Descendants of John Maxfield
of Salisbury, Massachusetts
Ninth Generation

Gordon Maxfield and RUTH MATHILDE HOLMSTROM announced their engagement at Fairhaven in January 1933 (F Star 23 Jan 1933), and were married at New Bedford on 18 August 1934 (DMH-M).

Gordon was a plumber. He worked with his father, and bought the business after his father's death.

Gordon served in the military from 1933 to 1948. According to his engagement announcement (F Star 23 Jan 1933) he was 1st Lieutenant in Battery F, 241^st C.A.H.D. He was activated for national service 16 September 1940 to 2 November 1945. The Fairhaven Star reported that he was home from the Aleutians for a thirty day leave in July 1945. He was a major in Coast Artillery Corps in World War II.

Ruth (Holmstrom) Maxfield was born on 21 March 1905 (DMH-M; SSDI has 31 March). She graduated from Bridgewater State Teachers College, Bridgewater, Massachusetts, before their engangement in 1933 (engagement announcement).

Gordon and Ruth Maxfield lived at 72 Chestnut Street, Fairhaven. They were members of the Unitarian Church.

Gordon Maxfield died at Fairhaven on 13 April 1965, of cancer (obituary; SSDI). See his obituary below. Ruth Maxfield died at Deering Nursing Home, Hingham, Massachusetts, on 9 October 1979 (SSDI).

Gordon and Ruth Maxfield had the following children:

1. SANDRA RUTH¹⁰ MAXFIELD
   • b. at New Bedford on 2 October 1935 (DMH-M)
   • m. at Fairhaven on 2 October 1957 KIMBALL SHAW
     • b. on 25 October 1935
     • three children
2. GORDON TIRRELL¹⁰ MAXFIELD, Jr. b. on 19 January 1940 (DMH-M)
3. CARL BAYLEY¹⁰ MAXFIELD b. at New Bedford on 18 October 1941
4. HOLLIS POPE¹⁰ MAXFIELD
   • b. at New Bedford on 9 May 1949 (DMH-M)
   • m. on 5 June 1971 HENRY VINCENT EDWARD MITCHELL
   • two children

Gordon T. Maxfield, 60, husband of Mrs. Ruth (Holmstrom) Maxfield, of 72 Chestnut St., Fairhaven, died at home today after a long illness.
Born in Fairhaven, he lived there all his life. He was a heating and plumbing contractor.
Mr. Maxfield was a member of the Unitarian Church and a member of the Pilot Club and former chairman of the house committee of that church.
He was a World War II veteran, inducted as captain of Coast Artillery, Massachusetts National Guard, Sept. 16, 1940. Mr. Maxfield was released from active duty to State control as a major Nov. 2, 1945, and transferred to State retired list as lieutenant-colonel on March 10, 1948.
He was a member of the George H. Taber Lodge, A.F. and A.M., and Fairhaven Post 166, American Legion.
Besides his wife, he is survived by two sons, Gordon T. Maxfield, Jr. of Catonsville, Md., and Carl B. Maxfield of Storrs, Conn.; two daughters, Mrs. Sandra Shaw of Hingham and Miss Hollis P. Maxfield of Fairhaven; two brothers, Lawrence B. and Charles Maxfield, both of Fairhaven; three sisters, Mrs. Doris Hartshorn of Walpole, Mrs. Thais Noveck of Hartford, Conn., and Mrs. Jean Perkins of Fairhaven, and one grand-daughter

Information on this family can be found in:

• Hartshorn, Doris Maxfield. Genealogy of Charles Pope Maxfield Family. Ditto production.
• Recollections of Ruth Howe, Judy Robinson, Charles and Pauline Maxfield, in conversation. 7 June 1988.
• Tirrell, Robert Wilson. The Tirrell-Tirrill-Tyrrell Book. Englewood, NJ, 1969. Page 407.

F Star

Fairhaven Star.

Riverside Cem

Grave Marker. Riverside Cemetery, Fairhaven, Ma.

SSDI

Social Security Death Index. http://ssdi.genealogy.rootsweb.com.