Stephen Frances Bass1 1st cousin 4xRb. 31 December 1871, d. 20 October 1949, #1532
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| Father | Stephen P Bass b. 17 July 1833, d. 20 March 1898 | |
| Mother | Clarissa Hannold b. 1839, d. circa 1872 |
| Name Variation | Stephen Frances Bass was also found as Frank Bass.1 |
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| Birth | 31 Dec 1871 | Stephen Frances was born on 31 December 1871 at Keeler, Van Buren county, Michigan.2,3 |
| Cen1880 | 25 June 1880 | Stephen Frances Bass shows in the household of Stephen P Bass
on the 1880 census of Springdale, Valley county, Nebraska taken on 25 June
1880. Stephen is a 48 year old farmer, born in Ohio. Salina M.,
his wife is 38, born in Michigan. Stephen's son Philip is 14 and born in Illinois. (Philip's mother was Clarissa Hannold).
Daughter Harriet appears as ELSIE, 12, born in Michigan.(Her mother
also was Clarissa). Next in the list is Salina's daughter by Washington
Birge, Sarah, tho' she is listed as BASS on this census. Sarah is 13
and born in Michigan. Frances (male) is 8 and born in Michigan.
His mother was Clarissa also. There are NO children of Philip and
Celina on this census tho' we believe that Carrie was born in
1876. They are living next door to Harvey Potter, the father of Celina.
He is 58 and born in NY, also a farmer.1, 4 In May or June of 1885 Frank came back to Michigan with father and step mother. |
| Marriage | 19 May 1896 | Stephen Frances Bass, 24 years old, married Sada Sarah Meredith
19 May 1896 in Cassopolis, Cass county, Michigan, by L.H. Glover,
Justice of the Peace. Witnesses were Joel Cowgill and Zebadee Bently.
He is called Frank Bass on this record.1 |
| Cen1900 | 1900 | Stephen Frances Bass shows on the 1900 U.S. census
in 1403 Oak Street, Niles city, Berrien county, Michigan. Ed 71, page
10, 252/268. Frank, 28, born Jan 1872,
married 4 years, day laborer; Sarah 23 born March 1877, married 4
years, four children born, 1 survives, born in Michigan, daughter Wava
is 3 born March 1897, in Michigan. Harry Meredith, brother of Sarah is
22 and in this household.1 |
| Cen1910 | 29 April 1910 | Stephen Frances Bass shows on the U.S. Census for 1910 in Cadillac, Wexford county, Michigan. Frank Bass is 38 years old, born in Michigan and married for 14 years to Sadie who is 33 years old.
She has had 5 children only 1 of whom is living. She was born in
Delaware. Frank is employed as a foreman in some sort of factory. Their
daughter Wava is 13. |
| Death of spouse |
12 March 1924 | On 12 March 1924 Stephen's wife, Sara/Sadie/Sada
died of cholera in Kalamzaoo, Michigan. She is buried in Keeler
cemetery in Van Buren county. She died of Chlorea. She was a patient at
the state Hospital in Kalamazoo.5,6 |
| Note | 1925 | At the time of the death of his step mother in 1925 he was living in Comstock, Kalamazoo county, Michigan.1 |
| Cen 1930 | 2 April 1930 | Stephen Frances Bass was found on the 1930 US
census taken on on 2 April 1930 at 506 East Vine, Kalamazoo,
Kalamazoo county, Michigan. Frank S is 59 years old,
a house painter, married first when 18 years old. Nora Smeltzer is his
wife, who is 42 years old.. Also there is a step-daughter Eula Smetzer.
Eula was the daughter of Nora by her first husband. This second wife must have died AFTER the 1930 census but before Frank died in 1949 as she is not listed as a survivor.7 |
| Death | 20 Oct 1949 | Stephen Frances died on 20 October 1949 at Dowagiac, Michigan at age 77.1 |
| Burial | 23 Oct 1949 | Stephen was buried at Keeler cemetery lot 284 in
Keeler, Michigan. With wife Sarah, his father Stephen and mother
Clarissa Hanold. There ARE NO STONES for these people.1 |
| Obituary | 27 Oct 1949 | The Obituary for Stephen Frances from the Hartford Day Spring of Hartford, Michigan is as follows: Burial Rites Held Here for Former Resident
The body of Frank Bass, 78, was brought here for burial Sunday afternoon following funeral services at Dowagiac. Bass died Thursday nite at his home in Kalamazoo after a long illness. Bass was born in Keeler township, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Stephan Bass. The family moved to Dowagiac, where they resided until a few years ago, when Bass moved to Kalamazoo. He is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Evan Carrier, of Dowagiac and sister Mrs. Sarah Irish and a brother Wesley Bass of Manton, Michigan. Note: Sarah Irish is actually his step sister; Wesley is 1/2 brother; and they moved to Nebraska before they lived in Dowagiac. The daughter is daughter Rosa Mary. |
| Family | Sada Sarah Meredith | b. circa 1877, d. 12 March 1924 |
| Child | 1. | Wava Bass b. Mar 1897 |
| 2. | Rosa Mary Bass bca 1914 |
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