Brief Life History of Oscar LeRoy
When Oscar LeRoy Bassett was born on 19 July 1865, in Fosterburg, Madison, Illinois, United States, his father, Harlow Gillette Bassett, was 27 and his mother, Mary Catherine Werts, was 22. He married Rosa Isabella Huber on 6 October 1898, in Kansas City, Wyandotte, Kansas, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He died on 28 June 1943, in Kansas, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Hiawatha Cemetery, Hiawatha, Brown, Kansas, United States.
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Sources (14)
- Oscar T Basset, "United States Census, 1940"
- Oscar L. Bassett, "Kansas Marriages, 1840-1935"
- Oscar L Bassett, "Find A Grave Index"
Spouse and Children
1865–1943 Male
1879–1975 Female
Children (3)
1899–1973 Male
1901–1982 Female
1909–1994 Female
Parents and Siblings
1838–1911 Male
1843–1880 Female
Siblings (9)
1863–1923 Female
1865–1943 Male
1867–1951 Male
1869–1870 Male
1871–1871 Female
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World Events (8)
1866 · The First Civil Rights Act
Age 1
1875
Age 10
1886
Age 21
Name Meaning
English (of Norman origin): from Old French basset ‘of low stature’, a diminutive of basse ‘low, short’, either a nickname for a short person or a status name for someone of humble origins.
Altered form of French Bessette 1 or Besset (see Bessette 2).
History: William Bassett (c. 1598–1667) came to Plymouth, MA, from Kent, England, in the 1620s; c. 1650 he moved to Duxbury and subesequently to Bridgewater. He had many prominent descendants, among them one of the earliest families on Martha's Vineyard. — The surname Bassett of French origin (see 2 above) is listed in the register of Huguenot ancestors recognized by the Huguenot Society of America.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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