Members and Visiting Brethren please note that our Annual Installation of Officers will be held on Saturday, 2 April 2016 at 1:00 p.m. at the Duncan Masonic Temple, 163 Canada Avenue, Duncan, B.C.
There will be a festive board starting at 11:30 a.m.
All Visiting Brethren are most welcome to attend.
Temple Lodge, No.33 puts information about Deceased Brethren on this website and has found that the pages on Deceased Brethren are among the most viewed and most popular pages on the website. Genealogy is a very popular pastime and Temple Lodge, No.33 gets frequent requests for additional information from researchers who have found ancestors on our website.
Temple Lodge, No.33 also sends out requests for additional information on our Deceased Brethren. When we recently put up a page on Richard Guy Mellin (1875-1931), we sent information requests by email to Manchester Grammar School and the Association of Professional Engineers & Geoscientists of B.C., both of which kindly provided information which appears on our web page for Richard Guy Mellin and in the blog post below.
Richard Guy Mellin (5 March 1875 – April 1931) joined Temple Lodge, No.33 in 1904 and remained a member of Temple Lodge, No.33 until his death in 1931. He was Initiated, Passed and Raised in Temple Lodge, No.33 in 1904.
He was born in Manchester, U.K. and was educated at Chorlton High School and Manchester Grammar School, which he attended from 1888 to 1892.
We contacted Manchester Grammar School seeking information about Richard Guy Mellin and we were kindly given the photograph below, showing Richard Guy Mellin in 1890, aged about 15, in the back row, second from left.
Continue reading Richard Guy Mellin (1875-1931) – Joined Temple Lodge, No.33 in 1904
Each month Temple Lodge, No.33 features a deceased member of Temple Lodge, No.33 as a way of promoting Masonic history.
Our featured Deceased Brother for March 2016 is Claude Alfred John Green, who joined Temple Lodge, No.33 in 1927, served as Worshipful Master in 1941 and as Grand Master of B.C. & Yukon in 1957-58.
See our web page on M.W.B. Claude Green.
Percy Franklin Jaynes (1850-1920) was a member of Ymir Lodge, No.31.
Following his death in 1920, Temple Lodge, No.33 conducted his funeral and interment in St. Peter’s Quamichan Anglican cemetery.
Duncan resident Keith Price recently provided us with a photo of Percy Franklin Jaynes, circa 1900, taken near the site of the current E&N Railway Station (now the Cowichan Valley Museum) on Canada Avenue in downtown Duncan. Keith Price also provided us with photos of Temple Lodge, No.33 members Francis Henry Price (1866-1943) and Ernest Alfred Price (1868-1920).
We’ve noticed that our page on Hip Hop and Freemasonry has been getting a lot of page views lately so, given the apparent interest in this topic, we decided to put up this post about Vancouver musicians who are active Freemasons.
As part of our Music and Masons series, here is a page about Freemasonry among currently active musicians in Vancouver, B.C.
We are currently aware of the following Vancouver, B.C. based musicians who are active Freemasons and members of Masonic Lodges in Vancouver, B.C.
Here is a representative video from each Brother:
Chris Greenfield (Luki Fero), Slice of Vice (2015)
http://youtu.be/Iiv7mlkklrM
Matt Hoyles, Riverside Blues (2015)
If there are any other Vancouver musicians who are Freemasons, please Contact Us or leave a comment below and we can add your information to this page.
Duncan resident Keith Price recently gave Temple Lodge, No.33 copies of family photographs of Francis Henry Price and Ernest Alfred Price, who joined Temple Lodge, No. 33 in 1900 and 1901. Both these Deceased Brethren are buried in St. Peter’s Quamichan Anglican Cemetery.
We have updated the Temple Lodge, No.33 website pages on Francis Henry Price and Ernest Alfred Price to include these photographs. Here are the contents of our web pages on these two Deceased Brethren.
First, Ernest Alfred Price (1868-1920)
Ernest Alfred Price (1868-1920) was Initiated in Temple Lodge, No.33 in 1900. His brother Francis Henry Price was also a member of Temple Lodge, No.33.
Continue reading Frank Henry Price and Ernest Alfred Price, early hoteliers in Duncan, B.C.
Alfred Edward Green moved from England to the Cowichan Valley with his family in 1921. He affiliated with Temple Lodge, No.33 in 1921 and served as Worshipful Master of Temple Lodge, No.33 in 1927. His son, Claude Green, was Worshipful Master of Temple Lodge, No.33 in 1941 and became Grand Master of B.C. & Yukon in 1957.
Here is a brief biography of Wor. Brother Alfred Edward Green taken from Temple Lodge, No.33 records and from the local newspaper reports of his death and funeral: Continue reading Alfred Edward Green (1874-1968) – Worshipful Master of Temple Lodge, No.33 in 1927
Temple Lodge. No.33 is starting a new monthly feature on our website to promote awareness of our Lodge history and our Deceased Brethren. Each month we will feature a different deceased member of Temple Lodge, No.33.
Our featured Deceased Brother for February 2016 is M.W.B. Donald Edward Kerr, Grand Master of B.C. & Yukon in 1930-31.
Most Worshipful Brother Donald Edward Kerr (1862-1943) was born in Woodstock, Ontario in 1862. He was initiated, passed and raised in Corinthian Lodge, No. 27, Rossland, B.C., in 1898.
He moved to Duncan, B.C. where he practised as a dental surgeon. He affiliated with Temple Lodge, No. 33 in 1919 and remained a member until his death in 1943. He served as Grand Master of B.C. in 1930-31.
Here is a brief biographical sketch of Most Worshipful Brother Donald Edward Kerr, taken from various sources: Continue reading Featured Deceased Brother for February 2016 – Donald Edward Kerr (1862-1943)
Worshipful Brother Kenneth Forrest Duncan (1881-1952) was a member of the family for whom the City of Duncan is named. He was instrumental in establishing the City of Duncan in 1912. He served as the City of Duncan’s first Mayor in 1912-13. Kenneth Street in downtown Duncan is named for him.
Continue reading Kenneth Forrest Duncan, first Mayor of Duncan
The City of Duncan was created in 1912 on land that was formerly part of the Municipality of North Cowichan.
Before the incorporation of the City of Duncan, the following members of Temple Lodge, No.33 served as Reeve of North Cowichan (note: the title “Reeve” was changed to “Mayor” in 1970] and as members of North Cowichan Council. Also see our Mayors of Duncan page and our Reeves of North Cowichan page.
The following members of Temple Lodge, No.33 have been elected to North Cowichan Council:
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