Maria Maxwell
Maria Maxwell
Born 1940s.
Ancestors 
Daughter of
[private father (1900s - 1970s)]
and [private mother (1900s - 2000s)]
Sister of
[private brother (1930s - 2010s)] [half], [private sister (1930s - unknown)] [half] and [private brother (1940s - unknown)]
Descendants 
Mother of
[private daughter (1970s - unknown)]
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Maxwell-1489 created 6 Oct 2012 | Last modified | Last edit: 23 Aug 2017
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Biography
I was born in Taylor Street, Townhead Glasgow. (Spookily enough just round the corner from where Charles Rennie Mackintosh was born in Parson Street) I love everything to do with CRM especially the jewellery designs !!
Taylor St, Townhead, Glasgow
Taylor St, July 1955
Crookston Castle, Pollok, Glasgow
Crookston Castle
I lived in Pollok Glasgow from 3 months old till I was 15. Our house was a five minute walk (2 streets) away from Crookston Castle. It was the meeting and play place for local children. Many's a time I climbed up the tower and looked out over "my kingdom."
Amazing film from 1961 Mungo's Medals - featuring lots of places from my life !!
- Glasgow Gorbals - where my dad was born and lived.
- Crookston Castle and Pollok where I grew up
- Moss Heights where my family lived from early 1960's
- East Kilbride - where I lived from early 1970's to 2006.
http://dirtymodernscoundrel.blogspot.co.uk/2013/06/build-and-build-and-build-and-build.html
Pollok House
Pollok House
When I travelled into the City of Glasgow my route took me past Pollok House.
When I started working as a Civil Servant I moved to East Kilbride and lived near Calderwood Castle estate for years.
Little did I know (or care) then that Pollok and Calderwood were two of the ancestral homes of the Maxwell Clan. I seem to have been following my roots for years.
I now live on a farm in West Lothian Scotland on land once owned by a direct ancestor on my maternal line one Robert the Bruce, King of Scotland.
I'd been meaning to start a family tree for years but is took the birth of my great-grandson in 2012 to start my serious interest in genealogy. I then discovered how little I actually knew about my own family !! By that time my parents were no longer here to answer questions. I've now discovered and am in contact with relatives in Canada, Australia, USA, Ireland and England as well as here in Scotland.
Relationships
Famous Scots
Sir Maccus de Maccuswell Maccus de Maccuswell (1130- )- direct ancestor 28 generations
Sir Aymer de Maccuswell 2nd Lord of Caerlaverock Sir Aymer de Maccuswell 21 Great Grandfather.
Duncan 1 - King of Scotland (Alba) - direct ancestor 29 generations
Robert the Bruce King of Scotland - 22nd great grandfather - direct ancestor
King Robert 2nd Stewart - direct ancestor 21 generations (19th GGF with 10 common ancestors within 25 generations)
King Robert 3rd (John) Stewart King Robert III of Scotland - direct ancestor 20 generations (18th GGF with 13 common ancestors within 25 generations)
King James 1 of Scotland - 17th Great Grandfather
Gavin Maxwell Author of Ring of Bright Water - 13th cousins
Scottish Nobility
Sir James Kennedy of Dunure direct ancestor 15th Great Grandfather
William 1st Lord Crichton direct ancestor 16th Great Grandfather.
George Leslie 4th Earl of Rothes 20th Great Grandfather
Alexander Stewart 4th High Steward of Scotland - 22nd Great Grandfather
In Ireland
John Maxwell 1st Baron Farnham (County Cavan Ireland) 15th cousins 4 times removed John Maxwell
Somerset Henry Maxwell 10th Baron Farnham and 13th Baronet of Calderwood 19th cousins
Robert Perceval Maxwell 19th cousins
Worldwide
Queen Elizabeth ll of UK (House of Windsor) - 13th cousins.
King Alfred the Great of England - direct ancestor 37 generations
King Edward 1st England - direct ancestor 36 generations
Charles Stewart Rolls - Founder of Rolls-Royce Motor Corporation - 10th cousins twice removed.
Queen Bertha de France de Bois (964-1015) - direct ancestor 32 generations
A J Jacobs - now 39 steps - I am a cousin !!
Wikitree
Barb Clarke-Brown - First cousin once removed.
George Smith - 4th cousin
Sir William Arbuthnot - 6th cousins 6 times removed (84 common ancestors within 25 generations !! - We are cousins again.
Mike Pichler 7th Cousins once removed.
John Vickery - 13th cousins twice removed
Terry Wright - 14th cousins three times removed (79 common ancestors within 25 generations)
Mary Richardson -15th cousins twice removed (88 common ancestors within 25 generations)
Chris Whitten 16th cousins 4 times removed.
Mags Gaulden 22 cousins once removed !!
Henrik Ledin 22 cousins once removed.
Thoughts for today
"The best part about Genealogy is searching for ancestors and finding friends." - Lawrence Dillard
Genealogists don't die they just lose their census.
Genealogists are time unravellers
Only a Genealogist regards a step backwards as progress.
Quote of the week from WikiTree member
This could take a while.
21/12/15 - In Wikitree I seem to have found a site run by people who care about accuracy and respect.
The URL for the United Kingdom google community is:-
The URL for the Scottish Clans project google group is:-
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/wikitree-scottish-clan-project
The URL for the Irish Roots google+ community is
https://plus.google.com/u/0/b/114501519056827303829/communities/118414568494929801840
The URL for the Irish Roots google group is :-
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/wikitree-irish-roots-project
Sources
- First-hand information. Entered by Maria Maxwell
Only the Trusted List can access the following:
- Maria's formal name
- e-mail address
- exact birthdate
- birth location
- images (12)
- private siblings' names
- private children's names (1)
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Followed Tags
Maria is a Wiki Genealogy Volunteer following these tags:
Questions
Collaboration
Maria is a Wiki Genealogy Volunteer following these tags:
- BLACK
- My mother's maiden name. Her family were from Kilsyth, Stirlingshire, Scotland
- BOWIE
- My paternal grandmother's maiden name. Also Bowie's way back in my maternal line.My earliest known maternal Bowie is first located being married in Falkirk, Stirlingshire in 1620. My earliest known paternal Bowie was born around 1750 Tulliallan, Perthshire
- CATEGORIZATION
- Project member
- DICK
- Ancestors are from St Ninians, Stirlingshire, Scotland. One Name Study started 27 Apr 2017
- EARL_GREY
- Project member
- ENGLAND
- One of the Project Leaders - part of UK Project
- FERMANAGH
- Where my paternal Maxwell line is from
- GLOBAL_OUTREACH
- Project member
- GROSSE_ILE
- Project co-leader
- INDIA
- Project Leader
- IRISH_ROOTS
- One of the Project Leaders. My paternal Maxwell's came from Fermanagh. My maternal Black line started in Ireland c1780 - possibly Antrim. Can't get over these brick walls !!
- LEADERS
- Member of WikiTree volunteer Leaders.
- MAXWELL
- My paternal Maxwell's were originally from Fermanagh, Ireland before my GGM moved to Glasgow, Scotland some time before 1881. There are also Maxwell's way back in my maternal line !!
- NEW_ZEALAND
- Project Leader.
- ONE_NAME_STUDIES
- Maxwell (in Ireland ) , Also Bowie in Scotland and Dick in Scotland.
- RANGERS
- Project member. Leader for Thursday - Thors Daisies
- SCOTLAND
- Scotland was my maternal grandmother's maiden name. Known line starts in Tulliallan, Perthshire, Scotland. Also one of the Scotland Project Leaders.
- SCOTS-IRISH
- One of the Project Leaders. Part of UK Project
- SCOTTISH_CLANS
- One of the Project Leaders
- UNITED_KINGDOM
- One of the Project Leaders.
Questions
- Maria Maxwell is a Wonderful WikiTreer Jul 12, 2017.
- Maria Maxwell is a Wonderful WikiTreer Jul 7, 2017.
Collaboration
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- Private Messages: Send a private message to Maria. (Best for comments to Maria that need to be private.)
- Public Comments: Login to post. (Best for messages to or about Maria that can be public. Limit 20 per day.)
On 23 Aug 2017 at 10:07 GMT Michael Balfour wrote:
Thanks Maria for adding me to the Irish Roots project. Seeing badges on my profile reminds me of primary school days when some school blazers were covered in pin-on badges!
On 22 Aug 2017 at 10:58 GMT Michael Balfour wrote:
Thanks Maria for uploading the Clan Balfour tartan image. Funnily my mother's parents came from Co Sligo (not so far from your ancestors) and they settled in the shale refining village of Oakbank not far from Bathgate. Small world!
On 21 Aug 2017 at 04:37 GMT Rajeev Ningthemcha wrote:
Thank you Maria for the invitation. We are developing our Ningthemcha Genealogy which is mainly before Manipur became a part of India. So I think that is not an appropriate place to join the group.
And I am interested to link with the Maxwell Genealogy if your Maxwell clan is related with then political agent in Manipur which is happen to be Maxwell family .
On 19 Aug 2017 at 18:48 GMT Dorothy Barry wrote:
Hi Maria, I sent you an email, however please disregard request, Summer O. will fix schedule in the morning. Thanks!
On 17 Aug 2017 at 04:19 GMT Billie (Bright) Keaffaber wrote:
Maria,
Veitch-15,17,19,18,and up that line needs Scotland tag on it do to time periods before 1500 I can't do it profiles says spiecal people have to do. Here my sources to prove lines. They go back to Scottish Royaty my grandmas and Grandpas. Some profiles don't have anything on them but my sources should be enough for someone to put in scottland project. I added couple I was able to in my time period.
On 15 Aug 2017 at 17:04 GMT Sharon Ferguson wrote:
Hello Maria - I am so sorry it has taken me so long to reply to your offer to join the UK project - would love to be included. This year has been VERY busy, but I have some information to add to my tree that I hope will bear fruit. Best, Sharon
On 14 Aug 2017 at 18:36 GMT Iain Old wrote:
Many thanks indeed for adding me to the UK project, specifically the Scottish part. I have already been contacted by several members and initiated some useful collaborations. I also love your old photos of Glasgow.
On 9 Aug 2017 at 13:16 GMT Stephanie (Obrien) Meredith wrote:
i am reaching closer to my chapman line and i am interested in joining the india project please
On 9 Aug 2017 at 13:00 GMT Stephanie (Obrien) Meredith wrote:
yes please to joining United Kingdom Project
On 9 Aug 2017 at 11:27 GMT Stephanie (Obrien) Meredith wrote:
thank you maria for excepting me in to irish_roots
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