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Ira James Bassett

Male 1862 - 1937  (74 years)


Personal Information

  • Name Ira James Bassett 
    Born 10 Apr 1862  Cox Gate Road, Randwick, Gloucestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    _UID FBCC6C8395F88C4197BE22AC339438C2F464 
    Died 25 Jan 1937  The Bungalow, Ebley, Gloucestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • Gloucester Citizen
      Wednesday, January 27, 1937
      Death of Mr. I.J. Bassett, Of Ebley
      Business Man and Local Preacher
      A wide circle of friends in the Stroud district will learn with deep regret of the death which took place at his home at the Bungalow, Ebley, of Mr. Ira James Bassett, who was well-known in many spheres of work.
      Of Randwick parentage, Mr. Bassett spent his boyhood days and his youth in Leeds, when his mother remarried and left the Stroud district. He early showed signs of business ability. When he returned to the Stroud district he was engaged in business as an oil merchant, and he became greatly interested in the Randwick Methodist Chapel.
      There his staunch temperance principles came into conflict with the leaders, from whom he separated, and joined the Primitive Methodists in the village. He shortly after became one of the leaders in the building of the chapel at Cashes Green, of which he remained a trustee to the last.
      Mr. Bassett, who was 74, served for a few years on the Stroud Board of Guardians, and was forever a friend of the “down and out,” when occasion demanded. He was a radical in politics, and for many years was a prominent local preacher, officiating chiefly at Methodist Chapels.
      He was ever a fighter for truth, justice, freedom and peace, and he was of a very loving disposition, a fact to which many people who participated in his generosity and kindliness could testify. In his latest years his Christian work was interrupted by illness and pain, which he bore with fortitude.
      He leaves a widow and six children, two sons and four daughters.

      1871 British Census of District Union Workhouse, Stroud, Gloucestershire, England
      Samuel Bassett - 12 - Male - Inmate - Randwick, Gloucestershire - Scholar
      Ira Bassett - 9 - Male - Inmate - Randwick, Gloucestershire - Scholar
      Emma - 7 - Female - Inmate - Randwick, Gloucestershire - Scholar

      1891 British Census of Leeds, Holbech, Yorkshire, England
      Ira J. Bassett - 28 - Male - Boarder - Stroud, Gloucester - Iron Broker

      1901 British Census of 45 Corinium, Cainscross, Gloucestershire, England
      Ira James Bassett - 38 - Male - Head - Randwick, Gloucester - Oil Merchant
      Lucy Augusta - 32 - Female - Wife - Kingstanly, Gloucester
      Amy Elizabeth - 5 - Female - Daughter - Cainscross, Gloucester
      Ruth - 3 - Female - Daughter - Cainscross, Gloucester
      Eunice - 2 - Female - Daughter - Cainscross, Gloucester
      Merian - 3/12 - Female - Daughter - Cainscross, Gloucester

      1911 British Census of Highfield Ebley, Cainscross, Gloucestershire, England
      Ira J. Bassett - 48 - Male - Head - Randwick, Gloucester - Oil Merchant
      Lucy - 42 - Female - Wife - Kingstanly, Gloucester
      Amy Elizabeth - 15 - Female - Daughter - Cainscross, Gloucester - Dress Maker
      Ruth - 13 - Female - Daughter - Cainscross, Gloucester
      Eunice - 12 - Female - Daughter - Cainscross, Gloucester
      Miriam - 10 - Female - Daughter - Cainscross, Gloucester
      Paul H. - 2 - Male - Son - Cainscross, Gloucester
      (Married 15 years, 5 children, 5 living)
    Person ID I8  538B William Bassett of Gloucestershire, England
    Last Modified 26 Apr 2018 

    Father William Bassett,   b. Abt 1831, Randwick, Gloucestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother Jane Iddles,   b. Abt 1837, Randwick, Gloucestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 30 Aug 1856  Randwick Parish Church, Randwick, Gloucestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F2  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Lucy August Herbert,   b. Abt 1869, Kingstanly, Gloucestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married June Qtr 1895  Stroud District, Gloucestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Amy Elizabeth Bassett,   b. Jun 1896, Cainscross, Gloucestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1972/82, Gloucester, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 85 years)
     2. Ruth Bassett,   b. Abt 1897, Cainscross, Gloucestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Aug 1958, Horton Road Hospital, Gloucester, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 61 years)
     3. Eunice Bassett,   b. 21 Nov 1898, Cainscross, Gloucestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Oct 1966, Newhall, Los Angeles County, California Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 67 years)
     4. Miriam Bassett,   b. 24 Jul 1900, Cainscross, Gloucestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Dec 1961, Chepstow, Mounmouthshire Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 61 years)
    +5. Paul Herbert Bassett,   b. 29 May 1908, Cairncross, Gloucestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Mar 1999, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 90 years)
     6. Ira James Bassett,   b. 29 Jun 1912,   d. Apr 1996, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 83 years)
    Last Modified 11 May 2018 
    Family ID F4  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart