Interwined Masons

The Mason name runs deep in the Vincent family genealogy and some are intertwined with each other…..(and ironically, into my mother's side of the family too...but that's another story)

Beatrice Clair Beaver, the daughter of John Richard Beaver & Sarah Ann Clattenburg out of Pleasant Harbour, NS married Robert Vayne Mason.  

Robert was the son of Robert Jamison Mason & Annie May Prest out of Tangier, NS and might have died before 1911 - he wasn't on the 1911 census with his wife and kids.

Like his father and grandfather, Robert was a mariner and I have been toying with the idea that perhaps the reason a death entry hasn't been found is that he was lost at sea; that maybe his name is listed on one of the memorials down home.

Here's where the intertwining begins... Robert V was the grandson of Capt Peter Mason & Lydia Arbuckle.  By 1913 Beatrice had remarried......

She married....Robert's uncle.....Austin Aubrey Mason, another seaman and son of Capt Peter Mason & Lydia Arbuckle!

Robert was the father of 2 sons - Russell & John aka Tim.  Austin was the father of 4 children but only 2 survived - Walter & Raymond

Chronicle Herald, 15 Jan 1994

MASON, Russell Harold - 85, Northwood Manor, Halifax, formerly of George Street, Dartmouth, died January 14, 1994, in Victoria General Hospital. Born in Tangier, Halifax County, he was a son of the late Robert and Beatrice (Beaver) Mason. He worked for 31 years at the Imperial Oil Refinery in Dartmouth. He was a member of the Halifax Flying Club and had been a member of Emmanuel Anglican Church, Dartmouth. He is survived by two sons, George, Dartmouth; Gary, West Chezzetcook; four grandchildren; brother, Alonzo, Ship Harbour. He was predeceased by his wife, the former Florence Wilson; two brothers, John (Tim), Raymond. Visitation will be 2-4, 7-9 p.m. Sunday in A.L. Mattatall Funeral Home, Portland Street, Dartmouth, where funeral will be 2 p.m. Monday, Rev. Patrick Bright officiating. Burial will follow in Mount Hermon Cemetery, Dartmouth. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Heart and Stroke Foundation of Nova Scotia.

Halifax Chronicle Herald – Tuesday, March 15, 1977 – John (Tim) Stillman Mason – 60, was buried in the church cemetery following funeral service at Holy Trinity Church, Tangier, and Rev. Peter Harris officiated. Born in Tangier he was the son of the late Robert and Beatrice (Beaver) Mason. He is survived by three brothers; Russell – Dartmouth; Raymond and Alonzo – Ship Harbour.

Chronicle Herald, 28 Jul 1995

MASON, Alonzo W. - 82, Ship Harbour, died July 26, 1995, at Musquodoboit Harbour. Born in Tangier, he was a son of the late Austin and Beatrice (Beaver) Mason. He was the last surviving member of his immediate family. Surviving are a sister-in-law, Josephine Mason, Ship Harbour; five nieces; two nephews. He was predeceased by brothers, Tim, Russell, Raymond; two infant sisters. Visitation 2-4, 7-9 p.m. today in Rowlings Funeral Home, Musquodoboit Harbour. Funeral 11 a.m. Saturday in St. Stephen's Anglican Church, Lower Ship Harbour, Rev. Carson Baxter officiating. Burial in church cemetery. Reception to follow at Ship Harbour Community Hall. Family flowers only. Donations to Canadian Cancer Society or Twin Oaks Memorial Hospital, Musquodoboit Harbour.