William Mason

[staplehouse]

the ex husband of Frances Taylor, William Mason it stats that he was born in Ayrshire in 1856 stated by his wife Angelina Wright in 1934 he died on the 27th September  I have search for his birth records and can not find any thing or any thing on when he arrived in Australia  can you point me in the right direction

[wivenhoe]

You are researching the origins of William MASON?

You have a death certificate for William MASON, who died somewhere in Australia in 1934.

The informant is his wife Angelina WRIGHT.

Can you please list all the information on the death certificate.

[staplehouse]

william died on the 27th September 1934 at Coleridge st Peakhurst he was 78
informant was A M Mason of coleridge St Peakhurst 
born in Aryshire Scotland 60 years in NSW
1st Marriage at Maitland aged 27 Frances Taylor
2nd Marriage at Woollahra Sydney  64 to Angelina Maria Wright
he was a building contracted  and no children of either marriage

[wivenhoe]

This marriage certificate would record details about William's origins, and he is the author of the information. It would be a useful record for you to see.

NSW BDM
1705/1920 MASON   William   marr.   WRIGHT  Angelina M  @ Woollahra

Using BDM NSW index I am not seeing the earlier marriage to Frances.

[staplehouse]

ok will get  it and get back to you

[Kloumann]

The nearest birth in Ayr for a William Mason was 1863, MMN Boyd

[rosie17]

Possible 1st  marriage
Wm Mason
France Taylor
Morpeth New South Wales
Year 1886

Death for Francis Mason 23 December 1918
Burial Cemetery Waverley
Sydney New South Wales

Rosie

[staplehouse]

yes that is correct and i have it and it states on there that he was born in Kent England and he was a painter  and he was 36 where on the death one he stated that he married at 27 years
i think this guy did not known much about himself

[Forfarian]

yes that is correct and i have it and it states on there that he was born in Kent England and he was a painter  and he was 36 where on the death one he stated that he married at 27 years
i think this guy did not known much about himself

Maybe he had been married when he was 27, lost his first wife and then emigrated and married again when he was 36?

And it wasn't he who gave the information on his death certificate, but his second wife (or third if the above theory is right) who may not have got his earlier life right.