Donald Norman Maxwell

Donald Norman Maxwell

Donald Norman Maxwell (centre)

• Father: Thomas Maxwell b. 1845, d. 3 Sep 1907
• Mother: Christina McLennan b. 13 Jun 1849, d. 8 Feb 1926

• Birth*: Donald Norman Maxwell was born in 1892 at Toora Kangaroo Creek, Grafton, NSW, Australia.¹
• He was the son of Thomas Maxwell and Christina McLennan.
• Marriage*: Donald Norman Maxwell married Caroline Frances MacCallum, daughter of John MacCallum and Emma Christine Gale, in 1916 at Grafton, NSW, Australia.²
• Death*: Donald Norman Maxwell died in 1969 at Sydney, NSW, Australia. The cause of death was.³
• Occupation*: He was Grazier Nymbioda Station - 50,000 acres
  
  98 horses
  1003 cattle in 1919 at Nymboida, NSW, Australia.⁴
• Office held: Donald Norman Maxwell was a a Justice of the Peace and president of Nymboida Shire Council at Nymboida, NSW, Australia, in 1925.⁵
• Occupation: He was a butcher in 1925 at Nymboida, NSW, Australia.⁵
• Office held*: Donald Norman Maxwell held the office of mayor of South Grafton, NSW, Australia, in 1928.
• Residence*: Donald and Caroline lived New Street, South Grafton, NSW, Australia 1930.⁶
• Anecdote*: Alcoholism I was just reading about Donald Maxwell and thought you'd be
  interested to know that in the 1960's I met him.
  
  Thomas Earle Maxwell (Uncle Earle to me because my husband, Warwick
  was his nephew) was a Salvation Army Officer and managed The People's
  Palace in Pitt Street, Sydney. I was his secretary.
  Donald Maxwell came in wanting a room. He was given a room and when
  Uncle Earle found out his name was Maxwell, was curious because he
  knew that he had an Uncle Donald. It turned out to be his Uncle Donald.
  
  Donald was very dishevelled and had been drinking. It turned out that
  he was an alcoholic and Uncle Earle gave him a good meal and got him
  to have a shower and provided new clothes for him. It's a long time
  ago and I'm trying to think of everything that happened. I'm pretty
  sure Uncle Earle tried to get Donald into a Salvation Army
  rehabilitation place, and Earle had contact with him for quite a few
  months. I have a memory of him being a good singer and touring New
  Zealand in his earlier years. He eventually died and Uncle Earle did
  the funeral. I think there were only a few people there.
• Anecdote: From 'The Cattle Industry on The Clarence' - page 49 - refers to Donald N. as being a 'smaller agent' ?(stock & station agent)?.
  
  From 'The History of Coutts Crossing & Nymboida Districts' Vol 3 - page 135
  'Mr Cyril Herborn, who has lived in the Kangaroo Creek Valley for the last seventy years, knew most of the Maxwells well and had this to say;
  Kenny Maxwell was an auctioneer, likewise Farquhar at Maclean for a few years. Kenny was also the first Nymboida Shire Council President. Thomas too served as a councilor, George Maxwell sat on the committees of the Grafton Dairy Co-op and the Show Society, while Donald was an early President of the Clarence County Council ?(Nymboida Electric Power Supply)?.'
  
  Note from Lynne Bone:
  
  Jean told me something about him regarding her wedding. I think he
  offered to sing, then didn't turn up ?? - She said he had a beautiful
  voice.
  
  What has also got me curious is Jean said his daughter Muriel Marjorie
  ( Peggy) who married Albert Pfaltzgraff was killed in Hawaii in a car
  crash returning from farewelling Albert off on a ship - he was a
  sailor...........Now I must ask Jean at the weekend but I assumed that
  this happened shortly after they were married and that they had no
  issue - but you will read in Peter's notes in the Newspaper article on
  U Donald's wife Frances, that she had a visit of 3 generations of her
  grandchildren from Hawaii .......I wonder if Peggy had family ??