Brief Life History of Helen Marie
When Helen Marie Bassett was born on 13 December 1846, in Virginia, United States, her father, Charles Henry Bassett, was 18 and her mother, Permelia Mindwell Dayton, was 23. She married Joseph James Taylor on 25 February 1863, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Utah, United States in 1870 and Utah, Utah, United States for about 10 years. She died on 3 October 1921, in Provo, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in Provo, Utah, Utah, United States.
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- Heber M Bassitt in household of Charles H Bassitt, "United States Census, 1860"
- Helen M Kingsbury, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956"
- Helen M in entry for Clarence Taylor, "Utah, Salt Lake City Cemetery Records, 1847-1976"
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1847 · Hollywood Cemetery Established
Hollywood Cemetery was established in 1847 in Richmond Virginia. This is where Presidents James Monroe and John Tyler are buried. During the Civil War it became the largest military interments and a large section dedicated to military burials. Jefferson Davis a well known Confederate is also buried here. Many other notable people are also buried here.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1866 · The First Civil Rights Act
The first federal law that defined what was citizenship and affirm that all citizens are equally protected by the law. Its main objective was to protect the civil rights of persons of African descent.
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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