Thomas and Samuel Kennedy Bassett descend from the #34B County Down family as follows:
John Bassett and wife Agnes Welshman John Bassett and wife Agnes Welshman
Arthur Bassett (d. 1851) and wife Jane Stafford John Bassett and wife Mary Casement
Alexander Bassett William Bassett (b. 1797 and wife Ann Jane Parkinson
Thomas Bassett and wife Sarah Bassett Samuel Kennedy Bassett (b. 1840)
Sarah Bassett, wife of Thomas Bassett, was a sister to Samuel Kennedy Bassett.
Madline Bassett, wife of David Morrow, was also a sister to Samuel Kennedy Bassett.
Wairarapa Daily Times, 20 July 1914
Personal Matters
Advice has been received of the death this morning, at Avonside, Christchurch, of an early settled of the Canterbury Province, in the person of Mr. S.K. Bassett. Deceased, who had been in failing health for some time past, retired from business some years ago, and was formerly a partner in the firm of Messrs Morrow, Bassett and Co., the well-known farm implement agents. A widow, five sons and a daughter, Mrs. E.W. Payton, of Mount Bruce, Masterton, are left to mourn their loss.
The Press, July 22, 1898
Messrs Morrow, Bassett and Co.’s new Premises
Today the foundation stone of a new building, to be erected for Messrs Morrow, Bassett and Co., will be laid at the corner of Cashel and Manchester streets. The firm originally started here in 1866, and since 1878 has occupied a site in Manchester street. Mr. Thomas Bassett, the present proprietor, took over the sole management of the firm in 1880.
The building it is intended to erect will be an ornament to our street architecture. It will be three storeys high, the ground floor being in Port Chalmers stone, and above this brick built in Milburn cement, and finished with stucco. The first floor has four square-headed windows facing each street, with one on the corner, and mullion windows at the ends facing Manchester and Cashel streets. The second floor is similar, with a moulded renaissance and dentated cornice surmounted by a parapet on which the name of the firm is displayed. The main entrance to the building, which is at the corner of Manchester and Cashel streets, is by double-leaved doors, entering on to a pannelled lobby having English oak swinging doors with upper plate-glass panels. The showroom is 48 x 28, and here the different farming implements, &c., will be placed; this is lighted from Manchester street. The windows fronting Cashel street are cut off by a partition for the display of bicycles. The office is on the north-west corner, with a private entrance from Cashel street. The public office is 22 x 12, with a strong room attached and private office at the back. The shop for bicycle repairing, which is 27 x 20, is at the S.W. corner. The entrance for goods receiving and delivering is on the S.E. corner, and is fitted with large doors and a lift to the upper floors. The yard, for convenience sake, is also in this corner, and will be used as an area for light. The first floor is supported by 8 x l½ in columns, on which rest the rolled iron joists 14 x 6. The rolled iron joists in the show-room and offices are encased in lining with a moulded cornice divided into panels. The walls are 14ft high, lined, and it is intended to paint them. The offices will be lined with picked rimu varnished. The stairs to the first floor rise from the show-room. On this floor it is intended to store all the parts of reapers and binders and farming implements. The upper floor is supported on 7in cast-iron columns, on which rest 12 x 6 rolled iron joists. The second floor is intended for the storing of bicycles and their parts and other light goods. The roof is a double king post one supported upon columns. It is an open roof covered with green Bangor slates. The frontage to Manchester street, it may be noted, is 58ft and 63ft to Cashel street. A well has been sunk by Mr Job Osborne 350 ft, having a 13ft 9in rise. Mr W. A. P. Clarkson, A.R.I.B.A., is the architect, Messrs J. and W. Jamieson the contractors, and Mr J. Bond clerk of the works. The foundation stone wall be laid by Master T. Bassett.
Picture from the Christchurch City Library Blog