Descendants of John Maxfield
of Salisbury, Massachusetts
Ninth Generation

CARROLL L.9 MAXFIELD (Leon8, Montravilla7, Nathan6, probably Eliphalet5, David4, Eliphalet3, Nathaniel2, John1) was born at Potsdam, Saint Lawrence County, New York, on 28 June 1888 (WWI Draft; SSDI), a child of Leon Montrail Maxfield and his wife Eunice Elvira Bradley. Carroll grew up in his family at Saint Lawrence County, New York. Then he went West, and the 1910 Census (296:15A), reported him living with his aunt Effie Parks and her husband Joseph E. Parks at 385 Grand Avenue, Aurora, Kane County, Illinois. Carroll, age 22 and single, was a street railway conductor.

Carroll Maxfield married GRACE MAE BAKER at Newington, Stormont County, Ontario, on 19 April 1911 (ON M). Grace was born at Osnabruck, Stormont County, Ontario, on 1 June 1888 (IL D), a child of John Baker and Lois Morgan.

When Carroll signed up for the draft in 1917 or 1918 at Aurora (WWI Draft), he reported the following:

Carroll L. Maxfield, 29, 242 Grant St., Aurora, Il
b. 28 Jun 1888 West Potsdam, NY
street car conductor, Aurora, Il
wife, 2 children and father
married, caucasian; request deferment
tall, medium build, brown eyes black hair
Grace (Baker) Maxfield died at Aurora on 24 November 1918 (IL D).

The 1920 Census (373:13A) mistakenly called Carroll "Harold," and reported him as head of the household at 242 Grant Place, Aurora, Illinois. His father, who moved there before Carrol's draft registration, was present in the household. So were his aunt and uncle, Effie and Joseph Parks, whom the census taker called sister and brother-in-law. The record follows:

Line Name Related Sex Race Age MS B FB MB Occupation
11 Maxfield, Harold head M W 33 Wd NY NY NY machinist, tool factory
12 Maxfield, Ray son M W 7 S IL NY Canada (English) none
13 Maxfield, Kenneth son M W 5 S IL NY Canada (English) none
14 Maxfield, Leon father M W 55 Wd NY NY NY ticket taker, theater
15 Parks, Effie sister F W 58 M NY NY NY none
16 Parks, Joseph brother-in-law M W 63 M NJ NJ NJ carpenter, house
17 Bailey, Clara lodger F W 65 S US US US none

Carroll Maxfield married as his second wife CHARLOTTE KJELLBERG, at Menominee, Menominee County, Michigan, on 18 November 1022 (MI M). Charlotte was born at Marinette, Marinette County, Wisconsin, on 30 December 1890 (MI M; SSDI), a child of Nels Kjellberg and Martha Lundborn. Carroll's eldest son, Ray, died in 1928, at the age of sixteen. The 1930 Census (524:15A) reported the smaller family at 953 Second Avenue, Aurora:

Line Name Related Sex Race Age MS B FB MB Occupation
35 Maxfield, Carroll L. head M W 42 M NY NY NY turet lathe, tools
36 Maxfield, Charolet wife F W 39 M WI Sweden Sweden none
37 Maxfield, Kenneth son M W 16 S IL NY WI none

Carroll and Charlotte were married at the ages of 34 and 31 respectively.

Charlotte Maxfield died on May 1965 (SSDI). Carroll Maxfield died at Princeton, Bureau County, Illinois, on March 1972 (SSDI).

Carroll Maxfield and his first wife Grace Baker had the following children:

  1. RAY C.10 MAXFIELD (IL D)
    • b. at Aurora on 17 July 1912
    • d. at Aurora on 27 October 1928
  2. KENNETH B.10 MAXFIELD (SSDI; CA D)
    • b. at Aurora on 3 March 1914
    • d. at Santa Clara County, California, on 29 December 1977

REFERENCES

Information on this family is found in:

Other sources abbreviated above include:
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).
IL D
Illinois, Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947. Family Search (familysearch.org). Accessed 8 May 2011.
MI M
Michigan, County Marriages, 1820-1935. Family Search (familysearch.org). Accessed 6 January 2012.
ON M
Ontario, Canada, Marriages, 1801-1926. Ancestry (www.ancestry.com). Accessed 13 Dec 2010.
SSDI
Social Security Death Index. (http://ssdi.rootsweb.ancestry.com).
WWI Draft
World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918. Ancestry (www.ancestry.com). Accessed 1 Jun 2012.
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