Myra Ann Maxson

Brief Life History 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 Ernest Dawe
1905–1966
Edward C Dawe
1908–1988
Edith Fern Dawe
1912–2003
Goldie Eva Dawe
1915–2004

Sources (16)

  • Myra A Maxson in household of S C Maxson, "United States Census, 1880"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Myra Ann Maxson - birth:
  • Myra Ann Maxson Dawe, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1877

Historical Boundaries: 1877: Wheeler, Nebraska, United States

1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

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.

1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson

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

English: variant of Maxim .

History: This surname is recorded as early as 1666 in Westerly, RI, with the birth of a John Maxson.

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

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