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Charles Walter Bastable Sr. (abt. 1835 - 1878)

Born about [uncertain] in County Limerick, Ireland
Died at about age 43 in Quebec, Canada

Biography

Ireland Native
Charles Bastable Sr. was born in Ireland.

Charles Walter Bastable was born in about 1835.

He married Eliza Matilda Waller (the eldest daughter of Sir Edmund Waller, 4th Baronet and Selina Maria Waller) on 2 June 1859 at Abington, County Limerick, Ireland[1]. Notice of their marriage was printed on page 2 of the Tipperary Vindicator dated 7 June 1859:

  • MARRIAGES.
  • Abington Church, in this county, Charles Walter Bastable, of Ashrow, county Limerick, Esq. to Eliza Matilda, eldest daughter of the late Sir Edmund Waller, of Newport, county Tipperary, Bart.[2]

They went on to have at least eight children.

Charles and his wife emigrated from Ireland to Quebec, Canada.

In the 1871 Census of Canada, Charles Bastable (36 and a School Master) was recorded living with his wife Eliza Bastable (34) and their children Harriet Bastable (7), Edmond Bastable (8), Adeleide Bastable (6), Eliza Bastable (5), Selina Bastable (3), Mary Bastable (2) and Arthur Bastable (1) at St Jean, Quebec[3].

Charles Walter Bastable passed away on 16 July 1878 at the age of about 43. He was buried at Lachine St-Stephen's Anglican Church in Montreal, Quebec, Canada[4].

Research Notes

Profile had unsourced, nonexistent birth location "Ashrow, Ireland, United Kingdom".

Sources

  1. Marriage: "Ireland Marriages, 1619-1898," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FGCR-LY1 : 12 December 2014), Charles Walter Bastable and Eliza Matilda Waller, 02 Jun 1859; citing Abington, Lim, Ireland, reference 609, index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 101,407.
  2. Tipperary Vindicator dated 7 June 1859 page 2 (requires subscription to view)
  3. 1871 Canada Census: "Canada Census, 1871", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4KD-QCD : Sat Mar 09 18:25:08 UTC 2024), Entry for Charles Bastable and Eliza Bastable, 1871.
  4. Burial: Ancestry.com. Web: Montreal, Canada, non-Catholic Burial Index, 1767-1899 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. Original data: Sépultures non catholiques de la région de Montréal, 1767-1899. Bibliothèque et Archives Nationales du Québec (BAnQ). http://www.banq.qc.ca/archives/genealogie_histoire_familiale/: accessed 24 August 2014.

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Bastable-43 and Bastable-30 appear to represent the same person because: Exact dates, same spouse and children


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