Person:Joseph Mason (41)

Joseph Henry Mason was baptised on 26th March 1809 at Barnack in Northamptonshire, son of Elizabeth Mason, formerly Gamble, and her husband William Mason, a cottager.

By 1836, Joseph was living at Oakham in Rutland and working as a butcher. He was married at Tinwell in Rutland on 6th December 1836, aged 27, to Mary Ratt who had been working as a domestic servant for a local clergyman before their marriage.

Joseph and Mary went on to have two children together: Elizabeth in Stamford in 1840 and Josiah in Sleaford in 1842. The 1841 census finds Mary living with her baby daughter in Stamford with Joseph's brother Francis and his family. Joseph was away from home on census night. Both Joseph and Mary's children were baptised together in 1848 at Preston, just north of Uppingham.

Back in Barnack, Joseph's mother died in 1842 and his father died in 1850.

By 1851 Joseph and Mary were living in the village of Helpston in Northamptonshire. Joseph has yet to be traced after 1851. Mary appears in both the 1861 and 1871 censuses in Helpston - in 1861 she said she was married and in 1871 she said she was a widow. She died in 1872.

1. ↑ Church of England. Parish Church of Barnack (Northamptonshire). Parish registers, 1695–1974. (Northampton, England: Northamptonshire Record Office).

   Baptisms / 1809 / Joseph Son of William & Elizabeth Mason - March 26th

2. ↑ England. 1851 Census Returns for England and Wales. (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class HO107; Piece 1747; Folio 711; Page 21, 30 Mar 1851.

   Address: Helpstone, Northamptonshire
   Joseph Henry Mason, head, married, male, 42 [1808/9], Butcher, b. Barnack, Northamptonshire
   Mary Mason, wife, married, female, 51 [1799/1800], b. Uppingham, Rutland
   Elizabeth Mason, daughter, female, 10 [1840/1], Scholar, b. Stamford, Lincolnshire
   Josiah Mason, son, male, 8 [1842/3], Scholar, b. Sleaford, Lincolnshire