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Research in Other Countries => New Zealand => New Zealand Completed Requests => Topic started by: HannahM on Friday 11 May 12 05:52 BST (UK)
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Kia Ora
I am currently looking to find more information on the family of George Mason (from London) and Hemi Watikini Mahaka (from Little River area) 1830/40.
George & Hemi are my Great, Great, Great, Great Grandparents and i am looking to get information of one of the 6 sons- Andrew and his Family. I do know that He had a son William but that is all i know from him. I would also love to know the names of the other children George and Hemi had, 1 died at birth and i have found information on Richard.
If anyone has any information or where to get it from it would be such a big help.
Hannah
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Hi
Welcome to Rootschat.
I am in NSW and I recognise your Greeting as I have NZ forebears.
I will ask for this thread to be moved to the main NZ Board.
Cheers JM
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Hi,
Welcome to Rootschat :)
Do you have the marriage year? This will help us to find additional children to the above couple.
Cheers
KHP
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Hi all,
Thank you, and i think its 1843 or round that time
Hannah
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Hi
I can't see an Andrew in any of the trees online
the children they have are
George MASON
1843 – 1843
Richard MASON
1844 – 1904
Henry Henare Meihana MASON
1845 – 1907
William MASON
1845 – 1923
Joseph MASON
1848 – 1891
Frederick Ignabe MASON
1850 – 1866
Bye
althea
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Thank you so much for that, and i got it wrong, Andrew was the son of William
Hannah
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Possible Children of William from online trees:
Andrew MASON
George MASON
Janet MASON 1877 – 1952
Christina MASON 1878 – 1906
Joseph MASON 1882 – 1970
William Frederick MASON 1884 – 1922
Emma MASON 1885 – 1951
Clara Emily MASON 1890 – 1891
Maggie Alice MASON 1890 –
Archie Miller MASON 1894 – 1962
Bye
Althea
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Thank you for that,
My fathers line goes; George Mason, William Mason, Andrew Mason, George Mason, Malcolm Mason, Daren Mason and Me- Hannah Mason
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There are a lot of researchers at ancestry if you are after contacts.
What are the actual gaps in your research that you need help with?
Bye
althea
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Ok, i might give that a go.
Im just looking for siblings of these men and children. I am wanting to find out i i am a distant relative to family friends around Banks Peninsula and The West Coast.
I'm only doing it in my spare time to give me a better understanding of my ancestory and where they came from, also who i am related to.
If there is anyway you could find out who (of the men in my family tree) shirted to the west coast. I know my Grandfather was born there, but would like to know exactly who shifted our family over.
Thanks
Hannah
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William that was son of George and Heni died at Ross 1923..so he had moved to the coast
You could then work down each generation and see where they appear in electoral rolls
Do you have a libary nearby that has ancestry.you can enter their names and see where they lived and what their occupation was
Looking later at 1911, there are several MASONS (with the names you mention) at Ross working as bushman and at sawmills
Take a look at Ross cemetery and you will see alot of Mason's and can see family details/links from headstone inscriptions
http://public.westland.govt.nz/cgi-bin/nph-ip/000000A/http/rating/cgi-bin/mksform?form=cemetery/cep
Bye
Althea
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Thank you so much for that.
Hannah
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Hi there, Hannah I think we may be distant relatives....my name is Ashley Mason.
I believe William Mason and Henry Mason were twins, well my line goes down through Henry Mason. My family still live on the west coast though I think Henry Mason died in Canterbury in 1907... But my family have lived in on the West Coast for atleast 3 generations before me (That's as far as I know).
If you need anymore information my father actually worked for Ngai Tahu in the whakapapa section and has accumulated a lot of information particularly about the Henry Mason line but possibly about all the lines that come from George and Hemi.
My fathers name is Andrew and is also his fathers name so I wonder were they named after the Andrews in your family?
My line goes George Mason, Henry Mason (1845), Blank (Unsure which son of Henry Mason), Henry Mason, Andrew Mason, Andrew Mason jnr, then me, Ashley Mason.
I havent properly talked to my dad because Im sure he would tell me exactly who my relatives are but im so interested in finding out where I come from and who im related to.
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Hi Ashley,
I do believe that we are distant relatives. My Family line goes: George Mason, William Mason, Andrew Mason, George Mason, Malcom Mason, Daren Mason and then myself.
I would love to get some information about the Henry Mason line and if possible William or Fredrick (Another son of George)
Thanks :)
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Hi there
I stumbled across your thread googling about our tupuna. Did you find the information you needed? Our family comes down the William Mason line. Just thought I'd check incase you didn't get much further. The book we have is '150 years of the Mason Family in NZ 1837-1987'. Anyway, you started searching a long time ago so have probably found all you need by now.
Rita80 :)