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Emma Durfey

Female 1845 - 1907  (62 years)


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  • Name Emma Durfey 
    Born 18 Mar 1845  Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    _UID 39EF3B423B8D1045A54EFEDAC04E7B364C9B 
    Died 30 Aug 1907  Arbon, Oneida, Idaho Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Beaver Dam, Box Elder, Utah Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • BIRTH DATE: (1) Beaver Dam Ward record (FHL film #25618), (2) Mendon Ward record, 2nd item, p.73 (BYU film #26137), (3) 1900 census (see census listing below).

      BIRTH PLACE: (1) 1850 census of Weber Co., Utah, (2) 1860 census of Cache Co., Utah, and (3) 1880 census of Providence, Cache, UT. (See census listings below).

      SURNAME: Also spelled Durfee.

      DEATH: Death certificate - Emma Bassett (age 62) died 30 Aug 1907 at Arbon, Oneida, Idaho of acute nephritis.

      BURIAL PLACE: Beaver Dam Cemetery records and tombstone.

      Emma had a son, Henry Miller SHELTON, born 3 Mar 1862 in Providence, Cache, Utah. The father of Henry was Marion Shelton. See Mendon Ward records, 3rd item, p. 261 (BYU film #26137) Emma Durfey never married Marion Shelton. Emma's son Henry married Elizabeth Finley on 10 Apr 1882 at Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah. He died 30 Oct 1930 in Mendon, Cache, Utah and he was buried at Mendon on the 1st of Nov, 1930.

      CENSUS: Emma Bassett was in the 1850 and 1860 censuses with her father, Francillo Durfee and with her husband, Loren Elias Bassett, in the 1870, 1880, and 1900 censuses.

      In the 1850 census of Weber Co., Utah, p. 153 (BYU film #25540) Emma was living with her father Francillo Durfee and step-mother Cynthia. She was listed as Emma Durfee, age 6, born in Illinois.

      In the 1860 census of Providence, Cache, Utah, p. 236 (BYU film #805314) Emma was living with her father Francillo Durfee and step-mother Cynthia. She was listed as age 15, born in Ill.

      In the 1870 census of Providence, Cache, Utah, p. 133 (BYU film #553109) the Loren Elias Bassett family was listed as follows: Warren Bassett, age 25, farmer with real estate value of $175.00, and born in Illinois; Emma, age 25,
      born in Illinois; Warren E., age 3, born in Utah; Francillo, age 2, born in Utah; and Milo A., age 4 months, born Feb 1870 in Utah.

      In the 1880 census of Clarkston, Cache, Utah, En. Dist. 13, p.9 (BYU film #1255336) the Loren Elias Bassett family was listed as follows: Lourin Bassett, age 35, farmer, born in Ill., father born in N. York, and mother in Canada; Ema, age 34, wife, keeping house, born in Ill., father and mother born in Ohio; Lourin E., age 14, son, laborer, born in Utah; Harlow F., age 12, son, laborer, born in Utah; Mylow H., age 10, son, born in Utah; Merion, age 6, daughter, born in Utah; Alma, age 4, son, born in Utah; William A., age 2, son, born in Utah; and Richard A., age 4 months, born in Jan 1870, son, born in Utah. Children's parents born in Ill. (11 June 1982 report, p. 7 & Cache Co., UT C1)

      In the 1900 census of Collinston Precinct, Box Elder, Utah, En. Dist. 206, p. 5 (FHL film #1241682) the Loren Elias Bassett family was listed as follows: Loren E. Bassett, head, born Oct 1844, age 55, married 33 years, born in Ill.,
      father born in Eng., mother in Holland, a carpenter, owns farm; Emily, wife, born Mar 1845, age 55, married 33 years, mother of 10 children with 9 still living, born in Ohio, father born in Ohio, mother born in NY, and can't write; Alma, son, born June 1875, age 24, single, born in Utah, day laborer; William A., son, born Nov 1877, age 22, single, born in Utah, day laborer; Richard A., son, born Jan 1879, age 21, single, born in Utah, day laborer; Candis Bassett, dau, born May 1881, age 19 single, born in Utah. Children's father born in Illinois and mother in Ohio.
    Person ID I1159  3B Thomas Bassett of Connecticut
    Last Modified 29 Apr 2015 

    Father Francillo Durfey (Durfee) 
    Mother Marion (Mariana) Jones 
    Family ID F501  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Loren Elias Bassett, II,   b. 13 Oct 1844, , Hancock, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Aug 1915, Mendon, Cache, Utah Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 70 years) 
    Married 24 Dec 1865  , Cache, Utah Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
    +1. Loren Elias Bassett, III,   b. 26 Oct 1866, Providence, Cache, Utah Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Mar 1935, Osmond, Lincoln, Wyoming Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 68 years)
    +2. Harlow Francillo Bassett,   b. 24 May 1868, Providence, Cache, Utah Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Apr 1938, Weston, Franklin, Idaho Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 69 years)
    +3. Milo Ammon Bassett,   b. 13 Feb 1870, Providence, Cache, Utah Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Nov 1945, Osmond, Lincoln, Wyoming Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years)
     4. Andrew Leroy Bassett,   b. 21 Dec 1872, Providence, Cache, Utah Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Oct 1873, Providence, Cache, Utah Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 0 years)
    +5. Mariam Delila Bassett,   b. 9 Sep 1873, Providence, Cache, Utah Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Nov 1922, Twin Falls, Twin Falls, Idaho Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 49 years)
    +6. Alma Bassett,   b. 24 Jun 1876, Providence, Cache, Utah Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Dec 1954, Osmond, Lincoln, Wyoming Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years)
     7. William Albert Bassett,   b. 21 Nov 1877, Providence, Cache, Utah Find all individuals with events at this location
     8. Richard Alvero Bassett,   b. 29 Jan 1880, Clarkston, Cache, Utah Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 May 1904, Collinston, Box Elder, Utah Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 24 years)
    +9. Candias Amelia Bassett,   b. 10 May 1881, Providence, Cache, Utah Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Jan 1933, Logan, Cache, Utah Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 51 years)
    Last Modified 27 May 2015 
    Family ID F473  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart