Category Archives: Basham

Surnames Saturday – Basham

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Basham Name Meaning

English: habitational name of uncertain origin. It may be from places in Norfolk and Suffolk called Barsham, from the genitive case of the Old English word Bar meaning ‘wild boar’ + Old English word ham meaning ‘homestead’.

Edith Margret Basham is my great-grandmother. This is her paternal line:
1.  Edith Margret Basham

b. 05 Dec 1889, Chigwell, Essex, England

d. 07 Sep 1987 West Bloomfield, Oakland, Michigan, United States

m.  Oscar Rowan Lindsay;1911 West Ham, Essex, England

*Baby Girl Lindsay b. 18 Nov 1916  Stratford, Perth Ontario, Canada

*Oscar Rowan Lindsay b. 21 Nov 1917 Stratford, Perth Ontario, Canada

2.  Charles Basham

b. 11 Mar 1844, Haverhill, Essex, England

d. UNK

m. Mary Anne Brewer; 10 Oct 1869, Chigwell, Essex, England

*Eliza Emily Basham, 1870, Chigwell, Essex, England

*Henry Charles Basham, 13 Mar 1872, Chigwell, Essex, England

*Mary Elizabeth Basham, 1874, Chigwell, Essex, England

*Sarah Ellen Basham, 1876, Chigwell, Essex, England

*Florence Basham, 1880, Chigwell, Essex, England

*Ethel Daisy Basham, Oct 1887, Chigwell, Essex, England

*Edith Margret Basham (see above)

3.  John Basham

b. 20 May 1810, Maldon, Essex, England

d. UNK

m. Susan Evans; 25 Dec 1883

*Elizabeth Basham

*Robert Basham

*Maryann Eleanor Basham, 1835, Maldon, Essex, England

*Charles Basham (see above)

4.  Thomas Basham

b.  1778

d. UNK

m. Sarah Ong, 7 Apr 1800, Maldon, Essex, England

*Thomas Basham, 1803, England

*William Basham, 1806, England

*John Basham (see above)

*Daniel Basham, 3 Oct 1813. Maldon, Essex, England

*Sarah Basham, 21 Jan 1815, England

*James Basham, 7 Jun 1818, England

*Mary Basham, 21 Apr 1821, England

*Henry Basham, 21 Apr 1821, England

Surname Saturday – create a post in which you discuss a surname and mention its origins, its geographical location(s) and how it fits into your genealogy research. Surname Saturday is an ongoing series at GeneaBloggers.

Happy Searching!

SueAnn

Maritime Monday – Sailing on the RMS Queen Elizabeth 1948

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Above is the 1UK Incoming Passenger List for my grandfather, Oscar Rowan Lindsay. My grandpa and his mother, Edith Basham Lindsay traveled to England on the Queen Elizabeth in 1948. They arrived on 4th May, spent a month there and came back to America on the 7th Jun.

This is a little 2history about the RMS Queen Elizabeth:

Operator: Cunard White Star Line
Built by: John Brown & Co., Clydebank, Glasgow, Scotland.
Length: 1,019 ft (310.7 m)
Beam: 118 ft (36.0 m)
Tonnage: 83,673
Engines: Steam turbines. 160,000 s.h.p. Two masts and two funnels.
Service Speed:  31 knots
Passenger Limit: 2,314

Keel laid on December 4, 1936. Launched, September 27, 1938. Note: Largest ship built to date. Promenade deck 724 feet long. Her funnels are 70 feet high from deck level. Commenced her first sailing from the Clyde, bound for New York, February 27, 1940. Her secret sailing was under British Government regulations, so as to lessen the danger of being sunk by the Nazi. Throughout World War II she served as a very valuable troop ship, completing the long period of duty in March 1946. Reconditioned for passenger service. Passengers: 850 first, 720 cabin, 744 tourist. Commenced her first regular Southampton-New York voyage, October 16, 1946, making the crossing in four days, 16 hours, 18 minutes. This was not a record-breaking passage, and not surpassing the time of her running mate, the Queen Mary, but on this occasion no special effort was made to accomplish that feat. The liner is equipped with two sets of stabilizers. Passenger accommodation in 1960: 800 first, 650 cabin, 700 third. Running mate: Queen Mary.
Length: 1,019.4 ft (310.7 m)
Beam: 118 ft (36.0 m)
Tonnage: 83,673
Engines: Steam turbines. 160,000 s.h.p. Two masts and two funnels.
Service Speed:  28.5 knots
Passenger Limit: 2,314

Happy Searching!

SueAnn

1Ancestry.com. UK Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2008. Original data: Board of Trade: Commercial and Statistical Department and successors: Inwards Passenger Lists. Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives of the UK (TNA). Series BT26, 1,472 pieces.

2Ancestry.com. Passenger Ships and Images [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007. Original data: Various maritime reference sources.

Friday’s Find – Ethel Basham Photo

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Friday’s Find will be an ongoing series for Finding Mielke, as I thought this would be a good way  to share the multitude of family photo’s I have.

So for this week, I pulled out of my box of pictures, a photo of Ethel Basham.

Ethel Daisy Basham, was born in 1887 at Chigwell, Essex, England, and she was the seventh of eight children born to Charles and Mary Anne Brewer Basham. I have very little information about Aunt Ethel, I know that she had two children, Ted and Florrie, but otherwise have no idea about her life, when she died, or whom she married.

Well, I hope you enjoyed the first Friday’s Find! If you have any photo’s you would like to have featured here please email me at findingmielke@yahoo.com.

Happy Searching!

SueAnn

(Not So) Wordless Wednesday – Lindsay Family Portrait

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My mom came back from Michigan this week and brought me lots of goodies! Including a bunch of new photographs for me to share! So on this Wordless Wednesday (well Not So Wordless), I thought I would share my favorite picture so far!

This is my Great-Grandparent’s Oscar and Edith Margaret Basham Lindsay and my grandfather Oscar Rowan Lindsay. I believe this picture was taken in Canada and by guessing about how old my grandpa was, I’m thinking it was about 1919.

Happy Searching!

© Finding Mielke, 2012

Sentimental Sunday – Oscar’s determination to stay in America

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My Grandma Luey has began to write stories of both her memories and what she was told by my Grandpa Oscar and my Great-Grandmother Edith Basham Lindsay. This is the story, in her words, of how my Grandpa was determined to stay in America.

My great-grandparents, Oscar and Edith Lindsay, immigrated first to Canada, and then to America in 1923. My grandfather Oscar Rowan Lindsay was 5 years old when they came to America. Three years after coming to America, my great-grandfather Oscar, died of pneumonia, in 1926. Shortly after, Edith decided to return to England. While making the journey, Oscar Rowan, contacted mumps, and had to be quarantine while on the ship. After arriving , Oscar’s mother asked him if he would like to stay in England. His answer was “no, mom, I like America,” and they came back. Oscar took out his Citizenship papers and became a citizen.

I love this story, because without my Grandfather’s determination to come back to America, he would have never met my grandmother, and I wouldn’t be here. I’m, also, so very grateful that my Great-Grandmother would listen to what a 10 year-old wanted.

Happy Searching!

Travel Tuesday – Holland, Michigan’s Tulip Time Festival

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My grandparent’s, Oscar and Lucille Lindsay, along with their mother’s Edith Lindsay and Elsie Mielke, visited Holland, Michigan’s Tulip Time Festival in 1949.

Here is a brief history of the Tulip Time Festival from Holland, Michigan’s tourism website.

History of Tulip Time Festival

Who would have predicted that the “Best Small Town Festival” in America, with over 500,000 people in attendance, grew out of a Woman’s Literary Club meeting in 1927? There, Miss Lida Rogers, a biology teacher at Holland High School, suggested that Holland adopt the tulip as its official flower and celebrate it with a festival.

The idea caught on, and the next year the City Council purchased 100,000 tulip bulbs from the Netherlands to plant in city parks and other areas. Bulbs were also available for Holland residents to purchase at one cent each. In the spring of 1929 thousands of tulips bloomed, and so did the long history of this annual festival. By the mid 1930’s, Tulip Time was nationally known. Big name stars like Dorothy Lamour, Pat O’Brien, and George Raft entertained at the festival.

Except for a brief hiatus during World War II, Tulip Time has continued to thrive. 1947 was a banner year, with the celebration of Holland’s Centennial and the strengthening of our Dutch ties. The Netherlands was grateful for the aid our citizens had provided following the war. In fact, the people of Amsterdam presented the City with the street organ that now entertains Windmill Island visitors. 1947 was also the first year of a long tradition: a visit from the governor of Michigan leading the street scrubbing ceremonies.

Another big year for Tulip Time was 1976. Holland received tremendous publicity through its float entry in the Tournament of Roses Parade. And that year, the Tulip Time festival climaxed with the appearance of the President, West Michigan’s own Gerald R. Ford, in the Parade of Bands.  Each year, Tulip Time brings back time-honored traditions and enhances the festival with new ones.

Here’s some pictures that my grandparent’s took that day! Click on any of the photo’s for a slideshow of the pictures!

Happy Searching!

SueAnn

©Finding Mielke 2012

Charles and Mary Ann Basham Family

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 Today has been a day of questions.  We have been discussing the Basham side of my tree a lot in our family this week, so I thought I would post what I know from their census records.

Before we start with those, I’m going to share at little background information on Charles and Mary Ann Brewer Basham. Charles was born 11 Mar 1844 in Haverhill, Essex, England to John and Susan Evans Basham. Mary Ann Brewer was born on 4 July 1852 in Chigwell, Essex, England to James and Rebecca King Brewer. They were married on 10 Oct 1869. The children, at least the ones I’ve found through census records, are as follows:

Eliza Emily born 1870
Henry Charles born 1872
Mary Elizabeth born 1874
Sarah Ellen born 1876
Florence born 1880
Ethel Daisy 1887
Edith Margaret born 1889 died 1987

Sometime after 1901 and before 1911 Mary Ann passed away. By 1911 Charles was living with Sarah Ellen, her husband Joseph Court and their two children. But for this we’ll start with the last record I have of the family being together.

1901

In 1901 they lived at 10 Hainault Road Chigwell and Charles occupation was a Pig Horse keeper on Farm

Name Relationship Age Where Born
Charles Basham Head 61 Suffolk
Mary Ann Wife 50 Chigwell, Essex
Ethel Daughter 13 Chigwell, Essex
Edith Daughter 11 Chigwell, Essex
Catherine Grand Daughter 11 Chigwell, Essex

1891

In 1891, the family was living at 15 Hainault Road Chigwell and Charles and son Henry were working as Agricultural Labourers.

Name Relationship Age Where Born
Charles Basham Head 49 Haverhill, Suffolk
Mary Ann Wife 39 Chigwell, Essex
Henry C Son 19 Chigwell, Essex
Mary E Daughter 15 Chigwell, Essex
Florence Daughter 11 Chigwell, Essex
Ethel Daughter 3 Chigwell, Essex
Edith Daughter 1 Chigwell, Essex
Catherine Grand Daughter 12 mo Epping, Essex

1881

 In this census they were living at 14 Hainualt Road Chigwell.

Name Relationship Age Where Born
Charles Basham Head 40 Haverhill, Suffolk
Mary Ann Wife 29 Chigwell, Essex
Eliza E Daughter 12 Chigwell, Essex
Henry C Son 10 Chigwell, Essex
Mary E Daughter 8 Chigwell, Essex
Sarah E Daughter 3 Chigwell, Essex
Mary E Daughter 5 Chigwell, Essex


 1871

In 1871, they living at 14 Hainualt Road Chigwell

Name Relationship Age Where Born
Charles Basham Head 26 Haverhill, Suffolk
Mary Ann Wife 19 Chigwell, Essex
Eliza E Daughter 1 Chigwell, Essex

Maybe this will answer some of the questions about the Basham side of the tree!

I have been in contact with a cousin who is a great-granddaughter of Henry Charles Basham and she has a lot more information, so I’ll be adding to this as that information becomes available.

Happy Searching!


Tombstone Tuesday – Oscar Rowan Lindsay

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Last week, we visited the grave of my Great-Grandmother Edith Margret Basham Lindsay, so this week I thought we would stop by her son’s and my Poppo’s (Grandfather) Oscar Rowan Lindsay grave.  Poppo was born in Stratford, Ontario, Canada on 21 Nov 1917 to Oscar and Edith Basham Lindsay.  In 1923 the family immigrated to Detroit, Michigan.

In 1948, he married my Grandmother Lucille Mielke (see there wedding post here). He and Lucille had 3 daughters and 7 grandchildren. He worked for the J. L. Hudson company and was a city councilmen for the city of Ferndale, Michigan.  He was also very active in the Masonic Lodge and with the Shriner’s.   He is buried at Grand Lawn Cemetery in Detroit, Michigan.

Circa 1919

Oscar in the 1930s

City Council Picture

With Lucille in Ottawa, Canada 1984

Oscar and Lucille at a Mason’s event

Oscar and his mom, Edith 1981

Last picture, I promise! My Poppo and me taken Christmas 1981.

Happy Searching!

SueAnn

Tombstone Tuesday – Edith M. Lindsay

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Sunday, I posted about my Grandmother Edith M. Lindsay (see Sunday’s Obituary: Edith M Lindsay). So today, I would share a little more about her and a few more pictures.

Edith Margret was the youngest of 7 children born to Charles and Mary Anne Brewer Basham in Chigwell, Essex, England.  She married Oscar Lindsay in 1911 in West Ham, London. By May of 1913, they were leaving England for Canada. While in Canada, they had two children, a daughter (18 Nov 1916) and a son, Oscar Rowan (21 Nov 1917). Their daughter (I don’t know her name) died two days after birth and is buried Avondale Cemetery, Section A, Stratford, Ontario, Canada. They lived in Stratford, Ontario,  Canada until 1923 when they immigrated to Detroit, Michigan. In 2 Nov 1926, her husband Oscar passed away. In 1948, when my grandparents, Oscar and Lucille, married, she came to live with them. She lived with them until the mid 1980s when they could no longer care for her at home. She lived to be 97 years old.

She is buried at Grand Lawn Cemetery in  Detroit, Michigan.

Grandma Edith and my mom, Donna (August 1950)

Her first grandchild! She look’s so happy and proud!

Edith and husband, Oscar Lindsay (circa 1919)

Happy Searching!

SueAnn