Martha Jane Bassett

1852 - 1931  (78 years)

• Name	Martha Jane Bassett
  Birth	11 Feb 1852	Stanton St. John, Oxford, England
  Gender	Female
  _UID	2EFA241C021BA04080B83538A4807E11BD26
  Death	31 Jan 1931	Kelvington, Saskatachewan, Canada
  Burial	4 Feb 1931	Kamsack, Saskatachewan, Canada
  Notes	The Story of Saskatchewan and Its People by John Hawkes The S.J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1924 The Ven. E.H. Knowles The Ven. Edwin H. Knowles, archdeacon of the Qu'Appelle diocese of the Anglican church and lecturer at St. Chad's college of Regina, was born in faraway Ceylon, at Badulla, on June 7, 1874, the son of English parents. His father and mother, Edwin and Jane (Bassett) Knowles, were married in St. Philip and St. James' church, Oxford, and went out to Ceylon, where the father had acquired a plantation before his marriage. He was one of the early British planters there and died in that country. His widow now lives in Kamsack, Saskatchewan. Edwin Knowles gave his political allegiance to the Conservative party and both he and his wife were communicants of the Church of England. They were the parents of three children: Edwin H. Knowles of this review; John, a farmer at Kamsack; and Mrs. Peter Fraser of Kelvington, Saskatchewan, whose husband is a merchant. 1861 British Census of Stanton St. John, Oxford, England Edward Bassett - 37 - Head - Waterperry, Oxford - Farmer of 10 acres Jane C.N. - 37 - Wife - Oxford John G. - 12 - Son - Chelsea, London Charles E. - 11 - Son - Oxford - Scholar Martha T. - 7 - Daughter - Stanton St. John - Scholar Madeline - 6 - Daughter - Stanton St. John - Scholar James B. - 5 - Son - Stanton St. John - Scholar Emily - 3 - Daughter - Stanton St. John Eliza Allen - 20 - Servant - Grove - General Servant 1881 British Census of Ivy Lawn, Stanton St. John, Oxford, England Martha J. Knowles - 29 - F - Head - Stanton St. John, Oxford - Co. Planter Ag Lab Edwin H. - 6 - M - Son - Nadulla, Ceylon - Scholar John - 5 - M - Son - Drayton, Berkshire - Scholar Gertrude E.T. - 4 - F - Daughter - Obaston, Leicester Elizabeth Allum - 25 - F - Servant - Stanton St. John, Oxford - General Servant 1891 British Census of 231.127 Queens Road (Lady's School) Aston, Warwick, England Martha J. Knowles - 39 - F - Head - Stanton St. Johns - Ladies School Keeper Edwin H. - 16 - M - Son - Ceylon - Merchants Clerk John - 15 - M - Son - Wallingford, Buckinghamshire - Learing brass Mary J. Ralph - 12 - F - Pupil - Aston, Warwick - Scholar
  Person ID	I9	240B Edward Bassett of Waterperry, Oxford, England
  Last Modified	13 Aug 2012

  
  

  Father	Edward Bassett,   b. 1823, Waterperry, Oxfordshire, England
  Mother	Jane Christiana Nash Bridges,   b. 1821, St. Mary The Virgin, Oxford, England
  Family ID	F2	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Edwin Knowles,   b. Abt 1836   d. 11 Jul 1879, Ceylon or at sea (Age 43 years)
  Marriage	23 Nov 1872	Headington, Oxford, England
  Children	+ 1. Edwin H. Knowles,   b. 7 Jun 1874, Nadulla, Ceylon   2. John Knowles,   b. Abt 1876, Drayton, Berkshire, England + 3. Gertrude Elizabeth T. Knowles,   b. Abt 1877, Obaston, Leicester, England
  Family ID	F3	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart