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parf
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Hello,
I am looking for the Mason family in Upton Bishop, I have found out quite a lot about them, but there are a few loose ends I would like to sort out.
The family is Edwin & Hannah Mason & their children Ada Annie, 1895, Edwin John,1894, Gladys Kate, 1898 & Mary Isabel, 1903. I have found burials for Edwin, Hannah, Edwin John, in Upton Bishop & Mary I & Gladys K on Freebmd in Ross, Gloucester dist. I am trying to find out anything about Ada Annie, if she married (her sisters didnt) or when she died. I would also like to find out if Edwin John married, he died in Burghill Mental Hospital in 1926 aged 32yrs. They lived in the Pheasant Inn, Upton Bishop.
If anyone could help or know anything about the Pheasant etc that would be great.
Thanks
Jan
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lizdb
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Have you found the family in 1911?
Was Ada Annie still at home single then?
Have you looked for a marriage for ehr on FreeBMD?
Another possible line to follow is to see if the parents Edwin and Hannah left Wills - they are often excellent sources for finding out more about daughters married names etc!
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JohnCH
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I knew all three of the Mason sisters very well, who kept the Pheasant Inn at Upton Bishop. Mollie, as she was always called, the youngest, I knew best. She died at the end of 1998. If you like to contact me, I can tell you much more info. JohnCH.
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JohnCH
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Ada remained unmarried all her life. She was the eldest of the three sisters and took over as licensee of The Pheasant after her father's death. There she remained until her death in about the late 1980s. Gee, as we knew her, and Mollie stayed on until Gee's death in the early 1990s then Mollie left and went to live in old peoples' bungalows at Weston-under-Penyard in whose churchyard she was buried.
All three were great characters and worked tirelessly in support of any Charity that asked for their help. They were well known for their Tombola stall. Mollie was very sociable and hugely enjoyed a joke, Gee was quieter and hard of hearing later on in her life. She never married. Ada was more serious and really nice and very much played the oldest sister. She was clearly in charge of their pub which was very much like the front room of a country cottage - open fire, settle, oak table with coits board, shove-happenny, and a red tiled floor. It was always full of locals whose natural instinct at night was to convene to the Pheasant. I know of no pubs like one that these days.
By day Mollie was an infant teacher all her life at Walford Primary School and around the pub at night looking after her locals. She was always such fun. JohnCH.
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parf
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Thank you John for that lovely lot of information on the sisters, they sound lovely, I would love to have met them.
They also had a brother called Edwin (as I found from the census) he died in 1926 aged only 32yrs old & is buried in Upton Bishop (according to Forest of Dean Website). Would you have known him or was that before your time? ?
Are you from Upton Bishop ? If I am that direction again I must go there & have a look at where the pub was & at the Church yard to see if I could find their graves.....I am presuming that the sisters were buried there along with their parents & brother.
Thank you again so much for that, its lovely to actually put some sort of personality to names !!!
Jan
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tidller
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Hi Jan
I have recently returned from a visit to Upton Bishop. After visiting the church and looking for graves I would suggest that you visit in the winter, this may enable you to be able to see more of the names on graves.
It is a beautiful location and although I discovered very little about my Ancestors it was amazing to return to where they were all christened and married.
How wonderful to hear so much about your relatives, and their personalities.
Tidller
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JohnCH
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Hi Jan.
I knew Mollie really well from when I was a small boy. My father was Headmaster of the school as mentioned before in Walford. She was a wonderful lady, fairly average height and appeared quite large in girth around the children - bit like a mother hen. She was always happy and always such fun. The infants loved her and for many years long after they were grown up with their own families they'd never forget Miss Mason. As their children reached school age they all wanted them to be in her class at the school. She retired in July 1968, but was always present at the main school events after that.
She taught for twelve years at Upton Bishop VA School in her home village, followed by one year at Vowchurch School, but from the end of May 1934 she joined the staff at walford School.
She was a warm-hearted, kindly and charismatic teacher. She loved music - was a good pianist, she organised school choirs and took the choirs to Music Festivals. She was always good to me and interested in my musical career. Mollie bicycled the eight miles from Upton Bishop to Walford daily. She was the only lady owner of a Morris Minor for miles around for years when she bought her first original model around 1950. She worked tirelessly for Charity and was acknowledged with the Rotary award for Community Service in 1986.
She and her sisters were great friends of the tv actress Noele Gordon of Crossroads who lived in Ross for many years before Nolly's death. Mollie died on 31st December 1998 and is buried in the churchyard at Weston-under-Penyard near Ross-on Wye. She was born on 1st march 1903. She was the third daughter of Edwin and Annie Mason (ne Oakley). Her father was the licensee of The Pheasant from 1900 until his death in 1962. Then Ada took over the licence.
I have a number of photos of them over the years if you are interested in seeing them please let me know. I never heard anything of their brother at all, but I did know that he had existed.
Regards. JohnCH.
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parf
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Wow, thank you John, as I said, its so brilliant to actualy learn about sometone who you only know as a name on a census or Parish record!!! Its so lovely to hear how well thought of the sisters were.
My Dads Grandad, Sam Oakley was Hannahs brother & I have pictures of him & he also was quite round & jolly looking!!!! Must have run in the family......I wonder if they followed their mother, would you have met the sisters parents ?
I would love to see any pictures you have of the sisters or of the pub if its not too much trouble, thank you!!
Best wishes
Jan
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JohnCH
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Glad this info. is helpful. No, I never knew the parents at all. You would have really enjoyed the sister's company. Everyone without exception loved Mollie for so many of her qualities not least her love of life. She was always the same - never a cross word always kind and interested in you and always so generous too. I have no way of putting pictures on here at present, but have quite a few including Mollie and Gee as guests at our wedding in 1985 and school photos of Mollie and her classes over many years at Walford. I quite often went across to The Pheasant as a youth when Ada was alive, as it was the pub I most enjoyed visiting, and for some time following - up to Gee's death. It is a private cottage now. I well remember the back room where the kegs were kept. There was no bar. You met one of the sisters as you went inside the front door where they were mingling with the locals and asked for your drink. It was just like entering (well it was!) their front room. Quickly the drinks were brought in from the back room with its whitewashed walls, low beams and earth floor. I bet it's very different now as a modernized home. JohnCH.
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