Born in Clonelly, Irvinestown, County Fermanagh, Ireland
Ancestors 
Daughter of George Maxwell
and Mary (Chittick) Maxwell
Sister of
Mary Maxwell, James Maxwell, Mary Maxwell, Elizabeth Ann Maxwell, Rebecca Maxwell and Violet Edwin Maxwell
Wife of
William John Allen
— married
9 Oct 1895 in Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
[children unknown]
Died after
after age 66
in Brookline, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 29 Jun 2014
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Biography
This profile is part of the Maxwell Name Study.
Margaret was born in 1873. Margaret Maxwell ...
- Name: Margaret Jane Maxwell
- Christening Place: Clonelly, Ferm, Ire
- Birth Date: 11 Jun 1873
- Birthplace: Clonelly, Ferm, Ire
- Father's Name: George Maxwell
- Mother's Name: Mary Chittick [1] [2]
- Name Margaret Jane Maxwell
- Age 21
- Birth Year abt 1874
- Birth Place Co Fermanagh, Ire
- Marriage Date 9 Oct 1895
- Marriage Place Newton, Massachusetts, USA
- Father George Maxwell
- Mother Mary Hetteick
- Spouse William John Allen [3]
Research Notes
From sourced trees on Ancestry it is clear that the census entries below do not refer to this profile. Margaret Jane moved to USA in 1890. Leaving the census entries here meantime. Perhaps later research may help to link Margaret below to her true family.
Head of family, caretaker, cannot read, speaks Irish and English age 26 not married at time of 1901 census. No one else listed in household. [4]
In 1911 census she is listed as a domestic servant for the Kerr family who run a grocers shop. Still cannot read. Age shown as 36. Name given as Maggie [5]
Sources
- ↑ "Ireland Births and Baptisms, 1620-1881," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FPTY-MDM : 10 February 2018), Mary Chittick in entry for Margaret Jane Maxwell, 11 Jun 1873; citing Clonelly, Ferm, Ire, index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 255,876.
- ↑ https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/birth_returns/births_1873/03197/2172343.pdf
- ↑ Massachusetts, U.S., Marriage Records, 1840-1915 on Ancestry
- ↑ http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Fermanagh/Ederny/Aghagrefin/1354092/ 1901 Ireland census (1 of only 76 Maxwells in Fermanagh at time of census)
- ↑ http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Fermanagh/Irvinestown/Main_Street__Irvinestown_Town_/521364/ 1911 Ireland census (1 of only 79 Maxwells in Fermanagh at time of census)
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