My great-great-grandfather, William Mason was born on 10 August 1836 in Cumberland, England. He was a Coal Miner.
William Mason (1836 – 1887), like his father, married twice. His first wife Jean (Jane) Clark was born in Donegal, Ireland in 1831. They were married at St Quivox in November 1855. They had three children, including my great-grandmother, Jane:
• Mary Mason born 23 July 1856, Wallacetown, St Quivox. Married William McLeod.
• Elizabeth Mason born 15 June 1858, Wallacetown, St Quivox. Died 1868, New Cumnock.
• Jane Mason born 12 November 1860, Wallacetown, St Quivox. Married William Bain Shaw
William re-married in 1861, again at Wallacetown, St Quivox, to Elizabeth Boyd.
There were seven children of this marriage:
• William Mason born 26 MAR 1863, St Quivox, Ayr.
• John Boyd Mason born 4 JAN 1865, St Quivox, Ayr.
• Jessie Mason born about1867, New Cumnock.
• Julia Mason born about 1869, New Cumnock. Married James Glendenning.
• Elizabeth Nicolson Mason born 5 July 1870, Connelpark, New Cumnock. Died 3 April 1888. Unmarried.
• Robert Mason born 28 JUN 1872, Connelpark, New Cumnock. Married Elizabeth McIlwraith.
• Samuel Campbell Mason born 10 SEP 1874, Connelpark, New Cumnock.