Father is from KY. That's all I know.
Howdy everyone.I guess I'll tell a little about myself and what I know of my Father and see if anyone knows anything.Thanks for any help you can give me.I've always wanted to know about my Father's side of the family.
My name is James Burton Baskett.I was born June 26, 1974 in Tipton, IN.I grew up in Noblesville, IN.My family called me Jamie for short (Don't know why that's short for James..)I graduated from Noblesville High School in 1992.Immediately joined the Army and shipped off to Texas.I was only there for school, so that's sort of immaterial.Desperatly trying to avoid "the family", I moved to Denver, CO.I lived there from 1993 until 2001 when I moved to Dallas, TX, where I currently reside.
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As a side note; when I joined the Army, I didn't feel that "Jamie" would be the best name to go by in that sort of environment.The only thing I know about my Father's family is that my middle name Burton was passed to me through the family line.I think my Grandfather or Great-Grandfather's name was Burton.Anyway, I decided to use that name.It very quickly got shortened to "Burt" (What is it with people always wanting to shorten your name?)It felt a lot more comfortable for me, but my family still calls me Jamie.
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My Mother's maiden name is Janice Carol Gregory.I don't know when she and my Father married, but I do know that they divorced when I was around 2 years old.I don't know any details of the saparation, so the time might be a little off.She remarried to Marco A. Garcia soon after that, so he gets the credit for raising me.We had a rough life, but they somehow made ends meet with the very little that we had.My love to them.
I have 1 sister (Christina Carol Baskett 32 yrs old, now Petty), 2 brothers (David Denton Baskett 30 yrs old and Ryan Keith Baskett 25 yrs old).Lots of nieces and nephews.As I said before, we grew up in Noblesville, IN.
I have very limited information about my Father.I don't know where he was born, how old he is, who his parents are or anything about his family.(Except the Burton part.)
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His name is David Isham Baskett.I know that he and his wife Carolyn lived in Tompkinsville, KY during the years of 1988 and 1989.I don't know Carolyn's maden name, or anything about her family, and they have since divorced.(Long story, but I lived with them for about 6 months of that year.I was very young (still am (smile)) and was too pre-occupied with being a teenager and a freshman in high school to bother getting to know him.)I'm sure that he lived there for longer than that, I just don't know the time frame.
I think he was a mechanic by trade.I couldn't tell you what kind.I seem to remember something about heavy machinery and diesel somewhere in my mind.I also seem to remember that there were more family members living in Tompkinsville.I think I met one of my uncles.
That's really all I can remember right now outside of the rare times that he would pop into town and visit us kids.Like I said, it's very limited.I was reading through the rest of the geneology forum, and nothing jumped out at me to relate me.Hopefully someone will read this and recognize something.
Obviouly I could have a geneology done, but that will only give me names and dates.I want to know who the family was/is.
Hope to hear from someone.
Burt Baskett
4810 Cedar Springs #52
Dallas, TX75219
(214) 522-2049 Home
(214) 755-0113 Cell
[email protected]
P.S.If you want to know more about me, feel free to drop me a note or a call.
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Kenneth Baskett 4/26/05
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