Maxwell
Wanton
Atwater
Born in Millville, Cumberland, New Jersey, United States
Ancestors 
and Brother of
Sophia Mead Atwater, Christopher Greene Atwater, Ethelwynn Morrill (Atwater) Cleveland, Richard Mead Atwater Jr., David Hastings Atwater, Anna Dorothea (Atwater) Smith, Elizabeth Arnold (Atwater) Bardeen and Marjory Garrison (Atwater) Rossmassler
Husband of
Mary Adams (Meigs) Atwater
— married
14 May 1903 in Lee, Iowa, United States
Father of
Montgomery Meigs Atwater, Abby Elizabeth Atwater and Elizabeth Joan Rodgers (Atwater) Biehl
Died
at age 40
in Olmsted, Minnesota, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 23 Oct 2021
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Biography
Maxwell was born in 1878. He was the son of Richard Mead Atwater and Abby Sophia Greene. He passed away in 1919.
Sources
- Find A Grave: Memorial #111420807
- 1880 US Census, Millville, Cumberland County, New Jersey
- 1900 US Census, Syracuse, Onondaga County, New York (listed in father's household ; not certain he was actually there at that time)
- 1900 US Census, Golden, Jefferson County, Colorado (enumerated twice here)
- 1910 US Census, Butte, Silver Bow County, Montana
- New Jersey, Births and Christenings Index, 1660-1931, Ancestry.com
- Iowa, Marriage Records, 1880-1951, Ancestry.com
- World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, Ancestry.com
- Pennsylvania, Church and Town Records, 1708-1985, Ancestry.com
- Minnesota Death Index, 1908-2002, Ancestry.com
- Paternal and Maternal relationships are both confirmed by an autosomal AncestryDNA test match between Susan Hadley and DB, her 2nd cousin. Their most-recent common ancestors are Richard Mead Atwater and Abby Sophia Greene, the great grandparents of both Susan Hadley and DB. DB is a grandson of Maxwell Atwater. Predicted relationship from AncestryDNA: 2nd-3rd Cousin, based on sharing 158 cM across 9 segments.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Maxwell by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Maxwell:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Maxwell by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Maxwell:
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~6.25%
~12.50%
Elizabeth (Betts) Ernst 
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch QJ5767355 [compare], Ancestry member Shalandara
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