Henry Samuel Mason

Brief Life History of Henry Samuel

When Henry Samuel Mason was born on 23 October 1887, in Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States, his father, Dallas Mason, was 27 and his mother, Anna Williams, was 22. He married Jennie Edith Bell on 10 October 1912, in Pocatello, Bannock, Idaho, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Florence Election Precinct, Douglas, Nebraska, United States in 1900. He died on 8 December 1931, in Lava Hot Springs, Bannock, Idaho, United States, at the age of 44, and was buried in Lava Hot Springs Cemetery, Lava Hot Springs, Bannock, Idaho, United States.

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Family Time Line

Henry Samuel Mason
1887–1931
Jennie Edith Bell
1894–1976
Marriage: 10 October 1912
Dallas Henry Mason
1913–1974
Baby Girl Mason
1914–1914
Harold Morris Mason
1914–1915
Fern Jane Mason
1916–1986
Jennie Ann Mason
1918–2005
Sam Richard Mason
1920–1920
Betty Arceil Mason
1921–1996
Garth Mason
1923–1923
June Irene Mason
1924–2008
Shirley Belle Mason
1927–2019
Jimmy Leroy Mason
1929–1984

Sources (33)

  • Henry Mason, "United States Census, 1920"
  • Birth data from Lava Hot Springs, Idaho: Lava Hot Springs. Birth Records 1918–1921
  • Henry Mason, "Idaho, County Marriages, 1864-1950"

World Events (8)

1890

Idaho is the 43rd state.

1890

Historical Boundaries 1890: Dempsey was extant by this year, Bingham, Idaho Territory, United States 1911: Name changed to Hall City, Bannock, Idaho, United States 1915: Name changed to Lava Hot Springs, Bannock, Idaho, United States

1900 · Gold for Cash!

This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.

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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