Ancestry of Shirley Ardell Mason

compiled by Rob Martindale and William Addams Reitwiesner


The following material on the immediate ancestry of Shirley Ardell Mason should not be considered either exhaustive or authoritative, but rather as a first draft.

Rob Martindale provided an early version of this report, which was expanded by the undersigned.





William Addams Reitwiesner

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Ancestry of Shirley Ardell Mason
1 Shirley Ardell Mason, b. Dodge Center, Minn., 25 Jan. 1923, d. Lexington, Ky., 26 Feb. 1998 [SSDI 090-38-7013; Cornelia Wilbur, Sybil (1973); Akron Beacon Journal December 24, 1998, p. A2]
PARENTS
2 Walter Wingfield Mason, b. ... , Minn., 21 Sept. 1884, d. ... [living 1930]
m. Emmetsburg, Iowa, 16 Feb. 1910
3 Martha Alice Atkinson, b. Emmetsburg, Iowa, 17 Aug. 1883, d. Kansas City, Mo., 27 July 1948
GRANDPARENTS
4 Neil Austin Mason, b. Wasiopa, Minn., 27 July 1856, d. Dodge Co., Minn., 15 Feb. 1935 [Mason 632]
m. Dodge Co., Minn., 17 July 1878
5 Mary Sammers, b. ... , Iowa, ... [ca. 1859], d. Dodge Co., Minn., 19 April 1932
6 Joseph Smith Atkinson, b. Burlington Co., N. J., 17 July 1842, d. Emmetsburg, Iowa, 2 April 1912
m. Lawn Ridge, Ill., 10 Sept. 1867
7 Martha Hageman Piester, b. Westerlo, N. Y., 19 June 1849, d. ... [living 1910]
GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
8 Austin Alonzo Mason, b. ... , N. Y., 5 Aug. 1824, d. ... [Mason 632]
m.
9 Eliza(beth) A ... Garrison, b. ... , Pa., 31 May 1825 d. Dodge Co., Minn., 20 July 1881
12 James Atkinson, b. ... , d. ...
m.
13 Mary Ayres, b. ... , d. ...
14 Balster Piester, b. ... , d. ...
m.
15 Elizabeth Willsey, b. Utica, N. Y., 26 Feb. 1826, d. Emmetsburg, Iowa, 28 Aug. 1909
GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
16 Elias Mason, b. ... 19 May 1803, d. Wasiopa, Minn., 18 Dec. 1862 [Mason 530]
m. ... 28 April 1821
17 Susan Keziah Carpenter, b. ... 5 April 1800, d. ... 23 Aug. 1883
30 Cornelius Willsey, b. ... , d. ...
m.
31 Martha Frencher, b. ... , d. ...
GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
32 Capt. Elijah Mason, b. Woodstock, Conn., 25 Jan. 1754, d. Wethersfield, N. Y., 11 May 1837 [Mason 474]
m. Preble, N. Y., 23 Feb. 1802
33 Elizabeth Cravath, b. ... 1763 d. Preble, N. Y., 5 Aug. 1827
GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
64 Elias Mason, b. Watertown, Mass., 24 Aug. 1723, d. Woodstock, Conn., 30 March 1802 [Mason 455]
m. Watertown, Mass., 3 May 1753
65 Lydia Brown, b. Watertown, Mass., 15 Aug. 1729 d. Woodstock, Conn., 24 Jan. 1817
GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
128 Joseph Mason, b. Watertown, Mass., 2 Oct. 1688, d. Watertown, Mass., 6 July 1755 [Mason 441]
m. Stoughton, Mass., 14 Sept. 1710
129 Mary Monk, b. Dorchester, Mass., ... 1691, d. Watertown, Mass., 22 April 1763
130 Jonathan Brown, b. ... , d. ...
m.
131 Elizabeth Simonds, b. ... , d. ...
GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
256 Joseph Mason, b. Watertown, Mass., 10 Aug. 1646, d. Watertown, Mass., 22 July 1702 [Mason 439]
m. Watertown, Mass., 5 Feb. 1681
257 Mary Fiske, b. Watertown, Mass., 5 July 1661, d. Watertown, Mass., 6 Jan. 1723
258 Elias Monk, b. ... , d. ...
m.
259 Hope ... , b. ... , d. ...
7/GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
512 Capt. Hugh Mason, b. ... , d. Watertown, Mass., 10 Oct. 1678 [Mason 17]
m. St. Peter's, Malden, co. Essex, 13 Jan. 1632
513 Hester Wells, bapt. St. Peter's, Malden, co. Essex, 21 July 1611, d. Watertown, Mass., 21 May 1692
514 John Fiske, b. ... , d. ...
m.
515 Sarah Wyeth, b. ... , d. ...
8/GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
1026 Thomas Wells, b. ... , d. ...
m.
1027 Helen Sidey, b. ... , d. ...
9/GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
10/GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
11/GREAT-GRANDPARENTS








EXTRACTS from the U.S. FEDERAL DECENNIAL CENSUS







1930 Minnesota, Dodge Co., Dodge Center, ED 6, sheet 4A, line 28

Mason Walter     H    M W 47 M 26    MN MN IA    Clerk   Hardware
      Martha     W    F W 47 M 26    IA US US
      Shirley    D    F W  7 S       MN MN IA

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1930 Minnesota, Dodge Co., Dodge Center, ED 5, sheet 4A, line 42

Mason Walter W    H   M W 36 M    MN MN MN    Contractor   General Carpentering
      Martha A    W   F W 36 M    IA NJ NY

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1910 Iowa, Palo Alto Co., Emmetsburg, ED 177, sheet 10B, line 93

Atkinson J S         H   M W 71 M 45    NJ Eng Scot      ...         Painter
         Martha H    W   F W 68 M 45    NY Ger NY
         Nellie Z    D   F W 26 S       IA NJ  NY       Saleslady    General Store
         May V       D   F W 19 S       IA NJ  NY       Teacher      County School

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1900 Iowa, Palo Alto Co., Emmetsburg, ED 153, sheet 2A, line 5

Atkinson Joseph S Sr   H                M 33        NJ   Eng  Scot    ...
         Martha D      W             50 M 33 11 8   NY   Germ NY
         William       S        1881 18 S           Iowa NJ   NY      Laborer Day
         Martha A      D    Aug 1883 16 S           Iowa NJ   NY      At School
         Nellie T      D    Feb 1885 15 S           Iowa NJ   NY      At School
         Roy P         S    May 1887 12 S           Iowa NJ   NY      At School
         May V         D        1890 10 S           Iowa NJ   NY      At School
Davis Betsy           MiL   Feb 1826 74 Wd          NY   NY   NY

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NOTES






3 -- See http://www.rootsweb.com/~iafgs/atkinsonjs.txt.



15 -- See http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ia/paloalto/vitals/deaths/davis2gdt.txt.











FURTHER NOTES




The National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution (NSDAR) publishes a Patriot Index, a list of persons whose honorable service in the cause of independence during the American Revolution renders their female descendants eligible for membership in the NSDAR. Several ancestors of Shirley Ardell Mason appear in the Patriot Index, including:


    Capt. Elijah Mason (number 32)













SOURCES CONSULTED AND CITED


See above. Also:



Mason -- Edna Mason, Descendants of Capt. Hugh Mason in America [1937]







William Addams Reitwiesner

wargs@wargs.com