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Israel Bassett

Male 1837 - 1920  (82 years)


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  • Name Israel Bassett 
    Born 23 Aug 1837  Marieville, Quebec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    _UID 356C563DF14FD94EBAACEE5A37174125FDFC 
    Died 1920  Fond du Lac, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location 
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    • 1870 Federal Census of Fond du Lac, Fond du Lac County, WI (7 Jun 1870)
      Israel Bassett 33 M Canada Harness Maker 2000 500
      Julia 26 F Wisconsin
      George 7 M Wisconsin
      Frank 5 M Wisconsin
      Emma 3 F Wisconsin
      Fred 2 M Wisconsin
      John 12 M Wisconsin

      1880 Federal Census of 1st Ward, Fond du Lac, Fond du Lac Co., WI (14 Jun 1880)
      Israel Bassett 42 M CN CN CN Head Harnessmaker
      Julia 36 F WI CN CN Wife Keeping House
      Jersey 17 M WI CN CN Son Harness Maker
      Frank 15 M WI CN CN Son Harness Maker
      Emma 13 F WI CN CN Daughter
      Fred 12 M WI CN CN Son At home
      Isadore 9 M WI CN CN Son Attends school
      Sophia 7 F WI CN CN Daughter Attends school
      Ida 5 F WI CN CN Daughter At home
      Clara 3 F WI CN CN Daughter At home

      1910 Federal Census of Fond Du Lac, Fond Du Lac Co., WI (22 Apr 1910)
      Isidore Bassett 38 M WI CF WI Head Retail Merchant Liquors
      Lucy 36 F WI OH OH Wife
      Diasy Duer 5 F WI WI WI Niece
      Clara Lavallee (Wd) 32 F WI CF WI Sister
      (Married 18 years, 0 children) (#14B77C.C3)
      Living next door
      Mary Strong 36 F WI CF WI Head Own Income
      Gladys 14 F WI WI WI Daughter
      Steven 5 M WI WI WI Son
      Israel Bassett (Wd) 74 M CF CF CF Father Harness Maker - own shop
      (Living at 23 Court Street) (Married 15 years, 2 children, 2 living)

      1920 Federal Census of 10th Ward, Fond Du Lac, Fond Du Lac Co., WI (16 Jan 1920)
      Isadore Bassett 48 M WI CN WI Head
      Lucy 45 F WI OH OH Wife
      Daisy Duer 15 F WI WI WI Niece
      (Living at 191 Main Street)

      Portrait and Biographical Album of Fond Du Lac County, Wisconsin
      Acme Publishing Company, 1889

      Israel Bassett, who is engaged in harness making in Fond du Lac, was born in Montreal, Canada, in 1837, and was reared to manhood in his native city. On attaining a sufficient age, he served an apprenticeship to the harness-making trade. When he was but nine years of age, the death of his father, Francis Bassett, occurred and he was early thrown upon his own resources. On the expiration of his term of apprenticeship, he left his home and went to Troy, N.Y., where for one year he worked at this trade and then started for the West. His destination was Fond du Lac, and the year 1856 witnessed his arrival in the county where the greater part of his life has since been passed. On coming ot this city he looked about him for some employment and in a short time engaged to work for John Jusgat, with whom he remained for about eighteen months. Owing to the financial depression then existing and the consequent low prices for work, he decided to go elsewhere, and for a time engaged in harness-making in Chicago. Leaving that city after a few months, he again started out in search of employment and spent four years in the sunny South, working in many of the principal cities, including St. Louis, Memphis and New Orleans. In 1860 he once more came to Fond du Lac, and embarked in business for himself, since which time he has been continuously engaged in harness-making in this city, covering a period of almost thirty years. Several years ago he purchased the property on Court Street which he now owns, and in connection with his store building is also the owner of three other buildings with a livery stable in the rear.
      In 1860 Mr. Bassett was joined in wedlock with Miss Julia Snow, the wedding being celebrated in Fond du Lac. Mrs. Bassett was born in this city and is a daughter of Isadore Snow, one of the pioneer settlers of Fond du Lac County, who became a resident of this community ere a single building marked the site of the present thriving city. The country was then in an almost uncultivated condition and the trading point for the settlers in this immediate vicinity was at Taycheedah. Mr. Snow was a prominent and influential citizen and made his home in Fond du Lac County until his death. He was killed in a terrible railroad accident during which a party of excursionists lost their lives.
      The family circel of Mr. and Mrs. Bassett was completed by the birth of eight children, five sons and three daughters. George was the eldest of the family; Francis is engaged in harness making at Red Jacket, Mich.; Fred is living at Pke City, Mont.; Isadore is in the employ of his father; and Eugene is the youngest child of the family. The daughters are Mary, Mrs. Joseph Bassett, who removed with her husband to Montana, where her death occurred; Julia and Clara. The mother of this family was called to her final home in 1882.
      Mr. Bassett is one of the leading business men of Fond du Lac, and is proprietor of a most important industry. For more than a third of a century he has been engaged in the harness business, and to his own efforts can be attributed the success to which he has attained. He is a worthy and respected citizen and possesses the confidence and esteem of the entire community in which he has so long made his home. He is a supporter of the Republican party, though he has never sought office at the hands of that party.
    Person ID I1356  14B Jean Besset of Quebec
    Last Modified 14 Mar 2018 

    Father Francois-Xavier Bessette,   b. 29 Jan 1809, Marieville, Quebec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 1846  (Age 36 years) 
    Mother Sophie Robert,   b. 1 May 1812, Marieville, Quebec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 1847  (Age 34 years) 
    Married 22 Jan 1833  Marieville, Quebec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F166  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Julia Snow 
    Married 1860  Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
    +1. George Israel Bassett,   b. 21 Jan 1863, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 May 1952, San Diego, San Diego Co., California Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 89 years)
    +2. Francis Bassett,   b. Abt 1865, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location
    +3. Frederick Alfred Bassett,   b. 1868, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Dec 1951, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 83 years)
     4. Isadore Bassett,   b. 28 Jul 1871, Fond du Lac Co., Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location
    +5. Mary Bassett
     6. Emma Bassett
    +7. Juliette Bassett
     8. Clara Bassett
     9. Eugene Bassett,   b. Abt 1880, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F523  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Victoria LaFore 
    Married 23 Oct 1898  Fond du Lac, Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Last Modified 14 Mar 2018 
    Family ID F6944  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart