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Ambrose Bass

Male Abt 1907 - 1968  (~ 61 years)


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  • Name Ambrose Bass 
    Born Abt 1907  Newellton, Tensas Parish, Louisiana Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    _UID 20278988E1738346AE4B3A3B58F9D9AFBC6C 
    Died 3 Mar 1968  Newellton, Tensas Parish, Louisiana Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • 1910 Federal Census of Police Jury Ward 2, Tensas Parish, Louisiana (June 6, 1900)
      Ambrose Bass - Mulatto - 34 - Male - LA-VA-LA - Head - Farming Plantation
      Haley - Black - 25 - Female - LA-LA-LA - Wife - Field Hand Home Farm
      Willis - Black - 6 - Male - LA-LA-LA - Son
      Ambrose - Black - 3 - Male - LA-LA-LA - Son
      James - Black - 2 - Male - LA-LA-LA - Son
      Mitchell - Black - 1 - Male - LA-LA-LA - Son
      (Married 12 years, 10 children, 5 living)

      Tensas Gazette
      Saint Joseph, Louisiana
      Friday, December 18, 1959
      N’llton Negro Is Charged In Fire Case
      Ambrose Bass, 53 year old male Negro of Route 2, Newellton, Louisiana, was charged on December 15 with Fire Raising on the Lands of Another by Criminal Negligence in Tensas Parish. The charges were filed at the Sehrrif’s office in St. Joseph.
      Bass, who lives near the Newlight Community, set fire to some grass and weeds on some rented land and took no precautions to prevent the fire from spreading. The fire burned approximately 16 acres of timber on properties owned by Hays Yarrington and Chicago Mills Lumber Co. Included in the sixteen acres burned were three acres in a Game Management Area.
      Investigation of the fire was conducted and charges filed by Law Enforcement agents of the Louisiana Foresty Commission.
    Person ID I29  Bass183 Ambrose Bass of Louisiana
    Last Modified 5 Mar 2020 

    Father Ambrose Bass, Jr.,   b. Abt 1876, Louisiana Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother Haley,   b. Abt 1885, Louisiana Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F4  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mary Teate,   b. Abt 1914,   d. 1997  (Age ~ 83 years) 
    Children 
     1. Naomi Bass,   b. Abt 1936,   d. 2003  (Age ~ 67 years)
    +2. Ambrose Bass,   b. 17 Jul 1943, Newellton, Tensas Parish, Louisiana Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Dec 2003, Newellton, Tensas Parish, Louisiana Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 60 years)
     3. John Bass,   b. Abt 1945,   d. 2015  (Age ~ 70 years)
    +4. Nolen F. Bass, Sr.,   b. Abt 1950,   d. 2003  (Age ~ 53 years)
    +5. Kanolia Diane Bass,   b. 4 Oct 1957, Newellton, Tensas Parish, Louisiana Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Nov 1978  (Age 21 years)
     6. Calvin Bass
     7. Mattie Bass
     8. Betty Bass
    Last Modified 6 Mar 2020 
    Family ID F9  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart