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MAINE 1950 CENSUS

I see a couple of interesting things in this 1950 census. There were a surprising number of people who were born within 7 days of Christmas over the years and an even larger number, over a dozen, who died between December 23 and December 26 over the years. Guess too much celebrating with good ole Saint Nick. The census records for here showed 210 folks named Putnam. There were another 22 indexed as Putman, but only 2 were actual Putmans, the Dutch line, and the other 20 were Putnams just misspelled on the entry form. So, start reading and enjoy meeting these folks.

CATHERINE PUTNAM Auburn, Androscoggin County

She is 73 ME and now widowed and living with her brother Jeremiah McCarthy 79 ME. Catherine Alice McCarthy was married to Harold Atherton Putnam in Portland for years and he died there June 29, 1944. He was a son of John Farnum Putnam and his second wife Myra Bickford. He was born in Lewiston, Androscoggin County November 1, 1876. He was home in Lewiston in 1880, boarding in Augusta in 1900 and they got married here June 10, 1902 and were there till he died. Catherine is a daughter of Dennis and Ellen McCarthy and was born November 19, 1876 and will die in Lewiston, Androscoggin County October 11, 1959.

ROBERT PUTNAM Lewiston, Androscoggin County

He is 20 MA and a student at Bates College. Can’t find a Robert in Massachusetts in 1930 that fits.

FLOYD M. (MERLE) PUTNAM Livermore, Androscoggin County

He is 16 ME and lodging. He works in shoe shop. He is a son of Merle Putnam here in town. He was born here July 30, 1933 and will die April 7, 1991 in Travis County, Texas. He will marry Edna Marie Banford in Maricopa, Arizona October 10, 1958.

LEWIS T. (THYNG) PUTNAM Livermore, Androscoggin County

He is 35 ME and his wife Hilda Margaret Davis 31 ENG. She was born in London, England December 15, 1918 and will die right here June 6, 2003. Lewis was born June 21, 1914 and will die here July 20, 2005. He is an auto mechanic in a new car garage. Maybe works with his brother Merle listed just below. They are sons of Edward Everett Putnam and Ethel Austin Thyng. Edward was a son of the Reverend Lewis Putnam and Ida Bisbee of Oxford County. He was born there January 24, 1883 and died here in Livermore Falls May 2, 1947.

MERLE PUTNAM Livermore, Androscoggin County

He is 46 NE and married to Yvonne Pomerleau 37 ME and they have Loraine1 7 ME, Doris 13 ME, Donald F. 10 ME, Marlene L. 7 ME, Joan M. 5 ME, Carlton M., Patricia K. 3 ME, Kenneth G. 2 ME and Clayton L. born in October 1949. He has an Auto Repair business. Merle Everett Putnam is a son of Edward Everett Putnam and Ethel Austin Thyng. He was born here August 31, 1904 and will die here August 4, 1964. They’re were in 1940. His dad Edward was a son of the Reverend Lewis Putnam and Ida Bisbee of Oxford County. He was born there January 24, 1883 and died here in Livermore Falls May 2, 1947. Yvonne was born in Franklin County Maine March 20, 1913 and will die back there April 8, 1993. She and Merle are buried here. She must have married again after Merle died as her tombstone reads Yvonne Putnam Grundy as does the Social Security Death Index.

HAVEN L. (LEE) PUTNAM Turner, Androscoggin County
He is Haven Lee Junior 39 MA and his new wife Laura M. Dunn is 38 ME. He is a Lumber worker and she is a nurse in a doctor’s office. They were married January 4, 1947. Haven is a son of Haven Lee Putnam and Ethel Irene Nichols. He was born in Gardner, Worcester County January 20, 1910 and will die in Turner, Androscoggin County Maine in July 1984. Laura is a daughter of Joshua Willard and Esta L. Dunn and was born September 23, 1910 and will die in Canton, Oxford County Maine March 24, 1992 and be buried in Auburn, Androscoggin County. He had been married to Gladys Elizabeth Lashua in Templeton, Worcester County Massachusetts in 1940 and then the divorced. Gladys married Theodore Clinton Morse April 24, 1946 up in Keene, Cheshire County New Hampshire.

GEORGE L. (LEWIS) PUTNAM Wales, Androscoggin County

He is 34 ME and works on a farm, his wife Mabel Pearl Foss is 50 ME, and they have Lewis C. 10 ME and his widowed father Lewis C. 64 ME. Mabel was obviously married before as they had Caroline Robbins 15 ME and then Lewis C. Putnam 11/12 ME here in the 1940 Census. They were here in 1935 too it seems. He is a son of Lewis Crevier Putnam and Gladys Davis from here. He was born in Turner Village, Androscoggin County March 26, 1916 and will die August 27, 1980 in Eustis, Androscoggin County. Mabel is a daughter of Chauncey and Caroline Foss from Cornville, Somerset County Maine where she was born October 24, 1899. She will die December 12, 1991 just shy of 100. Both are buried in the Turner Village Cemetery. His dad Lewis is a son of Lewis Putnam and Ida Bisbee of Oxford County. He was there with his widowed mom in 1900 and here from 1910 on. He was born March 24, 1886 and will die in Winthrop, Maine May 14, 1966.

THE PUTNAMS Cary Plantation, Aroostook County

You are gonna notice that families here in Cary Plantation, in both this generation and the last one or two, had 6-8 kids with the youngest only a year or so old. The way things were going they will probably have a couple more. Looks like they want to raise their own baseball teams and set up a league of their very own. 😊

ALTON B. (BERTRAM) PUTNAM Cary Plantation, Aroostook County

He is 48 ME and a laborer at odd jobs. His wife Charlotte ‘Lottie’ Seamons is 52 ME. Lottie is a cousin related on his mother’s line. They were married here November 24, 1937. He is a son of Blackhawk H. Putnam and Orrie Seamons. He was born in 1902 and will die September 2, 1953. Lottie was born here October 15, 1896 and will die here April 5, 1989 at age 92. They didn’t have kids, so don’t have any baseball team.

ARTHUR W. (WINSLOW) PUTNAM Cary Plantation, Aroostook County

He is 37 ME and a laborer at odd jobs. His wife Clara L. Gretchell is also 36 MA and they have Lucille 14 ME, Ola Dean 12 ME, Robert A. 10 ME, Raymond D. 6 ME, Lanny D. 3 ME and Madge A 2 ME. They were married here December 15, 1934. He is a son of Bertram Varney Putnam and Eva Colbath from here. He was born here August 11, 1912, and will die in Houlton July 27, 1978. Clara was born here in Cary July 26, 1913 and will die here January 5, 2006. Arthur enlisted in the U. S. Marine Corps in Bangor October 14, 1942 and was a warrant officer.

BERT V. (BERTRAM VARNEY) PUTNAM Cary Plantation, Aroostook County

He is 57 ME ME ME and works in a sawmill. His wife Eva Colbath is 58 ME and they have Glenn Colbath 24 ME and his wife Catherine Carr 19 ME from Amit. They have a daughter Deborah born in July. They were married October 24, 1948. Bert is a son of Blackhawk Putnam and Orrie Seamans and was born here October 20, 1892. He married Eva January 25, 1912. She was born in Cary July 15, 1891 and will die in North Amity in August 1969. Bert will die in Cary September 2, 1953. Glen was born May 16, 1925 and will call it quits November 28, 1992. They only had 6 kids that I can see.

CLAYTON B. PUTNAM Cary Plantation. Aroostook County

He is 35 ME and his wife Bessie Edwards is 33 ME and they have Linda 6 ME. They were married here May 13, 1939. He is an auto mechanic in a garage. He is a son of Bertram Varney Putnam and Eva Colbath from here in Cary. He was born here June 26, 1914 and will die in Bangor, Penobscot County June 26, 1972. The daughter Linda was born August 19, 1943 and will marry Charles T. Ingraham September 1, 1962. She will die February 12, 2014.

DEAN B. (BLANCHARD) PUTNAM (JR) Cary Plantation, Aroostook County

He is a farmer now 50 ME, his wife Margaret E. Welton is 38 ME and they have Merlin D. 15 ME, Weldon W. 14 ME, Avis N. a daughter 13 ME, Clark A. 8 ME, Linda A. 6 ME, Carol A. 2 ME and a son Galen T, born in January. He is Dean Junior a son of Dean Blanchard Putnam and Minnie Pollard and was born here June 2, 1898 and will die in Houlton August 28, 1961. Margaret was born in Cary February 24, 1912 and will die in Orient, Aroostook County February 14, 2001. They were married December 4, 1933 in Hodgdon, Aroostook County and here in 1940. The son Merlin was born June 1, 1934 and will die in Orient, Aroostook County January 31, 2008. He married Donna M. Farrar March 1, 1963. The son Weldon was born October 17, 1935 and will die July 23, 1963. The son Clark was born December 16, 1941 and will die December 17, 2010 after too big a birthday party with an open bar. Carol Lou was born January 1, 1946 starting of the first new year sine WWII and she died January 19, 2020. In between she married Virgil F. Bartlett January 1, 1965 still wanting to start off the year with a Special Event.

ERVIN L. (LEIGH) PUTNAM Cary Plantation, Aroostook County

He is 32 ME and married to Phyllis Annette Scott 26 ME. They were married here September 16, 1943, and they have Loretta Gail 3 ME. He is a farmer on his own farm. Ervin is a son of Bertrum Varney Putnam and Eva Colbath from here. He was born in Cary, Aroostook County April 3, 1918 and will die in Orient, Aroostook County July 27, 2005. Phyllis is a daughter of Winfield A. Scott and Edna Brown. She was born in Hodgdon, Aroostook County July 27, 1924 and will die May 7, 1991 in Hodgdon. Young Loretta was born May 7, 1946, will die June 16, 2002 and will marry David W. McLaughlin February 1, 1964. Fantastic is the right word for what we can find now-a-days on Ancestry.com

LYNWOOD P. (PARKER) PUTNAM Cary Plantation, Aroostook County

He is 22 ME and working on a farm. His wife Elizabeth ‘Betty’ Arline Hutchinson is 21 ME and they have a daughter Vivian 4 ME. They were married June 17, 1945. He is a son of Bert Putnam and Eva Colbath here in Cary. Lynwood was born here December 29, 1927 and will die in Houlton June 6, 1992 Betty is a daughter of Arthur and Rose Hutchinson from Houlton and was born there September 15, 1927 and will die July 15, 2007.

PHILIP E. (EUGENE) PUTNAM Cary Plantation, Aroostook County

He is a farmer 46 ME and married to Vivian Gertrude Adams 39 ME who is a schoolteacher, and they have about a full baseball team. They have Evelyn Joan 17 ME, Eugene 15 ME, Leigh L. 13 ME, Marvin S. 12 ME, Vaughn G. 9 ME, Pamela 5 ME, Murray W. 3 ME and Cheryl L. 2 ME and probably a few more coming. He is a son of Dean Blanchard Putnam who died here in 1927 who was a son of Varney Putnam and Mary Elizabeth Cone from here. His mom was Minnie Pollard who was born in 1865 same year as Dean and died here in Houlton in 1948. Philip was born here in Cary August 24, 1903 and will die in Houlton March 7, 1987. Vivian was born July 9, 1910 and will die in North Amity, Aroostook County June 18, 1975.

CHARLES P. (PATTEE) PUTNAM Fort Fairfield, Aroostook County

He is 26 ME and married to Pauline Elizabeth ‘Betty’ McKenney 22 ME. They were just married here February 28, 1949. Charles is a bookkeeper for a wholesale oil and gas company. Charles is a son of Aziel Walden Putman and Phylena Ward Pattee from here. He was born here August 14, 1923 and will die in Guadalajara, Mexico June 20, 1990 and be buried back here in Fort Fairfield. Pauline will be a U. S. Consulate in Mexico when he dies. She was born October 20, 1927 and will die back here in Fort Fairfield March 25, 2006. Anna was born here in Fort Fairfield December 15, 1923 and will die in Caribou, Aroostook County July 11, 2015.

LENA PUTNAM Fort Fairfield, Aroostook County

She is 66 MA and widowed. She has her sons Arthur H. 36 ME and Ray Manuel 22 ME with her. Alena Patee was married here to Aziel Putnam Junior who died here September 4, 1940.

LEWIS S. (STANFORD) PUTNAM Fort Fairfield, Aroostook County

He is 28 ME and a bookkeeper at a potato grower’s company. Maine Potatoes were and guess still are very tasty. His wife Anna Marie Solomon is 26 ME. They were married December 17, 1943 and they have George Lewis 5 ME, Susan A. 4 ME, Mary E. 3 ME and Thomas S. 1 ME. Aiming for a kid a year they missed 1948. Anna’s sister Theresa Solomon 20 ME lives with them. Lewis is a son of Aziel and Phylena Putnam here in town like everyone. He was born here August 27, 1921 and will die in Newport News, Virginia July 26, 2002.

LUCIA A. (ANN) PUTNAM Fort Fairfield, Aroostook County

She is 63 ME and has her sister Sarah B. 58 ME and brother Ira Albert 60 ME with her. They are children of Aziel Walden Putnam and Caroline Nadeau from here. All are unmarried. Their brothers Lewis Stanford, Charles, Aziel Junior are all married here in Fort Fairfield. Lucia was born June 2, 1885 and will pack it in here July 9, 1954.

ALBERT P. (PEARCE) PUTNAM Houlton, Aroostook County

He is 36 ME and his wife Mary Ann Madigan is 31 ME and they have Fred L. 7 ME and Albert Junior 3 ME. He is a lawyer on his own. Albert is a son of Fred Lysander Putman and Mary Alice Pierce from here and listed right below. Fred is a son of Albert Temple and Cordelia Putnam. Fred was born November 18, 1880 and will die here on September 12. 1974. Mary was born in Fort Fairfield January 13, 1886 and will die here November 3, 1978. Albert was born here January 5, 1913, and married Mary Ann Madigan here on February 21, 1942. He will die here in Houlton May 2, 1966. Mary is a daughter of James and Doris Madigan from here. She was born January 13, 1919 and will die here June 10, 2008. Aroostook County is the top part of Maine and juts way up into Canada.

ARTHUR O. (OTIS) PUTNAM Houlton, Aroostook County

He is Arthur Otis Senior and is 67 ME and his wife Claire Adelaide Pierce 62 ME and they have Joseph L. 25 ME still at home. He is a son of Albert Temple Putnam and Cordelia Putnam. Cordelia was a daughter of Otis Putnam and Temperance Cone from Amity, Aroostook County. Cousins. Arthur was born here April 30, 1882, and married Claire A. Pierce July 1, 1916 here. They were here 1910 to 1940. Arthur will be here till he dies April 6, 1970. Clair was born in Fort Fairfield May 24, 1888 and will die here October 27, 1959.

A. (ARTHUR) OTIS PUTNAM Houlton, Aroostook County

He is Arthur Otis Junior and is 28 ME and his wife Lona Dee Taggett is 27 ME. He is a son of Arthur Otis Putnam Senior and Claire Adelaide Pierce from here. Arthur was born January 15, 1922 and will die in Houlton on October 7, 2007. Lona was born August 29, 1922 and will die here July 17, 1993. They were married here May 7, 1949. He is an oil and gas salesman.

FRED PUTNAM Houlton, Aroostook County

He is Fred Lysander Putnam 69 ME ME ME and now he is a potato grower on his own farm. Maine Potatoes were a great thing back then, same with Long Island New York taters. His wife, Mary Alice ‘Mollie’ Pierce is 64 ME and their son Albert is listed above. He is a son of Albert Temple Putnam and Cordelia Putnam. Yes, Cordelia is a Putnam too. She is a daughter of Otis Putnam and Temperance Cone from here in Aroostook County Maine. Fred was born November 18, 1880 and will die here on September 12. 1974. Mary was born in Fort Fairfield January 13, 1886 and will die here November 3, 1978.

RANSOM PUTNAM Houlton, Aroostook County

He is listed as Ransford and is 59 ME ME ME. His wife Effie May Moores is 72 ME and they have a lodger. They were married 26 years ago September 13, 1914. He is a son of Dean Blanchard Putnam and Minnie Pollard from Cary, Aroostook County where he was born November 9, 1890. He was home in 1900 and 1910 and I don’t find him in 1920, probably sloppy writing, but they were here in 1930 and 1940. He works in a plywood factory as a pressman. He will die here in Houlton February 19, 1960. Effie will die here in 1958.

WALTER K. (KING) PUTNAM Houlton, Aroostook County

He is 72 ME ME ME and is retired. His wife Almeda Hussey is 65 ME and owns and runs a restaurant. Walter King Putnam is a son of Willard Houlton Putnam and Mary Louise Ward from here. Walter was born here November 2, 1877. Almeda is a daughter of Benjamin Hussey and Vesta Caroline Hall. She was born in December 1884 and will die here in Houlton November 28, 1960. Walter will die here in 1958. They were married here March 2, 1904.

WILLARD PUTNAM Houlton, Aroostook County

He is 42 ME and his second wife Nora Wilson 31 ME and they have David 16 ME. Willard Houlton is a son of Walter King Putnam and Almeda Hussey from here. Willard was born February 27, 1908 and will die here in Houlton October 16, 1975. Willard and his first wife Verna Adams were married here August 4, 1926. Verna was born in Littleton, Aroostook County February 10, 1908 and died October 3, 1948. Willard married Nora Wilson here December 7, 1946. Based on her grave, Nora was born December 11, 1918 and died in Houlton June 15, 1999.

CHARLES PUTNAM Presque Isle, Aroostook County

He is 46 ME and is a farmer as he has been. He is now divorced and has Donald 19 ME, Russell 17 ME and twins Patricia and Priscilla 15 ME. Charles Royce Putnam is a son of Samuel Putnam and Vesta Erskine from here. Charles was born here March 29, 1904 and will die here in Presque Isle on May 26, 1976. He and Gladys M. Mullen were married here October 22, 1925. She is a daughter of Joseph Edwin Mullen and Ella Mae Kearney and was born in Presque Isle July 18, 1908 and will die in Caribou in August 1980. They were here in 1930 and 1940 and are now divorced. An obituary of her son Joseph states her name was Gladys Bushey, so she was married before she married Charlie. No firm ideas at all here. Charlie will later marry Bernice Hazel Knights who was previously married to a Kinney. There is an obituary for Bernice Hazel Knights Putnam saying she was a daughter of Alfred Hiram Knights and Lucy Adeline Cole and was born June 4, 1909 in Brookton, Aroostook County and died there October 25, 2004. It says she was predeceased by two husbands, Otis Kinney and Charles Putnam.

JOSEPH PUTNAM Presque Isle, Aroostook County

He is 21 ME and married to Eleanor 21 ME and they have Barbara 2 ME. He is a son of Charles and Gladys Putnam. His divorced daddy is listed right above. Joseph Putnam was born March 28, 1929 and will die in Van Buren, Maine March 25, 2008. He will later marry Betty Kierstead of Caribou and they will have 3 sons and 4 daughters and his obituary says he had two stepsons with the last name Long so Betty was married before him and was his second wife. Can’t find info on Eleanor yet.

CHARLES M. (MULLEN) PUTNAM Westfield, Aroostook County

He is 23 ME and his wife Mildred M. Tardy is 22 ME and they have Wade T. 2 ME and Charles G. born in February 1950. He is a truck driver. He is the eldest son of Charles Royce Putnam and Gladys Mullen from Presque Isle, Aroostook County. He was born on Presque Isle October 8, 1926 and he will die in nearby Mapleton, Aroostook County September 24, 2015. He married Mildred on Presque Isle June 30, 1947.

HATTIE A. PUTNAM Brunswick, Cumberland County

She is 70 ME and says she is widowed. Harriet ‘Hattie’ Harris has been married to Ralph Charles Putnam and here since 1918. He is a son of Lewis Child Putnam and Ida Bisbee and was in Oxford County in 1900 and 1910, and was married here in 1920 and 1930. Ralph was born December 28, 1899 and will be here in Brunswick till he dies in February 1973. He is listed below, and admits he is divorced. Hattie is a daughter of William E. Harris and Amelia Southworth Allen and was born in Sagadahoc County March 5, 1880 and will die here in Brunswick February 12, 1961. She married Harry P. Grady October 16, 1899 and quit after a while. She and Ralph were married December 30, 1919 here in Brunswick.

RALPH C. (CHARLES) PUTNAM Brunswick, Cumberland County

He is 50 ME and divorced. He was married to Hattie Harris listed above, in 1920 through 1940. He is a son of Lewis Child Putnam and Ida Bisbee and was in Oxford County in 1900 and 1910, and was married here in 1920 and 1930. He and Hattie were married December 30, 1919. Ralph was born December 28, 1899 and will be here in Brunswick till he dies in February 1973. He is a house painter in business for himself.

ADELINE PUTNAM Portland, Cumberland County

She is 48 ME and has her daughter Myra Ann Putnam 14 ME with her. She married Harold Asherton Putnam Junior here on December 26, 1930. They had two kids and he took off by 1940. She said she was married then and says separated now. Harold was in Queens, New York in 1935 and in Loa Angeles, California in 1940 and died February 24, 1984 in Long Beach, Los Angeles County California. He was single in the California 1940 census and don’t think he married again. I found a family sheet on him that doesn’t list a wife after he had Adeline. Adele is a daughter of Joseph Dobson and Margaret Sibbering Beauford and was born in Portland November 23, 1901 and will die here in December 1977. Her daughter Myra was born September 2, 1936 and will marry Richard Earl Parsons August 28, 1954 here and die in Auburn, Androscoggin County Maine May 16, 2013.

ALFRED H. (HAROLD) PUTNAM Portland, Cumberland County

He is 50 ME and his wife Gladys M. Shaw is 42 ME and they have Carolyn 1 ME and Roger H. 11 ME. He is a son of Walter A. Putman and Carrie DeNico from here. He and Gladys and the kids were living with them here in 1940. He was born January 14, 1900 and will die in Portland January 11, 1966. Gladys was born February 24, 1908 and will die here in Portland May 4, 1999. They were married in Augusta May 9, 1931.

CARRIE F. (FRANCIS) PUTNAM Portland, Cumberland County

She is 69 ME and widowed. She is a daughter of George Benjamin Putnam and Mary Morrill from Kennebec County. She was born there March 14, 1879. She married Henry Augustus Clark in Pittston, Kennebec County March 14, 1897 and they headed out to San Mateo, California. They were there in the 1940 census and then he died. Not sure why she is back as she will be back there and die there May 24, 1954. Also don’t know why she took back her maiden name. Been using Clark up till now, and when buried she used Carrie Putnam Clark.

CECIL I. (ISRAEL) PUTNAM Portland, Cumberland County

He is 59 ME single and boarding and has 4 lodgers. He is a salesman for an automobile company. He is a son of Joseph Alexander Putnam and Annie Mae Delano and was with them in Peru, Oxford County in 1900 and 1910. He was born June 13, 1890 and will die in Portland in October 1967. He married Etta Demeritt in Peru on December 24, 1910. A nice Christmas present to both. When he registered for the draft in 1917, he was married in Peru and worked for the Maine Central Railroad in Rumford. They were in Peru in 1920. Etta was born in Peru January 12, 1885 and died in 1928. He was widowed in Rumford, Oxford County in 1930 where he owned a garage. In 1935 he was in Mexico, Oxford County and then here in Portland in 1940 and now.

CLARA E. (ELIZABETH) PUTNAM Portland, Cumberland County

She is 6 NE and a granddaughter of Edward 66 ME and Myra 59 ME Haley. No ideas at all and Ancestry has about the same amount. Nobody named Haley was in Nebraska in 1940 or at least didn’t admit it.

FRANCES H. (HAYDEN) PUTNAM Portland, Cumberland County

She is 39 ME and now divorced, and has her daughter Judith Patricia Putnam 13 ME with her. She is living with her folks, Fred and Edith Hayden. In 194 she was living here with her folks but had her husband Harry Merrill Putnam here with her. He is a son of Harry F. Putnam and Grace Merrill from Cheshire County New Hampshire. Frances doesn’t try that again and dies here in Portland January 10, 1990. Her ex says to heck with it and will die in Huntington, Arkansas in November 1981.

JESSIE PUTNAM Portland, Cumberland County

She is 55 NY and has a daughter Elizabeth Putnam 16 MA. Confusing. Jessie works in a strawberry freezing plant and Elizabeth in a retail grocery store. Jessie Florence Wright was married to is Raymond Fowle Putnam, a son of George Putnam and Minnie Fowle from Reading, Massachusetts. He was born there on January 28, 1896 and died here on November 1, 1962. He married Jessie Florence Wright on September 21, 1929 in Windham, Vermont. They were in Reading in 1930 then got divorced by 1940. Jessie was in Pasadena, California in 1940 and Ray in Massachusetts. So…Jessie is a daughter of John Wright and Elizabeth Drake. She was born in New York City 1894 and will die in Portland September 25, 1990.

JOHN J. (JONES) PUTNAM South Portland, Cumberland County

He is 32 AL and his wife Priscilla Laura Smith is 31 ME and they have John Jones Jr. 10 ME, Howard F. 8 ME and Harvey W. 6 ME. He is a son of Harvey Alexander Putman and Mary Hope Simmons and was at home with his mom in Paint Rock, Jackson County Alabama in 1930 and based on his son John’s age he was up here in 1940, but not indexed that I can see. He married Priscilla Smith of Portland Maine on June 4, 1939. I just stumbled across this in some Maine Marriage records. He will die July 13, 1983. Priscilla was born February 29, 1919 and will die February 13, 1983. They are here now and then will be in Paint Rock the rest of their lives. Both are buried in the Paint Rock Cemetery in Jackson County.

J. (JOSEPH) CONRAD PUTNAM Portland, Cumberland County

He is 53 ME, single and lodging. He is a rent control officer. Conrad is a son of Joseph Perley Putnam and Sophia Marshall from York where he was born February 15, 1897. Perley died December 10, 1923 and Sophia on February 3, 1920. He was in York, York County in 1930 and 1940. Conrad was born February 15, 1897. He married Veronica Norton here on May 1, 1933. They got divorced before the 1940 census when he was single again.

JENNIE V. PUTNAM Portland, Cumberland County

She is 72 ITALY and now widowed. Jennie Gertrude Valenti has been married to Charles N. Putnam here for ages. He is a son of Ira Nelson Putnam and Abbie Baird from Oxford County. They were married here October 12, 1904. Don’t find them in 1920, but they were here in 1910 and I’m sure in 1920 and were still in 1930 and in 1940. Can’t find a death date for either so far. Her married daughter Vivian 44 MA is here with her husband Arthur Riley 44 ME and their son Arthur Riley 17 ME.

LILLIAN M. (MEDORA) PUTNAM Portland, Cumberland County

She is 32 NH. She is single and a house mother at a dormitory at Westbrook Junior College. She is a daughter of Samuel Richardson and Bernice Ora Putnam and was born in Claremont, Sullivan County New Hampshire May 9, 1917 and will die in Newport, Sullivan County New Hampshire April 5, 2014. She was at home in Claremont in the 1920 through 1940 census.

SHELBY G. (GORDON) PUTNAM Portland, Cumberland County

He is 40 ME single and boarding with an Anderson Family as he was in 1940. He is a clothing salesman now. He is a son of Marion Gardiner Putnam and Lela Schofield from Portland. Shelby was born June 4, 1908 and will die June 25, 2003 here in Maine. He will marry Ruth Bryce and live in Scarborough Maine. His dad was a son of Henry Gardiner Putnam, Dutch Family out of Whiteside County Illinois. That family moved to Dallas Texas and Henry married Lela there. They were here in Portland in 1910 and then in 1915 Marion simply took off and abandoned the family. Lela remarried and Shelby was off on his own. He was in the Air Force in Hempstead Long Island New York in 1930 as a private. Dutch Pootman family originally from Montgomery County New York in the mid 1600s.

VERONICA N. (NORTON) PUTNAM Portland, Cumberland County

She is 43 ME and divorced. She lives with her sister Christina Norton 48 ME. Her son James Putnam 16 ME is with her. Veronica married Joseph Conrad Putnam in York, Maine May 1, 1933 and they got divorced before the 1940 census. He is a son of Perley and Sophia Putnam from York.

PALMER C. (COSSLETT) PUTNAM Southwest Harbor, Hancock County

This is a tricky one. He is 49 NY and is married to Helen Bradley Smith 35 RI. She was previously married to Joseph Head about 1936 and has 3 Head kids from that marriage with them. Palmer was born July 13, 1900 in Canandaigua, Ontario County New York and will die in Atascadera, San Luis Obispo County California November 28, 1984. He is a son of George Palmer Putnam and Emily Jane Smith and was with them in New York City in 1920. He is listed there as a son, but I can’t find him on any of George’s trees. In 1930 he is in New York City with Emily who was married to George Palmer Putnam and says Palmer C. age 29 then was indeed her son. George Palmer Putnam started the Putnam Publishing Company. So, I looked back to see if I had anything on him in that 1930 census. BINGO! I did a heck of a lot then. Here is what I put down 20 years ago:

EMILY J. PUTNAM  Manhattan 14, New York County (1930 Census)
She is 64 NY and widowed. She is Emily Jane Smith who has been married to George Haven Putnam the publisher. She has her son Palmer Cosslett Putnam 29 NY NY NY and her sister Alice Smith 71 NY and still single. There is also a maid, a cook and a waitress living here on Sutton Place South in a brick building worth $71,000. Be worth many millions today as Sutton Place is as special a street as any in NYC. Here is some interesting stuff on Palmer: “  PALMER COSSLETT PUTNAM was an American consulting engineer and wind power pioneer. Putnam graduated from MIT in 1924 as a geologist after serving in the RAF during World War I. He is known as the designer of the Smith-Putnam wind turbine installed in 1941 in Vermont, the first megawatt-scale wind turbine project. Putnam wrote on the subject of wind power including "Power from the Wind" published in 1948, with an introduction by Vannevar Bush, describing the Smith-Putnam project.  His book "Energy in the Future", 1953, was reviewed in the journal "Science". Putnam served as the president of G. P. Putnam's Sons publishing company from the time of his father's death until 1932. During the Second World War he worked on military projects including the DUKW amphibious vehicle.” He married Elizabeth Henley. Here is some stuff from her obituary when she died in Hood River, Oregon. “Elizabeth (Liz/Betty) H. Putnam passed away on Dec. 11, 2011, at her home in Hood River. She was born in Ukiah, Calif., Sept. 26, 1916, to Bessie H. and Edward V. Henley. She lived in San Leandro, Calif., Campbell, Calif., and graduated from San Jose High School. She attended San Jose State College (now University) but World War II intervened in her life. She enlisted in the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) which became Women's Army Corp (WAC) during the war. She became a 2nd lieutenant and was involved in recruiting in the beginning and then was trained to rehabilitate the returning wounded soldiers. She in more recent years found that she had been a physical therapist although the name wasn't used. After the war, she finished her degree in physical education at San Jose State on the G.I. Bill. Having not been allowed to go overseas as a WAC, she joined a civilian recreational group who ran overseas recreational facilities and activities for the soldiers still deployed. She spent her time in Bremen, Germany. When she came home from this activity, she went to UCLA in Los Angeles where she completed her master's degree in physical education with a recreation emphasis and training for those with special physical needs P.E. Liz taught in a number of Los Angeles County High schools and at 95 still had her "girls" of her Drill Team as an active part of her life. One mentioned that Liz had come into their lives when they were 13 and had been a huge influence on their becoming independent women. She taught in very culturally mixed neighborhoods and had great respect for all her students of any socio-economic or cultural background. In 1962, she married Palmer Putnam, a talented engineer whose team developed the vehicle which became the snowcat and also the "duck." His first big project was a wind machine in Vermont in the late 1930s. Later he was honored by those building the wind machines even here in this area. He designed their trimaran boat. Palmer died November 28, 1984 in Atascadero where they had lived for many years after she retired from teaching.”

PHILIP C. (CHARLES) PUTNAM Gardiner, Kennebec County

He is 41 ME and his wife Irene Marie Jacques is 40 ME and they have Phillip C. Jr. 14 ME. They were in Portland, Maine in 1940 next to his folks Harold Asherton Putnam and Katherine Larson. They were married here September 1, 1934. Phillip was born there June 6, 1908 and will die in Lewiston, Androscoggin County July 6, 1987. Irene was born April 5, 1909 and will also die in Lewiston September 21, 2004. She is a daughter of Zephren Jacques and Desenge Cote from Waterville, Maine.

GARY & RICHARD PUTNAM Litchfield, Kennebec County
Gary Lee is 7 ME and Richard H. 5 AL. Hey are step sons of John and Helen Hastings. Helen Louise Frohock married Kenneth Putnam June 15, 1940 in Randolph, Kennebec County and divorced around 1945. She married John Hastings about 1947. Ken then married Isabelle Gordon there February 26, 1946. Kenneth is a son of Ralph George Putnam and Grace Preble from Randolph.

DOROTHEA H. PUTNAM Oakland, Kennebec County
She is 40 ME and divorced and has her daughter Betty Rogers 23 ME and her widowed mom Annie Spaulding 79 ME with her. Can’t find her earlier so no ideas as to the Putnam she married.

EUGENE A. (ALBERT) PUTNAM Pittston, Kennebec County

He is 32 ME and his wife Aletha King Eastman is 25 ME and they have Audrey A. 8 ME and Jean S. 3 ME. They were married here March 24, 1940. Eugene is yet another son of Alfred Frederick Putnam and Merle Moody from here in Pittston. He was born here May 2, 1917 and will die in Gardner, Maine on Christmas Day December 25, 1992. Had too much to drink under the Tree. Aletha is a daughter of Walter Eastman and Ella King and was born in Whitefield, Kennebec County June 30, 1924 and will die here March 9, 2005. He is a lumber Jack here.

HARLAN W. (WOODBURY) PUTNAM Pittston, Kennebec County

He is 32 ME and married to Marion Almosa Auguste Vigue 34 ME. They have Joan N. 7 ME and Sharon A. born in November 1949. They were married here October 11, 1941. Harlan is a son of Alfred Frederick Putnam and Merle Moody from here in Pittston. He was born here April 8, 1918 and will die September 1, 1995 in Whitefield, Lincoln County Maine. He was at home here in 1940. Almosa is a daughter of Arthur and Amanda Vigue and was born in Augusta, Kennebec County April 1, 1916. She will die in Whitefield, Lincoln County Maine November 14, 2000.

MEARLEY M. PUTNAM Pittston, Kennebec County

She is 60 ME and now widowed. She is living now with her married daughter Audrey Lettenay 33 ME and her husband Robert Lettenay and family. Mearle Moody was married to Albert Frederick Putnam here in Pittston till he died in 1946. Mearle is a daughter of Hollis Burton Moody and Abbie Woodburn and was born in 1890 and will die here in 1951.

BURLEIGH J. PUTNAM Randolph, Kennebec County

He is 25 ME. His wife Isabelle Elaine Gordon is 22 ME and they have Jacqueline 3 ME. They were married here February 26, 1946. Burleigh is a son of Ralph George Putnam and Grace Preble listed below. He was home with them in 1940. Burleigh was born here January 17, 1925 and will die here October 28, 1987. Isabelle is a daughter of William and Ida Gordon and was born May 11, 1927 and will die December 30, 2010. Interesting lil fact is that Burleigh’s younger brother Lindsay married Isabelle’s sister Violet April 7, 1947. Lindsay and Violet are living with his folks Ralph and Grace listed below.

KENNETH W. (WILBUR) PUTNAM Randolph, Kennebec County

He is 30 ME and his wife Corinne Louise Fuller is 24 ME. They have Roger e. 3 ME and Kenneth W. 1 ME. Kenneth married Helen Frohock June 15, 1940, and then married Corrine Fuller November 22, 1944. Ken was born January 24, 1920 and will die right here May 24, 2011. Corinne was born February 9, 1926 and will die June 11, 2010 in Lincoln County, Maine. She lived in Lincoln with her folks in 1940.

RALPH G. (GEORGE) PUTNAM Randolph, Kennebec County

He is 62 ME and is a lineman for the Power Company. His wife Grace T. Preble is 59 ME and they have Lindsay a son 22 ME and his wife Violet Irene Gordon is 21 ME. They were married here April 7, 1947. Ralph is a son of George Benjamin Putnam and Mary Morrill. He was born March 31, 1888 here in Pittston, Kennebec County, moved with his folks to California and were in Siskiyou County in 1900. Then they all came back out here and were in Pittston, Kennebec County in 1910. Then I guess their mom died here, and their dad went back to San Mateo, California living with their sister Harriet Clark. They were married September 2, 1913 and were here in 1920 and 1930. Their son Lindsay was born November 17, 1926 and will die in Augusta October 13, 2016. Violet is a daughter of William and Ida Gordon and was born August 13, 1928 and will die in Augusta October 21, 1989. Another son Burliegh is married and listed above.

RONELLO D. (DEFOREST) PUTNAM Togus, Kennebec County

He is 52 ME and a patient in the Veterans Hospital here. He was in Mexico, Oxford County with his family in 1940. They aren’t listed now. Take a look at that entry for the details. He won’t die till January 14, 1971.

WALDO E. (EVERETT) PUTNAM  Waterville, Kennebec County

He is 45 MA VT NS and his wife Irene Ernestine White is 46 NY and they have a daughter Caroline May 11 NY and Daniel Wayne 6 MA. They were married in 1928 in Leominster, Massachusetts. He is a Baptist Clergyman and they were in Concord, New Hampshire in 1930 and Brookhaven, New York, out on Long Island in 1940. He is a son of Wilmot Putnam and Amy Vanbuskle from Leominster, Massachusetts and Fitchburg before that. Waldo was born in Pepperell, Massachusetts August 31, 1904. He will die in Tacoma, Pierce County Washington in October 1973. His dad was born in Halifax, Vermont and was the son of Albert Sanderson Putnam, son of George Washington, son of Stephen (1209). Irene is a daughter of Burton D. White and Flora M. York and was born in Taberg, New York March 14, 1904 and she will die January 15, 1993 in Clackamas, Oregon and is buried in Lakewood, Pierce County Washington along with Waldo. The daughter Carolyn Mae will marry Ernest Voth in Clatsop, Oregon December 26, 1959. The son Daniel Wayne Putnam will marry Sharon Manwiller in Portland, Oregon August 8, 1966. They will get divorced in Libby, Montana November 29, 1974.

W. (WILDER) C. PUTNAM Waterville, Kennebec County

He s 72 NS NS NS and widowed. He is a traveling salesman. Also here is his daughter Nora Douglas born February 27, 1920 who is now married to Edward Lewis 31 ME and they have George A. 5 ME and Elizabeth 3 ME. Wilder is a son of John Graham Putnam and Susan McDonald Douglas from Maitland, Hants, Nova Scotia. He was born there March 16, 1877. He married Nellie Cook from here in Waterville July 26, 1917, and they went back to Maitland. He ran a store there until 1923 and then came down here in 1924. Nellie was born January 1, 1895 and she died here April 26, 1925. He will remain in Maine until he dies October 14, 1955.

JOHN E. (EDWARD) PUTNAM Winthrop, Kennebec County

He is now 85 ME lodging and widowed and he has been twice since the very early 1900s. He is a son of Christopher Columbus Putnam and Sophia Thomas from here. He was born in November 1864 and will die here July 6, 1955.

MABEL PUTNAM South Thomaston, Knox County

She is 63 ME and now widowed. Mabel Stinson Barbour was married to Israel Judson Putnam here since they were married November 5, 1905 in Stonington, Maine, till he died. Israel is a son of George Llewellyn Putnam and Mary Dunning Rowell. Israel was born here May 3, 1876 and did here January 12, 1948. Mabel was born in Stonington, Maine November 3, 1887 and will die here in 1954.

FLORENCE M. (MAUDE) PUTNAM Hiram, Oxford County

She is 56 MA and always single. Ella Whipple 97 MA is still with her. She is a niece of Homer and Ella Whipple. She is a daughter of John Franklin Putnam and Adelaide Goodrich of Danvers. She was with her dad in 1880 when he was just widowed and living with his folks John C. Putnam and Louisa Knight. John remarried another gal and was with her in Essex County in 1900, but Minnie was off somewhere else by then. She was here in 1910 and with an uncle in Standish, Cumberland County in 1920, and here in Hiram in 1930 and 1940 and now.

AMY A. (ALBERTA) PUTNAM Peru, Oxford County

She is 60 ME and still single. Also still here is Lester Childs 53 ME and a housekeeper Nellie Adams 73 ME. Amy is the daughter of John Ames Putnam, Jr. who was born here September 5, 1850 and died here April 25, 1918 and Melissa Gene Burgess. Melissa was born April 5, 1853 here in Peru and will die here August 29, 1941. Amy was born May 24, 1889 and will die in Dixfield in December 1985. Lester Lee Childs is a son of Arthur Child and Lucy Putnam. Lucy was Amy’s sister who died in 1898. Lester was born February 26, 1896 and will die in Portland April 19, 1968. He never married.

CEYLON E. (ELWOOD) PUTNAM JR. Peru, Oxford County

He is 24 ME and married now to Mona Esther Noyes. They were married here August 17, 1964. Mona was born September 13, 1922 and will die here July 11, 2002. Ceylon is a son of Ceylon Senior and Evelyn Miller from here. His dad died here in 1945 and his mom is listed here below. Young Ceylon was born in Rumford, Oxford County on June 25, 1925 and will die here December 23, 1902. He was in the U. S. Army at the end of WWII from March 25, 1944 till October 19, 1945. They will have Ceylon III here in 1953

EVELYN C. PUTNAM Peru, Oxford County

Evelyn C. Miller is 35 ME and the kids are all out now. She married Ceylon Elwood Putnam here January 1, 1922 and they were here in 1930. In 1940 she was here with her 3 kids and Ceylon was in town but living by himself then. He died here in 1945. Their son Ceylon Jr. is here and listed above. There is a lodger, Ralph Brown 57 IN who was here in 1935 and 1940 as well.

JOHN PUTNAM Peru, Oxford County

He is John Ames Putnam III 58 ME and works in a lumber mill. His wife Ella Edith Bartlett is 76 ME and they have Grace 3l ME. They were in Dixfield, Oxford County in 1920 through 1940. He is a son of John Ames Putnam and Melissa Burgess, and was born here December 11, 1892. He married Ella October 2, 1915. He will die here in Dixfield on March 1, 1956. Ella was born in Dixfield in 1873, and will die here January 31, 1961.

ARTHUR G. (GUY) PUTNAM Rumford, Oxford County

He is 66 ME and his wife Ruth Littlefield 62 NH and they still have Arthur Jr. 29 ME at home. They are farming the family farm. Arthur’s son Francis lives on the farm too and I list him below. Dana, listed below, is another of Arthur’s sons. Arthur Guy Putnam is a son of Francis Parker Putnam and Eunice Ellen Whitehouse and was born here May 6, 1883 and will die here in November 1967. He married Ruth here June 24, 1909. Ruth was born February 12, 1887 and will die in Dixfield in April 1978.

DANA PUTNAM Rumford, Oxford County

He is 34 ME and his wife Dorothy Chamberlain is 37 CT, and they have Carol 9 ME. Also here is Ida Chamberlain 84 CT who is obviously related in some way, probably a grandmother. They were married June 22, 1938 and were living here in 1940. He has a grain supply business now. He is a son of Arthur Guy Putnam and Rosa Littlefield and was born here November 23, 1915 and will die here October 31, 1970. Dorothy was born in New Haven, Connecticut (where I went to Yale) November 29, 1912 and she will die February 17, 1999 here in Rumford. She is a daughter of Harold Chamberlain and Gertrude Bescher. Dana and Francis are brothers. Arthur above is their daddy.

FRANCIS P. (PARKER) PUTNAM Rumford, Oxford County

He is 39 ME and farms with his dad Arthur listed above, his wife Doris Locke is 38 ME and is a teacher. They have Stephen F. 3 ME and Cynthia 2 ME. He married Doris Locke here June 24, 1945. Francis was born February 2, 1911 and will die here in Rumford February 7, 1988. Doris was born July 6, 1911 and will die in Rumford April 21. 2011 at age 99.7 years.

HARRY T. (THOMAS) PUTNAM Bangor, Penobscot County

He is now 60 ME and his wife Amanda E. Hartley is 60 CAN. He is a carpenter at a bedding company. They were married in Monroe, Waldo County Maine November 27, 1913. Amanda’s brother Wendell Hartley 44 CAN is still with them. He is a son of Fred Putnam and Marcia Clifford. He was born in Glenwood, Aroostook County, and then was with the family in Waldo County in 1900 through 1920 and then here in 1930 and 1935. Amanda is a daughter of Arlington Hartley and Manch A. Grant. Harry was born February 12, 1890 and will die here October 13, 1975.

PAUL B. (BARBOUR) PUTNAM Bangor, Penobscot County

He is 18 ME living in the YMCA boarding house in Bangor. He is a son of George Sterling Putnam and his wife Linnie B. Eaton. George is a son of Israel Judson Putnam from in Knox County where Paul was born July 5, 1931. Paul will die in Camden, Knox County June 6, 2013. Paul will marry Helen Claire Stevenson in Camden June 6, 1951. She is a daughter of Burton and Lucy Stevenson from Camden.

MARY ELIZABETH PUTNAM Orono, Penobscot County

She is 21 ME and a student at the University of Maine. She is a daughter of Zenas Putnam and Emily Brown from Monroe, Waldo County. She was home there in 1940. She will be marring Wayne Lovejoy Thurston in Bangor, Maine on June 25, 1950. They moved to Montana. Then they divorced out in Blaine County Montana August 12, 1969. Then she will marry Leslie L. Blair out there February 21, 1970. She was born in Waldo County Maine February 8, 1929 and will die out in Hill County, Montana still with the last name of Blair January 26, 2016.

FOREST T. (THAYER) PUTNAM Bath, Sagadahoc County

He is 68 MA NH NH and is a janitor at the hospital. His wife Mary L. McNeil has died since they were here in 1940. They were here in 1920 and 1930. He is a son of Lucius Brooks Putnam and Martha Ellen Hovey. He and his brother Lawrence were in Pepperell, Massachusetts in 1900, and with their widowed mother in Bath in 1910. He married Mary here in Bath on June 29, 1910. He was born January 1, 1882 and will die in October 1964.

LAWRENCE H. (HOVEY) PUTNAM Woolwich, Sagadahoc County

He is 63 MA and his wife Eunice Moore is 60 ME. They were married in Bath Maine July 8, 1918. He is a son of Lucius Brooks Putnam and Martha Hovey. He and his brother Forest were in Pepperell, Massachusetts in 1900 and with their widowed mother in Bath, Sagadahoc County in 1910. Then married in Bath in 1920 and they were here in 1930 and 1940. Lawrence was born in Pepperell, Massachusetts March 10, 1887. He will die here July 9, 1952.

BARBARA A. PUTNAM Madison, Somerset County

She is 8 ME and a granddaughter of Edward and Delma Richard. Good Luck here. 😊

HAROLD B. (BARNES) PUTNAM Searsmont, Waldo County

He is 58 MA widowed and works on painting and finishing boats. He is a son of Willard Cushing Putnam and Elmira Barnes from Windsor County, Vermont. They were in Norfolk, Norfolk County in 1900. Harold was single here in 1910 living with his grandmother Lucinda Barnes, and then married Martha Hyde Sargent in Boston in 1920 and 1930. Can’t find in 1940. He was born December 5, 1891 in Milton, Massachusetts and will die up here in Belfast, Waldo County August 2, 1970. His wife Martha died in Milton, Massachusetts April 28, 1934.

BERTHA PUTNAM Calais, Washington County

She is 69 CAN and widowed. Okay this is interesting. She is Bertha Killam. She married Joseph Alexander Putnam in Oxford County March 7, 1931. He was a son of John Ames Putnam and Clarinda Child from here and died sometime in the 1930s. In 1940 Bertha was living with her married daughter Ruth Neal and her husband Charles Neal and 4 kids named Blowers from a prior marriage Ruth had. She was widowed in Rumford, Oxford County in 1940.

EDGAR B. (BURNHAM) PUTNAM Danforth, Washington County

He is 71 ME ME ME and is retired. He is a son of Henry Harrison Putnam and Frances McGuire from Washington County. He was here in 1900 and 1910. I haven’t got him in 1920 yet. Then Rockport, Knox County in 1930 where he was an attorney and then here in 1940 with his brother Henry Harrison Putman Jr. He first married Flora Mae Stain who died here April 13, 1907. He later married Mildred Perry January 10, 1928 in Rockport, Knox County and she died in the 1930s. Edgar was born September 25, 1878 and will die here November 19, 1959.

RONALD D. (DURWOOD) PUTNAM Eastport, Washington County

He is 13 ME and a stepson of William and Geraldine Follis. Geraldine Harriet Call married John Richard Putnam a son of William Arthur Putnam and Rebecca Reid George from Hillsborough County New Hampshire. They were married here August 17, 1935 and then he scooted back to New Hampshire and married Alice Leona Patten in Bristol County New Hampshire November 14, 1936. That lasted longer till he married Margaret Lois Golling in Wilton New Hampshire December 24, 1946. Geraldine married William Follis in Eastport March 30, 1940 and they were here in the 1940 census. So…Ronald was born November 29, 1936 and will die in 2009 somewhere. He will marry Mary Ann Tucker in Grantham, New Hampshire October 9, 1965 and later marry Judith Ann Wardwell back in Calais, Maine June 22, 1974.

WILLIAM D. (DAVID) PUTNAM Jonesport, Washington County

He is 72 MA and widowed. his wife Isabelle R. MacKenzie died in the last couple of years. He is a son of Henry and Sarah Putnam from Winthrop, Massachusetts. Henry is a son of John and Jane Putnam from Prince Edward Island Canada. William was home with his folks there in 1880 and 1900. In 1900 he was married to Lillian De Forrest. They were divorced there in 1910 and he married Isabelle December 24, 1910 as theactually came down the chimney with good ole St Nick. They were in Medford, Massachusetts in 1920 and up here in 1930 and 1940. He’s been a lobsterman all his life like his dad.

FLOSSIE M. PUTNAM Biddeford, York County

She is 59 ME and now widowed. Her widowed mother Anne Estelle Lewis 87 ME is with her as she has been. Flossie May Lewis has been married to Spaulding Amasa Putnam here since they were married here on August 17,1926. He was a son of Lawson Putnam (#2170) and Sarah R. C. Johnson and was born in Sutton, Worcester County Massachusetts December 5, 1870 and was at home there in 1880. He was in Coventry, Rhode Island in 1900, 1910 and 1920 married to an Ida born in Massachusetts. She must have died as he came back up here and married Flossie in Biddeford August 17, 1926. They were here in 1930 and are in the same house they were in here in 1935. He died July 17, 1941 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Flossie is a daughter of George Henry and Anne Estelle Lewis and was born November 12, 1890 and will die January 25, 1956 and be buried with Spaulding in Raleigh, North Carolina.

ARTHUR J. PUTNAM South Elliot, York County

He is 42 VT and married to Alice E. 34 NY. He is working in the Portsmouth Navy Yard as an electrician. Ancestry couldn’t find him, but I have a possible. In 1930 there is an Arthur age 12 VT in West Rutland, Vermont. He was a son of John C. Putnam who was a stepson of Tab Gens who married his mother, Cordelia Catman. He was still there in 1940 at age 32 VT living with his brother Bert. So gotta be him. John C. was a son of George and Rosella Putnam from Canada.

PERLEY W. (WOODROW) PUTNAM Kittery, York County

He is 36 NH and is a clerk in the Naval Shipyard here. His wife Catherine Elizabeth Arnold 36 NH and they have Patricia A. 9 NH, Arnold A. 2 NH and Robert W. just born. They were married in Milford, New Hampshire June 29, 1940. He is a son of Leroy Clarence Putnam and Mary Alexander from Milford, Hillsborough County New Hampshire. He was born March 10, 1914 and will die July29, 1985 here in Kittery. Catherine was born in New Hampshire January 27, 1914 and will die here in Kennebunkport, York County December 13, 2008.

LILLIAN PUTNAM Sanford, York County

She is 43 ME and living with her remarried mother Alberta 57 ME and stepfather Ernest Harrison 65 ENG. Lillian Spence married Raymond Putnam in York November 26, 1926. They were in York in 1930 and Lillian was here with her mom in 1940. Raymond was back home with his folks William Putnam and Lucy Downs in York in 1940. Then they got divorced. Lillian was born March 8, 1907 and will die in Springvale, York County April 15, 1885.

LUCY ANNE PUTNAM York, York County

She is 65 ME and now widowed. She has her son William 38 ME with her still. Lucy Ann Downs has been married to William Fernald Putnam here in 1940 and he died October 15, 1947. He was a son of William Sewell Putnam and Fanny Fernald from here in York. Lucy is a daughter of James and Edwina Downs and was born in Sanford, York County December 20, 1884 and she will die here in York August 7, 1967.