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Title: BASSETT Look ups Please
Post by: williamscdr on Thursday 05 March 09 09:20 GMT (UK)
Morning All

Grateful for any help on this brand new thread today, to trace all we can on the ancestors of:

Sydney Howard Bassett b. Mar Q 1907

Parents:

John H Bassett b. 1884 Linkinhorne registered Liskeard (tin miner)
Louisa b. 1885 Linkinhorne registered Liskeard

Brother:

Richard John b. 1905 Linkinhorne registered Liskeard

King regards

David
Title: Re: BASSETT Look ups Please
Post by: Tati on Thursday 05 March 09 09:32 GMT (UK)
Hiya David,

Are you sure John H born Linkinhorne wasn't in fact John K(emp)?

1891
RG12/1809 119 8
Linkinhorne, Cornwall
Henwood 
4 rooms occupied

John H Bassett, head, 45, Labourer Granite Quarry, b. St Germans
Elizabeth A H, wife, 38, b. Devon Exeter
William H, son, son, 15, Labourer Tin Mine, b. Cornwall Linkinhorne
Thomas H, son, 13, ditto, b. do.
Lily H, dau, 9, scholar, b. do.
John K, son, 7, scholar, b. do.
Frank, son, 5, b. do.
Ellen, dau, 3, b. do.

 :)
Title: Re: BASSETT Look ups Please
Post by: Tati on Thursday 05 March 09 09:35 GMT (UK)
Oops! Sorry, maybe not after all  :-X ;D

Marriage Jun 1904 
John Hocking Bassett - Louisa Williams

Title: Re: BASSETT Look ups Please
Post by: williamscdr on Thursday 05 March 09 09:37 GMT (UK)
Morning Tati

On the money as usual .... sigh  ;D

The 1911 has father down as John H Bassett, but that is not viewing the original document, so unless there is a transcription error I think we are ok.

David
Title: Re: BASSETT Look ups Please
Post by: Tati on Thursday 05 March 09 09:45 GMT (UK)
Well, maybe not, given the marriage registration. Was he definitely born in Linkinhorne?
Title: Re: BASSETT Look ups Please
Post by: williamscdr on Thursday 05 March 09 09:47 GMT (UK)

According to the 1911 census, but would have been registered in Liskeard I think?  I can't view the 1901 census due to my firewall at work (naughty me).

David
Title: Re: BASSETT Look ups Please
Post by: Tati on Thursday 05 March 09 09:50 GMT (UK)
I can't see a better match for a John born Linkinhorne.

In 1881 this family goes by the name Hawkin
http://www.rootschat.com/links/05qv/
Title: Re: BASSETT Look ups Please
Post by: williamscdr on Thursday 05 March 09 10:00 GMT (UK)

Tati

That is close to genius!

All the names and ages correlate to the 1991 - very well done.  But why did they drop the Bassett in the 1881, or, include the Bassett in the 1991?

The plot thickens!!

David
Title: Re: BASSETT Look ups Please
Post by: Tati on Thursday 05 March 09 10:09 GMT (UK)
Searching for the children's birth registrations ...

Ellen, maybe?
Louisa Ellen Hocking, Mar 1888, Liskeard 5c 54

Frank?
Frank Bassett Jun 1885 Liskeard 5c 48

Lily
Lily Bassett Dec 1880 Liskeard 5c 48

Thomas
Thomas Hocking Bassett - Sep 1878 Liskeard 5c 50

William
William Hocking Bassett Dec 1875 Liskeard 5c 59

Best match I can see for John is
John Kemp Bassett Mar 1883 5c 49

Not so sure!

Maybe dad was illegitimate and that's why he used 2 names. I'll try to find him on earlier censuses.

(The family are Hocking in 1901)
Title: Re: BASSETT Look ups Please
Post by: Tati on Thursday 05 March 09 10:14 GMT (UK)
1861
RG9/1524 87 3
St German, Cornwall
Goretts?

William Bassett, head, 58, Ag lab, b. Morval
Margery, wife, 56, b. St Germans
John, son, 17, Ag lab, b. do.
Sarah, dau, 15, Farm Serv, b. do.
Title: Re: BASSETT Look ups Please
Post by: williamscdr on Thursday 05 March 09 10:14 GMT (UK)
What do you think of this as a marriage?

Marriages Mar 1869  
 
Bassett  John    Exeter  5b 164     
Hill  Thomas     E. Stonehouse  5b 164    
Snow  Jane Denford     Exeter  5b 164    
Stocker  Elizabeth     Exeter  5b 164  

Would have meant Elizabeth marrying at 16/17, was that legal?  ???
Title: Re: BASSETT Look ups Please
Post by: Tati on Thursday 05 March 09 10:22 GMT (UK)
Oh yes, it would have been legal with parental consent. I'll try and find them in 1871 to see if they are already together.

Odd - tracing the Bassets Back, William and Margery are already together as Bassett in 1851 and 1841 (=before John's birth).

Title: Re: BASSETT Look ups Please
Post by: Tati on Thursday 05 March 09 11:30 GMT (UK)
Well guess what - I can't spot him in 1871  ::) :(
Title: Re: BASSETT Look ups Please
Post by: williamscdr on Thursday 05 March 09 11:31 GMT (UK)
This is useful (IGI 1881) for William Bassett born in Morval, widowed showing father in laws surname as Southern which was thus Margery's maiden name:

Dwelling   Penquite Cottage
  Census Place St Germans, Cornwall, England
  Family History Library Film   1341547
  Public Records Office Reference   RG11
  Piece / Folio   2281 / 85
  Page Number   1
Title: Re: BASSETT Look ups Please
Post by: Tati on Thursday 05 March 09 12:10 GMT (UK)
It's the other way round - William Bassett is father in law to John Southern, who apparently married his daughter Sarah  ;)
Title: Re: BASSETT Look ups Please
Post by: Tati on Thursday 05 March 09 13:11 GMT (UK)
I think I found a better marriage  :D

Marriage Dec 1872  Liskeard 5c 107
John Hawkin Basset - Elizabeth Ann Kemp

Title: Re: BASSETT Look ups Please
Post by: williamscdr on Thursday 05 March 09 13:14 GMT (UK)


Nice work!

How about this:

William Bassett
Birth:  26 APR 1801   Morval, Cornwall, England
Death:  1883   
Parents: John Bassett  Family  / Mary Lyssom     
Marriage: Margey Hocken  1822  Cornwall
 
Title: Re: BASSETT Look ups Please
Post by: williamscdr on Thursday 05 March 09 13:44 GMT (UK)
1841

Mount Pleasant,1,William Bassett,35,,Ag. Lab.,In county,
,,Magerry Bassett,,35,,In county,,,
Jane Bassett,,12,,In county,
,,William Bassett,10,,,In county,
,,Thomas Bassett,7,,,In county,
,,Mary Bassett,,5,,In county,
,,Susan Bassett,,20m,,In county,

1851
William Bassett,Head,M,50,,Ag Lab,Morval Cornwall,,
,,Margery Bassett,Wife,M,,46,,Quethiock Cornwall,,,,
William Bassett,Son,U,20,,Ag Lab Miner,St Germans Cornwall,,
,,Thomas Bassett,Son,U,17,,Ag Lab,St Germans Cornwall,,
,,Susan Bassett,Dau,U,,11,At Home,St Germans Cornwall,,
,,John Bassett,Son,,7,,Scholar,St Germans Cornwall,,
,,Sarah Bassett,Dau,,,5,Scholar,St Germans Cornwall

Title: Re: BASSETT Look ups Please
Post by: williamscdr on Thursday 05 March 09 13:46 GMT (UK)

Deaths Dec 1883   
BASSETT  William  80  St. Germans  5c 25
Title: Re: BASSETT Look ups Please
Post by: williamscdr on Thursday 05 March 09 13:51 GMT (UK)
John Basset
Christening:  29 DEC 1771   Saint Germans
Father:  WILLIAM BASSET  Family
Mother:  MARY 
Title: Re: BASSETT Look ups Please
Post by: williamscdr on Thursday 05 March 09 13:56 GMT (UK)

MARY LYSSOM b.1770 c. 7 FEB 1847   

Married JOHN BASSETT 24 MAR 1799   Morval
 
Title: Re: BASSETT Look ups Please
Post by: williamscdr on Thursday 05 March 09 14:26 GMT (UK)

Births Jun 1852   
Kemp  Elizabeth Ann     St Thomas  5b 78   

St Thomas is a suburb of Exeter
Title: Re: BASSETT Look ups Please
Post by: williamscdr on Thursday 05 March 09 14:48 GMT (UK)

Tati

I think we have exhausted this line, thanks you so much for your guidance as always you are a marvel.

Kind regards

David
Title: Re: BASSETT Look ups Please
Post by: Tati on Thursday 05 March 09 14:53 GMT (UK)
Someone else will add to it I'm sure  :D

Who can see Elizabeth Ann Kemp, born Exter 1852,  in 1861 and 1871?  :P
Title: Re: BASSETT Look ups Please
Post by: williamscdr on Thursday 05 March 09 18:01 GMT (UK)
I now need to tie in:

Sidney Charles Bassett :

Birth Mar Q 1921 
Bassett  Sidney C  Hooper  Liskeard  5c 68

parents:

Sidney Hocking Bassett and Beatrice Maud Hooper

There just must be a connection with our Hocking Bassets?!?
Title: Re: BASSETT Look ups Please
Post by: Tati on Thursday 05 March 09 18:29 GMT (UK)
I hope for you, David  ;D ;D

I can see a possible link.  Remember William H who was 15 in 1891? He goes on to have a son Sidney it seems.

1901
RG13/2191 104 2
Linkinhorne, Cornwall
Darley

Marina Hodge, head, wid, 64, b. North Hill
John, son, 20, Ag lab, b. Menheuist?
Evelina Cole, adopted, 11, b. Plymouth Devon
William H Hocking, son in law, mar, 25, Granite Quarry man, b. Linkinhorne
Polly do., dau, mar, 23, b. do.
William do., grandson, 2, b. do.
Sidney do., grandson, 9 mo, b. do.

But we don't know how old Sid was, do we?
Title: Re: BASSETT Look ups Please
Post by: williamscdr on Thursday 05 March 09 18:33 GMT (UK)
Searching for the children's birth registrations ...

Ellen, maybe?
Louisa Ellen Hocking, Mar 1888, Liskeard 5c 54

Frank?
Frank Bassett Jun 1885 Liskeard 5c 48

Lily
Lily Bassett Dec 1880 Liskeard 5c 48

Thomas
Thomas Hocking Bassett - Sep 1878 Liskeard 5c 50

William
William Hocking Bassett Dec 1875 Liskeard 5c 59

Best match I can see for John is
John Kemp Bassett Mar 1883 5c 49

Not so sure!

Maybe dad was illegitimate and that's why he used 2 names. I'll try to find him on earlier censuses.

(The family are Hocking in 1901)

Tati

Noting your bottom comment above is there a Sidney Hocking with the family in 1901?

David
Title: Re: BASSETT Look ups Please
Post by: Tati on Thursday 05 March 09 18:36 GMT (UK)
Must check. (Edit: no - but there are 2 new children: Rose age 9 and Florence G age 4)

In the meantime this could be a birth registration:

Sydney Thomas Bassett
Sep 1900 Liskeard 5c 39
Title: Re: BASSETT Look ups Please
Post by: Tati on Thursday 05 March 09 18:47 GMT (UK)
Marriage Dec 1920

Beatrice M Hooper - Sidney H Bassett
Liskeard 5c 158
Title: Re: BASSETT Look ups Please
Post by: Tati on Thursday 05 March 09 19:25 GMT (UK)
Polly dies in 1904 and William H Bassett seems to remarry the following year (to possibly Elizabeth Mildren).

I've finally found Sid in 1911, staying with grandma Merina Hodge:
Sidney Hocking Basset age 10

Meanwhile, dad William H Bassett seems to be in the same household as an Elizabeth age 39, an Edith age 9 and a Garfield age 4 (who was probably registered as Thomas Garfield H Bassett).
 
Title: Re: BASSETT Look ups Please
Post by: Tati on Thursday 05 March 09 19:52 GMT (UK)
William Bassett
Birth:  26 APR 1801   Morval, Cornwall, England
Death:  1883   
Parents: John Bassett  Family  / Mary Lyssom     
Marriage: Margey Hocken  1822  Cornwall
Was this member-submitted? Seeing how they used Bassett and Hocking, I have my doubts that John and Margety ever married ... although John's birth was registered as Bassett  :P
Title: Re: BASSETT Look ups Please
Post by: williamscdr on Friday 06 March 09 07:51 GMT (UK)
Tati,

thank you so much you are a star as always.  I haven't read it through yet so I haven't quite worked out where Polly fits iun but I will do that now.

Thanks

David  ;D
Title: Re: BASSETT Look ups Please
Post by: williamscdr on Friday 06 March 09 07:56 GMT (UK)
ok, I see the marriages but can't see a death for Polly.  Where did you find Polly with William H, in the 1901?

Marriages Mar 1896 
 
Bassett  William Hocking    Liskeard  5c 109     
Hawke  Jessie     Liskeard  5c 109   
Hodge  Polly     Liskeard  5c 109     
Hodge  William     Liskeard  5c 109

Marriages Jun 1905 
 
Bassett  William Hocking    Liskeard  5c 108     
GEORGE  Thomas     Liskeard  5c 108   
MENEAR  Mary Emma     Liskeard  5c 108   
Mildren  Elizabeth     Liskeard  5c 108  

David  :)
Title: Re: BASSETT Look ups Please
Post by: williamscdr on Friday 06 March 09 08:12 GMT (UK)
1891
RG12/1809 119 8
Linkinhorne, Cornwall
Henwood 
4 rooms occupied

John H Bassett, head, 45, Labourer Granite Quarry, b. St Germans
Elizabeth A H, wife, 38, b. Devon Exeter
William H, son, son, 15, Labourer Tin Mine, b. Cornwall Linkinhorne
Thomas H, son, 13, ditto, b. do.
Lily H, dau, 9, scholar, b. do.
John K, son, 7, scholar, b. do.
Frank, son, 5, b. do.
Ellen, dau, 3, b. do.

 :)
Quote

Tati

Just to make sure I have got it, are we saying that this William H Bassett
married Polly Hodge who gave birth to Sidney H Bassett; WHB then re-married  Elizabeth.

Sidney H Bassett married Beatrice Maud Hooper wwho gave birth to Sidney Charles Bassett - QED?

David
Title: Re: BASSETT Look ups Please
Post by: Tati on Friday 06 March 09 08:18 GMT (UK)
Yes , that's exactly what I believe  :)

Death Polley Hocking Bassett age 26
Dec 1904 Liskeard 5c 30
Title: Re: BASSETT Look ups Please
Post by: Tati on Friday 06 March 09 08:36 GMT (UK)
The Hodges in 1891 (not sure where Polly is hiding)

1891
RG12/1809 118 5
Linkinhorne, Cornwall
Trehoras
4 rooms occupied

William Hodge, head, 50, Ag lab, b. Devon Crues Morchard
Merina, wife, 50, b. Cornwall North Hill
William, son, 18, Tin Miner, b. Linkinhorne
John, son, 10, scholar, b. Menheniot
Evvaleina Coal, adopted, 1, b. Devon Plymouth

1881
http://www.rootschat.com/links/05r3/
RG11/2285 31 6
Title: Re: BASSETT Look ups Please
Post by: Tati on Friday 06 March 09 08:43 GMT (UK)
1871
RG10/2235 48 47
Linkinhorne, Cornwall
Darley Ford

William Hodge, head, 32, Ag lab, b. Crous Morchard Devon
Mary Anna, wife, 33, b. North Hill Cornwall
Richard Sleep, son to wife, 12, scholar, b. do.
Emma Hodge, dau, 3, b. do.
Elizabeth hodge, dau, 1, b. do.

Marriage Jun 1864 Launceston 5c 63
William Hodge - Marina Sleep
Title: Re: BASSETT Look ups Please
Post by: Tati on Friday 06 March 09 08:49 GMT (UK)
1861
RG9/1521 4 4
North Hill, Cornwall
Way Cross

John Sleep, head, 50, Ag lab, b. North Hill
Mary A, wife, 52, b. Stokeclinsland?
Merina, dau, unm, 23, Farm servant, b. North Hill
Selena, dau, 15, Farm Servant, b. do.
Fanny, dau, 10, b. do.
Richard H, grandson, 3, b. Launceston Union
Title: Re: BASSETT Look ups Please
Post by: Tati on Friday 06 March 09 15:39 GMT (UK)
I can't identify William Hodge with any certainty on earlier censuses - there is one William Hodge born Cruwys Morchard but he's older than expected: born ca. 1835  :-\
Title: Re: BASSETT Look ups Please
Post by: williamscdr on Friday 06 March 09 19:03 GMT (UK)
1851

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Title: Re: BASSETT Look ups Please
Post by: williamscdr on Friday 06 March 09 19:05 GMT (UK)
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Title: Re: BASSETT Look ups Please
Post by: lauralouu1 on Thursday 05 November 09 17:23 GMT (UK)
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Title: Re: BASSETT Look ups Please
Post by: Tati on Friday 06 November 09 21:00 GMT (UK)
Welcome to RootsChat Lauralouu1  :)

I hope David comes online soon - he's the one who was interested in this family.

Just read through this thread again. Regarding the mysterious name change - do you have John's birth cert to confirm his mother's maiden name? Have you ever found a marriage for his parents?

Sorry, only questions and no answers!

 :)