Saturday, June 30, 2018

Sarah Bradbury(1820-1901)-P5

Levi Houlton Putnam and Sarah Bradbury
Sara Bradbury(1820-1901)-P5
Birth: August 27th, 1820 in Hiram, ME
Father: Isaac Bradbury(1787-1860)-P10
Mother: Abigail Small Lane(1794-1870)-P11

Married: Levi Houlton Putnam(1820-1890)-P4 on May 26th, 1851 in Houlton, ME

Children:
Caroline Abbie Putnam(1853-1935)
William L. Putnam(1855-1917)
Amos Putnam(1863-1936)-P2

Death: January 2nd, 1901 in Houlton, ME

Sarah Bradbury was born on August 27th, 1820 to Isaac Bradbury(1787-1860) and Abigail Small Lane(1794-1870) in Hiram ME. She was the forth of fourteen children.  By 1823, the family had moved to Brownfield, ME and live there until,  1833. This is when they moved to Haynesville, ME.




On May 26th, 1851, Sarah married Levi Houlton Putnam(1820-1890)-P4 in Houlton,ME.  Based on her death certificate, I believe she moved into the Elm Street house where she spent the rest of her life. Her first child, Caroline Abbie Putnam(1853-1935) was born on January 1st, 1853.  William L. Putnam(1855-1917) was born in 1855.  Their last child, Amos Putnam(1863-1936) was born on June 16th, 1863.

Sarah's husband, Levi Houlton Putnam died in 1890.  Sarah died on January 2nd, 1901 of Pneumonia.  She had been sick for two weeks.  She had also been suffering from Gastric Enteritis for about four weeks.  She is buried next to her husband in Evergreen Cemetery, Houlton, ME.





Sources:
  • 1830 United States Federal Census: 1830; Census Place: Brownfield, Oxford, Maine; Series: M19; Roll: 50; Page: 259; Family History Library Film: 0497946
  • 1840 United States Federal Census: Year: 1840; Census Place: Range 2 Township 2, Aroostook, Maine; Page: 90
  • 1850 United States Federal Census: Year: 1850; Census Place: Haynesville Plantation, Aroostook, Maine; Roll: M432_248; Page: 13B; Image: 31
  • 1860 United States Federal Census: Database online. Year: 1860; Census Place: Houlton, Aroostook, Maine; Roll: ; Page: 220; Image: 220.
  • 1862 U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989, A Business Directory of the Subscribers to the New Map of Maine, 1862, Houlton, Pg. 18
  • U.S., Selected Federal Census Non-Population Schedules, 1850-1880: Census Year: 1860; Census Place: Houlton, Aroostook, Maine, Name L H Putnam, Enumeration Date 8 Jun 1860, Place Houlton, Aroostook, Maine, USA, Schedule Type Agriculture, OS Page 3, Line Number 30
  • 1870 United States Federal Census: Database online. Year: 1870; Census Place: Houlton, Aroostook, Maine; Roll: M593_; Page: ; Image: .
  • 1880 United States Federal Census: Database online. Year: 1880; Census Place: Houlton, Aroostook, Maine; Roll: 477; Family History Film: 1254477; Page: 430C; Enumeration District: 218; Image: 0134.
  • 1900 United States Federal Census: Year: 1900; Census Place: Houlton, Aroostook, Maine; Roll: 589; Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 0028; FHL microfilm: 1240589
  • Maine, Death Records, 1617-1922: Maine State Archives; Cultural Building, 84 State House Station, Augusta, ME 04333-0084; 1892-1907 Vital Records; Roll Number: 46
  • Web: Maine, Find A Grave Index, 1700-2012: Record for Sarah Bradbury Putnam https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/15976651/pu
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Copeley/Griswold Immigrants-Skelbrooke, Kenilworth, and Wakefield England

Copeley Branch

Wakefield-1.jpg

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Griswold Branch


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Wednesday, June 20, 2018

Phelps/Marshall Immigrants - Tewkesbury and Crewkerne England

Phelps Branch

Tewkesbury War Memorial.jpg

By Bob Embleton, CC BY-SA 2.0, Link

Marshall Branch

Decorated yellow stone building with square tower.

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Tuesday, June 19, 2018

Multiple links to John Strong and Abigail Ford

John Strong and Abigail Ford were my 8th Great Grandparents threw 3 of their children.  Below I show all the chains.

Thomas Strong Branch

Mary Strong Branch

Elizabeth Strong Branch

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Location: Taunton, UK

Monday, June 18, 2018

Parsons/Bliss Immigrants-Great Torrington and Belstone England

Parsons Branch

Town hall torrington 050416.jpg
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Bliss Branch




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Sunday, June 17, 2018

Levi Houlton Putnam(1820-1890)-P4

Levi Houlton Putnam and Sarah Bradbury
Levi Houlton Putnam(1820-1890)-P4
Birth: 1820 in Houlton, ME
Father: Amos Putnam(1794-1849)-P8
Mother: Christina Jane Wormwood(1804-1894)-P9

Married: Sara Bradbury(1820-1901) on May 26th, 1851 in Houlton, ME

Children:
Caroline Abbie Putnam(1853-1935)
William L. Putnam(1855-1917)
Amos Putnam(1863-1936)-P2

Death: 1890 in Houlton, ME

Levi Houlton Putnam was born in 1820 to Amos Putnam(1794-1849)-P8 and Christina Jane Wormwood(1804-1894)-P9 in Houlton, ME.  I don't have any documentation to tell us the his actually birth date.  He was the oldest of seventeen children.

His father died in 1849, and we find Levi listed as living with his mother and eleven of his siblings in the 1850 U.S. Census.  He is listed as being a teacher.  On May 26th, 1851 he married Sarah Bradbury(1820-1901)-P9.  She was the daughter of Issac Bradbury(1787-1860)-P10 and Abigail Small Lane(1794-1870) and was born in Hiram, ME. Their first child, Caroline Abbie Putnam was born in January of 1853.  In 1855, their second child, William L. Putnam was born.

The 1860 U.S. Census has Levi listed as living with his wife and two children.  He is a farmer and owns $500 dollars of real estate, and $300 of personal estate.  Using the Measuring Worth site, That represents the personal estate represents about $9,000 today. I am not going to convert the land value, as I don't think it is a correct conversion.  Looking at the U.S. Selected Federal Census Non-Population Schedules for June 8th, 1860 we get more information.  Levi owns 20 acres of improved land and an additional 10 acres of unimproved land for the value of $500 .  He also has $50 ($1,500 in 2018) of farm equipment. On the land he has 1 milk cow, 1 other type of cattle, 6 sheep and a swine worth $100 ($3,000 in 2018).  He is growing 5 bushes of Rye worth $100 ($3,000 in 2018) and is storing 24 pounds of wool.

In the 1862 city directory, Levi is listed as being a school teacher.  I think he was probably both a school teacher and farmer.  On June 16th, 1863 their third child, Amos Putnam(1863-1936)-P2 was born in Houlton, ME.  Accord to the 1870 U.S. Census, Levi is still living in Houlton with his wife and children.  His property value has stayed the same but his personal estate has dropped to $100.  He is still listed as living with his children in the 1880 U.S. Census and is still a farmer.

Levi Houlton Putnam Gravesite


Levi Houlton Putnam died in 1890 and is buried in the Putnam plot of Evergreen Cemetery in Houlton, ME.


Sources:
  • 1850 United States Federal Census: Database online. Year: 1850; Census Place: Houlton, Aroostook, Maine; Roll: M432_248; Page: 56A; Image: .
  • 1860 United States Federal Census: Database online. Year: 1860; Census Place: Houlton, Aroostook, Maine; Roll: ; Page: 220; Image: 220.
  • 1862 U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989, A Business Directory of the Subscribers to the New Map of Maine, 1862, Houlton, Pg. 18
  • U.S., Selected Federal Census Non-Population Schedules, 1850-1880: Census Year: 1860; Census Place: Houlton, Aroostook, Maine, Name L H Putnam, Enumeration Date 8 Jun 1860, Place Houlton, Aroostook, Maine, USA, Schedule Type Agriculture, OS Page 3, Line Number 30
  • 1870 United States Federal Census: Database online. Year: 1870; Census Place: Houlton, Aroostook, Maine; Roll: M593_; Page: ; Image: .
  • 1880 United States Federal Census: Database online. Year: 1880; Census Place: Houlton, Aroostook, Maine; Roll: 477; Family History Film: 1254477; Page: 430C; Enumeration District: 218; Image: 0134.
  • Web: Maine, Find A Grave Index, 1700-2012: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/15976659/pu

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Saturday, June 16, 2018

Amos Putnam's 155th birthday



Today would have been my Great Grandfather's 155th Birthday.  So here is a list of the different blog post I've done about Amos. Since I posted this information, I've come across some additional background on his masonic activities.

Name: Putnam, Amos
Lodge No.: 96 Monument
Initiated: 1/16/1889
Passed: 1/23/1889
Raised: 1/30/1889
Suspended: 2/10/1897
Reinstated: 5/12/1915
Died: 5/25/1936 Houlton, ME

Official Record: J.D. 1892
Tyler. 1916-+1917-18-19-1920-21-22.



Since I posted this information, I've come across some additional background on his masonic activities.

Name: Putnam, Amos
Lodge No.: 96 Monument
Initiated: 1/16/1889
Passed: 1/23/1889
Raised: 1/30/1889
Suspended: 2/10/1897
Reinstated: 5/12/1915
Died: 5/25/1936 Houlton, ME

Official Record: J.D. 1892
Tyler. 1916-+1917-18-19-1920-21-22.

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Clark/Holton Immigrants-Ipswich England

Clark Branch

Central livery and bait stables.jpg

By Original uploader was Russ London at en.wikipedia (Original text : Russ London -- (Russ London)) - Transferred from en.wikipedia (Original text : Own work), CC BY-SA 2.5, Link

Holton Branch


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Friday, June 15, 2018

Holton/Winche Immigrants-Ipswich and Bocking England

Holton Branch

Ipswich Ancient House.jpg
CC BY-SA 2.0, Link


Winche Branch

St Marys Church, Bocking Churchstreet, Braintree - geograph.org.uk - 57853.jpg
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Thursday, June 14, 2018

Strong/Ford Immigrants-Taunton and Dorchester England

Cricket ground in front of a church tower.

By SGGH at English Wikipedia - Transferred from en.wikipedia to Commons., Public Domain, Link

Strong Branch





Ford Branch


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Wednesday, June 6, 2018

June 6th, 1961-Queen Eliz-N.Y.-Home!

June 6th, 1961
Queen Eliz-N.Y.-Home!
Hot, humid, sunny

Through immigration about 12 noon. Disembarked 1:00 PM. Shed in N.Y. at Customs barriers very hot and noisy. Connected with Custom’s official about 2:30 PM. VEry lenient with us. After watching the luggage of the other people being torn open we were much relieved to have such a kind inspector. Home by 7 pm. And a nice visit from Carol and Bob in the evening. So good to be back!

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Tuesday, June 5, 2018

A biography of Silas Safford Putnam(1822-1895)

It took a bit of research, but here is a biography of Silas Safford Putnam, my 5th cousin, 4 times removed.  Some of the info comes form the Dorchester Atheneum website, but much of it is sourced from the original documents.

Silas Safford Putnam was born on May 31st, 1822 to Israel Smith Putnam and Charlotte Safford in Hartford, NY.  He was the seventh of nine children.  They were made up of five boys and four girls. He was the second of the children to hold the name Silas Safford.  His older brother was born on June 1st, 1817 and died April 2nd, 1819.  It is conjecture, but I believe the second Silas was given the name because the birthdays were so close together.




According to the Dorchester Atheneum, he was apprenticed to a jeweler and watchmaker in Syracuse, NY before moving to Boston.  By 1842 he was living in Boston and working as a Clerk.  He lived at 139 Harrison Ave, Boston, MA.  He invented and patented a self-adjusting curtain fixture and a method of keeping the shade attached to its roller and went into business for himself.



On June 1st, 1850, in the 1850 Non-Population Schedules of the U.S. Census, he is listed as owning a Curtain Factory.  He had $1,200 invested in it, which is the equivalent of $9 million in economic power today.  He had a supply inventory of 60 mil lumber worth $1,400 ($45K today) and 1200 brass nails worth $300 ($10K today).  Everything was built by hand and he employed seven people at a cost of $200 a month ($47K today).  The factory made $5,300 ($2.8 million today) worth of curtain fixtures a year.  If your wondering how I came about the values for today, I used the Measuring Worth site.  There are a number of outputs and I picked the numbers that made the most sense for the situation.  Around this time, Silas invented a machine for the production of Horseshoe nails.  Putnam's Horse Nails were adopted for general use by the U.S. Army as the "Government Standrad Horse Nail".

On December 19th, 1850 he married Ann Maria Whitmarsh of Abington, MA and moved to Abington,  She was the daughter of Joshua Whitmarsh and Harriet Wales.  Their first child, Frederick L. Putnam, was born on January 1st, 1852 and died on January 26th, 1852 in Abington.  Their second son, Silas Safford Putnam, Jr. was born on August 4th, 1853.  The 1855 Massachusetts State census shows the family living in Abington, next door to Ann's parents.  Silas is shown as owning a Curtain Fixture Manufacturing company.  This is likely to have been S.S. Putnam & Co.  Silas was listed as being part of the Abington militia in 1852 and 1855.



By 1856, the family had moved to Roxbury.  Their first daughter, Helen Maria Putnam was born on February 4th, 1856 and another son, Joshua Whitmarsh Putnam, was born on January 19th, 1858.  The 1858 City Index shows the family living at 29 Dudley St. and the Curtain Fixture facility being at 64 Albany Street.   Joshua died on July 3rd, 1859.



In 1860, the family moved to 21 Chestnut Street, and a daughter, Mary Ella Putnam, was born there on December 19th, 1860.



In 1862, the family had moved to Dorchester, MA.  Another daughter, Harriet Luthra Putnam, was born on February 14th, 1862.   Another son, William Whitmarsh Putnam, was born on November 18th, 1863 and a daughter, Marguerite Putnam, was born on November 8th, 1862.  The 1865 Massachusetts State census shows the family living in Dorchester with 2 servants and a laborer.  Silas is still shown as being in Horse Nail Manufacturing.



The 1868 City Index has the family linving at the corner of Neponset Ave and Ashmont.  Silas has two companies.  S.S. Putnam & Co  making Curtain Fixtures and Horse nails and Putnam & Lee specializing in Clothes Hook manufacturing.  S.S. Putnam & Co is located on Ericsson St and Putnam and Lee on Neponset Ave.  The Ericsson address is now the location of the Boston Harbor Distillery.



On June 13th, 1869 the family had another son, Ernest Putnam and on January 22nd, 1872 a daughter, Louise Putnam.  In the 1880 U.S. Census, the family is still living on Neponset Street, but Silas is now shown to be the owner of New Era Coffee Manufacturers.  Silas died of Bright's Disease at 241 Neponset Street on June 10th, 1895.  He was listed as being an Inventor on his death certificate.


Map of the Property Silas Safford Putnam owned in 1872



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June 5th, 1961-Queen Elizabeth

  • June 5th, 1961
  • Queen Elizabeth
  • Sunny-war

Deck chairs most of the day. Bingo in the evening.
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Monday, June 4, 2018

Edwards/Baldwin Immigrants-Wales and Cholesbury, England

  • 8th Great Grandfather: Alexander Edwards(1610-1690) Born in Wales. Immigrated to North America.
  • 8th Great Grandmother: Sarah Baldwin(1621-1690) Born in Cholesbury, England.  Immigrated to North America.

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Location: Cholesbury, Tring HP23 6NB, UK

June 4th, 1961-Queen Elizabeth

June 4th, 1961
Queen Elizabeth
Fair, sunny-cloudy in PM

Mass in the 1st Class Lounge this am at 9:30. A sung mass -beautifully done.

Bingo in evening followed by Crazy Hat Parade and dancing in the Smoke Room.

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Sunday, June 3, 2018

Clark/Holton Immigrants-Ipswich, England

  • 8th Great Grandfather: William Clark(1610-1690) Born in Ipswich, England. Immigrated to North America.

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June 3rd, 1961-Aboard Queen Elizabeth

June 3rd, 1961
Aboard Queen Elizabeth
Scattered cloudiness - windy

Spent all forenoon on the sun deck - cool but sunny most of the time.

Nothing much doing on this ship. Eat and lie around in the sun. Food and service not so good as on the Queen Mary, but adequate.

Bingo and Horse Racing in Evening. Daddy won in the first race.

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Saturday, June 2, 2018

Plum Immigrant-Great Yeldham, England

White Hart Plus Thirty Years - geograph.org.uk - 246972.jpg
By Glyn Baker, CC BY-SA 2.0, Link

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Location: Great Yeldham, Halstead CO9, UK

Friday, June 1, 2018

Lymon/Osborne-Navestck, High Ongar an Halstead, England


St Mary, High Ongar, Essex - geograph.org.uk - 334905.jpg
By John Salmon, CC BY-SA 2.0, Link
  • 9th Great Grandfather: Richard Lymen(1580-1640) Born in High Ongar, England.  Immigrated to North America.
  • 9th Great Grandmother: Sarah Osborne(1584-1642) Born in Halstead, England.  Immigrated to North America.

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Location: High Ongar, Ongar CM5 9RN, UK
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