William Brainard Bassett, III

1896 - 1974  (78 years)

• Name	William Brainard Bassett
  Suffix	III
  Born	22 Jul 1896	Hornell, New York
  Christened	21 Jan 1904	St. Patrick's Cathedral, Rochester, New York
  Gender	Male
  _UID	C464F1EE7378E148BB058F9AAF4AAE41ECCC
  Died	19 Oct 1974	Rochester, New York
  Buried	Riverside Cemetery, Rochester, New York
  Notes	William Brainard Bassett was a brakeman, lineman and yard master at Charlotte in Rochester, New York for the New York Central Railroad. He was given special dispensation by the Railroad Commission to work five years beyond the mandatory retirement age. William had a lover named Amelia Zeppetella. They had one child together. They never married. William then married and then divorced and unknown for which he was excommunicated from the Holy Roman Catholic Church. Eventually, in August, 1938 on an elope, he married Carmel Ann Marion. William and Carmel had to adopt his own son. Carmel worked as an inspector at the Rochester Lithographing Company at the time she adopted her son on 4 Sep 1945.
  Person ID	I1996	6B William Bassett of Connecticut
  Last Modified	31 Mar 2012

  
  

  Father	William Brainard Bassett, Jr.,   b. 8 May 1871, Buffalo, New York ,   d. 25 Mar 1936, Akron, New York  (Age 64 years)
  Mother	Beatrice May Allen,   bur. Riverside Cemetery, Rochester, New York
  Married	1887	Dansville, New York
  Family ID	F620	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Amelia Zepetella
  Children	+ 1. William Brainard Bassett, IV,   b. 28 May 1927, Rochester, New York ,   d. 7 Jul 1999, Phoenix, Arizona  (Age 72 years)
  Family ID	F1165	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Carmel Ann Marion,   b. 25 Apr 1911, Caledonia, New York ,   d. 2 Oct 1991, Rochester, New York  (Age 80 years)
  Married	1938
  Family ID	F813	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart