New England Families

Source: Her obituary for exact date and place.

1940 Census Ward 5, Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, ED 14-181, sheet 6B
April 10, 1940
10 High Street

John Hankard, 47, 2 years high school, born in New Hampshire, superintendent, paper mill, worked 48 hours last week, 52 weeks last year, for $3744
Mary Hankard, 44, 4 years high school, born in Vermont
John Hankard, 16, 1 year high school, born in Vermont
Mary Hankard, 13, 8 years school, born in New Hampshire
Helen Hankard, 8, 3 years school, born in Vermont
Margaret Hankard, 6, no school, born in Massachusetts

all lived in Leominster in 1935

1950 Census Leominster, Worcester County, ED 14-246, sheet 16
April 14, 1950
10 High Street

John J Hankard, 47, born in New Hampshire, superintendent, paper mill
Mary M Hankard, 51, born in Vermont
Margaret A Hankard, 16, born in Massachusetts, sales girl, 5 & 10 store

MARGARET MAXFIELD OBITUARY

[8 March 2004]

LEOMINSTER -- Margaret A. (Hankard) Maxfield, 70, of 63 Peninsula Drive, Lunenburg, formerly of 9 Gardner Place, Leominster, died in her home Monday evening, March 8, after a brief illness.

She was born in Leominster on May 31, 1933, the daughter of John and Mary (Macauley) Hankard and had lived in Leominster until moving to Lunenburg one and a half years ago. She was a graduate of the Leominster Hospital School of Nursing.

Mrs. Maxfield had been a nurse at Leominster Hospital for 27 years before retiring in 1996.

She was a member of St. Leo’s Church in Leominster. She enjoyed gardening, played classical piano and wrote poetry. She attended the Highlands Adult Day Health, in Fitchburg, where among other activities enjoyed sewing and painting.

Mrs. Maxfield is survived by ...