Descendants of John Maxfield
of Salisbury, Massachusetts
Eighth Generation

FRANK JOHN8 MAXFIELD (Eugene7, Philo6, probably Henry5, David4, Eliphalet3, Nathaniel2, John1) was born at Ohio on 18 April 1874 (WWI Draft), a child of Eugene C. Maxfield and his wife Margarette M. Hutton. The 1900 census (127:1:134A) reported Frank J. Maxfield at Main Street, Grand Junction, Mesa County, Colorado, a lodger in the home of Peter and Jessie Smith. Frank, born at Ohio on April 1874, was a brakeman for the railriad.

Frank J. Maxfield married NORA MAY SMITH about 1900/1 (1910 census; 1904 in 1930 census). Nora was born at Kansas on 27 December 1882 (SSDI).

The 1910 census reported this family at 5920 North "M" Street, Tacoma, Washington:

Name Related Sex Race Age MS B FB MB Occupation
Maxfield, Frank J. head M W 36 M1 OH OH OH confectioner
candy co.
Maxfield, Nora M. wife F W 27 M1 KS IA IA none
Maxfield, Jessie M. daughter F W 7 S CO OH KS none
Maxfield, Eugene W. son M W 4 S WA OH KS none
Maxfield, Viola N. daughter F W 2 S WA OH KS none

Frank and Nora had been married nine years; Nora had three children, all living. Judging from the birth states of their children, this family moved from Colorado to Wahington sometime between 1903 and 1905.

Frank John Maxfield registered for the draft at Franklin County, Washington, on 12 September 1918:

Frank John Maxfield, 311 Bonneville, Pasco, WA
44; b. Apr 18, 1874 white
yardmaster, N. P. & Z. E., Pasco
wife: Nora May Maxfield, 311 Bonneville, Pasco, WA
medium height, medium build, blue eyes, brown hair
By 1918 Frank was back to working for the railroad, and living in southeastern Washington. By the 1930 census (2486:3A) this household, at 616 Clark Street, Pasco, Washington, had expanded:

Name Related Sex Race Age MS B FB MB Occupation
Maxfield, Frank J. head M W 52 M OH OH OH yard master
steam railroad
Maxfield, Nora wife F W 47 M KS IA IA none
Maxfield, Ray son M W 19 S WA OH KS none
Maxfield, Wesley son M W 24 M WA OH KS switchman
steam railroad
Maxfield, Gladys daughter-in-law F W 20 M WA KS KS none
Smith, Isaac father-in-law M W 75 Wd IA IA IA none

Frank and Nora were married at 26 and 18 respectively; Wesley and Gladys were married at 22 and 18 respectively.

Nora Maxfield died on March 1976 (SSDI).

Frank John Maxfield and his wife Nora May Smith had the following children:

  1. JESSIE M.9 MAXFIELD
    • b. at Colorado about 1902/3 (1910 census)
  2. EUGENE WESLEY9 MAXFIELD
    • b. at Washington about 1905/6 (1910, 1930 censuses)
    • m. about 1928 GLADYS (1930 census)
      • b. at Washington on 4 October 1909 (SSDI)
      • d. on 20 April 1993 (SSDI)
  3. VIOLA N.9 MAXFIELD
    • b. at Washington about 1907/8 (1910 census)
  4. RAY AUSTIN9 MAXFIELD b. at Washington on 15 January 1911.

REFERENCES

Information on this family is found in:

Other sources abbreviated above include:
SSDI
Social Security Death Index. http://ssdi.genealogy.rootsweb.com.
WWI Draft
World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918. Ancestry.com.

NOTE: This genealogy page contains the information which I have available at this time. It is not a thorough genealogy. If anyone is interested in pursuing this further, contact me at the e-mail address at the bottom of the page, and I can make suggestions for more complete research.

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