Individual Details
George Washington Putnam
(1 Apr 1862 - 24 Nov 1940)
Facts about this person:
Alt. Born 1861
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George W Putnam
BIRTH 1 Apr 1862Silver Creek, Lake County, Minnesota, USA
DEATH 24 Nov 1940 (aged 78)Arlington, Snohomish County, Washington, USA
BURIAL Arlington Municipal CemeteryArlington, Snohomish County, Washington, USA
PLOT Section A, Lot 346
MEMORIAL ID 86120551
Arlington Times, 28 November 1940
OBITUARY – GEORGE W. PUTNAM
George W. Putnam, 78, died at his home, R. 1, Arlington, Sunday November 24th. He was born at Silver Creek, Minn., April 1st, 1862. He came to Everett in 1910 and to Edgecomb in 1911, purchasing the former Robert Kinnear homestead where his family had since resided. Death was due to a stroke suffered Sunday morning. At the time Mr. Putnam was milking, thus rounding out his life in a manner typical of the man-working.
George Washington Putnam was the son of Peter and Patience Putnam, residents of New York. He was married December 21, 1892, to Lilla Putnam, daughter of John E. and Nancy Putnam of Worcester, Mass.
Deceased is survived by his widow, Mrs. Lilla Putnam, R. 1, Arlington; two sons, Hugh Elmer and Glenn Irving Putnam, R. 1, Arlington; three daughters, Mrs. Ethel May Wilson, Marysville; Estella Ellen Holmes, R. 1, Marysville; Marjorie Louise Martin, R. 1, Arlington, eight grandchildren and four great grandchildren; also two sisters, Viola Putnam, Big Lake, Minn., and Mrs. Jane Gordon of Oklahoma.
Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon at 2 o’clock from the chapel of Moll’s Funeral Home, Rev. C. D. Gaffney officiating. Burial was in the Arlington cemetery.
Arlington Times 5 December 1940
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to thank our friends and neighbors for their kindness and sympathy and for the beautiful floral offerings contributed upon the death of our dear husband and father.
We also thank Rev. Gaffney for his comforting words, also the casket bearers. – Mrs. G. W. Putnam, Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Putnam and family; Mr. and Mrs. John Martin and family; Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Wilson and family; Mr. Glenn Putnam and family; and Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Holmes.
Arlington Times, 5 December 1940
GREENWOOD
Many friends attended funeral services held for George W. Putnam at the Moll funeral parlor last Wednesday. The floral pieces were many and beautiful. Interment was in the Arlington cemetery. Henry Carlson, Joe Zahradnik, Otto Bluemke, Ray Farrell, Pete Vanassche and Robert Peterson were casket bearers. Mr. Putnam was a home-loving man, good husband and kind father and will be greatly missed.
Inscription
Putnam
Created by: Leilani Lucrisia
Added: 2 Mar 2012
Find A Grave Memorial 86120551
Hide citationFind A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 14 March 2018), memorial page for George W Putnam (1 Apr 1862–24 Nov 1940), Find A Grave Memorial no. 86120551, citing Arlington Municipal Cemetery, Arlington, Snohomish County, Washington, USA ; Maintained by Leilani Lucrisia (contributor 47514696) .
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George W Putnam
in the Washington, Death Index, 1940-2014
Report issueName: George W Putnam
Gender: Male
Age: 78
Birth Year: abt 1862
Death Date: 24 Nov 1940
Death Place: Snohomish, Washington, USA
Source Information
Ancestry.com. Washington, Death Index, 1940-2014 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2002.
Original data:
Washington State Department of Health. State Death Records Index, 1940-1996. Microfilm. Washington State Archives, Olympia, Washington.
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George W. Putnam
in the Washington, Select Death Certificates, 1907-1960
Name: George W. Putnam
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Married
Age: 78
Estimated birth year: abt 1862
Death Date: 24 Nov 1940
Death Place: Arlington, Snohomish, Washington
Father: Peter Putnam
Mother: Patience H. Godfrey
Spouse: Lilla M. Putnam
FHL Film Number: 2023756
Reference ID: 443
Source Information
Ancestry.com. Washington, Select Death Certificates, 1907-1960 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.
Original data: Washington, Death Certificates, 1907-1960. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013.
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Alt. Born 1861
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George W Putnam
BIRTH 1 Apr 1862Silver Creek, Lake County, Minnesota, USA
DEATH 24 Nov 1940 (aged 78)Arlington, Snohomish County, Washington, USA
BURIAL Arlington Municipal CemeteryArlington, Snohomish County, Washington, USA
PLOT Section A, Lot 346
MEMORIAL ID 86120551
Arlington Times, 28 November 1940
OBITUARY – GEORGE W. PUTNAM
George W. Putnam, 78, died at his home, R. 1, Arlington, Sunday November 24th. He was born at Silver Creek, Minn., April 1st, 1862. He came to Everett in 1910 and to Edgecomb in 1911, purchasing the former Robert Kinnear homestead where his family had since resided. Death was due to a stroke suffered Sunday morning. At the time Mr. Putnam was milking, thus rounding out his life in a manner typical of the man-working.
George Washington Putnam was the son of Peter and Patience Putnam, residents of New York. He was married December 21, 1892, to Lilla Putnam, daughter of John E. and Nancy Putnam of Worcester, Mass.
Deceased is survived by his widow, Mrs. Lilla Putnam, R. 1, Arlington; two sons, Hugh Elmer and Glenn Irving Putnam, R. 1, Arlington; three daughters, Mrs. Ethel May Wilson, Marysville; Estella Ellen Holmes, R. 1, Marysville; Marjorie Louise Martin, R. 1, Arlington, eight grandchildren and four great grandchildren; also two sisters, Viola Putnam, Big Lake, Minn., and Mrs. Jane Gordon of Oklahoma.
Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon at 2 o’clock from the chapel of Moll’s Funeral Home, Rev. C. D. Gaffney officiating. Burial was in the Arlington cemetery.
Arlington Times 5 December 1940
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to thank our friends and neighbors for their kindness and sympathy and for the beautiful floral offerings contributed upon the death of our dear husband and father.
We also thank Rev. Gaffney for his comforting words, also the casket bearers. – Mrs. G. W. Putnam, Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Putnam and family; Mr. and Mrs. John Martin and family; Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Wilson and family; Mr. Glenn Putnam and family; and Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Holmes.
Arlington Times, 5 December 1940
GREENWOOD
Many friends attended funeral services held for George W. Putnam at the Moll funeral parlor last Wednesday. The floral pieces were many and beautiful. Interment was in the Arlington cemetery. Henry Carlson, Joe Zahradnik, Otto Bluemke, Ray Farrell, Pete Vanassche and Robert Peterson were casket bearers. Mr. Putnam was a home-loving man, good husband and kind father and will be greatly missed.
Inscription
Putnam
Created by: Leilani Lucrisia
Added: 2 Mar 2012
Find A Grave Memorial 86120551
Hide citationFind A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 14 March 2018), memorial page for George W Putnam (1 Apr 1862–24 Nov 1940), Find A Grave Memorial no. 86120551, citing Arlington Municipal Cemetery, Arlington, Snohomish County, Washington, USA ; Maintained by Leilani Lucrisia (contributor 47514696) .
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George W Putnam
in the Washington, Death Index, 1940-2014
Report issueName: George W Putnam
Gender: Male
Age: 78
Birth Year: abt 1862
Death Date: 24 Nov 1940
Death Place: Snohomish, Washington, USA
Source Information
Ancestry.com. Washington, Death Index, 1940-2014 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2002.
Original data:
Washington State Department of Health. State Death Records Index, 1940-1996. Microfilm. Washington State Archives, Olympia, Washington.
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George W. Putnam
in the Washington, Select Death Certificates, 1907-1960
Name: George W. Putnam
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Married
Age: 78
Estimated birth year: abt 1862
Death Date: 24 Nov 1940
Death Place: Arlington, Snohomish, Washington
Father: Peter Putnam
Mother: Patience H. Godfrey
Spouse: Lilla M. Putnam
FHL Film Number: 2023756
Reference ID: 443
Source Information
Ancestry.com. Washington, Select Death Certificates, 1907-1960 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.
Original data: Washington, Death Certificates, 1907-1960. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013.
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Events
| Birth | 1 Apr 1862 | Silver Creek, Lake, Minnesota, United States |  | ||
| Marriage | 21 Dec 1892 | Sherburne County, Minnesota - Lilliand Maude "Lill" Putnam | |  | |
| Census (family) | 1900 | Big Lake, Sherburne, Minnesota, United States - Lilliand Maude "Lill" Putnam | | | |
| Census (family) | 1905 | Big Lake, Sherburne, Minnesota, United States - Lilliand Maude "Lill" Putnam | | | |
| Death | 24 Nov 1940 | Arlington, Snohomish, Washington, United States | | | |
| Census (family) | 1910 US Census | Big Lake, Sherburne, Minnesota, United States - Lilliand Maude "Lill" Putnam | | ||
| Census (family) | 1920 US Census | Edgecomb Snohomish WA - Lilliand Maude "Lill" Putnam | | ||
| Burial | Arlington Municipal Cemetery, Arlington, Snohomish, Washington, United States | | |
Families
| Spouse | Lilliand Maude "Lill" Putnam (1869 - 1948) |
| Child | Hugh E. Putnam (1893 - ) |
| Child | Ethal M. Putnam (1895 - ) |
| Child | Glen Putnam (1897 - 1982) |
| Child | Estella E. Putnam (1899 - ) |
| Child | Marjorie L Putnam (1910 - ) |
| Father | Peter Putnam (1814 - 1886) |
| Mother | Patience Hannah Godfrey (1828 - 1892) |
| Sibling | Julia Cordelia Putnam (1854 - 1885) |
| Sibling | Viola Maude Putnam (1868 - 1948) |
| Sibling | Sophronia M. Putnam (1844 - 1926) |
| Sibling | Charles Henry Putnam (1849 - 1907) |
| Sibling | Mary Elizabeth Putnam (1850 - 1927) |
| Sibling | Martha Jane (Janny Em) "Jennie" Putnam (1865 - 1945) |
Notes
Birth
or Wright CountyMarriage
Merriam Genealogy in England and America, Charles Pierce Merriam, 1900:p148
Marriage Index 1887-1901
Sherburne County Website records: http://www.sherburnehistorycenter.org/marr87.html
Census (family)
1900 US Census Big Lake, Sherburne, MNSheet 3B, SD 133, ED 131
54/54 George Putnam 38 Apr 1862 7 yrs marr MN NY NY farmer
Lilla M 30 Dec 1869 7 y marr 4/4 ch MN MA MA
Hugh E 6 Nov 1893 MN MN MN
Ethel M 4 Aug 1895 MN MN MN
Glen 3 Feb 1897 MN MN MN
Estella E 1 Apr 1899 MN MN MN
Nancy A Step Mother 71 Feb 1829 Wd 9/5ch MA MA MA retired (she was really mother-in-law)
Year: 1900; Census Place: Big Lake, Sherburne, Minnesota; Page: 3;Enumeration District: 0131
Description
Enumeration District: 0131; Description: Big Lake Township, Big Lake Village
Source Information
Ancestry.com. 1900 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.
Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900. T623, 1854 rolls.
Image 5 &6/16
Census (family)
1905 MN State Census Big Lake Sherburne MN image 19/21Line 23 Putnam George W 42 MN NY NY 42y State 20 Big Lake Carpenter
Lill A 35 MN MA MA 35 35
Hugh E 11 MN MN MN 11y7m 11y7m
Ethel M 9 MN MN MN 9y9m 9y9m
Glen I 8 8y3m 8y3m
Estela 6 6y 6y
Marjori L 2 2y8m 2y8m
Line 31 Nancy A Putnam 78 MA MA MA 49y 49y
Line 21 Putnam Lonzo P 73 MA MA MA 22y 15y farming
Line 22 Mary H 70 VT MA PA 25y 15y
Line 17 Putnam Eugene E 47 MN MA MA 47y 47y Postmaster
Source Information
Ancestry.com. Minnesota, Territorial and State Censuses, 1849-1905 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007.
Original data:
Minnesota Historical Society. Minnesota State Population Census Schedules, 1865-1905. St. Paul, MN, USA: Minnesota Historical Society, 1977. Microfilm. Reels 1-47 and 107-164.
Minnesota. Minnesota Territorial Census Schedules, 1849-1855. St. Paul, MN, USA: Minnesota Historical Society, 2000. Microfilm.
Minnesota. Minnesota 1857 Territorial Census. Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul, MN, USA.
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Who are Lonzo P Putnam and Mary H in this census?
According to Bill Putman, Lorenzo R Putnam, Big Lake, is 73 (in 1905). He was born in MA June 1832. His wife is Mary H Thayer, 70, born in Vermont October 1835. Lorenzo is son of David Putnam, Jr and his 1st wife, Hannah Church, of Beckett, MA. Lorenzo and Mary have been in Big Lake for long time but not in 1910 so must have died by then. In 1895 Lorenzo is 63 and Mary Helen Thayer is 60. They came to MN in 1870's. In 1885 they are in Mpls. IN 1895 they are in Sherburne county with son Arthur.
Lorenzo D Putnam of Minneapolis, Hennepin Co, MN is 51 in 1905 MA MA MA. His wife is Mary C Turnbull, age 46, born in Ill. Married for 26 y.
They have children Edith E 24 MN
Irving L 22 MN
Albert T 19 MN
Roy W 17 MN
Margaret 13 MN
HE is the son of Lorenzo and Mary H Putnam and born in Beckett, Berkshire Co, MA. He will die here in Mpls, Mar 23, 1924. Mary his wife was a wid in 1930.
Death
George W Putnamin the Washington, Death Index, 1940-2014
Name: George W Putnam
Gender: Male
Age: 78
Birth Year: abt 1862
Death Date: 24 Nov 1940
Death Place: Snohomish, Washington, USA
Source Information
Ancestry.com. Washington, Death Index, 1940-2014 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2002.
Original data:
Washington State Department of Health. State Death Records Index, 1940-1996. Microfilm. Washington State Archives, Olympia, Washington.
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George W. Putnam
in the Washington, Select Death Certificates, 1907-1960
Name: George W. Putnam
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Married
Age: 78
Estimated birth year: abt 1862
Death Date: 24 Nov 1940
Death Place: Arlington, Snohomish, Washington
Father: Peter Putnam
Mother: Patience H. Godfrey
Spouse: Lilla M. Putnam
FHL Film Number: 2023756
Reference ID: 443
Source Information
Ancestry.com. Washington, Select Death Certificates, 1907-1960 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.
Original data: Washington, Death Certificates, 1907-1960. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013.
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Census (family)
1910 US Census Big Lake, Sherburne MN27 28 George D Putnam 48 M(1) 17y MN US Ill carpenter
Lilla A 40 M(1) 17y 5/5ch MN MA MA
Hugh E 16 MN MN MN
Ethel M 14 MN MN MN
Glen I 13 MN MN MN
Estella E 11 MN MN MN
Marjorie L 7 MN MN MN
Alice Dike 28 Niece (dau of Lilla sister Jane Emily) MN MN MN
Census (family)
1920 US Census Edgecomb Snohomish WAGeorge W Putnam 57
Lilla 50
Glenn I 22
Stella 20
Marjorie 17
Burial
George W PutnamBIRTH 1 Apr 1862Silver Creek, Lake County, Minnesota, USA
DEATH 24 Nov 1940 (aged 78)Arlington, Snohomish County, Washington, USA
BURIAL Arlington Municipal CemeteryArlington, Snohomish County, Washington, USA
PLOT Section A, Lot 346
MEMORIAL ID 86120551
Arlington Times, 28 November 1940
OBITUARY – GEORGE W. PUTNAM
George W. Putnam, 78, died at his home, R. 1, Arlington, Sunday November 24th. He was born at Silver Creek, Minn., April 1st, 1862. He came to Everett in 1910 and to Edgecomb in 1911, purchasing the former Robert Kinnear homestead where his family had since resided. Death was due to a stroke suffered Sunday morning. At the time Mr. Putnam was milking, thus rounding out his life in a manner typical of the man-working.
George Washington Putnam was the son of Peter and Patience Putnam, residents of New York. He was married December 21, 1892, to Lilla Putnam, daughter of John E. and Nancy Putnam of Worcester, Mass.
Deceased is survived by his widow, Mrs. Lilla Putnam, R. 1, Arlington; two sons, Hugh Elmer and Glenn Irving Putnam, R. 1, Arlington; three daughters, Mrs. Ethel May Wilson, Marysville; Estella Ellen Holmes, R. 1, Marysville; Marjorie Louise Martin, R. 1, Arlington, eight grandchildren and four great grandchildren; also two sisters, Viola Putnam, Big Yike, Minn., and Mrs. Jane Gordon of Oklahoma.
Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon at 2 o’clock from the chapel of Moll’s Funeral Home, Rev. C. D. Gaffney officiating. Burial was in the Arlington cemetery.
Arlington Times 5 December 1940
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to thank our friends and neighbors for their kindness and sympathy and for the beautiful floral offerings contributed upon the death of our dear husband and father.
We also thank Rev. Gaffney for his comforting words, also the casket bearers. – Mrs. G. W. Putnam, Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Putnam and family; Mr. and Mrs. John Martin and family; Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Wilson and family; Mr. Glenn Putnam and family; and Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Holmes.
Arlington Times, 5 December 1940
GREENWOOD
Many friends attended funeral services held for George W. Putnam at the Moll funeral parlor last Wednesday. The floral pieces were many and beautiful. Interment was in the Arlington cemetery. Henry Carlson, Joe Zahradnik, Otto Bluemke, Ray Farrell, Pete Vanassche and Robert Peterson were casket bearers. Mr. Putnam was a home-loving man, good husband and kind father and will be greatly missed.
Inscription
Putnam
Created by: Leilani Lucrisia
Added: 2 Mar 2012
Find A Grave Memorial 86120551
Hide citationFind A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 14 March 2018), memorial page for George W Putnam (1 Apr 1862–24 Nov 1940), Find A Grave Memorial no. 86120551, citing Arlington Municipal Cemetery, Arlington, Snohomish County, Washington, USA ; Maintained by Leilani Lucrisia (contributor 47514696) .
Endnotes
1. Charles Henry Pope, Merriam Genealogy in England and America (Boston, Mass: Charles Henry Pope, 1906), page 148, Lilla Maude Putnam m Dec 21, 1893, George Washington Putnam.
2. 1900 US Census, Sherburne County, Minnesota || Sherburne Co, MN, population schedule , Big Lake, enumeration district (ED) 131, Sheet 3B, SD 133, dwelling 54, family 54, household of George and Lilla Putnam; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed ); Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900. T623, 1854 rolls.
3. 1905 Minnesota State Census. Minnesota Territorial and State Censuses, 1849-1905 , Sherburne County, Minnesota || Sherburne Co, MN, population schedule , Big Lake, Line 23, household of George W and Lill Putnam; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed ); Original data: Minnesota Historical Society. Minnesota State Population Census Schedules, 1865-1905. St. Paul, MN, USA: Minnesota Historical Society, 1977. Microfilm. Reels 1-47 and 107-164.
4. Ancestry.com, "Washington, Death Index, 1940-2014," database, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed ), entry for Gearge W Putnam, 1940; Original data: Washington State Department of Health. State Death Records Index, 1940-1996. Microfilm. Washington State Archives, Olympia, Washington..
5. Ancestry.com, " Washington, Select Death Certificates, 1907-1960," database, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed ), death certificate of George W Putnam (1940); Original data: Washington, Death Certificates, 1907-1960. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013.; FHL Film Number: 2023756.
6. "Find A Grave Memorials," database and images, , Find A Grave (https://findagrave.com : accessed ), memorial page for George W Putnam (1 Apr 1862–24 Nov 1940), Find A Grave Memorial no. 86120551, citing Arlington Municipal Cemetery, Arlington, Snohomish County, Washington, USA ; Maintained by Leilani Lucrisia (contributor 47514696)