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- Witnesses for the marriage of William Bassett and Johanna Klaucke were William Klaucke and Johann Samuel Klaucke.
1858 - March 24: Bassett Town laid out by Mr. Wm. Bassett. Surveyed by Mr. Geo. Warren.
Gawler Historic Building: Railway/Family Hotel
As the name suggests, the Railway Family Hotel's history dates back to the completion of the Adelaide to Gawler railway line and the construction of the Gawler Railway Station in 1857.
The hotel was built in that year by Edward Martin and the first license granted to William Bassett, who owned much of the land in Gawler West, which was originally laid out as Bassett Town subdivision.
The Advertiser, Adelaide, South Australia
Tuesday, 13 Apr 1909
The oldest resident of Gawler and colonist of 69 years standing, Mr. William Bassett, sen., died at his residence, Bassett Town, on Monday morning. The deceased, who was born at Altarnum, Five Lanes, Cornwall, early in the year 1833, had been gradually failing for some time past, and his death was not unexpected. Mr. Bassett, accompanied by his parents and a sister, arrived in South Australia in 1840, in the sailing vessel "Java". The family resided in Adelaide, and for the first five years the deceased attended Cawthorne's Grammar School. In 1945 he removed to Gawler, where his father entered into farming pursuits, and there he continued to reside up to the time of his death. He was of a retiring disposition and a great reader. What he read was always of the best, and his memory was so retentive that he could, at will, recite long passages from Dickens and the works of Shakespeare. At the time of his decease Mr. Bassett was the oldest resident of Gawler, having resided there for a period of over 64 years. He was a staunch member of the Church of England, and for some time was a member of the Gawler South District Council. SA widow and four sons survive.
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Bassett Family Association Database
1833 - 1909 (76 years)