| Name |
John Albert Maybee |
| Birth |
19 Dec 1928 |
Canton, St Lawrence County, New York  [1] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Address |
100 Clyde Ln #106, Dunedin, Florida, 34698 [2] |
| Census |
Apr 1930 |
Gouverneur Street, Canton, St Lawrence County, New York [3] |
- Nelson Maybee, Head, owns house worth $5000, M, W, 29, M, age at first marriage 26, New York, New York, New York, Dealer, Coal and Lumber
Margaret Maybee, Wife, F, W, 21, M, age at first marriage 18, New York, New York, New York
Helen Maybee, Daughter, 2 10/12, S, New York, New York, New York
Richard McKinnie, Nephew, M, W, 11, S, New York, New York, New York
John Maybee, Son, M, W, 1 2/12, S, New York, New York, New York
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| Census |
15 Apr 1940 |
43 Gouverneur Street, Canton, St Lawrence County, New York [4] |
- Nelson Maybee, owns home worth $4000, Head, M, W, 39, M, completed 4 years college, born in New York, Proprietor, Coal and Lumber Business
Margaret Maybee, Wife, F, W, 31, M, completed 2 years college, born in New York
Helen Maybee, Daughter, F, W, 12, S, attended school, completed 7 years school, born in New York
Jack Maybee, Son, M, W, 11, S, attended school, completed 5 years school, born in New York
Barbara Maybee, Daughter, F, W, 9, S, attended school, completed 3 years school, born in New York
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| Census |
11 Apr 1950 |
45 Gouverneur Street, Canton, St Lawrence County, New York [5] |
- Nelson Maybee, Head, White, Male, 49, Married, born in New York, Deliver's Coal, Coal Company
Margaret Maybee, Wife, White, Female, 41, Married, born in New York, parents born in New York, started 2nd year of college-did not complete
John Albert Maybee, Son, White, Male, 21, never married, born in New York
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| Anecdote |
1995 |
- John Albert "Jack" Maybee was born in Canton, New York on December 19, 1928, the son of Nelson Arthur and Margaret Cornelia Buffham Maybee. He is one of three children, with two sisters, Helen Clara Randi and Barbara Jean Gaines.
After serving four years in the Air Force, Jack returned to college, receiving a B.S. in Mathematics and a M.Ed. in Educational Guidance. He taught mathematics for two years and then went into Guidance. In 1961 he went to work for the N.Y.S. Education Deptartment and in 1988 he retired as Chief of the Bureau of Higher and Professional Educational Testing.
Jack and Mary Ellen McCrea were married in 1951 and have one son, Michael John, and a daughter-in-law, Lisa.
In the early 1960's Jack got bit by the "Cousin hunting bug" and has been at it ever since. To date he has over 8000 names in his Jan Pieterse Mebie p.c. file and has an Austin/Wood file, his paternal grandmother's lines and a Buffham file, his mother's family name. In addition he has collected data on many of Mary's lines and has started a p.c. file on seven of those lines.
When he is not sitting at the computer, Jack enjoys playing golf and bridge. He and Mary have recently taken up square dancing and manage to dance two or three times a week.... sometimes.
Genealogy is a facinating hobby and one which has brought him and Mary into personal contact with many fine people, including some surprisingly close relatives. Their lives Have been enriched by the addition of many friends in this country, and in Canada.
Jack is the President of the Maybee Society.
Biography by Mary E. Maybee, 1995
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| Note |
- Maybee Society Member Number 58. President of the Maybee Society from April 1994 to December 2003
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| Witness-Obituary |
Oct 2005 |
Canton, New York [6] |
- Margaret B. Maybee, 97, 37 Riverside Drive and formerly of 43 Gouverneur Street, Canton, died October 19, 2005 at Canton-Potsdam Hospital in Potsdam. The funeral will be Monday October 24, 2005 at 11:00, at the First Presbyterian Church of Canton.
Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery. Mrs. Maybee died Wednesday afternoon, October 19, 2005, at Canton-Potsdam Hospital. Calling hours will be Sunday afternoon and evening from 4-7 at the Lawrence Funeral Home in Canton. If friends desire contributions may be made to the Canton Fire Department Ambulance Fund, c/o Joan Newman, 13 Gouverneur Street, Canton, 13617, or to the Canton-Potsdam Hospital Foundation, 50 Leroy Street, Potsdam, 13676. Friends may send condolences online to www.lawrencefuneralhome.org. Surviving are two daughters and one son-in-law; Helen Randi, and her husband Dr. Joseph Randi, Canton and Venice, Florida: Barbara Gaines, Canton; one son and daughter-in-law, John "Jack" A. Maybee and Mary Ellen, Dunedin, Florida, twelve (12) grandchildren, twenty-three (23) great grandchildren, eight (8) great-great grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. Predeceasing Mrs. Maybee are two brothers Irwin and Glen, two sisters Mary Watson and Helen Williams and one great-great grandson, Ryan Scott Gaines. Born on July 13, 1908 in the town of Potsdam, she was a daughter of Albert Edward and Cora Beckwith Buffham. After graduating Salutatorian at Madrid High School in 1925, she attended Potsdam Normal School. On September 3, 1926, she married Nelson Arthur Maybee in Norwood with the Justice of the Peace, officiating. Mr. Maybee died December 31, 1961. During World War II, Mrs. Maybee worked at her husbands business, J.H. Maybee and Sons, a coal and lumber business in Canton. She later worked at the Queensboro Milk Plant in Canton. Then in the early 1970's, she was the bookkeeper at Bellinger Roofing where she continued to work until her health forced her to retire in the early 1990's. Mrs. Maybee was very active in the American Legion Auxiliary and acted as secretary for the Silas Wright Grange in Canton for over 50 years. For many years she served as Secretary and Treasurer for the Evergreen Cemetery in Canton. A member of the First Presbyterian Church of Canton, she was an avid golfer and past member of the St. Lawrence Golf and Country Club, bowled in various bowling leagues at Gray Lanes in Canton and enjoyed playing Bridge.
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| Death |
12 Dec 2007 |
Mease Dunedin Hospital, Dunedin, Florida [1, 7] |
| Obituary |
15 Dec 2007 [7] |
- John A. (Jack) Maybee, of Dunedin, 78 years of age, died Wednesday, December 12, 2007 at Mease Dunedin Hospital. He was born at Canton, N.Y. on December 19, 1928, son of Nelson A. Maybee and Margaret Buffham. Jack resided in Guilderland, N.Y. until 2005 when he became a permanent resident of Dunedin. He has been a "snowbird" in Dunedin since 1989. Jack served in the US Air Force during the Korean Conflict. He received a B.S. and M.Ed. from St. Lawrence University and taught school for several years before being a guidance director. In 1961, he became a member of the NYS Department of Education, retiring in 1988 as a bureau chief. Jack was seriously involved as a genealogist, having traced his family back to the early 1600s when they immigrated to America. For years, he was president of the Maybee Society where he shared his years of work and his vast amount of information with everyone. He found time to spend at the golf course and at the bridge table. Survivors include his wife of 56 years, Mary Ellen McCrea; one son and daughter-in-law, Michael and Lisa; a granddaughter, Michaela; two sisters, Helen (Joseph) Randi and Barbara Gaines. Memorial service will be held on Monday, December 17 at 11 a.m. at the Moss Feaster Funeral Home Chapel, 1320 Main St., Dunedin, Fla.
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| Reference Number |
58 |
| Person ID |
I58 |
Maybee Society |
| Last Modified |
7 Apr 2024 |
1928 - 2007 (78 years)
