Macdonald Dictionary Record: Thomas Bassett

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George Ranald Macdonald
Production date
1952-1964
Description
One record, handwritten in ink on rectangular card, with biographical information for Thomas Bassett. Written by George Ranald Macdonald for the Macdonald Dictionary of Canterbury Biography project, 1952-1964.
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B208
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B208
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B208
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Marks/Inscriptions: B.208 Bass elt Thomas ( 1800 -1907) was the son of Thomas Bassett of Down patrick and nephew of S.R. Basset. When the thea pai tiers of Monowai , Bassett ( S.K. Bassett, Mrs Bassett and David Morrow ) diss. fart. he became head of the firm; Nov. '80. Morrow had lately started importing reaper s and bundles and the ferm continued to do d tremendous business with these machu . In '79 they passed 820 their hands - - 600 a for Canterbury and the balance for though th Otago . Steeling bicycles were also sold in Cargoes umber s . Beardsley was the nogh powered sales man of the firm. He was fond of hunting, coursing and racing . He acted as Clerk of the Course for the C.J.C. Nov. 91. He returned from a trip though America in Oct. 06 with the bonnington of the ith ss which ended in his death. He was 27.10.59 d. 28 .3.07. wif e Mary Jane d. 27.4.4 9 aged 91. marr. at St ) ols Lat.Sq. 27.10.80 Mary Jane Burrowed of Storm ont, west Oxford ( the home of his brother Wm. John B ) Witness Richard Cordner Burrows, Annie McClure. His home was Wood cote, Hour by where he lived in style and entertained freely. LT. 30.3.07 : 31.7.07 : 0. 1; Type of mark: Machine translation/Transcription; Notes: Machine translation by Mark Fryer
Marks/Inscriptions: B.208 T. Bassett. 2 family. only son Thomas, educ X Coll 1900- ) L1ent Canty. Mount. Rifles . Mai Body N.Z.E.F. of Manera. ' daus. Violet Marin marr. R. M. Morte 3.6.08. Prudence Lilian Burrows marr. 27.2.08 Bernard Lionel Blunden son of Reginald Blunden of Bennetts. 3. dau. Daisy Madelaine Bio ws marr. 24.7.07 Arthur Seymour, son f H. Trowel of Hove, Eng. 4 dau. I0y Muriel Burrows marr. 1.1.15 at Belfast. Ireland Richard W. Wilkinson. Thos . Bassett of Down patrick d. Shirley 19.9.12 ag. 78 must be the father of Tom Bassett above: G.G. McClur was the wife of Tom Bassett Sen. Lin Wood Cem. LT. 4.3.08 : 7.1.15. X's Coll ch. hist.; Type of mark: Machine translation/Transcription; Notes: Machine translation by Mark Fryer

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