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James Maxwell
b. 6 October 1850, d. 9 March 1932
Birth
James Maxwell was born on 6 October 1850 at Montefiore in Wellington.1
Parents
| Father | Richard James ("Joseph senior") Maxwell (b. 1810, d. 4 January 1898) |
| Mother | Ann Cross (b. 1819, d. 13 January 1878) |
Family life
James Maxwell and Emma Lunn were married in 1878 in Bourke. They had a large family born in Bourke 1879-1900.2,3
Children with Emma Lunn (b. 1861)
| Daughter | Agnes Annie Maxwell (b. 1879, d. 1879) |
| Daughter | Elizabeth Laura Maxwell (b. 1880) |
| Daughter | Emmeline M ("Emily") Maxwell (b. 1883) |
| Son | James W W ("Jim") Maxwell (b. 1886) |
| Son | Alexander ("Alec") Maxwell (b. 1888) |
| Son | Richard J ("Jack") Maxwell (b. 1890) |
| Son | Walter Lunn Maxwell (b. 1893, d. 14 July 1971) |
| Daughter | Ethel F Maxwell (b. 1895) |
| Son | Ebenezer C ("Ebb") Maxwell (b. 1898) |
| Son | Frederick L H ("Lionel") Maxwell (b. 1900) |
Residence information
James Maxwell and Emma Lunn lived at Mulga Park in Gunderbooka County in Bourke, New South Wales, Australian Colonies, on 5 April 1891.4
Working life
- James Maxwell was associated with Joseph Maxwell, Junior, first drove stock circa 1864 in Bourke, New South Wales, Australia.5,6
Death
James Maxwell died on 9 March 1932 at age 81 in Bourke.
Citations
- [S1390] NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages, Index to NSW Births and Baptisms, (Registry of BDM), James Maxwell, parents Richard and Ann, church code MM, CofE Montefiore near Wellington, 2431/1850 V18502431 37A.
- [S611] NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages, Index to NSW Marriages, (Registry of BDM), 2513/1878 Bourke.
- [S1659] JM Fleming, Family Reed 1856 Jane Maxwell, Maxwell family memoirs by Harvey Barnett, History of Bourke Journal
- [S1749] J Maxwell household, Mulga Park, Gundabooka County, 5 Apr 1891 Census, NSW, Bourke, NSW Records Authority.
- [S1634] "," The Western Herald, Bourke, ; online image, Trove (: accessed ), Newspapers and Gazettes., Death of an Old Resident; obituary; 13 January 1926; page 2; http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article141989429; 2 February 2022
- [S1634] "," The Western Herald, Bourke, ; online image, Trove (: accessed ), Newspapers and Gazettes., Obituary, Mr Joseph Maxwell; obituary; 13 February 1929; page 3; http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article141995629; 2 February 2022
| Last Edited | 22 March 2023 |