He used "Claude" as his first name and used "Albert Burns" only on official documents. Claude was the youngest of seven children, six sons and a daughter. His family moved from a farm in Guernsey County, Ohio, probably to Missouri, then to a Bourbon County, Kansas farm a few years before his birth in 1881.
About 1883 or 1884, the Mason family moved again, from Bourbon County, Kansas (1880 U.S. Census) to a farm in Dexter Township, Cowley County, Kansas (1885 Kansas Census). Claude's mother, Mary (Desellem) Mason, died 1 February 1885.
After 1885, we have no further record for Claude's father, William C. Mason; he probably died within a few years. William Mason's gravesite is unknown.
The children, Claude's six siblings, split up. Claude, age 13, is found in the 1895 Kansas Census living on a farm with his aunt and uncle, the Prudence (Deselms) and David Britton family in Marion Township, Bourbon County. Brother James evidently left the Cowley County farm and moved to Minnesota in 1894; he married Pearl Lambert in Morrison County before 1898. Sister Sarah married Charles Kimball about 1898, and was also living in Little Falls, Minnesota by 1900.
Claude was not far away. The 1900 U.S. Census shows 19 year old Claude Mason, now living on his own, working for the railroad in Blue Earth, Faribault County in south central Minnesota. Within a few years James introduced him to Pearl's younger sister, Heppie Lambert.
Twenty-three year old 'Claude' Mason married seventeen year old 'Heppie' Lambert in 1904. In the 1905 Minnesota State Census, brothers James and Claude Mason are shown as laborers and neighbors. They lived with or near mother-in-law Lottie Lambert (a widow), and near the older Lambert brothers Albert, Jasper and Arthur's family. Claude and Heppie's first son, Leo, was born in Minnesota in 1905.
Both Mason-Lambert families then moved to Washington State about 1907, James and Pearl to Tacoma, Claude and Heppie to Chehalis (now Grays Harbor) County.
After moving to Washington State, Claude worked as a mill engineer for Schafer Brothers Lumber and Shingle Company and the family lived in Montesano. Heppie would bear four more sons and five daughters in Washington.
Heppie had a full life and survived into her 70s After her death, Claude remarried within a few years to Maude Bulkley. Claude also had a long life and died at age 92, surviving Heppie by about 12 years.
Claude and Heppie Mason are buried in the Wynochee Cemetery in Montesano.
About 1883 or 1884, the Mason family moved again, from Bourbon County, Kansas (1880 U.S. Census) to a farm in Dexter Township, Cowley County, Kansas (1885 Kansas Census). Claude's mother, Mary (Desellem) Mason, died 1 February 1885.
After 1885, we have no further record for Claude's father, William C. Mason; he probably died within a few years. William Mason's gravesite is unknown.
The children, Claude's six siblings, split up. Claude, age 13, is found in the 1895 Kansas Census living on a farm with his aunt and uncle, the Prudence (Deselms) and David Britton family in Marion Township, Bourbon County. Brother James evidently left the Cowley County farm and moved to Minnesota in 1894; he married Pearl Lambert in Morrison County before 1898. Sister Sarah married Charles Kimball about 1898, and was also living in Little Falls, Minnesota by 1900.
Claude was not far away. The 1900 U.S. Census shows 19 year old Claude Mason, now living on his own, working for the railroad in Blue Earth, Faribault County in south central Minnesota. Within a few years James introduced him to Pearl's younger sister, Heppie Lambert.
Twenty-three year old 'Claude' Mason married seventeen year old 'Heppie' Lambert in 1904. In the 1905 Minnesota State Census, brothers James and Claude Mason are shown as laborers and neighbors. They lived with or near mother-in-law Lottie Lambert (a widow), and near the older Lambert brothers Albert, Jasper and Arthur's family. Claude and Heppie's first son, Leo, was born in Minnesota in 1905.
Both Mason-Lambert families then moved to Washington State about 1907, James and Pearl to Tacoma, Claude and Heppie to Chehalis (now Grays Harbor) County.
After moving to Washington State, Claude worked as a mill engineer for Schafer Brothers Lumber and Shingle Company and the family lived in Montesano. Heppie would bear four more sons and five daughters in Washington.
Heppie had a full life and survived into her 70s After her death, Claude remarried within a few years to Maude Bulkley. Claude also had a long life and died at age 92, surviving Heppie by about 12 years.
Claude and Heppie Mason are buried in the Wynochee Cemetery in Montesano.
He used "Claude" as his first name and used "Albert Burns" only on official documents. Claude was the youngest of seven children, six sons and a daughter. His family moved from a farm in Guernsey County, Ohio, probably to Missouri, then to a Bourbon County, Kansas farm a few years before his birth in 1881.
About 1883 or 1884, the Mason family moved again, from Bourbon County, Kansas (1880 U.S. Census) to a farm in Dexter Township, Cowley County, Kansas (1885 Kansas Census). Claude's mother, Mary (Desellem) Mason, died 1 February 1885.
After 1885, we have no further record for Claude's father, William C. Mason; he probably died within a few years. William Mason's gravesite is unknown.
The children, Claude's six siblings, split up. Claude, age 13, is found in the 1895 Kansas Census living on a farm with his aunt and uncle, the Prudence (Deselms) and David Britton family in Marion Township, Bourbon County. Brother James evidently left the Cowley County farm and moved to Minnesota in 1894; he married Pearl Lambert in Morrison County before 1898. Sister Sarah married Charles Kimball about 1898, and was also living in Little Falls, Minnesota by 1900.
Claude was not far away. The 1900 U.S. Census shows 19 year old Claude Mason, now living on his own, working for the railroad in Blue Earth, Faribault County in south central Minnesota. Within a few years James introduced him to Pearl's younger sister, Heppie Lambert.
Twenty-three year old 'Claude' Mason married seventeen year old 'Heppie' Lambert in 1904. In the 1905 Minnesota State Census, brothers James and Claude Mason are shown as laborers and neighbors. They lived with or near mother-in-law Lottie Lambert (a widow), and near the older Lambert brothers Albert, Jasper and Arthur's family. Claude and Heppie's first son, Leo, was born in Minnesota in 1905.
Both Mason-Lambert families then moved to Washington State about 1907, James and Pearl to Tacoma, Claude and Heppie to Chehalis (now Grays Harbor) County.
After moving to Washington State, Claude worked as a mill engineer for Schafer Brothers Lumber and Shingle Company and the family lived in Montesano. Heppie would bear four more sons and five daughters in Washington.
Heppie had a full life and survived into her 70s After her death, Claude remarried within a few years to Maude Bulkley. Claude also had a long life and died at age 92, surviving Heppie by about 12 years.
Claude and Heppie Mason are buried in the Wynochee Cemetery in Montesano.
About 1883 or 1884, the Mason family moved again, from Bourbon County, Kansas (1880 U.S. Census) to a farm in Dexter Township, Cowley County, Kansas (1885 Kansas Census). Claude's mother, Mary (Desellem) Mason, died 1 February 1885.
After 1885, we have no further record for Claude's father, William C. Mason; he probably died within a few years. William Mason's gravesite is unknown.
The children, Claude's six siblings, split up. Claude, age 13, is found in the 1895 Kansas Census living on a farm with his aunt and uncle, the Prudence (Deselms) and David Britton family in Marion Township, Bourbon County. Brother James evidently left the Cowley County farm and moved to Minnesota in 1894; he married Pearl Lambert in Morrison County before 1898. Sister Sarah married Charles Kimball about 1898, and was also living in Little Falls, Minnesota by 1900.
Claude was not far away. The 1900 U.S. Census shows 19 year old Claude Mason, now living on his own, working for the railroad in Blue Earth, Faribault County in south central Minnesota. Within a few years James introduced him to Pearl's younger sister, Heppie Lambert.
Twenty-three year old 'Claude' Mason married seventeen year old 'Heppie' Lambert in 1904. In the 1905 Minnesota State Census, brothers James and Claude Mason are shown as laborers and neighbors. They lived with or near mother-in-law Lottie Lambert (a widow), and near the older Lambert brothers Albert, Jasper and Arthur's family. Claude and Heppie's first son, Leo, was born in Minnesota in 1905.
Both Mason-Lambert families then moved to Washington State about 1907, James and Pearl to Tacoma, Claude and Heppie to Chehalis (now Grays Harbor) County.
After moving to Washington State, Claude worked as a mill engineer for Schafer Brothers Lumber and Shingle Company and the family lived in Montesano. Heppie would bear four more sons and five daughters in Washington.
Heppie had a full life and survived into her 70s After her death, Claude remarried within a few years to Maude Bulkley. Claude also had a long life and died at age 92, surviving Heppie by about 12 years.
Claude and Heppie Mason are buried in the Wynochee Cemetery in Montesano.
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