NEBRASKA

Census Reports

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UPDATED OCTOBER 31, 2022

NEBRASKA 1950 CENSUS

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 several who had info. Now just an e-mail can bring in a ton of info. Anyway, really enjoy these censuses, and if you can add or correct, please let me know so I can help others.

EDITH M. PUTNAM Denver, Adams County

She is 63 NE and a patient in the Hastings State Hospital Mental Institution. Edith Mary Storey is married to Miles LeRoy Putnam who is now in Box Butte County here. They were in Dawes County here in 1940. See Miles listing down the page for who he is. Edith was born August 14, 1886 and will die in Box Butte December 15, 1961.

DANIEL T. (THOMAS) PUTMAN Boyd, Box Butte County

He is 47 NE has a ranch. His wife Vera Eloise Turman is 43 CO and they have Beverly 15 NE. He is a son of Virgil Putman and Ida Mae Livingston. He was born here May 10, 1902 and will die here in Box Butte County October 12, 1950. His dad was a son of Daniel Thomas Putman from Linn County Iowa. Eloise was born in Trinidad, Colorado May 24, 1906 and will die here in Box Butte County July 4, 1959. She won’t get remarried. They were here in 1940. Southern Putman line.

ROBERT W. (WARREN) PUTNAM Basin Township, Boyd County

He is 20 NE single and working on a farm. He is a son of Charles Eugene Putnam and Gladys B. Anderson and was born in Sasin Township here in Boyd County November 19, 1929 and was there with his folks there in 1930 and 1940. His dad is a son of Frederick Putnam and Florence Sanders from here. Robert Warren was born here November 8, 1929 and will die in Midvale, Washington County Idaho March 28, 2010. He will be in the U. S. Navy and serve in the Korean War. He will marry Sharon Irene Koch in Minidoka, Idaho November 19, 1960. They will get divorced there September 16, 1964. New Englanders to New York then Michigan then Iowa and here.

CHARLES E. (EUGENE) PUTNAM McCully Township, Boyd County

He is 52 NE MI MN and married 17 years to Gladys B. Anderson 45 NE. They have Maria/Mavis L. 22 NE, Charles 18 NE, Delores 13 NE, Jo Ann 11 NE, Sandra Jean 8 NE and Gwendolyn K. 6 NE. They were here in 1930 living with her widowed father Peter Anderson from Germany, and then by themselves here in 1940. He is a son of Frederick Putnam and Florence Sanders from here and listed just below. Charles Eugene was born here June 10, 1897 and will die in Naper, Boyd County April 23, 1972. He married Gladys Anderson in Pennington South Dakota August 6, 1923. Gladys is a daughter of Peter Anderson and Marie Schmidt and was born here in Butte and will die in Omaha, Nebraska April 13, 1955. Her mother Marie Anderson died here in 1925. Peter Anderson will die here February 12, 1940. The son Donald Eugene was born May 18, 1926 and will die August 4, 2004. Their son Robert Warren, listed above, was born here November 8, 1929 and will die in Midvale, Washington County Idaho March 28, 2010. New Englanders to New York then Michigan then Iowa and here.

FRED A. (ARTHUR) PUTNAM Naper, Boyd County

He is 81 MI NY NY, and a retired marshal in the city government. Florence Gertrude Sanders his wife is 76 MN CAN ENG. Been here forever. Frederick Arthur Putnam is a son of Eri Carlton and his third wife Eliza Goodrich and was born January 21, 1869 in Alma, Gratiot County Michigan and moved to Iowa in the 1870s and here in the 1890s. He married Gertrude November 2, 1893 in Scotville, Nebraska. Fred will die January 4, 1956 in Mapleton, Monona County Iowa. Frances will die here in Lynch, Boyd County August 22, 1952. His dad Eri was a son of John Putnam (1741) and Elizabeth Carlton of Fitchburg, Massachusetts. His folks moved to New York in the early 1800s, and were in Washington County and in Oneida County shortly afterwards.

MILES L. (LEROY) PUTNAM Alliance, Box Butte County

He is 66 NE NY US and is a carpenter. He says he is married. He has been married to Edith Mary Storey. Edith is currently a patient in the Hastings State Hospital Mental Institution and listed in Denver Adams County Nebraska. He is a son of Charles Edwin Putnam and his second wife Jenny Rickerson. He was born April 30, 1883 in Webster County and was there in 1910 and 1920. They were in Dawes County Nebraska in 1930 and then in Worland, Wyoming in 1940. He married Edith in Red Cloud, Nebraska on February 7, 1907. New England Family Vermont to New York to Pennsylvania back to New York then out West.

CLARENCE PUTNAM Collins, Buffalo County

He is 17 NE and student of sorts with dozens of others at the Boys State Training School. No 7 or so year old Clarence anywhere in Nebraska in 1940. Sherman Putnam in Gothenburg, Dawson County had a son Clarence age 4 NE then. Maybe him, what with handwriting being what it was.

CHARLES A. (ANDREW) PUTMAN Gibbon, Buffalo County

He is 79 NY NY NY and unemployed. He is still single as he has been. He is a son of Christopher Putnam and Harriett Rebecca Nichols and grandson of John Philip and Dorcas Putnam from Lyme, Jefferson County New York. He has been here since the 1870s. He was born July 25, 1871 in Gouverneur, New York and will die in Columbus, Texas August 25, 1957. Dutch Poutman Family from Montgomery County New York.

RALPH PUTNAM Gothenburg, Dawson County

He is 45 NE, his wife Irma Agnes Tunison is 51 NE and they have, Robert 22 MO, Gilbert 16 NE, Stanley 14 NE and Richard 1 NE and Connie 4 NE. Ralph Devine Putnam is a son of Isaac Putnam and Mary Jane Carey and was born August 11, 1903 and was with the family in Peckham, Lincoln County in 1910 and 1920. Can’t find them in 1930. The son Robert has last name of Wurster from Irma’s first marriage. They seem to have gotten married about 1932 or 1933. She is a daughter of Harry David Tunison and Hazel Shelly. She was born in Invale, Nebraska August 21, 1908 and will die in Elwood, Gosper County Nebraska June 8, 2007. Ralph will die here in Gothenburg June 20, 1957. His dad is a son of Benjamin Putnam (#1948) from New Hampshire and then Steuben County Indiana.

SHERMAN PUTNAM Gothenburg, Dawson County

He is 51 IA, his wife Nancy Jane Earl is 41 NE and they have Virginia 19 NE, Ben 18 NE, Dolly 16 NE, Bobbie 13 NE, Leonard 5 NE, Dennis 3 NE, Billy 2 NE and Jimmy born in September 1949. Sherman Fremont Putnam is a son of Isaac Putnam and Mary Jane Carey and was in Lincoln County with them in 1920 and 1930, and married here in 1940. He was born in Carbon, Adams County Iowa November 2 1897 and married Janie in Lexington, Dawson County November 2, 1930. She was born December 24, 1908 in Lincoln County and will die here in Cozad, Dawson County August 9, 1984. Sherman will die in Cozad January 10, 1956.

CATHERINE PUTMAN Ponca, Dixon County

She is 46 NE and divorced. She has Patricia Catherine IA as she did here in 1940. Catherine Sheehan married Merrill Putman here in 1922 and they were here in 1930. Then around 1932 they moved over to Sioux City Iowa where Patty was born and were there in 1935. Then they got divorced and she and the kids came back here about 1938 or so. Merrill is married to Ethel Somebody and they are in Los Angeles, California. Catherine was born here in Dixon County will die in July 1987 in Sioux City, Iowa. Patricia was born in Iowa November 8, 1933. She will marry James Parks June 1, 1963. She will die in Enid, Garfield County Oklahoma February 19, 2001. Merrill was a son of Horace Elijah Putman and Mattie Stark, and a grandson of Daniel Thomas Putman and Jeanetta Roundey from Davis County Iowa. Southern Putman Branch.

CHARLES A. (ALANSON) PUTNAM Ponca, Dixon County

He is 75 NE VT IA and retired. Cora B. Childs his wife is 73 NE. He is a son of Charles Franklin and Isabelle Putnam who were here from the late 1850s. The family is originally from Vermont. He married Cora here June 10, 1896. Charles was born April 1, 1875 and will die here August 21, 1956. Cora was born November 1, 1876 and will die in 1964. They were married here June 10, 1896.

DAREL I. (ISAAC) PUTNAM Ponca, Dixon County

He is 43 NE, his wife Helen Grace Fields 45 NE and they have Corrine 18 NE, Marcia 16 NE, and John 10 NE, Thomas 6 NE and Sally 4 NE. He owns and operates a farm. He is a son of Isaac Franklin Putnam and Mary Alice Merritt. Isaac Franklin Putnam is a son of Charles Franklin Putnam and Isabelle Lacy from Cavendish, Vermont. The family has been here since the 1850s and he is here now. Darrel was born June 8, 1906 and will die in Ponca in January 1983. Helen Fields was born March 17, 1905 and will die also in Ponca in July 1982.

HOWARD I. (ISRAEL) PUTNAM Ponca, Dixon County

He is 34 NE and now married to Josephine Marie Engel 33 NE and they have Joan L. 8 NE and Michael H. 3 NE. He is another son of Isaac Franklin Putnam and Mary Alice Merritt. His mom is listed below and his dad died 2 years ago. Howard was born June 12, 1914 here in Ponca and will die in Bentonville, Arkansas August 28, 2009 and be buried in Montebello, Los Angeles County California. Josephine was born here in Ponca too but on February 28, 1917. She will die in Montebello, Los Angeles County California December 1, 2002. Vermont family.

MARY A. (ALICE) PUTNAM Ponca, Dixon County

Mary is 79 NE and living with her daughter Alice Mary 57 NE and her husband Ernest Odle 54 SDS. Mary Ann Merritt has been married to Isaac Franklin ‘Frank’ Putnam here for about 60 years till he died. Frank was a son of Charles Franklin Putnam and Isabelle Lacy from Cavendish, Vermont. The family has been here since the 1850s. Frank was born here January 1, 1870 and died here in 1948. Mary was born in Iowa in 1871 and will die here in 1956. New England Family.

VIRGIL PUTMAN Ponca, Dixon County

He is 39 NE and his wife Lucille Elizabeth Mille is 35 NE and they have Carl 13 NE and John 8 NE. He is Virgil Glen Putman a farmer and son of Carl Boyse Putman and Emma Bell Heaton. He was born here August 23, 1910 and will die November 9, 1990. He married Lucille June 5, 1935. She was born in Ponca February 5, 1915 and will die here October 18, 1997. His dad is a son of Horace Elijah Putman and Mattie Stark, and a grandson of Daniel Thomas Putman from Davis County Iowa. He's, of course, one of our Southern Branch.

CORRINE PUTNAM Freemont, Dodge County

She is 46 NE and now widowed. She has her daughter Mary Gay 18 NE with her. She is a registered nurse in the County Hospital. Corrine C. Gleason was married to Herbert Saxton Putnam here in 1930 and 1940 and then he got into WWII or something, and died in a Veteran’s Hospital in Missouri June 2, 1943. He was a son of Herbert Saxton Putman and Emma Stewart from Towanda, Bradford County Pennsylvania. He was home there through the 1920 and then here in 1930 and 1935. Family goes back through New York to Massachusetts. Corrine was born June 24, 1902 and will die here in Freemont in May 1984.

THOMAS PUTNAM Beechwood, Douglas County

He is 41 CO and a truck driver. and his second wife Mabel Lemmert is 33 NE and they have three daughters, Beverly D. 9 NE, Bobbie J. 7 NE and Linda J. 2 NE. He is Thomas Scott Putnam, a son of Clayborn ‘Clabe’ Scott Putnam and Minnie Hanson. He was born in Sedgwick County Colorado November 10, 1908. Then the family moved back to Franklin County Nebraska by 1920 and Tom was there then, in Deuel County, Nebraska with the folks in 1930, and by himself in Omaha, Nebraska in 1940. Family bounced back and forth Nebraska to Colorado. He married Irene H. Harms in Franklin County April 24, 1932. They had a son Lloyd Putnam in 1933 and then split and divorced. Lloyd was with his mom’s folks there in 1935 and 1940. With Beverly being 9, Tom probably married Mable around 1939-1940. Mabel was born December 18, 1916 and will die in March 1985 in Iowa. Thomas will die in Rockford, Illinois October 27, 2005. Southern Putman family from Brown County Illinois and Kentucky and Virginia before that.

CECILE PUTNAM Omaha, Douglas County

She is 49 IA and widowed. She was just married to Henry Putnam as his second wife here in 1940. Guess he died here recently. He was on the New York Dutch Line from way on back.

CARRIE PUTNAM Omaha, Douglas County

She is 43 NE and widowed and works for a Life Insurance agency. She is Carrie Hupp and she was married for only 2 years to John D. Putnam who died in 1929. He was a son of John D. Putnam and Irene Dolan. She was widowed in Platte County in 1930 at age 23 NE and then in Sarpy County Nebraska in 1940. She was born July 12, 1906 and will die October 10, 1994 and be buried back in Platte County with John. His line was that of the Dutch Putmans out of New York State.

DAISY F. (FREDERICK) PUTNAM Omaha, Douglas County

She is 79 IN and widowed. She is living with her married daughter Aletha 50 IN who is married to Howard Martin 53 IA. Daisy Deane Frederick was married to Charles Walter Putnam in Floyd County Indiana January 5, 1899 and then out to Council Bluffs, Iowa by 1910 and there in 1920. Don’t know where she was in 1930 but she was widowed in Mahtomedi, Washington County Minnesota in 1940 staying with her sister Shirley Frederick. Frederica Aletha, the daughter, was married in Iowa at that time. Charles was a son of George Carlton and Elizabeth Putnam. In 1860 he was at home in Rochester, New York. Daisy will die here in Douglas County January 14, 1964.

JOHN W. (WARD) PUTMAN Omaha, Douglas County

He is 45 KS MA PA and his wife Philipipa C. is 46 PA and they have John Phillip 12 NE. He is a salesman for men’s furnishings at a retail store, and she is an office worker for the oil company. He was single here in 1930, and they were married here in 1940. He is the son of George H. Putnam and Lillie F. Pretz from Jacksonville, Morgan County Illinois. He was born in Johnson County Kansas February 11, 1905, and was home in Jacksonville in 1910 and 1920. He will die here in Omaha January 29, 1967 His dad was a Methodist Preacher from Maine and Massachusetts before that.

LOUISE T. (THELMA) PUTNAM Omaha, Douglas County

She is 22 MO and living with her folks Albert and Ida Brooks. She is separated from some Putnam fella. Think she was married to Herbert Bragg Putnam in Ava, Douglas County Missouri.

RUTH PUTMAN, Omaha, Douglas County

She is 40 NE and divorced. No ideas at all whom she married.

RUTHERFORD B. PUTMAN Omaha, Douglas County

He is 73 NE and widowed. He is an insurance salesman. He is a son of Horace Blaine Putman and Catherine Elizabeth Kennison from Illinois. He was born in Polk County, Nebraska October 29, 1876 and was at home in 1880 and 1900 in Polk County. He married Maude F. Moore in Lincoln, Nebraska November 20, 1906. They were in Sheridan, Wyoming in 1910 and in Hot Springs, Wyoming in 1920. Missing again in 1930 and then missing in 1940. He will die here in Polk County April 7, 1951. Southern Putman family back in South Carolina then Illinois then this neck of the woods.

WAYNE R. (ROY) PUTNAM Benkelman, Dundy County

He is a farmer 39 KS and his wife Esther Leona Williams is 35 NE and they have Wayne Roy Jr. 10 NE. He is an adopted son of Llewellyn Victor Putnam and Cassandra Ella Howard. He was born to a Johnson family in Riley County Kansas October 3, 1913 and the family was here in Dundy County in 1920 and 1930. He and Esther were here married in 1940. He was born in Kansas March 10, 1911 and married Esther here March 10, 1938. She is a daughter of William Fielding Williams and Loa Edith Artist and was born here in Dundy County November 15, 1914 and will die in Max, Dundy County November 15, 1986. Wayne will die in Max July 2, 1974.

WILLIAM H. (HENRY) PUTNAM Benkelman, Dundy County

He is 73 KS and widowed. He is a Judge at the County Court House. William is a son of William Henry Harrison Putnam and Ella Alma Hamilton from Will County Illinois and Woodstock, Connecticut before that. He was born in Clay County Kansas September 17, 1877 and will die in Denver, Colorado January 25, 1958. He will be brought back here to Benkelman for burial. Bessie Crystal Allison his wife was born in Illinois May 19, 1885 and died here in Benkelman January 4, 1938.

IRENE PUTNAM Hildreth, Franklin County

She is 36 NE divorced and working in a grocery store. Her son Lloyd is 16 NE. Ella Irene Harms was married to Thomas Scott Putnam and got divorced in the late 1930s and Lloyd was living with her folks here in 1940.

MINNIE S. PUTMAN Adams, Gage County

She is 65 IN and a sister-in-law of Elbert and his wife Myrtle Wooley. The age is right for Minnie Carey who was married to Frank Addison Putnam in Omaha, Douglas in 1920, Dawson County in 1930 and both missing in 1940. Age is perfect, but his Minnie was born in Iowa not Indiana. But that could be that handwriting thing again.

ARNOLD D. PUTMAN Midland, Gage County

He is 12 NE and a patient at the “Beatrice State Home for the Feeble Minded.” He’s not listed with anyone in 1940. Maybe name was recorded wrong.

JAMES D. (DILLON) PUTMAN Grand Island City, Hall County

He is 62 MO and his new wife Annie is 49 TN. He was married to Cora here in 1940. He is a service mechanic for the steam railway. He is a son of William A. Putman and Lydia Jane Moseley from Calloway County Missouri and was home there in 1900. William was the eldest son of Jeremiah and Charlotte Putman from Guilford County North Carolina.

ARTHUR PUTNAM Chambers Township, Holt County

He is 75 IL and widowed. Also here are his divorced daughter Emma Stuart 39 NE and her daughter Bertha Stuart 15 NE. Says they were all here in 1935 and they were in 1940. Up till now, I couldn’t find him earlier. I found he was married to Pearl Gumphy in Cherry County Nebraska in 1910. Then he was widowed in Douglas County Missouri in 1920, and had Emma with him then. Then they were in Bennett County South Dakota in 1930 and back right here in 1940. Got him! He is a son of Aaron Putman and Emma Crabtree from Livingston County and then Jefferson County Illinois. He was home there in 1900. The family was from New Hampshire and then Livingston County Illinois in 1880 and Jefferson County Illinois in 1900. He was born in 1874 and will die here in Holt County in 1961.

L. D. (LEON DENNIS) PUTNAM O’Neill, Holt County

He is 42 SD, his wife Mary Wilma Nelson 42 NE and they have Daniel Dennis 11 NE and William Leon 8 NE. He is a son of Dennis T. Putnam and Mary Callahan from Tripp County South Dakota where he was born March 28, 1908. He has been there up until the last couple of years. His dad was a son of Horace and Mary Putnam from Sioux County Iowa. Dennis died here August 4, 1912 and his mother Mary is still there in Tripp County and will be till she dies September 9, 1960. His grandfather Horace from Vermont was actually not a Putnam. He was Henri Patenaude born April 9, 1832 in St. Johns, Quebec Canada. He came in Chittenden County Vermont in the 1840s and his name got Americanized to Putnam like the real ones in the County. He moved to Iowa in the later 1850s and was there till he died May 30, 1893. Leon was here just married in 1940 and I think will be around the rest of his life till he dies here July 18, 1985. Wilma was born in Boyd County Nebraska August 22, 1906 and will die here too but on February 6, 2002.

DWIGHT G. (GEORGE) PUTMAN Tecumseh, Johnson County

He is 54 IL IL IL and his wife Mary Hendrick is 53 NE. They were married here in 1919. They were in Nemaha, Johnson County through the 1940. He was born December 22, 1895 and will die February 22, 1973 here in Tecumseh. He is a son of William Murray Putman and Nellie Mae Peck in Nemaha. Mary was born August 28, 1896 and will die in Tecumseh May 29, 1986. Southern Putman family from Illinois.

JOHN W. (WILLIAM) PUTMAN Tecumseh, Johnson County

He is 23 NE and married to Margaret Elizabeth Logsdon 19 NE. They were just married August 29, 1948. He is a son of Dwight George Putman and Mary Hendrick listed right above. John was born here November 1, 1926 and will die right here November 9, 1988. Margaret was born here as well on May 7, 1930 and she will call it quits here as well but on July 14, 2021.

JAMES B. (BERNARD) PUTMAN Ogallala, Keith County

He is 47 OK and his wife Helen Margaret Whitney is 42 NE and they have Mary Jo 9 NE, James R. 7 NE and Robert H. 2 NE. He owns an irrigation well pumping business. The were in Bridgeport, Morrill County Nebraska in 1940 where he was a superintendent at Camp Clark. They were married and in Beatrice, Gage County Nebraska in 1935. He is a son of James Putman and Minnie Wilson and was at home in Texas County Oklahoma in 1910 and Wayne County Iowa in 1920. His dad was a son of William A. Putman and Mary Nelson from Jasper Township, Adams County Iowa. William was born in Monroe County Indiana and the family moved to Linn County Missouri. William's folks were Benjamin Putman and Melvina Baker. The family is Southern Putman, originally from Kentucky. He was in Iowa in 1900. He was one of the 13 veterans who formed the Veterans of Foreign Wars Association in 1899. Anyway, this James was born April 11, 1903 and will die right here in Ogallala February 3, 1969. Helen was born in Howard County Nebraska November 13, 1907 and will also die here August 17, 1991.

CLETIS PUTNAM Minden, Kearney County

He is 32 NE his wife Darlene May Mong is 29 NE, and they have Judy 8 NE and Janis 6 NE. They are living with her folks Garfield and Emma Mong as they were in 1940. He is a son of Clayborn Scott Putnam and Minnie Hanson and was born in Hildreth, Franklin County May 12, 1917. He married Darlene in Smith Center, Kansas October 9, 1939. She was born May 9, 1921 and will die December 31, 1999 in California. He will die January 7, 2004 in Tucaipa, San Bernardino County California. His folks also were here in town in 1940 and his widowed mom is still around and listed below.

MINNIE PUTNAM Minden, Kearney County

Minnie Ann Hanson is 67 NE and widowed. She was second wife of Clayborn Scott Putnam. Clabe was a son of John William Putman and Mary Ann Shields. The family had moved from Brown County Illinois to Franklin County Nebraska where John William died in 1887. His mom remarried and that guy died and they were all back in Brown County by 1900. His first wife Hiralda Anna Hall died, and he came back here, and married Minnie Hanson August 4, 1902. They headed up to Sedgwick County Colorado by 1910 and then back to Franklin County by 1920 and were there through 1935. Clabe was born in Brown County January 31, 1868 and will die in Hamilton, Nebraska June 2, 1942. Minnie was born in 1882 and will die in Deuel County, Nebraska in 1955 and be buried here in Minden.

DALE PUTMAN Lincoln, Lancaster County

He is 21 NE single and rooming. He is a son of Merrill Putman and Catherine Shehan and was with his folks in Ponca in 1930 and with his divorced mom in Ponca in 1940. Dale was born April 29, 1928 and will marry Alice Anselmi September 8, 1951.

GIRARD P. (PORTER) PUTNAM Lincoln, Lancaster County

Girard Porter Putnam is listed as 88 IL and living as a brother-in-law of Julia Welch 81 IL. He a son of Samuel Porter Putnam and Minerva Brock. That Sam was a son of Samuel Putnam (1752) and Hannah Kimball from Worcester County Massachusetts and then out to Chautauqua County New York where his son Sam was born November 9, 1821. New Englanders of course. He was here in 1900 and 1910 and then can’t find. But his son Girard Jr and grandson Girard 3^rd have been here every census since, but this is first time I’ve caught him since 1910. There is a good family tree on him and they can’t find him either. His son Girard Jr. is right below.

GIRARD P. (PORTER) PUTNAM Lincoln, Lancaster County

He is 57 NE, Roma McDivitt his wife is 57 WA. He is a lawyer with his own practice. Girard Porter Junior is a son of Girard Porter Putnam and his second wife, Caroline Gerstenberger, and was born right here July 26, 1892 and has been here ever since. His dad was a son of Samuel Porter Putnam and Minerva Brock. That Sam was a son of Samuel Putnam (1752) and Hannah Kimball from Worcester County Massachusetts and then out to Chautauqua County New York where his son Sam was born November 9, 1821. New Englanders.

HORACE B. (BLAINE) PUTNAM Irvington, Douglas County

He is 60 NE and his wife Ruby Merle Makeever is 60 MI and they have Doris Jean 20 WY. Doris was married to Robert L. Wilson in 1946 and they are separated now, He is a bailer at a Sales Book Company. He is a son of Horace Putman and Catherine Elizabeth Kennison. He was born in Nebraska April 8, 1890 and was in Polk County Nebraska in 1900 and 1910 and then in Hot Springs, Wyoming in 1930 and Douglas County, Nebraska by 1935 and there in 1940. He will die here in Lincoln, Nebraska September 4. 1971. Ruby is a daughter of Milton and Ideal McKeever and was born in Michigan December 1, 1889 and will also die in Lincoln on December 22, 1971. Line goes back through Joseph Putman and Lucinda Hedges from Fulton County Illinois to Hazeal Putman, my Reding Putman’s brother, to South Carolina. Southern Putmans.

LAURA E. PUTNAM Lincoln, Lancaster County

She is 77 NE and widowed. She was married to George W. Putnam here for over 50 years and he has died since 1940. He was a son of William Clark Putnam and Sarah Harding. He was here in 1880 and 1920 on, but I don’t find him in between. That’s just like the above Girard who wasn’t listed in 1920-1950. William’s folks were Lewis and Abigail Putman from Cayuga County New York. Dutch Putman family from Montgomery County, New York.

ALTA L. PUTMAN North Platte, Lincoln County

She is 66 IA and widowed. Alta Lee Rodgers was married to Francis Marion Putman. She was with her folks in Putnam County Missouri in 1900 and married to Francis there in 1910, then in Appanoose County Iowa in 1930 and 1935 and then she is widowed here in Buffalo County Nebraska in 1940 with her married daughter Dorothy. She was born September 9, 1883 in Putnam County Missouri and will die here in Columbus, Platte County January 21, 1973. Her son Francis Marion Jr. is listed next.

FRANCIS M. (MARION) PUTMAN North Platte, Lincoln County

He is 41 MO and his wife Reva Thelma Glascock is 42 MO and they have Charles Francis 14 NE, Tommy Joe 11 NE and Mary Ann 3 NE. He was single in Sutherland, Lincoln County in 1930 and married in Gibbon, Buffalo County in 1935. He is a dispatcher for the steam railroad here. He is a son of Francis Marion Putman and Alta Rodgers and was born in Mendota, Putnam County Missouri December 12, 1908, and will die here December 10, 2001. His dad was a son of James R. Putman and Margaret Bell from Wayne County Iowa and Linn County Missouri before that and North Carolina before that. His mom Alta is listed right above. Southern Putman family.

EILEEN PUTNAM Norfolk City, Madison County

She is 31 NE and widowed. Her son Norman Douglas Putnam 11 NE is with her as he was in 1940 and they are still living with Eileen’s widowed mother Catharina Berg 52 Russia. They were in Boyd County in 1940 and here now. Eileen was married to Ward Eliel Putnam who was a son of Frederick Arthur Putnam and Florence Sanders who were in Boyd County in 1930 and 1940. Ward was in the Navy in WWII and was killed in the Pacific March 19, 1945. He was listed in the U. S. Navy Tablet of Missing. Family goes back to John Putnam (#1741) and Elizabeth Carlton of Fitchburg, Massachusetts. Eileen will marry Virgil Webber here in Norfolk January 22, 1954. She will die here in Norfolk September 28, 2008. The son Norman will also hang around Norfolk till he dies June 3, 1971.

JOHN R. (RODNEY) PUTNAM Norfolk City, Madison County

He is 29 ND and a manager at a dairy store. His wife Mary Ellen Rotzin is 29 NE and they have J. Steven 6 MD. He married Mary Ellen in Washington DC April 23, 1943. He is a son of Hugh Rodney Putnam and his first wife Maude Cummings and was born in Carrington, Foster County North Dakota March 31, 1921 and will die December 18, 1995 here in Norfolk, Nebraska. New England family out of Connecticut, New York, Iowa and here.

HENRY J. (JOSEPH) PUTMAN Clarksville, Merrick County

Joseph Henry Putman is 56 NE IL IL and is a mechanic. His wife Elvira Dudney is 54 NE and they have Richard and Robert Luce who are grandsons and kids of their daughter Phyllis. Phyllis is now currently married to Arie Koolmees out in Los Angeles, California. They were here in 1920 and 1930. Joseph Henry was born July 27, 1893 and will die here April 7, 1953. He is the son of George Washington Putman and Rose Altha Kennison from York County in 1900 and 1910. George is a son Joseph Putman and Lucinda Hedges who were married in Fulton County Illinois December 27, 1838. He was with his widowed mother in Pickaway County Ohio from 1850 through 1870 and then married here in 1880, Whitley County Kentucky in 1900. Southern Putmans.

EMMA C. PUTMAN Bridgeport City, Morrill County

Emma Carlotta Hutchinson is the widow of Franklin Harrison Putman who died here September 19, 1937. She is 80 WI. She was widowed here in 1940. Frank was a son of Greene Marion Putman and Mary Elizabeth Kelsey and was born in Iowa September 13, 1855. Greene’s folks were Elijah Putman and Elizabeth Duff from Fulton County Illinois and South Carolina before that. Southern Putmans. Elizabeth will die here in July 1951.

HAROLD PUTNAM Columbus City, Platte County

He is 42 NE, his wife Nolia Olive Burgess 1 NE and they have Harold John Jr. 12 NE and Jerry W. 8 NE. They are living with Nolia’s married sister Lucille Burgess Broidfuehrer 46 NE and her husband Ferd. He is a paid fireman for the City of Columbus. Back then and when I was growing up lots of the firemen were volunteers. Harold John Putnam is a son of John W. Putnam and Irene Dolan and was born right here March 20, 1908 and will die here in Columbus June 10, 1979. John is a son of David H. Putman and was with the family in 1900 in Adams County Nebraska, and has been here since the 1910. David was a son of William C. and Sarah Putnam. They were in Floyd County Iowa in 1870 and in Lincoln, Nebraska in 1880. He was married in Lincoln in 1885. Dutch family from New York originally.

IRENE E. PUTNAM Columbus, Platte County

She is now 63 NE and finally admits she is a widow. She married Harry H. Putnam in 1905 and they were in Dundee, Douglas County in 1910. In 1920 she was in Omaha by herself and listed as a stepdaughter of Frederick Bacon and his wife/her mother Alice Bacon. She has been ‘single’ here ever since. Harry was a son of Herbert Langdon Putnam from Vermont and Laura C. Hale from Wisconsin. He was born in Omaha in May 1885 and died or something before 1920. Maybe WWI. Herbert was a son of Pliney Moses Putnam and Mary Spofford from Windham County Vermont then Dodge County Wisconsin. Then to confuse us there is a Mary D. Putnam 21 NE listed as her wife. Probably belongs to the next entry or something.

WILLIAM D. PUTNAM Columbus, Platte County
He is listed as a female 26 years old bookkeeper and no clue as to where he/she was born. Hard to read, but a bunch recoded like this under a hard to read heading that says “Persons transcribed from …??” But if you look at the 1940 census here for the entry for John W. Putnam here in Columbus, you’ll see he has a son William D. age 16 NE. BINGO! The son William D. was born May 14, 1923 and will die here February 15, 1983. Dutch family from New York State.

LOTTIE PUTNAM Falls City, Richardson County
She is 63 IL and never married. She is a daughter of William and Kate Putnam and a granddaughter of Hollis Putman and Charlotte Lobdell from Johnstown, New York. That family was in Will County Illinois where she was born. She has been here since the 1910, as she came out here with her brother John. She is a clerk in a railroad office. Dutch family out of Montgomery County New York.

CLEM PUTNAM Brinkerhoff, Rock County
Clement Herbert Putnam is a son of John Hoyt Putnam and Sarah Brinkerhoff and was born here June 1, 1891. He is now 58 NE MI NY. Pearl Nailor his wife is 62 IL. They weren’t indexed in 1920 but were here then and in 1930. He is a farmer and owns his farm. He was born June 1, 1891, and will die here January 3, 1974. Pearl was born in October 1887 and will die in January 1971. Now, his dad John was born in Ovid, Clinton County Michigan May 7, 1842. John’s parents were William R. Putnam and Hannah Waters from Ovid, Seneca County New York. William was the first settler in the area and the town was named for the town he was born in New York. William’s folks were John Jacob Putman and Leanah Weaver. This is the Dutch Putman line from New York State. Johannes Poutman came from Holland over to Montgomery County New York. A generation later David Poutman moved to New Jersey and after the Revolution returned to New York State were named Putman and headed to Michigan and so on. They adopted the name Putnam as Generals Israel and Rufus Putnam were famous in the Revolution and these guys thought they must be related.

WAYNE PUTNAM Brinkerhoff, Rock County
He is Ira Wayne Putnam 69 NE MI IA and is a rancher now. Florence Ethel Crane his wife is 60 MI. Wayne is a son of John Hoyt Putnam and Sarah Ann Brinkerhoff from Rock County. They were there in 1920 and in Washington County, Nebraska in 1930 and 1940. Wayne was born November 16, 1880 and will die here December 6, 1964. Florence was born October 20, 1889 and will die here December 4, 1967. The family was in Ovid, Clinton County Michigan in the 1850s and in Ovid, Seneca County New York before that. Dutch Poutman family originally from Montgomery County New York. His brother Clement is listed above.

H. (HERBERT) CLAY PUTMAN Crete, Saline County

He is 72 ID and lodging. Still single and not working any more. He is a son of Benjamin Franklin Putman and Maria Strother in Moscow, Latah County Idaho in 1877 or at least somewhere as they are in Moscow in 1900. For some indexing problem, they weren’t listed in the 1880. Southern Putman from Fulton County Illinois, and a cousin of my Redding Putman who was there in Fulton County then too. Herbert was single and farming around Idaho in 1910 and 1920 and here in 1930 and probably 1940 but not indexed.

GLENN G. (GREENE) PUTMAN Scottsbluff, Scotts Bluff County

He is 58 NE IA KY and is a building and loan officer. He was the County Treasurer for Morrill County in 1940. His wife Lenore Anderson is 57 NE. He is the son of Franklin Harrison Putman from Davis County Iowa and a grandson of Greene Marion Putman. In 1930 he and his folks were in Bayard Morrill County. His dad died in 1937, and his mom is there in town too. Glenn was born March 16, 1892 and will die in Scottsbluff, Nebraska December 8, 1963. He married Lenore Clarice Anderson May 6, 1912. She was born February 11, 1893 and will die in Scottsbluff in August 1972. Southern Putman family out of Fulton County Illinois and South Carolina earlier.

GLENN H. (HERBERT) PUTMAN Scottsbluff, Scotts Bluff County

He is 22 NE and his wife Jean Verna Geis is 20 NE and they have Linda Marie 1 NE. He is a son of the Glenn right above and was at home with them in Bridgeport, Morrill County in 1940. Southern Putman.

WILLIAM E. (ELLSWORTH) PUTMAN Scottsbluff, Scotts Bluff County

He is 48 NE IL IL and a public-school teacher and athletic Coach. Marianne Shirley Thompson his wife is 41 IA DEN DEN and they now have William E. Jr. 18 NE, Shirlee Ann 17 NE and now a daughter Geri L 3 NE. He is a son of Murray Putman and Nelly Peek from Johnson County. He was born in Johnson County December 1, 1900 and married Marianne there on December 30, 1928. She was born in Iowa in 1909 and will die in Denver, Colorado July 7, 1993. Bill will die in June 1978 in Scotts Bluff Nebraska. They were here in 1930 too. This is a Southern Putman family from Virginia to Kentucky then out of Brown County Illinois to here.