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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 William Mason.

Born in Manchester.

He was an errand boy [1881] / a printer and compositor [1891] / a printer & served his apprenticeship with W. Waddington & Sons of  Todmorden / a master printer / partner in Mason & Howorth of Hall Street, Todmorden.

He served in the Boer War as described in his record:


John Mason, joined the Lancashire Fusiliers in Bury in January 1900, aged 31.

He was in the 2nd J. B. Lancashire Fusiliers when he enlisted as a Corporal.

He was in South Africa [March 1900 to May 1902], being promoted to Sergeant [July 1900].

He was awarded

  • The Queen's South Africa medal with clasps for Cape Colony, O.F.State, Transvaal Laing's Nek

  • The King's South Africa medal with clasps for South Africa 1901 and South Africa 1902

  • The Good Conduct Medal and Long Service Medal

He was discharged in May 1902 on termination of engagement. Next of kin was his brother: Thomas Hutchinson Mason of 50 Industrial Street, Todmorden

 

On 13th April 1909, he married Bertha Greenwood [1877-1958] at Todmorden Unitarian Chapel.


Bertha was born in Cornholme, the daughter of Thomas Greenwood
 

The Todmorden & District News [16th April 1909] reported the wedding.

Child: Ernest [1911-1958]

They lived at 767 Burnley Road, Cornholme [1911-1921].

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.

The Todmorden & District News [3rd September 1915] published 3 articles about his death in the one edition:


Company Sergeant Major John Mason was killed when hit in the neck by shrapnel
 


Letter from Private George Owen of Knotts Road, Lydgate, who assisted in the burial of Company Sergeant Major John Mason:

I and another chap took a blanket into the firing line and brought him back for burial. We carried him about a mile behind the firing line to a little cemetery. Before we buried him, Harold [Lieutenant Harold Smith] sent down to tell me that he wished Mason to be buried in the officers' cemetery at Lancashire landing, a distance of 3½ miles. Three of us carried his body down on a stretcher and laid him to rest amongst the officers

 


Memorial service at Todmorden Unitarian Church for Sergeant Major John Mason last Sunday. The church bells were muffled all day and in the evening a memorial service was held. He was Grand Master of the Humility Lodge of Odd Fellows and a former Provincial Grand Master of the order. During the South African War he was for a time in charge of the Boer prisoners at Tintown near Ladysmith
 

The Todmorden & District News [17th September 1915] published


Letters from several of his officers praising him, including an extract from his Commanding Officer's report on the operation from August 7th to 9th:

He frequently rallied the men when they appeared shaky and prevented them from panic. He was afterwards killed

 

The Todmorden & District News [10th December 1915]


A portrait of the late Sergeant Major John Mason was unveiled at the Unitarian Sunday School, Todmorden. He was secretary and teacher at the school for 25 years.

He was a member of the Order of Oddfellows.

He volunteered to fight in the South African War.

His officers in Gallipoli thought so highly of him that they insisted that he be buried in the burial ground reserved for officers

 

The Todmorden & District News [31st December 1915] published a Local Death Roll for 1915


Sergeant Major John Mason died on the 7th of August at Gallipoli.

Lived at 767 Burnley Road, Cornholme.

He had 27 years service with the Volunteers and Territorials

 

The Todmorden Advertiser & Hebden Bridge Newsletter [21st April 1916]


Having lost his partner in the business, the late Sergeant Major John Mason who was killed in Gallipoli, Mr Samuel Howorth, printer, of the firm Messrs. Mason & Howorth of Hall Street, Todmorden has decided to sell the business and move to Manchester.

He and Mr Mason purchased the printing business from the late Mr Thomas Dawson about ten years ago

 

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 Roger Beasley & 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, 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 388-4
[1829-1883]
Son of John Mason, carder.

Born in Manchester.

He was an iron turner [1861] [1871] / a mechanic [1881].

He married (1) Unknown.

In 1860, he married (2) Ann Hutchinson [1830-1895] in Manchester Cathedral.


Ann was born in Manchester
 


William Mason, a mechanic of 50 York Street, Chorlton, son of John Mason, married Ann Hutchinson, of 15 Blanshard Street, Greenkeys, daughter of Thomas Hutchinson, sailor
 

Children:

  1. Thomas Hutchinson [b 1861] who was a mechanic [1881]  [1891]
  2. Eleanor / Ellen E. [b 1864] who was a cotton  weaver [1881] [1891]
  3. John
  4. Joseph [b 1871] who was a mechanic [1891]

They lived at

  • 8 Charlie Place, Ardwick, Manchester [1861]
  • 7 Gordon Street, Ardwick [1871]
  • 14 Longfield, Langfield, Todmorden [1881]
  • 8 Well Street, Langfield [1891]

William died Q1 1883 (aged 54).

Ann died in 1895 (aged 65).

They both died in Todmorden

This & associated entries use material contributed by Roger Beasley

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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