John Thomas Bassett

Abt 1844 - 1917  (73 years)

• Name	John Thomas Bassett
  Birth	Abt 1844	Launceston, Tasmania, Australia
  Gender	Male
  _UID	CB0A2CD0F4E0D444B76BD54C4AF74A53DE0D
  Death	13 Sep 1917	Corowa, New South Wales, Australia
  Burial	Mulwala Cemetery, Mulwala, New South Wales, Australia
  Notes	Cobram Courier Victoria, Australia Thursday, January 23, 1908 It is stated that Mr. J. Bassett, of Mulwala, will be starting a new brick yard here shortly. Albury Banner and Wodonga Express Friday, September 21, 1917 The death occurried on Thursday last of a well-known resident of Mulwala in the person of Mr. J. Bassett, the funeral taking place at the Mulwala Cemetery on Saturday. The Albury Border Post and Wodonga Advertiser Wednesday, November 29, 1871 ALBURY QUARTER SESSIONSFRIDAY, NOVEMBER 24.(Before His Honor Judge Francis). John Bassett deposed: I know Rolleston’s place; the house is inside of a garden, the whole of which is fenced in with a two-railed fence; it is about 150 yards from any other house; there are four rooms in the house, two of which are bedrooms; have lived there some five weeks, but have not always slept there, having occasion to go away fishing; on the night of the assault there were in the house Mrs. Rolleston, my wife (a daughter of Mrs Rolleston), another daughter about 13 or 14 years of age, and a little girl; saw prisoner on the Saturday down at the public-house; saw him about 11 months before; my wife and I slept in the store room; Isabella Rolleston slept in the next room to Mrs. Rolleston; there is an entrance from the kitchen into the room in which Isabella Rolleston slept; during the night I was awoke by screams from the children’s room; then heard the girls say there was a man in the house; went to the room and struck a light, and saw the prisoner on the bed; the girls were in bed; prisoner had a blue serge shirt on and a pair of moleskin trousers; asked the prisoner what business he had there; and he stated that that was his business; then turned him out, and advised him to go home; he had been drinking; he walked away quietly; Isabella Rolleston complained to me of the prisoner; she did not seem much alarmed; prisoner went away, and I went to my bed; about 6 or 7 minutes after the prisoner came back to the window, and pulled it open; told him to come away from the window; have no spite against prisoner.
  Person ID	I3	515B John Thomas Alexander Bassett of Australia
  Last Modified	31 Mar 2016

  
  

  Father	John Thomas Alexander Bassett,   b. Abt 1821, England d. 16 Jul 1891 (Age 70 years)
  Mother	Margaret Butcher
  Family ID	F1	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Henrietta Ralston (Rolleston),   b. Abt 1854   d. 31 Jul 1923, Corowa, New South Wales, Australia (Age 69 years)
  Marriage	1871	Victoria, Australia
  Children	1. John (Jack) Bassett,   b. Abt 1871, Albury, New South Wales, Australia d. 16 Dec 1953, Beechworth, Victoria, Australia (Age 82 years) + 2. Isabella Maria (Queenie) Bassett,   b. 19 Jul 1873, Mulwala, New South Wales, Australia d. 1935, Granville, New South Wales, Australia (Age 61 years)   3. Richard Bassett,   b. Abt 1875   d. 1876 (Age 1 year) + 4. Henrietta Bassett,   b. 4 Aug 1878, Albury, New South Wales, Australia d. 22 Dec 1955, Warragul, Victoria, Australia (Age 77 years)   5. Florence Julia Bassett,   b. 22 Sep 1881, Tumbarumba, New South Wales, Australia d. 1947, Ashfield, New South Wales, Australia (Age 65 years)   6. Margaret Bassett,   b. Abt 1882   d. 1966 (Age 84 years) + 7. Sarah (Sadie) Bassett,   b. 9 Nov 1884, Tumbarumba, New South Wales, Australia d. 30 Jul 1970, Prahran, Victoria, Australia (Age 85 years) + 8. Christina Bassett,   b. 10 Jun 1887, Tumbarumba, New South Wales, Australia d. 20 Aug 1959, Prahran, Victoria, Australia (Age 72 years) + 9. Mary Ann Bassett,   b. 25 Jan 1890, Mulwala, New South Wales, Australia d. 21 Sep 1971, Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia (Age 81 years) + 10. Benjamin William Bassett,   b. 28 Jun 1892, Corowa, New South Wales, Australia d. 20 Aug 1970, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia (Age 78 years) + 11. Alfred John (Arthur) Bassett,   b. 15 Apr 1895, Mulwala, New South Wales, Australia d. 9 May 1924, Moree, New South Wales, Australia (Age 29 years)   12. Lilas Sylvia Bassett,   b. Abt 1898   d. 1959 (Age 61 years)
  Family ID	F2	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	5 Apr 2016