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- Thomas Bassett is a native of Fethard, County Wexford, Ireland. He was born about 1814/15 in Fethard on Sea, County Wexford. He later settled in Dublin, Ireland. He died in Feb 1910, aged 96 years. He is buried in Glasnevin Cemetery in Dublin, Ireland.
He was present in Sherrif Street in 1847/8. He also owned a restaurant in Commons Street at the same time. He possibly had a brother that came with him to Dublin that owned a public house in Townsend Street.
In Griffiths Valuation of Ireland, Thomas Bassitt, Commons Street, St. Thomas Parish, is listed.
1901 Irish Census
Thomas Bassett (Wd) 70 M Head County Wexford Retired Engineer Catholic
Margret 28 F Daughter Dublin Lawn Keeper Catholic
Elizabeth Nolan 20 F Servant Dublin Servant Catholic
Freemans Journal, Dublin, Ireland
14 February 1910, Page 10
Death of Mr. Thomas Bassett
The announcement of the death of Mr. Thomas Bassett will be heard with sincere regret by a large circle of friends in many parts of the country. Deceased had reached a patriarchal age, and was noted through life for his sterling uprightness in all his transactions, great love of country, untiring devotion t religion, and home, which singled him out in the parish of St. Laurence O’Toole as one of its most respected members. Born of a sterling old Wexford Catholic family in the second decade of the last century, he early came to Dublin, and for over sixty years had his home in the parish of the patron saint of the diocese, to which he was a generous benefactor during all those years. There was no church there at that time, and when the subject of erecting one was mooted, he enthusiastically reconded the efforts of the clergy to provide a suitable edifice in which the people of the locality might carry out their religious duties. Joining the first Confraternity formed in the parish at that time, he remained an active member up to the time of his death, ever present with his co-members at all the religious functions which it was their duty to perform, but always in that quiet, unobtrusive manner which was ever one of this most notable characteristics, and which stamped his every action with the seal of sincerity. Employed in the British and Irish Company for over fifty years, he held the responsible position of Chief Engineer for the long period of thirty years, and during his extended career as “Chief” there never was a ship of the company of which he had charge lost, and seldom was there an accident of a serious nature. Few men with so long an experience of sea life could surpass that record. Some twelve years he retired from active service, or superannuation, and devoted the remaining years of his life to superintending his property, his family, and to preparing for the inevitable day which has, in the will of Providence, just arrived, but always with that serene cheerfulness which accompanied him through life. His wife predeceased him by some years, and to his sons, and daughter and grand-children the sympathy of friends and parishioners will be tendered in the utmost, sincerity, at the loss of one who was through life a thorough Catholic, an upright citizen, and a model father. His remains will be removed from the Church of St. Laurence O’Toole, after Requiem Mass, on tomorrow (Tuesday), at 10.30 o’clock.
Freeman’s Journal, Monday, 14 Feb 1910
Thomas Bassett Obituary
Deaths
February 12, 1910, at his residence 231 Clonliffe road, Thomas Bassett. Retired Chief Engineer, British and Irish Steamboat Co., North Wall; deeply regretted by his sorrowing sons, daughters, and grandchildren. R.I.P. Funeral from the Church of St. Laurence O’Toole, after 10 o’clock mass, on tomorrow (Tuesday) morning, to Glasnevin Cemetery.
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Bassett Family Association Database
Abt 1815 - 1910 (95 years)