Ancestry of
Bill Gates

Founder of Microsoft

James W. Maxwell

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• • Great-grandfather of Bill Gates — 4th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 12 
  • Father:
  • Thomas George Maxwell 
  • Mother:
  • Louise Marie Woodworth   
  • Birth Date:
  • 8 Sep 1864 
  • Birth Location:
  • Iowa 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Death Date:
  • 2 Apr 1951 
  • Death Location:
  • Seattle, King, Washington 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Belle Oakley
  • Marriage Date:
  • 23 Oct 1889 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Lincoln, Lancaster, Nebraska 
  • Child:

  James Willard Maxwell Jr. (Ahnentafel No:6 )

• Sources for James W. Maxwell

  • ¹ American Ancestors Magazine, 2013, Vol. 14.4, p. 54.
  • ² Federal Census, NE, Lancaster County, 1870, Not Stated, p. 101, Image 101 of 116.
  • ³ Federal Census, NE, Lancaster County, 1880, Lincoln, E.D. 231, p. 69, Image 69 of 94.
  • ⁴ Federal Census, WA, Pierce County, 1900, Tacoma Ward 1, E.D. 162, Sheet 2A, Image 3 of 29.
  • ⁵ Federal Census, WA, King County, 1910, Seattle Ward 7, E.D. 137, Sheet 16A, Image 31 of 37.
  • ⁶ Federal Census, WA, King County, 1920, Seattle, E.D. 175, Sheet 10A, Image 19 of 22.
  • ⁷ Federal Census, WA, King County, 1930, Seattle, E.D. 89, Sheet 6B, Image 11 of 44.
  • ⁸ Federal Census, WA, King County, 1940, Seattle, E.D. 40-137, Sheet 6A, Image 11 of 26.
  • ⁹ Seattle Times (Seattle, Washington), 19 AUG 1945, p. 29, Obituary for spouse Mrs. James W. Maxwell.
  • ¹⁰ Seattle Times (Seattle, Washington), 03 APR 1951, p. 3, Obituary for J. W. Maxwell.
  • ¹¹ Washington Death Index, 1940-1996, Death record for James W Maxwell.
  • ¹² Washington, U.S., Death Records, 1883-1960, Death record for son J Willard Maxwell.
  • ¹³ Washington, U.S., Select Death Index, 1907-1960, Death record for James Willard Maxwell.
  • ¹⁴ Washington, U.S., Select Death Index, 1907-1960, Death record for spouse Belle Oakley Maxwell.
  • ¹⁵ Harper, Franklin, editor, Who's Who on the Pacific Coast: A Biographical Compilation of Notable Living Contemporaries West of the . . ., Los Angeles, California: Harper Publishing Company (1913), 391.
  • ¹⁶ Roberts, Gary Boyd, "#61 Royal Descents, Notable Kin, and Printed Sources: Notable Descendants of the Stanleys of Hartford", (accessed 11/11/2014).

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