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Wallace Bassett

Male 1908 - 1984  (75 years)


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  • Name Wallace Bassett 
    Born 9 Sep 1908  Atoka, Atoka County, Oklahoma Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    _UID F72D59EAFFD9D14A97A8229F887DD9EB2349 
    Died 12 Jul 1984 
    Buried Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • 1910 Federal Census of Atoka, Atoka County, Oklahoma (22 Apr 1910)
      Hans F. Bassett - 33 - M - TX-MS-MS - Head - Barber - Own shop
      Ella M. - 29 - F - AL-AL-AL - Wife
      Hans F. Jr. - 4 - M - TX-TX-AL - Son
      Wallace L. - 1-6/12 - M - OK-TX-AL - Son
      Ora M. - 1-6/12 - F - OK=TX-AL - Daughter

      The Daily Oklahoman
      Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
      May 18, 2003
      Ora Mae Bassett
      Bassett, Ora Mae, 94, passed away on Thursday, May 15, 2003. She was born September 9, 1908, in Atoka, Oklahoma, and was preceded in death by her father, Hansford Lloyd Bassett, mother Etta Mae Lake Bassett, brothers Hance Floyd and Wallace. The Lake family settled in North Texas in 1889 from Dadeville, Alabama. The Bassett family arrived in Texas from New Ireland, Mississippi. Ora Mae majored in music at the Oklahoma College for Women in Chickasha, now USAO, and completed postgraduate work in voice at Columbia University in New York City. She taught music at the elementary level in Perry, and in High School and Jenks, before joining Shell Oil's production office in Tulsa. Later, she was transferred to Oklahoma City, where she made a home for her widowed mother and her twin brother, Wallace, who suffered from Cerebral Palsy.
    Person ID I166  63B Hansford Bassett of Mississippi
    Last Modified 23 Jun 2013 

    Father Hansford Lloyd Bassett,   b. 25 May 1876, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Sep 1935  (Age 59 years) 
    Mother Ella May Lake,   b. Abt 1881, Alabama Find all individuals with events at this location,   bur. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 28 Feb 1902 
    Family ID F34  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart