POSS FreeREG Baptism
County Durham; Place Houghton-le-Spring
Church name St Michael
Register type Bishop's Transcripts
Register entry number 34
Baptism date 24 May 1829
Person forename William; Person sex M
Father forename George MASON; Father occupation Pitman
Mother forename Ann
Person abode Houghton
Transcribed by Chris Elliott
File line number 1064

POSS England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975 @ancestry.com
Source Information: Ancestry.com. England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.
Original data: England, Births and Christenings, 1538-1975. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013.
Name: William Mason; Gender: Male
Baptism Date: 24 May 1829
Baptism Place: Houghton-le-Spring, Durham, England
Father: George Mason
Mother: Ann
FHL Film Number: 1885558

1841UKC GeorgeMasonFam; England Census Northumberland All Saints Byker District 10; image 2 of 19 @ancestry.com;
Source Citation: Class: HO107; Piece: 846; Book: 5; Civil Parish: All Saints; County: Northumberland; Enumeration District: 10; Folio: 3; Page: 1; Line: 23; GSU roll: 438898
Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1841 England Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc, 2010.
Name: Willm Mason; Gender: Male
Age: 12; Estimated birth year: abt 1829
Civil Parish: All Saints
Hundred: Castle (East Division)
County/Island: Northumberland; Country: England
Registration district: Newcastle upon Tyne (same as Marr to Jane Ledger)
Sub-registration district: Byker
Piece:846; Book: 5; Folio: 3; Page Number:1
Household Members:
Gee Mason 30 Geo collier b out of county
Ann Mason 30 b out of county
Willm Mason 12 b out of county
Robert Mason 10 b out of county
George Mason 8 b out of county
Ann Mason 5 b out of county
Margaret Mason 3 b out of county
Mary Mason 5 Mo b out of county

FreeBMD Marriages Sep 1849 certificate #MXD182335
Ledger Jane Newcastle T. 25 301
(miner, spinster, father George Ledger, Pitman)
Mason William Newcastle T. 25 301
(of full age, bachelor, Pitman, father George Mason, Pitman)
29 sep 1849 in the Parish Chapel according to the R&C of the Established Church after banns
Isabella Ledger (poss sister?), William Wilson witnesses
The district Newcastle T. is an alternative name for Newcastle upon Tyne and it is in the county of Northumberland

1851UKC William Mason and Family; England Census Durham > Petton > District 11b > 37; image 37 of 42@ancestry.com; Source Citation: Class: HO107; Piece: 2394; Folio: 287; Page: 37; GSU roll: 87072.
Civil Parish: Petton
County/Island: Durham; Country: England
Registration district: Chester Le Street
Sub-registration district: Chester
ED, institution, or vessel: 11b
Household schedule number: 134
Piece: 2394; Folio: 287; Page Number: 37
Household Members:
William Masan 22 b 1829 Houghton le Spring, Durham, coalminer
Jane Masan 22 b 1829 Fatfield, Durham, England
George Masan 1 Mo b 1851 Petton, Durham, England
Petter Ledger 30 b 1821 Fatfield, Durham, coal miner
Elizabeth Ledger 23 b 1828 Petton, Durham, England
Ann Ledger 1 Mo b 1851 Chester le Street, Durham, England

1861UKC William Mason and family 2 pgs; England > Durham > Harraton > District 1; images 21-22 of 28 @ancestry.com; Isabella Mason; Age: 5; Estimated birth year: abt 1856; Relation: Daughter; Gender: Female; Where born: Okershaw, Durham, England; Civil parish: Harraton; County/Island: Durham; Country: England; Source information: RG9/3762; Registration district: Chester Le Street; Sub-registration district: Harraton; ED, institution, or vessel: 1; Folio: 17; Page: 27; Household schedule number: 159; GSU Number: 543183
William Mason; HOH; b.1829 in Houghton-le-Spring, Durham, England
Jane Mason, Wife, b. 1828 in Falfield, Durham, England
George Mason, Son, b.1851 in Pelton, Durham, England
Jane Ann Mason, Daughter, b.1854 in Durham, England
Isabella Mason, Daughter, b.1856 in Okershaw, Durham, England

1871UKC William Mason and Family; England Census; Durham > Harraton > District 1 > 4; image 4 of 34 @ancestry.com; Civil Parish: Harraton; Ecclesiastical parish: Birtley; Town: Fatfield; County/Island: Durham; Country: England; Registration district: Chester Le Street; Sub-registration district: Harraton; ED, institution, or vessel: 1; Household schedule number: 22; Source Citation: Class: RG10; Piece: 4992; Folio: 5; Page: 4; GSU roll: 847375;
household:
William Mason Age: 42; Estimated Birth Year: abt 1829; Where born: Fatfield, Durham, England
Jane Mason 42
George Mason 20
Jane A Mason 17
William Mason 3 son (Jane would have been 39 when he was born)
where is isabella?

1881UKC William Mason and Family; England Census Durham > Harraton > District 1 > 8; image 8 of 48 @ancestry.com; Source Citation: Class: RG11; Piece: 4982; Folio: 7; Page: 8; GSU roll: 1342198.
William Mason 52
Jane Mason 52
William Mason 12
Robert Mason 5 son (Jane would have been 47 when born???)
could this be him??
POSS GRO Birth MASON, ROBERT - Order
GRO Reference: 1875 J Quarter in CHESTER-LE-STREET Volume 10A Page 691

1891UKC William Mason and Family; England Census Durham > Harraton > District 1 > 4; image 4 of 36@ancestry.com; Source Citation: Class: RG12; Piece: 4123; Folio 5; Page 4; GSU roll: 6099233.
William Mason 62
Jane Mason 62
Jane Ann Mason 37
William Mason 22 son
Robert Mason 15 grandson who are parents?
Isabella Mason 13 grandson
Ernest Mason 7 grandson b Fatfield

POSS GRO Birth MASON, ERNEST - Order
GRO Reference: 1883 S Quarter in CHESTER LE STREET Volume 10A Page 527

1901UKC WilliamMasonFam; England Census Durham Harraton District 01; image 18 of 37 @ancestry.com; Source Citation: Class: RG13; Piece: 4702; Folio: 13; Page: 17
Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1901 England Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005.
Name: William Mason; Gender: Male
Age: 72; Estimated birth year: abt 1829
Relation to Head: Head
Spouse: Jane Mason
Birth Place: Houghton, Lancashire, England
Civil Parish: Harraton
Ecclesiastical parish: Fatfield St George
Town: Fatfield; County/Island: Durham; Country: England
Registration district: Chester Le Street
Sub-registration district: Harraton
ED, institution, or vessel: 01
Piece: 4702; Folio: 13; Page Number: 17
Household schedule number: 99
Household Members:
William Mason 72
Jane Mason 72
NDN son William’s family
William Mason 32
Margaret Mason 30
Margaret J Mason 7
Lily Mason 6
Florence J Mason 4
William Mason 1

POSS England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1837-1915 @ancestry.com
Source Information: FreeBMD. England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1837-1915 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.
Name: William Mason
Estimated birth year: abt 1829
Registration Year: 1910
Registration Quarter: Apr-May-Jun
Age at Death: 81
Registration district: Chester le Street
Inferred County: Durham
Volume: 10a
Page: 283

POSS GRO Death MASON, WILLIAM 81 Order
GRO Reference: 1910 J Quarter in CHESTER LE STREET Volume 10A Page 283

Probate England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966, 1973-1995 1910 Labbett-Pywell; image 68 of 213 @ancestry
Source Information: Ancestry.com. England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966, 1973-1995 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.
Original data: Principal Probate Registry. Calendar of the Grants of Probate and Letters of Administration made in the Probate Registries of the High Court of Justice in England. London, England © Crown copyright.
Name: William Mason
Death Date: 29 Apr 1910
Death Place: Durham, England
Probate Date: 1 Jun 1910
Registry: Durham, England
1910
MASON William of Fatfield county Durham died 29 April 1910
Probate Durahm 1 June to William Mason fitter, and Robert Mason coalminer.
Effects L191 13s. 10d.

Houghton-le-Spring from Genuki
"This populous parish includes the townships of Houghton-le-Spring, and Warden-Law. The ancient parish consisted of the townships of Hetton-le-Hole, Penshaw, East Rainton, West Rainton, Newbottle, East and Middle Herrington, West Herrington, Offerton, South Biddick, Burn Moors, Morton Grange, Cocken, Moor House, Moorsley, Eppleton, Little Eppleton, and Warden Law, and was bounded by Bishopwearmouth on the north-east, by the river Wear on the north, by Chester-le-Street on the west, by St. Giles parish on the south-west, Pittington and Easington on the south, and Dalton-le-Dale and Seaham on the east.