William Harvey Bassett

1898 - 1951  (53 years)

• Name	William Harvey Bassett
  Birth	4 Apr 1898	Belmont, New York
  Gender	Male
  Death	26 Dec 1951	Hornell, New York
  Notes	Friendship, New York, Weekly Register, Thursday, December 27, 1951 Xmas Eve Accident Near Hornell Kills Two Belmont Men Tragedy struck a Belmont family Christmas Eve while en route to Hornell and resulted in the death of two men. Claude Gigee, the driver, was accompanied by his wife, Mrs. Minnie Gigee, and her sister, Mrs. Gertrude Bassett, husband, William Bassett, daughter, Miss Marjorie, and granddaughter, Kay Carpenter, when the vehicle struck the rear of a parked tractor-trailer gasoline truck near Hornell. Mr. Gigee died en route to St. James Mercy Hospital and Mr. Bassett passed away yesterday morning. The other passengers are severely injured and their conditions are reported as fair. They were on their way to spend Christmas Eve with Mrs. Gigee?s and Mrs. Bassett?s brother, Roy Austin, at Hornell. 1940 Federal Census of Belmont, Allegany County, NY (22 Apr 1940) William Bassett 41 M Head NY Same Laborer Mill plant Gertrude 39 F Wife NY Same James 9 M Son NY Same Marjorie 2 F Daughter NY Belle Lewis (Wd) 75 F Mother PA
  Person ID	I12638	1A William Bassett of Plymouth
  Last Modified	15 Jul 2014

  
  

  Father	Frank Bassett,   b. Abt 1856, New York d. 1914 (Age 58 years)
  Mother	Frances A. Spaulding,   b. 26 Apr 1865, Pennsylvania d. 25 Jul 1942 (Age 77 years)
  Family ID	F05187	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Gertrude Austin,   b. 27 Mar 1901, Wellsville, New York d. 24 Jan 2002 (Age 100 years)
  Marriage	31 Jan 1920	Scio, New York
  Children	+ 1. Virginia E Bassett,   b. 5 May 1921   d. 20 Nov 2007 (Age 86 years)   2. James Bassett,   b. About 1931, New York   3. Marjorie Bassett,   b. About 1938, New York
  Family ID	F11631	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	20 May 2016