George Peter MASON

1839 - 1880  (40 years)

• Name	George Peter MASON
  Birth	5 Jun 1839	Big Tancook Island, Lunenburg, NS   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	7 Apr 1880	Lost at sea, off Big Tancook Island, NS   [2]
  Person ID	I2395	A Few Relatives of Bob and Mary Hegerich
  Last Modified	20 Apr 2008

  
  

  Father	John Peter MASON,   b. 21 Dec 1812, Lunenburg County, NS d. 2 Jan 1894, Big Tancook Island, Lunenburg, NS (Age 81 years)
  Mother	Maria Sophia SLAUENWHITE,   b. 8 Dec 1816, Big Tancook Island, Lunenburg, NS d. 28 Aug 1896, Big Tancook Island, Lunenburg, NS (Age 79 years)
  Marriage	18 Apr 1837	Lunenburg County, NS   [1]
  Family ID	F816	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Eunice CROSS,   b. 3 Jul 1843, Chester, Lunenburg, NS d. 6 Sep 1930, Waltham, Middlesex, MA (Age 87 years)
  Marriage	2 Mar 1861	Blandford, Lunenburg, NS   [3]
  Children	1. Alice MASON,   b. 3 Nov 1862, Big Tancook Island, Lunenburg, NS d. 20 Jul 1958, Halifax, Halifax, NS (Age 95 years)   2. Emma MASON,   b. 2 Feb 1864, Big Tancook Island, Lunenburg, NS d. 21 Aug 1943, Halifax, Halifax, NS (Age 79 years)   3. Calvin MASON,   b. 22 Oct 1866, Big Tancook Island, Lunenburg, NS d. 2 Mar 1911, Lost at sea, aboard Schooner Susan and Mary out of Gloucester, MA (Age 44 years)   4. George H. MASON,   b. 18 Jun 1868, Big Tancook Island, Lunenburg, NS d. 28 Feb 1955, Beverly, Essex, MA (Age 86 years)   5. Estella May MASON,   b. 18 Aug 1870, Big Tancook Island, Lunenburg, NS d. 12 Aug 1952, Foxborough, Norfolk, MA (Age 81 years)   6. William H. MASON,   b. 15 Jun 1872, Big Tancook Island, Lunenburg, NS d. 12 Oct 1970, Everett, Middlesex, MA (Age 98 years)   7. Benjamin Arthur MASON,   b. 2 Aug 1873, Big Tancook Island, Lunenburg, NS d. 1945, ME (Age 71 years)   8. Freeman MASON,   b. 19 Jul 1876, Big Tancook Island, Lunenburg, NS d. 29 Jun 1964, Boston, Suffolk, MA (Age 87 years)   9. Thomas MASON,   b. 7 May 1878, Big Tancook Island, Lunenburg, NS d. 26 Aug 1957, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA (Age 79 years)
  Family ID	F1484	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	31 Oct 2024

  
  

• Notes

  An Article appeared in the 15 April 1880 of the Halifax Chronicle detailing the events surrounding his death. However, his great-granddaughter states that the article put the date of his death exactly one week later than it actually happened. [Bob H]

  
  

• Sources

  [S9263] Parish Register, St. John's Anglican Church--Lunenburg. [S12301] The Christian Messenger--Halifax, Article: A Sad Drowing Accident; 14 April 1880; page 114. [S9244] Parish Register, St. Barnabas' Anglican Church--Blandford, Cited by Linda Mason Pirie.