Caroline J (Harris) Putnam (1847 - 1915)

Born 31 Oct 1847 in Roxbury, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States

Ancestors

Died 2 Sep 1915 at age 67 in Hamilton, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Caroline C. Harris was born in 1842. She was the daughter of James Harris and Harriet Callender. She passed away after 1870.

• 1847, 31 Oct - Caroline was born in Roxbury, Massachusetts. See Caroline's 1847 birth in Massachusetts Births, 1841-1915. ^[1]

• 1850 - home at age 2 with parents and younger sister Jane (0) in U.S. Census in Newton, Massachusetts. See Caroline with parents and younger sister ^[2]

• 1855 - home at age 8 with parents and 3 younger siblings in Newton, Massachusetts. See Caroline J. Harris in 1855 Massachusetts Census at ^[3] Note: Caroline J. Harris was also recorded in the 1855 Massachusetts Census in Roxbury, living in the home of her mother's sister Mary B. George. ^[4]

• 1860 - at home with sister of her mother at age 12, ^[5]

• 1865 - home at age 17 living in the home of her mother's sister Mary B. Callender George. See Caroline in 1865 Massachusetts State Census at ^[6]

• 1870 - home at age 22 living in the home of her mother's sister Mary B. Callender at Roxbury, Massachusetts. See Caroline in 1870 U.S. Census at ^[7] Note: here too is a 2nd 1870 Census record for Caroline (Carrie) at ^[8]

• 1881 - marriage to Charles W. Putnam. Carrie W Harris married Charles N Putnam on 22 July 1881 in Warwick, Massachusetts, United States.^[9]

• 1880, 23 May - birth of daughter Georgie Ada Putnam in Boston, Massachusetts

• 1880 - census record not found, Caroline married 1 year with one child or possibly yet unmarried.

• 1900 - at home with husband and child in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. ^[10]

• 1910 - at home at age 62 with spouse and daughter (29) at Medford, Massachusetts ^[11], middle initial should be corrected to J, not L.

• 1914, 06 Jan - death of husband Charles W. Putnam at Brookline, Massachusetts

• 1915, 02 Sep - Caroline died at age 78 at Hamilton, Massachusetts. See Caroline's death record at ^[12]

• 1915, 05 Sep - burial at Oak Hill Cemetery, Newburyport, Essex, Massachusetts. See Caroline's Find a Grave Memorial #205405978 at ^[13]

Research Notes

Marriage record remains undiscovered

Sources

1. ↑ "Massachusetts Births, 1841-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FXWH-8QC : 9 March 2018), Caroline J. Harris, 31 Oct 1847, Roxbury, Massachusetts; citing reference ID #p141 280, Massachusetts Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 1,420,729.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDS3-VVT : 29 October 2019), Caroline Harris in household of James Harris, Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States; citing family 101, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
3. ↑ "Massachusetts State Census, 1855," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MQ4M-VDV : 11 March 2018), Caroline J Harris in household of James Harris, Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States; State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 953,951.
4. ↑ "Massachusetts State Census, 1855," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MQ47-RNS : 11 March 2018), Caroline J Harris in household of Greenlief C George, Ward 01, Roxbury, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States; State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 953,955.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZHJ-FFG : 14 December 2017), Caroline J Harris in entry for G C Georges, 1860.
6. ↑ "Massachusetts State Census, 1865", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MQCR-HDL : 1 June 2018), Caroline C Harris in entry for Greenleaf George, 1865.
7. ↑ "Massachusetts State Census, 1865", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MQCR-HDL : 1 June 2018), Caroline C Harris in entry for Greenleaf George, 1865.
8. ↑ "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MD3T-ZCJ : 12 June 2019), Carrie J Harris in entry for Greenleaf George, 1870.
9. ↑ "Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988"
   Original data: Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook)
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 2495 #13320082 (accessed 14 May 2024)
   Carrie W Harris marriage to Charles N Putnam on 22 Jul 1881 in Warwick, Massachusetts, USA.
10. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3WX-Z2F : accessed 13 December 2019), Carrie J Putnam in household of C W Putnam, Philadelphia city Ward 28, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 677, sheet 3B, family 69, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,469.
11. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M2KY-96Z : accessed 13 December 2019), Carrie L Putnam in household of George H Putnam, Boston Ward 14, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 1466, sheet 2B, family 31, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 619; FHL microfilm 1,374,632.
12. ↑ "Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N4CM-PCW : 12 December 2019), Caroline Joseph Putnam, 02 Sep 1915; citing Asbury Grove,,Massachusetts, 450, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 2,407,888.
13. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 12 December 2019), memorial page for Caroline J “Carrie” Harris Putnam (31 Oct 1847–2 Sep 1915), Find A Grave Memorial no. 205405978, citing Oak Hill Cemetery, Newburyport, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by Macduff40 (contributor 47676016) .