri. He was born in Adams County Iowa in 1871. In 1900 he was in Appanoose County Iowa. He was in Texas County Oklahoma in the 1910 census, and in Anderson County Kansas in 1915. They were back here in Wayne County in 1920 and 1930. He married Minnie B. Wilson on May 5, 1892. He fought in the Spanish American War in Cuba, and in 1899 was one of the 13 founders of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Association. Interesting fella. Southern Putmans out of Virginia to Kentucky to Indiana to here.

 

RAY PUTNAM  Bloomfield, Winneshiek County

He is 61 IA and single as he always will be. He is Leon Ray Putnam, a son of Surreno Putnam and Emma Dean. His dad died in the late 1890s and he has been living with his widowed mother since 1900. Emma was born back in New York on February 24, 1853 and just died here March 17, 1939. She is buried next to Surreno in Postville, Allamakee County. Leon Ray was born September 23, 1878 and will die here September 12, 1950. He never married.

 

LENA PUTTMANN  Rutland, Woodbury County

She is 45 IA and widowed. Her son Earl 23 IA is with as he has since birth. Lena was married to Frederick Puttmann here in 1920 and in 1930 though not in the index.

 

LOU PUTTMANN  Rutland, Woodbury County

He is 65 IA and divorced is living with the following Maynard Puttmann as a hired hand. Lewis Frederick Puttmann is a son of Frederick and Christina Puttmann and was born in Scott County and then was here since then. He has been married to Christina A. Florke up through 1935.

 

MAYNARD PUTTMANN  Rutland, Woodbury County

He is 37 IA, his wife Ella Herbold is 26 IA and they have Joann 6 IA, Donna 4 IA and Ray 1 IA. His uncle Lou Puttmann 65 IA and divorced is living with them as a hired hand. Maynard Frederick Puttmann is a son of Carl Frederick Puttmann and Helen Peterson and was born in Kingsley, Iowa August 13, 1902. He married Ella in Dakota City, Nebraska December 31, 1931. Ella is a daughter of William K. Herbold and Anna Marie Hanfield and was born here in Rutland April 25, 1913 and will die in Kingsley, Iowa October 5, 2000. Maynard will die July 31, 1970 in Pierson, Iowa. Then Ella will marry Russell William Elser August 3, 1973. He will die May 31, 1980 and Ella will say enough is enough.  Family is from Prussia in Germany like everyone in town.

 

ROY C. PUTTMANN  Rutland, Woodbury County

He is 40 IA GER GER and his wife Clara E. Reinking 41 IA. They have Wayne C. 16 IA and Dwight 7 IA. Roy is a son of William Puttmann and Anna Paulson and was born right here.

 

RUDOLPH W. PUTTMANN  Rutland, Woodbury County

He is Fred and Christine Puttmann’s son. He is 41 IA and still single. His married sister Amanda Byers is 56 IA and her husband Carl H. Byers is 53 GER GER GER.

 

CHARLES E. PUTNAM  Sioux City, Woodbury County

He is 42 SD and lives in a hotel and works in a meat packing plant. He says he is married and there is a Dorothy Putnam 40 IA 5 lines down who also say she is married and also works in a meat packing plant. They both say they were in the same place in 1935. There is a family sheet that has him as a son of Edmund Julius Putnam and his first wife Theresa Kraus and that he was born in Vermillion, Clay County South Dakota November 30, 1903. He does not appear in the 1910 South Dakota with Edmund in Vermillion, Clay County. All I can guess is that when Edmund and Theresa divorced she took Charles and either hid out or remarried and Charles was listed under that name. He popped up here in 1920 at age 16 SD and then age 21 SD in 1925. And here single in 1930. He married Merna Miller just over the line into South Dakota on Christmas Day December 25, 1933. They were living in Sioux City, Iowa at the time. The line is not Putnam or Putman, but is Patenaude coming down from Canada into Vermont in the 1840s and then changing to Putnam.

 

DARWIN PUTNAM  Sioux City, Woodbury County

He is 35 IA, his wife Elsie Marion Noack is 30 MN and they have Jerry 6 IA. He is a salesman for a cheese packing company. He is a son of Edson Putnam and Grace Webster from O’Brien County where he was up through the 1930 census. He was born there December 2, 1904 and will die in San Diego County California on September 10, 1965. New England family out of Preston, Connecticut to Phoenix, Oswego County New York to here in the 1860s.

 

LESTER PUTMAN  Sioux City, Woodbury County

He is 27 IA and his wife Zella Totman 24 CA. He is Lester Waynea son of Leslie Glenn and Eva Fithian and was born July 29, 1912 and was at home with his folks in Johnson County Nebraska in 1920. His folks were divorced in the early 1920s and in 1930 he was with his mother who had married Arthur Taggert and they were in Omaha, Nebraska. He and Zella will get divorced in 1958. Southern Putman family out of Brown County Illinois.

 

ROBERT D. (DAHL) PUTMAN  Sioux City, Woodbury County

He is 24 IA and his wife Helen B. 19 IA. He is a son of Everett Putman and Refa Hardcastle From Oelwein, Fayette County. He was born there and with the folks there in 1935. He is a son of Peter Putman and Alice Teague from there. Peter is a son of Jacob and Hannah Putman from Montgomery County New York. Dutch family.

 

ZENA PUTNAM  Sioux City, Woodbury County

She is 61 HOLLAND and now widowed. Zina Warntzis was married to Alfred Alexander Putnam here in 1925 and in 1930. Alfred was a son of Henry James Putnam (real name Henri Patenaude) and Elizabeth Beaudette from Lyon County. He was there in 1880 and with his widowed mom in Sioux City in 1900. He was here in 1910 and 1920 with his first wife Olive Tamplin born in Illinois. She died later in 1920 and he married Zena. In 1925 he and Zena were here.