Person: MASON, G. Miles (1860-1938)

Person summary

Biographical summary of this person

Full name

George Miles MASON

Gender

male

Relevance of this person

photographer and lantern slide manufacturer

Main period of activity

1880s-1930s

Relationships to other people

married to MASON, Mrs Rosetta (1861-1943)

father of MASON, Miss Susie (1882-1979)

father of MASON, Ernest (1885-1979)

Chronology

Date

Age

Event/activity

3 February 1860

born at

Southampton, Hampshire, England

1881

resident

111 High Street, Ryde, Isle of Wight, England

3 April 1881

census record

1881 Census of England and Wales, RG11/1178.87.2
– occupation “Umbrella Maker”

1880s-1930s

~28

owner

G.M. Mason

1891

resident

3 South Front, Southampton, Hampshire, England

5 April 1891

census record

1891 Census of England and Wales, RG12/918.4.4
– occupation “Artist”

1896-1898

resident

35 Bellevue Road, Southampton, Hampshire, England

1901-1920

resident

28 Dorset Street, Southampton, Hampshire, England

31 March 1901

census record

1901 Census of England and Wales, RG13/1054.77.33
– occupation “Photographic Lantern Slide Maker & Colourer”

2 April 1911

census record

1911 Census of England and Wales, RG14/5958.345
– occupation “Photographic Lantern Slide Maker”

1925-1938

resident

Beechwood, 1 Osborne Road, Portswood, Southampton, Hampshire, England

25 May 1938

died at

Southampton, Hampshire, England

23 June 1938

archive entry

National Probate Calendar Index of Wills and Administrations, 1938 L-P p.299

Reference

Richard Crangle, ‘Some lesser-known Life Model slide makers: No. 4 -- G. Miles Mason of Southampton’ in Magic Lantern 21 (December 2019)

Lucerna ID 6002168

Record created by Richard Crangle. Last updated 15 December 2021

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Person: MASON, G. Miles (1860-1938)