Lydia A. Maxim

Brief Life History of Lydia A.

When Lydia A. Maxim was born on 5 January 1828, in Wayne, Kennebec, Maine, United States, her father, Seth Maxim, was 42 and her mother, Mary Raymond, was 39. She married George W. Blaisdell about 1850, in New Hampshire, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in New Hampshire, United States in 1870. She died on 17 December 1920, in Deerfield, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States, at the age of 92, and was buried in Deerfield, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States.

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Family Time Line

George W. Blaisdell
1829–1858
Lydia A. Maxim
1828–1920
Marriage: about 1850
Alice AnnieBelle Blaisdell
1851–1900
Charles Carroll Blaisdell
1853–1935
Samuel Blaisdell
1852–
George W. Blaisdell
1854–1929

Sources (33)

  • Lydia Melson in household of William Melson, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Lydia Maxim, "Maine, Births and Christenings, 1739-1900"
  • Lydia A Maxim Nelson, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1830 · The Second Great Awakening

Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.

1832 · Calais Branch is Chartered

The State of Maine chartered the Calais Railway in 1832, one of the first railway charters to be granted by the state. Construction was very long, as the project was reorganized, abandoned, transferred to other companies, and extended several times. It was finally completed in 1898.

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

Name Meaning

English: apparently from the (unrecorded) Middle English personal name Maxim of Latin origin (see 2 below).

Romanian: from the personal name Maxim, from Latin Maximus ‘greatest’ (superlative of magnus ‘great’; compare Magnus ), borne by a number of early Christian saints.

American shortened form of Serbian Maksimović (see Maksimovic ), a patronymic from the personal name Maksim (see 2 above).

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

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