Seventh Generation (Continued)
Seventh Generation (Continued)
Family of Benjamin F. BASFORD (99) & Sarah S. MURCH
333. Josephine M. BASFORD (Benjamin F.6, Jonathan5, John4, Jacob3, James2, Jacob1). Born abt 1846-1851 in Hampden, ME. [354], [364], [405], [642], [740] age 4 in 1850 census, age 14 in 1860 census, age 23 in 1870 census, age 31 at marriage, age 41 at death. Josephine M. died in Springfield, MA, on 14 Apr 1891. [740] aka: Josie. [642]
In the 1850 census for Hampdon, Penobscot Co., ME, p. 265, there is a Josephine Basford, age 4, b. ME, living with a Wardwell family. [354] She is listed on the same page as Benjamin Basford who is probably her father. Presumably her mother had died and her father could not take care of her? She is listed with her father in 1860, but Benjamin’s wife Clara would be Josephine’s step-mother. [364]
1870 federal census for Boston, 8th Ward, Suffolk Co., MA, p. 115 [672]
Josephine Basford, female, age 23, b. ME, seamstress
(living in a boarding house)
She was living with her father at the time of the 1880 census of Hampden, Penobscot Co., ME. [611]
[354], [364], [405], [672], [343], [642], [740]
In the 1850 census for Hampdon, Penobscot Co., ME, p. 265, there is a Josephine Basford, age 4, b. ME, living with a Wardwell family. [354] She is listed on the same page as Benjamin Basford who is probably her father. Presumably her mother had died and her father could not take care of her? She is listed with her father in 1860, but Benjamin’s wife Clara would be Josephine’s step-mother. [364]
1870 federal census for Boston, 8th Ward, Suffolk Co., MA, p. 115 [672]
Josephine Basford, female, age 23, b. ME, seamstress
(living in a boarding house)
She was living with her father at the time of the 1880 census of Hampden, Penobscot Co., ME. [611]
[354], [364], [405], [672], [343], [642], [740]