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William Basden 1837 – 1890 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1837

Birth Location: Reading, Berkshire, England

Death Date: January 1890

Death Location: Reading, Berkshire, United Kingdom

Father: John Basden

Mother: Sarah Newman

Spouse(s): Jane Frankum, Elizabeth Basden

Children(s): Mary Frankum, Maria Basden, Alfred Basden, James Basden, Sarah Basden, Elizabeth Basden, Eliza Basden, Kate Basden, George Basden, Henry Basden

In 1837, William Basden entered the world in Reading, Berkshire, England, born to John Basden and Sarah Newman. In 1841, William Basden resided in St Giles, St Giles, Berkshire, England. In 1851, William Basden resided in Reading St Mary, Berkshire, England. William Basden married Jane Maria Frankum, Elizabeth Basden, and had children including Mary Ann Frankum, Maria Jane Basden, Alfred Basden, James Basden, Sarah Ann Basden, Elizabeth (Lizzie) Basden, Eliza Basden, Kate Basden, George Thomas Basden, Henry Basden. William Basden passed away in 1890 in Reading, Berkshire, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • In 1837, William Basden entered the world in Reading, Berkshire, England, born to John Basden and Sarah Newman.
  • In 1841, William Basden resided in St Giles, St Giles, Berkshire, England.
  • In 1851, William Basden resided in Reading St Mary, Berkshire, England.
  • William Basden married Jane Maria Frankum, Elizabeth Basden, and had children including Mary Ann Frankum, Maria Jane Basden, Alfred Basden, James Basden, Sarah Ann Basden, Elizabeth (Lizzie) Basden, Eliza Basden, Kate Basden, George Thomas Basden, Henry Basden.
  • William Basden passed away in 1890 in Reading, Berkshire, United Kingdom.

Immediate Family

Parents

John Basden
1806 – 1849
Birth Location: Buckinghamshire, England
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Sarah Newman
1804 – 1878
Birth Location: Blewberry, Berkshire, England
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Spouses(s)

Jane Frankum
1836 – 1905
Birth Location: Reading, Berkshire, England
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Elizabeth Basden
Birth Location: –
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Children(s)

Mary Frankum
1858 – 1863
Birth Location: Reading Berkshire
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Maria Basden
1860 – 1943
Birth Location: Reading, Berkshire, England
MB
Alfred Basden
1862 – 1940
Birth Location: Reading, Berkshire, England
AB
James Basden
1864 – 1866
Birth Location: Reading Berkshire
JB
Sarah Basden
1866 – 1920
Birth Location: Reading, Berkshire, England
SB
Elizabeth Basden
1868 –
Birth Location: Reading, Berkshire, England
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Eliza Basden
1868 – 1918
Birth Location: Reading, Berkshire, England
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Kate Basden
1870 – 1871
Birth Location: Reading, Berkshire, England
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George Basden
1873 – 1947
Birth Location: Reading, Berkshire, England
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Henry Basden
1877 – 1880
Birth Location: Reading Berkshire
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William Basden's Ancestors

Self
William Basden
1837 – 1890
Birth Place: Reading, Berkshire, England
Parents
John Basden
1806 – 1849
Buckinghamshire, England
Sarah Newman
1804 – 1878
Blewberry, Berkshire, England
Grandparents
Thomas Basden
1753 – 1820
Stepney, Middlesex, England
Mary (W.) Dell
1773 – 1836
Buckinghamshire, England
Thomas Newman
1777 –
Kintbury, Berkshire, England
Martha Cotterell
1774 –
Blewberry, Berkshire, England
Great-Grandparents
Henry Bassen
1712 – 1762
Sarah Ilsley
1718 – 1798
John Carter
1751 – 1779
Mary Hawkins
1751 – 1779
Daniel Newman
Elizabeth
Thomas Cotterell
1740 –
Ann Love
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John Bassen\Basden
1690 – 1746
Anne North
1689 –
John Ilsley
1687 –
Sarah Morse
1692 – 1767
John Carter
Mary Shrimpton
William Hawkins
– 1776
Anne Bennet
– 1779
James Cottrell
Mary Wheeler

William Basden's Descendants

1.
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William Basden (1837 – January 1890) m. Jane (Maria) Frankum (abt 1836 – Oct. 1905) m. Elizabeth Basden
  1. 1. Mary (Ann) Frankum (1858 – Jan.1863)
  2. 2. Maria (Jane) Basden (abt 1860 – Dec 1943) m. William Jeffrey (1858 – Sep 1928)
  3. 3. Alfred Basden (abt 1862 – Dec 1940) m. Ellen (Lousia) Willis (July 1863 – Bef. 30 Jun 1926) m. Christina Marshall (Jan 1868 – Bef. 30 Jun 1938)
    1. 1. Frank Pocock (abt 1890 – )
  4. 4. James Basden (Jan. 1864 – Sept. 1866)
  5. 5. Sarah (Ann) Basden (abt 1866 – Jun 1920) m. George Noon (April 1869 – Jul-Aug-Sep 1932)
    1. 1. William (Henry Basden) (Noon) (5 May 1885 – Jun 1953) m. Emily (Bessie) Simmonds (01 Nov 1895 – 1982)
      1. 1. Ethel (Louisa) Basden (11 Aug 1906 – 21 Jun 1976) m. Horace (Jack) Curtis (18 Apr 1903 – 8 Mar 1977)
        1. 1. Owen (George) Curtis (8 Dec 1928 – Jul 2001) m. Elsie (E) Aldridge (Apr 1930 – )
      2. 2. Albert (William George) Basden (June 1911 – 1917)
      3. 3. Mabel Basden (October 1912 – Dec 1912)
      4. 4. Vera Basden (8 Oct 1913 – Dec 1980) m. Charles (Edward) Whiteway (3 Jul 1914 – Mar 1983)
        1. 1. Reginald (Dennis) Whiteway (15th December 1934 – 2 Aug 2005) m. Jean (Winifred) Cowdery (17 Apr 1934 – abt 2009)
        2. 2. William (Edward) Whiteway (16 Feb 1935 – 4.10.2003) m. Olive (N) Wickens
      5. 5. Lily Basden (27 May 1916 – 1989)
      6. 6. Cyril Basden (15 Dec 1917 – Jun 1977) m. Charlotte (Ellen Mable) Patey (16 Jul 1917 – Mar 1976)
        1. 1. Patricia (Anne) Basden (19 May 1943 – Aug 1999) m. Michael (T) Froude (Sep 1940 – 9 Dec 2015)
        2. 2. Cyril (John) Basden (23 Apr 1947 – Apr 1993)
      7. 7. Edith (M (Tina)) Basden (1922 – 3 May 2011) m. Harold (Henry G) Gutteridge (9 Sep 1920 – Sep 2003) m. Sidney Harper (24 Jun 1927 – Sep 2005)
      8. 8. Ivy Basden (August 12 1925 – 3 January 2014) m. John (Henry) Spiller (12 November 1922 – 9 December 2007)
        1. 1. David (John) Spiller (10 August 1949 – 30 January 2015)
      9. 9. Bessie Basden (3 Jan 1929 – Jun 2005) m. Patrick (Dennis) Lavender (20 Nov 1926 – Aug 2004)
        1. 1. Patrick (W) Lavender (1951 – March 2016)
    2. 2. Charles Noon (abt 1899 – )
  6. 6. Elizabeth ((Lizzie)) Basden (abt 1868 – )
  7. 7. Eliza Basden (abt 1868 – Oct 1918) m. William Barnard (1862 – Jul 1916)
    1. 1. Harry Barnard (abt 1888 – )
    2. 2. Jane (Elizabeth) Barnard (27 Feb 1889 – Jan 1942) m. Thomas Brown (1886 – Abt 12 Oct 1911) m. Edward Whiteway (04 October 1882 – 22 Aug 1917) m. Frederick Edmonds (28 Jun 1887 – )
    3. 3. Kate (Alice) Barnard (8 May 1891 – Sep 1940) m. Frederick (W) Bryan (abt 1891 – 1973)
      1. 1. Frederick (Henry) Bryan (24 Oct 1918 – Apr 1991)
    4. 4. Tom Barnard (abt 1893 – June 1936) m. Mary (Edith) Eeles (8 April 1897 – 3 Nov 1954)
    5. 5. Thomas (William George) Barnard (26 Mar 1893 – June 1936) m. Mary (Edith) Eeles (8 April 1897 – 3 Nov 1954)
    6. 6. Maria (Sarah) BARNARD (01 Aug 1899 – Dec 1899)
  8. 8. Kate Basden (abt 1870 – July 1871)
  9. 9. George (Thomas) Basden (abt 1873 – Jun 1947) m. Emily (Bessie) Simmonds (01 Nov 1895 – 1982) m. Elizabeth (Maria) Lucas (Abt. 1879 – Dec 1968) m. Eleanor (Emma Scott) Lorimer (11 Mar 1876 – 21 Sep 1962)
    1. 1. Reginald Basden (25 Aug 1903 – Mar 1981) m. Constance (Bertha) Andrews (9 Jan 1904 – 8 Jan 2005)
      1. 1. Pamela (Beatrice) Basden (Nov 1932 – 7 Oct 2013) m. Kenneth (J) Barnes (Jul 1928 – 20 Mar 2004)
    2. 2. Ethel (Louisa) Basden (11 Aug 1906 – 21 Jun 1976) m. Horace (Jack) Curtis (18 Apr 1903 – 8 Mar 1977)
    3. 3. William (Henry) Basden (20 Oct 1909 – Dec 1982) m. Mary (Elizabeth) Keates (2 Jan 1912 – Apr 1990)
    4. 4. John (Francis) Basden (April 13 1915 – February 1992) m. Phyllis (May) Kingswell (13 Sep 1915 – Jan 1995)
      1. 1. Barry (John) Basden (3 Oct 1942 – Aug 1994)
      2. 2. Barry (John) Basden (3 Oct 1942 – Aug 1994)
      3. 3. Barry (John) Basden (3 Oct 1942 – Aug 1994) m. Gillian (M) Foxley
      4. 4. Barry (John) Basden (3 Oct 1942 – Aug 1994)
      5. 5. Barry (John) Basden (3 Oct 1942 – Aug 1994)
      6. 6. Brian (R) Basden (Sep 1946 – 28 Jan 2013)
      7. 7. Brian (R) Basden (Sep 1946 – 28 Jan 2013)
      8. 8. Brian (R) Basden (Sep 1946 – 28 Jan 2013) m. Sherilyn Mcquisten (Jul 1951 – )
      9. 9. Brian (R) Basden (Sep 1946 – 28 Jan 2013)
      10. 10. Brian (William) Basden (Sep 1946 – 30 Jan 2013) m. Sherilyn McQuisten
    5. 5. George (Henry) Basden (Jul 1902 – 04 Aug 1902)
    6. 6. Ethel (Louise) Basden (11 Aug 1906 – 21 Jun 1976) m. Horace (Jack) Curtis (18 Apr 1903 – 8 Mar 1977)
      1. 1. Owen (George) Curtis (8 Dec 1928 – Jul 2001)
      2. 2. Owen (George) Curtis (8 Dec 1928 – Jul 2001)
      3. 3. Owen (George) Curtis (8 Dec 1928 – Jul 2001)
      4. 4. Owen (George) Curtis (8 Dec 1928 – Jul 2001)
    7. 7. Elsie Basden (7 Jun 1912 – Feb 1986) m. John (Hector "Jack") Morton (28 Mar 1907 – 19 May 1983)
    8. 8. John (Armit) Basden (15 Nov 1906 – 1 Sep 1965)
    9. 9. Kenneth (George) Basden (20 Oct 1908 – Dec 1973) m. Margaret (Dorothy) Osborne (23 Jan 1912 – Jan 2002)
    10. 10. Ralph (Lorimer) Basden (22 Jan 1912 – Jul 1993) m. June (Amphyllis) Berthon (Sep 1923 – 28 Jan 2019)
      1. 1. James (R B) Basden (1950 – ) m. Janet (D) Hodges (Jan 1952 – )
        1. 1. Anthony (William (Tom)) Basden (1980 – )
    11. 11. Geoffrey (Harold) Basden (29 Jan 1918 – Jun 1990) m. Margaret (E) Kestin (Jan 1922 – 28 Jan 2013)
      1. 1. Jennifer (Elizabeth) Basden (Dec 1948 – Dec 1987) m. Philip Evans
    12. 12. John (Armit) Basden (15 Nov 1906 – 1 Sep 1965) m. Helen (Anne) Lock (11 Jul 1904 – 24 Feb 1989)
    13. 13. Kenneth Basden (abt 1909 – Oct 1973) m. Margaret (Dorothy) Osborne (23 Jan 1912 – Jan 2002)
    14. 14. Ralph (Lorimer) Basden (22 Jan 1912 – Jul 1993)
    15. 15. Geoffrey (Harold) Basden (29 Jan 1918 – Jun 1990)
      1. 1. Jennifer (Elizabeth) Basden (5 Apr 1949 – Dec 1987)
  10. 10. Henry Basden (1877 – Nov. 1880)

William Basden's Timeline

8 Records

1837
1837
Birth of William Basden in Reading, Berkshire, England
Reading, Berkshire, England
1841
1841
Age 4
William Basden resided here in St Giles, St Giles, Berkshire, England
St Giles, St Giles, Berkshire, England
1851
1851
Age 14
William Basden resided here in Reading St Mary, Berkshire, England
Reading St Mary, Berkshire, England
1858
April 1858
Age 21
William Basden was married in Reading, Berkshire, United Kingdom
Reading, Berkshire, United Kingdom
1871
1871
Age 34
William Basden resided here in Reading, St Mary, Berkshire, England
Reading, St Mary, Berkshire, England
1879
6 January 1879
Age 42
William Basden resided here in Berkshire, England, United Kingdom
Berkshire, England, United Kingdom
1881
1881
Age 44
William Basden resided here in St Giles, Berkshire, England
St Giles, Berkshire, England
1890
January 1890
Age 53
Death of William Basden in Reading, Berkshire, United Kingdom
Reading, Berkshire, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1837
    Event Place: Reading, Berkshire, England
    Record Source: 1851 England Census, Class: HO107; Piece: 1692; Folio: 32; Page: 19; GSU roll: 193600

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: April 1858
    Event Place: Reading, Berkshire, United Kingdom
    Record Source: England & Wales, Civil Registration Marriage Index, 1837-1915

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1841
    Event Place: St Giles, St Giles, Berkshire, England
    Record Source: 1841 England Census, Class: HO107; Piece: 34; Book: 6; Civil Parish: St Giles; County: Berkshire; Enumeration District: 6; Folio: 10; Page: 14; Line: 4; GSU roll: 241207

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1851
    Event Place: Reading St Mary, Berkshire, England
    Record Source: 1851 England Census, Class: HO107; Piece: 1692; Folio: 32; Page: 19; GSU roll: 193600

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1871
    Event Place: Reading, St Mary, Berkshire, England
    Record Source: 1871 England Census, The National Archives; Kew, London, England; 1871 England Census; Class: RG10; Piece: 1280; Folio: 60; Page: 23; GSU roll: 827853

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 6 January 1879
    Event Place: Berkshire, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source: England & Wales, Criminal Registers, 1791-1892, Class: HO 27; Piece: 182; Page: 16

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1881
    Event Place: St Giles, Berkshire, England
    Record Source: 1881 England Census, Class: RG11; Piece: 1307; Folio: 79; Page: 35; GSU roll: 1341317

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: January 1890
    Event Place: Reading, Berkshire, United Kingdom
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