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Peter Putnin

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Ulohurangen near Russia, Latvia
Death: August 03, 1928 (44)
Grey Hospital, King William's Town, Amatole, Eastern Cape, South Africa (Acute appendicitis and general peritonitis)
Place of Burial: Kei Road, EC, South Africa
Immediate Family:

Husband of Helena Hulda Emilie Maria Putnin and Louise Maria formerly Ristow, Putnin Harris
Father of Peter Carl Putnin and Alfred James Putnin

Occupation: Wagon builder and general dealer
Managed by: Nico Conradie (inactive)
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About Peter Putnin

His Death Notice (KAB MOOC 6/9/3389 19784) states that he was a wagon builder. He was a partner with Mr Robert George Ristow's wagon building and general dealer business in Kei Road. After the death of Ristow in 1917, Peter Putnin signed a business partnership agreement, dated 1919, with Ristow's widow Louise Ristow nee Schwulst, and continued to manage the business. A year later, in 1920, he married Louise Ristow.

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Grave

Sentence below found in document, URL below, when investigating origin of Latvian surname "Putnin".

Surnames were attributed that were based on generic terms for fauna, for example, Putnis, Putnin, Puttning < putns ‘bird’.

See: http://www.gencat.cat/llengua/BTPL/ICOS2011/164.pdf

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Peter Putnin's Timeline

1883
August 22, 1883
Ulohurangen near Russia, Latvia
1913
June 21, 1913
1918
January 29, 1918
King William's Town, Eastern Cape, South Africa
1928
August 3, 1928
Age 44
Grey Hospital, King William's Town, Amatole, Eastern Cape, South Africa
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Kei Road Anglican Cemetery, Kei Road, EC, South Africa