Our Temple Lodge No. 33 Historian Will Be Doing A Tour Of Ross Bay Cemetery, Victoria, For The Old Cemeteries Society – 30 June 2019, 2 p.m.

web header photo showing Masonic Square & Compasses on a gravestone in Ross Bay Cemetery

Our Temple Lodge No. 33 Historian, W.B. Mark Anderson, will be doing a walking tour of Ross Bay Cemetery, Victoria, for the Old Cemeteries Society of Victoria. on 30 June 2019, at 2:00 p.m.

The topic will be some of the Masonic graves in Ross Bay Cemetery, of which there are many. See our page on Ross Bay Cemetery.

These tours are a fund raiser for the Old Cemeteries Society, which uses the funds in its work in historical research and maintaining grave stones and monuments in cemeteries in and around Victoria. Temple Lodge No. 33 has participated in these fund raising tours in the past and is is very pleased to have been asked to participate in the 2019 Old Cemeteries Society tours.  The cost for OCS members is $2.00/person, non-members $5.00/person.

One of the graves which will be on the 30 June 2019 tour is Robert Patterson Rithet, a prominent figure in Victoria business during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Robert Paterson Rithet is interred in the Rithet family mausoleum, Ross Bay Cemetery, Victoria, B.C.
Robert Paterson Rithet is interred in the Rithet family mausoleum, Ross Bay Cemetery, Victoria, B.C.

The Old Cemeteries Society tours meet in front of Oregano’s, Fairfield Plaza, 1516 Fairfield Road, Victoria and walk across Fairfield Road to Ross Bay Cemetery at 2:00 p.m.

All Masons are very welcome to come out to this Ross Bay Cemetery tour to learn something about Vancouver Island Masonic History and to support the Old Cemeteries Society of Victoria, a worthwhile organization which we have supported in the past and will continue to support in future.

Here is a map showing the location of Oregano’s, Fairfield Plaza, 1516 Fairfield Road, Victoria:

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Temple Lodge Historian’s Tour Of Freemasons’ Graves In Ross Bay Cemetery – 22 April 2018

On 22 April 2018 our Temple Lodge No. 33 Historian will be leading a tour of Freemasons’ graves in Ross Bay Cemetery as a fund raiser for the Old Cemeteries Society of Victoria, an organization whose work we strongly support.

This tour is part of an ongoing series of tours put on by the Old Cemeteries Society of Victoria. Here is a link to upcoming tours by the Old Cemeteries Society of Victoria.

For those who want more information on the deceased Brethren included on this Old Cemeteries Society of Victoria tour,  here is a list with links to individual pages containing more information each deceased Brother.

Giacomo Bossi grave, Ross Bay Cemetery, Victoria, B.C. The "Bossi Angel" is one of the most photographed grave markers in Ross Bay Cemetery. (photo by Temple Lodge No. 33 Historian)
Giacomo Bossi grave, Ross Bay Cemetery, Victoria, B.C. The “Bossi Angel” is one of the most photographed grave markers in Ross Bay Cemetery. (photo by Temple Lodge No. 33 Historian)

Giacomo Bossi

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

John Frederick Becker grave, Ross Bay Cemetery, Victoria, B.C.
John Frederick Becker grave, Ross Bay Cemetery, Victoria, B.C.

John Frederick Becker

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edgar Crow Baker family burial plot. Ross Bay Cemetery, Victoria, B.C.
Edgar Crow Baker family burial plot. Ross Bay Cemetery, Victoria, B.C.

Edgar Crow Baker

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Alexander Rocke Robertson grave, Ross Bay Cemetery, Victoria, B.C. (photo by Temple Lodge No. 33 Historian)
Alexander Rocke Robertson grave, Ross Bay Cemetery, Victoria, B.C. (photo by Temple Lodge No. 33 Historian)

Alexander Roche Robertson

 

 

 

 

 

 

Amor de Cosmos grave, Ross Bay Cemetery, Victoria, B.C.
Amor de Cosmos grave, Ross Bay Cemetery, Victoria, B.C.

Amor de Cosmos (Charter Member of the first Masonic lodge in Victoria in 1858)]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The grave of Thomas Cuniff, Ross Bay Cemetery, Victoria, B.C.
The grave of Thomas Cuniff, Ross Bay Cemetery, Victoria, B.C.

Thomas Cuniff

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Herbert A. Harrison grave, Ross Bay Cemetery, Victoria, B.C.
Herbert A. Harrison grave, Ross Bay Cemetery, Victoria, B.C.

Dr. John Errol Newman;

Herbert H. Harrison;

Karl Roller

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stephen Jones family grave, Ross Bay Cemetery, Victoria, B.C.
Stephen Jones family grave, Ross Bay Cemetery, Victoria, B.C.

Stephen Jones

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Grave of Colonel Edward Gawlor Prior, Ross Bay Cemetery, Victoria, B.C.
Grave of Colonel Edward Gawlor Prior, Ross Bay Cemetery, Victoria, B.C.

Edward Gawlor Prior

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Alexander Edmund Batson Davie (1846-1889) grave, Ross Bay Cemetery. The grave has been damaged over the years. A feature, possibly a cross, which once stood on top of the base has since disappeared.
The Alexander Edmund Batson Davie (1846-1889) grave, Ross Bay Cemetery. The grave has been damaged over the years. A feature, possibly a cross, which once stood on top of the base has since disappeared.

Alexander Edmund Batson Davie

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Alexander Alfred Green grave stone, Ross Bay Cemetery, Victoria, B.C.
Alexander Alfred Green grave stone, Ross Bay Cemetery, Victoria, B.C.

Alexander Alfred Green

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

John Pitcairn Elford grave, Ross Bay Cemetery, Victoria, BC. The grave of Alexander Alfred Green is on the right and the grave of Thomas Trounce is on the left. (photo by Temple Lodge No. 33 Historian)
John Pitcairn Elford grave, Ross Bay Cemetery, Victoria, BC. The grave of Alexander Alfred Green is on the right and the grave of Thomas Trounce is on the left. (photo by Temple Lodge No. 33 Historian)

John Pitcairn Elford

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thomas Trounce, Past Grand Master, grave in Ross Bay Cemetery, Victoria, B.C.
Thomas Trounce, Past Grand Master, grave in Ross Bay Cemetery, Victoria, B.C.

Thomas Trounce

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

John Ramsay grave, Ross Bay Cemetery, Victoria, BC (photo by Temple Lodge No. 33 Historian)
John Ramsay grave, Ross Bay Cemetery, Victoria, BC (photo by Temple Lodge No. 33 Historian)

Major Ranald McDonell;

John Ramsay

 

 

 

 

 

Wallace Samuel Utley Terry grave, Ross Bay Cemetery, Victoria, B.C.
Wallace Samuel Utley Terry grave, Ross Bay Cemetery, Victoria, B.C.

Wallace Samuel Utley Terry

 

 

 

 

 

 

Andrea Astrico grave, Ross Bay Cemetery, Victoria, B.C.
Andrea Astrico grave, Ross Bay Cemetery, Victoria, B.C.

Andrea Astrico

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Peter Edward Toneri grave, Ross Bay Cemetery, Victoria, B.C. (photo by Temple Lodge No. 33 Historian)
Peter Edward Toneri grave, Ross Bay Cemetery, Victoria, B.C. (photo by Temple Lodge No. 33 Historian)

Peter Edward Toneri

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Charles Hayward family burial plot, Ross Bay Cemetery, Victoria, B.C. (photo by Temple Lodge No. 33 Historian)
Charles Hayward family burial plot, Ross Bay Cemetery, Victoria, B.C. (photo by Temple Lodge No. 33 Historian)

Charles Hayward & Reginald Hayward

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thomas Shotbolt grave, Ross Bay Cemetery, Victoria, B.C.
Thomas Shotbolt grave, Ross Bay Cemetery, Victoria, B.C.

Thomas Shotbolt

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Richard Hall grave, Ross Bay Cemetery, Victoria, B.C. (photo by Temple Lodge No. 33 Historian)
Richard Hall grave, Ross Bay Cemetery, Victoria, B.C. (photo by Temple Lodge No. 33 Historian)

Richard Hall;

Dr. George Lawson Milne

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

William Dalby grave, Ross Bay Cemetery, Victoria, B.C.
William Dalby grave, Ross Bay Cemetery, Victoria, B.C.

William Dalby

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

John Boyd grave marker, Ross Bay Cemetery, Victoria, B.C.
John Boyd grave marker, Ross Bay Cemetery, Victoria, B.C.

John Boyd

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Richard Lewis grave, Ross Bay Cemetery, Victoria, B.C.
Richard Lewis grave, Ross Bay Cemetery, Victoria, B.C.

Richard Lewis 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Henry Frederick Heisterman grave, Ross Bay Cemetery, Victoria, B.C.
Henry Frederick Heisterman grave, Ross Bay Cemetery, Victoria, B.C.

Henry Frederick Heistermann

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

John Teague grave, Ross Bay Cemetery, Victoria, B.C.
John Teague grave, Ross Bay Cemetery, Victoria, B.C.

John Teague

 

 

 

 

 

 

John Henry Edwards

Richard Broderick tombstone, Ross Bay Cemetery, Victoria, B.C.
Richard Broderick tombstone, Ross Bay Cemetery, Victoria, B.C.

Richard Broderick