Obituary for Frank Houlton Putnam

Frank Houlton Putnam was born on March 29th, 1892, in Houlton, Maine, the son of Amos Putnam of Houlton and COra Carpenter Putnam of Madawaska, Maine.  He attended the public schools in HOulton and Burdet's Business College in Boston, Mass. In 1915 FHP enlisted in the 55th Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force and served in France till November 1917. He participated in the 3rd battle of Ypres, the Somme (wounded), Vimy Ridge, Hill 70, Lens and Passchendaele Ridge (seriously wounded). He was invalided out of service on Feb. 6, 1919 and married Madge Weldon, a British nurse whom he met in hospital in London, in August 1919. They had five children, Joyce (d. age 6), Amos Weldon (b. 1922), Kathleen (b. 1924) and Joan (b. 1925) and Madge (d. age 2 days). From 1921 till his death in Jan., 1930, FHP served as Deputy Collector of Internal Revenue in Houlton.  Following his death, Mrs. Putnam and the three surviving children returned to Great Britain. FHP's standing in the community is best illustrated by the huge attendance at his military funeral.  This was attended also by The Headquarters Battery, 151 Field Artillery, the New Brunswick Post of the British Legion and the Briggs Post of the American Legion.

Newspaper article on the funeral of Frank Houlton Putnam, my Great Uncle

In my father's papers i found a copy of a newspaper article on the funeral of my Great Uncle, Frank Houlton Putnam from February 11th or 17th, 1930.  So I thought I would transcribe it here.  There is a nice picture associated with it, but it lost so much quality as a photocopy, I didn't try and capture it. Toward the end of the document, some of the words have been cut off.  I put in what I could figure out.

Houlton Mourns Passing of Frank Houlton Putnam --- A World War Hero

Dies At His Home After A Short Illness---Brilliant War Service With Canadian Forces---Military Funeral

The streets lined with flags drooping at half-staff and the closing of all places of business Monday afternoon showed the profound respect and deep affection with which the people of Houlton regarded the late Frank Houlton Putnam, whose death after a brief illness of ten days saddened the whole community last Saturday morning.

Frank Houlton Putnam, a member of one of the oldest families and descended from nearly all of the pioneer settlers of this community was the son of Amos and Cora (Carpenter) Putnam. He was a man well liked, general to a fault, a lover of family and the great out-of-doors, a reader and a friend to everyone, doing his work well.  He was born at Houlton, March 29th, 1892. He attended the public schools and later took a course in accounting at Burdett's business college in Boston.  In early childhood he showed those qualities of courage and perseverance which he later displayed in such a marked degree during the World War.  Many will remember his gallantry when a young boy in recovering the body of Harry Berry from Nickerson Lake. After repeated diving he reached the body and brought it to the surface at great risk to his own life when many older men had failed.

Mr. Putnam was one of those Americans who felt the call of duty before this county declared war and enlisted in the 55th Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Forces in 1915, with whom he took part in the third battle of Ypres and the Battle of the Somme, where he received a shrapnel wound in the face while bring up food to comrades isolated in an advanced position. After his recovery he participated in the battles of Vimy Ridge, Hill 70 and Lens.  When the United States declared war Mr. Putnam applied for transfer to the American Army, but before the formalities necessary were completed he was seriously wounded while advancing in the attack on Passchendaele Ridge in November 1917, from which time he was confined to various hospitals until finally invalided out of service on February 6, 1919. His outstanding war records was forcibly brought to mind by a large delegation from the Woodstock, N.B. Post of the British Legion who, under the command of Colonel Bull, Mr. Putnam's former battalion commander, drove twelve miles through intense cold to attend his funeral.

Prayers were held at Mr. Putnam's home at one o'clock for his immediate family who then, attended by the various military organizations assembled to pay honor to his memory, went to the Church of the Good Shepherd where the great masses of flowers that filled the sanctuary and chancel were evidence of the regard not only of those present but of the great number who were unable to find standing room in the church. The service of the Church of England was conducted by the Rector, the Reverend Mr. Jenkins, after which, escorted by Headquarters Battery, 152 Field Artillery, the massed colors of the Grand Army of the Republic, the American Legion, the American Legion Auxiliary and the British Legion, followed by a large detachment from Woodstock, N.B. Post of the British Legion, the Briggs Post of the American Legion and the last surviving members of Addison P. Russell Post, Grand Army of the Republic, and Houlton Lodge of Elks.  The casket, bearing his belt and helmet and draped with the British battle flag under which he so gallantly fought and followed by his family and friends was borne through the silent flag-hung streets to Evergreen Cemetery. There after the commitment service of the Church of England was read his comrades of the British Legion fired the three volleys and the bugler sounded Last Post. 

In August 1919, Mr. Putnam was married to Miss Madge Weldon, formerly a nurse at St. George's Hospital, London. Five children were born to this union, Joyce who died at age six years, Amos Weldon, age eight years, Kathleen, age six years, Joan, age five years and Madge who lived but two days.  Besides his widow and children he leaves his parents and one brother, Ervin E. Putnam, connected with the U.S. Veterans Hospital at Northampton, Mass.; three sisters, Margaret Putnam Greaves of Sherman Mills, Harriet Putnam Crates of Houlton, and Ruth Putnam Sleeper of Worcester, Mass.

Since 1921 Mr. Putnam has served as Deputy Collector of Internal Revenue with headquarters in Houlton. He was a member of Monument Lodge No. 96, F.&A. M.; Houlton Lodge 835 Bonevolent and Protective Order of Elks and of Chester L. Briggs Post 47 the American Legion.

Rev. David Jenkins gave an address on the life of the  _____
___ at the request of his wife read the well known lines of Kipplings:

E'en as he trod that day to God so walked he from his birth,
In Simpleness and gentleness and honor and clean mirth.

His wife was unable to be present being sick with the same illness which had proven fatel to her husband.

At the request of his friend, Capt. Murray Cushing Dormell of H.M. Royal Horse and Field Artillery "the Read" by Lord Dunsany was read by Dr. E.C. Barton, representing the American Legion. This being the highest tribute to be paid by English officers.

1922 Moosehead Lake Trip: Shoreline with canoe

Shoreline, Moosehead Lake, 1922

1922 Moosehead Lake Trip: Shoreline near Mt. Kineo

Shoreline near Mt. Kineo, 1922

1922 Moosehead Lake Trip: Photo of shoreline

Shoreline of Moosehead Lake, 1922

1922 Moosehead Lake Trip: Forest fire near Mt. Kineo Hotel

Forest fire near Mt. Kineo Hotel, 1922

1922 Moosehead Lake Trip: Mt Kineo Hotel

Mt Kineo Hotel, Moosehead Lake, ME, 1922

I really enjoy this photo, it must have been an amazing place to stay..  Here is a link to home history of the Mt. Kineo Hotel.

More on Cora Carpenter

When I was home, I came across a document written (I believe) by my father's cousin, Francis Harper Sleeper about his grandmother (my great grandmother) Cora Margaret Carpenter.  It seems like a copy that my father edited for him, and I don't know what happen to the final product.  Given some of the comments he made, I suspect this was written in 2002. It is a bit odd, as I am transcribing his write up, that included quotes that Cora made as part of a 1910 speech.  Normally, I put my transcriptions into italics, but thought it would be better to skip it this time.  I've added some photos and maps where I thought it might help people understanding.

Cora M. Putnam, My Eastern Star Grandmother 

She taught her male grandchildren how to play poker summers at the Putnam cottage on Drew’s (Meduxnekeag) Lake in New Limerick. Several of the cousins used this skill with great ability when they were in the armed services. The writer did not. Instead, he lost all the money he'd made at the Temple Theater in Houlton during a whole summer in a single poker game

--and never played poker again.

She organized and cooked for large family gatherings at that same cottage. She was working with very individualistic people but her innate organizing ability won everyone over.

Cora M. Putnam, at the age of 38, became the first Grand Worthy Matron of the Eastern Star from Aroostook County in 1909-1910.

There was good reason for that election. This lady, who had received her post high school education at the Madawaska Training School (now the University of Maine at Fort Kent) and who had taught in Upper Saint John Valley schools and in Oakfield, had helped organize 0.E.S. chapters in Fredericton, Saint John, Woodstock and Grand Falls, New Brunswick, and Presque Isle, Patten, Mars Hill, Bridgewater, Ashland, Fort Fairfield and Sherman Mills in this state.

Born in Houlton June 14, 1872, about 130 years ago, Cora M. Carpenter married Amos Putnam June 2, 1891. He was a descendant of one of the two founding families of Houlton; the other family was the Houltons.

Stick your finger in the pie of most Houlton community and OES activities for more than half a century and you'd be liable to come up with the fine hand of Mrs. Putnam. She lived the OES and Masonic ideal of service to her community and country.

However, I would like first to turn to her farewell address as Grand Worthy Matron, made May 25, 1910 at the Eighteenth Annual Session of the Grand Chapter in Portland. While much of the talk involves organization matters, there are some sections which have relevance today.

Here are some of her words:

"As zealous workers for our Order, we all have, I trust, our ideals as to what the Eastern Star should be, and all are alive to the tremendous possibilities of its future. It cannot be said that we have yet attained to our full stature, and with whatever satisfaction we may contemplate the results already attained, the ideal is ever beyond them.”

"We have a standard in the great Masonic fraternity to which we owe our existence. There is a solidity and a firmness about Masonic ties which may not yet, but hope sometime to attain. It would be useless to speculate on the secret sources of Masonic life, and indeed by our very position as a dependent Order, we must always allow that that something makes the Masonic Order superior to our own. But if it be true (as we affirm) that woman's heart equally with man's beats responsive to the grand ideal of Brotherly Love, Relief and Trust, so we may permit ourselves on these foundations to aspire to erect a temple equally solid and enduring, if less glorious.”

"If we have given abundance of our time and labor to Eastern Star work it is not because we are unconscious of its imperfections, but because we are hopeful for the future. The true optimist is led ever onward by the visions of a glorious ideal, and in the contemplation of the ideal derives consolation amid the present imperfections.”

"Fraternity in the pursuit of noble aims is a grand ideal of the Eastern Star. Fraternity is the thing insisted upon in our obligation, and noble aims are the lessons inculcated by the heroines of our Order. Fraternity must have something to work upon, some common purpose and endeavor. It was this common purpose and endeavor which united the workmen on King Solomon's temple and laid the foundation for the Masonic spirit. That was man's work."

"Woman will find the fraternal bond in work more consistent with her sphere and learn from Adah, Ruth, Esther, Martha and Electa the true ideal of womanhood. In our common pursuit of this ideal we shall realize the true fraternal spirit in the Order of the Eastern Star, and be drawn closer together as the principles of our Order shine with undiminished luster through our lives. Only as we hold to this high view of our privileges and responsibilities can it be true that in entering the Order we enter a new phase of life. Only as we cherish the highest ideals can we be said to have for our inspiration the Star of Bethlehem to guide us to the new Jerusalem of our hopes."

My grandmother concluded her speech thusly: "I may not have come up to what you might have wished, yet I have done my best, always striving to live up to the teachings of our Order--'That we love one another.'"

Is there enough of the fraternal spirit my grandmother talks about in Maine Masonry now? Do we really love one another as Christ taught us to do?

Since 9/11 this country has become more united than it has been since the days of World War II. Has Maine Masonry become more united since then? I can't answer these questions and don't even want to. I leave it up to the individual Mason. My grandmother once told me "Don't get the Masons mad at you." I've not always been successful at that due largely to my own ignorance and/or mistakes. I've tried, however.

Community service has always been one of the bulwarks of Masonry. My grandmother had set up these networks as she helped establish Eastern Star chapters. She used those networks, I believe, for community betterment which she herself led. She was, of course, a Past Matron of Fidelity Chapter, OES in Houlton. Later, she was made an honorary member of the Grand Chapter, OES in New Brunswick. She organized an International OES Field Day in 1914. That still exists as an International Night held by Fidelity Chapter and Victoria Chapter, OES, in Woodstock, New Brunswick. She received honors from the Supreme Association, Order of the Rainbow, which enrolled her in the Grand Cross of Color Book of Membership in the International Rainbow Temple.

On the community level, my grandmother organized and was for some 30 years’ executive secretary of the Southern Aroostook Chapter, American Red Cross. The chapter was formed during World War I. It had 21 branches from Bridgewater to Danforth. During World War II, she was chairman of overseas production for that chapter. She founded the women's auxiliary of Chester L. Briggs Post, American Legion, was its president five years and was vice president of the auxiliary's Maine Department two years. She was a delegate to the International Legion Auxiliary convention in Paris during 1927 and got a chance to use her Upper St. John Valley French for the first time in many years. It worked quite well. Some years later, she was a delegate to the auxiliary's national convention in Portland, Oregon.

Among services my grandmother got started in Houlton were bringing a Red Cross nurse into the town's schools along with milk lunches, a dental clinic for the elementary schools and clothing for needy children.

She was a past president of the Houlton Women's Club and the Houlton Business and Professional Women's Club. The last time I talked to Senator Margaret Chase Smith she clearly remembered my grandmother as one of her strongest supporters. A Unitarian Church member, she was 30 years’ secretary of the Aroostook County Unitarian Conference. Houlton Unitarians were, in general, much more conservative than are most Unitarians today. She was a past regent of Lydia Putnam Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution. When you went to one of those DAR meetings in Houlton, you found most offices held by Mrs. Putnam, her sister, the mother of a son-in-law (Mrs. Mabel Cates) were also very active in Fidelity Chapter and a strong support to my grandmother in all her civic endeavors.

My grandmother received an overseas citation from the Red Cross and honors from the American Legion and the Houlton Rotary Club. She was definitely interested in history.

Cora Putnam was a charter member and past president of the Aroostook Museum in Houlton. She received a citation from Lydia Putnam Chapter, DAR, for her work to help restore Garrison Hill (used as a fort during the bloodless Aroostook War) and the Old Soldiers Cemetery in Houlton. At the age of 86, she had her 400 plus page "Story of Houlton" published. That work had been started by her husband, Amos Putnam, and she had worked on it more than 25 years. No other hard cover history of Houlton has been written since that 1958 book.

But my grandmother was right up on the latest news until she died. That was probably because, in her younger days, she was "that reporter from Houlton." At one time or another, she reported for the Houlton Pioneer Times, the Bangor Daily News, the Lewiston Sun, the Waterville Sentinel, all the Boston papers and the Associated Press.

Her biggest story, she always said, was the attempt by Werner Horn, a German spy, to blow up the railroad bridge at Vanceboro, Maine. The attempt didn't work. Horn was arrested and taken to the jail in Machias. Once there, he would speak to only one reporter--my grandmother. She was lined up with the Boston Post then and had to stay in Machias a week, filing a daily story with the Post. Horn eventually went back to Germany and, some years later, was declared insane and died in a mental hospital.

My grandmother's greatest thrill during her life "was the introduction of railroad service to Houlton. It was a great day for the people here." Maybe that has something to do with one of my lawyer sons working in the present Bangor and Aroostook bankruptcy matter.

My grandmother influenced me in various ways beyond teaching me to play poker and telling me not to offend Masons. Her internationalism influenced me greatly, though not in the direction of Canada. She was a great stamp collector. I became a stamp collector because of her and this further influenced me toward internationalism, though I wasn't aware of it at the time.

She gave me an interest in history, best shown in the 12 books of collections of old photographs of Maine communities and regions that I've done. And she gave me a feeling for the town of Houlton which will always be my home town to me, even though I only spent most of my summers there from the time I was very small until I was 20 or so.

What about her husband, Amos Putnam? He was no piker Masonically even though he never held a chair in his home lodge, Monument of Houlton. He did rise to become Grand King of the Grand Chapter, Royal Arch Masons of Maine. He was Past High Priest of the Aroostook Chapter, RAM, past commander of St. Aldemar Commandery, Knights Templar, in Houlton and past patron of Fidelity Chapter, Order of the Eastern Star in Houlton. He joined Monument Lodge in 1889.

His working life included a stint with the John Millar Store in Houlton, 23 years as superintendent of buildings and grounds at the Houlton Post Office and 43 years with the Houlton Fire Department. He retired in 1927 and held the post of captain in that department several years. He was a great outdoorsman, especially on the Allagash and Mount Katahdin.

I'm extremely proud of both my Masonic grandparents. I could never live up to all the standards they (especially my grandmother) set.

My grandfather had nearly completed work on a history of Monument Lodge when he died. He had also started work on a history of Houlton. both were eventually completed. I have a copy of the Monument Lodge history generously given me by Richard Rhoda, our new Maine Lodge of Research Fellow.

I also want to thank Mrs. Mildred Mcintosh, ever my grandmother's great helper, with supplying me with Cora Putnam's farewell address.

1922 Moosehead Lake Trip: On Moosehead Lake

Moosehaed Lake, Ervin Putnam on left, 1922

1922 Backwoods Maine Trip

Ervin Putnam in stern of canoe, possible Eagle Lake, 1922

Side commentary

So, I haven't been posting because I was back home helping go through with Mom and Dad.  From a genealogy standpoint, the amount of information is incredible and daunting.  It is likely that it will take me years to go through it.  Some of things I found include a picture from a Putnam family reunion that took place in Houlton in the early 30s.  Someone has gone through and Identified almost everyone in the photo, and there are about 50 people.   The photo is to large for me to scan on my equipment, so I will have to take it out and get it done professionally.

1922 Moosehead Lake Trip-At Allagash Falls

At Allagash Falls, 1922

This is one that it could be fun to recreate for someone up on the Allagash.  In fact, I found a similar shot on Wikipedia.


By Shadow2700 - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Allagash_Trip_009.jpg, Public Domain, Link

1922 Moosehead Lake Trip-Ervin Putnam at campsite

Ervin Putnam at Campsite, 1922

1922 Moosehead Lake Trip- More fish

Ervin Putnam with fish, 1922

1922 Mooshead Lake Trip-Erivin Putnam with fish

Ervin Putnam with fish, 1922

This is one of many fish photos.

Cora Margaret Carpenter (1872-1964)-P3

I've often said that Putnam men tend to marry strong, intelligent women.  My wife and Mother are examples,  so is Cora.  There is quite a bit that could be done documenting Cora's life and I've only scratched the surface with this post but you have to start somewhere.

Cora Putnam at the Charles Street house, 1935

Cora Margaret Carpenter (1872-1964)-P3
Birth: June 14th, 1872 in Houlton, ME
Father: Frank H Washington Carpenter (1845-1936)-P6
Mother: Elvira A. Green (1850-1917)-P7

Married: Amos Putnam (1863-1936)-P2 on June 2nd, 1891 in Houlton, ME

Children:
Frank Houlton Putnam (1892-1930)
Ervin Earl Putnam (1893-1988)-P1
Margaret Louise Putnam (1895-1978)
Hariette Carpenter Putnam (1898-1992)
Ruth Lydia Putnam (1900-1978)

Death: January 30th, 1964 in Houlton, ME

1872-1890
Cora Margaret Carpenter was born on June 14th, 1872 to Frank H Washington Carpenter (1845-1936)-P6 and Elvira A. Green (1850-1917)-P7 in Letter B, Houlton, ME  She appears to have been the younger of twins with her older sister, Nora Louise Carpenter (1872-1952) being listed first.  Frank is listed as being a trader.  Her brother, Walter Garfield Carpenter (1874-1956) was also born in Houlton in 1874.  Frank is now listed as a clerk.  Sometime between September 1874 and December 1875 the family moved north to Fort Kent, ME.  Their daughter, Althea Carpenter (1875-1894) was born there in December.  They lived there until at least 1880 when their son Frank Benjamin Carpenter (1880-1968) was born.  The 1880 U.S. Census shows them all living in Fort Kent.  Cora's father is listed as being a Deputy Sheriff.




By 1887, the family had moved to Van Buren, ME where Cora's twin siblings, Elivra Lydia Carpenter (1887-1978) and Charles Stinchfield Carpenter (1887-1965) were born. At some point between 1887 and 1891 they had moved back to Houlton.




1891-1910
On June 18th, 1891 Cora married Amos Putnam (1863-1936)-P2 in Houlton, ME.  Soon after that, they moved to Oakfield, ME where their oldest son, Frank Houlton Putnam (1892-1930) was born.  Their second son, Ervin Earl Putnam (1893-1988)-P1 was born on July 9th, 1893.  Cora is listed as being a teacher on his birth certificate.


In 1894, Cora's youngest brother Ralph B Carpenter was born and died in Houlton.   She also lost her sister Althea that year.  Cora appear to have stopped working before the birth of her next child in 1895, Margaret Louise Putnam (1895-1978) and she remained that way through the birth of her next two daughters, Hariette Carpenter Putnam(1898-1992) and Ruth Lydia Putnam (1900-1978).  At the time of Ruth's birth, the family had moved back to Houlton.  The 1900 U.S. Census has her living with Amos and the five children in back on Elm St in Houlton, ME.

Sometime after 1901, Cora started to work as a reported and she is listed as being a reporter for a newspaper in the 1910 U.S. Census.  She is living with Amos and the children  somewhere around number 6 Green Street.  The documents are a bit unclear as to the exact address.

1911-1930

Putnam Family in 1916-back row left to right: Ervin Putnam, 

Ruth Putnam, Elvira Green Carpenter, Amos Putnam, Charles Carpenter,

front row left to right: Harriette Putnam, 

Cora Carpenter Putnam, and Vie Carpenter

Both Cora's sons went of and fought in World War I.  Frank join up with the Canadians before the U.S. entered the war and Ervin was an X-Ray technician for the U.S..  Cora's mother, Elvira, died on April 26th, 1917.    By 1920, Cora is shown to be living with Amos, her daughters, Margaret, Hariett and Ruth, and son Frank with his wife at 6 Elm St. in Houlton ME.  Cora is listed as being a reporter and the Secretary for the Red Cross at the Red Cross Room.



We have a passenger list showing that she returned from a trip to France in 1927.  The return trip started in Le Harve, France on September 24th, 1927 and ended in Boston, MA on Octobr 2nd, 1927 on board the Scythia.  The document shows her still living at 6 Elm St.

 According to the 1930 U.S. Census she had moved with Amos to 9 Charles St. and was living with her father Frank and sister Elivira L. Carpenter.  Cora was still working as a reporter.  He eldest son, Frank died in 1930.

9 Charles St, Houlton, ME -1935

1931-1964

Carpenter Family at the Anchorage camp, 1931
Walter Carpenter, Frank Carpenter, Cora Putnam
Vie Carpenter, and Florence Carpenter 

1936 was a hard year for Cora with the loss of both her father and husband.  By 1940 she had moved to 21 Park St to live with daughter Harriette , Harriette's husband (Harold Cates) and children Francis A. and Jeanette.

She was a member of the Unitarian Church in Houlton and was active with quite a few organizations throughout her life.  We have newspaper articles That shows she held many offices with the Lydia Putnam Chapter of the Daughter's of the American Revolution, a member of the Legion Auxiliary, a member of North Star Camp Royal Neighbors of America.  In 1910 she was elected the Grand Matron of the Maine Grand Lodge of the Order of the Eastern Star.

She published two books.  I haven't been able to see a copy of one, History of the Carpenter family 1303-1845.  She published The Story of Houlton in 1958 after years of effort.  She built her work on research that her husband, Amos, and Father-in-Law Levi Houlton Putnam started.

Cora passed away in Houlton on January 30th, 1964 and is buried next to her husband in Evergreen Cemetery.  Her death was noted as far south as Portsmouth, NH, where the Order of the Eastern Star honored her.

Sources:

• 1880 United States Federal Census: Database online. Year: 1880; Census Place: Fort Kent, Aroostook, Maine; Roll: 476; Family History Film: 1254476; Page: 24C; Enumeration District: 199; Image: 0049.
• 1900 United States Federal Census: Year: 1900; Census Place: Houlton, Aroostook, Maine; Roll: 589; Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 0028; FHL microfilm: 1240589
• 1910 United States Federal Census: Year: 1910; Census Place: Houlton, Aroostook, Maine; Roll: T624_537; Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 0035; FHL microfilm: 1374550
• 1920 United States Federal Census: Year: 1920; Census Place: Houlton, Aroostook, Maine; Roll: T625_641; Page: 40B; Enumeration District: 32; Image: 235
• 1930 United States Federal Census: Database online. Year: 1930; Census Place: Houlton, Aroostook, Maine; Roll: 829; Page: 5B; Enumeration District: 39; Image: 53.0; FHL microfilm: 2340564.
• 1940 United States Federal Census: Year: 1940; Census Place: Houlton, Aroostook, Maine; Roll: T627_1472; Page: 2B; Enumeration District: 2-53
• Maine Death Index, 1960-1997: Name Cora M Putnam, Death Date 30 January 1964, Age 91. Town Houlton, Certificate 6400136
• Maine, Birth Records, 1621-1922: Name Cora Margaret Carpenter, Gender Female, Birth Date 14 Jun 1872, Birth Place Houlton, Registration Place Houlton, Aroostook, Father Frank Carpenter, Mother Elvira A
• Boston, Massachusetts. Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at Boston, Massachusetts, 1891-1943. Micropublication T843. RG085. 454 rolls. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
• U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=15973429&ref=acom
• U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014: Database online. Number: 325-14-0871; Issue State: Illinois; Issue Date: Before 1951.

1922 West Lake Trip-Ervin Putnam Camping

Ervin Putnam camping on West Lake Trip, 1922

Moosehead Lake Trip-Camps on trip, 1922

Camps on Trip, 1922

If anyone knows where these actually please let me know.

Spring 1922 West Lake Trip-The only fair day of the trip

I believe this photo is from a different 1922 trip.

Ervin Mike Putnam, the only fair day of the trip, spring 1922

1922 Moosehead Lake Trip-Taylor Camps

Taylor Camps on Lower Allagash River, Ervin Putnam in Canoe, 1922

1922 Moosehead Lake Trip-Taking a canoe for a walk.

Amos Putnam walking a canoe, 1922

1922 Moosehead Lake Trip- At a Dock

Amos Putnam on right

I really enjoy Amos's pose in this one!

1922 Moosehead Lake Trip- Camping

Camping, right to left: Unknown, Amos Putnam, Ervin Putnam, 1922

1922 Moosehead Lake Trip-Amos Putnam camping

Amos Putnam at Campsite, 1922

I don't have any idea who the others are in the photo.

1922 Mooshead Lake Trip-Amos Putnam in bow of canoe

I'm not doing these in any real order so it will be a bit random.

Amos Putnam in Bow of the Canoe, 1922

I have no real idea where this was in the trip so will map it to Moosehead.  If anyone has better locations, please let me know!

1922 Moosehead Lake Trip-Amos and Ervin drying out after swanping the Canoe

So, While I'm working on some of the detailed entries I thought I would share some of the Maine camping photos that have been taken.  I don't have a lot of information on these, but my Uncle has filled in where he could.  I'll include map locations, but many will be best guesses.

Amos Putnam on left, Ervin Putnam on tight, drying out after swamping the canoe on Smith Brook-1922