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3. Elizabeth Arthur was born in Capel, possibly at Broomals, early in 1823.
She and her twin sister were baptized in St. John the Baptist Church in Capel
on 16 March, 1823. Elizabeth married David Bassett of Cheam, Surrey (near
Ewell) in the spring of 1851. David was born in Cheam about 1825. He was
the son of a Bricklayer, Thomas Bassett, and David also became a bricklayer.
David and Elizabeth lived in Cheam after their marriage, at first on Cheam
Street and then, by 1871, they had moved to High Street where they continued
to live for the rest of their lives. In addition to their three children, a boarder, John Pye, also lived with them in 1871. Although Elizabeth was about three years older than David, she apparently told him she was only a year older. It is not known at this time whether William Arthur was related to Mary. He may have been a cousin. This was reflected in her reported age in 1861 and 1871. David Bassett died during the spring of 1879 when he was about forty-six years old. In 1881 Elizabeth still lived on High Street in Cheam. On the day of the 1881 Census her four year old granddaughter, Elizabeth Smith, was staying with her. To help make ends meet Elizabeth had taken in two more boarders in addition to John Pye. John remained a boarder at Elizabeth?s home for at least twenty years and was still living there in 1891. After her husband?s death, Elizabeth admitted to being born in 1823 and reported her age accordingly in 1881 and 1891. Around 1888 Elizabeth?s daughter, Emma?s, husband, Frederick Smith, died and shortly afterward Emma and her five children moved in with Elizabeth where they were living in 1891.
Elizabeth Arthur~Bassett passed away late in 1896.
Elizabeth Arthur and David Bassett had three children;
a. Emma Elizabeth Bassett was born in Cheam, Surrey, in the spring of
1856. Emma married Frederick Smith in Cheam in the spring of 1873
when she was just seventeen. Frederick was born in Mitcham, Surrey
(near Wimbledon), around 1850. In 1871 he had lived in Cheam at the
house of William Thorns, a butcher, and learned the butcher?s trade.
After their marriage, he and Emma lived in Merton, Surrey, not far from
Mitcham and Wimbledon. Frederick listed his occupation in the 1881
Census as ?Inn Keeper and Butcher?. Frederick Smith died sometime
between the conception of his youngest son in the summer of 1887 and the
time of the Census near the end of March, 1901. He may have been the
Frederick Smith who died in the last three months of 1888. After
Frederick?s death, Emma and her five children moved back to Cheam and
lived with Emma?s mother. After her mother?s death in 1896 Emma
apparently continued to live in her parents? house. In 1901 she lived on
High Street and took in laundry to earn a few shillings. Three of her
children and a granddaughter, Evelyn Smith, were living with her at the
time of the Census.
Emma Bassett and Frederick Smith had five children;
i. Frederick Sidney Smith was born in Cheam, Surrey, in the summer
of 1873, within six months after his parent?s marriage.
ii. Arthur Ernest Smith was born in the summer of 1875 in Cheam.
iii. Elizabeth Mary Smith was born in Cheam during the first three
months of 1877.
iv. Edith Emma Smith was born in the summer of 1879 in Cheam.
v. Charles Adam?s Smith was born in Cheam in the spring of 1888.
His father died when Charles was quite young, perhaps as young as six
months.
Our Family Tree ~ July 2007 The Arthur?s of Capel
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b. Mary Ann Bassett was Elizabeth Arthur and David Bassett?s second
child. She was born in the spring of 1858 in Cheam, Surrey.
c. Arthur Robert Bassett, Elizabeth and David?s third child, was born in
Cheam during the spring of 1861.
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