James Thomas Mason

James was born in June 1861 in Sharples.¹ 

• Birth Notes

  Lancashire Birth indexes for the years: 1861
  MASON    James T    MATHER        Sharples        SH/8/256
  
  MASON, JAMES  THOMAS      MATHER 
  GRO Reference: 1861  J Quarter in BOLTON 
  Volume 08C  Page 276

James' father was James Mason and his mother was Ann Mather.  His maternal grandparents were James Mather and Tootel. He had three brothers and two sisters, named John, William, Joseph, Elizabeth and Mary.  He was the second oldest of the six children. He had a half-sister named Mary.