1920 federal census for Everett, ED 119, Middlesex Co., MA, 1B Second St., p. 5A [984] Ellerton W. Bassford, male, head, age 39, b. MA, father b. ME, mother b. CT, shipping ___, married Augusta, female, wife, age 34, b. Bremen (German), father b. Bremen (German), mother b. Bremen (German), married Frank ___, male, roomer, age 31, b. F___ (German), father b. F___ (German), mother b. F___ (German), butcher, single William Basford, male, son, age 4, b. MA, father b. MA, mother b. Bremen (German), single James L., male, son, age 2-9/12, b. MA, father b. MA, mother b. Bremen (German), single
1930 federal census for Chelsea, ED 527, Suffolk Co., MA, 122 Broadway, 12 Apr 1930, p. 19B [985] Ellerton W. Basford, male, lodger, age 40, b. MA, father b. ME, mother b. NH, longshoreman-seaport?, divorced, age 20 at first marriage (living in a boarding house)
He married Augusta Marianne PAPENHAUSEN, daughter of Wilhelm Heinrich PAPENHAUSEN & Adeline Friedrike WEGE, on 17 Apr 1910 in Boston, MA. [321, Vol. 597, p. 76] Born on 27 Dec 1888 in Bremerhaven, Germany. [2], [1056] Augusta Marianne died in Winthrop, MA, on 26 Mar 1969. [2], [1056] Buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, Everett, MA. [2] aka: Gussie, Papenheimer. [2], [982] They were divorced bef 1930. [985]