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Richard James ("Joseph senior") Maxwell

b. 1810, d. 4 January 1898

Birth

Richard James ("Joseph senior") Maxwell was born in 1810 in Firth.

Family life

Richard James ("Joseph senior") Maxwell and Ann Cross were married circa 1840 in Ireland.

Children with Ann Cross (b. 1819, d. 13 January 1878)

DaughterSarah Maxwell (b. circa 1841)
SonAlexander ("Alec") Maxwell (b. circa 1843)
DaughterCatherine ("Kate") Maxwell+ (b. 1844, d. 1884)
SonJoseph Maxwell, Junior+ (b. 1846, d. 6 February 1929)
DaughterJane Maxwell (b. 1848)
SonJames Maxwell+ (b. 6 October 1850, d. 9 March 1932)
DaughterMargaret Hellenore Maxwell (b. 1852)

Working life

  • In 1865 Richard James ("Joseph senior") Maxwell was a poundkeeper in Bourke.1
  • In 1875 Richard James ("Joseph senior") Maxwell was a puntman in Bourke.1

Death

Richard James ("Joseph senior") Maxwell died on 4 January 1898 at age ~88 in Bourke.2

Citations

  1. [S1659] JM Fleming, Family Reed 1856 Jane Maxwell, History of Bourke Journal, volume 9 biographies, page 101
  2. [S612] NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages, Index to NSW Deaths, (Registry of BDM), 808/1898.
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