Brief Life History of Veva
When Veva Bassett was born on 13 December 1881, in Halsey, Linn, Oregon, United States, her father, Arnold Schofield Bassett, was 40 and her mother, Mary Holmes, was 35. She married Thomas Isaac Marks on 7 October 1901, in Lincoln, Oregon, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She lived in Judicial Township 2, San Mateo, California, United States in 1940. She died on 31 August 1961, in Santa Clara, California, United States, at the age of 79.
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- Vera Marks in household of T I Marks, "United States Census, 1910"
- Viva Bassett, "Oregon Marriage Records, 1849-1952"
- Veba Banett Marks, "Oregon, Oregon State Archives, Death Records, 1864-1967"
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World Events (8)
1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act
A federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. The Act was the first law to prevent all members of a national group from immigrating to the United States.
1891 · Angel Island Serves as Quarantine Station
Angel Island served as a quarantine station for those diagnosed with bubonic plague beginning in 1891. A quarantine station was built on the island which was funded by the federal government at the cost of $98,000. The disease spread to port cities around the world, including the San Francisco Bay Area, during the third bubonic plague pandemic, which lasted through 1909.
1902 · So Much Farm Land
A law that funded many irrigation and agricultural projects in the western states.
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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