The Mason Family


Ada Doris (Mason) Barton

Birth: January 1904

Father: Charles Arthur Mason

Mother: Laura Kate (Plumbe) Mason

Married: Michael Roy Barton in 1958, in Vermont, United States

Death: 1 May 1978

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Amy Laura Mason

Birth: 21 December 1890, in Nowskara, India

Father: Charles Arthur Mason

Mother: Laura Kate (Plumbe) Mason

Death: 1 February 1891, in Nowskara, India

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Arthur Samuel Mason

Birth: 27 March 1893, in Sahathu, Bengal, India

Father: Charles Arthur Mason

Mother: Laura Kate (Plumbe) Mason

Married: Louise

Death: 29 October 1969, in Pompano Beach, Florida, United States

Notes: Possibly the same Arthur Samuel Mason who matriculated from Keble College, Oxford University, in 1912.

Census:
1901: Maidenhead, Berkshire; Age: 8; Place of Birth: India Sahatha British Subject

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Audley Charles Mason

Birth: 26 August 1894

Father: Charles Arthur Mason

Mother: Laura Kate (Plumbe) Mason

Death: 6 September 1894, in Mussare, India

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Charles Arthur Mason

Title: Canon

Birth: 27 November 1858, in Waltair, Madras, India

From the Bombay Times, 18 December 1858:
"At Waltair, on the 27th Nov, the wife of Captain Mason, D A A GI of a son."

Father: Francis John Mills Wheeler Mason

Education: Matriculated Balliol College, Oxford, 17 October 1877, aged 18. BA, 1881. MA, 1884.

Married: Laura Kate Plumbe on 15 February 1890, in Bombay, India. Laura and Charles were engaged in June 1889.

Children: Occupation: Clergyman working for many years as an Indian Government Chaplain

Charles was Assistant Chaplain at King's College, Taunton, Somerset in 1881. The headmaster at King's College at this time was George Thomson. George was later to marry Louisa Plumbe, the elder sister of Charles's future wife, Laura Plumbe. From 1886-7 George was Railway Chaplain in Madras, India and from 1887-1908 he was Chaplain to Bengal ecclesiastical establishment. He served in Dagshai, Kasauli, Meean Meer and Karachi in 1887, in Rawalpindi in 1889 and in Nowshera  between 1887 and 1891. George furloughed in 1891, and served in Sabathu 1891-4. He was Joint Chaplain, Umballa, 1891-2 and 1892-3, in Allahabad, N.W.P.,1894-5, furloughed again 1895-7, served in Agra, N.W.P. from 1897 until 1903, with a furlough in 1901-2. From 1902-03 he was in Landour, N.W.P., from 1903-5, in Benares, United P. India from 1905-7. From 1906 to 1908, Charles was Honorary Canon of Lucknow Cathedral. After this Charles returned to England. He was of St. Peter, Southsea, Hants. in 1908 and the Vicar of Otterbourne, Hants. from 1909 until 1913. In 1913 and 1914, Charles was Chaplain to St. Catharine's Home, Ventnor, I.O.W., and he was Curate of Binsted with Kingsley from 1916 to 1919.

Death: 31 July 1946

Census:
1881: 35 St. James Square, London, Middlesex
1901: Poplar, London; Occ: Indian Government Chaplain

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Gerald Francis Mason

Title: Lieutenant

Birth: 30 December 1897, in Agra, Bengal, India

Father: Charles Arthur Mason

Mother: Laura Kate (Plumbe) Mason

Occupation: Gerald served his country in World War I. He was a lieutenant in the 3rd Battallion, Hampshire Regiment, attached to the Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) at the time of his death.

Death: 1 September 1917

Buried: St. Nicholas Old Churchyard, Kingsley, Hampshire (near east end of church)

Census:
1901: Maidenhead, Berkshire; Age: 3; Place of Birth: India Agra British Subject

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John Oscar Lawrence Mason

known as "Bob"
Birth: 12 September 1899, in Sanaroke, India

Father: Charles Arthur Mason

Mother: Laura Kate (Plumbe) Mason

Married: Margaret Stephanie Davidson on 15 March 1928, in Karachi, India (now Pakistan)

Census:
1901: Maidenhead, Berkshire; Age: 1; Place of Birth: India Sanaroke British Subject

Death: 3 November 1997

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Robert Mason

Father: Charles Arthur Mason

Mother: Laura Kate (Plumbe) Mason

Notes: in Toronto.

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Violet Grace Mason

Birth: 1895

Father: Charles Arthur Mason

Mother: Laura Kate (Plumbe) Mason

Death: about 1896

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Winifred Kate (Mason) Revell

Birth: 4 October 1895, in Belper, Derbyshire, England

Father: Charles Arthur Mason

Mother: Laura Kate (Plumbe) Mason

Married: Thomas Marshall Revell on 22 April 1919, in Kingsley, Hampshire, England

Census:
1901: Maidenhead, Berkshire; Age: 5; Place of Birth: Belfore, Derbyshire

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