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Harriett Elsey Basford

b. 29 Aug 1824 · Dunham, Missiquoi Co., Quebec  |  d. 8 Oct 1912 · St. Peters State Hospital for the Insane, St. Peter, Nicollet Co., Minnesota

Parents

Events

Birth
29 Aug 1824 · Dunham, Missiquoi Co., Quebec[1]
Christening
10 Jan 1841 · Dunham, Missisquoi Co., Quebec[1][2]
Death
8 Oct 1912 · St. Peters State Hospital for the Insane, St. Peter, Nicollet Co., Minnesota[1]
Burial
12 Oct 1912 · Nashville Cemetery, Truman, Minnesota
Residence
4 Jun 1900 · Manyaska, Martin Co., Minnesota[1]
Residence
22 Apr 1910 · St. Peters State Hospital for the Insance, St. Peter Ward 2, Nicollet Co., Minnesota[1]

Family 1

Spouse: John Flemming West (1811–1886) · m. 15 Jun 1841 · Berkshire, Franklin Co., Vermont

Children:

  1. Anna A. West (1842/43–)
  2. Amanda J. West (1843/44–)
  3. Jeddiah C. West (2 Aug 1847–5 Sep 1896)
    m. Eliza J. (1852/53–)
    Children: Mary M. West (1866–); James Edwin West (1873–)
  4. Harriett W. "Hatta" West (1850/51–May 1898)
    m. Willard B. York (Dec 1848–AFTER 1900) · ABOUT 1869
    Children: Edna M. York (1874–1921); Lute Fleming York (1876–1931); Kitty E. York (1878–); Nettie York (1881–1921); Edith May York (1883–1976)
  5. Ellen Mary West (10 Dec 1853–4 May 1900)
    m. Andrew Paul Snyder (22 Oct 1847–1925) · 1 Jan 1871
    Children: Elsie Sarah Snyder; Mary Aletha Snyder (1872–1872); Walter Everman Snyder (1873–1873); Girtie Alice Snyder (1874–1874); Mertie Eva Snyder (1875–1946); Edith Lolita Snyder (1877–1948); Franklin Fleming Snyder (1881–1881); Grace Ellen Snyder (1888–1935); Frank Engles Snyder (–1919)
  6. Lavina Albertine West (1858/59–20 Apr 1895)
    m. Rufus Pettis (11 Jun 1835–19 Aug 1911) · 8 Jun 1877 · Blue Earth Co., Minnesota
    Children: Clarence F. Pettis (1880–1926); Daisy Marie Pettis (1882–); Eva C. Pettis (1884–1950); Clifford Henry Pettis (1887–1965); Clayton Elroy Pettis (1889–1949); Adelbert Wilbert Pettis; Aletia Pettis Pettis (1890–); Almina Pettis (1894–)
  7. Charles Henry West (14 Nov 1867–27 Aug 1958)
    m. Effie Helen Hatch (22 Mar 1871–27 Nov 1946) · 30 Jul 1891 · Huntley, Minnesota
    Children: Sullivan B. West (1893–); Beryl West (1897–1990); Percy Duncan West (1900–1975)
    m. Pearl Garnet Josey (1882–19 Aug 1925) · 8 Jun 1906 · Mountain Home, Idaho
    m. Lillian Metcalf · 1927 · Idaho

Family 2

Spouse: Robert Harold King (1827–1914) · m. May 1900

Notes

!Birth/baptism: Methodist church records for Dunham, Missiquoi CO., Quebec, reel 124:9 [courtesy of Del Dyche]: "Harriet Elsey Basford born 29 August 1824 was baptized 10 January 1841, daughter of James and Harriet Basford. Witness Amos Hawley." On the same reel is a second baptism for Harriet: "Harriet Elsey Basford, age 19, daughter of James Basford & Harriet Gilbert. Witnesses Paul Vining West & John West". !Census 1900: Manyaska, Martin Co., Minnesota, enum 4 Jun 1900, hh 68/69: King, Robert H., head, July 1827 age 72, marr. for 35y [sic], England/England/England, immigrated in 1829, in the US fo 71y, naturalized, occ: Medicine peddler --, Harritt E., wife, Aug 1824 age 75, marr 35y, 6 children/2 living, b. Can French/Can Fr/Can Fr, Immigration date unknown, !Census 1910: Minnesota Hospital for Insane, St. Peter City, Ward 2., Nicollet Co., Minnesota, enum 22 Apr 1910, ED 108, Sh 6A: King, Harriet, inmate, WF, age 86, married, b. Can English / Can English / Can English. She lived with her second husband on a farm at Welcome, Minnesota, until 1909, when she began to suffer from dementia and was admitted to the state hospital at St. Peters, MN. According to Del Dyche, her medical records describe her condition at admission as a case of Alzheimer's disease would be described today.

Sources

  1. Research of Collene Osborn-Myhre . http://awt.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=ozzysolady&id=I48950
  2. Dunham Methodist Church Records, Dunham Quebec
  3. Descendants of Jacob and Elizabeth (Clifford) Basford . http://www.basford.org/genealogy/jacob-basford/JacobBasfordRegister/rr_toc.htm
  4. Julie Horbach, personal communication . <jewell1005@aol.com>
  5. 1900 U.S. Federal Census
  6. 1910 U.S. Federal Census