Person:Elizabeth Bassett (36)

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Elizabeth Bassett
b.1850 Crowan, Cornwall, England
d.22 Oct 1884 Sailors Gully, Victoria, Australia
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m. 10 Jul 1841
  1. Nanny BassettAbt 1841 -
  2. Mary BassettAbt 1843 - 1867
  3. William Norman Bassett1845 -
  4. Martha Jane Bassett1846 - 1927
  5. Elizabeth Bassett1850 - 1884
  6. John Bassett1853 - 1902
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Name Elizabeth Bassett
Gender Female
Birth[1][2] 1850 Crowan, Cornwall, England
Census[1][11] 1851 Crowan, Cornwall, EnglandHalligan
Census[6][12] 1861 Gwinear, Cornwall, EnglandFraddam
Emigration[7][13] Feb 1866
Death[3] 22 Oct 1884 Sailors Gully, Victoria, Australia
Burial[4][9] 23 Oct 1884 Eaglehawk Cemetery, Eaglehawk, Victoria, AustraliaE-Mail: [email protected] URL: http://www.bencemtrust.com.au/Eaglehawk_Cemetery.htm Eaglehawk Cemetery 5 Victoria Street, 5 Victoria Street, Eaglehawk,, Victoria 3556 Australia (Grenfell Street, Reserve and Victoria Streets, adjacent to Neangar Memorial Park, Eaglehawk) The Government gazette dated 9th December 1863 stated "A site for a cemetery at Eaglehawk has been reserved by Order of the Government on 28th September 1863". The area reserved was 5 acres fronting Reserve Street. The Eaglehawk Old Monumental Section is laid out in orderly rectangular plats. It has all denominations and a Paupers section. There are many magnificent trees lining the roadways such as Bunya Pines, Morton Bay Figs, Oak, Hoop Pine, Canary Island Pine and Silky Oak. The first recorded burial at the Eaglehawk Cemetery is that of 21 year old John Edmond McDonough. He was interred in Grave 1 Section C on 6th July 1864. Today there is still a monument standing that was erected in his memory. There have been 6 Sextons live in the Sextons Residence formerly located near the front gates of the old monumental section. The cottage was built in the 1870's and was demolished in the 1970's.
Other[8][14] 23 Oct 1884 Bendigo Advertiser Newspaper
Other[5][10] Eaglehawk Cemetery, Eaglehawk, Victoria, AustraliaSection: K2, Grave number: 377 Gravesite
References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Cornwall Online Census Project—1851 extract for William Bassett Martha Bassett nee Muffet. (Transcript of Piece HO107/1913 (Part 8), Enumeration District 1g, Civil Parish of Crowan, Eccl. Parish of - , Folio 511 Page 5. Accessed 9/10/2005 06.31 pm at <http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~kayhin/cocp.html>).
  2. ↑ FreeBMD England and Wales, Civil Registration Index: 1837-1900. (The Trustees of FreeBMD [database online] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2001.)
    Births Mar 1850; Bassett, Elizabeth, Helston, vol 9, p.117.
  3. ↑ Victorian Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages. Pioneer Index, Victoria, 1836 - 1888: Index to Births, Deaths and Marriages in Victoria
    Year: 1884; Reg Number: 12087.

    HUNKIN, Given Names: Elizth; Spouse Father: Bassett Matt; SMother: Martha MOFFATT
    Age: 34; Death Place: E HAWK; Year: 1884; Reg Number: 12087

  4. ↑ Robyn Tumney's Data William Bassett Martha Muffet, printout 6/11/2004. (Unpublished Data recieved at family gathering In Eaglehawk).
  5. ↑ Cem - Gravestone Inscription.
  6. ↑ Cornwall Census -1861 extract - extract for John Martha Carbis, William Bassett Martha Moffatt's family. (Transcript of Piece RG 9/1575 - extract for John & Martha Carbis, William Bassett & Martha Moffatt's family Accessed through Ancestory.com via the LDS library).
  7. ↑ Unassisted Immigration to Victoria - Inward Passenger Lists for British, Foreign and New Zealand Ports 1852-19. (PROV Series VPRS 7666, 7667 and 7786)
    Ship TRUE BRITON, Port B, Fiche 254, Page 002.

    BASSETT, MARTHA aged 49
    BASSETT, NANNY, aged 23
    BASSETT, MARY, aged 22
    BASSETT, MATILDA J, aged 17
    BASSETT, ELIZTH, aged 15
    BASSETT, JOHN, aged 12

  8. ↑ The Bendigo advertiser (microform). (Began Dec. 9, 1853. Sandhurst, Vic. : R.R. Haverfield, -2003. Newspapers - Microfilm - Select reel(s) from cabinets NM)
    Transcribed by Robyn Tumney.
  9. ↑ Headstone
    HUNKIN - In loving memory / of our dear father / THOMAS HUNKIN / who died 4 March 1899 / aged 57 years / and of our dear mother / who died 22 October 1884 / aged 35 years / also our sister / MABEL / aged 9 months

    Burial Plot#377/K2
  10. ↑ Headstone Transcription
    In loving memory of our dear father / THOMAS HUNKIN / Who died 4 March 1899 / aged 57 years / And or our dear mother / ELIZABETH HUNKIN / Who died 22 Oct 1884 / aged 35 years also our sister / MABEL / Aged 9 months

    Interred at this site
    Albert E Hunkin
    Mabel Hunkin
    Thomas Hunkin
    Elizabeth Hunkin
  11. ↑ Living in the same house were
    1. William Bassett, aged 34, Tin Miner
    2. Martha Bassett, aged 35
    3. Nanny Bassett aged 9
    4. Mary Bassett, aged 8
    5. Martha Bassett, aged 4
    6. William Bassett aged 6
    7. Elizabeth Bassett, aged 1
  12. ↑ 1. Martha Bassett, head, marr, 45, miners Wife Husband in Australia
    2. Nanny. ,Daughter, umar, 19, Dressmaker
    3. Mary, Daughter, unmar , 18, works the tin mine
    4. Martha J, Daughter, unmar, 14, Learning dress making
    5. Elizabeth, Daughter, 11
    6. John Bassett, son, 7
    next door to
    7. John Bassett, 70, tin dresser
    8. Martha Bassett, 65
  13. ↑ on the SS True Briton with his mother in sibling
    1. Martha BASSETT, aged 49
    2. Nanny BASSETT, aged 23
    3. MARY BASSETT, aged 22
    4. Matilda J BASSETT, aged 17
    5. Elizth BASSETT, aged 15
    6. John BASSETT, aged 12
  14. ↑ The friends of Mr. Thomas Hunkin are respectfully invited to follow the remains of his wife (Elizabeth Hunkin) from his residence Newton Street, Sailors Gully to the Eaglehawk Cemetery Today (Thursday) Funeral to move at 4 o'clock. EC Brown Undertaker Eaglehawk
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