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- In addition to the children listed below, there was a male and female, both born in Livonia Township, Wayne County, Michigan. They both died at birth. According to family records "The mother of these children was petite. Upon carrying this child full term the doctor had to crush the skull for birth thus killing the baby. The second one had the same fate as her brother".
Floyd was the owner of Nankin Mills. He sold it to Henry Ford in 1918.
1900 Federal Census of Livonia Township, Wayne County, Michigan (29 Jun 1900)
Floyd Bassett 20 M Mar 1880 MI IN OH Head Farmer
Mabel 20 F Jun 1880 MI MI MI Wife
Clark 12 M Jun 1888 MI IN OH Brother
1910 Federal Census of Livonia Township, Wayne County, Michigan (21 Apr 1910)
George Chilson 75 M MI MA NY Head Farmer General Farm
Margaret M. 66 F MI NY NY Wife
Leon C. 27 M MI MI MI Son Laborer Home Farm
Iva M. Bassett 29 F MI MI MI Daughter
Floyd B. 30 M MI IN OH SonL Laborer General Farm
Ina R. 4 F MI MI MI Granddau
Ora C. 2 M MI MI MI Grandson
(Married 49 years, 6 children, 3 living)
(Married 10 years, 4 children, 2 living)
1920 Federal Census of Nankin, Livonia Twp., Wayne County, MI (12 Feb 1920)
Floyd Bassett 39 M MI IN OH Head Valve Dept. Ford Tractor
Mabel 39 F MI MI MI Wife
Iva 14 F MI MI MI Daughter
Ora 12 M MI MI MI Son
Margaret 9 F MI MI MI Daughter
Ethel 7 F MI MI MI Daughter
Vera 5 F MI MI MI Daughter
Affidavit of birth, State of Michigan, County of Gratiot; I Hertie, Baker, a resident of the City of Alma, Michigan, age 85 years, being duly sworn, depose and say that: I am personally acquainted with Floyd Beamer Bassett, who resides in the Township of Nankin, Wayne County, Michigan, and have known him all his life. I was present at the birth of the said Floyd Beamer Basestt and know he was born on the 11th day of Marcy, 1880, in the Township of Elmira, Otsego County, Michigan. I depose further and say that I knew the parents of the said Floyd Beamer Bassett and that his father's named was Edward Cunningham Bassett and that his mother's name was Sylvia Ellen Bassett, and that at the time of the birth of the said Floyd Beamer Bassett, his parents lived in the Township of Elmira, Otsego County, Michigan, and that they were duly and legally married to one another. I further depose and say that I am the sister of the mother of the said Floyd Beamer Bassett and have known the family all of my life. And further deponent sayeth not. Signed: Hettie Baker Witnessed: Hilda M. Downing & Hattie B. Taylor Subscribed and sworn to before me, a Notary Public in and for the County of Gratiot, State of Michigan, this 10th day of November, A.D. 1938. Signed: Hilda M. Downing, Notary Public, Gratiot County, Michigan My commission expires Feburary 9, 1948.
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Bassett Family Association Database
1880 - 1964 (84 years)