James Mason

1820 - 1847  (27 years)

• Name	James Mason
  Birth	28 Jun 1820	Cambuslang, South Lanarkshire, Scotland   [1]
  	Cambuslang Parish Microfilm 0102890
  Christening	9 Jul 1820	Cambuslang, South Lanarkshire, Scotland   [2, 3]
  	MASON JAMES ROBERT MASON/HELEN GOURLEY FR250 (FR250) M 09/07/1820 627/ 20 3 Cambuslang
  Gender	Male
  Immigration-Witness	13 Apr 1821	Canada   [4]
  	from Cambuslang Scotland on George Canning, sailing 13 April with wife, two sons and three daughters
  	Role: Witness 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)
  Immigration-Witness	13 Apr 1821	Canada   [4]
  	from Cambuslang Scotland on George Canning, sailing 13 April with wife, two sons and three daughters
  	Role: Witness 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)
  _UID	ED059671E6B047E1A5A61ECA931BDAA41660
  Death	21 Dec 1847
  Notes	Robert Mason seems to have written a letter to him 29 Aug 1821 and again on 11 dec 1821 James Mason was born at a quarter past nine o'clock morning (Research):Cambuslang Parish Microfilm 0102890 13 Jun 1818 James Mason & Agnes Sterling both in this parish gave in their names for proclamation.
  Person ID	I1453	Lanark County Origins | This is my paternal Lineage, my 2 great grandmother's Lineage (paternal)
  Last Modified	10 Apr 2020

  
  

  Father	Robert Mason,   b. 1781, Cambuslang, Cambuslang Parish, South Lanark, Lanark, Scotland d. 1852, Lanark Highlands (Lanark), Lanark County, Ontario, Canada (Age 71 years)
  Mother	Helen Gourley,   b. 1785, Cambuslang, South Lanarkshire, Scotland d. 8 Apr 1844, Lanark Village, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada (Age 59 years)
  Marriage	20 Nov 1808	Glasgow (Barony), Glasgow City, Scotland
  Family ID	F474	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Marriage	13 Jun 1818  [5]
  Family ID	F483	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2024

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 28 Jun 1820 - Cambuslang, South Lanarkshire, Scotland Christening - 9 Jul 1820 - Cambuslang, South Lanarkshire, Scotland Immigration-Witness - from Cambuslang Scotland on George Canning, sailing 13 April with wife, two sons and three daughters - 13 Apr 1821 - Canada Immigration-Witness - from Cambuslang Scotland on George Canning, sailing 13 April with wife, two sons and three daughters - 13 Apr 1821 - Canada  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S41] Cambuslang Parish (Cambuslang, Lanarkshire, Scotland), Scotland, Births, Marriages, Deaths, 3 May 2017, "James Mason," Birth; 0102890 (Reliability: 3). [S154] Family Search International, Scotland, Birth and Baptisms 1564-1950 (FS), ((http://familysearch.com)), accessed 8 Aug 2019), James Mason; "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XTLH-CBX : 10 February 2018), Helen Gourley in entry for James Mason, 28 Jun 1820; citing, reference - 2:15JJNML, index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 1,042,967. (Reliability: 3). [S137] ? DC Thomson Family History, England, Shropshire Burials Transcription, ((findmypast.com)), "Church registers - Old Parish Registers Births and baptisms." James Mason, accessed 10 Apr 2020. (Reliability: 3). [S681] BBC, England, BBC, History, British Civil Wars, Timeline, ((http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/timeline/civilwars_timeline_noflash.shtml : 2014)), accessed 10 Apr 2020), Robert Mason family; Original data: Records of Immigrants to Canada. (Reliability: 3). [S50] Cambuslang Parish (Cambuslang, Lanarkshire, Scotland), Scotland, Births, Marriages, Deaths, "James Mason & Agnes Sterling," Marriage; 0102890 (Reliability: 3). James Mason & Agnes Sterling, both of this parish gave in their names for proclomation..