Myra Ann Maxson

26 February 1876–August 1949 (Age 73)
Burwell, Garfield, Nebraska, United States

The Life of Myra Ann

When Myra Ann Maxson was born on 26 February 1876, in Burwell, Garfield, Nebraska, United States, her father, Albert Curtis Maxson, was 41 and her mother, Harriet Ann Warden, was 22. She married Frederick Dawe on 1 May 1892, in Garfield, Nebraska, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Rockford Township, Garfield, Nebraska, United States for about 10 years and Rockford Election Precinct, Garfield, Nebraska, United States in 1940. She died in August 1949, at the age of 73, and was buried in Cottonwood Cemetery, Burwell, Garfield, Nebraska, United States.

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Family Time Line

Frederick Dawe
1865–1952
Myra Ann Maxson
1876–1949
Marriage: 1 May 1892
Ida Dawe
1895–1989
Jessie Dawe
1898–1987
Albert James Dawe
1900–1974
Frederick Dawe
1901–1902
George E Dawe
1905–1966
Edward C Dawe
1908–1988
Edith Fern Dawe
1912–2003
Goldie Dawe
1915–2004

Spouse and Children

MARRIAGE
1 May 1892
Garfield, Nebraska, United States
children

(8)

    Ida Dawe

    Female1895–1989Female

    Jessie Dawe

    Female1898–1987Female

    Albert James Dawe

    Male1900–1974Male

    Frederick Dawe

    Male1901–1902Male

    George E Dawe

    Male1905–1966Male

+3 More Children

Parents and Siblings

    Albert Curtis Maxson

    Male1834–1916Male

    Harriet Ann Warden

    Female1853–1937Female

siblings

(8)

+3 More Children

World Events (8)

1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

Age 5

Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act

Age 6

A federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. The Act was the first law to prevent all members of a national group from immigrating to the United States.
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson

Age 20

A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.

Name Meaning

Patronymic from the personal name Maximilian ( see Max ).

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

Possible Related Names

Sources (3)

  • Myra A Maxson in household of S C Maxson, "United States Census, 1880"
  • Myra A Dawe in household of Frederick Dawe, "United States Census, 1900"
  • Myra A Daw in household of Fredrick Daw, "United States Census, 1920"

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