Margaret Edith Halbert Mason 1905 - 1976
Margaret Edith Halbert Mason , Worked on Encyclopaedia Britannica in USA. Postgraduate at Cambridge (Psychology). Renounced US citizenship 28/9/43 in protest at the USA's late entry into the War. Billeting officer in WWII. Presented at Court June 22nd 1927. The Newnham College Amuni book pub. ca. 1963 "MASON,MARGARET EDITH HALBERT (Mrs Laurie) b 8 mar 1905 at Leytonstone, Essex Dau of Joseph Warren Teets Mason,O.B.E., journalist and Edith Hannah Halbert, formerly secretary. m.2 Apr 1932 Alec Hibburd Laurie (marriage dissolved 1956):1 son 1 dau (adopted) Education;Barnard Girls' School, New York; Barnard Coll.,Columbia Univ (BA); Newnham 1925-27 as graduate student in Psychol. Asst Office Manager Chas. E Merrill Co.,N.Y 1927-1928 Indexer Encyclopaedia Brit.,NY 1928-1929 Edit Asst.Metropolitan Museum of Art N.Y.1930-1931 Social Worker in Surrey especially for Old Peoples' Welfare, crippled and mentally handicapped children; hospital management; sec. Reigate Council of Social Services,etc. Address 1 Minster Lea Wray Park Road Reigate Surrey." Ellis Islands records: First Name: Margaret E.H. Last Name: Mason Ethnicity: U.S citizen Last Place of Residence: Date of Arrival: Sep 19, 1908 Age at Arrival: 3y Gender: F Marital Status: S Ship of Travel: Philadelphia Port of Departure: Southampton Manifest Line Number: 0006 0004. Mason, J. Warren M 29y M U.S citizen USA 0005. Mason, Edith F 33y M U.S citizen 0006. Mason, Margaret E.H. F 3y S U.S citizen 0007. Halbert, Frederick M U.S citizen First Name: Margaret Edith Last Name: Mason Ethnicity: U S Citizen Last Place of Residence: New York Date of Arrival: Sep 09, 1921 Age at Arrival: 16y 5m Gender: F Marital Status: S Ship of Travel: Aquitania Port of Departure: Southampton Manifest Line Number: 0013 0011. Mason, Joseph Warren T. M 42y 7m M U S Citizen New York 0012. Mason, Edith Hannah F 46y 1m M U S Citizen New York 0013. Mason, Margaret Edith F 16y 5m S U S Citizen New York BOROUGH OF REIGATE COUNCIL OF SOCIAL SERVICE Registration# 240760 Correspondent: MRS. M. E. H. LAURIE, 1 MINSTER LEA, WRAY PARK ROAD, REIGATE SURREY. RH2 0 Document: CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 29TH NOVEMBER 1956. Objects: TO PROMOTE ALL OR ANY OF THE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY WHICH NOW ARE OR HEREAFTER MAY BE DEEMED BY LAW TO BE CHARITABLE, IN PARTICULAR BY ASSISTING THE WORK OF STATUTORY BODIES AND VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS IN ADVANCING EDUCATION, FURTHERING HEALTH, RELIEVING POVERTY, DISTRESS OR SICKNESS AND HELPING MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY IN OLD AGE OR INFIRMITY. Benefit: REIGATE BOROUGH. (Area prescribed by Governing Document) Operation: Charity Operates in locations in England and Wales SURREY-REIGATE AND BANSTEAD-REIGATE History: 03 Mar 1965 Registered 04 Mar 1965 Removed(CEASED TO EXIST) PCSL (her son) "My mother's ship in a bottle [there is a ship in a bottle] - does your database mention that she was the first woman to visit South Georgia? She stayed with the resident magistrate. The whalers gave a dance and she found herself wth 300 partners..."
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Born: 55 Lyndhurst Drive, Leyton, Leytonstone, Herts., , England1 8th Mar 1905 | Baptised:
| Died: East Surrey Hospital, Surrey, Redhill, Surrey, , England 16th May 1976 | Buried:
| Family: Mason formerly of Yorkshire |
Spouses
1. Parish Church, Harpenden, Herts., , England2 2nd Apr 1932 , div. London, England, , 8th Mar 1956 Alec Hibburd Laurie
(Mason , Grose ) 1907 - 1987
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Sources
- Family Archivists: see
Mason formerly of Yorkshire - [1] Birth certificate: Margaret Edith Halbert Mason Birth Cerificate 179 Reg. Dist. West Ham Sub Reg Dist North Leyton, County Essex
- [2] Margaret Edith Halbert and Alec Hibburd Mason Marriage Certificate (page 459 )Parish Harpenden, County Hertford Reg Dist St Albans
Census
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Timeline
8th Mar 1905 | Born (birth) Leytonstone, Herts., England | 7th Apr 1910 | Daughter in 1910 census (census) The Bronx, New York, NY, USA | 4th Jan 1920 | Daughter in 1920 census (census) Manhattan, NewYork, USA | Dec 1931 | Engaged to Alec Hibburd Laurie
(Mason , Grose ) 1907 - 1987 (engagement) | 2nd Apr 1932 | Married Alec Hibburd Laurie
(Mason , Grose ) 1907 - 1987 (marriage) Harpenden, Herts., England | 11th Mar 1946 | ADOP/ROLE AMOTH Totnes, Devon, England | 12th Mar 1947 | AACT/ROLE ADMI | 8th Mar 1956 | Divorced Alec Hibburd Laurie
(Mason , Grose ) 1907 - 1987 (divorce) London, England | 16th May 1976 | Died (death) Redhill, Surrey, England | c. 1976 | Made a will (will) |
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