Individual Details

Birth

Not sure if she was born in Little Falls or at the farm in Morrison County.

Marriage

Marriage Certificate of William Putnam and Catherine Long

State of Minnesota
County of Hennepin
I certify that on the 28 day of Oct, in the year of our Lord, one thousand nine hundred and 21 at Minneapolis Minn, in said County, the indersigned, a Minister of the Gospel did join in the holy bonds of matrimony, according to the laws of this State, Dr. William S. Putnam, of the County of Crow Wing and State of Minnesota, Catherine R. Long, of the County of Hennepin and State of Minnesota,
In Presence of
E. M. Bakken
Anna Sandegren

Rev E. M. Bakken
Officiating officer please give P.O.Address
No. 3200-40 Ave So
Minneapolis, Minn

A copy of my credentials of ordination is recorded in the office of the Clerk of District Court for the County of Hennepin, State of Minnesota.
Filed Oct. 29th A.D. 1921, and duly recorded in Book 253 Page 63 of Marriage Record.
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Death

Died at Abbott-Northwestern Hospital, Mineapolis, MN of cancer of 4 years. She was 86 years old. Widow at death.
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Obituary for Catherine Long Putnam
St Cloud Times Tues, Jan 8, 1985
Catherine Putnam
Minneapolis - Burial was in Little Falls for Mrs. William (Catherine) Putnam, 86, formerly of St Cloud, who died Friday at Abbott Northwestern Hospital.

Local arrangements were by Williams Funeral Home.

Mrs Putnam was born June 16, 1898 in Little Falls to the late Frank and Mary Elizabeth (Morgan) Long. She married Dr. William S Putnam Oct 28, 1921, and had been a resident of St Cloud 38 years. She was a life member of Order of Eastern Star and a member of American Legion Auxiliary.

Survivors includ sisters and brother, Mrs. Grace Adamson, Mrs. Marie Dean and Norman, Minneapolis; three grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her husband October 26, 1968, a son, William S. August 28, 1908, three sisters and three brothers.
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Minneapolis Tribune

Catherine Putnam, age 86, of 15 E Grant St. Survived by sisters, Marie Dean and Grace Adamson; brother Norman Long, all Mpls; Daughter-in-law and 3 grandchildren. Private family services were held, interment Little Falls
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Burial

Catherine was cremated Jan 7, 1985. Her ashes were buried on her husband's grave at a private ceremony in the spring of 1985 at Oakland Cemetery, Little Falls, MN.

Gravestone:
Wife
Catherine Putnam
June 16, 1898
Jan 5, 1985
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Catherine Long Putnam

Birth: Jun. 16, 1898
Little Falls
Morrison County
Minnesota, USA
Death: Jan. 5, 1985
Minneapolis
Hennepin County
Minnesota, USA

 
Family links: 
 Parents:
  Frank J. Long (1862 - 1954)
  Mary Elizabeth Morgan Long (1870 - 1935)
 
 Spouse:
  William S. Putnam (1896 - 1968)
 
 Siblings:
  Lillian Long Reynolds (1890 - 1971)*
  Helen Long Sheridan (1892 - 1983)*
  Grace Elaine Long Adamson (1894 - 1987)*
  Harvey Lawrence Long (1896 - 1955)*
  Catherine Long Putnam (1898 - 1985)
  Frank Long (1901 - 1975)*
  Marie Elizabeth Long Dean (1904 - 1993)*
  Norman Elwin Long (1906 - 1993)*
  Geraldine Lynette Long Scott (1909 - 1956)*
 
 
Burial:
Oakland Cemetery 
Little Falls
Morrison County
Minnesota, USA
 
Created by: Doug Kalahar
Record added: Jul 23, 2014 
Find A Grave Memorial# 133220715
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Census (family)

1940 US Census St Cloud, Sherburne, MN
705 Riverside Drive SE St Cloud City, 7th ward
705/2/own/6000/no farm/
William S Putnam 43 C-5 WI Same place 1935 Chiropractor private practice working on own acct
Catherine 41 C-2 MN Same place in 1935
William S Jr 12 grade 6 MN same place in 1935

In digital file
Source Citation
Year: 1940; Census Place: St Cloud, Sherburne, Minnesota; Roll: T627_1958; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 71-17
Source Information
Ancestry.com. 1940 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.
Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1940. T627, 4,643 rolls.

image 1/22 MN> Sherburne> St Cloud > 71-17
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Census (family)

1930 US Census St Cloud, Stearns, MN
Dist 0059, 4th Ward
April 10, 1930
806 7th Ave N
272/323 William Putnam 33 rent 50 radio marr @ 25 WI MN MN Doctor office working on own account vet WW
Catherine wife 31 marr @ 23 MN IA MN
William S, Jr son 2 7/12 MN WI MN


Year: 1930; Census Place: St Cloud, Stearns, Minnesota; Page: 16A; Enumeration District: 0059; FHL microfilm: 2340866
Description
District: 0059; Description: ST. CLOUD CITY, WARD 4 (PART), BOUNDED BY (N) CITY LIMITS; (E) MISSISSIPPI RIVER; (S) RAILROAD TRACKS; (W) 21ST AVE. N., 21ST AVE. N. EXTENDED, 21ST AVE. N., CITY LIMITS.
Source Information
Ancestry.com. 1930 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2002.
Original data:United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1930. T626, 2,667 rolls.

image 31/57 MN> Stearns> St Cloud> Dist 0059

Census (family)

1950 US Census
St Cloud, Sherburne, MN

Putnam, Wm 53 Marr b in Wi WKS practicing chiropractor, owner
Catherine 51 Marr b in MN Home
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Catherine Putnam
1950 United States Federal Census
DetailRelatedSource
Source Citation
United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: St Cloud, Sherburne, Minnesota; Roll: 1860; Sheet Number: 79; Enumeration District: 71-20

Description
Enumeration District: 71-20; Description: St. Cloud City - That part of Ward 7, including all islands in. This Enumeration district Bounded by County line; 9th Ave. E., Military Rd.; City limits; County line (Remainder of St. Cloud City is in Benton and Stearns Counties)

Source Information
Ancestry.com. 1950 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2022.
Original data:Department of Commerce. Bureau of the Census. 1913-1/1/1972. Population Schedules for the 1950 Census, 1950 - 1950. Washington, DC: National Archives at Washington, DC. Population Schedules for the 1950 Census, 1950 - 1950. NAID: 43290879. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, Record Group 29. National Archives at Washington, DC., Washington, DC.

Source Description
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