101 - Alfred George Bassett - Pinecrest, Ottawa, Ontario
Posted by: elyob
N 45° 20.531 W 075° 46.855
18T E 438819 N 5021260
This monument is in section K, lot 243-1.
Waymark Code: WMR2WV
Location: Ontario, Canada
Date Posted: 05/04/2016
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MATILDA CAMPBELL FORGIE
1886-1958
BELOVED WIFE OF
ALFRED GEORGE BASSETT
1883-1984
Alfred's centenarian sister Emily Welch is also buried in Pinecrest.
The text below is taken from The Ottawa Citizen newspaper, 31 December 1984, page B4.
In Civic Hospital, Ottawa, on Friday, December 28, 1984, in his 102nd year. Alfred Bassett of 421 Mayfair Avenue, beloved husband of the late Matilda Forgie and dear father of Mrs. Jean McConnell and George, both of Ottawa. Grandfather of Garth McConnell (and his wife Louise). Great-grandfather of Kenneth. Brother of Mrs. Emily Welch of Ottawa, Mrs. Nellie Woods of Victoria and the late Mary and Harry. Also survived by several nieces and nephews. Friends may call at the Tubman Funeral Home, 403 Richmond Road (between Island Park Drive and Woodroffe Avenue) on Monday and Tuesday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Funeral Service will be held in the Chapel on Wednesday at 11 a.m. Interment Pinecrest Cemetery.
According to the Ontario marriage registration (1911 #002153), Alfred George Bassett (son of Richard Bassett, stableman, and Elizabeth Hale) married Matilda Campbell Forgie in Ottawa, 15 July 1911.