Bassett Family History
Bassett Name Meaning
English: from Old French basset, a diminutive of
basse ‘low’, ‘short’, either a nickname for a short person or a
status name for someone of humble origins.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Bassett
Name Distribution of Bassett Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Bassett families
 377 - 752  126 - 376 |
 1 - 125  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Bassett families
|
7 - 11 3 - 6 |
1 - 2 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Bassett census records
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Bassett Family Origin
Bassett Emigration Information (US)
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to the United States.
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Bassett Emigration Information (AU)
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You can find out when most of the Bassett families immigrated
to Australia.
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from the Australian Convict Transportation Registers 1787-1868
Bassett Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Bassett census records
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Military Service by Bassett
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