| 4. | Robert Mason was born in 1781 in Cambuslang, South Lanarkshire, Scotland; was christened on 25 Jun 1781 in Cambuslang, South Lanarkshire, Scotland (son of James Mason and Elizabeth Allan); died in 1852 in Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. Other Events and Attributes:
- FamilySearch ID: KK1B-99D
- _UID: B20216A113294BFC9CE570D461EF9341D7AF
- Immigration: 13 Apr 1821, Canada; from Cambuslang Scotland on George Canning, sailing 13 April with wife, two sons and three daughters
Notes:
?i?List of immigrants indebted to His Majesty's Government 24 Oct, 1829?/i?
Robert Mason is listed on Lanark Con 2 L 9W
?i?1834 Rankins Report Lanark Twp Con2 Lot 9W?/i?
His farm is described as a small clearing, broken, stoney, rocky. Robert Mason teacher in school in Lanark.
?i?1836 Petition by Lanark Society Settlers
?/i?Robert Mason, Lanark C2 L9E
?i?1861 Personal Census, Township of Lanark, Canada West, District 19, Film# C1042?/i?
Robert Mason, Yeoman, C of S., b. Scotland, Age nb 80
Jane Mason, C of S., b. Scotland, Age nb 50
Describe by C. McPherson as 'first militant Presbyterian Church elder along with Robert Affleck Sr.
(Research):?i?Notes From Robert Mason's Early Records?u??/i?
?/u?Wrote a letter to James Gourley and one to James Mason dated 29 Aug 1821 and 11 Dec 1821
Robert Mason's wach was made by George Edward, London, numbered 26426?u?
?/u?Taught school from 1821 - 24 dec 1849
?b?Robert Mason, ?/b?Cambuslang, Canning, 1821, Lanark Con 2 Lot 9, later Lanark Village
wife Helen Gourlie, married 1808, died 1844.
Children James 1809-1810, Jean 1810-1812, Elisabeth m. Thomas Miller. d. 1850, John 1813, Helen 1816-1891 m. George Miller, James 1820, 1823 Robertson m. Sarah Ann McDonald, 1825 Jean (Janet) may have died in 1848, 1827 Margaret m. Peter Miller.
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?b?William Gourlie?/b? (Gourley) (5 people) (Con 8 Lot 19) was also part of the Cambuslang Society, weaver.
wife Elizabeth, 2 sons
One son George m. Christina Hall, Lanark, 1844, children William 1845, Christina 1847, Francis Hall, 1849, died 9 mos. and Mary Jane Johnston, circa 1850, moved to Wilberforce Township, Eaganville area, Renfrew, tanner, farmer, Jane Robson 1851 m. Robertson Reeves, George J. m. Margaret Reid of Gratton, 5 children, harness maker, Elizabeth 1856, James 1860 married Mary Acton, Town Councillor, later went to Winnipeg & John Clark 1863, 8+ children, merchants and undertakers, Esther 1862 m. J. D. McNab, Mary Victoria 1866 m. ? McIntyre from Mink Lake, Dr. Thomas A. m Isabel Halliday, 7 children, practiced in Killaloe, wnet ot Cayuga where his cousin George Reeves was living, Edwin Adam 1870, d 1882, Alexander, b?, m. Mary Christina Anderson in 1896.
Second son may have been William, married to Jane. Appears in Mississippi Methodist circuit, son Thomas G. b 1832, bap. Rev. Anson Green, Carleton Place; Philander Smith G. This family not in the 1842 or 1851 Census for Beckwith but may have been in Ramsay (census missing). Gourlays from County Tyrone, Ireland in Carleton County
and a daughter under 12 years in 1821.
William appears to have gone to the USA circa 1824, probably to work on a canal but returned to Canada and went to Elizabethtown (Brockville). He died there circa 1830. Elizabeth Gourlie married John Sproule in 1834 and they had two children.
?i?1861 Personal Census, Township of Lanark, Canada West, District 19, Film# C1042?/i?
Robert Mason, Yeoman, C of S., b. Scotland, Age nb 80
Jane Mason, C of S., b. Scotland, Age nb 50
?b?Robert Mason, ?/b?Cambuslang, Canning, 1821, Lanark Con 2 Lot 9, later Lanark Village
wife Helen Gourlie, married 1808, died 1844.
Children James 1809-1810, Jean 1810-1812, Elisabeth m. Thomas Miller. d. 1850, John 1813, Helen 1816-1891 m. George Miller, James 1820, 1823 Robertson m. Sarah Ann McDonald, 1825 Jean (Janet) may have died in 1848, 1827, Margaret m. Peter Miller.
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?b?William Gourlie?/b? (Gourley) (5 people) (Con 8 Lot 19) was also part of the Cambuslang Society, weaver.
wife Elizabeth, 2 sons
One son George m. Christina Hall, Lanark, 1844, children William 1845, Christina 1847, Francis Hall, 1849, died 9 mos. and Mary Jane Johnston, circa 1850, moved to Wilberforce Township, Eaganville area, Renfrew, tanner, farmer, Jane Robson 1851 m. Robertson Reeves, George J. m. Margaret Reid of Gratton, 5 children, harness maker, Elizabeth 1856, James 1860 married Mary Acton, Town Councillor, later went to Winnipeg & John Clark 1863, 8+ children, merchants and undertakers, Esther 1862 m. J. D. McNab, Mary Victoria 1866 m. ? McIntyre from Mink Lake, Dr. Thomas A. m Isabel Halliday, 7 children, practiced in Killaloe, wnet ot Cayuga where his cousin George Reeves was living, Edwin Adam 1870, d 1882, Alexander, b?, m. Mary Christina Anderson in 1896.
Second son may have been William, married to Jane. Appears in Mississippi Methodist circuit, son Thomas G. b 1832, bap. Rev. Anson Green, Carleton Place; Philander Smith G. This family not in the 1842 or 1851 Census for Beckwith but may have been in Ramsay (census missing). Gourlays from County Tyrone, Ireland in Carleton County
and a daughter under 12 years in 1821.
William appears to have gone to the USA circa 1824, probably to work on a canal but returned to Canada and went to Elizabethtown (Brockville). He died there circa 1830. Elizabeth Gourlie married John Sproule in 1834 and they had two children.
Birth:
MASON
ROBERT
JAMES MASON/
M
25/06/1781
627/
10 141
Cambuslang
First name(s)?tab?Robert
Last name?tab?Mason
Gender?tab?Male
Birth year?tab?1781
Birth place?tab?Cambuslang, Lanark, Scotland
Baptism year?tab?-
Baptism date?tab?-
Baptism place?tab?CAMBUSLANG, LANARK, SCOTLAND
Father's first name(s)?tab?James
Father's last name?tab?Mason
Mother's first name(s)?tab?-
Mother's last name?tab?-
Residence?tab?Cambuslang, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Place?tab?Cambuslang
County?tab?Lanarkshire
Country?tab?Scotland
Record set?tab?Scotland Births & Baptisms 1564-1950
Category?tab?Birth, Marriage & Death (Parish Registers)
Subcategory?tab?Parish Baptisms
Collections from?tab?Scotland, United Kingdom
Index (c) IRI. Used by permission of FamilySearch Intl
Christened:
MASON
ROBERT
JAMES MASON/
M
25/06/1781
627/
10 141
Cambuslang
FamilySearch ID:
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/KK1B-99D
Immigration:
Name:?tab?Robert Mason
Marital status:?tab?woman age 35; male children ages 5 mo., 6.5; female children ages 5, 9, 10.5
Year of Record:?tab?1821
Comments:?tab?List of Combustang families admitted on the Government grant as settlers in Upper Canada on the ship 'George Canning'
Reference:?tab?Transcribed from (film of) original documents held in the collection of the National Archives of Canada [Ottawa]: MG 11, Colonial Office 42, vol. 159, page 507, list 1.1
Source/Event:?tab?Lists of Scottish families admitted on the Government grant as settlers in Upper Canada on the Ship 'George Canning'. Glasgow, April 13, 1821; 11 lists dated April 13, 1821, signed by Robert Lamond, Sect. to the Committee on Emigration for Scotland.
Mason, Robert
Emigrated from Scotland, with his wife, two sons and three daughters, to Canada on the George Canning. Received a land grant in Lanark, Upper Canada, 4 Aug 1821. (POA)
Robert married Helen Gourley on 20 Nov 1808 in Barony Parish, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland. Helen (daughter of John Gourly and Jean, daughter of John Gourlie, Sr. and Jean Anderson) was born in 1785 in Cambuslang, South Lanarkshire, Scotland; was christened on 13 Mar 1785 in Cambuslang, South Lanarkshire, Scotland; died on 8 Apr 1844 in Lanark Village, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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1861 - Yes, date unknown
