Edna Frances Mason

Brief Life History of Edna Frances

When Edna Frances Mason was born on 11 April 1893, in Mannington, Marion, West Virginia, United States, her father, Jesse Ambrose Mason, was 22 and her mother, Izora Cena Cunningham, was 22. She married Chester Lamar Prichard on 2 November 1915, in Wheeling, Ohio, West Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 daughters. She lived in United States in 1949 and Allegheny City, Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States in 1950. She died on 8 February 1965, in Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 71.

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Family Time Line

Chester Lamar Prichard
1884–1962
Edna Frances Mason
1893–1965
Marriage: 2 November 1915
Susan Rebecca Prichard
1918–1991
Sarah Jane Prichard
1927–2002
Martha Mason Prichard
1932–2011

Sources (14)

  • Edna F Prichard, "United States Census, 1950"
  • Mason, "West Virginia Births, 1853-1930"
  • Edna Frances Mason, "West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970"

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1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson

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1912 · The Girl Scouts

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Name Meaning

English: occupational name from Middle English masoun ‘mason, stone worker, builder in stone’ (Old Central French maçon, masson). A Middle English form machun (derived from Old French machun) gives rise to Machin and its variants. See also Mayson . Stonemasonry was a hugely important craft in the Middle Ages.

Italian (Veneto): variant of Masone .

Altered form of French Masson .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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