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:
- 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)
- 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
- 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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