Francis Maple (1817 - 1854)

Born 20 Dec 1817 in Sorel, Richelieu, Canada

Descendants

Died 11 Mar 1854 at age 36 in Worcester, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Francis Maple of Worcester, born 20 December 1817 in Canada, was naturalized in the U.S. on 7 November 1851.^[1]

Francis, the son of Francis and Mary Maple, was born in Worcester, Massachusetts on 29 March 1842.^[2]

Francis Maple (age 39, born in Canada) died at Worcester, Massachusetts on 11 March 1854.^[3]

Notes of T. Grant Maple:^[4]

"Francis Maple b. Dec. 20, 1817, Sorel, Richelieu Co., Quebec, Canada; d. Mar. 11, 1854, Worcester, MA.

m. Mary Lovely, c. 1840-41, prob. Worcester, MA; b. ca. 1821, Canada; d. c. 1896.

Rem. from Canada to Worcester, MA c. 1836.

1850 Census, MA, Worcester Co., Worcester 1st Ward: Francis Maple 32 moulder $1200 b. Canada, Mary Maple 29 b. Canada, Francis Maple 8 b. MA, Maxham Maple 7 b. MA, Joseph Maple 6 b. MA, Clement Maple 2 b. MA."

"Children of Francis and Mary (Lovely) Maple:

X1. Francis Maple b. Mar. 29, 1842, Worcester, MA.

X2. Maxham (Maxim) Maple b. July 13, 1843, Worcester, MA; d. Feb. 9, 1866, Worcester, MA. Served in the Civil War.

X3. Joseph Maple b. Mar. 10, 1845.

X4. Mary E. Maple b. Jan. 3, 1847, Worcester, MA; d. Sept. 6, 1848, Worcester, MA.

X5. Clements (Clemence) Maple b. Oct. 31, 1848, Worcester, MA (Canada per 1880 census); d. Nar. 25, 1915, Worcester, MA; bur. St. John's Cem., Worcester, MA.

m. Sophia Hebert, July 20, 1870, Chicopee Falls, MA; b. Mar. 1849, Canada; d. Nov. 11, 1916, Worcester, MA; bur. St. John's Cem., Worcester, MA.

1880 Census, MA, Worcester Co., Worcester, Ward 6: Clemence Maple painter 33 b. CAN fa. CAN mo. CAN, Sophia Maple wife 32 b. CAN fa. CAN mo. CAN, Henry Maple son 9 b. CAN fa. CAN mo. CAN, Joseph Maple son 8 b. MA fa. CAN mo. CAN, George Maple son 6 b. MA fa. CAN mo. CAN, Fredrick Maple son 4 b. MA fa. CAN mo. CAN, Benjamin Maple son 2 b. MA fa. CAN mo. CAN.

X6. Mary Elizabeth Maple b. Sept. 13, 1850.

X7. Levi Maple b. Feb. 1852, Worcester, MA; d. Oct. 5, 1920, Worcester, MA.

m. Josephine _____; b. ca. 1854, MA.

1880 Census, MA, Worcester Co., Worcester: Levi Maple shipping clerk 26 b. MA fa. CAN mo. CAN, Josephine Maple wife 26 b. MA fa. ENG mo. IRE, Fred Maple son 6 b. MA fa. England mo. MA, Emma Boswell servant 17 b. MA fa. CAN mo. IRE.."

Sources

1. ↑ https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939N-8C9D-9S?i=4326&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AVXRD-656
2. ↑ Franklin P. Rice (editor), Worcester Births. Marriages and Deaths (Collections of the Worcester Society of Antiquity, Volume XII) (1894), page 179: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSSS-47WL-Y?i=95
3. ↑ Massachusetts Registration of Deaths, County of Worcester, page 190: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-69Z9-WNM?i=737&cc=1463156
4. ↑ Telford Grant Maple, "Genealogical History of the Maple/Mapel Family in America". 2004 CD version.