Thank you Shirley for that information, I do already have on the recors of G.H.Mason but was hoping for more on a Yorkshire connection somehow Christopher -----Original Message----- From: Shirley Smith <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Thu, Aug 27, 2009 7:38 am Subject: [YORKSHIRE] George Herbert Mason Born 10 May 1878 Hi, Christopher, I have had a look at his record in Canadian Soldiers of World War I, 1914-1918 on ancestry.ca. I have not been able to copy it to send to you so here are the details. Rank Captain Surname Mason Christian name George Herbert Born London, Middlesex Present address 81 Hollis Street, Halifax, NS DOB May 10th 1878 Name of next of king Amelia Mason Address of next of kin 81 Hollis St., Halfax, NS Relationship of next of kin Wife Profession Commision Agent StockYard Carpenter Religion Church of England Willing to be vaccinated or re-vaccinated and inoculated Yes Unit of Active Militia Nil Former Military Service 13 Years Imperial Army Willing to serve in Canadian Overseas Expeditonary Force Yes Application taken 21st July 1918 in Halifax, NS Application denied Febuary [sic] 1st 1919 Unfit for service. Signed EK Maclellan, Capt. So now you have his place of birth and wife's name and location in Canada. Shirley ______________________________________________________________________ > We have this person George Herbert Mason Born 10 May 1878 with no place of birth and a next of kin his mother called Edith Mason (n 1914 living at Kempt Road,Kensal Rise, London) and he reports on his application at that time to The Canadian Expeditionary Forces iin Canada to have spent 12 years in the Yorkshire West Riding Regiment. > Does any person have any connections or suggestions how to find this mans family please or does he show up on a census simewhere > > Christopher. > . > > > _________________________________________________________________ W To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message Some useful websites - FREECEN - http://www.freecen.org.uk/ FREEBMD - http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/ Want to know where a place in Yorkshire is - Try Genuki http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message