Each month Temple Lodge No. 33 and its Vancouver Island Masonic History Project features a Deceased vancouver Island Freemason as a way of highlighting Masonic history and heritage on Vancouver Island.
For November 2017 we are featuring David Russell Ker (1862-1923), a principal of the Brackman-Ker Milling Company, which has left two Heritage Buildings in downtown Victoria: 1407 Government Street and 1420 Broad Street. David Russell Ker was a member of Victoria-Columbia Lodge No. 1 in Victoria.
![David Russell Ker (1862-1923) was a member of Victoria-Columbia Lodge, No.1 in Victoria, B.C.](http://www.templelodge33.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/David_Russell_Ker-templelodge33-1662x2151-791x1024.jpg)
David Russell Ker’s Brackman-Ker Milling Company has left two Heritage Buildings in downtown Victoria: 1407 Government Street and 1420 Broad Street.
![1407 and 1411 Government Street, Victoria, B.C. 1407 Government Street was built in 1889 by the Brackman-Ker Milling Company, which was owned by David Russell Ker, a member of Victoria-Columbia Lodge No. 1](http://www.templelodge33.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Government_Street-1407-1411-VictoriaOnlineSightseeing-P3282510-1662x1247.jpg)
![1420 Broad Street, built in 1907 by architect Francis Rattenbury for the Brackman-Ker Milling Company, owned by david Russell Ker, a member of Victoria-Columbia Lodge No. 1](http://www.templelodge33.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Broad_St-1414-1420-templelodge33-145-1662x887.jpg)
David Russell Ker is buried in Ross Bay Cemetery, Victoria.
![David Russell Ker, family grave, Ross Bay Cemetery, Victoria, B.C.](http://www.templelodge33.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/David_Russell_Ker-family_grave-Ross_Bay_Cemetery-templelodge33-1662x2216-768x1024.jpg)
For more information, see our webpage on David Russell Ker.