MONTANA
CENSUS
REPORTS
1870-1950
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UPDATED JULY
20,2022
Montana
became a part of the United States in the Louisiana Purchase, and Lewis and
Clark got there in 1805 to check the joint out. Fort Benton was the first
settlement in 1859. Gold and silver brought folks out in the 1860s, and it was
included in the Idaho Territory in the early 1860s, and it became a Territory
of its own in 1864. Montana became a State in 1889, the 41st.
1870
MONTANA TERRITORIAL CENSUS
ARTHUR PUTNAM Deer Lodge, Deer Lodge County
He is
30 NY and a painter. He looks to be a son of Thomas Putman of Amsterdam,
Montgomery County NY. He was home there in 1850 and in Plattsburgh, NY alone in
1860.
WILLIAM H. PUTNAM Deer Lodge, Deer Lodge County
He is
29 VT, a tinsmith working with William Richardson 30 WI. He is William Henry
Harrison Putnam, number 2822. He was a son of John Putnam (1270) and Rosanna
Howard of Grafton, Vermont where he was born September 14, 1840. He is
wandering around a lot. He will be in Nevada in 1871, in California in 1872 and
back to Vermont by 1873. He will marry Sarah Rebecca Pulsipher in Springfield,
Vermont May 26, 1874. He will then stay put, open and operate a hardware store,
and then hold several town offices into the 1890s.
JOHN PUTMAN Lump Gulch, Lewis & Clark County
He is
a miner, 24 IN.
MONTANA
1880 CENSUS
GEORGE PUTNAM Fort Custer, Custer County
He is
45 NY NY OH and a laborer, not a soldier, at the
Fort, if there’s a fort at all.
A. C., J. H., J. E. PUTMAN Wickes Village, Jefferson County
These
are three stepchildren of J. Roherbaugh and his wife
Maggie who had been married to Henry Roscoe Putnam who died here February 12,
1872. A.C. (Annie C.) 18 MN ME IL, J.H. (James Henry) 16 MN ME IL, J.E. (John
Edwin) 11 AZ ME IL. Maggie is 40 IL IL IL. Maggie had married Henry one of the sons of the next
listed Clymina.
C. M. (CLIMINA MAE) PUTNAM Jefferson City, Jefferson County
She
is the widow of James Baker Putnam who died here February 10, 1873. She is 69
ME ME ME. Her sons are Fred
S. 27 MA MA ME a coal miner, Frank S. 23 MN MA ME a
teamster. She has a granddaughter, Minnie E. Putnam 15 MD ME MD who is a
daughter of her son Julian who died in 1868, and her mother died shortly after
she was born. She'll be here in 1900. James was from New Salem, Massachusetts
he was born there May 9, 1807. He went with his folks, Joshua and Betsy Putnam,
to Houlton Maine. He married Climina Mae Stanley
there in 1830, and they went to Minnesota in the 1840s and then came out here. Climina will be here till she dies April 4, 1904. James was
number 1807 in Eben’s book, his father Joshua number 748.
J. C. (JOSEPH CLINTON)
PUTMAN Bitter Root Valley, Missoula
County
He is
25 MI NY NY and works on a farm. He is a son of
Garret Putnam and Lydia Ann Pardee. He was born in Dearborn, Michigan January
22, 1855. He was at home with them in 1860 and 1870 in Taylor, Wayne County
Michigan. Dutch family. He came out here in 1875. His brother Horace will be
here in 1883. He and his brother Horace will be in Ravalli County in 1900.
MONTANA
1900 CENSUS
MAY PUTMAN Bishop Township, Beaverhead County
She is 17 IL born Mar 1883, and a servant for James Murray. Her death record states her dad was George Putman and she was born in Canton, Fulton County Illinois. That would put her in the Southern Putman line, but not sure about her dad.
JOHN E. (EDWIN)
PUTNAM Winston Township, Broadwater
County
He is 23 AZ born Oct 1876 (Age is wrong, he’s 31-32 AZ) and lives alone. He was with his mother, Maggie, and her new hubby J. Roherbaugh, in Jefferson County Montana in 1880. His father was Henry Roscoe Putnam, a son of James Baker Putnam and Clymena Stanley. Henry died in1872. See the listing for Clymina in Jefferson County in 1880 and now in 1900.
APPLETON C.
PUTNAM Great Falls, Cascade County
He is 38 CAN born May 1862, Alma 35 CAN born Feb 1865, George C. 8 MI born Jun 1891, Sarah F. 7 MT born Apr 1893, David 5 MT born May 1895 and William 1 MT born Oct 1898. He is a son of John F. and Margaret Putnam. He was at home in 1881 in Liverpool Queens, Nova Scotia. I don’t find him again.
CHARLES H. (HENRY)
PUTNAM Great Falls, Cascade County
He is 31 MA born Sep 1868 living with a James P. Lewis. He is a son of Henry Osmere Putnam of Fitchburg, Mass. He graduated from MIT, will soon head to St. Paul, Minnesota and marry Mary Barnard Clark there in 1901, and be in Spokane, Washington by 1903. They will be there Paul. In April 1938 they came back to New York from another Vacation in Naples, Italy. He will be there till still in 1920. By 1930 they are back in St. Paul, and there till he dies in 1948.
FREDERICK A.
PUTNAM Great Falls, Cascade County
He is 53 NY born Sep 1846. He is lodging with Oscar Weber. He is here in 1910 and states he is widowed. He looks like the Frederick listed shortly with his family in Watson Township here in Cascade County.
JAMES PUTNAM Great Falls, Cascade County
He is 40 IL OH OH born May 1860. He is enumerated with Janie Williams.
PERCY C. (CHARLES)
PUTNAM Great Falls, Cascade County
He is 45 ME born Feb 1855, Margaret C. McDonald, his wife, is 43 MN born Dec 1856. They have five boarders. He is a son of Alvarez Gonsalvo Putnam and Lydia Ham of Houlton, Maine. They are here in 1910 through 1930.
FRANK S. (STANLEY)
PUTNAM Neihart
Township, Cascade County
He is 43 MN born Jun 1857, Sallie L. (Sarah Lenora Austin) 36 VA born Jun 1864, Larissa 16 MT born Dec 1884, Frank (Frank Bledsoe) 13 MT born Jun 1886 and Fred 11 MT born May 1888. He was listed with his mother Clymina here in Montana in 1880, and will still be here in 1920. He is a son of James Baker Putnam and Clymina Mae Stanley of Houlton, Maine. He was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota when the family was there before coming to Helena, Montana. They are in Carbon County in 1910.
ROSCOE PUTNAM Neihart Township,
Cascade County
He is 18 MT born May 1882. He works for Niles Ward. He is a son of Frank Putnam also in town. They'll be together in 1920
FREDERICK
PUTNAM Watson Township, Cascade County
He is 56 NY born Sep 1844, Jennie 48 PA born Apr 1852, Edith 24 NY born Jul 1876, Flora Losheit, their other daughter, is 26 NY born Oct 1874. He is widowed here in 1910.
GEORGE PUTNAM Chinook Township, Chouteau County
He is 31 MD born Apr 1869. He is in a hotel, logging camp or something with 23 other individuals. He is a son of Charles Putnam (3156) and Margaret Abbott from Lexington, Mass. He and his sister Lucy were born in Maryland. His father was a preacher and was there in the mid and late 1860s. His folks are now in Redlands, California with his sister. George will be there himself in 1920, but will still be here in 1910.
W. P. (WILLIAM
PRESTON) PUTNAM Chinook Township,
Chouteau County
William Preston Putman is a son of Newton Putman and Nancy Stockton from Dade County Missouri, one of our family. In 1880, he and Louisa were in Polk County Oregon and were there until the mid 1890s. He will be in McCone County in 1920 and then in Roosevelt County for the rest of his life. Now, he is 45 MO born Dec 1854, Louisa Garroute is 44 MO born Mar 1856, Nellie 18 OR born Dec 1881, Hazel 10 OR born Mar 1890, and Guy 7 OR born Dec 1892.
ABNER PUTMAN Hockett Precinct, Custer County
One of our Southern folks, a son of William Putman and Adeline Gipson from Kendall County Texas. He is listed 28 CO (it is TX and will be right in 1920) born Nov 1871, Martha (Hickson) 27 TX born May 1873, Pinkney A. 2 MT born Nov 1897, and Lawrence 1 MT born Nov 1898. Looks like he will separate from Martha, as she and the kids are listed separately in 1910. She will die, and he will marry Theda Hussey Kenney and be in Prairie County in 1920. Also by 1920, Lawrence will be married in Pasadena, California. See, a sneak preview of sorts.
JOHN L. PUTMAN Custer County
He is 48 IA born Feb 1852, and has 17 employees. I don't find him in Iowa in 1860, 1870 or 1880.
ALBERT PUTNAM Ophir Township, Deer Lodge County
He is listed with no info and lives with Harris C. Willits. Later you will see a Porter Putnam from MA who lives here too. That's his daddy
ALBERT PUTNAM Ophir Township, Deer Lodge County
This one lives with William Smith. His listing was 29 TN born Feb 1871. He is not one of ours, but I do know who he is. This is probably two listings for the same guy. He is a son of Isiah Porter Putnam and Ann Reid. Albert was born in Knox County Tennessee. He is also listed in 1900 in Oregon. His father and mother and brothers are also listed in 1900 in Washington. This must have been a quick trip to see one of his married sisters I guess.
PORTER I.
PUTNAM Ophir Township, Deer Lodge County
He is Isiah Porter Putnam. He is 65 MA born Apr 1835 and living with Harris C. Willits. The Albert listed earlier is a son of his. One of his daughters must have married Harris, and this was a short visit. Isiah is also listed here in 1900 with his wife, Ann Reid, and the rest of his family back west in Clark County Washington. Isiah Porter was born in Massachusetts and then went to Knox County Tennessee where he is shown in 1880 with all these kids, or at least the ones born by 1880. To see the rest of the family, see the 1900 listing for him in Washington.
HENRY W.
PUTNAM Phillipsburg South, Granite
County
He is 69 VT MA MA born Dec 1830. He is widowed and lives alone. If the State of Vermont is sending all their old folks out here, they are really 'putting them out to pasture.
CLARA (CLIMENA)
PUTMAN Township 4 (Jefferson City),
Jefferson County
I guess here in the outback, they don't even bother naming towns. Probably don't name the sheep either. Clara's actual name is Climena Mae Stanley, widow of James Baker Putnam from Houlton, Maine. See earlier listings. She was here in 1880 as well, and will be until she dies in 1904. Climina is now 88 ME born October 14, 1811, Fred her son is 47 MA born Dec 1853, Emma Kuhworth her daughter is 52 MA born Feb 1848, and Emma has a daughter Edna 11 MT but no hubby. Her other son, Frank, is in Cascade County.
MARGARET
PUTNAM Helena, Lewis and Clark County
She is 60 IL born Jul 1840. She is the mother in law of Conrad Becker. The 'no name' guy at beginning of the 1900 census is her son, James Henry Putnam, listed J. H. in 1880. Her son John Edwin Putnam is also listed earlier. She had married Henry Roscoe Putnam. See Climena's listing. She is Henry's mom. She is here in 1910.
WHAT'S HIS NAME
(JAMES HENRY) PUTNAM Helena, Lewis and
Clark County
It would help if they recorded his first name. Anyway he is 37 MN born Jan 1863 and living as the brother in law of Conrad Becker. He would have to be Maggie's son listed simply as J. H. in 1880. His folks were Henry Roscoe and Maggie Putnam. Henry was a son of James Baker and Clymina Putnam. See 1880, and then 1850 in Minneapolis, Hennepin County Minnesota for who his folks were. He will die here in Helena in 1905 at age 42.
EDWARD PUTNAM Hillgate Township,
Missoula County
He is 25 MO born Jun 1874, Mattie 26 IA born Aug 1873, Sylvia 2 MT born Jul 1897 and Myrtle 2/12 born Mar 1900. He is a son of Ira C. Putnam and Sarah Holman and was show at home in St. Joseph, Missouri in 1880 at age 4.
HORACE M. (MILTON)
PUTMAN Township 6, Ravalli County
He is 40 MI born Jun 1859. He lives with his brother Joseph. He will be here and married in 1920. Both are sons of Garret Putman and Lydia Ann Pardee. He was born in Taylor, Wayne County NY on June 9, 1859. He came out here in 1883. Dutch.
JOSEPH C. (CLINTON)
PUTMAN Township 6, Ravalli County
He is 43 MI born Jan 1855. His brother Horace 40 MI is with him. They will both be here in 1910 and 1920. He was here back in 1880.
MABEL PUTNAM Silver Bow, Silver Bow County
She is 34 CAN born Mar 1866. She is Assistant Matron at the Salvation Army Rescue Home. She was enumerated with a trumpet and a kettle in her hands. But she is also shown with her mom Hattie in Paw Paw, Van Buren County, Michigan in 1880. Her dad was Albert was a son of Peter and Amelia Putman and is on the New York Dutch lineage.
PEARL PUTNAM Silver Bow, Silver Bow County
She is 34 MN IL IL born Feb 1877. She lives with a Felix French and lists her occupation as a prostitute. She also says she is married.
GEORGE C.
PUTNAM South Billings, Yellowstone
County
He is 70 VT born Jan 1830 and living alone. He is a son of Fletcher Putnam and Adeline Carter from Wayne County New York and Vermont before that. He has been in Wabasha County Minnesota up until now and always single.
MONTANA
1910 CENSUS
FRANK PUTNAM No township, Carbon County
He is
52 ME, Sally (Sarah Lenora Austin) 46 VA, Roscoe J. 27 MT, and Frank B. 24 MT.
He is Frank Stanley Putnam, a son of James Baker Putnam and Clymina
Mae Stanley of Houlton, Maine. He was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota when the
family was there before coming to Helena, Montana. He was with his mom in 1880 and was in
Cascade County in 1900.
RALPH PUTMAN Great Falls, Cascade County
He is
18 KS KS KS and boarding.
He is a laborer for the Railroad. He will be in New York City in 1920 and be in
sales by then. Still single.
A. C. PUTNAM Great Falls, Cascade County
He is
30 IN IN IN, and a waiter. He is a lodger.
PERCEY PUTNAM Great Falls, Cascade County
He is
now 55 ME, Margaret MacDonald 53 MN and Horace 19 MT. Percy Charles Putnam is a
son of Alvarez Gonsalvo Putnam and Lydia Ham of
Houlton, Maine. He was here in 1900 and will be in 1920 and 1930.
F. (FREDERICK) A. PUTNAM Comer, Cascade County
He is
widowed now and is 64 NY and lives as a hired hand with another family. He was
here in the County in 1910.
GEORGE PUTNAM Chinook, Chouteau County
He was
here in 1900 and is now 40 MD and still single. He is a son of Charles Putnam
(3156) and Margaret Abbott from Lexington, Mass. He and his sister Lucy were
born in Maryland. His father was a preacher and was there in the mid and late
1860s. His folks are now in Redlands, California with his sister. George will
be there himself in 1920.
HAZEL PUTNAM Wagner, Chouteau County
She
is 20 OR MO MO and is a schoolteacher. She is a
daughter of William Preston and Louisa Putnam. She was at home here with them
in 1900. She was born while the family was in Oregon March 4, 1890 and will die
in Laurel, Montana January 6, 1992. She never married.
ALBERT PUTMAN Miles, Custer County
He is
37 MN MN MN, his wife Anna
37 IN IN IN.
GILES L. PUTMAN District 4, Custer County
He is
58 IA US (IL) NY, and heads a group of lodgers. He is a son of Daniel Thomas
Putman and Jennette Roundeye from Davis County Iowa.
Southern Putman family. He was working a ranch in Nebraska in 1880 and I don’t
find him in 1900.
ABNER E. PUTMAN District 5, Custer County
He is
38 TX ?? ?? and is a hired man. He is the son of William Putman and Adeline
Gipson from Gonzales and then Kendall County Texas where he is shown in 1880.
He was here married to the following Martha Hickson in 1900.
MARTHA L. PUTMAN District 5, Custer County
She
is 37 TX TX TX, Pinkney 13
MT TX TX, Lawrence 11 MT, Marie 8 MT, Warner C. 5 MT
and Franklin J. 1/12 MT. She was married to the above Abner in 1900. She will
be here in 1920 married to Charles Egle and have a
couple of kids with her. I know Abner will have a new wife in 1920, so they are
divorced. All the kids are in Pasadena California in 1930.
WILLIAM R. (RAY) PUTNAM Bozeman, Gallatin County
He is 29 IL IL
IN (probably 25) and boarding. He is a barber. This is a tricky entry but I am
pretty sure this is William Ray Putnam a son of William Ford Putnam and Ida
Marie Kenyon who was born in Kansas in 1885. Rand Putnam did a lot of searching
and got all this info. “There is some
strange stuff going on with this guy. I was looking for William Ray Putnam in
1910. He is the son of William Ford Putnam and Ida Maria Kenyon. In 1920, he is
in Milwaukee and is a barber. In 1925 and 1930, he is back in Garden City, KS,
still a barber. The age and birth location are off for the above Montana guy.
William Ray was born 2 Mar 1885 in KS. He would be 25 KS OH NY.” So since
this guy is single, a barber and used to moving all over the place, I put him
as William Ford Putnam’s kid who will be married (for the 2nd time) to Anna and
be in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1920. In 1930 he is
back in Kansas with Nina Cauvel wife number 3.
The reason this guy is so strange is I did a search on Ancestry of the U.S. City Directories. A William R. Putnam shows up all over the place as a barber. For example, he is in 1909 Denver, 1911 in Salt Lake, 1913 in Portland, OR and then back to Milwaukee in 1916. All are William R. Putnam's and barbers. The guy in Montana is likely a different guy but it is a coincidence.
MARGARET PUTNAM Helena, Lewis & Clark County
She
is the widow of Henry Roscoe Putnam who died here February 12, 1872, and was
here in 1900. She is now 69 IL and lives with her daughter Annie Becker 45 MN
ME IL and her husband Conrad Becker 64 GER.
ELIZABETH PUTNAM Missoula, Missoula County
She
is 54 NJ PA PA and widowed. She is a lodger. She
looks like Elizabeth Bird who was married to William Charles Putnam in
Minneapolis in 1900 and who will be widowed in Spokane Washington in 1920.
HORACE M. (MILTON) PUTMAN Hamilton, Ravalli County
He is
50 MI NY NH, Fannie 30 UT, Matilda B. 5 MT and Violet M. 2 MT. He and his
brother Joseph were here in 1880 and 1900. He obviously just married recently.
He is a son of Garret Putnam and Lydia Ann Pardee. He was at home with them in
1860 and 1870 in Taylor, Wayne County Michigan. Dutch family. He is a street
worker.
JOSEPH C. (CLINTON) PUTMAN Hamilton, Ravalli County
He is
55 MI and is a lodger. He says he is unemployed. He is a brother of the above
Horace Putman.
WILLARD J. PUTNAM Jocko, Sanders County
He is
60 NH MA MA, Henrietta his wife is 60 NY NY NY. He is a laborer at ‘odd
jobs.’ They are here in 1920 too. He was in Douglas County Minnesota in 1880
and in Hubbard County Minnesota in 1900. Each time he had a different wife, so
Henrietta looks to be at least wife number three.
EDWARD H. PATMAN Butte, Silver Bow County
He is
48 OH OH OH, and boarding.
Based on the handwriting he might be a Putman.
ROY PUTMAN Choteau, Teton County
He is
Roy Willis Putnam, 28 IA IA WI, his wife Jennie
Franklin is 22 WI. He and Jennie are in Flathead County in 1920 with some kids.
They will be in Flathead County still in 1930. He is the son of George William
Putnam and Nellie King. He was born in Grundy County Iowa February 3, 1881. He was
with his mom in South Township, Madison County Iowa in 1900, but his dad is
still there and will die in Madison County Iowa in 1918. Roy will die here
October 8, 1967. Jennie is a daughter of William H. and Emma J. Franklin and
was born in May 1888 and will die March 9, 1971 in Sanders, Montana.
WILLIAM R. PUTMAN Billings, Yellowstone County
He is
33 KS IL IL, Eliza is 26 MO, Henry Richard 6 MO,
Lorene D. 3 KS. He works for the City as a laborer. He is the son of William
Riley Putnam and Mary Humphries as shown in 1880 in Centre Township, Smith
County Kansas. He was there in 1900 with his divorced mom. He will be here in
1920 and his mother will be with him. His dad will still be back in Smith
County then by himself.
MONTANA
1920 CENSUS
JOHN A. PUTNAM Hardin, Big Horn County
He is 37 IA, Dollie 36 SD and Charlotte M. 14 SD. They were in Custer County South Dakota in 1910. He is a son of Jay Samuel Putnam and Rebecca Charlotte Sutton and was shown at home at age 2 in Carroll County Iowa in the 1885 State Census. He was not with the family in Custer County South Dakota in 1900 as he was in the U. S. Navy and stationed in Boston, Massachusetts. He is there in Custer County in 1910 and then married to Dollie, and here now. And they are in 1930 and 1940.
FRANK B. (BLEDSOE)
PUTNAM Fromberg,
Carbon County
He is 33 MT, Emma M. Thom 33 ND, John Stanley 5 MT and Charles Roscoe 4 MT. He is a son of the upcoming Frank Stanley Putnam and Sally Lenora Austin and was with the family in 1900. Frank was born in Jefferson City, Montana June 30, 1886 and will die in Bear Creek, Carbon County Montana February 20, 1923. He married Emma Melvina Thom in Billings, Yellowstone County on March 19, 1913. They will have one more son, Thom Carson Putnam on February 20, 1921. Emma is here with the kids in 1930, and then in Billings, Yellowstone County with her sons in 1940.
FRANK S. (STANLEY)
PUTNAM Wilsey,
Carbon County
He is 62 MN, Sally Lenora Austin 55 VA, Roscoe James 35 MT, Roscoe's wife Altha Louise Tucker 20 MT and young Climena M. (named for her grandmother) 1 7/12 MT. Roscoe was not listed in the family in the 1900 census, but was in town on his own then. Frank was born in Minnesota June 15, 1857, a son of James Baker Putnam and Clymina Stanley from Houlton, Maine. They were here in 1900 and 1910. They are all here in 1930 and Roscoe has his own house by then.
CHARLES K.
(KITTERAGE) PUTNAM Ekalaka, Carter
County
He is 34 SD, a lodger. He is a son of Frank Putnam and Maggie Hauk from Illinois and then Minnesota. Charles was with the family in Grant County South Dakota in 1900. The family went back to Minnesota by 1910 and Charles headed west. His middle name is for his grandfather who was from Vermont. He will be married this year and be here with a family in 1930. Charles was born August 3, 1885 and will die here in Ekalaka in November 1968.
HORACE PUTNAM Great Falls, Cascade County
Horace Joseph Putnam is 28 MT, Mary Thompson 28 MT, Margaret 5 8/12 MT, Dorothea 4 4/12 MT. He is a son of Percy and Margaret who live nearby. He was born March 17, 1891. There were no children listed for Percy in 1900, however he was listed with the family in 1910. His draft record for WWI shows he lived at 500 9th Avenue South in Great Falls and was a conductor on the Great Northern Railway Company out of Butte. Mary and the kids are here in 1930 and 1940, but no Horace. They must be getting divorced. Mary will die here in Wheatland, Montana September 8, 1958. Horace will die in Contra Costa, California June 29 1963 and have a wife named Mabel out there.
PERCY PUTMAN Great Falls, Cascade County
He is 65 ME and Margaret MacDonald is 63 MN. They were here in 1900 and 1910. Percy Charles Putnam is a son of Alvarez Gonsalvo Putnam and Lydia Ham of Houlton, Maine. Both are still around in 1930.
JAMES PUTMAN Vaughn, Cascade County
He is 44 TN, Lillie Duffy 33 MO, James Jr. 8 MO, Ruth 3 8/12 MT and Jerry M. 1 1/12 MT. He is a son of Jeremiah Michael Putman and America Jane Mannes from McNairy County Tennessee. He was home there in 1880 and in 1900. He and Lillie were in Otero County Colorado in 1910. Lillie is widowed in 1930 and she and the kids are in Holt County Missouri. In 1940 she is living with James’ brother George Frances Putman in Eagle Point, Jackson County Oregon. Southern Putmans.
FRANK J.
PUTMAN Miles City, Custer County
Frank J. is 10 MT TX TX. His brother Warren C. is 14 MT TX TX. They are stepsons of Charles Egle who has recently married their mother Martha L. Hickson 47 TX. Martha was married here in 1900 to Abner Putman from Gonzales Texas. Abner was a son of William Putman and Adeline Gipson. Family was from Tennessee and South Carolina before that. Southern Putmans.
IRA J. (JEREMIAH)
PUTNAM Miles City, Custer County
He is 27 IL, Elemerie Rebecca Scott is 23 IN. He is Ira Jeremiah Putnam. He was with his folks Jerry and Ida Barnes Putnam in 1900 in Aurora, Kane County Illinois. He will have a son Scott Jeremiah in 1923 and then die in 1926. Ellemerie will then marry Joseph Morgan in 1927 and they are in California in 1930 and 1940.
JOSEPH L. (LANDIS)
PUTMAN Miles City, Custer County
He is 33 KY, Anna Emily Wolla, his wife, 34 NOR, Carl E. 2 3/12 MT, Henrietta 5/12 MT. He is a son of John Henry Putman and Martha Harriet Jones from Marshall County Kentucky. He was home there in 1900, and then out to the Dakotas and then here. He is a horse trader, and will be here and in Tioga, Williams County North Dakota until he dies there in 1931. Anna will be in Yellowstone County Montana by 1940 and stay there till she dies April 3, 1960. Southern Putman line.
PINK PUTMAN Miles City, Custer County
He is 21 MT and boarding. He is a son of Abner and his first wife Martha. He was at home with them in Custer County in 1900 and with his mom in 1910. He is one of the Southern family, full name is Pinkney Allen Putman. Seems he didn’t like Pinkney so will change it to Percy, marry Edith Folsom and move to Coleville, Washington in the mid 1920s. Then to Pasadena, California where he will die in the 1960s.
HOMER PUTNAM Anaconda, Deer Lodge County
He is 31 IN, Winona Jackson 30 IN, Horace 10 CAN, Rosalind 8 CAN and Margaret 6 IN. He is a son of Joseph Squire Putnam and Alice Stoops from Wabash County Indiana. They were briefly in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan Canada and there in the 1911 census. His grandfather George Putnam was from New Hampshire.
ISRAEL L. (LEWIS)
PUTNAM Grass Range, Fergus County
He is 38 KS and lives alone. He is a son of Henry Clay Putnam and Amanda Webster. He was with the family in Spokane County Washington in 1900 and then by himself in Grant County Washington in 1910. He will be married in California by 1930.
FRANK A.
PUTMAN Lewistown, Fergus County
He is 59 WI, Savilla J. 62 IA, Leroy A. 27 IA, George J. 24 IA, Hazel 21 IA and Vlla A. (Sevilla) 18 IA. He is a son of Jacob and Mary Putman from Waushara County Wisconsin. He was in Pine County Minnesota in 1900. His brother Guy is in Idaho, and his brother Stacy in Iowa. His folks are in Heaven. He is widowed here by 1930.
GLEN G. PUTMAN Kalispell, Flathead County
He is 31 IA, Nellie J. 28 NE, Pauline E. 4 MT and Robert M. 2 MT. He's one of ours. He is a son of Omar Putman, grandson of Green Marion Putman from Freemont County Iowa. Glen was with his folks in 1900 in Cheyenne County Nebraska. His dad and brothers are all around here as well.
OMAR A. PUTMAN Kalispell, Flathead County
He is 54 IA. His daughter in law Frankie E. Putman is 27 IL, and her kids Leila G. 6 NE and James R. 4 NE are with him. Omer is a son of Green Marion Putman from Freemont County Iowa. This family was in Cheyenne County Nebraska in 1900. Frankie was married to his son Phillip who died here November 20, 1918. She will soon return to Nebraska and Marry Henry Walsworth and will be with him and young James in Morrill County Nebraska in 1930. Omar's wife Maggie Rich is presently in Kitsap County Washington with their daughter Mary. Both he and Maggie say they are widowed, but looks like a divorce to me. The sons Glen and Ross are nearby with their families. I don’t find him indexed in 1930,but he should be here and will die here February 9, 1931.
ROSS H. (HERMAN)
PUTMAN Kalispell, Flathead County
He is 25 IA, Lelia Grace Schacklett 24 MO. They have just gotten married. He is a son of Omar Putman and was with the family in 1900 and 1910 in Cheyenne County Nebraska. They are in Yakima, Washington by 1930.
ROY W. (WILLIS)
PUTMAN Kalispell, Flathead County
He is 39 IA, Jennie Franklin 28 MN, Gladys 8 MT, Buddy F. (Wendell Francis) 5 MT. He is the son of George William Putnam and Nellie King. He was born in Grundy County Iowa February 3, 1881, and will die here October 8, 1967. Jennie is a daughter of William H. and Emma J. Franklin and was born in May 1888 and will die March 9, 1971 in Sanders, Montana. He and Jennie were in Teton County Montana in 1910. They are in Lake County in 1930.
HIRAM PUTNAM Whitefield, Flathead County
He is 22 MN, Olive J. Van Harlog his wife 22 IA and Evelyn W. 8/12 MT. He is a son of Hiram M. Putnam and Winnie Williams from New Hampshire. In 1900, the family was in Traverse County Minnesota. Hiram was born there in August 1897. They are back in Stevens County Minnesota in 1924 and there in the 1930 census.
WILLIAM P.
PUTNAM No Township, McCone County
He is William Preston Putnam 67 MO and Louise M. Garroutte is 63 MO. William is a son of Newton Putman and Nancy Stockton. In 1860 he was with his folks in Dade County Missouri and in 1880 was in Polk County Oregon. They moved to Montana in the 1890s from Oregon, and will remain here the rest of their lives. Louise is also listed in Wolf Point, Roosevelt County where she is visiting her daughter. Actually they will all move to Wolf Point and stay there. More of the 'Southern Putman' line.
HAZEL PUTNAM Missoula, Missoula County
She
is 30 OR and boarding with H. Henrickson. She is a
daughter of William Preston Putnam listed just above. She was at home here with
them in 1900. She was born while the family was in Oregon March 4, 1890 and
will die in Laurel, Montana in January 1992. She is a schoolteacher and never
married.
ROBERT PUTMAN Missoula, Missoula County
He is 25 MN, Laura Helgheim his wife 24 IA, Robert 1 1/12 TX. His mother, Belle Putman 58 MO is there. He is a son of William Putman and Belle J. Cherry, and was home in Minneapolis, Minnesota in the 1900, and in North Dakota in 1910. Robert and Laura are in King County Washington in 1930 and his mom Belle is in Seattle then too.
ABNER E.
PUTMAN Terry, Prairie County
He is a son of William Putman and Adeline Gipson from Kendall County Texas (1880), and a grandson of Mitchell Putman of Gonzales, Texas and Tennessee before that. In 1900 they were here in Custer County. He is 48 TX, Theda Hussey his second wife is 40 MN. Theda has her kids from marriage one with her: William E. Kenney 14 MT, Ernest D. Kenney 8 MT, Effie McCraken 19 MT and her grandson Roy McCraken 2 2/12 MT. He and Theda are inKendall County Texas by 1930. Part of the southern family.
HORACE M. (MILTON)
PUTNAM Hamilton, Ravalli County
He is
60 MI, Lizzie 41 UT, Matilda B. (Betty) 15 MT and Violet May 12 MT. He is a
brother of Joseph and was with him here in 1900, and he was married here in
1910. Dutch folks. He is a son of Garret Putnam and Lydia Ann Pardee. He was at
home with them in 1860 and 1870 in Taylor, Wayne County Michigan. Dutch family.
Elizabeth is widowed here in 1930.
JOSEPH C. (CLINTON)
PUTNAM Hamilton, Ravalli County
He is 64 MI and living alone. He and his brother Horace were here in 1880, 1900 and 1910.
FRED PUTNAM No township, Richland County
He is 24 MN, a hired man on a ranch. He is Fred Bentson Putnam born in Renville County Minnesota. He is a son of Gordon Winslow Putnam and Carrie or Karen Bentson. His dad died in the late 1890s, and he was with his mom in 1900 in Renville County. His brother John Samuel Putnam is coming up shortly. See that listing for his line.
ISAAC E. (EMILE)
PUTNAM No Township, Richland County
He is 67 CAN, Marie 55 CAN and there are two stepchildren, Roy Yager 26 MI and Helen Yager 17 MI. Isaac is a son of Thomas Henry Putnam and Almira Griffith, and was in Tuscola County Michigan in 1880 and in Saginaw County Michigan in 1900. They will be back in Michigan by 1930. His wife Laura Marie Moore was marred 3 times as was Isaac. She married Eli Ward in Ontario December 5, 1883 then Michael Yager in Sanilac Michigan September 27, 1891 and then Isaac in July 6, 1911 in Minden City, Michigan. Marie is Isaac’s third, and probably final, wife.
JOHN PUTMAN District 57, Richland County
He is John Samuel Putnam, 36 MN, Elva Kingston 34 WI, Lester 13 MN, Ervin 9 MT, James 6 MT, Dorothy 4 9/12 WA, and Viola 1 2/12 MT. He was born in Hutchinson, McLeod County Minnesota on April 29, 1883. His folks were Gordon Winslow Putnam and Carrie Bentson from McLeod County. Gordon's folks were Henry Putnam and Harriet Baldwin from Rome, New York and Connecticut before that. The line is John > Gordon Winslow > Henry > John > Cornelius > Benjamin > Nathaniel > John. Elva is widowed here in 1930 with the kids. She will be around and die in Sidney, Montana in June 1982 at age 97. The son Ervin was born December 24, 1910 and will die in Sidney in December 1984.
LOUISA M.
PUTNAM Wolf Point, Roosevelt County
She is 64 MO and the mother in law of Walter Chapman. She is Louise Garroute, wife of William Preston Putman (see that listing earlier), and is here visiting her daughter.
WILLARD PUTNAM Plains, Sanders County
He is 65 NH, Henrietta 65 NY. They were here in 1910 as well.
ALBERT A.
PUTMAN No township, Sheridan County
He is 50 WI boarding with Rose Gibson. He is a son of Jacob Putnam and Mary Marr of Wautoma, Waushara County. Jacob’s folks were George and Theresa Putman from Erie County New York. Albert was in Wisconsin in 1880 and out here since the 1890s. He will be here till he dies August 1, 1955. Dutch family out of Montgomery County New York.
KATE PUTMAN Butte, Silver Bow County
She is 56 MO and living with her sister Laura Allen. She is here in 1930 and is then running a boarding house.
THEODORE
PUTMAN Butte, Silver Bow County
He is 45 MI, Edna 50 NY. He is a son of John Putnam and Mary Randall of Tuscola County Michigan. He was at home there in 1880 and in Teller County Colorado in 1900, and in Carbon County Wyoming in 1910. They are here still in 1930.
MARGARET
PUTMAN Choteau, Teton County
She is 72 OH and living alone. Margaret Miller was married to James Harvey Putman in Whitman County Washington. They were married September 18, 1912 and then he died April 19, 1914. She is here in 1930, and will die here August 6, 1931.
ORVILLE M. (MONROE)
PUTNAM Shelby, Toole County
He is 47 KS, Lula May Crabb 49 IL, Orville B. 16 IL and Margery 12 CAN. He is a son of Uzziel Franklin Putnam from Cass County Michigan. Orville was born in Osage Mission, Kansas January 30, 1872. They were in Reno County Kansas in 1880. Then the whole mob was in McDonnough County Illinois in 1900. In 1910 in Illinois, only his mother, Martha Jane (Cannon) Putnam was around. Looks like Orville went off to Canada for a few years. They were in Saskatchewan in 1906. He is here in 1930 and then they will move to Portland, Oregon where he will die July 1, 1950. He married Lula May in McDonough County Illinois September 19, 1894. Lula May was a daughter of Samuel N. Crabb and Caroline J. Irving, and was born in May 1869 in Macomb, Illinois and will also die out in Portland July 11, 1961. His dad was from Michigan, and the family was from Vermont and Massachusetts before that. The line here is Orville > Uzziel Franklin > Ira H. > Uzziel > Uzziel > Amos > John > Nathaniel > John.
LEONA PUTMAN Shelby, Toole County
She is 21 IL and living alone. She is a daughter of the above Orville Putnam. She was born February 16, 1898 in Bardolph, Illinois. She will marry and move to Portland Oregon. Her mom will be visiting her in 1930 and both of her folks will move out there and stay forever. Her older sister, Esther Jane Putnam born in January 1896, has married William Aaron Doney on June 7, 1916 and they are in Kevin, Toole County now.
CHRISTOPHER
PUTNAM Judith Gap, Wheatland County
He is 25 MN (MO), Mary E. 23 MT, Walter A. 1 7/12 MT, and Charles L. 1/12 MT. They are in Cascade County in 1930, and he then states he was born in Missouri. No wonder I couldn’t figure him out in Minnesota. He is a son of William Putnam and Lydia Jane Moseley from Calloway County Missouri. He was there in 1900 and with the family in Washington County Arkansas in 1910. His folks went north to Illinois and he headed out here. He is named after his father’s brother. This is the Quaker family out of Guilford County North Carolina.
ELIZABETH
PUTMAN Billings, Yellowstone County
She is 26 IA and boarding with Harold Miller. She is a daughter of Andrew Putman and Annie Bahrenfuss. She was born in Scott County Iowa and was at home in 1900 in Rock County Minnesota. She will marry Frederick H. White later this year here in Billings October 14, 1920. Her folks were born in Germany. Her marriage certificate affirms who were her folks.
MARY E. PUTNAM Billings, Yellowstone County
She is 71 IL and living with her son Ray. She is Mary Humphries, the ex-wife of William Riley Putnam from New York
RAY PUTNAM Billings, Yellowstone County
William Putnam is the son of William Riley Putnam. He is 43 KS, Eliza 36 MO, Henry 16 MO, Lorene 12 KS. His mother Mary E. Humphries Putnam 71 NY is here too. In 1880, the family was in Smith County Kansas. In 1900 he was with just his mom in Smith County. He was here in Billings in 1910. They will get divorced and Eliza will be remarried here in 1930. William will be in Riverside County California in 1930. Henry will be married here then too.
She is Gladys Pearl Phillips 18 MT and has been married less than a year. She has a daughter Pearl M. 3/12 WI WI MT. They live with her folks Archie and Pearl Barr. She just married Ernest Wesley Putnam Junior from Janesville, Rock County Wisconsin. His dad died in 1927 and his mother married Clyde Barr from Dawson County Montana. They are all still back in Janesville but will be over here soon. Ernest was born October 29, 1904 and will die here in Beaverhead County December 5, 1965.
He is 47 IA NY IA. Dollie his wife is 46 SD. He is a son of Jay Samuel Putnam and Rebecca Charlotte Sutton and was shown at home at age 2 in Carroll County Iowa in the 1885 State Census. He was not with the family in Custer County South Dakota in 1900 as he was in the U. S. Navy and stationed in Boston, Massachusetts. He was also listed in Carroll County in the 1900. He was there in Custer County in 1910 and married to Dollie. Then they are here from 1920 on and will be in 1940.
Emma Melvina Thom is 43 ND and widowed now. At home are John Stanley 16 MT, Charles Roscoe 14 MT and Thom Carson 9 MT. She was married to Frank Bledsoe Putnam who died here February 20, 1923. He was a son of Frank Stanley Putnam from Minnesota and then here in Montana where her husband was born. Emma was born January 8, 1887 and will die August 23, 1962. The son Charles was born here November 15, 1915 and will die in Billings in May 1975. They are in Billings, Yellowstone County in 1940.
Frank Stanley Putnam is now 77 MN MA MA and his wife Sallie Lenora Austin is 62 VA. Been here since the 1880s. He is a farmer. They will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary here July 31, 1931. Frank is a son of James Baker Putnam and Climena Stanley and was born in Hennepin County Minnesota June 15, 1857 and will die here June 16, 1938. Sallie was born June 22, 1865 and will die July 29, 1938.
Roscoe James Putnam is 47 MT MN VA and a farmer like his dad Frank who lives next to him. Altha Louise Tucker his wife is 30 MT, and they have Climena 11 MT, Frank 10 MT, Arias a daughter 5 MT, William 2 10/12 MT and Donald 9/12 MT. He is a son of Frank Stanley Putnam and Sally Lenore Austin. He was still at home in 1920 but has his own house now. Roscoe was born May 17, 1882 in Jefferson City, Montana and will die January 9, 1953 in Forks, Clallam County Washington. Altha was born in Bridger, Carbon County Montana May 3, 1899 and will die in Ephrata, Grant County Washington January 1, 1993. He will be here in Carbon County in 1935 and then in 1940 be in Cascade County working in a quartz mine.
He is 45 SD (should be MN) IL NY and is now married. Willimina Monroe, his wife is 37 MT and they have Phyllis Joyce 8 MT. He is a son of Frank Putnam and Maggie Hauk. Charles was with the family in Grant County South Dakota in 1900. The family went back to Minnesota by 1910 and Charles headed here. He was single here in 1920. He is a mortician and undertaker. Charles was born August 3, 1885 and will die here in Ekalaka in November 1968. I understand Willemina will die and he will have a second wife named Laura. Laura was born August 18, 1907 and will die here in Ekalaka in September 1985.
She is 75 NC NC NC and widowed. She lives with her married daughter Ida Carroll 50 MO MO NC and her husband Felix Carroll. She is Nancy Jane Meyers, long the widow of Thomas Putman from Greene County Missouri. Ida, by the way, married Felix December 12, 1909. She will later marry George Snyder in 1940, and she will die in Spokane, Washington in 1966.
Mary Thompson is 40 MT, and has Margaret 14 MT, Dorothy 13 MT and Horace 9 MT. She was here in 1920 married to Horace Putnam, a son of the following Percy Putnam and Margaret McDonald. She says she is married now, but Horace isn’t around. She is without him in 1940 and still says she is married. They must be getting divorced. Mary will die here in Wheatland, Montana September 8, 1958. Horace will die in Contra Costa, California June 29 1963 and have a wife named Mabel out there.
He is now 75 ME ME ME and retired from farming. Margaret C. McDonald his wife is 73 MN. They still have a whole other family living here as they have had. Guess those folks run the farm now. They pay $50 a month in rent.
He is 36 MO US US and a brakeman for the steam railway. Mary Etta Geer his wife is 33 MT. They have Walter A. 11 MT, Charles L. 10 MT, Albert P. (Price) 8 MT, and Edith F. 4 8/12 MT. They were in Wheatland County in 1920. He is a son of William Absalom Putnam and Lydia Jane Moseley from Calloway County Missouri. He was there in 1900 and with the family in Washington County Arkansas in 1910. The son Albert was born here July 14, 1921 and will die in Kalispell, Montana in July 1984. This is the Quaker family out of Guilford County North Carolina. They all here in 1940.
He is 69 WI OH OH. His son Roy A. 38 IA is here too. They live with his married daughter Seville 24 IA and her husband Cless Blanchard 24 WI. Frank Adelbert Putman is a son of Jacob Putman and Mary Marr from Waushara County Wisconsin. He was in Clay County Iowa in 1910. He and his wife Sevilla and the kids were all here in 1920. She has died in the past decade.
He is 39 WY NY NY and is a druggist. Pearl Dufresne his wife is 36 MN. They have Robert 12 ID. Her widowed mother Rose Dufresne 59 MN is with them as she was in 1920. Albert is a son of Louis Napoleon Putnam and Margaret Cashin from New York. He was home in 1900 in Uinta County Wyoming. They were in Lemhi County Idaho in 1920. Albert was born in Red Canyon Wyoming May 6, 1890 and will die in Monterey, California January 11, 1945. Pearl was born March 17, 1892 and will die in Rollins, Montana in November 1985. The son Robert F. was born September 9, 1917 and will die in Rollins May 18, 1988. They will get divorced and Pearl and Robert are in Boise, Idaho in 1940 with her mother Rose.
She is 23 MO and divorced. She has a daughter Patti D. 1 MT MT MO. She is living with her parents E. W. and Floy Thompson from Missouri. She was very briefly married to Orville Belfield Putnam here in about 1927-8. He is in Portland Oregon in 1930 with wife number 2 and then will marry number 3 in 1934. He will die in WWII in the Battle of Okinawa April 12, 1945. She is still here with them in 1940 and says widowed. Pattie isn’t here then as she is living with her grandparents Ralph and Julia Challender also in Bozeman.
She is 41 IA IA NH single and boarding. She is a waitress. She is a daughter of George William Putnam and Nellie King from Grundy County Iowa. The family wasn’t listed in 1900 but they were there. Her dad died in 1918 and I guess she came up here then to be near her brother Roy.
He is 49 IA NH CT (actually IA IA NH) and he has a barbershop. Jennie Franklin his wife is 43 MN and they have Wendell 15 MT. He is the son of George William Putnam and Helen ‘Nellie’ King. He was born in Grundy County Iowa February 3, 1881. Jennie is a daughter of William H. and Emma J. Franklin and was born in May 1888 and will die March 9, 1971 in Sanders, Montana. They were in Flathead County in 1920. Roy will die here in October 1967. The son Wendell Francis was born here November 18, 1914 and will die here February 23, 1998. He married Doris June Wilson. He went by the nickname Bud.
He is 37 OR and a salesman in a grocery store. His wife Jessie A. Hill is 33 ND. They have been married 8 years and have William R. 6 SD. They live with her folks Robert and Maggie Hill. He is a son of William Preston Putnam and Louise Garroute. He was born in Polk County Oregon, but his folks have been here in Montana since the late 1890s. William Preston was a son of Newton Putman from Rhea County Tennessee and then Henry County Missouri. I don’t find him in 1910 or 1920. There is a record that he married a Mabel and they had a daughter Inez born in 1918. So Jessie seems to be a second wife. They will get divorced and she is remarried to Walter Northrop here in Terry in 1940 and has William with her. Guy is in Richland County in 1930 with yet another wife Lucy born in Nebraska. Guy will die June 19,1946 in Bremerton County Washington. Southern Putmans.
She is 52 UT and the widow of Horace Milton Putnam. They were here in 1920. She has her married daughter Betty Matilda Mahlson 22 MT at home.
She is 44 WI. Elva Kingston is now the widow of John Samuel Putnam who had died here April 17, 1920. They were here in 1920. Still at home are Ervin 9 MT, James 17 MT, Dorothy 15 MT, and Viola 11 MT. She was born June 13, 1885 and will die in Sidney, Montana in June 1982 at age 97. Her eldest son Lester has his own farm just down the street. The son Ervin was born December 24, 1910 and will die in Sidney in December 1984. John’s folks were Gordon Winslow Putnam and Carrie Bentson from McLeod County Wisconsin. Gordon's folks were Henry Putnam and Harriet Baldwin from Rome, New York and Connecticut before that
He is 52 MN NH WI and his wife Lillian M. Hall is 52 WI. They live with her widowed stepfather Willis Stomburgh 73 WI. He is a son of Willard James Putnam and Mary Louise Fuller. He was at home at age 2 in 1880 in Douglas County Minnesota and then in Hubbard County in 1900. He was married to his first wife Mabel Rice in Hubbard County in 1905 and she died there in 1910. No idea where he has been since, maybe out here. His dad Willard has been here in Hubbard County since the early 1900s and was here in Sanders County in 1910 and 1920. They are in Hot Springs, Sanders County in 1940. They will be in Lane County Oregon in 1950 and there till he dies May 20, 1961
She is now 67 and widowed as she was here in 1920. She owns a lodging house, and has a couple of dozen lodgers. She is now 67 and widowed as she was here in 1920. She owns a lodging house, and has a couple of dozen lodgers. Katherine McGee is the widow of Frederick Lee Putnam from Massachusetts. He was with his widowed mother in Jefferson Montana in 1880 and 1900. Then she and Fred were married and in Los Angeles in 1910. She was widowed here in 1930
He is 55 MI PA OH and is still a miner in a copper mine. Edna his wife is 66 IA (was NY before this). He is a son of John Putnam and Mary Randall of Tuscola County Michigan. He was at home there in 1880 and in Teller County Colorado in 1900, and in Carbon County Wyoming in 1910. They were here in 1920.
MARGARET
PUTMAN Choteau, Teton County
She is now 83 OH and still widowed as she was here in 1920.
ORVILLE M. (MONROE)
PUTNAM Shelby, Toole County
He is now 57 KS MS IL. He is the owner of an apartment building. His wife Lulu Mae Crabb is now over in Spokane, Oregon visiting their daughter Lena and her husband Dee White. Orville was born in Osage Mission, Kansas January 30, 1872. They were in Reno County Kansas in 1880. Then the whole mob was in McDonnough County Illinois in 1900. In 1910 in Illinois, only his mother, Martha Jane (Cannon) Putnam was around. Looks like Orville went off to Canada for a few years. They were in Saskatchewan in 1906. They were here in 1920 and then they will move to Portland, Oregon where he will die July 1, 1950. He married Lula May in McDonough County Illinois September 19, 1894. Lula May was born in May 1869 in Macomb, Illinois and will also die out in Portland July 11, 1961. His dad was from Michigan, and the family was from Vermont and Massachusetts before that. The line here is Orville > Uzziel Franklin > Ira H. > Uzziel > Uzziel > Amos > John > Nathaniel > John.
He is 26 MO KS MO and his wife Everne 23 CO and they have William 3 6/12 MT. He is a son of Ray and Eliza Putnam. He was here with the family in 1920. Guess his dad has died as he is living with his mother Elizabeth 46 MO and her new husband John Haven.
MONTANA 1940 CENSUS
GLADYS PEARL PUTNAM Wisdom Township, Beaverhead County
She is 28 MT and has Maxine (Pearl Maxine) 10 MN and Audrey 8 MT. She is a waitress at a café. Okay, She is Gladys Pearl Phillips and was here in Beaverhead County in 1930. She had just married Ernest Wesley Putnam Junior from Janesville, Rock County Wisconsin. Hid dad had died in 1927 and his mom just married Clyde Barr back in Janesville. Young Ernest was there in 1930 and Gladys was here with her folks and 3 month old Pear Maxine. Now she is here with the kids and still no Ernie. Oh well. Ernest was born in Janesville October 29, 1904 and will die in Silver Bow, Butte County Montana December 7, 1965. Gladys was born June 17, 1911 here in Beaverhead County and will die here March 22, 1999. Sometime she will marry Arnold McKrum and they will have a child so I would guess she and Ernie will have a falling out soon, or maybe that’s why he isn’t here now. He will be here in 1950 divorced and by himself.
JOHN A. PUTNAM Hardin, Big Horn County
He is 57 IA and his wife Dollie is 56 SD. They were here in 1920 and 1930. He is a son of Jay Samuel Putnam and Rebecca Charlotte Sutton and was shown at home at age 2 in Carroll County Iowa in the 1885 State Census. He was not with the family in Custer County South Dakota in 1900 as he was in the U. S. Navy and stationed in Boston, Massachusetts. He was also listed in Carroll County in the 1900. He is there in Custer County in 1910 and then married to Dollie. Then they are here from 1920 on. He owns and operates a confectionary, candy store to you youngsters.
FLORA PUTMAN Joliet, Carbon County
She is 68 IL and widowed. She has her son Edward S. Watson 40 AR and they live with her married daughter Rosie Broadbent 48 MO and her husband Harrison Broadbent 53 IL. In 1935 she was in Franklin County Arkansas. She obviously had married a Watson and then a Putman. The only Putmans in Franklin County in 1930 have no connection. Good Luck.
He is 50 MN IL NY and is now married. Willimina Monroe, his wife is 45 MT and they have Phyllis Joyce 17 MT. He is a son of Frank Putnam and Maggie Hauk. Charles was with the family in Grant County South Dakota in 1900. The family went back to Minnesota by 1910 and Charles headed here. He was single here in 1920. He is a mortician and undertaker. Charles was born August 3, 1885 and will die here in Ekalaka in November 1968. I understand Willemina will die and he will have a second wife named Laura. Laura was born August 18, 1907 and will die here in Ekalaka in September 1985.
CHRISTOPHER L. PUTNAM Great Falls, Cascade County
He is now 45 MO, Marietta Geer his wife is 43 MT and Charles Leslie 20 MT, Albert Price 18 MT and Edith Fay 14 MT are still at home. He drives a diesel truck for the railroad. He is a son of William Absalom Putnam and Lydia Jane Moseley from Calloway County Missouri. He was there in 1900 and with the family in Washington County Arkansas in 1910, Wheatland County Montana in 1920 and here in 1930. This is the Quaker family out of Guilford County North Carolina to Jefferson County Tennessee to Calloway County Missouri.
JEAN PUTNAM Great Falls, Cascade County
She is 20 MT a waitress at the hospital. She says she is married, but a line is through the ‘M’ so probably getting divorced or something. I assume she married a Putnam. She may well be married to Walter Putnam listed shortly here in town. He says married but by himself too.
MARY PUTNAM Great Falls, Cascade County
She is 50 NE and married. Her son Horace Joseph Junior 19 MT is at home with her. Mary Theresa Thompson was married to Horace Putnam here in 1920 and then in 1930 was here with the kids and no Howard. Said she was married then and says so now. He is a conductor on the Great Northern Railway so may be away. But really looks like a divorce. Mary will die here in Wheatland, Montana September 8, 1958. Horace will die in Contra Costa, California June 29 1963 and have a wife named Mabel out there. Anyway, Horace Senior is a son of Percy Putnam and Margaret Macdonald from here. . Percy Charles Putnam is a son of Alvarez Gonsalvo Putnam and Lydia Ham of Houlton, Maine.
WALTER A. PUTNAM Great Falls, Cascade County
He is 23 MT and says he is married, but by himself. He is a son of Christopher Putnam and Mary Etta Geer. He was born in Wheatland County Montana May 27, 1918 and will die out in Alameda County California September 21, 1976. Christopher is a son of William Absalom Putnam and Lydia Jane Moseley from Calloway County Missouri. He was there in 1900 and with the family in Washington County Arkansas in 1910. He has been here in Montana in the 1920 and 1930 censuses. He might be married to Jean listed above. This is the Quaker family out of Guilford County North Carolina.
ORVILLE B. (BELFIELD) PUTNAM Neihart, Cascade County
He is 36 IL and his wife Mary Dolan is 35 MT. He is a worker in a quartz mine. He is a son of Orville Monroe Putnam and Lula Mae Crab and was born October 9, 1903 while the family was in McDonough County Illinois. He was here in Shelby, Toole County Montana in 1920 with his folks. They moved to Portland Oregon and got divorced. This Orville was in Portland in 1930 married to a Genevieve born there in Oregon. Guess he got divorced like his folks and came back here. He was in Shelby, Montana with Mary in 1935. He will join the Marines when WWII starts and be killed in the Battle of Okinawa April 12, 1944. Family originally from New England to Cass County Michigan to Illinois to Kansas and to here.
ROSCOE PUTNAM Neihart, Cascade County
Roscoe James Putnam is 57 MT MN VA. He is working in the quartz mine here. Altha Louise Tucker his wife is 40 MT, and they have Climena 21 MT, Arias a daughter 15 MT, William 12 MT and Donald 10 MT. He is a son of Frank Stanley Putnam and Sally Lenore Austin. He was still at home in Carbon County Montana and married in 1920 and then had his own house there in 1930 and 1935 and he was a farmer then like his dad. Roscoe was born May 17, 1882 in Jefferson City, Montana and will die January 9, 1953 in Forks, Clallam County Washington. Altha was born in Bridger, Carbon County Montana May 3, 1899 and will die in Ephrata, Grant County Washington January 1, 1993. Family was from Massachusetts to Minnesota to here.
FINIS A. (ARTHUR) PUTNAM Belton Township, Flathead County
He is 28 AR, his wife Peace M. Cooper is 26 OK and they have William W. 3 MT. He is a son of William A. Putnam and Lydia Jane Moseley and was born in Fayetteville, Washington County Arkansas. The family was the Quaker family out of North Carolina to Calloway County Missouri. This is that Quaker family that just popped up in Virginia in the late 1700s. Anyway, Finis was with the family in Fayetteville then in 1920 they were in Madison County Illinois and then in 1930 they were in West Fork Washington County Arkansas. Peace was born in Collinsville, Tulsa County Oklahoma and was there with the family in 1920, In 1930 she and the family were right there in Washington County Arkansas and they got married there and came out here about 1936 or so as they were in Washington County Arkansas in 1935. Now, bit of interest My Southern Putman line is not related to the Quaker line. But, my great great grandfather Reding Putnam came to West Fork, Washington County in the 1840s and my dad was born there in Fayetteville. The University of Arkansas is in Fayetteville. There were 8 students that graduated in the first year the school opened and two of them were in my family. Small world back then.
ROBERT M. PUTMAN Kalispell, Flathead County
He is 22 MT and his wife Theo Mae Adams is 20 MT. They live
with her folks Jesse and Ila Mae Adams. Robert is a son of Glenn George Putman
and Nellie Jane Shaffer from here. Glenn is a son of Omar Putman, grandson of
Green Marion Putman from Freemont County Iowa. Robert married Theo May Adams on October 6, 1939. She was
born in 1919 and will die in 2005. Robert will die February 5, 2007 both in Kalispell. They are also listed now in Los Angeles
where he is working as an electrician.
DORIS PUTNAM Bozeman, Gallatin County
She is 34 MO and now says widowed. She is with her folks Emmett and Floy Thompson as she was in 1930 but she said she was divorced then. She was very briefly married to Orville Belfield Putnam here in about 1927-8. He is in Portland Oregon in 1930 with wife number 2 and then will marry number 3 in 1934. He will die in WWII in the Battle of Okinawa April 12, 1945.
PATRICIA LEE PUTNAM Bozeman, Gallatin County
She is 10 MT and a granddaughter of Julia and Ralph Chandler or Challender. In 1930 she was with her divorced mommy Doris Thompson who is still here living with her folks. Her dad was Orville Putnam.
He is 59 IA and he has a barbershop. Jennie Franklin his wife is 50 MT and they have Wendell 25 MT. Roy Willis Putnam is the son of George William Putnam and Nellie King. He was born in Grundy County Iowa February 3, 1881. He married Jennie January 16, 1910. They were in Flathead County in 1920, and here in Polson in 1930. Jennie was born in May 1888 and will die in Sanders, Montana March 9, 1971. Roy will die here October 18, 1967. The son Wendell Francis was born here November 18, 1914 and will die here February 23, 1998. He married Doris June Wilson. He went by the nickname Bud. New Englanders.
MARGARET PUTNAM Missoula, Missoula County
She is 36 MN single and lodging. Says she was here in 1935 too. She is a daughter of Hollis Chester Putnam and Margaret Edith Ayers and was born in St. Cloud, Stearns County Minnesota. She was at home in 1910 and 1920. Dutch folks from New York State.
DONALD V. (VOIGHT) PUTNAM Glenwood Park, Missoula County
He is 43 MN, his wife Hilda Hortense Evers is 35 MT and they have Donna V. 6 MT. He is a son of William and Belle Putnam and was born in Minneapolis October 20, 1896 and was there with the family in 1900 and with them in Ward County North Dakota in 1910. His widowed mother Belle and his brother Robert were here in 1920 but I don’t find Donald then. In 1930 he is in Spokane, Washington was single and was an express manager for the Railroad then as he still is now. Hilda Hortense Evers is a daughter of William Eric Evers and Emma Sophia Meyer born in Fort Benton, Montana October 25, 1903 and will die in Seattle October 20, 1999. Don will die in Seattle, Washington April 4, 1974. His dad William was a son of Franklin Putnam and Mary Rice from Maine and then Reading, Mass. where William was born. The family then was in Minneapolis by 1870.
WILLIAM R. PUTNAM Terry, Prairie County
He is 16 SD and lives with his mother Jessie 43 ND who has now married Walter A. Northrop. Jessie Hill was married to Guy Ingersoll Putnam here in 1930. They must have gotten divorced, as he won’t die till June 19, 1946 in Bremerton County Washington. Guy was a son of William Preston Putnam and Louise Garroute. He was born in Polk County Oregon, but his folks have been here in Montana since the late 1890s. William Preston Putnam was a son of Newton Putman from Rhea County Tennessee and then Henry County Missouri. I don’t find him in 1910 or 1920. There is a record that he married a Mabel and they had a daughter Inez born in 1918. So Jessie seems to have been a second wife. Now Guy is in Richland County Montana with another wife named Lucy H. from Nebraska. Southern Putman family.
GUY I. (INGERSOLL) PUTNAM District 5, Richland County
He is 47 OR and his most recent wife, number 3 or 4, Lucy H. is 43 NE. They both work in a nightclub where he is a bartender. He is a son of William Preston and Louise Garroute. He was born in Polk County Oregon, but his folks have been here in Montana since the late 1890s. I don’t find him in 1910 or 1920. There is a record that he married a Mabel and they had a daughter Inez born in 1918. In 1930 he is married to Jessie A. Hill and they have a son William. Obviously they were divorced and Jessie has a new husband back in Prairie County where they were in 1930. He was married to Lucy in 1935 in Valley County Montana way up on the Canadian border. Guy will die June 19,1946 in Bremerton County Washington.
LESTER PUTNAM District 56, Richland County
He is 27 MT, his wife Alma Smith is 25 WA and they have Wayne 2 MT. Also here is his widowed mother 54 WI. Elva Kingston is the widow of John Samuel Putnam. They were here in 1920. He died April 17, 1920 and she was widowed here in 1930. Elva was born June 13, 1885 and will die in Sidney, Montana in June 1982 at age 97. John’s folks were Gordon Winslow Putnam and Carrie Bentson from McLeod County Wisconsin. Gordon's folks were Henry Putnam and Harriet Baldwin from Rome, New York and Connecticut before that.
He is 29 MT and his wife Caroline Hier 26 MT. Another son of John Stanley Putnam and Elva Kingston. Ervin Winslow Putnam was born December 24, 1910 in Bronson, Montana and will die in Sidney, Montana in December 1984. He married Caroline in 1936. She was born in Bronson in 1914 and will die in 1954.
VIOLA M. PUTNAM District 73, Richland County
She is 21 MT single and boarding. She is a schoolteacher in Sidney. She is a daughter of John Stanley Putnam and Elva Kingston from here.
FRED E. (ELLSWORTH) PUTNAM Hot Springs, Sanders County
He is a carpenter 62 MN and his wife Lillian M. Hall 66 WI. He is a son of Willard James Putnam and Mary Louise Fuller. He was born March 19, 1878 and at home at age 2 in 1880 in Douglas County Minnesota and then in Hubbard County in 1900. He was married to his first wife Mabel Rice in Hubbard County in 1905 and she died there in 1910. I don’t find him in 1920. He was here in 1930 and in Douglas County in 1935. Family out of New Hampshire.
A. (ALBERT) A.
PUTMAN Comertown, Sheridan County
He is 70 WI and single. He was here in 1920 and says he was here in 1935. He is a son of Jacob Putnam and Mary Marr of Wautoma, Waushara County. Jacob’s folks were George and Theresa Putman from Erie County New York. Albert was in Wisconsin in 1880 and out here since the 1890s. He will be here till he dies August 1, 1955. Dutch family out of Montgomery County New York.
DUANE PUTMAN Butte, Silver Bow County
He is 29 KS and his wife Viorene Celete Naef is 32 WI. They live with Roy and Martha Porter. Wonder if they are her folks. Duane (correct spelling) is a son of Emmett Putnam and Flora Gilmore and was at home with his mom in Hutchinson, Reno County Kansas in 1920.His folks got divorced. In 1925 he was in Lincoln County Kansas with her family. In 1930 he was in Los Angeles and was a mechanic. He went there with his brother Coyle. He was in Los Angeles in 1935 as well. Viorene was born April 17, 1907 and will die in Los Angeles October 8, 1995. They got divorced sometime as Duane will marry a Doris A. on March 22, 1974 in Solano County California.
ORVILLE M. (MONROE)
PUTNAM Shelby, Toole County
He is now 67 KS MS IL. He is the owner of an apartment building and divorced. He was married to Lula Mae Crabb here in 1920. In 1930 she is in Spokane, Oregon visiting their daughter Lena and her husband Dee White. Guess they were in the process of divorcing.
ANNE PUTMAN Billings, Yellowstone County
She is 55 NORWAY and widowed. She was in Williams County North Dakota in 1935. She was there in 1930 married to Joseph Lanis Putman. She is Anne Emily Wolla. Joseph was a son of John Henry Putman and Martha Harriet Jones from Marshall County, Kentucky. He was born January 25, 1883 in Hardin, Kentucky. He was home there in 1900, and then out to the Dakotas and in Custer County, Montana in 1920. He is a horse trader, and was in Tioga, Williams County North Dakota until he died there August 5, 1931. Anne was born in Strange, Hedenmarken Norway February 2, 1885 and will die April 3, 1960 in Billings, Yellowstone County Montana. They married October 14, 1916 here in Tioga. Southern Putman line.
EMMA PUTNAM Billings, Yellowstone County
Emma Melvina Thom is 53 ND and widowed as she was in 1930. She has her sons John Stanley ‘Jack’ Putnam 26 MT (office worker), Charles Roscoe ‘Chuck’ Putnam 24 MT (bookkeeper for the power company) and Thom Carson 19 MT (butcher in a retail market). Emma was married to Frank Bledsoe Putnam who died in Carbon County February 20, 1923. Frank was born in Jefferson City, Montana June 30, 1886. He married Emma Melvina Thom here in Billings, Yellowstone County on March 19, 1913 and they were in Carbon County in 1920. He was a son of Frank Stanley Putnam and Sallie Lenora Austin from Minnesota and then here in Montana where her husband was born. Emma was born January 8, 1887 and will die in Columbus, Stillwater County August 23, 1962. The son Charles was born in Carbon County November 15, 1915 and will die in Billings in May 1975. The Lorene listed next is his wife. The son John Stanley will die here January 23, 1967 and Thom will die August 9, 1972. New England family Massachusetts to Maine and to the West.
LORENE PUTNAM Billings, Yellowstone County
She is 21 MT married with a son Charles Robert ‘Bob’ Putnam 1 MT. Now this is kinda strange. She is Elberta Lorene Augustine and is married to Frank and Emma’s son Charles Roscoe ‘Chuck’ Putnam who is listed above with his mom. They were married March 16, 1938. Emma and two of her sons have an apartment here at 9 Custer Avenue. Chuck and Lorene have their own apartment in the building as well. I got a bunch of information from Larry Putnam who is a nephew of these Putnams listed here. His dad was Thomas Carson Putnam. Anyway, as far as he knows Chuck and Lorene were never separated, and doesn’t know why they weren’t listed together in their own apartment. Thinks the census taker simply listed him with his mom as she said he was in the building. Then Lorene will be here till she dies March 27, 2011. They are nicely together in1950 with two kids then.
In the 1940 census and especially now in the 1950 Census, the handwriting on the sheets is a bit better. But now that people are using Ancestry and Family Search and putting their family trees up on the sites, and the sites themselves have much better search engines and send you to a whole bunch of info docs and records. I now can find a family sheet on about everyone and many on the wife’s side. When I first started doing this in the very early 1970s, all that was available to see was up to the 1900. There was no such thing as on-line and the computers then were the size of a locker room. I had to drive out to Waltham, Massachusetts to the U. S. Library, beg for a film real of the dates and State I wanted and then look at it through a visual device in a back dark room and literally go page to page, county to county and write the info down on paper with a pencil. At that time, really the most people doing genealogy were older women, mostly retired school teachers in their 70s and 80s, who would send you hand written trees and info and stuff that they had back a couple of generations. Once in a while I would get an actual typewritten document. Wow! Got much better in the 1990s. Now it is soooo easy to get info you didn’t think was possible. Back in the 70s I tried calling folks and got a hold of a bunch of folks. Now just an e-mail brings in a thousand years’ worth of info. Anyway, really enjoy this and if you can add or correct, please let me know so I can help others.
This is a work in progress and covers what was indexed as of July 21,
2022.
ERNEST PUTNAM Dillon Township, Beaverhead County
He is 42 WI and divorced. Ernest Wesley Putnam Junior was
married to Gladys Pearl Phillips here in 1930 and 1940. He wasn’t with her either
time but was around somewhere. He is a son of Ernest Wesley Putman and Clara
Maude Bangle from Janesville, Rock County Wisconsin. He was born in Rock
County, Wisconsin October 29, 1904 and will die December 4, 1965 in Butte,
Montana. Gladys was born June 17, 1911 here in Beaverhead County and will die
here March 22, 1999. Sometime she will marry Arnold McKrum
and they will have a child so I would guess she and Ernie will have a falling
out soon, or maybe that’s why he isn’t here now. New Englanders.
CLARENCE E. (ERNEST) PUTNAM Chinook, Blaine County
He is 39 ND and his wife Mabel Agnes Prosser is 35 MT. He
has his own farm. He is a son of Ernest W. (Willard) Putnam and Ellen M. Gould
from McKenzie County North Dakota. He was born in McKenzie County North Dakota
September 13, 1910 and will die in Mesa, Arizona April 8, 2005. He married
Mabel in Chester, Liberty County North Dakota December 31, 1934. She was born
here in Blaine County August 5, 1916 and will die February 23, 2008 in San
Angelo, Texas. They will have a daughter Deanna Mae Putnam August 3, 1951 and
she will marry Martin Pedrick in Tom Green County
Texas and that’s where here mom came and died there. Deanna will die there
November 16, 2014. New England Family, Massachusetts to New Hampshire to
Minnesota and then Montana.
GLENN H. (HOWARD) PUTMAN
Townsend, Broadwater County
He is 27 SD and his wife Mary Kay is 19 MT. He is a beaver
trapper. Glenn is a son of Edward Putman and Ellen Rachel Partlow and was born
in South Dakota August 13, 1922 and was in McKinnon, North Dakota in 1925 with
his folks and then in Winchester, Minnesota in1930 and Rock Island County
Illinois in the late 1930s and maybe 1940. He will eventually toss it in
Shreveport, Louisiana August 11, 1972, 2 days short of his 50th
birthday. He’ll marry again in Texas January 27, 1968. Found that n a family tree where all the gals and kids are marked
Private, and not even one made Corporal or Sergeant.
He is 64 SD IL NY and is now married. Willimina
Monroe, his wife is 58 MT and they have Phyllis Joyce 17 MT. He is a son of
Frank Putnam and Maggie Hauk. Charles was with the family in Grant County South
Dakota in 1900. The family went back to Minnesota by 1910 and Charles headed
here. He was single here in 1920. He is a mortician and undertaker. Charles was
born August 3, 1885 and will die here in Ekalaka in November 1968. I understand
Willemina will die and he will have a second wife
named Laura. Laura was born August 18, 1907 and will die here in Ekalaka in
September 1985.
ALTHA L. (LOUISE)
PUTNAM Great Falls, Cascade County
She is 50 MT and divorced. Her son Donald Allen MT is with
her. Altha Louise Tucker was married to Roscoe James
Putnam here in 1930 and 1940 here in Cascade County. Roscoe is a son of Frank
Stanley Putnam and Sally Lenore Austin. He was still at home in Carbon County
Montana and married in 1920 and then had his own house there in 1930 and 1935
and he was a farmer then like his dad. Roscoe was born May 17, 1882 in
Jefferson City, Montana and will die January 9, 1953 in Forks, Clallam County
Washington. Altha was born in Bridger, Carbon County
Montana May 3, 1899 and will die in Ephrata, Grant County Washington January 1,
1993. The son Donald Allen was born here June 22, 1929. He will marry Jane
Lillian Miller here February 4, 1971, and will die here April 30, 2015. Family
was from Massachusetts to Minnesota to here.
FINIS A. (ARTHUR)
PUTNAM Great Falls, Cascade County
He is 38 AR and his wife Peace Marie Cooper is 35 OK and
they have William W. 13 MT, John R. 8 MT, Joseph E. 7 MT and Richard C. 5 MT.
He is a brakeman for the railroad. They were in Flathead County Montana in
1940. He is a son of William A. Putnam and Lydia Jane Moseley and was born in
Fayetteville, Washington County Arkansas. The family was the Quaker family out
of North Carolina to Calloway County Missouri. This is that Quaker family that
just popped up in Virginia in the late 1700s. Anyway, Finis
was with the family in Fayetteville then in 1920 they were in Madison County
Illinois and then in 1930 they were in West Fork Washington County Arkansas.
Peace was born in Collinsville, Tulsa County Oklahoma and was there with the
family in 1920, In 1930 she and the family were right there in Washington
County Arkansas and they got married there and came out here about 1936 or so
as they were in Washington County Arkansas in 1935. Now, bit of interest My
Southern Putman line is not related to the Quaker line. But, my great great grandfather Reding Putnam came to West Fork,
Washington County in the 1840s and my dad was born there in Fayetteville in
1912. The University of Arkansas is in Fayetteville. There were 8 students that
graduated in the first year the school opened and two of them were aunts in my
family. That’s 25% of the graduating class were Putmans. Small world back then.
HORACE J. (JOSEPH)
PUTNAM Great Falls, Cascade County
He is 29 MT and his wife Frances Barbara Freed is 33 MT
and they have Pauline Sholey 10 MT and Robert Sholey 8 MT from her prior marriage to Raymond Tod Carl Sholey. Anyway, Horace Junior is a son of Horace Joseph
Putnam and Mary Theresa Thompson and was born here December 7, 1920 and will
die in Olmstead County Minnesota December 12, 1991. He married Frances here
October 2, 1948. She is a daughter of Joseph Ferdinand Freed and Nellie Hayes
and was born in Butte, Montana November 1, 1916 and will die in Spokane,
Washington November 23, 2000. She first married Raymond Sholey
August 16, 1838 and they divorced February 14, 1948. She got the kids due to
Willful Neglect. Horace Senior is a son of Percy Putnam and Margaret Macdonald
from here. Percy Charles Putnam is a son of Alvarez Gonsalvo
Putnam and Lydia Ham of Houlton, Maine.
WILLIAM PUTNAM Great Falls, Cascade County
He is 23 MT and his wife Rosebud is 22 MT and they have
Sherrie Vukasin 2 MT from her prior marriage He is a warehouseman at a school supply
company. William James Putnam is a son of Roscoe James Putnam and Altha Louise Tucker from here in Cascade County. He was
born here June 29, 1927 and will die June 23, 2015 in Great Falls. He married
Rosebud Vukasin here a couple months ago on November
23, 1949
MARGARET PUTNAM Bozeman, Gallatin County
She is 72 MN widowed and is a practical nurse. Margaret
McDonald was married to Percy Putnam in
Cascade County and there from 1900 through 1930. Percy Charles Putnam is a son
of Alvarez Gonsalvo Putnam and Lydia Clapp Hamm of
Houlton, Maine. He was born there February 20, 1856 and he died in Cascade
County, Montana March 20, 1939. He married Margaret back in Hennepin County
Minnesota January 20,1881. Margaret was born in Stillwater, Minnesota December
19, 1856 and will die in Great Falls, Cascade County Montana May 28, 1960. New
England family.
JOHN S. (STANLEY) PUTNAM
Lewistown, Fergus County
He is 36 MT single and has his widowed mother Emma Melvina
Thom 62 ND with him. Emma was married to Frank Bledsoe Putnam and they were all
in Fromberg, Carbon County in 1920. He died the
February 20, 1923. Emma and the kids were in Carbon County in 1930 and in
Billings, Yellowstone County in 1940. Frank was a was a son of Frank Stanley
Putnam and Sallie Lenora Austin from Minnesota and then here in Montana where
her husband was born. Emma was born January 8, 1887 and will die in Columbus,
Stillwater County August 23, 1962. John Stanley was born March 9, 1914, and
will die here January 23, 1967. He served in the Army in WWII from December 6,
1942 to February 22, 1946. He will marry Kathryn Brain in Yellowstone County
August 27, 1952. Her parents were Alexander and Theodora Padbielski,
but she was previously married to Ray Brain 1948-1951. She was born November
18, 1912 and died May 27, 2000.
New England family Massachusetts to Maine and to the West.
ARTHUR PUTNAM Kalispell, Flathead County
He is 27 TX and an appliance salesman at a retail store.
Says he is married but she’s not around that I can see. Looks like the son of Amzy Darius Putman from Harris County Texas as shown in
1930 at 7 TX and with his widowed mom in Webb County Texas in 1940 at 17 TX. Amzy was a son of Simeon Mercer Putman and grandson of
Madison DeKalb Putman from Tennessee. Southern Putman family.
JAY M. (MYRON) PUTNAM
Garfield County
He is 19 NY and a hired hand on a ranch. Best I can figure is
that he is Jasper ‘Jay’ Myron Putnam a son of Jasper Elliot Putnam and Sylvia
Mae Ellithorpe from Wilton, Saratoga County New York,
He was born there May 4, 1931 and was at home there with his widowed mother in
1940 at age 8. He will head out to California and marry Nancy Klebolo there August 27, 1952. They split and he’ll be back
in Saratoga and marry Fanny Mae Woodcock June 15, 1958.
He is 69 IA and he has a barbershop. Jennie Franklin his
wife is 60 MT. He is a postal worker. Roy Willis Putnam is the son of George
William Putnam and Nellie King. He was born in Grundy County Iowa February 3,
1881. He married Jennie January 16, 1910. They were in Flathead County in 1920,
and here in Polson in 1930. Jennie was born in May 1888 and will die in
Sanders, Montana March 9, 1971. Roy will die here October 18, 1967. New
Englanders.
He is 35 MT and married to Doris Odell Wilson 27 WV and they
have Guy 7 MT and Gladys 5 MT. He is a son of the above Ry Willis Putnam and
Jenny Franklin. Wendell Franklin ’Bud’ Putnam was born November 14 1914 and
will hang around till he dies February 23, 1998. He married Doris here November 9, 1940.
KEITH C. (CLAYTON) PUTNAM
Circle City, McCone County
He is 38 SD his wife Evelyn May Clark is 35 ND and they have
Bryce Clark 14 ND, Claud Barton 11 ND, Lynn Morris 5 MT and Brenda Grace born
April 1950. He manages a retail grocery store. Keith is a son of Eber Daniel
Putnam and Grace Helen Bales and was born Pollock, South Dakota November 10,
1911 and he will die in Oakridge, Oregon September 5, 2003. Evelyn is a
daughter of Kenneth Clark andAgnes Koba and was born in Dickenson, South Dakota and will die
here in Billings, Montana January 17, 2008. New England family out from
Wisconsin.
LESTER PUTNAM District 11, Richland County
He is 37 MT and his wife Alma May Smith is 35 ID and they
have Robert Wayne 12 MT and Mary Louise 9 MT. James was born here in Sidney
March 25, 2913 and will die here August 29, 2011. Alma was born in Clarkia,
Idaho September 12, 1914 and will die in Lake County Montana March 14, 2011. He
married Alma September 12, 1936 and they were here in 1940. His folks were John
Samuel Putnam and Elva Kingston. John’s folks were Gordon Winslow Putnam and
Carrie Bentson from McLeod County Wisconsin. Gordon's
folks were Henry Putnam and Harriet Baldwin from Rome, New York and Connecticut
before that.
He is 39 MT and his wife Caroline Agnes Hier
36 MT and they have John E. 8 MT and Lawrence 3 MT. His mother Elva 64 WI is
living with them. He is another son of John Stanley Putnam and Elva Kingston.
Ervin Winslow Putnam was born December 24, 1910 in Bronson, Montana and will
die in Sidney, Montana December 27, 1984. He married Caroline April 4, 1936.
She was born in Bronson April 10, 1914 and will die May 6, 1954. Ervin will
then marry Elsie Woodworth in Sidney November 6, 1955.
ROBERT E. (EDSON)
PUTNAM Sidney, Richland County
He is 43 MN and his wife Dagney
Eva Peterson. is 34 NE and they have Harriet A. 7 CA and Gordon R. just born in
April 1950 MT. He is an automobile salesman. He is a son of Frank Hiram Putnam
and Laura Austin Angell from Peoria, Illinois and Vermont before that. He was
born in Excelsior, Minnesota September 21, 1906 and will die October 5, 1996 in
San Diego, California. New Englanders.
ALBERT PUTMAN Comertown, Sheridan County
He is 79 WI and single all his life. He was here in 1920 through
1940. He is a son of Jacob Putnam and Mary Marr of Wautoma, Waushara County.
Jacob’s folks were George and Theresa Putman from Erie County New York. Albert
was in Wisconsin in 1880 and out here since the 1890s. He will be here till he
dies August 1, 1955. Dutch family out of Montgomery County New York.
HOWARD PUTMAN Ferdig, Toole County
He is 31 ND and his wife Gertrude Elizabeth Prescott is 26
MA and they have William P. born December 1949. They were married in Ozaukee,
Wisconsin June 7, 1946. Howard M. Putman is a son of Lafayette Putman and
Verdie Summers and was born Octber8, 1918 in Egeland, Towner County South
Dakota. He will die July 8, 1997 in Yuma County, Arizona. Southern Putmans
Virginia to West Virginia to way out here.
MARY PUTNAM
Shelby, Toole County
She is 45 MT And widowed. She owns and runs a rooming house
just like I do now out on Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Anyway, Mary Dolan was
married to Orville Belfield Putnam in Cascade County. She was his second wife.
joined the Marines when WWII started and was killed in the Battle of Okinawa
April 12, 1944. He is a son of Orville Monroe Putnam and Lula Mae Crab and was
born October 9, 1903 while the family was in McDonough County Illinois. He was
here in Shelby, Toole County Montana in 1920 with his folks. They moved to
Portland Oregon and got divorced. This Orville was in Portland in 1930 married
to a Genevieve born there in Oregon. Guess he got divorced like his folks and
came back here. He was in Shelby, Montana with Mary in 1935. He joined the
Marines when WWII started and was killed in the Battle of Okinawa April 12,
1944. Family originally from New England to Cass County Michigan to Illinois to
Kansas and to here.
WILLIAM T. (THOMAS) PUTNAM Fort Peck, Valley County
He is 47 TN and his wife Lela C. 39 KY and they have Martha
A. 15 NC and Richard C. 12 TN. He is a safety engineer in the U. S. Corps of
Engineers. He is a son of Otha Azro Putnam and Martha
Tennessee ‘Tennie’ Dixon and was born in Knoxville, Tennessee December 9, 1902.
He’ll die out in Seattle, Washington in August 1983. They were in Pulaski, Virginia in 1940 and
Knoxville, Tennessee before that. Massachusetts family through New Hampshire
and then down South.
HAZEL DELL PUTNAM
Nashua, Valley County
She is 60 OR never married and lodging. She is an elementary
school teacher as she has been since the 1920s. She is a daughter of William Preston Putnam and Louise Mahetable Garroite. She was born
while the family was in Oregon March 4, 1890 and will die in Laurel, Montana in
January 1992.
ANNE PUTMAN Billings,
Yellowstone County
She is 65 NORWAY and widowed. She was in Williams County
North Dakota in 1935. She was there in 1930 married to Joseph Lanis Putman. She is Anne Emily Wolla.
Joseph was a son of John Henry Putman and Martha Harriet Jones from Marshall
County, Kentucky. He was born January 25, 1883 in Hardin, Kentucky. He was home
there in 1900, and then out to the Dakotas and in Custer County, Montana in
1920. He is a horse trader, and was in Tioga, Williams County North Dakota
until he died there August 5, 1931. Anne was born in Strange, Hedenmarken Norway February 2, 1885 and will die April 3,
1960 in Billings, Yellowstone County Montana. They married October 14, 1916
here in Tioga. Southern Putman line.
CHARLES PUTNAM Billings, Yellowstone County
He is 34 MT and his wife Elberta
Lorene Augustine 31 MT and they have Charles Robert ‘Bob’ 11 NT and Donna 7 MT.
Charles Roscoe Putnam is son of Frank Bledsoe Putnam and Emma Melvina Thom.
Charles was born in Carbon County November 15, 1915. He and Lorene were married
here March 16, 1938 and were in the 1940 census, but with 2 separate listings.
See that critter. Charles will die in Billings May 22, 1975. Lorene will be here till she dies March
27, 2011. Folks out of Franklin, Massachusetts out though Minnesota to here.
CLINTON C. (CHARLES)
PUTNAM Billings, Yellowstone County
He is 24 CO and his wife Velma Jean McLaughlin is 20 CO. He
is a production clerk at an oil company. He is a son of Miles LeRoy Putnam and
Edith Mary Storey from Padroni, Colorado where he was
born February 14, 1926 and then they were in Chadron, Nebraska in 1930 and in
Worland, Wyoming in 1940. He married Velma in Worland November 6, 1949. She was
born in Weldon, Morgan County Colorado and will die April 18, 2004 in
Lafayette, Louisiana April 18, 2004. Clinton will also die there April 8, 2017.
New England Folks going into New York down to Nebraska and up to Wyoming in the
1930s then Colorado then here.