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Facts and Events
| Name |
Robert Mason |
| Gender |
Male |
| Birth[1] |
23 Mar 1810 |
Barnack, Northamptonshire, England |
| Christening[1] |
12 Aug 1810 |
Barnack, Northamptonshire, England |
| Marriage |
1838 |
Brighton, Sussex, Englandto Fanny Pocock |
| Census[2] |
6 Jun 1841 |
Brighton, Sussex, EnglandBloomsbury Street |
| Census[3] |
30 Mar 1851 |
Brighton, Sussex, England50 Sussex Square |
| Census[4] |
7 Apr 1861 |
Hove, Sussex, England44 Brunswick Square |
| Census[5] |
2 Apr 1871 |
Brighton, Sussex, England3 West Hill Street |
| Census[6] |
3 Apr 1881 |
Brighton, Sussex, England5 St George's Terrace |
| Death[7][8] |
6 Sep 1889 |
Wivelsfield, Sussex, EnglandSussex County Asylum, Haywards Heath |
Robert Mason was born on 23rd March 1810 and baptised nearly five months later at Barnack in Northamptonshire, son of Elizabeth Mason, formerly Gamble, and her husband William Mason, a cottager.
By 1838, Robert had moved about 140 miles south to Brighton. He married Fanny Pocock there in 1838. They remained in Brighton after their marriage, having eight children there between 1838 and 1855. The 1841 census finds the family living at Bloomsbury Street, with Robert working as a servant and Fanny as a laundress. Fanny's aunt Harriet Coleman (formerly Pocock) and her daughter Charlotte were living in the same house.
Back in Barnack, Robert's mother died in 1842 and his father died in 1850.
In 1851 Fanny and the children were at 13 Bloomsbury Street, along with Harriet and Charlotte Coleman. Robert was staying nearby at his employer's house at 50 Sussex Square on census night. By 1861 Fanny, the children, and the Colemans were living at 8 Lower College Street, whilst Robert was again at his employer's house on census night. He was by this time working as butler to a magistrate called William Vidler Langridge who lived at 44 Brunswick Square.
The 1871 census finds Robert and Fanny living with their son Robert and his wife and children at 3 West Street Hill in Brighton. Robert was described as an unemployed butler at this time. By 1881 Robert and Fanny were living at 5 St George's Terrace in Brighton with their daughter Elizabeth and Charlotte Coleman. Fanny was working as a cook, whilst Robert and Elizabeth were a waiter and waitress - perhaps they were running some form of restaurant there.
On 8th August 1889 Robert was admitted to the Sussex County Asylum at Haywards Heath.[9] He died there on 6th September 1889, just under a month after his admission. He was 79. Fanny survived him by fifteen years.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Church of England. Parish Church of Barnack (Northamptonshire). Parish registers, 1695–1974. (Northampton, England: Northamptonshire Record Office).
A Register Book of Baptisms commencing in the year 1810 / Robert Son of William & Eliz[abe]th Mason (born 23d of March) - Aug[us]t 12th
- ↑ England. 1841 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. (
Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
Class HO107; Piece 1123; Book 6; Folio 18; Page 3, 6 Jun 1841.
Address: Bloomsbury Street, Brighton, Sussex
Robert Mason, male, 25 [1811-16], M[ale] S[ervant], born in county
Fanny Mason, female, 25 [1811-16], Laundress, born in county
William Mason, male, 2 [1838/9], born in county
Robert Mason, male, 1 [1839/40], born in county
Harriott Colman, female, 30 [1806-11], Laundress, born in county
Charlotte Colman, female, 6 [1834/5], born in county
- ↑ 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 1644; Folio 350; Page 23, 30 Mar 1851.
Address: 50 Sussex Square, Brighton, Sussex
Philippa Pecchio, head, widow, female, 65 [1785/6], Landed Proprietor, b. Healaugh, Yorkshire
Anne Negro, friend, married, female, 53 [1797/8], Annuitant, b. London
Mary Correrige, servant, unmarried, female, 29 [1821/2], Servant, b. Hastings, Sussex
Caroline Smith, servant, married, female, 26 [1824/5], Servant, b. Brighton, Sussex
Robert Mason, servant, married, male, 40 [1810/11], Servant, b. Barnack, Notts [sic]
- ↑ England. 1861 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. (
Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
Class RG9; Piece 605; Folio 65; Page 14, 7 Apr 1861.
Address: 44 Bruns[wic]k Squ[are], Hove, Sussex
W[illia]m Vidler Langridge, head, married, male, 52 [1808/9], Clerk of the Peace, b. Westminster, Middlesex
Isabella Langridge, wife, married, female, 52 [1808/9], b. Kennington, Surrey
Isabella Sophia Langridge, daughter, unmarried, female, 21 [1839/40], b. Lewes, Suffolk
Catherine Taylor, servant, unmarried, female, 54 [1806/7], Lady's Maid, b. Chipstead, Surrey
Elizabeth Stoneham, servant, unmarried, female, 20 [1840/1], Housemaid, b. Brighton, Sussex
Anne Willy, servant, unmarried, female, 23 [1837/8], Cook, b. Marylebone, Middlesex
Robert Mason, servant, married, male, 49 [1811/12], Butler, b. Northampton [sic]
- ↑ England. England and Wales. 1871 Census Schedules. (
Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
Class RG10; Piece 1082; Folio 51; Page 1, 2 Apr 1871.
Address: 3 West Hill Street, Brighton, Sussex
Robert Mason, head, married, male, 31 [1839/40], Carpenter, b. Brighton, Sussex
Catherine Mason, wife, married, female, 36 [1834/5], Dressmaker, b. Brighton, Sussex
Fanny Louise Mason, daughter, female, 5 [1865/6], Scholar, b. Brighton, Sussex
Catherine Mason, daughter, female, 3 [1867/8], Scholar, b. Brighton, Sussex
Robert Mason, father, married, male, 61 [1809/10], Butler Unemployed, b. Barnick [sic], Northamptonshire
Fanny Mason, mother, married, female, 53 [1817/18], b. Walburton, Sussex
Isabella Eades, visitor, unmarried, female, 30 [1840/1], Nurse, b. Butleigh, Sussex
- ↑ England. 1881 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands: . (
Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
Class RG11; Piece 1077; Folio 60; Page 1, 3 Apr 1881.
Address: 5 St George's Terrace, Brighton, Sussex
Robert Mason, head, married, male, 71 [1809/10], Waiter, b. Barnack, Northamptonshire
Fanny Mason, wife, married, female, 62 [1818/19], Cook, b. Brighton, Sussex
Elizabeth Mason, daughter, unmarried, female, 37 [1843/4], Waitress, b. Brighton, Sussex
Charlotte Coleman, niece, unmarried, female, 46 [1834/5], Dressmaker, b. Brighton, Sussex
- ↑ UK, Lunacy Patients Admission Registers, 1846-1912.
No. 81342
Mason, Rob[er]t
Admitted: 8 Aug 1889
Asylum: Sussex
Died: 6 Sep 1889
- ↑ Deaths index, in General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration. (London: General Register Office).
d. Robert MASON, September Quarter 1889, Lewes Registration District, Volume 2b, page 99, aged 79 [1809/10]
- ↑ The asylum was administratively in the parish of Wivelsfield at the time.
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