Brief Life History of Cynthia Gertrude
When Cynthia Gertrude Putnam was born on 1 April 1856, in Yoncalla, Douglas, Oregon, United States, her father, Charles Fredrick Putnam, was 31 and her mother, Rozelle Applegate, was 24. She married Henry Clay Hedrick on 1 July 1871, in Oregon, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 6 daughters. She lived in Comstock, Douglas, Oregon, United States in 1900 and Drain Election Precinct, Douglas, Oregon, United States in 1910. She died on 10 May 1941, in Drain, Douglas, Oregon, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Putnam Valley Cemetery, Drain, Douglas, Oregon, United States.
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- Gertrude Putnam in household of Charles F Putnam, "United States Census, 1860"
- Gertrude Putnam, "Oregon, County Marriages, 1851-1975"
- Gertude Putnam Hedrick, "Oregon, Oregon State Archives, Death Records, 1864-1967"
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1859
Historical Boundaries - 1850: Douglas, Oregon Territory, United States 1859: Douglas, Oregon, United States
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1880 · The Great Gale of 1880
The Great Gale of 1880 was a severe snow and wind storm that devastated parts of Oregon and Washington on January 9, 1880. The extratropical cyclone caused tides to rise seven feet, gale force winds, and snow accumulations of up to 18 inches.
Name Meaning
English (Middlesex and Buckinghamshire): habitational name from either of two places, in Hertfordshire and Surrey, called Puttenham, from the genitive case of the Old English byname Putta, meaning ‘kite’ (the bird) + Old English hām ‘homestead’.
History: John Putnam emigrated from England to Salem, MA, before 1641, and established a family that was still prominent in Massachusetts four generations later, including the revolutionary war soldier Israel Putnam (1718–90) and his cousin Rufus Putnam (1738–1824), also a soldier, one of the first settlers in OH.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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