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Joseph Arthur Mason[1]

Male 1824 - 1900  (76 years)

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  • Name Joseph Arthur Mason  [2, 3, 4, 5, 6] 
    Birth 16 Mar 1824  Rawdon, Montcalm, Québec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Christening 26 Feb 1825  St-Jacques-de-l'Achigan, Montcalm, Québec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Gender Male 
    Name Arthur 
    _UID 4DF3BB3F4528E84DB2C01E94361B1082E366 
    Death 6 Dec 1900  Rawdon, Montcalm, Québec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Burial 8 Dec 1900  St-Patrice de Rawdon, Montcalm, Québec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [9, 10] 
    Notes 
    • Per 1881 Canada census, "Masan", Occ. Laborer, residing with brother and family.
      Ste-Patrice-de-Rawdon, Montcalm, Quebec, Family History Library Film 1375852 NA Film Number C-13216 District 89 Sub-district F Page Number 34 Household Number 132

      Per 1851 (1852) Canada census - listed as "Arthur", age 26, occ laborer, residing with father and mother

      Notes from RAB indicate dob as March 16, 1823 with a question mark.
      Parish records, St. Jacques, list age as 10 months and 10 days at time of christening, 26 Jan 1825. Sponsors were Jean Green and Marguerite Edgeord (sp?)

      Confirmed at St. Patrice de Rawdon, 10 Sep 1837, per Registres Parroissioux de St-Patrice de Rawdon, 1837-1876, Vol I, pg 3 rev and 4. (Listed as Arthur.)

      Aged 78 years, per death record.
    Person ID I393  broderick
    Last Modified 6 Jun 2025 

    Father Arthur Mason,   b. Abt 1793, Leggygowan, Saintfield, Down, Ulster, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Jun 1879, Rawdon, Montcalm, Québec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 86 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth Smith,   b. Abt 1789, Hollymount, Loughan Island, Down, Ulster, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Aug 1873, Rawdon, Montcalm, Québec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 84 years) 
    Marriage Bef 1818  Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location  [11] 
    Family ID F68  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 16 Mar 1824 - Rawdon, Montcalm, Québec, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsChristening - 26 Feb 1825 - St-Jacques-de-l'Achigan, Montcalm, Québec, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 6 Dec 1900 - Rawdon, Montcalm, Québec, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - 8 Dec 1900 - St-Patrice de Rawdon, Montcalm, Québec, Canada Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S616] Parkinson, Daniel B., Up to Rawdon, (http://www.uptorawdon.com), Research Files General Research 1837 - 1839 Rawdon Loyal Irish Volunteers. (revised April 24, 2014) (Reliability: 3).
      Private Arthur Mason31, signed 28 46
      Microfilms from Library and Archives Canada containing militia pay lists may be found at Ancestry.com. There is some overlapping in the documents - for instance the second and third documents (in column G) include days already noted in document one (column E). Column G I have treated as a single document because the two parts cover the same time period (the regiment had two separate troops each with its' own serjeant [sic] major). An asterisk denotes a member of the Second Troop. At this time of political unrest, militia training and service was required for males aged 16 to 60 and there are 421 named. Only a handful appear to be Canadien.

      The recorder of the pay lists used spellings which are not always consistent with how the volunteer signed. Sic, or a note, in the comments column denotes there are differences. An X was used to indicate the volunteer had signed off and a second X at the end of the name (or between first and second names) indicated that someone had signed for this man. This may denote illiteracy but not necessarily. It appears, when one examines the handwriting, that sometimes one person signed for others in his family - for example, a father for his sons. There are individuals known to be literate who did not sign for themselves on some lists. It would also appear that the paymaster permitted volunteers, who were not immediate family, to collect for friends or neighbours. This is proven by later pay lists where men signed their own names. It is worthwhile to consult the various lists for details; I have noted some individuals who did not sign the first list examined but did sign later ones and vice versa. Blank spaces in a column indicate that no account was found of payment to this volunteer in this particular time period.

      Transcribing into an Excel sheet requires great care and I apologize for errors or omissions and will endeavour to correct them, when pointed out.

      It is interesting to see who was promoted to higher rank in the brief 18 month period - in the case of Robert Bagnall from private to major. In a number of cases, rank indicates the volunteer had previous military service - Henry Dawson and William Norrish are excellent examples. Michael Watters was about 63 and not obliged to serve; was he a sergeant in recognition of his age? We do not know if he or his son Abraham, also a sergeant, were ex-soldiers. Many of the additions to the pay list were young men coming of age.
      Rawdon Loyal Irish Volunteers (PDF or XLS format)

      Payment was made in pounds, shillings and pence (£ s d) of Halifax currency, which was used officially in Upper and Lower Canada until 1841 when the gold standard was adopted for the dollar. The daily rate was similar to what was listed for the Kildare regiment but there were slight differences. The Rawdon pay list is earlier and it appears the rate may have been higher for those serving longer time periods. Most Rawdon pay lists were witnessed by William Holtby and Henry Dawson. This income in winter months must have been a welcome source of cash to all concerned, despite whatever inconvenience this caused to the clearing of land and family life.

      Columns A, B and C are the rank, first and last names and is based on the order found in the first document transcribed (column E, which was roughly alphabetical with additional names at the end. Subsequently, when new names were found, I tried to keep them approximately alphabetical when added them to this original list. Column D is the spelling and wording from the signature in the original document (column E) whether by the volunteer or the man who signed for him. The differences in spelling in later documents are noted, as will be explained below.
      Column E covers days paid November 25, 1837 - December 31, 1837 and column F indicates if they did not sign their own name and / or my comments on this volunteer.
      Column G covers days paid November 25, 1837 - January 31, 1838; one may subtract E from G to find the days paid for January alone. There are variances in how men signed but I have only noted if this information is relevant. The order of names, in the documents, is different from Column E because there are two separate lists for this period. I have order conform to the list from the earlier document. An asterisk indicates the name was on the second list and a member of the Second Company.
      Column H covers days paid February 1 - 28, 1838 - an asterisk indicates the members of the Second Company. During this period, we find that Thomas McCarty aka McCarthy was promoted to sergeant and Henry Nightingale was raised from private to corporal.
      The microfilmed documents for March 1 -31, 1838 did not include a complete pay list for the 32 officers and 200 men, at the rank of private, who were paid for all or part of that 31 day period. Only 11 senior officers were named and the other names are missing; therefore, there is no column.
      Column I covers days paid April 1 - 30, 1838 for all of First Company and the officers of Second Company; the pay list for the balance is missing.
      Column J covers days paid November 4 - 30, 1838 to the First Company. There are a number of promotions in rank. Some names appear for the first time, some of these are young men who have passed 16th birthday; others are settlers not previously enrolled.
      Column K covers days paid to ten troopers, raised for one month, 12 November - 11 December 1838 (one man was from 15th November to 14th December). A trooper was a private with the Cavalry. These men each received 9 pounds for the month, which is a great deal more than the infantry privates and perhaps included compensation for their horses. The two last men are not known, to me, as Rawdon settlers.
      Column L covers days paid December 1-31, 1838. Some promotions and many new names added. Some are sons coming of age and others not previously signed on. This list and subsequent ones do not indicate which company.
      Column M covers days paid February 1- 28, 1839. Some promotions and more new names added.
      Column N covers days paid March 1- April 15, 1839 with many young, new recruits.


    2. [S203] FamilySearch.org, Census of Lower Canada, 1831, (Database on line, 1831 Census of Lower Canada.), L'Assomption, Rawdon, img 5 & 6, sht 3, household 202. (Reliability: 3).
      Dwelling 202, inhabited, range 8, lot 22, Arthur Mason head of household, proprietor, occ. Farmer, 8 persons in the family, 2 persons aged 5 or older, 3 persons aged up to 4 years, 1 married male aged 30-60, 1 unmarried female aged 14-18, 1 married female aged 18-45, 8 persons in family who are Roman Catholic.
      200 acres land, 50 of which are cultivated, last years's harvest: 8 minots peas, 60 minots oats, 16 minots rye, 150 minots potatoes, 10 cows, no horses, 4 pigs.

    3. [S116] Ancestry.com, Census of Canada, 1851, (Database on line, 1851 Census of Canada East, Canada West, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia. Note - enumeration form numbers lines 23 and 24 as line 24 (repeated).), Image 53 of 93, indiv 49 (Reliability: 3).
      Arthur Mason, occ. Laborer. Age 26, born Canada.


    4. [S88] Ancestry.com, Census of Canada, 1861, (Database on line, 1861 Census of Canada East, Canada West, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia.), Quebec, Montcalm, ED7, St. Patrick parish, img 198, p 94, ln 43 (Reliability: 3).
      Arther Mason, born Canada, age 34, single.

    5. [S87] Ancestry.com, Census of Canada, 1871, (Database on line, 1871 Census of Canada East, Canada West, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia.), Quebec, Montcalm, St.Patrick of Rawdon, Ed101, img 30, p 58, ln 1 (Reliability: 3).
      Arthur Mason, age 44, born Quebec, ethnic Irish, no occ., single.
      Dwelling 174, household 174.

    6. [S89] Ancestry.com, Census of Canada, 1881, (Ancestry.com, database on-line. Census images provided by Library and Archives Canada.), Quebec, Montcalm, St. Patrick of Rawdon, ED89, p 34, img 19, ln 22 (Reliability: 3).
      Joseph A. Masan, age 57, born Ireland, ethnic Irish, occ. Laborer, single.
      Dwelling 132, household 132.

    7. [S7] Ancestry.com, Québec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1967., ([database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2008. Includes images of the actual copies of parish registers submitted to the central authorities.), St-Jacques l"Achigan, 1825, p 3, B, img 3 (Reliability: 3).
      Arthur Mason, baptized 26 Jan 1825, aged 10 months and 10 days, son of Arthur Mason, farmer of this township, and Elizabeth Smith.
      Sponsors were John Green and Marguerite Degereriss (sp?)

    8. [S25] Parroissioux de St-Patrice de Rawdon, Registres Parroissioux de St-Patrice de Rawdon, (FamilySearch.org. Québec Catholic Parish Registers, 1621-1900. Database online, with images of original parish registers.), Vol IV, p10, S-15, Microfilm #1293145. (Reliability: 3).
      Aged 78 years.
      English language record.

    9. [S25] Parroissioux de St-Patrice de Rawdon, Registres Parroissioux de St-Patrice de Rawdon, (FamilySearch.org. Québec Catholic Parish Registers, 1621-1900. Database online, with images of original parish registers.), Vol IV, p10, S-15, Microfilm #1293145. (Reliability: 3).
      Witnesses John Mason and John James Mason
      Signatures were of John Daly and James Mason.

    10. [S7] Ancestry.com, Québec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1967., ([database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2008. Includes images of the actual copies of parish registers submitted to the central authorities.), Rawdon (St-Patrice), 1900, p 10, S-15, img 10 (Reliability: 3).
      Buried 8 Dec 1900, died 6 Dec, aged 78 years.
      Witnesses were John Mason, jr., and John James Mason.

    11. [S24] Patrick Mason, A Few Notes of My Past, (Online transcript is located at http://www.education.mcgill.ca/rawdon/masonotes.htm. Photocopy of the original in possesion of S. M. Broderick.) (Reliability: 3).



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