Descendants of John Maxfield
of Salisbury, Massachusetts
Seventh Generation

HARRY PRENTISS7 MAXFIELD (Cyrus6, James5, Nathaniel4, Eliphalet3, Nathaniel2, John1) was born at Illinois on 12 February 1867 (CA D), a child of Cyrus Maxfield and his wife Eliza Prentis. The 1900 Census (298:10B) reported Harry P. Maxfield at 16 Main Street, Downers Grove village and Township, DuPage County, Illinois, in the home of Jacob and Elizabeth Miller:

Name Related Race Sex Born MS B FB MB Occupation
Maxfield, Harry P. boarder W M Feb 1864 S IL unk OH R.R. agent

This record gave Harry's age as 33 years, which is probably correct, and contradicts the date of birth.

By 1910 H. P. Maxfield had moved to Perris Township, Riverside County, California, where the census (91:3:4A) reported him residing on Sixth Street in the household of William and Georgia O'Malley:

Name Related Sex Race Age MS B FB MB Occupation
Maxfield, H. P. boarder M W 43 S IL ME OH station agent, R Road

Before the next census, perhaps about 1914, Harry P. Maxfield married ETHEL MAE PRESTON, who was born at Kansas on 5 April 1887 (CA D). The 1920 census (125:15B) reported them on East Second Street, Perris:

Name Related Sex Race Age MS B FB MB Occupation
Maxfield, Harry P. head M W 48 M IL US US agent, railroad
Maxfield, Ethel wife F W 32 M KS KY LA none
Maxfield, Mildred daughter F W 7 S CA IL KS none

By 1930 the family had moved to Miramonte Precinct, San Antonio Township, Los Angeles County, California, where Harry P. Maxfield reported his age as 60 and his occupation as tailor, tailoring for the stage. Ethel was 32, Mildred 16. According to this mathematically confusing record, Harry and Ethel had married at the ages of 44 and 16 respectively.

Harry P. Maxfield died at Los Angeles County on 12 August 1956 (CA D; His News). It was reported in the Los Angeles Times as follows:

Deaths--Harry P. Maxfield, 89, res. 5239 Verdu Ave., died Sunday. Retired in 1941 after 25 years sering with Santa Fe Railroad as a telegraph agent. Leaves widow Ethel, daughter Mildred Gallagher, grandson Shawn T. Gallagher.
Ethel Maxfield died at Los Angeles County on 26 June 1978 (CA D; SSDI).

Harry Prentiss Maxfield and his wife Ethel Mae had the following child:

  1. MILDRED P.8 MAXFIELD
    • b. at California on 1 November 1912 (CA D)
    • d. at Los Angeles County on 2 December 1996 (CA D)
    • m. ________ GALLAGHER

REFERENCES

Information on this family is found in:

Other sources abbreviated above include:
CA D
California Death Index, 1940-1997. Ancestry.com. Accessed 15 Jun 2005.
His News
Historical Newspapers, Birth, Marriage and Death Announcements, 1851-2003. Accessed 22 Nov 2006. Los Angeles Times, 15 Aug 1956. Ancestry.com.
SSDI
Social Security Death Index. http://ssdi.genealogy.rootsweb.com.
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