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Description: William John Horace Bassett (III) was born in [[Bassett Town]] on 1 July 1863, son of William Bassett (II) and Johanne Louise Emilie nee Klauke, and grandson of Gawler’s original [[Bassett William|William Bassett]] (I). Following his education at [[St George's Day School|St George’s School]], he learnt his trade of saddler from second generation Gawler saddler [[Wachsmuth Carl Otto|Carl Otto Wachsmuth]]. He went on to work in Victoria for 11 years before returning to Gawler in 1897 and opening his Murray Street saddlery where he carried out his trade for many years. W J H Bassett was a member of the Gawler Agricultural Society committee, a prominent Freemason, who served as a Worshipful Master, a Councillor for Gawler’s South Ward from 1905-1907 and from about 1914 he was District Clerk of the Barossa Council, a position he held until his death in 1927, aged 64. He is buried in St George’s Cemetery with his wife Charlotte Emily nee Down (Plots H42 & H43). Her 1934 obituary suggests her passing ‘closes the name of Bassett in Gawler’. <br /> BASSETT, William John Horace (III) b. 1 Jul 1863, Bassett Town, SA (Reg. Port Gawler 29/427, mother Johanna Louisa Amelia KLAWKE) m. 22 Aug 1888 ‘DOWN, Charlotte Emily’, Res of Jas Down Edwardstown, SA (Reg. Adelaide 156/599) d. 9 Oct 1927, South Australia, aged 64 (Reg. Barossa 498/442) Buried St George’s Cemetery (H42 & H43 with wife Charlotte Emily) [https://www.flickr.com/photos/gawler_history/albums/72157640338780613 Click here for photos relating to the Bassett family] The fields below can each contain multiple values. Separate them with a comma.
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