Brief Life History of Isabella Fraser
When Isabella Fraser Mason was born about 1843, in Cawdor, Highland, Scotland, United Kingdom, her father, Francis McKenzie, was 16 and her mother, Jessie Masson, was 15. She married Alfred Stevens on 4 August 1866, in Deptford, Kent, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Greenwich, Kent, England, United Kingdom in 1871. She died about 1880, at the age of 39.
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- Isabella Stevens in household of Alfred Stevens, "England and Wales Census, 1871"
- Isabella F Mason, "England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005"
- Isabella Mason en el registro de Alfred Ralph Stevens, "British Columbia Death Registrations, 1872-1986; 1992-1993"
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1843
Dickens A Christmas Carol was first published.
1843 · The Disruption in the Church of Scotland
The Disruption of 1843 was a division within the Church of Scotland, which 474 evangelical ministers of the Church broke away from the Church to form the Free Church of Scotland. They didn’t reject the principles of the Church of Scotland but were trying to establish a purer version of the Church without the King or Parliament being its head. It had huge effects not only within the Church of Scotland, but also with Scottish civic life.
1854 · Great North of Scotland Railway
Being one of the two smallest railways in 1923, the Great North of Scotland Railway carried its first passengers from Kittybrewster to Huntly in 1854. In the 1880s the railways were refurbished to give express services to the suburban parts in Aberdeen. There were junctions with the Highland Railway established to help connect Aberdeenshire, Banffshire and Moray counties. The railway started to deliver goods from the North Sean and from the whisky distilleries in Speyside. With the implementation of bus services and the purchase of the British Railway the Great North of Scotland Railway was discontinued.
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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