Sydney MASON was born in St Albans, Hertfordshire in 1827
- he died in Wellington in 1864 aged 37
- he married Mary Anne PARKER in 1847

Anne Parker was from Kent, England a daughter of Edward Parker and Ruth EVANS
- she died in 1894 aged 66

Sydney and Mary Anne's daughter Jane Elizabeth Mason married William ANNISS in Karori, Wellington in 1872
- William's parents were Freeman ANNISS and Millicent VYE

- Jane and William were settlers at Burkes Pass Mackenzie Country
- thier children were:

Annie Maud Anniss who married Malcom KERR
- Malcolm was from Scotland, he died in the Waikato

May Anniss who died aged 3

Lillian Anniss who marred John McLEOD
- John was from the Island of Skye, he was the headmaster at Woodbury School

Percy John Anniss who married Frances Minnie MARTIN
- Minnie was 1 of 11 children to Henry Thomas MARTIN & Sarah Kibbler MARSHALL

Frederick Herbert Anniss who married Mary MORONEY

Hild Rose Anniss who married Frederick BURROWS

Clarence Anniss who married Isabella REID

William Anniss who died aged 93