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- 1930 Federal Census of Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts (4 Apr 1930)
Chester Bassett 34 M MA CN MA Head Brakeman Railroad
Alice R. 35 F MA MA MA Wife
Alice W. 14 F MA MA MA Daughter
Dorothy 9 F MA MA MA Daughter
Chester A. 6 M MA MA MA Son
Frederick 5 M MA MA MA Son
Hazel 4 F MA MA MA Daughter
Bessie 3 F MA MA MA Daughter
Ellen (Wd) 57 F MA IR IR Mother
(Living at 14 Kingston St.) (Married at 18 & 20, Ellen at 21)
The Boston Glove, April 11, 2013
Gertrude A. (Fennell) Bassett
BASSETT, Gertrude A. (Fennell) Age 82, of Burlington, formerly of Somerville, passed away peacefully at the Kaplan Hospice House on April 9, 2013, surrounded by her loving family. Beloved wife of the late Frederick J. Bassett. Loving mother of Ellen M. Pearlstein and her husband Harvey and Carol A. Redmond and her husband Kenneth, all of Wilmington. Cherished "Nanny" of Eric Pearlstein and his wife Christine, Keith Pearlstein, Dawn Kourafalos and her husband Peter, and Kimberley Devlin and her husband Shawn. "GG" of Hailey, Max, Jamie, Emma Rose and Kylie. Daughter of the late William and Rose (Lambert) Fennell. Dear sister of Dorothy Lukasiuk of Florida, William Fennell of Salem, NH, and the late Edith McLaughlin and Marie Kuechler. Also survived by many nieces and nephews. Family and friends will gather at the Nichols Funeral Home, 187 Middlesex Ave. (Rt. 62), Wilmington, for a funeral on Monday, April 15, at 9:00 a.m., followed by a funeral mass at St. Thomas Church, 126 Middlesex Ave., Wilmington, at 10:00 a.m. Interment to follow in Pine Haven Cemetery, Burlington. Visiting hours will be held on Sunday, April 14, from 3-7 p.m. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations in Gertrude's name can be made to the V.A. Medical Hospital, c/o Voluntary Service, 200 Springs Road, Bedford, MA 01730. Nichols Funeral Home, Inc. 978-658-4744 www.nicholsfuneralhome.com <http://www.nicholsfuneralhome.com/>
Boston Herald, Sunday, July 23, 1944
Hero Back in Action
A Charlestown Army private, who was struck by a sniper’s bullet while rescuing a wounded buddy in Italy, was among 63 New Englanders listed by the War Department yesterday as wounded in action.
The hero soldier, Pvt. Frederick J. Bassett, 19-year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Chester Bassett of 5 Gardner street, Charlestown, was cited for bravery on the field.
During an assault May 31, a buddy of Pvt. Bassett was wounded seriously at a forward reconnaissance point. The Charlestown youth went to his rescue, crawling along the brow of a hill under enemy fire. Before he reached the outpost where the wounded man lay, a sniper got him. But he continued on, though painfully wounded, and reached the side of his buddy. He stayed there with him for the next five hours until darkness, when he carried him back to a field hospital.
Pvt. Bassett and the soldier he carried became patients at the hospital. Now Pvt. Bassett has written his family that he has recovered and rejoined his unit.
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