Mary Edna Uttley was born March 11, 1894 in Waterloo. She was the sixth of seven children and the second daughter of John Robert Uttley and Catherine (nee Birmingham).

Birth

The birth is found in the Ontario Vital Statistics of 1894, reference #034-220. The births of her older brothers are not recorded. Perhaps it was more difficult to avoid birth registrations now they lived in Waterloo.

   Date:    11 March 1894
   Place:   Waterloo, Ontario
   Name:    Mary Edna
            Female
   Father:  John [R] Uttley
            Engineer
            Waterloo
   Mother:  Catherine Birmingham
   Reg'd:   31 March 1894
            Dr. Noecker

A daughter, Mary E., age 7, is listed with the family of John R in the Census of 1901. This entry also confirms Mary's date of birth -- March 11, 1894.

Marriage Record

The marriage of Mary to Henry Bassett took place in Copper Cliff on April 21, 1914. It is recorded in the Ontario Vital Statistics for 1914 under #020-742:

     Groom:       Henry Wilfred Bassett
     Residence:   Copper Cliff
     Born:        Port Hope, Ont
                  Bachelor
     Age:         21
     Occupation:  Moulder
     Religion:    Baptist
     Father:      Elias Bassett
     Mother:      Annie Heard

     Bride:       Mary Edna Uttley
     Residence:   Copper Cliff
     Born:        Waterloo, Ont
                  Spinster
     Age:         20 years
     Religion:    Baptist
     Father:      John Robert Uttley
     Mother:      Catherine E. Birmingham

     Witness:     William Uttley, Copper Cliff
                  Kate Uttley, Copper Cliff
     Date:        April 21, 1914
     Place:       Copper Cliff, Ontario

Death

Mary Edna Uttley died on Tuesday March 3, 1959 in Sudbury. From the Deaths Column of the Sudbury Star, Tuesday March 3, 1959, page 3:

BASSETT at the Sudbury General Hospital Tuesday morning, March 3, 1959 Mary (May) Uttley beloved wife of Henry W. Bassett of Coniston, dear mother of: Wilfred, Milton, Ont.; Mrs. Albert Hill (Edna), Guelph; Mrs. Clifford Tachirhart (Bernice), Kitchener; Mrs. Gerald Cyr (Marion), Coniston; Mrs. Oliver Keebie (June), Bridge Port, Ont.; Mrs. Joseph Bronicheski (Dorothy), Naughton; in her 65th year. Resting at Jackson and Barnard Funeral Home, 83 Larch St. Service in the Chapel, Thursday afternoon at 3 o'clock. Interment in Park Lawn Cemetery, Sudbury.

Henry Bassett, John Robert Uttley and Mary Edna Bassett -- date unknown

Bassett family headstone at Parklawn Cemetery, Sudbury

Henry Wilfred Bassett was born on October 11, 1893 in Port Hope, Ontario a son of Elias Bassett and Annie Heard.

We know that Mary's father worked in Port Hope for some time and that he worked as a fireman and as a boiler maker. It's not surprising that young Henry came to know John R's daughter Mary.

Death

Henry W. Bassett died on Saturday February 17, 1973. From the Deaths Column of the Sudbury Star on Tuesday February 20, 1973 is found:

HENRY W. BASSETT     A former employee of the International Nickel Co., Henry W. Bassett, 79, died Saturday at Foley's Nursing Home, Garson, following a lengthy illness. Born in Port Hope, Ont., Bassett was raised and educated there and began his career as an apprentice in a mechanical department of boiler making. He came to Sudbury while still a young man beginning work with the Mond Nickel Co, then later with Inco. Working in the Coniston smelter until his retirement in 1958. Bassett continued to live in Coniston until being admitted to Garson nursing home two years ago. His wife, the former Mary Uttley, whom he married in 1918 died in March, 1959. A daughter Mrs. Dorothy Bronicheski, died in January, 1972 and a son, Wilfred, died in November, 1972. He is survived by: two daughters, Marion Cyr, of North Bay and June Koebel, of Waterloo; 30 grandchildren and 31 great grandchildren. The body is at Jackson and Barnard Funeral Home, 233 Larch St., where funeral service will be conducted at 2.30 p.m., Wednesday, with Rev. J. A. Filshie officiating. Interment will be in Sudbury Park Lawn Cemetery.

• What happened to daughters Edna and Bernice?
• Henry and Mary were wed on April 21, 1914 and not in 1918.
• Garson is located just outside Sudbury to the northeast.

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