Robert Maxwell (1850 - 1902)

Born 1850 in Belfast, County Down, Ireland

Husband of Elizabeth Ann (Patterson) Maxwell — married 23 Feb 1872 in Mount Pottinger, Knockbuda, Co Down, Ireland

Descendants

Died 16 Aug 1902 at about age 52 in Thorndyke St, Belfast, County Down, Ireland

Biography

This profile is part of the Maxwell Name Study.

Date of Marriage - 23 Feb 1872

Grooms name - Robert Maxwell - full age - bachelor- fireman - Ballymacanett

Grooms Father - George Maxwell - labourer

Brides name - Lizzie Patterson - full age - spinster - winder in mill - Ballymacanett

Brides Father - William Patterson - carpenter

Marriage solemnized at - Mount Pottinger, parish of Knockbuda ? Co Down ^[1]

Son's birth record:-

Childs Name- George Maxwell

Date of Birth - 29 Oct 1872

Fathers Name - Robert Maxwell - labourer

Mothers Name - Lizzie Maxwell formally Patterson

Place of Residence - Constant St, Castlereagh, Belfast , Co Down ^[2]

1901 Census Residents of a house 70 in Thorndyke Street (Pottinger, Down)

Maxwell Agnes 15 Female Daughter Presbyterian Belfast City Linen Weaver Read and write - Not Married -

Maxwell Jane 24 Female Daughter Presbyterian Belfast City Linen Winder Read and write - Not Married -

Maxwell Elizabeth 19 Female Daughter Presbyterian Belfast City Linen Weaver Read and write - Not Married -

Maxwell Robert 51 Male Head of Family Presbyterian Belfast City Stoker in Gas Works Unemployed Read and write - Married -

Maxwell Robert 8 Male Son Presbyterian Belfast City Scholar Read and write - Not Married -

Maxwell David 13 Male Son Presbyterian Belfast City Labourer Rope Works Read and write - Not Married -

Maxwell William James 17 Male Son Presbyterian Belfast City Linen Cloth Passer Read and write - Not Married -

Maxwell Thomas 10 Male Son Presbyterian Belfast City Scholar Read and write - Not Married -

Maxwell Elizabeth 49 Female Wife Presbyterian Co Down - Read and write - Married - ^[3]

Daughter's marriage record:-

Date of Marriage - 26 May 1913

Grooms name - Jackson Tedford - full age widower - assistant storekeeper - Belfast

Grooms Father - Francis Tedford - labourer

Brides name - Jane Patterson Maxwell - full age spinster - Belfast

Brides Father - Robert Maxwell - labourer

Marriage solemnized at - Pres church Dundela, parish of Holywood, County Down, Ireland ^[4]

Robert Maxwell, married and a labourer died on 16 Aug 1902 at his home 70 Thorndyke St, Belfast. His age at dod was given as 53 by the informant his widow Elizabeth Maxwell ^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/marriage_returns/marriages_1872/11293/8142982.pdf
2. ↑ https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/birth_returns/births_1872/03226/2182744.pdf
3. ↑ http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Down/Pottinger/Thorndyke_Street/1262866/
4. ↑ https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/marriage_returns/marriages_1913/09879/5588445.pdf
5. ↑ https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/deaths_returns/deaths_1902/05689/4603591.pdf