Mason Family History
Mason Name Meaning
English and Scottish: occupational name for a stonemason,
Middle English, Old French mas(s)on. Compare Machen.
Stonemasonry was a hugely important craft in the Middle
Ages.Italian (Veneto): from a short form of Masone.French: from a regional variant of maison ‘house’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Mason
Name Distribution of Mason Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Mason families
 2,538 - 5,074  847 - 2,537 |
 1 - 846  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Mason families
|
409 - 816 137 - 408 |
1 - 136 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Mason census records
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Mason Family Origin
Mason Emigration Information (US)
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Mason Emigration Information (AU)
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to Australia.
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from the Australian Convict Transportation Registers 1787-1868
Mason Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Mason census records
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Military Service by Mason
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