Ann (Meason) Mason (abt. 1828 - 1897)

Born about 1828 in Freswick, Caithness, Scotland, United Kingdom

Wife of Robert McAdie — married 21 Apr 1848 in South Leith, Midlothian, Scotland

Descendants

Died 19 Mar 1897 at about age 69 in Ararat, Colony of Victoria

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Biography

Ann (Meason) Mason was born in Scotland.

Ann was born about 1828 at Freswick, Caithness, Scotland^[1][2][3]. She was the daughter of John Mason and Jessie Gibson.

In 1841 she was living at Hillhead of Papigoe, Wick, Caithness in a household with people ranging in age from Andrew Gipson (should this be Gibson?) (55), probably his wife Janet Gipson (50), Margaret Gibson (25) and Janet Gibson (24) and four males ranging in age from 15 to 9^[4]. She was aged 13 and born in Caithness.

She married Robert McAdie on 21 April 1848 at Leith South, Midlothian^[5]. They had at least three children.

1. George (1851 - 1934)
2. Jessie
3. David Alexander (1861 - 1929)

In 1851 she was living at Yard Heads, 47, Leith, Midlothian with her husband Robert (a journeyman joiner aged 23) and two boarders - Benjamin Dunbar (an apprentice plumber aged 19 born at Wick) and Robert Morison (an apprentice joiner aged 17 born at Watten)^[6][7].

Ann (Meason) Mason migrated from Scotland to South Australia.

She emigrated to Port Adelaide, South Australia on the Sultana leaving from London 24 April and Plymouth by 2 May and arriving on 8 August 1851^[8]. A transcribed passenger list shows Robert McAdie (24 and a carpenter from Leith South and Caithness) with a 20-year-old Ann (maiden name Mason) and one-year-old George. As George was shown as a one-year-old grandchild with his grandparents in Wick, Caithness on 30 March 1851, the family must have had a quick dash down the country to leave. None of the other passengers listed are from Caithness, and Scottish families are decidedly in the minority.

Ann died on 19 March 1897 at Ararat, Victoria^[9][10]. The death notice was published in the Ararat and Pleasant Creek Advertiser:

"M'Adie - On 19th march, Ann, the beloved wife of Robert M'Adie of Ararat, aged 69 years".

She was buried on 22 March 1897 at Ararat, Victoria.

Research Notes

Noel McAdie advises that he is sure her surname is MEASON although son David's birth shows it as MacCasson and his marriage as Mason.

L Henderson believes that Robert Morison in the 1851 Scotland census is actually Robert Manson, joiner as she hasn't been able to find Robert anywhere else. This is especially as he later married in Edinburgh and is first cousin to Robert McAdie.

Sources

1. ↑ EM McADIE: VIC ex Noel McA, Recipient: L Henderson (1), Address: Darwin, NWT, Australia, Author E-mail: Abbreviation: EM McADIE: VIC ex Noel McA Author: Noel McADIE (44127) Note: my email to Marion McADIE forwarded by her to Noel, Jun 2006
2. ↑ From McADIE FTW database, supplied & extracted Sep 2006
3. ↑ Birth c 1831 Nancy McADIE nee MEASON, from the South Australian biographical records, extract received Jun 2006
4. ↑ "1841 England, Wales & Scotland Census". Schedule: 50. FindMyPast Transcription Accessed 12 Jan 2024
   Ann Mason (13) in Hillhead of Papigoe, Wick, Caithness, Scotland.
5. ↑ "Church of Scotland: Old Parish Registers - Banns and Marriages". National Records of Scotland, Parish Number: 692/2; Ref: 250/78; Frame: 6530. ScotlandsPeople (digital database) Accessed 12 Jan 2024
   Ann Mason marriage to Robert McAdie on or after 21 Apr 1848 in Leith South, Edinburghshire, Scotland.
6. ↑ "Scottish General Register Office: 1851 Census Returns database, FreeCEN (https://www.freecen.org.uk/search_records/5903d709e9379091b1f8129f : viewed 12 Jan 2024), Ann MASON in household of Robert MCADIE, 47, Yardheads, Midlothian, Scotland; from 1851 "England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images; citing The National Archives /692, Folio 747, Page 21, Schedule 90, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.
7. ↑ "1851 England, Wales & Scotland Census". Schedule: 90. FindMyPast Transcription Accessed 12 Jan 2024
   Ann Mason (22), wife, in household of Robert McAdie (23) in Yard Heads, 47, Leith, Midlothian, Scotland. Born in Scotland.
8. ↑ The Ships List, May 2006. Sources: State Library South Australia, official passenger lists, mainly of immigrants arriving in South Australia under United Kingdom assisted passage schemes, 1847-1886 GRG 35/48a (formerly ACC 313); Sydney Shipping Gazette; South Australian Register; The South Australian Government Gazette; Biographical index SA 1836-1885
9. ↑ Births, Deaths & Marriages Victoria Online index. Death Record. Accessed 12 Jan 2024
   Registration number: 71 / 1897; Family name: MCADIE; Given name(s): Ann; Place of event: Ara[ra]t, Australia; Mother's name: Jessie; Mother's family name at birth; GIBSON; Father's Name: Mason Jno [John]
10. ↑ Death 1897 Ann McADIE, reg Ararat #71, extracted Jan 2000. Shows Ann as 69, d/o Jno Mason and Jessie Gibson

• Henderson, Lorna. Lorna's Family History Musings, Waikanae, New Zealand. Repository: Filed in sources folder & notebooks, Waikanae, Wellington 5036, New Zealand

Acknowledgments

• L Henderson created WikiTree profile Meason-29 through the import of McADIE4WikiTreePlaceUpdated.ged on Jun 5, 2013
• Biography written by Margaret Bailey Allison