Hi Folks, Returning to your site after some years. I'm an 'old' family historian, now living in Scotland, trying to trace descendants of the above before its too late :-) Frank Mason was my Gt Uncle who emigrated from Nottingham, England to Philadelphia, aged 17, in 1895. On April 8th 1899 Frank married Rose Hammill in Philadelphia. Some time after the marriage Frank started to call himself Francis Joseph Mason. They had 4 surviving children : Alma Mason born in 1901; Francis Mason born in 1902; Doris Mason born in 1906 and Annie Mason born about 1914. The son, Francis Mason, married a Mary Bouland in 1924 and is believed to have died in 1955, aged 52 years, at 3120 North 35th Street, Philadelphia. A daughter, Alma, is believed to have married a Irvine or Irwin Deitrich before the 1930 Census. Known addresses in Philadelphia of Frank and Rose are : 1900 - 3371 Coral Street; 1910 - 3252 Emerald Street; 1920 - 959 East Westmoreland Street and in 1942 he registered (serial number 1299) as living at 6258 Charles Street I would love to hear from anyone connected to or having any knowledge of, the above families. Also quite happy to try to help with any queries folk may have concerning this side of the pond. Best wishes, Tony Burton.

Hi Tony: I wish I could help but I have no Mason's or Hammil's in our lines. I am sorry. My husband's ancestors came from Scotland. Thieir names were Nicholas and Jane (?) Scott. I do not know Jane's maiden name and not sure if her first name is Jane or if it is Elizabeth Jane.. I believe the time frame of their birth was in the later part of the 1700's as my husband's gggrandfather William was born 12/1797 in Ireland. So we have Nicholas and Jane Scott born maybe around 1760's upward. I do not know of any of William's siblings or if he was the first, or second etc. born child. William married Fanny ( maybe Frances) and they had William James born 1800 in Ireland. They had William James born 1845, Elizabeth Jane born 1832, Catherine born 1837, and James born 1840. These dates are about right. They emigrated to America on the James L Bogart ship in 1855 arriving in New York in May 12th 1855. Any information you might be able to see or direct me to a site other than Ancestry because It is just too expensive for me I would so appreciate it. Thank you so much. Sarah and Russ Scott from Newton, New Jersey e mail scott1@embarqmail.com Good Luck in your hunting and I will keep an eye out for any Mason's and Hammil. -----Original Message----- From: Tony Burton Sent: Saturday, November 05, 2011 4:12 PM To: PHILLY-ROOTS@rootsweb.com Subject: [Phly-Rts] Descendants of Frank aka Francis Mason & Rose Hammill Hi Folks, Returning to your site after some years. I'm an 'old' family historian, now living in Scotland, trying to trace descendants of the above before its too late :-) Frank Mason was my Gt Uncle who emigrated from Nottingham, England to Philadelphia, aged 17, in 1895. On April 8th 1899 Frank married Rose Hammill in Philadelphia. Some time after the marriage Frank started to call himself Francis Joseph Mason. They had 4 surviving children : Alma Mason born in 1901; Francis Mason born in 1902; Doris Mason born in 1906 and Annie Mason born about 1914. The son, Francis Mason, married a Mary Bouland in 1924 and is believed to have died in 1955, aged 52 years, at 3120 North 35th Street, Philadelphia. A daughter, Alma, is believed to have married a Irvine or Irwin Deitrich before the 1930 Census. Known addresses in Philadelphia of Frank and Rose are : 1900 - 3371 Coral Street; 1910 - 3252 Emerald Street; 1920 - 959 East Westmoreland Street and in 1942 he registered (serial number 1299) as living at 6258 Charles Street I would love to hear from anyone connected to or having any knowledge of, the above families. Also quite happy to try to help with any queries folk may have concerning this side of the pond. Best wishes, Tony Burton. ********* Visit the threaded archives of this list: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/PHILLY-ROOTS ********* ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PHILLY-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message