Commander Charles Albert Bassett
M, b. 20 November 1914, d. 12 October 2004
| Last Edited | 6 Jan 2017 |
Commander Charles Albert Bassett was born on 20 November 1914 at on a ranch, Las Vegas, San Miguel Co., NM.1
Commander Charles Albert Bassett served between 1941 and 1961 at U.S. Navy.
Commander Charles Albert Bassett married Catherine Elizabeth 'Kate' McBirnie, daughter of Alexander 'Alex' McBirnie and Mary Veronica Richmond Tennant/Haughney, on 23 February 1943 at Albuquerque, Bernalillo Co., NM.
Commander Charles Albert Bassett died on 12 October 2004 at at the home of his son, Chapel Hill, Orange Co., NC, at age 89.
This obituary is from
Herald-Sun, The (Durham, NC)
October 17, 2004:
COMMANDER CHARLES A. BASSETT, US NAVY, RET. , 89, 10/12/2004
Commander (CDR) Charles A. Bassett, U.S. Navy, Ret., 89, of Chapel Hill, died on October 12, 2004 at the home of his son.
CDR Bassett was born November 20, 1914 on a ranch in Las Vegas, New Mexico, two years after the territory became a state. He was one of eight children, born to Guy Bassett and Helen Olsen Bassett. He was the last surviving sibling.
After attending the University of New Mexico at Albuquerque, he enlisted in the Navy and entered flight school. He was commissioned an Ensign in the U.S Navy, November 1, 1941. A career officer and naval aviator, he retired as a Commander.
CDR Bassett was a World War II veteran. He served as sea and on numerous Naval Air Stations. He had two tours of duty in the South Pacific. His first tour of Duty began when he reported to a seaplane squadron on Christmas Day 1941, at Pearl Harbor. During his first tour he flew search and destroy, and rescue missions near Pearl Harbor and at Midway. Following the Midway battle he rescued a downed B-17 crew. On his second tour, he flew B-24’s based at Guadalcanal, where the squadron provided scouting and bombing support.
After the South Pacific, CDR Bassett was assigned to an anti-submarine squadron, based in England. He completed 45 missions on that assignment, including D-Day patrol over the English Channel. Later, he was assigned to the U.S. Naval Forces France and served as the staff pilot. He was in Paris on V-E Day.
The remainder of his career consisted of various duties both on shore and at sea. The two assignments he remembered most fondly were his duty on the carrier, USS Yorktown, while it was ported in Japan. The other, when he was stationed at the U.S. Naval Station on Kwajalein Island, the gateway to atomic testing in the South Pacific. His family was privileged to accompany him there.
CMR Bassett made a few footsteps in history.
CMR Bassett is survived by his son, Charles R. Bassett of Chapel Hill and wife Maryann; five grandchildren, Crista Lantz of Charlotte and her husband, Jim; Sarah Phillips of Raleigh and her husband, Todd; Laura Bassett of New York; Andrew Bassett of Chapel Hill; and Carrie Bassett of Buffalo, NY. He is also survived by three great-grandchildren, Catie and Maddie Lantz and Joshua Phillips. He was preceded in death by his wife of 57 years, Catherine McBirnie Bassett and his son, William Jay Bassett.
A memorial service will be held at a later date. Burial will take place at St. Matthew Catholic Cemetery, Durham, North Carolina.
In lieu of flowers, contributions in Mr. Bassett’s memory may be made to UNC Hospice, Pittsboro, NC.
Hall-Wynne Funeral Service & Cremation
1113 West Street
Durham, North Carolina 27701
phone 919.688.6387
fax 919.683.9539. He was buried at St. Matthew Catholic Cemetery, Durham, Durham Co., NC.1 (an unknown value.)
Commander Charles Albert Bassett served between 1941 and 1961 at U.S. Navy.
Commander Charles Albert Bassett married Catherine Elizabeth 'Kate' McBirnie, daughter of Alexander 'Alex' McBirnie and Mary Veronica Richmond Tennant/Haughney, on 23 February 1943 at Albuquerque, Bernalillo Co., NM.
Commander Charles Albert Bassett died on 12 October 2004 at at the home of his son, Chapel Hill, Orange Co., NC, at age 89.
This obituary is from
Herald-Sun, The (Durham, NC)
October 17, 2004:
COMMANDER CHARLES A. BASSETT, US NAVY, RET. , 89, 10/12/2004
Commander (CDR) Charles A. Bassett, U.S. Navy, Ret., 89, of Chapel Hill, died on October 12, 2004 at the home of his son.
CDR Bassett was born November 20, 1914 on a ranch in Las Vegas, New Mexico, two years after the territory became a state. He was one of eight children, born to Guy Bassett and Helen Olsen Bassett. He was the last surviving sibling.
After attending the University of New Mexico at Albuquerque, he enlisted in the Navy and entered flight school. He was commissioned an Ensign in the U.S Navy, November 1, 1941. A career officer and naval aviator, he retired as a Commander.
CDR Bassett was a World War II veteran. He served as sea and on numerous Naval Air Stations. He had two tours of duty in the South Pacific. His first tour of Duty began when he reported to a seaplane squadron on Christmas Day 1941, at Pearl Harbor. During his first tour he flew search and destroy, and rescue missions near Pearl Harbor and at Midway. Following the Midway battle he rescued a downed B-17 crew. On his second tour, he flew B-24’s based at Guadalcanal, where the squadron provided scouting and bombing support.
After the South Pacific, CDR Bassett was assigned to an anti-submarine squadron, based in England. He completed 45 missions on that assignment, including D-Day patrol over the English Channel. Later, he was assigned to the U.S. Naval Forces France and served as the staff pilot. He was in Paris on V-E Day.
The remainder of his career consisted of various duties both on shore and at sea. The two assignments he remembered most fondly were his duty on the carrier, USS Yorktown, while it was ported in Japan. The other, when he was stationed at the U.S. Naval Station on Kwajalein Island, the gateway to atomic testing in the South Pacific. His family was privileged to accompany him there.
CMR Bassett made a few footsteps in history.
CMR Bassett is survived by his son, Charles R. Bassett of Chapel Hill and wife Maryann; five grandchildren, Crista Lantz of Charlotte and her husband, Jim; Sarah Phillips of Raleigh and her husband, Todd; Laura Bassett of New York; Andrew Bassett of Chapel Hill; and Carrie Bassett of Buffalo, NY. He is also survived by three great-grandchildren, Catie and Maddie Lantz and Joshua Phillips. He was preceded in death by his wife of 57 years, Catherine McBirnie Bassett and his son, William Jay Bassett.
A memorial service will be held at a later date. Burial will take place at St. Matthew Catholic Cemetery, Durham, North Carolina.
In lieu of flowers, contributions in Mr. Bassett’s memory may be made to UNC Hospice, Pittsboro, NC.
Hall-Wynne Funeral Service & Cremation
1113 West Street
Durham, North Carolina 27701
phone 919.688.6387
fax 919.683.9539. He was buried at St. Matthew Catholic Cemetery, Durham, Durham Co., NC.1 (an unknown value.)
Family | Catherine Elizabeth 'Kate' McBirnie b. 13 May 1918, d. 9 Dec 2000 |
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James (McBurnie) McBirnie
M, b. say 1780, d. between 1812 and 1841
| Charts | James McBirnie (est. 1780-) Descendants |
| Last Edited | 6 Jan 2017 |
James (McBurnie) McBirnie was born say 1780. He married Ann/Agnes? Campbell say 1800. James (McBurnie) McBirnie died between 1812 and 1841.
James McBurnie has not been located in the 1841 census records of Scotland.
George F. Black, Ph.D., on p. 458 of The Surnames of Scotland, gives the following origin of the name:
MACBIRNIE, Macburnie, Macburney.
The first form occurs often in the Acts of Parliament of Scotland in the early seventeenth century. The name is of Norse origin, from the personal name Bjarni ( = bear, N. bjorn, a bear), and is therefore parallel to the name Matheson (in Gaelic M'Mhathain) and Irish Macmahon (MacMathghamhain).
"Mac" is the Gaelic word for son (from the Old Celtic "Makko") and is often abbreviated to Mc, Mc or M'. Bjarni (or birni) is the genitive of bjorn which would mean that the name McBirnie could be translated as "son of Bjorn" or "son of the bear." At this point, I haven't been able to connect our McBirnie line to any of the early McBirnie's mentioned by Black. Mom got the Library of Congress to send her copies of pages from the Acts of Parliament of Scotland that mentioned McBirnie's. Act XIII from May 11, 1648 mentions Thomas MacBirnie, Burgess of Dumfries.
Tom McBirnie, Jr. located an 1811 birth record for a son, James, which listed the father as James McBurnie, a labourer, and the mother was listed at Ann (Campbell) McBurnie. Unfortunately, the death record for James lists the mother as Helen, last name unknown.
Tom McBirnie, Jr. also located a death record for a son, William, which listed his parents as James McBurnie, soldier and Agnes (Campbell) McBurnie.
The Scottish naming convention calls for the oldest son to be named after the father's father, the second son to be named after the mother's father and the third son to be named after the father. The same convention is followed when naming girls. Unfortunately, we don't have enough firm information about the children of James and Ann/Agnes? to make an educated guess that might take us back another generation.
James McBurnie has not been located in the 1841 census records of Scotland.
George F. Black, Ph.D., on p. 458 of The Surnames of Scotland, gives the following origin of the name:
MACBIRNIE, Macburnie, Macburney.
The first form occurs often in the Acts of Parliament of Scotland in the early seventeenth century. The name is of Norse origin, from the personal name Bjarni ( = bear, N. bjorn, a bear), and is therefore parallel to the name Matheson (in Gaelic M'Mhathain) and Irish Macmahon (MacMathghamhain).
"Mac" is the Gaelic word for son (from the Old Celtic "Makko") and is often abbreviated to Mc, Mc or M'. Bjarni (or birni) is the genitive of bjorn which would mean that the name McBirnie could be translated as "son of Bjorn" or "son of the bear." At this point, I haven't been able to connect our McBirnie line to any of the early McBirnie's mentioned by Black. Mom got the Library of Congress to send her copies of pages from the Acts of Parliament of Scotland that mentioned McBirnie's. Act XIII from May 11, 1648 mentions Thomas MacBirnie, Burgess of Dumfries.
Tom McBirnie, Jr. located an 1811 birth record for a son, James, which listed the father as James McBurnie, a labourer, and the mother was listed at Ann (Campbell) McBurnie. Unfortunately, the death record for James lists the mother as Helen, last name unknown.
Tom McBirnie, Jr. also located a death record for a son, William, which listed his parents as James McBurnie, soldier and Agnes (Campbell) McBurnie.
The Scottish naming convention calls for the oldest son to be named after the father's father, the second son to be named after the mother's father and the third son to be named after the father. The same convention is followed when naming girls. Unfortunately, we don't have enough firm information about the children of James and Ann/Agnes? to make an educated guess that might take us back another generation.
Family | Ann/Agnes? Campbell b. s 1782 |
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