Helen "Ellen" Mason b. 18 Apr 1816 Cambuslang, South Lanarkshire, Scotland d. 4 Jul 1891 Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada: Lanark County Origins

Helen "Ellen" Mason^[1]

1816 - 1891 (75 years)

Name	Helen "Ellen" Mason
Nickname	Ellen
Birth	18 Apr 1816	Cambuslang, South Lanarkshire, Scotland
Christening	28 Apr 1816	Cambuslang, South Lanarkshire, Scotland [2]
	MASON HELEN ROBERT MASON/HELEN GOURLEY FR122 (FR122) F 28/04/1816 627/ 10 204 Cambuslang
Gender	Female
Immigration-Witness	13 Apr 1821	Canada [3]
	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 [3]
	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)
Census-Household Member	1842	Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada [4]
	Ontario, Concession 3 Lot 9
	Role: Household Member born Scotland Settled Bathurst, Concession 3 Lot 9 Date 1821 2 born Scotland 3 born Canada West 5 in household Presbyterian
Census-Household Member	1851	Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada [5]
	Canada
	Role: Household Member
		1851 Census Bathurst Lanark George Miller
Census-Wife of Head	1861	Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada [6]
	Canada
	Role: Wife of Head
		1861 Census Bathurst George Miller
		1861 Census Bathurst Lanark George Miller pg 2
Census-Wife of Head	1871	Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada [7]
	Canada
	Role: Wife of Head
		1817 Census Bathurst George Miller Household
Census-Wife of Head	1881	Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada [8]
	Canada
	Role: Wife of Head
		1881 Census Bathurst George Miller pg1
		1881 Census Bathurst George Miller pg2
Census-Household Member	1891	Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada [9]
	Canada
	Role: Household Member
FamilySearch ID	LC74-954
	https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LC74-954
FindaGrave Memorial ID	169532675
	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/169532675
Name	Ellen Mason [10]
Name	Helen Mason [11]
_UID	86009B753D134D2288178CDA227BE8F6D5D6
Death	4 Jul 1891	Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada
	Cause: Cancer
	Series: MS935; Reel: 61 County: Lanark; Division: Bathurst Pg. 24; No.: 5 (008042) Name: Mrs. George Miller Died: 7 July 1891 Sex: Female Age: 75 years Occupation: Farmers wife Born: Scotland Cause: Cancer Physician: Dr. Kellock Informant: David Miller, Bathurst Registered: Aug 2nd 1891 Denomination: Presbyterian Registrar: P. McKinley [Ontario Death Registration]
Burial	7 Jul 1891	Old Burying Ground / Pioneer Cemetery, Craig Street, Perth, Ontario, Canada
	Series: MS935; Reel: 61 County: Lanark; Division: Bathurst Pg. 24; No.: 5 (008042) Name: Mrs. George Miller Died: 7 July 1891 Sex: Female Age: 75 years Occupation: Farmers wife Born: Scotland Cause: Cancer Physician: Dr. Kellock Informant: David Miller, Bathurst Registered: Aug 2nd 1891 Denomination: Presbyterian Registrar: P. McKinley [Ontario Death Registration]
Notes	Robert Mason Journal Helen Mason was born at half past nine morning
Person ID	I28	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

Family George Miller, b. 14 Jan 1814, Dumbarton, West Dunbartonshire, Scotland d. 22 Mar 1888, Tay Valley Twp (Bathurst), Lanark County, Ontario, Canada (Age 74 years)

Marriage 6 Apr 1836 Lanark Highlands (Lanark), Lanark County, Ontario, Canada

Children

+	1. David Gourlay Miller, b. 10 Mar 1837, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada d. 16 Dec 1919, Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada (Age 82 years) [Adopted]
+	2. Helen Mason "Ellen" Miller, b. 27 Nov 1838, Tay Valley Twp (Bathurst), Lanark County, Ontario, Canada d. 18 Mar 1931, Tay Valley Twp (Bathurst), Lanark County, Ontario, Canada (Age 92 years)
	3. Janet Miller, b. 30 Mar 1841, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada d. 20 Jun 1842, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada (Age 1 year)
	4. Jane Eliza Miller, b. 12 Apr 1843, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada d. 13 Oct 1906, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada (Age 63 years) [Adopted]
+	5. Mary Mason Miller, b. 5 Apr 1845, Tay Valley Twp (Bathurst), Lanark County, Ontario, Canada d. 22 Jun 1882, Tay Valley Twp (Bathurst), Lanark County, Ontario, Canada (Age 37 years)
+	6. Robert George Miller, b. 10 Apr 1847, Tay Valley Twp (Bathurst), Lanark County, Ontario, Canada d. 17 Jul 1915, Glen Tay (Adamsville), Tay Valley Twp (Bathurst), Lanark County, Ontario, Canada (Age 68 years)
+	7. Janet Sarah "Jessie" Miller, b. 5 Apr 1849, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada d. 6 Nov 1936, Lacombe, Red Deer Census Division, Alberta, Canada (Age 87 years)
+	8. Andrew Burns Miller, b. 9 Jan 1850, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada d. 21 Feb 1909, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada (Age 59 years) [Adopted]
+	9. Margaret Mason Miller, b. 6 Feb 1851, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada d. 2 Jun 1917, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada (Age 66 years)
	10. William Miller, b. 22 Jan 1853, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada d. 28 Jan 1853, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada (Age 0 years)
+	11. William George Miller, b. 17 Apr 1854, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada d. 28 Jan 1929, Smiths Falls, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada (Age 74 years)
	12. Katherine Hendry Miller, b. 8 Jun 1856, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada d. 31 Dec 1936, Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada (Age 80 years)
+	13. George Miller, b. 14 Jul 1858, Tay Valley Twp (Bathurst), Lanark County, Ontario, Canada d. 26 Oct 1930, Tay Valley Twp (Bathurst), Lanark County, Ontario, Canada (Age 72 years)

Family ID F9 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 4 Mar 2024

Sources

[S122] New Jersey State Archives, Trenton, New Jersey, USA, New Jersey, Marriage Records, 1670-1965, ((ancestry.ca)), accessed 2 Dec 2019), entry for Helen "Ellen" Mason, person ID LC74-954. (Reliability: 3).
[S137] ? DC Thomson Family History, England, Shropshire Burials Transcription, ((findmypast.com)), "Church registers - Old Parish Registers Births and baptisms." Helen 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).
[S156] England, Essex Parish Registers, 1538-1997, ((www.familysearch.org)), George Miller, Bathurst (Reliability: 3).
[S103] Ancestry.com and Genealogical Research Library (Brampton, Ontario, Canada), Ontario, Canada, Marriages, 1785-1935, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. Date:2010 Place:Provo, UT, USA), 4 Apr 2017, accessed 26 Feb 2018), George Miller Household; Year: 1851; Census Place: Bathurst, Lanark County, Canada West (Ontario); Schedule: A; Roll: C_11731; Page: 39; Line: 13., 1,7921::0. (Reliability: 3).
[S49] National Records of Scotland, ScotlandsPeople, Church registers - Old Parish Registers Births and baptisms, ((https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk)), George Miller Household; Library and Archives Canada; Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Census Returns For 1861; Roll: C-1041. (Reliability: 3).
the census pages are out of order - the George Miller household begins 3 pages before the page on which Andrew is found
[S99] Book, History of the County of Peterborough, (Toronto, Ontario, Canada: C. Blackett Robinson, 5 Jordan Street, publisher, 1884.), George Miller Household; Year: 1871; Census Place: Bathurst, Lanark South, Ontario; Roll: C-10017; Page: 42; Family No: 156., 971.363 H39 BR C.1. (Reliability: 3).
[S164] Ontario., Ontario, County Marriage Registers, 1858-1869, (Digital images., Family Search.org . https://www.familysearch.org.), George Miller Household; Year: 1881; Census Place: Bathurst, Lanark South, Ontario; Roll: C_13233; Page: 5; Family No: 19. (Reliability: 3).
[S178] ? Findmypast 2015, Australia, Queensland Deaths 1829-1964 Transcription, ((findmypast.com)), 11 May 2017, George Miller Household. (Reliability: 3).
[S55] Provincial Archives of Alberta; Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, Canada, Alberta, Marriages Index, 1898-1942, ((ancestry.ca)), accessed 2 Dec 2019), entry for Helen "Ellen" Mason, person ID LC74-954. (Reliability: 3).
;Contributor: DianeDuncan01
[S55] Provincial Archives of Alberta; Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, Canada, Alberta, Marriages Index, 1898-1942, ((ancestry.ca)), accessed 2 Dec 2019), entry for Helen "Ellen" Mason, person ID LC74-954. (Reliability: 3).
;my 2x great grandmother, Ellen was her familar name.
Contributor: DianeDuncan01

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