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From: Eve McLaughlin <>
Subject: Re: [Lon] Mason enquiry
Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2000 21:23:22 +0000
In-Reply-To: <01C0622D.8B1F2B60.r_griston@dccnet.com>



>the word mason does not originate from the french maison/house. masons
>built cathedrals and castles.

and houses. The root is the same, and i selected the modern French
deliberately as something most people would recognise (rather than
mediaeval root words)
We have one family here with proven members in 1327 who were masons and
today there are descendants who are still in the building trade.
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Eve McLaughlin

Author of the McLaughlin Guides for family historians
Secretary Bucks Genealogical Society

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