Brief Life History of Ralph J.
When Ralph J. Putnam was born on 26 June 1890, in Kansas, United States, his father, Fred Daniel Putnam, was 33 and his mother, Lydia Elnora Brown, was 30. He lived in Lyon, Kansas, United States in 1895 and Ivy, Lyon, Kansas, United States for about 20 years. He died in April 1979, in Belpre, Edwards, Kansas, United States, at the age of 88.
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- Ralph Putnam in household of Fred D Putnam, "Kansas State Census, 1895"
- Ralph Putman in household of Sid L Putman, "United States Census, 1930"
- Ralph J Putnam in household of Ford D Putnam, "United States Census, 1920"
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World Events (8)
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
1898 · War with the Spanish
After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.
1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress
Jeannette Pickering Rankin became the first woman to hold a federal office position in the House of Representatives, and remains the only woman elected to Congress by Montana.
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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