Amy Johnson Crow suggested a weekly blog theme of "52 Ancestors" in her blog post Challenge: 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks on the No Story Too Small blog. I am extending this theme in 2015 to 104 Ancestors in 104 Weeks. Here is my ancestor biography for week #55:
Elizabeth Putman (1820-1895) is #63 on my Ahnentafel list, my third great-grandmother. She married in 1840 to #62 Alexander Sovereen (1814-1907) .
I am descended through:
* their daughter, #31, Mary Jane Sovereen (1841-1874), who married #30 James Abraham Kemp (1831-1902),in 1861.
* their daughter #15 Georgianna Kemp (1868-1952), who married #14 Charles Auble (1849-1916) in 1898.
* their daughter, #7 Emily Kemp Auble (1899-1977) married, #6 Lyle Lawrence Carringer (1891-1976)in 1918.
* their daughter, #3 Betty Virginia Carringer (1919-2002), who married Frederick Walton Seaver (1911-1983) in 1942.
* their son, #1 Randall J. Seaver (1943-....)
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1) PERSON (with source citations as indicated in brackets):
* Name: Elizabeth Putman[1]
* Alternate Name: Elizabeth Sovereen[2,5]
* Alternate Name: Eliza Sovereen[3–4]
* Alternate Name: Elisabeth Sovereen[6]
* Sex: Female
* Father: John Putman (1785-1863)
* Mother: Sarah Martin (1792-1860)
2) INDIVIDUAL EVENTS (with source citations as indicated in brackets):
* Birth: 1 January 1820, Wayne, Steuben, New York, United States[1,7]
* Census: 1 April 1851 (about age 33), Windham, Norfolk, Ontario, Canada[2]
* Census: 1 April 1861 (about age 43), Windham, Norfolk, Ontario, Canada[3]
* Census: 1 April 1871 (about age 53), Windham, Norfolk, Ontario, Canada[4]
* Census: 1 April 1881 (about age 63), Windham, Norfolk, Ontario, Canada[5]
* Census: 1 April 1891 (about age 73), Windham, Norfolk, Ontario, Canada[6]
* Death: 17 March 1895 (about age 77), Delhi, Norfolk, Ontario, Canada
* Burial: after 17 March 1895 (after about age 77), Delhi Cemetery, Delhi, Norfolk, Ontario, Canada1[1]
3) SHARED EVENTS (with source citations as indicated in brackets):
* Spouse 1: Alexander Sovereen (1814-1907)
* Marriage 1: 3 March 1840 (about age 22), Norfolk, Ontario, Canada
* Child 1: Mary Jane Sovereen (1840-1874)
* Child 2: Frederick Sovereen (1842-1846)
* Child 3: Rosella Elizabeth Sovereen (1844-1845)
* Child 4: Amart Ann Sovereen (1846-1849)
* Child 5: Rachel E. Sovereen (1848- )
* Child 6: Gertrude Ann Sovereen (1851-1938)
* Child 7: Sarah Adelaide Sovereen (1853-1915)
* Child 8: Nancy Amelia Sovereen (1855-1927)
* Child 9: Roselia Sovereen (1856-1856)
* Child 10: Valzoria Sovereen (1856-1877)
* Child 11: Hattie I. Sovereen (1859-1919)
* Child 12: Frederick Alexander Sovereen (1861- )
* Child 13: Addison B. Sovereen (1863-1942)
* Child 14: Wilbert Melvin Sovereen (1867-1940)
4) NOTES (with source citations as indicated in brackets) - updated October 2025)
Elizabeth
Putman was born on 1 January 1820 in Wayne, Steuben County, New
York,[1,7] the first daughter and fourth child (of eight) of
John Pieterse Putman (1785-1863) and Sarah Martin (1792-1860), who
married in about 1810 in New York. Elizabeth’s siblings were Peter
W. Putman (1812-1882), Martin Mulford Putman (1816-1892), Isaac
Kinnan Putman (1820-1891), Rebecca Putman (1822-1852), Mary Putman
(1825-1912), Martha Putman (1829-????), and William C. Putman
(1834-1893).
Mark
Putnam provided information about the John and Sarah (Martin) Putman
family in Steuben County, New York and Norfolk County, Ontario on his
website.[1]
The
Putman family migrated to Norfolk county, Ontario in the
1830s.
Alexander
Sovereen
and
Eliza Putman married on 3 March 1840 in Norfolk County, Upper
Canada.
The marriage date and place for the wedding of Alexander
Sovereen and Eliza Putman was obtained from the
Putman family history bulletin by Mark Putman.[1]
Alexander
Sovereen (1814-1907) was
the son
of Frederick
Sovereen and Mary Jane Hutchison,
and
was born on 22 December 1814 in London District, Upper Canada.
Alexander
and Elizabeth (Putman) Sovereen
had fourteen
children between 1840 and 1867, but at least four of the children,
and possibly six,
died soon after birth. Another, Valzoria, died as an unmarried
young woman. The
children were:
Mary
Jane Sovereen, born 29 December 1840, Windham, Norfolk, Ontario,
Canada; married James Abraham Kemp, 10 March 1861, Middleton,
Norfolk, Ontario, Canada, five children; died 20 May 1874,
Middleton, Norfolk, Ontario, Canada.
Frederick
Sovereen was born on 28 November 1842 in Windham, Norfolk, Ontario,
Canada. He died on 11 April 1846 at the age of 3 in Middleton,
Norfolk, Ontario, Canada.
Rosella
Elizabeth Sovereen was born on 10 August 1844 in Windham, Norfolk,
Ontario, Canada. She died on 10 May 1845 at the age of 0 in
Middleton, Norfolk, Ontario, Canada. She was buried after 10 May
1845 at Delhi Cemetery in Delhi, Norfolk, Ontario, Canada.
Amart
Ann Sovereen47 was born on 2 October 1846 in Windham, Norfolk,
Ontario, Canada. She died on 3 April 1849 at the age of 2 in
Middleton, Norfolk, Ontario, Canada. She was buried after 3 April
1849 at Delhi Cemetery in Delhi, Norfolk, Ontario, Canada.
Rachel
E. Sovereen was born on 15 May 1848 in Windham, Norfolk, Ontario,
Canada. She died on 15 September 1849 at the age of 1 in Delhi,
Norfolk, Ontario, Canada.
Gertrude
Ann Sovereen, born 7 May 1851, Windham, Norfolk, Ontario, Canada;
married John H. Cole, 19 December 1869, Norfolk, Norfolk, Ontario,
Canada, four children; died 21 March 1938, Los Angeles, California,
United States.
Sarah
Adelaide Sovereen, born 3 May 1853, Windham, Norfolk, Ontario,
Canada; married Frederick Hugh Crabb, 11 October 1873, Middleton,
Norfolk, Ontario, Canada, five children; died 28 May 1915, Winnipeg,
Manitoba, Canada.
Nancy
Amelia Sovereen, born 22 February 1855, Windham, Norfolk, Ontario,
Canada; married Robert Charles Wheeler, 1 January 1876, Oxford,
Ontario, Canada, four children; died 1927, Essex, Ontario, Canada.
Roselia
Sovereen was born on 12 December 1856 in Windham, Norfolk, Ontario,
Canada, a twin. She died on 12 December 1856 at the age of 0 in
Windham, Norfolk, Ontario, Canada.
Valzoria
Sovereen was born on 12 December 1856 in Windham, Norfolk, Ontario,
Canada, a twin. She died on 20 December 1877 at the age of 21 in
Norfolk, Ontario, Canada.
Hattie
I. "Hetty" Sovereen, born 7 January 1859, Windham,
Norfolk, Ontario, Canada; married Flavius Josephus Gillett, about
1881, Windham, Norfolk, Ontario, Canada, seven children; died 22
November 1919, Windham, Norfolk, Ontario, Canada.
Frederick
Alexander Sovereen was born on 9 Mar 1861 in Windham, Norfolk,
Ontario, Canada.
Alexander
Blake "Addison" Sovereen, born 26 June
1863, Windham, Norfolk, Ontario, Canada; married Violet Marie
Winters, two
children;
died 6 March
1942, Swan River, Manitoba, Canada.
Wilbert
Melvin Sovereen, born 3 November
1867, Windham, Norfolk, Ontario, Canada; married Fannie Dalton, 15
November
1890, London, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada, no
children;
died 1940, Windham, Norfolk, Ontario, Canada.
In
the 1851 census for Norfolk County, Ontario, the Alexander Sovereen
family resided in Windham township.[2] The
household included:
Alexander
Sovereen - age 40, a farmer, born in Upper Canada (U.C.), a
Baptist
Elizabeth
Sovereen - age 30, female, born in Upper Canada, a Baptist
Mary
J. Sovereen - age 12, female, born in Upper Canada, a Baptist
Rachel
E. Sovereen - age 6, female, born in Upper Canada, a Baptist
The
Alexander Sovereen household was enumerated in the 1861 Census of
Canada in Windham township, Norfolk county, Ontario.[3] The
household included:
Alexander
Sovereen - an Innkeeper, born Upper Canada, Baptist religion,
resides in Windham, age 47, male, married
Eliza
Sovereen - no occupation, born Upper Canada, Baptist religion,
resides in Windham, age 43, female, married
Mary
J. Sovereen - no occupation, born Upper Canada, Baptist religion,
resides in Windham, age 21, female, single
Rachael
Sovereen - no occupation, born Upper Canada, Baptist religion,
resides in Windham, age 12, female, single, attended school within
the year
Gertrude
Sovereen - no occupation, born Upper Canada, Baptist religion,
resides in Windham, age 10, female, single, attended school within
the year
Sarah
Sovereen - no occupation, born Upper Canada, Baptist religion,
resides in Windham, age 8, female, single, attended school within
the year
Nancy
Sovereen - no occupation, born Upper Canada, Baptist religion,
resides in Windham, age 6, female, single, attended school within
the year
Rozina
Sovereen - no occupation, born Upper Canada, Baptist religion,
resides in Windham, age 4, female, single
Haty
Sovereen - no occupation, born Upper Canada, Baptist religion,
resides in Windham, age 3, female, single
In
the 1871 Census of Canada for Norfolk County, Ontario, the family is
found in Windham township, North Norfolk District.[4] The
household included:
Alexander
Sovereen - age 56, a farmer, of German descent, born in Ontario, a
Baptist
Eliza
Sovereen - age 59, born in the U.S
Sarah
Sovereen - age 18, born in Ontario
Nancy
Sovereen - age 16, born in Ontario
Valarie
Sovereen - age 14, born in Ontario
Hattie
Sovereen - age 12, born in Ontario
Alexander
Sovereen - age 8, born in Ontario
Wilbur
Sovereen - age 3, born in Ontario
Peter
Putman - age 58, born in the U.S., a laborer of German descent
(surely Eliza (Putman) Sovereen's brother).
In
the 1881 Census of Canada Records for Norfolk County North, Ontario,
this family resided in Windham Township:[5]
Alexander
Sovereen - male, age 67, born in O[ntario], religion Baptist, origin
German, occupation Farmer, married.
Elizabeth
Sovereen - female, age 60, born in U.S., religion Baptist, origin
German, married
Hetti
Sovereen - female, age 22, born in O[ntario], religion Baptist,
origin German
Adison
B. Sovereen - male, age 17, born in O[ntario], religion Baptist,
origin German, occupation Farmer
Melvina
M. Kemp - female, age 15, born in O[ntario], religion Baptist,
origin German (granddaughter)
Wilbert
Sovereen - male, age 13, born O[ntario], religion Baptist, origin
German
In
the 1891 Census of Canada, Norfolk North District, Ontario, this
family resided in Windham township:[6]
Alexander
Sovereen - male, age 76, married, born Ontario, father born United
States, mother born Nova Scotia, Baptist religion, occupation
farmer, 1 employee, can read and write
Elisabeth
Sovereen - female, age 72, married, wife, born in United States,
father born United States, mother born United States, Baptist
religion, can read and write
Wilber
Sovereen - male, age 23, married, son, born in Ontario, father born
in Ontario, mother born Ontario, Baptist religion, can read and
write
Fannie
Sovereen - female, age 20, married, L (in-law?), born in Ontario,
father born Ontario, mother born Ontario, C.E. religion, can read
and write
Elizabeth
(Putman) Sovereen died on 17 March 1895 in Delhi, Norfolk County,
Ontario, and she was buried in Delhi Cemetery alongside her
husband.[7]
5) SOURCES (with source citations as indicated in brackets):
1. Mark R. Putnan, "David Janse Pottman, Also Known as David Potman and Putman," The Putman Family Bulletin (http://www.putmanfamily.org/ : accessed 22 January 2015), page 61, Elizabeth Putman sketch.
2. Census of 1851, Norfolk County, Canada West, District 25, Windham, subdistrict 237, page 35 (stamped), lines 32-35, Alexander Sovereen household ; digital image, Library and Archives Canada (http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/databases/census-1851/index-e.html : accessed 10 March 2013); citing Library and Archives Canada Microfilm C-11741.
3. Census of Canada, 1861, Canada West, Norfolk District, Middleton sub-district, Page 49, Lines 33-41, Alexander Sovereen household ; digital image, Library and Archives Canada (http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/databases/census-1861/index-e.html : accessed 23 August 2013); citing Library and Archives Canada Microfilm C-1052.
4. Census of Canada, 1871, Norfolk County, Ontario, Schedule #1, district 12, North Norfolk, subdistrict b, Township of Windham, Page 49, Dwelling 174, Family #178, Alexander Sovereen household ; digital image, Library and Archives Canada (http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/databases/census-1871/index-e.html : accessed 10 March 2013); citing Library and Archives Canada Microfilm C-9909.
5. Census of Canada, 1881, Norfolk County, Ontario, Schedule #1, District 158, Norfolk North, subdistrict C, Township of Windham, page 46, Dwelling #204, Family #225, Alexander Sovereen household ; digital image, Library and Archives Canada (http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/databases/census-1881/index-e.html : accessed 5 March 2013); citing Library and Archives of Canada Microfilm C-13263.
6. Census of Canada, 1891, Norfolk County, Ontario, Schedule No. 1, District 96, North Norfolk, Subdistrict Township of Windham, Division No. 4, Page 9, Family #44, Alexander Sovereen household; digital image, Library and Archives Canada (http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/databases/census-1891/index-e.html : accessed 10 March 2013).
