Bassett Family Association Database
Ivor Mansell Bassett
1889 - 1939 (50 years)-
Name Ivor Mansell Bassett Birth 19 May 1889 Knighton, Radnorshire, Wales 
Gender Male _UID 061FA6B174879E4C80CF631A5C1F0F4F060E Death 20 Dec 1939 Miami, Dade Co., Florida Notes - Ivor’s 1st teaching certificate was dated 1 Apr 1913 and was issued in England. He was employed as a teacher by the Thetford Council, Norfolk, England, from 1 Apr 1913 to 14 Apr 1913. He migrated to British Columbia, Canada in 1913. Ivor departed from Southampton, England aboard the S.S. Ascania and arrived in Quebec, Canada, 19 May 1913. He received a Canadian first class teaching certificate (#1140) in British Columbia on 6 Jun 1913.
Ivor was the supervising Principal of two public schools (Selkirk & Central) with 20 teachers under his supervision, and was the President of the local Conservative Party.
Unfortunately, Ivor abandoned his wife Frances and first son Mansell in Revelstoke, British Columbia, to elope with pregnant, young teacher Marcia Valdene Kane, whose father David Prosser Kane hired private detectives to find. The two were discovered in San Francisco about to board a ship for Australia. Consequently, Ivor was arrested in the matter of a small amount of missing school funds, returned to Revelstoke, British Columbia, and subsequently sentenced to a short prison term there. Young Marcia Kane was dispatched by her father to the Catholic hospital in Portland, Oregon, where her oldest sister Mona had been born, to bear their son Garth Ivor Bassett (later changed to Murphy after his step-father) on November 7, 1922.
After release from prison, Ivor rejoined Marcia.
Person ID I136 117B Charles Bassett of Cowbridge, Wales Last Modified 20 Aug 2013
Father Charles Mansell Bassett, b. 1842, St. Mary Hill, Glamorgan Co., Wales Mother Mary Jane Pennock Creese Family ID F17 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Frances Emmeline Lambert, b. Thetford, England Marriage 7 Aug 1914 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Divorce Yes, date unknown Children 1. Mansell Ivor Bassett, Barron, b. 16 Aug 1916, Cranbrook, British Columbia d. 21 Aug 1999, Kamloops, British Columbia (Age 83 years)Family ID F83 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 2 Marcia Valdene Kane Children + 1. Garth Ivor Bassett, Murphy, b. 7 Nov 1922, Portland, Oregon d. 5 May 2001, Woodland, California (Age 78 years)+ 2. Nadine Marcia Bassett, Murphy, b. 22 Jun 1924, Hoquium, Washington d. 19 Apr 2011, Carmichael, California (Age 86 years)Family ID F84 Group Sheet | Family Chart
- Ivor’s 1st teaching certificate was dated 1 Apr 1913 and was issued in England. He was employed as a teacher by the Thetford Council, Norfolk, England, from 1 Apr 1913 to 14 Apr 1913. He migrated to British Columbia, Canada in 1913. Ivor departed from Southampton, England aboard the S.S. Ascania and arrived in Quebec, Canada, 19 May 1913. He received a Canadian first class teaching certificate (#1140) in British Columbia on 6 Jun 1913.