James
Mason
Born in Mairangi Heads, Northland, New Zealand
Ancestors 
and Brother of
Eleanor (Mason) Ranum, Joseph Henry Mason, John Mason, Margaret Anne (Mason) Woodcock, Dora (Mason) Davie-Martin, Mary (Mason) Gush, William Francis Mason, Kate (Mason) Burdett and Thomas Hubert Mason
Husband of
Edith (Wright) Mason
— married
1913 in New Zealand
Husband of
Madeleine Victoria (Byers) Mason
— married
1933 in New Zealand
Descendants 
Father of
James Henry John Mason, William Eric Mason, Henry Wright Mason, Hazel Jessie Mason, Edith Mary Mason, Gladys June (Mason) Latimer, Kathleen May (Mason) Latimer, Owen Robert Mason, Evelyn Muriel (Mason) Cullen and [private daughter (1930s - unknown)]
Died
at age 76
in Whangarei, Northland, New Zealand
Profile last modified
| Created 17 Jan 2015
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Biography
James was born in 1886 in Mairangi Heads.[1] He married Edith Wright in 1913.[2] He married Madeleine Wright nee Byers in 1933.[3] He passed away in 1962.[4] He is buried in Maunu Cemetery.[5]
Sources
- ↑ "New Zealand, Civil Records Indexes, 1800-1966," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q24K-Q248 : 27 November 2017), James Mason, 1886; citing Birth, New Zealand, registration number 1886/5288, Archives of New Zealand, Wellington.
- ↑ 1st Marriage NZBDM registration no. 1913/2696
- ↑ 2nd Marriage NZBDM registration no. 1933/10079
- ↑ Death NZBDM registration no. 1962/38739
- ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 01 June 2018), memorial page for James Mason (14 Mar 1884–3 Jul 1962), Find A Grave: Memorial #157071222, citing Maunu Cemetery, Whangarei, Whangarei District, Northland, New Zealand ; Maintained by Bev (contributor 48653127). Note Birth year is incorrect on grave stone as confirmed by BDM index.
- "New Zealand, Archives New Zealand, Probate Records, 1843-1998," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSGB-6DKC?cc=1865481&wc=4B25-XR4%3A1045247701%2C1602672385 : 17 August 2018), Auckland Court > Probate records 1962 P3381/62-P3425/62 > image 238 of 453; Archives New Zealand, Auckland Regional Office.
- Paternal and maternal relationship is confirmed by an AncestryDNA test match between Paula Cullen and her second cousin once removed Geoffrey Beardsall. Their most-recent common ancestors are Henry Mason and Eleanor Wech. Predicted relationship from AncestryDNA: 2nd -3rd Cousins, based on sharing 219 cM across 11 segments; Confidence: Extremely High.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with James by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with James:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with James by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with James:
-
~12.50%
50.00%
Geoffrey Beardsall 
:
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member gbeardsall_1
-
~12.50%
~25.00%
Annette (Hooper) Evans :
AncestryDNA
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~12.50%
~12.50%
Paula (Cullen) Staunton :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch WB2455513 [compare], Ancestry member paula_cullen_pc
-
~12.50%
~25.00%
Rae Hooper :
AncestryDNA
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Rejected matches › James Irvine Orme Masson (1887-1962)
James is 19 degrees from Maria Mitchell, 29 degrees from Carl Sagan, 22 degrees from Tycho Brahe, 29 degrees from Nicholaus Copernicus, 25 degrees from Eise Eisinga, 17 degrees from Caroline Lucretia Herschel, 19 degrees from Thomas Maclear, 17 degrees from Simon Newcomb, 16 degrees from Isaac Newton, 24 degrees from Pierre Henri Puiseux, 19 degrees from Beatrice Tinsley and 21 degrees from Edith Woodward on our single family tree. Login to find your connection.
Categories: Maunu Cemetery, Whangarei, Northland