On Monday 12 Jul 2004 20:35, Norman Gallop wrote: > I'm hoping somebody might have more information on this gentleman and his > family. His father appears to be a William MASON originally from Dent, > North Riding, now Cumbria. His mother appears to be Jane somebody born in > Dolphinholme. Hi Norman, Although I can't help directly with Anthony I would be interested in sharing information on your Mason Line. I'm descended from the Masons of Dent and I'm currently, albeit slowly, compiling all the information I can on those Mason families. My own Masons moved from Dent across to Windermere via Sedbergh and then down to Cheshire where my grandmother (a Mason) married my grandfather (a Morgan). It is my Morgan branch that lived in Preston. I was up at Dent just a month ago in order to visit the cemetery and the buildings where my Mason ancestors lived. The Mason family in Dent grew to be quite big and they lived in Dent as far back as I've been able to trace. I'm planning yet another trip up there in the near future when I will remember to take my camera in order to photograph the gravestones and other sites. I'll also be going over to Kendal and Leeds in order to do a lot of research. P.S. Dent was in the West Riding and not the North. -- Stuart Morgan http://www.tase.co.uk