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- 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
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