Descendants of John Maxfield
of Salisbury, Massachusetts
Seventh Generation

Edward Maxfield married PAULINE LANE at Boston, Massachusetts, on 19 August 1879 (VR Ma 309:96:726). The event was recorded as follows:

Edward A. Maxfield of Boston, 26, RR auditor, b. New Bedford to William and Maria P., 1st;
Pauline Lane of Boston, 24, b. Boston to Edwin J. and Asenath, 1st;
by Arthur C. A. Hall of Boston

The 1900 Census (648:5A) found this Maxfield family at 31 Farragut Road, Swampscott, Massachusetts. The family consisted of Edward, born March 1853 in Massachusetts, his wife Pauline, born February 1854 in Maine, and their three children, Ralph (born July 1880), Stella (born June 1883) and Pauline F. (born July 1886), all born in Massachusetts. Edward was an auditor for the railroad; Ralph was a clerk for the railway. Edward and Pauline had been married 21 years, and she had three children, all living.

The 1910 census (588:130B) reported Edward, 56, wife Pauline, 58, and daughter Stella, 26, at the same address in Swampscott. Edward continued to work as an auditor in the railroad office, Stella also worked there, as a stenographer.

The 1920 census (697:16A) reported the family at the same address: Edward, 66, auditor for a steam railroad, Pauline, wife, 66, and Stella, daughter, 36, pass clerk at the railroad office.

Pauline (Lane) Maxfield died some time before the 1930 census, when Edward was reported as a widower, at 31 Farragut Road (903:8B):

Edward and Pauline Maxfield had the following children:

1. RALPH EDWARD⁸ MAXFIELD
   • b. at Swampscott, MA on 30 July 1880 (WWI Draft)
   • Census. 1910 at Summit Avenue, Seattle, Washington
     Maxfield, Ralph boarder M W 30 single, b. MA, parents b. MA MA, auditor, newspaper
   • draft reg. at King County, Washington, on 12 September 1918 (WWI Draft)
     Ralph Edward Maxfield
     Algonquin Apt W, Seattle, King Co., WA
     38; b. Jul 30, 1880 white
     auditor, Post Intelligencer Co., 42 Ellmore, Seattle
     wife: Selma Maxfield, Algonquin Apt W
     tall, stout, blue eyes, light hair
   • Census. 1930 at 435 W 119th St. (Apartment House), Manhattan, New York City, New York
     • 3. Maxfield, Ralph E., head, male, white, 44, married at 29, b. MA, parents b. MA MA, Treasurer, Herald Tribune
     • 4. Maxfield, Selma, wife, female, white, 40, married at 25, b. OH, parents b. Germany OH, occupation: none
   • d. at Bronx County, New York City, New York, on 26 December 1936 (NY Times 27 Dec 1936)
     Ralph E. Maxfield
     Treasurer of Herald Tribune from 1919-31 Succumbs at 55
     Ralph E. Maxfield of 435 West 119th Street, was treasurer of the Herald Tribune from 1919 until his retirement in 1931, died yesterday afternoon in the Fitch Sanitarium, 123 West 183d Street, the Bronx, of pneumonia, at the age of 55.
     His widowm Selma, and two sisters, Mrs. Stella Kenyon of Los Angeles, and Pauline Robinson of Maine, survive.
     Mr. Maxfield, who was a native of Swampscott, Mass., had been wit the Seattle Post-Intelligencer for some years, first as treasurer, then as assistant to the publisher.
   • m. about 1915 SELMA ________
     • b. at Ohio about 1889/90 (1930 census)
     • Census. 1945 at Daytona Beach, Volusia County, Florida (FL Cen 1945)
       Maxfield, Selma, Daytona Beach, 52, b. Oh, 12 years High School, retired
2. STELLA P.⁸ MAXFIELD
   • b. at Everett, MA, on 16 June 1883 (Pass)
   • passport. at Boston, Massachusetts, on 13 January 1922 (Pass)
     stamp: Jan 25, 1922; MA, Suffolk Co.
     Stella Maxfield, single, b. Everett, MA 16 Jun 1883
     father: Edward A. Maxfield b. New Bedford, MA, res. Swampscott, MA
     her res. Swampscott, MA, clerk
     to: Mexico travel, leave Feb 25, 1922
     signed 13 Jan 1922 Boston, MA
     age 38 5' 7" high forehead, blue eyes, straight nose, medium mouth, round chin, light brown hair, fair complexion, long face
     Stella Maxfield, 31 Farragut Rd., Swampscott, MA
   • m. ________KENYON
3. PAULINE F.⁸ MAXFIELD
   • b. at Everett on 20 July 1886 (MA VR 368:110:105)
   • m. at Swampscott on 14 May 1908 FRED R. ROBINSON (MA VR 578:640:19)
     • b. at Boston about 1875/6
     • d. before 1930

Information on this family can be found in:

• Census records

FL Cen 1945

Florida State Census, 1945. Family Search (familysearch.org). Accessed 18 June 2011.

Lane

Lane genealogies (1891-1902). Ancestry (www.ancestry.com).

MA VR

Massachusetts Vital Records 1841-1910. New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, MA (americanancestors.org).

NY Times

New York Times, New York, NY. Historical Newspapers, Birth, Marriage and Death Announcements, 1851-2003. Ancestry.com. Accessed 22 Nov 2006.

Pass

U. S. Passport Applications 1795-1925: Passport Applications Jan 2, 1906-Mar 31, 1925. Ancestry.com.

VR Ma

Massachusetts Vital Records. Division of Vital Statistics, State House, Boston, Ma.; microfilm, Genealogical Society, Salt Lake City, Ut.

WWI Draft

World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918. Ancestry.com.