*Completed* British in India?

[Jimmy]

I can't see another marriage.

[grangers14]

Oh Thanks Jimmy!
Ive found his pension records on Ancestry. But I think he was married a couple of times.
I think first wife Lizzie Allen, makes that right for his first born, William Walter Allen Mason. Then Mary Elizabeth Sullivan nee Williams.
It was that bit I didnt understand

Date brought on.
married ????

Plodding through.
Thanks again.
Jo

[grangers14]

Groom name Walter William Mason
Groom birth date 1865
Groom age in years 28
Bride name Lizzie Allen
Bride birth date 1867
Bride age in years 26
Marriage date 02 Feb 1893
Marriage place Ahmednagar, Bombay, India
Father of groom name Walter William Mason Should be frederick
Father of bride name Thomas Meade Partridge Allen
Batch number M00209-4
Record group India-EASy
Film number 523870

I think this must be it but some info wrong.
And her death
Name Lizzie Mason
Gender Female
Burial date 11 Apr 1895
Burial place Purandhar, Bombay, India
Death date 11 Apr 1895
Age in years 28
Birth date 1867
Marital status Married
Batch number B00267-1
Record group India-EASy
Film number 523874

[MarkCDodd]

Married both.

You could claim children as "extra marital" but you had to name the mother.

So if you were dipping your wick on foreign shores you could make sure the children left behind got a portion of your pay.

The army wanted to know the marital status so they could avoid mistakes in any correspondence.

[grangers14]

Completed ... for now
Thank you for your help.
Jo

[apowell]

Hi everyone,

I'll archive this but of course if Jo needs anymore help I can always move it back for discussion.

Regards
Adrian

[Tina Lakeman]

Hi, I'm new to this forum and have read with great interest the info on the Masons in India. It may just be coincidence but my grandfather's name was William Walter Allen Mason, appearing to be the son of Walter William Mason and Lizzie (nee Allen). I don't really know anything about my grandfather because he died when my father was about 6/7. My grandmother's name was Iren Flanders Louisa Mason (nee Fish) and they got married in Fulham, London in 1916. The name Walter appears a lot through the generations and continued through to my own father, but not to my brother - he has the middle name of William which was also popular it seems.

I am trying to put together a family tree on my father's side and if the info is correct and there is a connection then it would be a great place to start.
Tina

[grangers14]

Hi Tina,
this family is my step mother in laws family!
I will send you a private email from the site and may be we can have a look at whats what?

Jo

[Tina Lakeman]

Hi Jo, thank you for responding to my message. What caught my attention was the name of William Walter Allen Mason, seems rather a coincidence that a name like that should have been used more than once!!! In all the info I have collated so far there is no mention of ....... but who knows if I can go back far enough through the generations it may crop up although I fear the name Mason was not unusual. As a family we lived in Kent and my father was an only child so there is not a lot to go on. I'll keep trying when I have a bit more time, have done quite well on grandmother's family and strangely enough her grandparents had the surname of Mason! A bit odd.
Thanks again for your response
Best wishes to you
Tina

[peterd]

Hi Jo, thank you for responding to my message. What caught my attention was the name of William Walter Allen Mason, seems rather a coincidence that a name like that should have been used more than once!!! In all the info I have collated so far there is no mention of a ...... but who knows if I can go back far enough through the generations it may crop up although I fear the name Mason was not unusual. As a family we lived in Kent and my father was an only child so there is not a lot to go on. I'll keep trying when I have a bit more time, have done quite well on grandmother's family and strangely enough her grandparents had the surname of Mason! A bit odd.
Thanks again for your response
Best wishes to you
Tina

post what you got is correct in general disscusion and we will se what comes up tina

[apowell]

Hi everyone,

I've moved this thread to general discussion as suggested and let's see what happens.

Regards
Adrian

[grangers14]

Would you post some names you have then we can compare notes?
Jo

[Tina Lakeman]

Hi Jo
I have just typed out a long private message for you but lost it along the way. Before I type it out again can you let me know how I send a private message to you please. I couldn't see anything that indicated "send message"!! and the word Submit didn't seem to do anything either!
Tina

[SRD]

The PM will stay visible until it's picked up.