Bassett Family Association Database

Robert Bassett

Male 1868 - 1926  (58 years)

Personal Information

  • Name Robert Bassett 
    Birth Mar Qtr 1868  St. Pancras, London, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    _UID C036847D06B01948897F2394E45D319DDC32 
    Death 1926  Utah Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial Eureka Cemetery, Eureka, Juab County, Utah Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • Robert Bassett was an accountant for the Great Western Railway while he was in England.

      Leaving his family behind in England, Robert traveled to Utah on the ship SS Majestic on September 27, 1911 to try and make his fortune in silver mining. He was a janitor at the time of his death in 1926. His cemetery record says born 1867, died 1926. He is buried in Eureka Cemetery, Eureka, Juab County, Utah.
      His wife's brothers, Herbert Hopes, Arthur Hopes and Ralph Hopes were already in Utah when Robert joined them.

      SS Majestic from Southampton to New York on September 27, 1911
      Robert Bassett - 43 - Clerk from London
      Closest relative - Mother - Mrs. Jackson, Chester, England
      Heading to Juab County, Utah

      1881 British Census of 37 Mansfield Road, Kentish Town, St. Pancras, London, England
      Charlotte Bassett (Widow) - 52 - Female - Head - Chester, Cheshire - Annuitant
      Mary - 25 - Female - Daughter - Chester, Cheshire - General Clerk
      Robert - 13 - Male - Son - St. Pancras, Middlesex - Scholar

      1891 British Census of 104 Mansfield Road, Kentish Town, St. Pancras, London, England
      Charlotte Bassett (Widow ) - 62 - Female - Head - Chester, Cheshire - Living on Own Means
      Mary - 35 - Female - Daughter - Cheste, Cheshire - Female Clerk Railway
      Robert - 23 - Male - Son - St. Pancras, London - Railway Clerk

      1901 British Census of 45 Agricourt Road, Hampstead, London, England
      Robert Bassett - 33 - Male - Head - Gospel Oak, London - Clerk Accountant
      Mary - 34 - Female - Wife - Gloucester
      Marjorie - 8 - Female - Daughter - Hampstead
      Lillian - 5 - Female - Daughter - Hampstead
      and one Boarder

      1911 British Census of 45 Agricourt Road, Hampstead, London, England
      Robert Bassett - 42 - Male - Head - London - Clerk Railway
      Mary - 43 - Female - Wife - Gloucestershire
      Bertha Marjorie - 18 - Female - Daughter - Hampstead, London - Civil Servant
      Lilian Helen - 15 - Female - Daughter - Hampstead, London - Clerk Railway
      Francis Robert - 7 - Male - Son - Hampstead, London
      and one Boarder
      (Married 19 years, 4 children, 3 living)

      1920 Federal Census of Eureka, Juab County, Utah (January 6, 1920)
      Robert Bassett - 52 - Male - EN-EN-EN - Head - Laborer General Mine
      (Married - arrived in United States in 1912)
    Person ID I35  53B Thomas Bassett of Gloucestershire, England
    Last Modified 7 Sep 2017 

    Father Robert Joseph (James) Bassett,   b. Abt 1829, Cheshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Sep 1875 (Age 46 years) 
    Mother Charlotte Thomas,   b. Abt 1829, Chester, Cheshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Marriage 5 Nov 1849  Cheshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F7  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mary Hopes,   b. Abt 1867, Gloucestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Marriage Mar Qtr 1892  Pancras, London, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Bertha Marjorie Bassett,   b. Dec Qtr 1892, Hampstead, London, England Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Lilian Helen Bassett,   b. Mar Qtr 1896, Hampstead, London, England Find all individuals with events at this location
    +3. Francis Robert Bassett,   b. June Qtr 1903, Hampstead, London, England Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F10  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 8 Sep 2017