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Edward Russell Bassett[1]

Male Abt 1895 - 1964  (~ 69 years)


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  • Name Edward Russell Bassett 
    Born Abt 1895  Michigan, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died Jun 1964 
    Notes 
    • 1930 Federal Census of Houghton, Houghton County, Michigan (11 Apr 1930)
      Edward R. Bassett 35 M MI EN EN Head Cabling? Hotel
      Marie 34 F FN FN FN Wife
      Lucille 2 F MI MI FN Daughter
      (Living at 45 Sixth Street) (Married at 32 & 31) (FN - Finland)

      1964, paper unknown
      E.R. Bassett Dies, Aged 72
      Star Lake, June 25 - Edward Russell Bassett, 72, Wanakena, a retired
      steel worker for Jones & Laughlin Steep Corporation, Benson Mines, died
      Wednesday noon in the A. Barton Hepburn Hospital, Ogdensburg, where he
      had undergone surgery on a hip fracture, he sustained Saturday in a fall
      at his home.
      The funeral will be Saturday at 1 p.m. at the Wanakena Presbyterian
      church, with Rev. Arthur Guyette, pastor, officiating. Burial will be in
      Oswegatchie Cemetery.
      Friends may call at the Hawley funeral home tonight from 7 to 9 and
      Friday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.
      Surviving Mr. Bassett are his wife, Mrs. Marie Gull Bassett; a son,
      Edward R., Jr., Wanakena; three sisters, Mrs. Mae D. Gordon, and Mrs.
      Jessie B. Johnson, both of Duluth, Minn., and Mrs. Minnie Bartelme,
      Russell and six grandchildren.
      Mr. Bassett was born in Houghton, Mich., Oct. 3, 1891, a son of Edward
      and Tamozine Matthews Bassett. He graduated from Houghton High School
      and attended the Michigan College of Mines and Technology in Houghton.
      He moved to Wanakena in 1942 and was first employed by the Warden Allen
      Construction company. He later was employed by the Jones & Laughlin
      Steel Corporation.
    Person ID I829  44B Bassetts of St Enoder,Cornwall
    Last Modified 24 Jun 2009 

    Father Edward John Bassett,   b. Sep 1852, Redruth District, Cornwall, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Deceased 
    Mother Tamson or Tamazine Mathews,   b. Davenport, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Mar 1921 
    Married 26 Apr 1873  Houghton, Michigan, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F51  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Marie Gull,   d. Deceased 
    Children 
    +1. Lucille Marie Bassett
    +2. Edward Russell Bassett, Jr.,   b. 24 Jul 1930,   d. 16 Nov 2014  (Age 84 years)
    Family ID F246  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S1] GEDCOM file imported on 24 June 2009.