Descendants of John Maxfield
of Salisbury, Massachusetts
Eighth Generation

GILBERT BELDEN8 MAXFIELD (Pascal7, William6-5, David4, probably Eliphalet3, Nathaniel2, John1) was born at Vergennes, Vermont on 13 March 1836 (IL D), a child of Pascal and Phidelia Maxfield.

Gilbert B. Maxfield married CAROLINE ELIZABETH LANGAN about 1857/8 (census records). Caroline was born at England on 11 December 1839 (Cook Co D), child of Josiah Langan and Esther Newton, and came to America in 1857 (1910 census).

The 1860 census reported Gilbert's young family at Fairfax, Vermont, immediately after Gilbert's step-mother Mercy Maxfield (1321:182). Gilbert, age 24, was a harness maker, wife Elizabeth was 20, son Byron L. was nine months old.

Gilbert and family soon moved to Wisconsin, where Hellen was born about 1861/2. The next three children were born in Illinois from 1864 to 1868. The 1870 census (1718:1:225B) found this family at Mineral Point, Iowa County, Wisconsin:

Name Age Occupation R.E. P.E. Birth Other
Maxfield, Gilbert B. 34 journeyman harness maker $200 VT
Maxfield, Carrie 30 keeping house England parents foreign born
Maxfield, Byron P. 10 at school VT mother foreign born; school
Maxfield, Hellen M 8 at school WI mother foreign born; school
Maxfield, Carrie C. 6 at school IL mother foreign born; school
Maxfield, Edith A. 4 IL mother foreign born
Maxfield, Narciissus 2 IL mother foreign born

The next children in this family were born at Wisconsin in 1871 and 1878. The 1880 census (1429:161A:17-22) reported this family on Silver Street, Mineral Point, consisting of Gilbert, 44, laborer, Caroline, 40, wife, and children Caroline, 16, Edith 13, George, 9, and Herman, 2. Son Byron was reported (1429:151C) at Mineral Point, a farm hand on another farm.

The Gilbert and Caroline Maxfield family appeared in Chicago, Illinois, in the 1900 and 1910 censuses. The 1900 report (283:3B) found at 337 Sixty-second Street, Chicago, Gilbert B. Maxfield, born at Vermont on March 1836, wife Caroline E., born at England on December 1839, son George F., born at Wisconsin on January 1871, and son Herman E., born at Wisconsin on July 1878.

The 1910 census (277:3B) reported the following at 238 Englewood Avenue, Chicago:

Name Related Sex Race Age MS B FB MB Occupation
Maxfield, Gilbert B. head M W 74 M VT US US placer, railway
Maxfield, Caroline E. wife F W 70 M England England England none
Widegrove, Carrie daughter F W 45 Wd IL VT England laundress, out
Maxfield, George son M W 39 S WI VT England none
Maxfield, Herman son M W 31 S WI VT England teamster

According to this record, Gilbert and Caroline had been married for 52 years; Caroline had twelve children, seven of whom were living; and she immigrated in 1857.

Elizabeth Caroline Maxfield died at Chicago on 9 December 1910 (Cook Co D) Gilbert B. Maxfield died at Chicago on 21 September 1919 (IL D).

Gilbert B. and Caroline Elizabeth Maxfield had the following children, in addition to four others who died young:

  1. BYRON PASCAL9 MAXFIELD b. at Vermont on October 1859
  2. HELLEN M.9 MAXFIELD
    • b. at Wisconsin about 1861/2 (1870 census)
  3. CAROLINE C.9 MAXFIELD
    • b. at Illinois about 1864 (1920 census)
    • m. ________ WIDEGROVE
      • d. before 1910
  4. EDITH A.9 MAXFIELD
    • b. at Illinois on August 1868 (1900 census)
    • m. at Cook County, Illinois on 1 March 1887 WILLIAM A. CONWAY (Il M)
    • m. lic. at Chicago 28 February 1887 (Inter-Ocean, 1 Mar 1887). He 26, she 19, both of Chicago
  5. NARCISSUS9 MAXFIELD
    • b. at Illinois about 1867/8 (1870 census)
    • d. probably before 1880 (not in census)
  6. GEORGE F.9 MAXFIELD
    • b. at Wisconsin on January 1871
    • census. 1920 at Cottage Grove Ave., Chicago (315:6A)
      • Wadegrove, Carrie head female white 55 Widow b. IL, parents b. VT England occ.: none
      • Maxfield, George brother male white 45 single b. WI, parents b. VT England occ.: none
    • d. at Chicago on 31 October 1923 (IL D)
  7. HERMAN E.9 MAXFIELD
    • b. at Wisconsin on 26 July 1878 (SSDI--date; 1900 census: month, year + state)
    • census. 1920 at Chicago (348:10A)
      • Maxfield, Herman head male white 40 married b. WI, parents b. England England, chauffer, undertaker
      • Maxfield, Annie wife female white 42 married b. Sweden, parents b.Sweden Sweden occ.: none
    • census. 1930 at 54 Sixty-fifth Street,Chicago (443:13B)
      • Maxfield, Herman E. head male white 52 Widower b. WI, parents b. VT England, receiving clerk, meat packers
      • Olson, Mary E. housekeeper female white 59 divorced b. NY, parents b. NY NY, housekeeper, private family
      • Carlson, Axel R. roomer male white 48 Widower b. Sweden, parents b. Sweden Sweden imm. 1903 alien, laborer, building materials
    • d. on December 1964 (SSDI; Cook Co D)
    • m. at Chicago on 11 March 1911 ANNA OLSON (Cook Co M)
      • b. at Sweden about 1877 (1920 census)
      • d. at Chicago on 2 June 1923 (IL D)
  8. EUNICE GERALDINE9 MAXFIELD
    • b. at Illinois on July 1881 (1900 census)
    • Census. 1900 at Hyde Park Township, Chicago (287:25B)
      • Conway, William, head, white, male, b. Dec 1861, age 38, married 13 years, b. IL, parents b. OH IL, gen. Supt
      • Conway, Edith A., wife, white, female, b. Aug 1868, age 31, married 13 years, 0 children born, 0 children living, b. IL, parents b. VT England
      • Maxfield, Eunice, sister-in-law, white, female, b. Jul 1881, age 18 years, single, b. WI, parents b. VT England
    • m. at Chicago on 7 June 1905 PAUL STAEHLIN (Cook Co M)

REFERENCES

Information on this family is found in:

Other sources abbreviated above include:
Cook Co D
Illinois, Cook County Deaths, 1878-1922. Family Search (familysearch.org). Accessed 17 May 2011.
Cook Co M
Illinois, Cook County Marriages, 1871-1920. Family Search (familysearch.org).
IL D
Illinois State Archives. Illinois Statewide Death Index, 1916-1950. http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/Genealogy/IDPHDeathSearchServlet. Accessed 25 Jun 2002.
Il M
Illinois State Archives. Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, 1763-1900. www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/archives/genealogy/marrsrch.html.
Inter-Ocean
Daily Inter-Ocean, Chicago, IL, 1 Mar 1887. Nineteenth Century U. S. Newspapers. New England Historic Genealogical Society. www.newenglandancestors.org
SSDI
Social Security Death Index. http://ssdi.genealogy.rootsweb.com.
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