Descendants of John Maxfield
of Salisbury, Massachusetts
Ninth Generation

FLOYD WINTER9 MAXFIELD (Jeremiah8, John7, Nathaniel6, Eliphalet5, Nathaniel4, Eliphalet3, Nathaniel2, John1) was born at Hastings, Adams County, Nebraska, on 12 April 1894 (WWI Draft; place from F), a child of Jeremiah Winter Maxfield and his wife Elizabeth A. Thompson.

Floyd W. Maxfield married HELEN CATHERINE COYNE at Lincoln, Nebraska, on 11 June 1916 (AWT). She was born at Clair, Illinois on 4 October 1897 (AWT).

Floyd Winter Maxfield registered for the draft at Adams County on 5 June 1917 (WWI Draft), reporting the following:

Floyd Winter Maxfield, 23, Juniata, NE
b. Apr 12, 1894 Hastings, NE
manager of grain elevator for Charles Moritz at New March
dependants: wife + baby; married, caucasian
exemption request: only support for wife and baby
short, slender, gray eyes, red hair
The 1920 Census (1000:9B) reported this family at 811 Third Street West, McCook, Red Willow County, Nebraska. Floyd, 25, was a locomotive fireman. The family included his wife, Helen, 25, and sons Wilbur, three years and two months, and Vern, one year and six months.

The 1930 Census (232:) reported this family at 2439 West Thirty-third Street, Denver, Colorado:

Name Related Sex Race Age MS B FB MB Occupation
Maxfield, Floyd W. head M W 36 M NE US US fireman,
steam railroad
Maxfield, Helen C. wife F W 33 M IL IL NE none
Maxfield, J. Wilbur son M W 13 S NE NE IL none
Maxfield, Vern W. son M W 11 S NE NE IL none
Maxfield, Mildred B. daughter F W 9 S NE NE IL none

Floyd and Helen were aged 21 and 18 respectively at the time of marriage.

Floyd Winter and Helen Maxfield had the following children:

  1. J. WILBUR10 MAXFIELD
    • b. at Nebraska about October 1916 (1920 census)
  2. VERN WESLEY10 MAXFIELD b. at Hastings, Nebraska on 15 September 1918
  3. MILDRED B.10 MAXFIELD
    • b. at Nebraska about 1920/1 (1930 census)

REFERENCES

Information on this family is found in:

Other sources abbreviated above include:
AWT
Ancestry World Tree. http://awt.ancestry.com.
WWI Draft
World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918. Ancestry.com.

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