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- In 1842. George Bassett founded his confectionery company (later to become Bassett Allsorts) in Sheffield, England. He was also mayor of Sheffield for ten years.
The Sheffield General Cemetery
George Bassett
Here lies George Bassett. He was a manufacturer of a variety of liquorice sweets, but he never knew how famous he would become.
One day, in 1899, thirteen years after George's death, a traveling salesman accidentally dropped a tray of sweets. All the different kinds of sweets had been displayed neatly in their separate rows.
Calamity? No!
The sweet shop owner said he wished to buy the resulting mixture, and Bassetts' Liquorice Allsorts were born.
The Bassetts of Sheffield
Mr. J. Johnson of the famous and popular "allsorts" confectionary factory in Sheffield has written a most interesting family-history of his forerunner who founded the business.
George Bassett, was born in Ashover, Derbyshire, and after his father died, he was put into apprenticeship to a confectioner, by a friend. Doing well and living by the standards taught by his family, he eventually, with William Lodge, founded the firm of Bassett & Lodge. George Bassett became quite famous in local politics and he was Mayor of Sheffield when General Ullyses S. Grant, his Presidency of the United States nearly over, came with his wife to visit Sheffield and stayed with the Bassetts in their house. The General was indeed at the Cutlers Hall, and later wrote a letter of thanks to the family.
George Bassett's two sons ran The Don Confectionery Company for a while until it went out of business and S.M. Johnson took over the holdings. George Bassett had a brother, William, who settled in Burton-on-Trent.
1861 British Census of 21 Norfolk Road, Sheffield, Yorkshire, England
George Bassett - 43 - Head - Ashover, Derbyshire - Confectioner
Mary Elizabeth - 15 - Daughter - Sheffield, Yorkshire - Housekeeper
Sarah Dunn - 11 - Daughter - Sheffield, Yorkshire - Scholar
Emily - 9 - Daughter - Sheffield, Yorkshire - Scholar
Eliza - 5 - Daughter - Sheffield, Yorkshire - Scholar
Rebecca - 15/12 - Daughter - Sheffield, Yorkshire
& 1 Servant
1881 British Census of 19 Saunders Street, North Meols, Lancashire, England
Sarah A. Morton - 36 - F - Head - Hoope, Derby, England - Lodging House Keeper
Frances M. - 71 - F - Mother - Hoope, Derby - No occupation
Sarah Kirk - 64 - F - Aunt - Hoope, Derby - No occupation
Annie Lee - 21 - F - Servant - Forest of Dean, Gloucester - General Domestic
George Bassett - 63 - M - Lodger - Ashover, Derby - Aldermand & Confectioner (Wholesale)
Sarah Ann - 53 - F - Lodger - Sheffield, York
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Bassett Family Association Database
1818 - 1886 (67 years)