Family:David Maitland and Luella Gardner (1)

Final services are to be conducted this Friday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock from the Van Natta Funeral Home at Sycamore for David Maitland, 92, of Beloit, Wis., a former resident of Sycamore for many years, who passed away Wednesday morning at a rest home in Janesville, Wis., where he had been cared for the past year. The elderly gentleman had been in failing health for some time.

Reverend H. L. Michael of the Federated Church will officiate at the final rites and burial will be in the Elmwood cemetery. Friends may call at the local funeral home until time of services.

Mr. Maitland was born March 13, 1863 in Ontario, Canada, the son of James and Sarah Maitland. When but a small lad he moved with his family to Sycamore. On October 12, 1890, he married Luella Gardner of Sycamore. They farmed for a number of years in this area, and he also did teaming here. Mrs. Maitland died in 1949. For a number of years he had resided in Beloit, Wis., with his son, Henry Maitland. He was the last living member of a family of sixteen children.

Surviving his death are his son, Henry, with whom he resided at Beloit, Wis., and two daughters, Mrs. Rufus Haefner of DeKalb and Mrs. William Trafford of Belmont, Iowa, also several nephews and nieces in the Sycamore area.

Mrs. David H. Maitland of Genoa, former well known and esteemed Sycamore resident, passed away at 9 o'clock Monday morning at the Glidden Memorial Hospital, where she had been a patient, since Wednesday of last week. She was afflicted with a heart ailment.

Luella Adelia Gardner was the daughter of Andrew and Mary Black Gardner and was born on July 8, 1875, at Longton, Lynn County, Kansas. When she was but four years of age, her father, died, and she and her mother and the other four children came to Sycamore to make their home. She attended the local schools, growing to young womanhood there. On October 15, 1890, she was married to David H. Maitlands (sic) at Sycamore. Most of their married life was spent in Sycamore, with the exception of a few years, when they moved to Klemme, Ia., and were engaged in farming there. They returned to Sycamore and remained here, until Mr. Maitland retired, about 12 years ago, then moved to Genoa, where the home has since been made.

Mrs. Maitland's life was beautifully and fully lived. She was a faithful member of the First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Sycamore. Her admirable traits of character acquired many friends for her.

Surviving her demise are her husband and three children, Mrs. Jennie Trafford of Belmond, Iowa, Henry Maitland of Beloit. Wis., and Mrs. Helen Haefner of DeKalb. Surviving also are two sisters, Mrs. Richard Cook and Mrs. Arthur Robinson, both of Sycamore, three brothers, Jesse Gardner of this city, Raymond of Maple Park and Floyd Winans of Los Angeles, Calif., also five grandchildren and three great grandchildren. A brother, James, preceded her in death.

Funeral rites are to be conducted Wednesday afternoon at the Kebil Funeral Home at 2 o'clock. It will be a Christian Science service, burial taking place in the Elmwood cemetery.

Name:Lulu Maitland
Age:25
Birth Date:Jul 1874
Birthplace:Kansas
Home in 1900:Sycamore, DeKalb, Illinois
[De Kalb]
Race:White
Gender:Female
Relation to Head of House:Wife
Marital Status:Married
Spouse's Name:Henry Maitland
Marriage Year:1890
Years Married:10
Father's Birthplace:Illinois
Mother's Birthplace:Illinois
Mother: number of living children:1
Mother: How many children:1
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Household Members:
NameAge
Henry Maitland35
Lulu Maitland25
Jenette B Maitland7

Name:Henry Maitland
Age in 1910:47
Birth Year:1863
Birthplace:Canada English
[Canada]
Home in 1910:Sycamore Ward 1, DeKalb, Illinois
Race:White
Gender:Male
Immigration Year:1885
[1880]
Relation to Head of House:Head
Marital Status:Married
Spouse's Name:Lulu Maitland
Father's Birthplace:Scotland
Mother's Birthplace:Scotland
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Household Members:
NameAge
Henry Maitland47
Lulu Maitland36
Jarrett Maitland17
Henry Maitland7
Helen Maitland3

Name:Henry D Maitland
Age:56
Birth Year:abt 1864
Birthplace:Canada
Home in 1920:Ell, Hancock, Iowa
Race:White
Gender:Male
Immigration Year:1868
Relation to Head of House:Head
Marital Status:Married
Spouse's Name:Luella Maitland
Father's Birthplace:Scotland
Mother's Birthplace:Scotland
Home Owned:Rent
Able to Read:Yes
Able to Write:Yes
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Household Members:
NameAge
Henry D Maitland56
Luella Maitland44
W Henry Maitland17
Helen Maitland13

Name:Henry Maitland
Gender:Male
Birth Year:abt 1863
Birthplace:Canada
Race:White
Home in 1930:Dekalb, Dekalb, Illinois
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Marital Status:Married
Immigration Year:1864
Relation to Head of House:Head
Spouse's Name: Eulla Maitland
Father's Birthplace:Canada
Mother's Birthplace:Canada
Household Members:
NameAge
Henry Maitland67
Eulla Maitland50
William H Maitland27
Sylvia Maitland27