Researching Maxwell Cummings
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 4613 people with the Cummings surname? In that year Cummings was ranked number 920 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Maxwell means "from the great well" and is of English origin.
Records of Maxwell Cummings on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Maxwell Cummings and the Cummings Genealogy
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Cummings Genealogy Databases
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Some Famous People called Maxwell Cummings
Maxwell Cummings
Maxwell Cummings, (April 19, 1898 – May 23, 2001) was a Canadian real estate builder and philanthropist.
Born in Saint John, New Brunswick, the son of David and Beatrice Cummings, he came to Montreal with his family in 1911. His siblings included Harold Cummings, Nathan Cummings, and Minnie Abbey (née Cummings)
In 1929, he began a career in real estate brokerage and development. He was responsible for Canada's first strip mall, the Norgate shopping centre in Saint-Laurent (now part of Montreal) and was one of the first Canadians to develop low-cost housing.
He was a prominent member of the Montreal Jewish community. His offspring include the late philanthropist and entrepreneur Jack Cummings and businessman Robert Cummings. Jack's children include Steven Cummings, who like his grandfather has received the Order of Canada, Richard Cummings, former Executive Director of Jewish Family and Child Toronto, and Nancy Cummings-Gold, former president of The PACCK Foundation and wife of Senator Marc Gold.
In 1978, Maxwell Cummings was made a Member of the Order of Canada and a Grand officer of the National Order of Quebec in 1990.
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