Lisa,
The births and marriage were before the start of statutory registration in Ireland (1864 for births and 1845 for non RC marriages). So you will have to search church records, where they still exist. To do that ideally you need to know the family denomination and their townland or parish. If it helps at all, the 1901 census for Tyrone lists just 39 Masons, 19 of whom were Presbyterian and the remainder Church of Ireland or Methodist. So those seem the likely denominations. Methodism didn’t get going as a separate denomination in Ireland till 1816 at the earliest, and the 1870s at the latest. There are no Methodist marriages in Ireland prior to 1835. Most Methodists were originally Church of Ireland. Mason is not a native Irish name and the fact that all the Masons in Tyrone were either Presbyterian or Church of Ireland points to them being incomers, either from Scotland (likely for the Presbyterians) or perhaps from England. Most are likely to have arrived in the 1600s. If you don’t know where your family originated, you could look at Griffiths Valuation which lists where Mason families could be found in the county in 1859. http://www.askaboutireland.ie/griffith-valuation/index.xml?action=nameSearch There were only 19 listed and in just 7 or 8 parishes. Griffiths isn’t a census and so doesn’t list every single household but in the absence of other clues it’s somewhere to start. I would focus on Church of Ireland and Presbyterian records within the 7 or 8 parishes. Copies of most of those records are in PRONI in Belfast and you need to go there in person to look them up. Not all early church records have survived. Some were never kept in the first place and many Church of Ireland records have been lost due to the 1922 fire, but many do exist. Good luck. Elwyn On Tue, Jul 24, 2018 at 11:37 PM, Lisa Audette via CoTyroneList < cotyronelist@cotyroneireland.com> wrote: > Thank you all for your continued emails. I find them fascinating and just > love the history. I too am searching for my ancestors in County Tyrone and > am planning planning a trip next year to celebrate my 50th! My first time > to Ireland. > > I am looking for the MASON family. Samuel Curtiss Mason born 1808 > somewhere in County Tyrone. He married Mary Ann Tate born 1811 (can't find > proof for her last name just found it on someone else's tree). Can't find > anything to show them leaving Ireland together. But I feel they would have > married first before emigrating. Their first child James was born in Clarke > Township, Durham County, Canada in 1834. After many children Samuel and > Mary then moved to Port Austin Michigan in 1871. Most of the children went > to the USA but my family line moved from Durham to St Williams in Norfolk > County Ontario. > > I'm looking for other Mason's in County Tyrone. Or members of the Tate > family. > > Interestingly I did my DNA and found a high match in Dungannon. Her family > includes McKnights and McIntyres! I started her tree but can't find the > connection. > > My sister proposed that the MASON family was originally from Scotland and > moved to Ireland.... Nothing to prove that... just a thought. > > Any help, guidance, information or suggestions re research would be most > appreciated! > > Many thanks!! > > Lisa Mason-Audette > > Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android > <https://go.onelink.me/107872968?pid=InProduct&c=Global_Internal_YGrowth_AndroidEmailSig__AndroidUsers&af_wl=ym&af_sub1=Internal&af_sub2=Global_YGrowth&af_sub3=EmailSignature> > > On Tue, Jul 24, 2018 at 11:48 AM, Rick Smoll via CoTyroneList > <cotyronelist@cotyroneireland.com> wrote: > _______________________________________________ > CoTyroneList mailing list > CoTyroneList@cotyroneireland.com > http://mail.cotyroneireland.com/mailman/listinfo/ > cotyronelist_cotyroneireland.com > > > _______________________________________________ > CoTyroneList mailing list > CoTyroneList@cotyroneireland.com > http://mail.cotyroneireland.com/mailman/listinfo/ > cotyronelist_cotyroneireland.com > >
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