Descendants of John Maxfield
of Salisbury, Massachusetts
Ninth Generation


WILLIAM NELSON9 MAXFIELD (Frank8, John7-6, William5, David4, Eliphalet3, Nathaniel2, John1) was born at Chicago, Illinois on 1 October 1881 (Chicago B) a child of Frank Allen Maxfield and his wife Sarah Jane Denmark.

William Nelson Maxfield married DAISY ETHEL DAVIS at Chicago on 8 May 1904 (Cook Co M). Daisy was born at Peabody, Marion County, Kansas about 1884.

The 1910 census (285:10A) reported this family at 508 Grant Street, Sycamore, DeKalb County, Illinois:

Name Related Sex Race Age MS B FB MB Occupation
Maxfield, William head M W 28 M IL IL PA machinist, factory
Maxfield, Daisy wife F W 25 M KS IL CT none
Maxfield, Ralph son M W 4 S IL IL KS none
Maxfield, Joyce daughter F W 1 7/12 S IL IL KS none

That record also indicated it was a first marriage for both William and Daisy, and they had been married six years.

Some time after that census, and before the birth of a child in 1919, this family moved to Los Angeles County, California. The 1920 Census (119:10A:22-26) reported this family at 6517 Miranionto Boulevard, San Antonio Township, Los Angeles County, California. The family consisted of William N., 37, a general mechanic, wife Daisy E., 34, son Ralph D., 13, daughter Joyce E., 10, and Son Billie A., two months. The 1930 census (153:17A) reported this family at 4121 61st Street, Los Angeles:

Name Related Sex Race Age MS B FB MB Occupation
Maxfield, William N. head M W 47 M IL IL PA pumper, oil fields
Maxfield, Daisy wife F W 43 M KS IL CT saleslady, department store
Maxfield, Ralph D. son M W 24 S IL IL KS surveyor, Los Angeles city
Maxfield, Joyce daughter F W 20 S IL IL KS bookkeeper, mechanical service Co.
Maxfield, Billie A. son M W 10 S CA IL KS none

William Nelson Maxfield died at Los Angeles County on 21 January 1954 (CA D). Widow Daisy Maxfield married ______ SCHADT. Daisy died on 22 February, 1960 (Press-Tel, 22 Freb 1960, p. 20).

William Nelson Maxfield and his wife Daisy Davis had the following children:

  1. RALPH DAVIS10 MAXFIELD
    • b. at Chicago on 19 February 1906 (Chicago B; SSDI)
    • mil. from 3 July 1925 to 5 February 1941, US Army (BIRLS)
    • mil. from 13 Feb 1941 to 31 Mar 1961, US Army (BIRLS)
    • d. on 30 April, 1993 (SSDI; interment.net)
    • bur. at National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Honolulu, Oahu Island, HA (interment.net)
  2. JOYCE ETHEL10 MAXFIELD
    • b. at Illinois on 2 October 1909 (CA D; 1930 census)
    • d. at San Diego County, California, on 20 January 1994 (CA D)
    • m. ________ BENNETT
  3. WILLIAM ALLEN10 MAXFIELD
    • b. at Los Angeles County, California, on 5 October 1919 (CA B)
    • m. at Fort Lewis, Pierce County, Washington, on 16 May 1942 MABELLE SCOTTS HENSERSON (WA M)


REFERENCES

Information on this family is found in:

Other sources abbreviated above include:
BIRLS
U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs Beneficiary Identification Records Locator Subsystem Death File, 1850-2010. Ancestry (www.ancestry.com). Accessed 7 November 2011.
CA B
State of California. California Birth Records 1905 -1995. Sacramenta, Ca.: State of California, Department of Health Services, Center for Health Statistics, 19--, Reprint: Provo, Ut.: Ancestry.com, 2000.
CA D
State of California. California Death Index, 1940-1997. Sacramenta, Ca.: State of California, Department of Health Services, Center for Health Statistics, 19--, Reprint: Provo, Ut.: Ancestry.com, 2000.
Chicago B
City of Chicago, Department of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics, Illinois, Cook County Birth Certificates, 1878-1922. Family Search (familysearch.org).
Cook Co M
Illinois, Cook County Marriages, 1871-1920. Family Search (familysearch.org).
interment.net
Cemetery Records Online. interment.net.
Press-Tel
Press-Telegram, Long Beach, CA. Newspaper Archive (newspaperarchive.com).
SSDI
Social Security Death Index. http://ssdi.rootsweb.ancestry.com.
WA M
Washington State County Marriages 1858-1950. Family Search (familysearch.org).

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