Robert Martin1

(c 1844 - 1884)
Robert Martin was born in Scotland circa 1844. He was the son of WIlliam Martin (a spirit merchant) and Margaret Greer.1

He married Jane Adam, daughter of Robert Adam and Jean Mason, at 36 St Andrew's Sq in Calton, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, on 10 December 1872. He was employed as a book-keeper.1

Robert died in 1884 in Kelvin, Glasgow, Lanarkshire.2

Family

Jane Adam (1848 - 1928)

Citations

  1. [S917] GRO Scotland, marriage record, District of Calton, Statutory Marriages, GRO 644/00 4 318.
  2. [S918] GRO Scotland, death record, District of Kelvin, Statutory Deaths, GRO 644/9 467, aged 40, mother's maiden name Greer.

Stanley Martin1

(1919 - )
Father*Edward Martin1 b. 1876, d. 1955
Mother*Kate Cogman1 b. 1890, d. 1952
Stanley Martin was born in West Ham, Essex, on 26 September 1919.1,2
The siblings Stanley and Victory were listed in the 1921 census at 10 Central Park Rd in East Ham, Essex, with their parents, Edward Martin and Kate Cogman.3

Stanley Martin, John Edwin Martin, George Clarence Martin, Geoffrey Martin and Doris Martin were listed in the 1939 Register at 382 Katherine Rd in Newham, Essex, along with Edward Martin and Kate Cogman; Stanley and John were both plumbers.1

Citations

  1. [S1044] Census - 29 Sep 1939, UK Register, RG101/0997I/013/11 Letter Code: CAAR, Schedule 163.
  2. [S190] Index - GRO and Office of National Statistics, England & Wales Civil Registration Qtrly Indexes, Birth: District of West Ham, Vol 4a, p531, 4Q1919, mother's maiden name COGMAN.
  3. [S1259] Census - 19 Jun 1921, UK census, RG15-8461, RD 188, SD 6, ED 8, Schedule 60.

Victory Arthur Martin1

(1918 - )
Father*Edward Martin1 b. 1876, d. 1955
Mother*Kate Cogman1 b. 1890, d. 1952
Victory Arthur Martin was born in West Ham, Essex, on 24 October 1918.1,2
The siblings Stanley and Victory were listed in the 1921 census at 10 Central Park Rd in East Ham, Essex, with their parents, Edward Martin and Kate Cogman.3

He was listed in the 1939 Register at South Ockenden Colony in Romford, Essex; he classified as incapacitated and mentally defective.2

Citations

  1. [S190] Index - GRO and Office of National Statistics, England & Wales Civil Registration Qtrly Indexes, Birth: District of West Ham, Vol 4a, p363, 4Q1918, mother's maiden name COGMAN.
  2. [S1044] Census - 29 Sep 1939, UK Register, RG101/1549F/008/13 Letter Code: DCNC, Schedule 4, sub-schedule 64.
  3. [S1259] Census - 19 Jun 1921, UK census, RG15-8461, RD 188, SD 6, ED 8, Schedule 60.

Archibald Mason1

(c 1791 - b 1851)
Archibald Mason was born in Stirlingshire circa 1791.1

He married Margaret Hay, daughter of John Hay and Margaret Rankine, in Kilsyth, Stirlingshire, on 7 December 1811.2,3

He was listed in the 1841 census at Burnside in Kilsyth, Stirlingshire, with his wife Margaret; he was a plasterer.4

Archibald died before 1851 in Scotland as his wife was a widow at her death and a widow in the 1851 census.

Family

Margaret Hay (1787 - 1856)
Child
ChartsFerguson pedigree

Citations

  1. [S236] CD - Dr Williams Library & County Civil records, British Vital Records CDs, FHL film 1041950 for Jane MASON's birth.
  2. [S236] CD - Dr Williams Library & County Civil records, British Vital Records CDs, FHL film 1041950 (Jane MASON's birth).
  3. [S917] GRO Scotland, marriage record, Parish of Kilsyth, OPR Marriages, GRO 483/00 0060 0285.
  4. [S117] Census - 6 Jun 1841, UK census, Scottish GRO 483/00 002/00 023.

George Ronald Mason1

(1910 - 1978)
George Ronald Mason was born in West Derby, Lancashire, on 17 May 1910.1,2
He was listed in the 1921 census at 25 St Georges Rd in Waterloo, Lancashire, with his father George Frederic (an organist and music teacher), mother Hollie and brother Edgar(9).3

He was listed in the 1939 Register at 25 Upper Flat, St Georges Rd in Crosby, Lancashire; he was the Chief Architectural Asst. to the Borough of Crosby.4

George's marriage to Sheila Margaret Elizabeth Ferguson, daughter of John (Jack) Ferguson and Elizabeth Duncan, was registered between April 1942 and June 1942 in Lancashire.5

George died on 17 May 1978 in Liverpool, Lancashire, at age 68.6,7

His will was probated on 21 July 1978 with his estate valued at £63,277.7
ChartsThomas Mudie (Moodie) (1776-?) descendancy

Citations

  1. [S190] Index - GRO and Office of National Statistics, England & Wales Civil Registration Qtrly Indexes, Birth: District of West Derby, Vol 8b, p255, 2Q1910, mother's maiden name MAKIN.
  2. [S190] Index - GRO and Office of National Statistics, England & Wales Civil Registration Qtrly Indexes, Death: District of Liverpool, Vol 36, p1197 gives this birth date.
  3. [S1259] Census - 19 Jun 1921, UK census, RG15-17504, RD 455, SD 1, ED 11, Schedule 259.
  4. [S1044] Census - 29 Sep 1939, UK Register, RG101/4731D/017/36, Letter Code: NUCB, Schedule 223.
  5. [S190] Index - GRO and Office of National Statistics, England & Wales Civil Registration Qtrly Indexes, Marriage: District of Crosby, Vol 8b, p1338, 2Q1942.
  6. [S190] Index - GRO and Office of National Statistics, England & Wales Civil Registration Qtrly Indexes, Death: District of Liverpool, Vol 36, p1197.
  7. [S677] Index - England High Court of Justice, England & Wales National Probate Calendar, probate recorded at Liverpool registry, no. 781606574A.

Jean Mason1

(1817 - 1878)
Father*Archibald Mason2 b. c 1791, d. b 1851
Mother*Margaret Hay2 b. 1787, d. 1856
Jean ADAM (nee MASON)(1817-1878)
Jean Mason was born in Kilsyth, Stirlingshire, on 26 January 1817.3,4 and was baptised on 16 February 1817 in Kilsyth.4

She married Robert Adam, son of William Adam and Agnes Hood, in Kilsyth, Stirlingshire, on 8 June 1839.5

She was listed in the 1841 census at Main St in Kilsyth, Stirlingshire, with her husband Robert; he was a flesher. Their child William was listed with them, and the household contained two other children, aged 9 & 7, who were not family members.1

She was listed in the 1851 census at Main St in Kilsyth, Stirlingshire, with her husband Robert; he was a flesher. Their children William, Agnes and Archibald were listed as living with them, and the household included a servant and a 19-year old "flesher's boy."6

She was listed in the 1861 census at 36 St Andrews Sq in St Andrews, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, with her husband Robert; he was a flesher. Their children Jane, Margaret, Agnes, William and Archibald were listed as living with them, the house had eight rooms with windows, and the household included two servants.3

She was listed in the 1871 census at 36 St Andrews Sq in St Andrews, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, with her husband Robert; they were both fleshers. Their children William, Margaret, Agnes, Jane and Archibald were listed as living with them, the house had eight rooms with windows, and the household included two servants.7

Jean died on 25 August 1878 at Aidenburn Cottage in Kilcreggan, Dunbartonshire, at age 61 of hemiplegia (following one month's treatment). The informant was her husband Robert.8,9

Her estate was confirmed in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, on 25 February 1879 with Robert Adam appointed executor of an estate valued at £400.10

Family

Robert Adam (1816 - )
Children
ChartsFerguson pedigree

Citations

  1. [S117] Census - 6 Jun 1841, UK census, Scottish GRO 483/00 004/00 013.
  2. [S236] CD - Dr Williams Library & County Civil records, British Vital Records CDs, FHL film 1041950 for Jane MASON's birth.
  3. [S340] Census - 7 Apr 1861, UK census, Scottish GRO 644/04 012/00 013.
  4. [S236] CD - Dr Williams Library & County Civil records, British Vital Records CDs, FHL film 1041950.
  5. [S917] GRO Scotland, marriage record, Parish of Kilsyth, OPR Marriages, GRO 483/00 70 401.
  6. [S118] Census - 30 Mar 1851, UK census, Scottish GRO 483/00 007/00 019.
  7. [S367] Census - 2 Apr 1871, UK census, Scottish GRO 644/04 011/00 012.
  8. [S918] GRO Scotland, death record, District of Roseneath, Statutory Deaths, GRO 502/00 0022, aged 60.
  9. [S1046] Index - Commissary Clerk of Edinburgh, Scottish Calendar of Confirmations, confirmation granted at Glasgow 25 Feb 1879 to Robert ADAM, flesher, executor dative qua husband as she died intestate.
  10. [S1046] Index - Commissary Clerk of Edinburgh, Scottish Calendar of Confirmations, confirmation granted at Glasgow 25 Feb 1879 to Robert ADAM, flesher, executor dative qua husband as she died intestate. Also Glasgow Sheriff Court Inventories SC36/48/87.
  11. [S545] GRO Scotland, sighted record, Parish 355-A0, Vol 30.
  12. [S545] GRO Scotland, sighted record.

Isabel Maria Massey1

(1865 - 1950)
Isabel Maria Massey was born in Dunedin, Otago, on 4 November 1865.2,3

She married Augustus George Stronach in New Zealand in 1893.1,4

She was widowed at age 54 on the death of her husband Augustus on 13 October 1920.5,6

Isabel left New Zealand from Wellington on the Marama, arriving in San Francisco, San Francisco Co, California, on 20 May 1921. It is unclear why she made this journey.7

Isabel died on 11 January 1950 in Alameda, California, at age 84.8

Family

Augustus George Stronach (1859 - 1920)

Citations

  1. [S443] CD - NZ Marriages, CD - NZ Marriages 1836-1956 V2, NZ Registrar General's Folio 2683.
  2. [S542] Index - New Zealand BDMs online, at https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/, Birth Reg. No. 1865/4592 records a Maria Isabella, dau. of Joseph Morgan Massey and Louisa Maria Allen Massey.
  3. [S1310] Vital Record - BDM California, death record, California death index gives this birth date, father's surname Massey, mother's maiden name Ridgway.
  4. [S542] Index - New Zealand BDMs online, at https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/, Marriage Reg. No. 1893/2653.
  5. [S542] Index - New Zealand BDMs online, at https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/, Death Reg. No. 1920/6319, aged 62.
  6. [S419] Christchurch City Council Cemeteries database, at https://heritage.christchurchcitylibraries.com/Cemeteries/, Sydenham Cemetery, block 40C, plot 56.
  7. [S965] National Archives - National Archives, USA, California, U.S., Arriving Passenger and Crew Lists, 1882-1959.
  8. [S1310] Vital Record - BDM California, death record.

Andrew Harper Massie1

(1916 - 2003)
Father*Andrew Moon Massie1 b. 1889, d. 1925
Mother*Elaine Maude Standish1 b. 1889, d. 1976
Andrew Harper Massie was born in Shanghai on 6 January 1916.1

James, Andrew and Eleanor returned from Shanghai on the Venezuela, arriving in San Francisco on the 9 October 1919 with their parents Andrew and Elaine.2

James, Andrew and Eleanor returned from Shanghai on the President Lincoln, arriving in San Francisco on the 13 September 1922 with their parents Andrew and Elaine.3

Andrew died on 21 November 2003 in Walnut Creek, Contra Costa, California, at age 87.4

Citations

  1. [S965] National Archives - National Archives, USA, Decimal Files, compiled 1910 - 1949; Record Group: 59, General Records of the Department of State, 1763 - 2002; Series ARC ID: 2555709; Series MLR Number: A1 3001; Series Volume Number: 330; File Unit Title: 131/1-424, 1911-1917; File Unit ARC ID: 4694155; File Number: 131/281.
  2. [S969] California, Passenger and Crew Lists, 1882-1957, at https://www.ancestry.com, archive entry M1410:125.
  3. [S969] California, Passenger and Crew Lists, 1882-1957, at https://www.ancestry.com, archive entry M1410:164.
  4. [S247] Government Publication - US SSDI, SSN 576-07-8630.

Andrew Moon Massie

(1889 - 1925)
Andrew Moon MASSIE (1889-1925)
Andrew Moon Massie was born in Abeline, Texas, on 13 January 1889.1

He graduated from the Hahnemann Medical College of the Pacific, San Francisco in 1925 as an allopath and practiced in Abilene, TX (1911), Berkely, CA (1912) and Shanghai (1916.2

He married Elaine Maude Standish, daughter of Frank Berry Standish and Eleanora Gordon Cross, in Berkeley, Alameda, California, on 24 March 1914.3

He made several trips to China, both under the auspices of the Standard Oil Co, and later apparently as a private citizen, possibly as a medical missionary. His first registration with the US Consulate was in Hankow after arriving in May 1914 and later in Shanghai in 1917.4

He and his wife Elaine returned from Shanghai on the Venezuela, arriving in San Francisco on the 9 October 1919 accompanied by their children James, Andrew and Eleanor.5

He and his wife Elaine returned from Shanghai on the President Lincoln, arriving in San Francisco on the 13 September 1922 accompanied by their children James, Andrew and Eleanor.6

Andrew died on 10 January 1925 in Menlo Park, California, at age 35 of pulmonary TB.2

Family

Elaine Maude Standish (1889 - 1976)
Children

Citations

  1. [S965] National Archives - National Archives, USA, Passport Applications, January 2, 1906 - March 31, 1925; Collection Number: ARC Identifier 583830 / MLR Number A1 534; NARA Series: M1490; Roll #: 221.
  2. [S966] Book - Arthur Wayne Hafner Directory of Deceased American Physicians.
  3. [S967] Vital Record - BDM California, marriage record, index 21, entry 571, book 63, p342.
  4. [S965] National Archives - National Archives, USA, Consular Registration Certificates, compiled 1907–1918. ARC ID: 1244186, General Records of the Department of State, 1763–2002, Record Group 59.
  5. [S969] California, Passenger and Crew Lists, 1882-1957, at https://www.ancestry.com, archive entry M1410:125.
  6. [S969] California, Passenger and Crew Lists, 1882-1957, at https://www.ancestry.com, archive entry M1410:164.
  7. [S965] National Archives - National Archives, USA, Decimal Files, compiled 1910 - 1949; Record Group: 59, General Records of the Department of State, 1763 - 2002; Series ARC ID: 2555709; Series MLR Number: A1 3001; Series Volume Number: 330; File Unit Title: 131/1-424, 1911-1917; File Unit ARC ID: 4694155; File Number: 131/281.
  8. [S965] National Archives - National Archives, USA, Decimal Files, compiled 1910 - 1949; Record Group: 59, General Records of the Department of State, 1763 - 2002; Series ARC ID: 2555709; Series MLR Number: A1 3001; Series Volume Number: 332; File Unit Title: 131/751-1050, 1919-1919; File Unit ARC ID: 4694157; File Number: 131/1041.

Eleanor Gordon Massie1

(1918 - 2010)
Father*Andrew Moon Massie1 b. 1889, d. 1925
Mother*Elaine Maude Standish1 b. 1889, d. 1976
Eleanor Gordon Massie was born at Dr Fearn's Nursing Home, 30 Rue Pichon in Shanghai on 23 July 1918.1

James, Andrew and Eleanor returned from Shanghai on the Venezuela, arriving in San Francisco on the 9 October 1919 with their parents Andrew and Elaine.2

James, Andrew and Eleanor returned from Shanghai on the President Lincoln, arriving in San Francisco on the 13 September 1922 with their parents Andrew and Elaine.3

She married Dean Ramsey Underwood in Alameda, California, on 10 May 1941.4

She was widowed at age 80 on the death of her husband Dean on 12 October 1998.5

Eleanor died on 27 March 2010 in Yreka, Siskiyou, California, at age 91.6

Family

Dean Ramsey Underwood (1916 - 1998)

Citations

  1. [S965] National Archives - National Archives, USA, Decimal Files, compiled 1910 - 1949; Record Group: 59, General Records of the Department of State, 1763 - 2002; Series ARC ID: 2555709; Series MLR Number: A1 3001; Series Volume Number: 332; File Unit Title: 131/751-1050, 1919-1919; File Unit ARC ID: 4694157; File Number: 131/1041.
  2. [S969] California, Passenger and Crew Lists, 1882-1957, at https://www.ancestry.com, archive entry M1410:125.
  3. [S969] California, Passenger and Crew Lists, 1882-1957, at https://www.ancestry.com, archive entry M1410:164.
  4. [S967] Vital Record - BDM California, marriage record, index 46, entry 1055, book 243, p80.
  5. [S247] Government Publication - US SSDI, SSN 556-12-2751.
  6. [S247] Government Publication - US SSDI.