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Edna Mary <I>Ashley</I> Bassett

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Edna Mary Ashley Bassett

Birth
Auburn, Placer County, California, USA
Death
9 Mar 1943 (aged 62)
Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Burial
Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA Add to Map
Plot
Section 3
Memorial ID
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wife of Thomas Butland Bradford Bassett

Was living in Central City, Gilpin county, Colorado, in 1910

Father's Last name: Ashley

SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE, TUESDAY, JULY 24,1923
CALIFORNIA WOMAN ACTIVE IN TURKEY
MRS, E.A.BASSETT LEADS NEAR EAST RELIEF

To her original duties as hostess at the Constantinople Near
East Relief personnel house, Mrs. Edna A. Bassett, a California clubwoman and welfare worker, has added the work
of the important directorship of the case committee and orphanages according to word received by San Francisco friends of Mrs. Bassett.

Mrs. Bassett volunteered as a Near East worker Samsoun, on
the Black Sea Coast of Turkey, while on a tour of Europe two years ago. There she underwent heavy bombardment by the
Greek fleet and showed great resourcefulness in moving several hundred orphans to places of safety.

Mrs. Bassett is well known on the Pacific Coast as the widow of the late Thomas Bradford Bassett, noted mining
engineer, who opened up the Brazil diamond mines and did exploration work for mining companies in California, Arizona, Mexico and South America.
mother's maiden name: Bell
wife of Thomas Butland Bradford Bassett

Was living in Central City, Gilpin county, Colorado, in 1910

Father's Last name: Ashley

SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE, TUESDAY, JULY 24,1923
CALIFORNIA WOMAN ACTIVE IN TURKEY
MRS, E.A.BASSETT LEADS NEAR EAST RELIEF

To her original duties as hostess at the Constantinople Near
East Relief personnel house, Mrs. Edna A. Bassett, a California clubwoman and welfare worker, has added the work
of the important directorship of the case committee and orphanages according to word received by San Francisco friends of Mrs. Bassett.

Mrs. Bassett volunteered as a Near East worker Samsoun, on
the Black Sea Coast of Turkey, while on a tour of Europe two years ago. There she underwent heavy bombardment by the
Greek fleet and showed great resourcefulness in moving several hundred orphans to places of safety.

Mrs. Bassett is well known on the Pacific Coast as the widow of the late Thomas Bradford Bassett, noted mining
engineer, who opened up the Brazil diamond mines and did exploration work for mining companies in California, Arizona, Mexico and South America.
mother's maiden name: Bell


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