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Helen “Ellen” McEwen

Female 1862 - 1937  (74 years)


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  • Name Helen McEwen 
    Nickname Ellen 
    Birth 4 Jul 1862  Girvan, Ayr, SCT Find all individuals with events at this location
    Gender Female 
    Death 22 Mar 1937  Detroit, Wayne, MI Find all individuals with events at this location
    Burial   Oakwood Cemetery, Detroit, MI Find all individuals with events at this location
    Person ID I20  Other Peoples Trees
    Last Modified 2 Oct 2019 

    Father Robert McEwen,   b. 1827, Girvan, Ayr, SCT Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Jan 1900, Chatham, Kent, ONT Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 73 years) 
    Mother AncestorsElizabeth McDowell,   b. 1835, Girvan, Ayr, SCT Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Marriage 31 Oct 1859  Girvan, Ayr, SCT Find all individuals with events at this location
    Notes 
    • from "Scotland, Select Marriages, 1561-1910" (ancestry.com)
      On 31 Oct 1859 in Girvan, Ayr, SCT, Robert Mcwewen married Elizabeth Mcdowall.
    Family ID F13  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family AncestorsEli Edgar Putnam,   b. 1861 
    Marriage 4 Mar 1891  Middlesex Co, ONT Find all individuals with events at this location
    Notes 
    • from "Ontario, Canada, Marriages, 1826-1937" (ancestry.com)
      On 4 Mar 1891 in Middlesex Co, ONT, Eli Edgar Roberts Putnam, 29, a meat cutter, born Carlton ONT to Ephraim & Laodicia Putnam, married Ellen W McEwen, 29 born SCT to Robert and Elizabeth McEwen. Witness John McEwen of Detroit.
    Children 
    +1. Lorne Arthur Putnam,   b. 1891   d. 1971 (Age 80 years)
    +2. Orville Putnam,   b. 30 Nov 1893, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Mar 1976, San Jose, Santa Clara, CA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years)
    Family ID F10  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 17 Feb 2020 

  • Notes 
    • from "Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950" (ancestry.com)
      Helen Mcewen was born 4 Jul 1862 in Girvan, Ayr, Scotland to Robert Mcewen & Elizabeth Mcdowall.
    • from "Michigan, Death Records, 1867-1952" (ancestry.com)
      Mrs. Ellen Putnam, age 74y 8m 19d, a housewife, wife of Edgar Putnam, residing in Detroit for 23 yrs, born Scotland to UNK McEwen b. SCT & Elizabeth MacDowell b. SCT, died 22 Mar 1937 in Detroit, Wayne, MI of multiple organ failure from chronic congestion of lungs. Burial in Oakwood Cemetery. Informant Mrs. Loretta Roth.