Résumé

Principal, Maxwell G. Bugbee, Architect, San Francisco, CA, c. 1892-1927.

Relocation

Maxwell Greene Bugbee came from a family of professional people, his grandfather being Samuel C. Bugbee (1811-1877), an early San Francisco architect who had come to the city from Canada via MA. His father was a successful San Francisco lawyer and jurist. His mother's well-to-do Greene family also had come from New England, having settled in New England before the Revolutionary War.

The 1900 US Census recorded that Maxwell G. Bugbee, his wife Evangeline, two children--Clifford and Geraldine-- and a servant, Kittie F. Braden (born c. 02/1882 in CA), shared a house at 424 Santa Clara Avenue in Alameda, CA. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Year: 1900; Census Place: Alameda Precinct 13, Alameda, California; Roll: 81; Page: 5; Enumeration District: 0321, accessed 09/30/2024.)

By 1910 the census reported that the family lived at 854 Cole Street in San Francisco, without a servant. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Year: 1910; Census Place: San Francisco Assembly District 39, San Francisco, California; Roll: T624_100; Page: 3b; Enumeration District: 0231; FHL microfilm: 1374113, accessed 09/30/2024.) They continued to inhabit this address in 1915. (See San Francisco, California, City Directory, 1915, p. 374.)

Parents

His father was John Stephenson Bugbee (d. 1896 in AK), a lawyer trained at the Harvard Law School. He would become a successful lawyer and judge presiding in the Territory of Alaska.

Anna Maxwell Greene, his mother, resided in Bridgeport, CT, in 1850 with her family. Her parents, Nathanael Greene (born 06/07/1818 in RI) and Hannah Wells Eldredge (born 08/13/1822 in Boston, MA-d. 05/13/1884 in San Francisco, CA) married on 12/23/1841 in Boston, MA. In 1850, the US Census indicated that Nathaniel owned a mill manufacturing woolen yarn in Bridgeport and was quite prosperous. (See Ancestry.com, Source Information Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011, accessed 09/30/2024.) The census noted that the Greenes employed three servants and Nathaniel owned real estate worth $60,000, likely making him one of Bridgeport's wealthiest men. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation The National Archives in Washington, DC; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M432; Residence Date: 1850; Home in 1850: Bridgeport, Fairfield, Connecticut; Roll: 37; Page: 287a, accessed 09/30/2024.)

In 1870, Maxwell had three siblings: Bessie E. Bugbee (born c. 03/1870 in CA-d. 03/09/1936 in Salem, OR) , Winslow Bugbee (born c. 1872 in San Francisco, CA-d. 12/13 or 14/1896 in Boston, MA) and Arthur Stephenson Bugbee (born 03/28/1879 in San Francisco, CA-d. 01/23/1958 in CA).

Bessie would marry Louis H. Tarpley (born c. 10/1867 in OR), a lawyer with whom she had three children, two of whom survived to adulthood. She resided in Portland, OR, in 1910. Winslow became a musician in San Francisco, who died at age 24. Arthur also worked as an architect, although he did not associate with Maxwell in practice.

Spouse

He wed Evangeline Field (born 04/1870 in Buckeye, CA-d. 09/04/1944 in Rochester, NY) on 03/15/1893 in Alameda County, CA. (See Ancestry.com, Source Information Ancestry.com. California, U.S., Marriage Records from Select Counties, 1850-1941 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014, accessed 09/30/2024.)

Evangeline's parents were Chauncey Field (born c. 1840 in CT-d. 04/14/1882 in Santa Barbara, CA), a Civil War veteran, and Julia Baldwin Wood(born 1838 in Stamford, CT-d. 02/11/1912 in San Francisco, CA), who wed on 01/14/1857 in Union City, NJ. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Presbyterian Historical Society; Philadelphia, PA, USA; US, Presbyterian Church Records, 1701-1907; Book Title: Register 1855-1909; Accession Number: V Mi46 Un3r V. 1, accessed 09/30/2024.) By 1860, they operated a farm in Centre, WI. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation The National Archives in Washington D.C.; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M653; Residence Date: 1860; Home in 1860: Centre, Lafayette, Wisconsin; Roll: M653_1416; Page: 654; Family History Library Film: 805416, accessed 09/30/2024.) Ten years later, the Fields had relocated to a farm in Buckeye, Yolo County, CA, where Julia was born. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Year: 1870; Census Place: Buckeye, Yolo, California; Roll: M593_93; Page: 416B, accessed 09/30/2024.) By 1880, San Francisco voter records indicated that Chauncey had become a stockbroker. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation California State Library; Sacramento, California; Great Registers, 1880; Collection Number: 4-2A; CSL Roll Number: 51; FHL Roll Number: 977200, accessed 09/30/2024.)

After Maxwell's death, Evangeline resided with her son Clifford at 318 Haight Street, San Francisco, in 1942. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation The National Archives At St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; World War Ii Draft Cards (4th Registration) For the State of California; Record Group Title: Records of the Selective Service System; Record Group Number: 147, accessed 09/30/2024.)

Children

Maxwell and Evangeline had two children: Clifford Field Bugbee (born 01/15/1894 in San Francisco, CA-d. 11/21/1964 in San Francisco, CA) and Geraldine Bugbee (born c. 08/1895 in CA).

As per the 1930 US Census, Clifford made a living as a sign maker for a neon sign company in San Francisco. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Year: 1930; Census Place: San Francisco, San Francisco, California; Page: 24B; Enumeration District: 0268; FHL microfilm: 2339939, accessed 09/30/2024.)