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Wife Bessie MAXWELL
Born: 1897 - St. George, Charlotte, New Brunswick, Canada
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Father: John David MAXWELL (1857- )
Mother: Margaret (Maggie) Amelia MONAHAN (1868- )
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Husband Carleton MAXWELL
Born: 7 Sep 1891 - St. George, Charlotte, New Brunswick, Canada
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Father: John David MAXWELL (1857- )
Mother: Margaret (Maggie) Amelia MONAHAN (1868- )
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Husband Harrison Bond McKINSTRY
Born: 4 Oct 1884 - Sturbridge, Massachusetts
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Died: 14 Feb 1968 - Southbridge, Massachusetts
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Father: William Luther McKINSTRY (1858-1942)
Mother: Jennie Sarah BOND (1859-1919)
Marriage: 28 Feb 1913 - St. George, New Brunswick, Canada
Wife Davida (Vida) Bennett MAXWELL
Born: 14 Dec 1889 - St. George, N.B., Canada
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Died: 17 Aug 1974 - Southbridge, Massachusetts
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Father: John David MAXWELL (1857- )
Mother: Margaret (Maggie) Amelia MONAHAN (1868- )
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1 M George Maxwell McKINSTRY
Born: 1914 - Sturbridge, Massachusetts
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Died: 1970 - Southbridge, Massachusetts
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Spouse: Esther Lillian BUTTERWORTH ( - )
Marr: 1942
2 M Philip Harrison McKINSTRY
Born: 1915 - Southbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts
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Died: Jul 2000 - Soutbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts
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Spouse: Lucille Marie Antoinette RENO (1914- )
Marr: 1938 - Southbridge, Massachusetts
3 M William David McKINSTRY
Born: 1916 - Southbridge, Massachusetts
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Died: May 1991 - Southbridge, Massachusetts
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Spouse: Helen BROWN ( - )
Marr: 1937
4 F Margaret Laird McKINSTRY
Born: 1917 - Southbridge, Massachusetts
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Spouse: Harold PIEHL ( - )
Marr: 1938
5 F Mary Elizabeth McKINSTRY
Born: 1919 - Southbridge, Massachusetts
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Died: Sep 1983 - Spencer, Massachusetts
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Spouse: Robert Peter LANDINE ( - )
Marr: 1941
6 F Jean Sarah McKINSTRY
Born: 1921 - Southbridge, Massachusetts
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Spouse: Albert GUARDIANI ( - )
Marr: 1941
7 F Josephine Ann McKINSTRY
Born: 1931 - Sturbridge, Massachusetts
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Spouse: Walter CROCKER Jr ( - )
Marr: 1966
General Notes (Husband)
1930 census - Harry B McKinstry was a mail carrier for the Government. In 1920 he was a clerk for the Post Office.
Josephine Ann (Jo Ann) was not counted in the family on the 1930 census.
In 1920, Percy Maxwell, brother of Vida Maxwell, lived next door to them.
On an earlier version I had a second wife for Philip named Bennett, and his son, Russell, told me there was not a second marriage. His mother's middle name was Bennett, and on one of my family group sheets, the name was written in such a way that it looked like the name of a second wife.
General Notes (Wife)
Her family is confirmed by finding her exact birth date, 14 Dec 1889, on the record for her family in the 1901 census, for St. George, Charlotte, New Brunswick. This matches the date and place family records give for her. On all census records both in Canada and Massachusetts, she is listed as Vida.
Her brother Percy lived next door to Harrison and Vida McKinstry in 1920, and this is the only record I can find of any of the family in this country. He was not there in 1910 nor in 1930. It is not clear if Harrison married the girl next door, or if her brother came to live next door on account of her relationship with the McKinstry family. Her husband was listed as a farmer. All of his kin in New Brunswick were farmers. That he should have migrated to rural southern Massachusetts in order to farm doesn't add up. Nor does the more likely guess that he migrated in search of work having failed to inherit sufficient land from his large family. Tehre were enough textile mills in Canada. Russ McKinstry says they don't know alot about Vida and her family.
Notes (Marriage)
I also have this marriage having occurred in Oxford, Massachusetts. Russ McKinstry's family group sheets say it was in New Brunswick, in the location where her family actually lived.
General Notes for Child Philip Harrison McKINSTRY
Paper: Worcester Telegram & Gazette (MA)
Message: PHILIP H. MCKINSTRY, 85
Date: July 14, 2000
Section: DEATHS
Page: B5
SOUTHBRIDGE -- Philip H. McKinstry, 85, of Lebanon Hill Road, a retired aircraft company worker, died Thursday, July 13, in Harrington Memorial Hospital, Southbridge, after an illness.
He leaves his wife of 62 years, Lucille (Reno) McKinstry; two sons, Russell H. McKinstry of West Yarmouth and Ronald P. McKinstry of Mansfield; two da ughters, Diana Frost of Acton and Marilyn L. McKinstry of Middleton; a sister, Jean Guardiani of Southbridge; 11 grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; several nephews and nieces. Two brothers, George and William McKinstry, and three sisters, Margaret Piehl, JoAnn Crocker and Elizabeth Landine, all died before him. He was born in Southbridge, son of Harrison and Davida (Maxwell) McKinstry. He was a Navy veteran of World War II.Mr. McKinstry worked at Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. in Stratford, Conn., before retiring.
He was a member of Notre Dame Parish.
He made tools. He worked for a company in Southbridge, was laid off, and moved to Acton, where he got a new job, where his son Russ grew up.
The funeral will be Saturday, July 15, from Belanger-Bullard Funeral Home, 51 Marcy St., with a Mass at 11 a.m. in Notre Dame Church, 446 Main St. Calling hours are from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. Saturday, July 15, in the funeral home.
EDITION: SOUTH COUNTY; BLACKSTONE VALLEY; RT.9 EAST
Section: DEATHS
Page: B5
Copyright (c) 2000 Worcester Telegram & Gazette Corp.
General Notes for Child Josephine Ann McKINSTRY
She is missing from teh 1930 census, but in my records, and in an obit of one of her brothers as Jo Ann.
Husband Harry Simpson MAXWELL
Born: 7 Dec 1892 - St. George, Charlotte, New Brunswick, Canada
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Father: John David MAXWELL (1857- )
Mother: Margaret (Maggie) Amelia MONAHAN (1868- )
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Husband John David MAXWELL
Born: 28 Mar 1857 - St. George, Charlotte, New Brunswick, Canada
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Marriage: Bef 1889 - prob Charlotte, New Brunswick, Canada
Wife Margaret (Maggie) Amelia MONAHAN
Born: 10 Jun 1868 - St. Patrick, Charlotte, New Brunswick, Canada
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Father: Hugh MONAHAN (Abt 1830- )
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1 F Davida (Vida) Bennett MAXWELL
Born: 14 Dec 1889 - St. George, N.B., Canada
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Died: 17 Aug 1974 - Southbridge, Massachusetts
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Spouse: Harrison Bond McKINSTRY (1884-1968)
Marr: 28 Feb 1913 - St. George, New Brunswick, Canada
2 M Carleton MAXWELL
Born: 7 Sep 1891 - St. George, Charlotte, New Brunswick, Canada
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3 M Harry Simpson MAXWELL
Born: 7 Dec 1892 - St. George, Charlotte, New Brunswick, Canada
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4 M Percy MAXWELL
Born: 1 Jul 1894 - St. George, Charlotte, New Brunswick, Canada
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5 F Winnifred Josephine MAXWELL
Born: 30 May 1896 - St. George, Charlotte, New Brunswick, Canada
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6 F Bessie MAXWELL
Born: 1897 - St. George, Charlotte, New Brunswick, Canada
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7 F Sadie MAXWELL
Born: 1 Apr 1898 - St. George, Charlotte, New Brunswick, Canada
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8 M Vernon MAXWELL
Born: 21 Apr 1900 - St. George, Charlotte, New Brunswick, Canada
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General Notes (Husband)
He was of a large clan who all lived in St George, New Brunswick, found on p 3, L-3.
Not possible to tell how the families were related, particularly since tehre were more of them in 1881 than in 1901. It appears as if John's father was one of a group of brothers or other closely related kin of a single generation, who were born in Ireland. They were Calvinist Presbyterians in 1881. Conceivably that distinguishes them from English/ Irish Presbyterians, who were Universalists. Clearly they were Scotch-Irish. My own ancestors Samuel Cauthers and Jane Bane/ Cabane/ McBane were of the same wave of migration, and they were a generation later than my emigrant ancestor John Smith. They were farmers.
Vida, as she was called on most census records, appears to have for some reason which is so far a mystery, moved to Southbridge, Massachusetts, all the way from nothern Canada, in order to farm in Southbridge. The 1920 census shows him a farmer, with land next door to that of Harrison and Vida McKinstry. He did not live next door to the McKinstry's or anywhere else in 1910, or in 1930. None of the rest of the family can be found in the U.S. at all. It is not clear if he came to live there before or after his sister married the boy next door.
John had once wandered; he was not living with his family in the 1881 census, when he would have been about 22; though he did live there with his family in the 1901 census.
The probably brothers who were born in Ireland were:
Andrew J. Maxwell, b May 1, 1825, Living in 1901 wife Mary J. b abt 1834 also in Ireland
William Maxwell b 3 Jan 1812 (about 1814 calculated from reported age on 1881 census Living in 1901 m Nancy, b 1827, Ireland, not there in 1901.
James Maxwell b about 1812; Living in 1881 m Rebecca b 1809 Ireland, living in 1881.
Robert Maxwell b 1818 Living in 1881 wife Ellen b 1826 Ireland, living in 1881.
John Maxwell b about 1821 Living in 1881 m Jane b abt 1824 also in Ireland
General Notes (Wife)
Her name is also on the same and the 1881 census, spelled Monahany and Monehan. On her son's late registration of birth, which may have been created from the census, her name is given as Maggie Amelia Monahany. Where would an Irish girl who couldn't spell her name, adn whose father couldn't spell his name, get a name like Amelia?
General Notes for Child Davida (Vida) Bennett MAXWELL
Her family is confirmed by finding her exact birth date, 14 Dec 1889, on the record for her family in the 1901 census, for St. George, Charlotte, New Brunswick. This matches the date and place family records give for her. On all census records both in Canada and Massachusetts, she is listed as Vida.
Her brother Percy lived next door to Harrison and Vida McKinstry in 1920, and this is the only record I can find of any of the family in this country. He was not there in 1910 nor in 1930. It is not clear if Harrison married the girl next door, or if her brother came to live next door on account of her relationship with the McKinstry family. Her husband was listed as a farmer. All of his kin in New Brunswick were farmers. That he should have migrated to rural southern Massachusetts in order to farm doesn't add up. Nor does the more likely guess that he migrated in search of work having failed to inherit sufficient land from his large family. Tehre were enough textile mills in Canada. Russ McKinstry says they don't know alot about Vida and her family.
Husband Percy MAXWELL
Born: 1 Jul 1894 - St. George, Charlotte, New Brunswick, Canada
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Father: John David MAXWELL (1857- )
Mother: Margaret (Maggie) Amelia MONAHAN (1868- )
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Wife Sadie MAXWELL
Born: 1 Apr 1898 - St. George, Charlotte, New Brunswick, Canada
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Father: John David MAXWELL (1857- )
Mother: Margaret (Maggie) Amelia MONAHAN (1868- )
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Husband Vernon MAXWELL
Born: 21 Apr 1900 - St. George, Charlotte, New Brunswick, Canada
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Father: John David MAXWELL (1857- )
Mother: Margaret (Maggie) Amelia MONAHAN (1868- )
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Wife Winnifred Josephine MAXWELL
Born: 30 May 1896 - St. George, Charlotte, New Brunswick, Canada
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Father: John David MAXWELL (1857- )
Mother: Margaret (Maggie) Amelia MONAHAN (1868- )
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Wife Experence MAY
Born: 28 Aug 1673 - Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts
Christened: 31 Aug 1673 - Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts
Died: - Died Young
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Father: Samuel MAY (Est 1633-1677)
Mother: Abigail STANDISFIELD (Abt 1637- )
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