{"id":873,"date":"2016-08-27T19:32:59","date_gmt":"2016-08-28T02:32:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bassettbranches.org\/newsblog\/?p=873"},"modified":"2016-08-27T19:32:59","modified_gmt":"2016-08-28T02:32:59","slug":"m-j-bassett-hardware-matchbook-cover-from-lawrence-massachusetts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bassettbranches.org\/newsblog\/m-j-bassett-hardware-matchbook-cover-from-lawrence-massachusetts\/","title":{"rendered":"M.J. Bassett Hardware Matchbook Cover from Lawrence, Massachusetts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Michael\u2019s family has not yet been identified. He shows in the 1940 census of Massachusetts with his wife, brother, sister-in-law and nephew. He may be related to the #107B Bassetts of Syria and Lebanon.<\/p>\n<p>1940 Federal Census of Metheun, Essex County, MA (9 Apr 1940)<br \/>\nMichael J. Bassett\u00a0 42 M Head\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Syria\u00a0 Lawrence, MA Proprietor Hardware<br \/>\nSelma A.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 34 F Wife\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 MA\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Lawrence, MA Clerk<br \/>\nAssaph J.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 38 M Brother\u00a0 Syria\u00a0 Lawrence, MA Reducer Worsted Mill<br \/>\nJosephine N.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 31 F Br. Wife MA\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Lawrence, MA Winder Worsted Mill<br \/>\nRobert J.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 1 M Br. Son\u00a0 MA<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bassettbranches.org\/newsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/matchbook.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-874\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bassettbranches.org\/newsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/matchbook.jpg\" alt=\"matchbook\" width=\"156\" height=\"397\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bassettbranches.org\/newsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/matchbook.jpg 156w, https:\/\/www.bassettbranches.org\/newsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/matchbook-118x300.jpg 118w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 156px) 100vw, 156px\" \/><\/a>Matchbook cover recently for sale on ebay<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Michael\u2019s family has not yet been identified. He shows in the 1940 census of Massachusetts with his wife, brother, sister-in-law and nephew. He may be related to the #107B Bassetts of Syria and Lebanon. 1940 Federal Census of Metheun, Essex &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bassettbranches.org\/newsblog\/m-j-bassett-hardware-matchbook-cover-from-lawrence-massachusetts\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-873","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bassettbranches.org\/newsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/873","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bassettbranches.org\/newsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bassettbranches.org\/newsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bassettbranches.org\/newsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bassettbranches.org\/newsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=873"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bassettbranches.org\/newsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/873\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":875,"href":"https:\/\/www.bassettbranches.org\/newsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/873\/revisions\/875"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bassettbranches.org\/newsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=873"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bassettbranches.org\/newsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=873"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bassettbranches.org\/newsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=873"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}