Mason ...



The entries for people & families with the surname Mason are gathered together in this SideTrack.

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Mason, MrsRef 388-404
[1???-18??]
She ran a
private school in Halifax [around 1870]

Mason, AlbertRef 388-1225
[1897-1916]
Son of Amelia Josephine & Fredrick George Thomas Mason of 30 Beech Hill Terrace, Pellon Lane, Halifax.

Born in Lincolnshire.

During World War I, he served as a Private with the 9th Battalion Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).

He died 27th April 1916 (aged 19).

He was buried at Cité Bonjean Military Cemetery, France. [Grave Ref IX G 34]

He is remembered in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance

Mason, Arthur A.Ref 388-1183
[1921-1942]
Son of Mary Ann & William Mason of Heptonstall.

During World War II, he served as a Guardsman with the 1st Battalion Coldstream Guards.

He died 27th February 1942 (aged 21)  and was buried at Octagonal Methodist Chapel, Heptonstall [F 26]

Mason, CharlesRef 388-M921
[1855-1921]
Son of
John Mason.

Born in Sowerby Bridge [Q1 1855].

He was a woollen twister-in [1871] / a railway locomotive stoker [1881] / a railway engine driver in Sowerby Bridge [1891, 1899].

He married (1) Unknown.

In [Q2] 1885, he married (2) Elizabeth in Halifax.

Children:

  1. Annie [b 1875] who was a worsted twister [1891]
  2. Ada who died 3rd October 1899 (aged 4 months) & was  buried with her Mason grandparents
  3. Amy [b 1885] who was a card room hand (woollen) [1901]
  4. Charles who died October 1889 (aged 4 months) & was  buried with his parents at Blackley
  5. twins Janet [1891] who died in infancy & was buried with  her Mason grandparents
  6. Delia [b 1891] who was a cotton winder [1911]
  7. Emily [1892-1982] who was a cotton winder [1911] &  married William Stuart Prosser
  8. Sarah Alice [b 1897] who was a cotton winder [1911] &  married William A. Crossland
  9. Frank [1902-1983]
  10. Harvey who died 1911 aged 4 weeks & was buried with his  parents
  11. Harold who died 1911 aged 11 weeks & was buried with his  parents

They lived at

  • 44 Albert Road, Warley, Halifax [1891]
  • Steps Lane, Sowerby Bridge [1899]
  • 14 Mitchell Street, Sowerby Bridge [1911, 1916, 1921]

Living with them [in 1911] was boarder Albert Pollitt [b  Prescott, Lancashire 1885] (railway store keeper).

Elizabeth died in 1916.

Charles died in 1921.

The couple were buried at Blackley Baptist Graveyard

This & associated entries use material contributed by Cheryl Grice

Mason, Douglas HarryRef 388-2
[1920-2006]
Landlord of the
Lord Nelson, Luddenden [1959-1961]

This & associated entries use material contributed by Glynn Helliwell

Mason, EllisRef 388-1546
[1806-1853]
Born in Soyland.

He was a cotton spinner [1823, 1851].

On 23rd August 1823, he married Sally Atkinson [1803-1881] at Elland Parish Church.


Sally was the daughter of
Isaac Atkinson
 

Children:

  1. James [1824-1825]
  2. Ann [1826-1899] who married William Whiteley
  3. John [1827-1828]
  4. Ellis [1830-1831]
  5. Mary Ellen [1832-1900] who married Benjamin Norcliffe
  6. Sally [b 1837]
  7. Patience [1842-1883] who married Joseph Riley
  8. Sarah [1844-1903] who married Luke Farrar
  9. Ruth Hannah [b 1847]

The children were all born in Soyland.

They lived at New House, Soyland [1851].

Sally was buried at St Bartholomew's Church, Ripponden [26th March 1881]

This & associated entries use material contributed by Derrick Habergham & Glynn Helliwell

Mason, Harry RothwellRef 388-1594
[1895-1918]
Born Harry Rothwell in Halifax.

Before he was 5 years old, he was adopted by Lydia & Thomas William Mason.

He was a silk dresser at Phoenix Mill, Brighouse.

During World War I, he enlisted [June 1916] and served as a Private with the 12th Battalion Norfolk Regiment.

He was killed in action [15th August 1918] (aged 23).

He was buried at Le Grand Hasard Military Cemetery, Morbecque, France [Grave Ref 2 E 6].

He is remembered on Brighouse War Memorial

This & associated entries use material contributed by Glynn Helliwell

Mason, JamesRef 388-945
[17??-18??]
Cotton spinner at
Hanging Lee Mill, Ripponden [from 1812]. In 1822, he bought the mill from the owner, Thomas Stead

Mason, JohnRef 388-922
[1825-1906]
Born in Stroud, Gloucestershire.

He was a woollen beamer [1861] / a winder-on at woollen mill [1871] / an overlooker woollen warper [1881].

In [Q4] 1853, he married Elizabeth Greenwood in Halifax.


Elizabeth was born in Sowerby Bridge, the daughter of
Joseph Greenwood
 

Children:

  1. Charles
  2. Robert [1856-1859] who died aged 2 years, & was buried  with his parents
  3. Samuel [b 1860] who was an oil cloth maker [1881]
  4. Joseph [b 1862] who was a railway porter [1881]
  5. John [b 1865] who was a grocer's assistant [1881]

They lived at

  • Beech Terrace, Warley [1861]
  • Beech, Warley [1871]

Elizabeth died 9th February 1898.

John died 4th November 1906.

Members of the family were buried at Christ Church, Sowerby Bridge with their grandchildren: Joe [1887-1889], Eliza [1889] who died aged 9 weeks, Ada who died 3rd October 1899 (aged 4 months), and Janet [1891]

This & associated entries use material contributed by Cheryl Grice

Mason, JohnRef 388-1761
[1829-1886]
He was an innkeeper / retired [1886].


Question: Does anyone know which inn this may have been?

 

He lived at 4 Lister Court, Chapeltown, Halifax [1886].

He died 26th April 1886 (aged 57).

He was buried at Stoney Royd Cemetery [Grave Ref: K 1030 D]

Mason, JohnRef 388-397
[1868-1915]
GCM.

Son of Ann & William Mason of Manchester.

Born in Manchester.

He was a master printer.

In 1909, he married Bertha Greenwood [1877-1958] in Todmorden.


Bertha was born in Cornholme, the daughter of
Thomas Greenwood
 

Child: Ernest [1911-1958]

They lived at 767 Burnley Road, Cornholme [1911-1915].

He served in the South African War and was awarded the Good Conduct Medal and Long Service Medal.

During World War I, he served as a Company Sergeant Major with the 1st/6th Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers.

He was sent to Gallipoli.

He was killed in action [7th August 1915] (aged 47)  in the Dardanelles, when he and 14 other officers went over the parapet.

He was buried at Lancashire Landing Cemetery, Turkey [Grave Ref A 68].

He is remembered on Todmorden War Memorial, on the Memorial at Todmorden Unitarian Church, and on the Memorial at Oddfellows' Hall, Todmorden. His brothers-in-law Bernard Greenwood & Harry Baron also died in World War I

This & associated entries use material contributed by Glynn Helliwell

Mason, John WilliamRef 388-M1700
[1867-1944]
Born in Barkisland.

He was a carter [1892].

In 1892, he married Lilly Whiteley [1868-1942].


Lilly was born in Greetland
 

Children:

  1. Lucy who died in infancy
  2. William
  3. Harold [1901-10th March 1930]

They lived at

  • Cross Villa, Barkisland [1911]
  • 173 Hanging Lee, Ripponden

Lilly died 19th October 1942 (aged 75).

John William died 11th October 1944 (aged 77).

Members of the family were buried at Christ Church, Barkisland

This & associated entries use material contributed by Derrick Habergham & Glynn Helliwell

Mason, KatyRef 388-1000
[1878-19??]
Born in Liverpool.

She was one of the children who came to the district and worked as a worsted spinner at Calvert's Mill at Wainstalls.

She lived with Amos Bentley [1891]

Mason, MatthewRef 388-149
[1686-1714]
Of Hubberholme-in-Craven. He was articled to
John Maude and became a Halifax attorney, taking over the practice after Maude's death. After Mason's death, his practice was taken over by his brother-in-law, John Beaumont

Mason, RobertRef 388-562
[16??-17??]
He was
Constable of Northowram [1701]

Mason, Thomas MansellRef 388-946
[18??-1916]
Or Thomas Marshall Mason.

Born in West Hartlepool.

He lived in Halifax.

During World War I, and he served as a Corporal with the 9th Battalion Royal Welsh Fusiliers.

He was killed in action [3rd July 1916].

He is remembered on the Thiepval Memorial, France [Grave Ref 4A], and on the Memorial at Saint Mary's Church, Halifax

Mason, Thomas WilliamRef 388-1699
[1867-1924]
Born in Hartshead.

In [Q1] 1887, he married Lydia Ann Hargreaves [1864-1921] in Halifax.


Lydia Ann was born in Rastrick
 

They had no children.

Around 1900, they adopted 4-year-old Harry Rothwell.

They lived at 7 Gooder Street, Brighouse [1911]

This & associated entries use material contributed by Glynn Helliwell

Mason, WilliamRef 388-1136
[18??-18??]
Cork cutter and furniture broker at 24
Swine Market, Halifax [1874]

Mason, WilliamRef 388-1180
[18??-18??]
Draper at Halifax.

In 1851, he was declared bankrupt

Mason, Rev WilliamRef 388-499
[18??-1937]
BA.

Vicar of Rastrick [1904-1937]

Mason, WilliamRef 388-3
[1828-1883]
Born in Halifax.

He was a cork cutter [1854, 1861] / a cork cutter & broker [1871] / a furniture dealer [1881].

In [Q2] 1851, he married Mary Ann Ingham [1829-1894] in Halifax.


Mary Ann was born in Halifax
 

Children:

  1. Elizabeth Hannah [1853-1854]
  2. Henry [1856] who died in infancy
  3. William Henry [b 1858] who was a cork cutter [1871]
  4. George [b 1860] who was an errand boy [1871]
  5. Emma [b 1862]
  6. A stillborn child [1864]
  7. Mary Elizabeth [b 1864]
  8. Ann [b 1867]
  9. Jane [b 1869]

The family lived at

  • 33 Swine Market, Halifax [1861]
  • 44 St James's Road, Halifax [1871]

William died 26th August 1883 (aged 55).

Mary Ann died 10th March 1894 (aged 65).

Members of the family were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 3240] with Mary Elizabeth Walker [1864-1895]


Question: Does anyone know whether this Mary Elizabeth Walker [1864-1895] is the married daughter of the family?

 

Mason, WilliamRef 388-M1228
[1894-1916]
Aka Willie:

Son of John William Mason.

Born in Greetland.

He was a cotton spinner [1911].

During World War I, he served as a Private with the 9th Battalion Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).

He died 26th April 1916 (aged 22).

He was buried at Cité Bonjean Military Cemetery, France. [Grave Ref IX G 20].

He is remembered on the family grave at Christ Church, Barkisland, on Ripponden War Memorial, on Barkisland War Memorial, and on the Memorial at Christ Church, Barkisland

This & associated entries use material contributed by Derrick Habergham & Glynn Helliwell

Surname

Mason surnameRef 388-1
An occupational surname given to a stone worker or a builder.

There are 22 entries on the Calderdale Companion for people with the surname Mason, as discussed in this SideTrack.


Unattached BMDs for Mason

Marriages 1919, 1922; Death 1899

 



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