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"when i was searching for the mason side of the family,there was a thomas married to an alice,but my cousin to dismiss it because it didn't match, i think i may take a look properly and see when it adds up to,
cheers shellx"
Hi there. I am shell299's cousin. I have my grandfather Edward William Mason's birth certificate for 19th June 1913, which states Thomas Mason & Alice Mason formally Davies as his parents. My grandmother Violet Mason nee Ross, who is Edward's wife, told me that Alice was the name of my grandfather's mother.
This below is the information found at the Hereford Record Office.
There was another Alice who married a Thomas Mason, but her maiden name was Norman and her father's name was George Norman. This Alice was born in Bromyard in 1872. This Thomas Mason was born in the Private House in Bosbury in 1868 and his parents were Thomas Mason & Mary Badham and he died in Slatchwood aged 82. They married in Becklow, Foxhill, Bosbury in 1891. They had five children, which are
(1) Charlie Mason born in Bosbury in 1888,
(2) Mary Jane Mason born in Bosbury in 1891,
(3) Jane Mason born in Bosbury in 1892,
(4) Thomas Mason born in (unsure of spelling) Garage Road, Bosbury in 1894, but he died aged 3 months and was buried at Kettle Grange, Bosbury,
(5) Frederick Mason born in Slatchwood in 1904.
I think Mary Jane Mason and Jane Mason could be the same person?