Descendants of John Maxfield
of Salisbury, Massachusetts
Sixth Generation

Aldice and Josephine lived at White Bear Lake, Ramsey County, Minnesota, where Aldice was a carpenter and builder, and a Republican (Myers). The family moved further west. According to the birthplaces of their children, in 1884 they were in North Dakota, and by 1894 they were in Oregon. The family was reported in the 1900 Census (1345:1:171) in Corvallis, Benton County, Oregon:

This census report also indicated that Aldice and Josephine had been married 24 years, Josephine had given birth to five children, of whom three were still living, and she had come to the United States in 1870.

Aldice Maxfield died at Benton County on 3 October 1903 (Or D).

The 1910 census (1287:2:37B) reported Joesphine Maxfield at 940 River Road, Portland, Oregon. Josephine was 43, the mother of five children, three living. She was born in Canada to a father born in Scotland and a mother born in England. With her were two sons, Roy D. Maxfield, 26, born in North Dakota, a mail clerk for a railway, and Vern, 15, born at Oregon, a cashier. Also, Charles Fullerton boarded at their home.

Josephine Maxfield was reported in the 1920 Census (1502:2B) at 440 Twining Avenue, Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon. She was 64 years old. Her son Vern, age 25 and single, lived with her. He was a draftsman for "job mart."

Josephine Maxfield died at Portland on 21 November 1926 (Or D).

Aldice and Josephine Maxfield had the following children:

1. VERA⁷ MAXFIELD
   • b. at Minnesota in July 1878 (1900 Census)
2. ROYAL⁷ MAXFIELD
   • b. at North Dakota on September 1884 (1900 census)
3. VERN MILES⁷ MAXFIELD
   • b. at Corvallis, Benton County, Oregon on 14 September 1894 (WWI Draft)
   • draft registration. at Portland, Oregon, on 5 June 1917
     Verne Miles Maxfield, 22, 940 Union Avenue, Portland, Oregon
     b. September 14, 1894 Corvallis, Oregon
     salesman, Page & Son, 120 Front St., Portland
     dependant: mother; single, caucasian
     exemption claim: yes, on account of dependant
     tall, medium build, blue eyes, light brown hair
   • census. at Salem, Marion County, Oregon, on 1930 (1948:) Oregon State Insane Hospital
     Maxfield, Vern male white 35 single b. OR, parents b. ID Canada, occ: none
   • d. at Portland on 23 January 1935 (Or D)

Information on this family can be found in:

• Myers, Miriam. Notes. In letter, William J. Barton to Charles Maxfield, Nov 7, 2000. (Myers)
• Census records

Other sources abbreviated above include:

family search: William J. Barton

Family Search Ancestral File: William J. Barton. http://www.familysearch.org.

Or D

Oregon Death Index, 1903-1998. www.ancestry.com.

WWI Draft

World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918. Ancestry.com.