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James Bailey Bassett

Male 1810 - 1875  (64 years)


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  • Name James Bailey Bassett 
    Born 2 Mar 1810  England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Christened 10 Jun 1810  St. Alphage, Greenwich, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    _UID 5AAA90622551A943AC63625A87C8E1BF12B4 
    Died 4 Feb 1875  Willunga, South Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Willunga Uniting Cemetery, Willunga, South Australia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • The Biographical Index of South Australians (1836-1885), lists the birthplace of James Bailey Bassett as Cornwall, England, but he married in Lewisham and the birth of at least one child was also in Lewisham.

      James Bailey Bassett, Ann (Stevens) Bassett, Jas Bailey, My Ann arrived in South Australia 16 Nov 1840 on board the "Didadem" from London, departing 31 Jul 1840.

      Marriages in Australia
      13 May 1853
      On Tuesday last, at the Wesleyan Chapel, Pirie-street, Adelaide, by the Rev. T.T.N. Hull, Mr. James Bailey Bassett, of Buckland house, Willunga, to Miss Mary Marrell, eldest daughter of Mr. William Farmer, late of Erith, Kent.

      James Bassett School, Willunga
      National Trust South Australia
      Registration: 298 (Picture)
      Built in 1854 as a boys school by James Bassett. Continued as such until 1874. In 1895 the Church of England opened a school there. It closed in 1900 when most of the students went to the Willunga Public School. In the 1950s and 60s it was used as the Willunga District Council Chambers.
      Built from local limestone, and roofed and floored with local slate. Did have a lathe and plaster ceiling.

      Photograph held by the State Library of South Australia
      Title: Buckland House School, Willunga
      Description: Willunga - Buckland House School, the school opened in 1847 and was conducted by James Bailey Bassett. The building is on the eastern side of the Old Council Chambers. The view shows Mr. & Mrs. James Bailey Bassett with Miss Nesbit (Assistant) and pupils believed to be the Sara girls.

      Caroline's Miscellany: July 2010
      The candidates still had to meet the subscribers to the charity, though, and some weren't going to give up without a fight. James Bailey Bassett, of Lewisham launched a very public campaign for the job. He had flyers published, seeking support:
      Being a candidate for the Office of Schoolmaster to the Deptford Benevolent Institution for Education Youth, I most respectfully solict your Vote and Interest; and shall feel particularly obliged if you would, in my behalf, fill up, and sign your name to the annexed Proxy. If it is agreeable to yourself, I beg to submit the name of M. Pyrke, being inserted as your Proxy - who is a Subscriber - and who is warmly interested in my behalf.
      In case the appeal alone wasn't enough, he also had a testimonial printed in which Greenwich worthies including surgeons, a doctor, the High Constable, a churchwarden and a fellow schoolmaster endorsed him as "a qualified, steady, and moral young man" brought up and educated in the Established Church.

      The South Australia Advertiser, Adelaide
      Friday, 5 February 1875
      BASSETT - On the 4th February, at Willunga, Mr. J.B. Bassett, aged 64 years. An old colonist much respected and deeply regretted by a large circle of friends.

      Inscriptions for Willunga Uniting Cemetery, Willunga, South Australia
      Bassett Ann - 31 Dec 1851 - w/ James B.
      Bassett Fanney Farmer - 28 Apr 1854 - 28 Apr 1854 - s/w Ann Bassett & William Farmer
      Bassett James Bailey - 4 Feb 1875 - 65y h/ Mary Murrell
      Bassett Mary Murrell - 23 Nov 1889 - 69y w/ James Bailey
      Bassett William Farmer - 25 May 1860
    Person ID I3  98B James Bailey Bassett of England & Australia
    Last Modified 13 May 2016 

    Father Michael Bassett 
    Mother Elizabeth Mary Ayling,   b. 1769,   d. 1842  (Age 73 years) 
    Married 8 Jun 1789  St. John Horsleydown, Southwark, Surrey, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F1  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Ann Stevens,   b. 25 Dec 1802, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 31 Dec 1851, Willunga, South Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 49 years) 
    Married 28 May 1835  Lewisham, St. Mary, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. James Bailey Bassett,   b. 1836, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Dec 1838, Greenwich Road, Greenwich District, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 2 years)
    +2. Mary Ann Bassett,   b. 1838/1839, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Jul 1911, North Adelaide, South Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 72 years)
    +3. Sarah Eliza Bassett,   b. 12 Dec 1844, Willunga, South Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Aug 1889, Willunga, South Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 44 years)
    Family ID F3  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Mary Murrell Farmer,   b. 23 Mar 1820, Erith, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Nov 1889, Willunga, South Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 69 years) 
    Married 10 May 1853  Wesleyan Chapel, Pirie Street, Adelaide, South Australia, Australis Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Fanny Farmer Bassett,   b. 28 Apr 1854,   d. 28 Apr 1854  (Age 0 years)
    +2. Frederick Farmer Bassett,   b. 26 Jul 1855, Willunga, South Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Jan 1897  (Age 41 years)
     3. William Farmer Bassett,   b. 18 Aug 1857, Willunga, South Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 May 1860, Willunga, South Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 2 years)
    +4. Charles Farmer Bassett,   b. 1 May 1859, Willunga, South Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1917  (Age 57 years)
    Family ID F4  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart