Baskette Family in Elgin County Ontario Canada

Generation 1

Caleb Baskette Sr. was born 12 Jan 1801 in Pettough Suffolk England and died on 29 Jul 1877 in Oxford county Ontario. He married Mary Ann Bates who was born in 1811 in Westminster Middlesex England. Caleb and Mary Ann had the following known child:

Caleb Baskette Jr. was born 13 Feb 1838 in Bosmere Suffolk England and died 21 Jan 1923 in Brantford Ontario at age 94. He married Julia Campbell daughter of John Campbell and Christy Christine Leitch on 29 Sept 1859 in Elgin County. She was born in 1832 in Southwold Twp., Elgin County, Ontario, Canada and died 21 Nov 1889 in Fingal, Elgin County, Ontario, Canada.

   

Generation 2:

Caleb Baskette Jr. was born 13 Feb 1838 in Bosmere Suffolk England and died on 21 Jan 1923 at age 84. He married Julia Campbell daughter of John Campbell and Christy Leitch in Elgin County. Christy was born in Southwold Twp., Elgin County, Ontario, Canada in 1832 and died in Fingal, Ontario, Canada, 21 Nov 1889. Caleb and Julia had the following children:

1.   Sarah E Baskette born in Elgin County, Ontario, Canada on 20 Aug 1863 and died in Elgin County in 1946. She married Joseph Henry Rinch the son of Edward Rinch and Anne Elizabeth Honey on 23 Jan 1895 in Elgin County. He was born 8 Sept 1865 in Newcastle Ontario, Canada and died in Elgin County, Ontario in 1940.

2.    Christiana Baskette born in Elgin in 1864.

3.     Mary Minnie Baskette born 30 Apr 1865 in Fingal Elgin and died 22 Oct 1906 in Middlesex County Ontario. She married Thomas Henry Mason who was born 16 Feb 1858 in Port Burwell, Elgin County, Ontario and died 24 March 1946 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. They married in St Thomas on the 14 Jan 1891.

4.    John Bales Baskette was born 30 Jun 1868 in Elgin County and died in 1954 in London Middlesex at age 87 and is buried in Mt. Pleasant Cemetery London Ontario. He married Minnie Mary Jane Wannacott born 12 Jul 1871 in Middlesex County. Her birth certificate also reflects the spelling of her maiden name as Wannamaker.

Generation 3:

Sarah E Baskette born in Elgin on 20 Aug 1863 and died in Elgin in 1946. She married Joseph Henry Rinch the son of Edward Rinch and Anne Elizabeth Honey on 23 Jan 1895 in Elgin County. He was born 8 Sept 1865 in Newcastle Ontario and died in Elgin in 1940. Joseph Henry and Sarah had the following known child:

Harry Baskette Rinch born 21 Sep 1896 in Middlemarch Ontario and died 24 Mar 1923 in Middlesex County.

Mary Minnie Baskette born 30 Apr 1865 in Fingal Elgin and died 22 Oct 1906 in Middlesex County Ontario. She married Thomas Henry Mason who was born 16 Feb 1858 in Port Burwell, Elgin County, Ontario and died 24 March 1946 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. They married in St Thomas on the 14 Jan 1891. Thomas Henry and Mary Minnie had the following known child:

Harold Campbell Mason born in Elgin 2 Nov 1895 and died 1 Sept 1976. He married Lera Mabel McIntosh on 30 May 1922 in Hastings Ontario. She was born 26 Oct 1901 in Dundas Ontario and died 22 Dec 1928 in Middlesex County, Ontario, Canada. They had one son, Thomas Harold Mason born 1927.

John Bales Baskette was born 30 Jun 1868 in Elgin County and died in 1954 in London Middlesex at age 87 and is buried in Mt. Pleasant Cemetery London Ontario. He married Minnie Mary Jane Wannacott born 12 Jul 1871 in Middlesex County. Her birth certificate also reflects the spelling of her maiden name as Wannamaker. John Bales and Minnie Mary Jane had the following known children:

1.   Edna May Baskette born 12 Dec 1890 in Elgin County and died 11 Apr 1988. She married Mitchell Albert Ross Thomas son of James Andrew Thomas and Ruth A Mills on 12 Oct 1918 in Middlesex County. He was born 28 Sept 1880 in Lambeth Middlesex and died 24 Nov 1946 in London Middlesex.

2.    Eva J Baskette born 19 Jul 1892 in Ontario.

3.    Lila Kathlene Baskette born in Elgin County 12 Nov 1893 and died 13 Aug 1992 in London Middlesex at age 99 and is buried in Mt Pleasant Cemetery.

4.    Henry William Baskette was born on 17 Dec 1896 in Lambton, Ontario, Canada and died on 08 Mar 1973 in Deerfield Beach, Broward, Florida, USA.

5.    Harold Kenneth Baskette was born on 30 Sep 1907 in Middlesex, Ontario and died in 1954 in London Middlesex.