Individual Details

Goldie Marie Putnam

(25 Jul 1894 - 15 May 1989)

Lived in Chicago, Paulies Island
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Lived in Paulies Island, SC.
Iowa, Find a grave
Burial:
Hayes Township Cemetery
South of Arthur, Ida Co, Iowa
Birth 1894
Death 1989
Source Information:
Ancestry.com. Web: Iowa, Find A Grave Index, 1800-2012 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.Original data: Find A Grave. Find A Grave. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi: accessed 18 January 2013.
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Also husband and son are buried in this cemetery
Henry Clarence Johnson b-1896 d- 1992
Henry Clarence Johnson b-mar 21, 1929 d- Jun 25, 2012
This is where Henry's family was from.
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Social Security Death Index
Name: Goldie M. Johnson
SSN: 322-56-9807
Last Residence: 29585  Pawleys Island, Georgetown, South Carolina, USA
Born: 25 Jul 1894
Died: 15 May 1989
State (Year) SSN issued: Illinois (1973)
Source Citation: Number: 322-56-9807; Issue State: Illinois; Issue Date: 1973.
Source Information:
Ancestry.com. U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-Current [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2011.Original data: Social Security Administration. Social Security Death Index, Master File. Social Security Administration.
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In an application she made for Sherburne County Pioneer Certificate, Goldie said she married Henry Clarence Johnson Dec 24, 1927. She said she was born on 25 July 1894 in Big Lake, MN.
In her letter she continued:
She married an English professor, a graduate of the U of M and of Chicago University. He retired in 1971 after 45 years of teaching, the last 25 years at Roosevelt University in Chicago on Michigan Avenue. The Tower reading room is named for him.

She said in a letter of March 27, 1979, that she was granddaughter of John Elmer and Nancy Meriam Putnam, who came to what is now Big Lake as pioneers from Massachusetts in 1856.
She was born in Big Lake 1894. Her father was William Henry Putnam.
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The Monticello Times, April 11, 1974, picture of Mrs John Putnam.
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Events

Birth25 Jul 1894Big Lake, Sherburne, Minnesota, United States
Marriage24 Dec 1928Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, United States - Henry Clarence Johnson
Census (family)1930Butte City, Silver Bow, Montana, United States - Henry Clarence Johnson
Census (family)1940Glen Ellyn, DuPage, Illinois, United States - Henry Clarence Johnson
Death15 May 1989Georgetown, South Carolina, United States
BurialHayes Township Cemetery, Hayes Twp, Ida, Iowa, United States

Families

SpouseHenry Clarence Johnson (1896 - 1992)
ChildJr Henry Clarence Johnson (1929 - 2012)
FatherWilliam Henry Putnam (1867 - 1945)
MotherMinnie Jane Hatch (1872 - 1950)
SiblingWilliam Stuart Putnam (1896 - 1968)
SiblingFloyd Eugene Putnam (1897 - 1973)
SiblingSidney U Putnam (1899 - 1967)
SiblingAda Augusta Putnam (1901 - 1994)
SiblingLeola (Teck) Putnam (1905 - 1970)
SiblingLeota (Zoe) Putnam (1905 - 1982)
SiblingJohn Stanley Putnam (1908 - 1985)
SiblingMary Jane Putnam (1911 - 2000)

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