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Northamptonshire / Re: Baisley, Baseley, Basely or Basley Family.
« on: Saturday 03 January 15 12:32 GMT (UK)  »
Hi Sophie,
Nice to hear back - yes I think we are related - although very distantly. However I would be very interested to hear more about James and his family. 
Unfortunately I have no other information on Ann and James's parents, but I think the parish records of All Saints Church in Norton would have information about them. I have done a lot of searching on the web without success.
My link to Ann is as follows:
Ann's eldest daughter, Mary Ann, married a man called Hugh Boyd from Northern Ireland who made a lot of money farming in British Columbia and took his family back to Belfast in the 1890's. One of his daughters, Francis, married Robert Kirkwood and they were my father's parents.
I live in Sydney Australia.

Gillen
 

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Northamptonshire / Re: Baisley, Baseley, Basely or Basley Family.
« on: Saturday 03 January 15 04:03 GMT (UK)  »
Hi Sophie,
Yes I think James was Ann's (my GG Grandmother's) brother. I have been writing up her history:

"Ann Basely (1831 – 1913) was born on 18 August 1831. She was born in the Daventry area – probably in or very near the pretty village of Norton  which is about 2 miles east of
Daventry  which is a market town located in the centre of England about 14 miles (22km) west of Northampton  and about 10 miles (16km) from Rugby with its famous (“Tom Brown’s Schooldays” ) school. Her father was William Basely who was a farmer  and her mother’s name was Ann – the same as her name.  Possible siblings* include: James Basely (who was christened in Norton on 16 November 1834 and for whom at the age of seven there is an 1841 census record recorded in Norton parish) and Maria Basely (who was christened in Norton on 18 June 1837).
  *There are three links between Ann and these possible siblings – one is the Norton connection, a second is the parents’ names and a third is that William and Ann named the two further children she gave birth to in British Columbia – James and Marie".
He father's name, William, appears on the marriage certificate of her second marriage in British Columbia.
Regards

Gillen Kirkwood


 

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Northamptonshire / Re: Baisley, Baseley, Basely or Basley Family.
« on: Tuesday 11 February 14 12:30 GMT (UK)  »
Hi
My GG Grandmother was Ann Basely who was born in Daventry in 1831. Her father was William Basely a farmer. She married a Royal Engineer, Sergeant William McColl in Daventry in 1851. Her first child, William McColl, was born in Norton on 11 April 1852 and it looks as though she went home to have her first child. William left England for British Colombia on 2 September 1858 without Ann, who remained in England, because she was not well enough to travel . Ann and their four children left England to join her husband in British Colombia just over two years later on 12 November 1860. Prior to her departure she was living in New Street in Daventry.
Whilst I know quite a lot about her life after she left England I know nothing about her family other than her father's name and occupupation and if you are still looking at this website (after 9 years!) I would be very interested to hear from you if you think Ann Basely might be related to you and you have any information about her family.

Regards

Gillen Kirkwood   

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