Her birth is given as Jul 1870 in the 1900 census. [976]
She was unmarried and living with her parents at the time of the 1910 [981] and 1920 [1038] census.
1930 census for Austin, ED 4, Mower Co., MN, 208 West Bridge St., 11 Apr 1930, p. 7B [1439] Susie T. Basford, female, head, age 57, b. MN, father b. ME, mother b. PA, music teacher-private lessons, single Lois J. Proffitt, female, lodger, age 21, b. IA, father b. IA, mother b. IA, stenographer-bank, single
He was a graduate of the University of Minnesota, College of Dentistry, class of 1909. [1042]
1920 federal census for Red Lodge, ED 16, Carbon Co., MT, p. 12B [1450] Clare M. Basford, male, head, age 33, b. MN, father b. VT, mother b. PA, dentist, married Clara S., female, wife, age 31, b. MN, father b. ME, mother b. ME, married Trenwith S., male, son, age 3-4/12, b. MT, father b. MN, mother b. MN, single
He married Clara SHEPLEY, daughter of Oscar H. SHEPLEY & Caroline Matilda ROGERS, on 8 Oct 1913 in Minneapolis, MN. [1039], [1042] “married Wednesday” at home of brides parents. Born on 13 Jul 1887 in Minnesota. [1139], [1450] Clara died in Hennepin Co., MN, on 13 Mar 1979. [977]
She was a graduate of the University of Minnesota, class of 1911. [1042]
1930 federal census for Minneapolis, ED 253, Hennepin Co., MN, 3908 Garfield, 15 Apr 1930, p. 19B [1439] Clara S. Basford, female, head, age 42, b. MN, father b. ME, mother b. ME, teacher-junior high, widow Caroline M. Shepley, female, mother, age 84, b. ME, father b. NH, mother b. NH, widow Trenwith S. Basford, male, son, age 13, b. MT, father b. MN, mother b. ME, single Caroline A. Buckland, female, lodger, age 64, b. MN, father b. NH, mother b. NH, com'l embroidery-lingeree co., divorced