Cecelia Rosa (Martin) Mason (1855 - 1946)

Born 23 Mar 1855 in Highland, Oakland County, Michigan

Ancestors

Wife of George Winchester Mason — married 10 Dec 1892 (to about 1900) in San Bernardino, California

Descendants

Died 1 Nov 1946 at age 91 in Tulare County, California

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Biography

Cecelia Rosa Martin was born in 1855, the sixth child of William James and Mary Ann (Wheatcroft) Martin, in Oakland County, Michigan, where she was raised. Rosa, as she was called, was the first child of William and Mary to be born in America.

Through the 1880 US Census Rosa was single and still living with her mother in Michigan. It's unclear when she relocated to Southern California, but in December of 1892, when she was 37 years of age, Rosa married George Winchester Mason, the son of John and Rosannah (Devol-Scribner) Mason, in San Bernardino, California. They would settle in Riverside County, California and have one child:

Lourena Cecelia (Mason) Green (1893-1960)

Rosa and George would not stay together too long. Even though he was still alive in 1900, Rosa is described as a widow in that year's US Census. George lived until 1915 while Rosa followed her daughter north to Tulare County, California, where she died in 1946 at 91 years old. Her body is buried next to several relatives in the Lindsay-Strathmore Cemetery in Lindsay, Tulare County, California.

Sources

• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MWDK-SNJ : 30 December 2015), Cecelia Martin in entry for Wm Martin, 1860.

• "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHCC-VYP : 17 October 2014), Rosa Martin in household of William Martin, Michigan, United States; citing p. 25, family 200, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 552,193.

• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MW3N-Z4G : 10 August 2016), Rosa Martin in household of William Martin, Elkland, Tuscola, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district ED 400, sheet 91A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0607; FHL microfilm 1,254,607.

• "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XL89-26G : 28 November 2014), George W Mason and C Rosa Martin, 10 Dec 1892; citing San Bernardino, California, United States, county courthouses, California; FHL microfilm 1,290,192.

• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9P1-N8X : accessed 11 July 2017), Rosa Mason, Precinct 4 Riverside city, Riverside, California, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 207, sheet 11B, family 313, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,096.

• "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MH71-VWW : accessed 11 July 2017), Cecelia R Mason, Riverside Ward 4, Riverside, California, United States; citing ED 124, sheet 1B, line 51, family 10, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 125; FHL microfilm 1,820,125.

• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XCX9-HC8 : accessed 11 July 2017), Rosie Mason, Lindsay, Tulare, California, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 35, sheet 5B, line 51, family 128, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 226; FHL microfilm 2,339,961.

• California Death Index: http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&db=CAdeath1940&h=4672539&tid=&pid=&usePUB=true&rhSource=6061

• Find a Grave Memorial for Cecilia Rosa Martin Mason [1]

See Also:

• William and Mary Ann Martin Family information from West Highland Cemetery, Highland Township, Oakland County, Michigan, records [2]

• Geneanet Organization Profile on Rosa Martin [3]