Hi: The Freemasons use a different calendar, 5926 is the Masonic Year whereas 1926 is the standard calendar year. This represents the year he was made a Mason. Hope this helps. Stuart Livingstone Brown - Cornwallis Nova Scotia Canada ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ian Ritchie" <iritchie1@iprimus.com.au> To: <DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 2004 3:59 AM Subject: Freemasons > Hi everyone, > My father,Herbert Ritchie,(b.1901;d.1992) spent three years in Canada from > 1924 to 1927 when he was obliged to return to England due to the illness of > his sister and mother both of whom subsequently died. He never returned to > Canada but,whilst there,on 15th October,1926,he was inducted into the > Freemasons - Valleyfield Lodge No.75. My brother in UK has the diploma which > is written in Latin with the recurring number - 5926,which we think could be > his membership number. My query is,would there be any information available > regarding his connection to the Freemasons that may be available to family > members? > Also,if anyone has come across one of these diplomas from the period,( this > one is headed 'The Grand Lodge of Quebec'), and has a translation of the > latin text, I would be very interested in a transcription. > > Ian Ritchie >

Hi Stuart, Thanks for you input regarding 'Freemasons'. It reminded me that I had received no response from my email to the Grand Lodge of Quebec so I have 'resent' it to another address there. I was rather hoping for some feedback from them after hearing of other people's positive results from their contact. Ian Ritchie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stuart and Doreen Brown" <studor.brown@ns.sympatico.ca> To: <DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, July 25, 2004 7:45 AM Subject: [D-G LIST] Re: Freemasons > Hi: > > The Freemasons use a different calendar, 5926 is the Masonic Year whereas > 1926 is the standard calendar year. This represents the year he was made a > Mason. > > Hope this helps. > > Stuart Livingstone Brown - Cornwallis Nova Scotia Canada > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ian Ritchie" <iritchie1@iprimus.com.au> > To: <DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 2004 3:59 AM > Subject: Freemasons > > > > Hi everyone, > > My father,Herbert Ritchie,(b.1901;d.1992) spent three years in Canada from > > 1924 to 1927 when he was obliged to return to England due to the illness > of > > his sister and mother both of whom subsequently died. He never returned to > > Canada but,whilst there,on 15th October,1926,he was inducted into the > > Freemasons - Valleyfield Lodge No.75. My brother in UK has the diploma > which > > is written in Latin with the recurring number - 5926,which we think could > be > > his membership number. My query is,would there be any information > available > > regarding his connection to the Freemasons that may be available to family > > members? > > Also,if anyone has come across one of these diplomas from the period,( > this > > one is headed 'The Grand Lodge of Quebec'), and has a translation of the > > latin text, I would be very interested in a transcription. > > > > Ian Ritchie > > > > > > ==== DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY Mailing List ==== > %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% > DO NOT send files as Email attachments to the list. > Send them privately - person to person. > %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% >