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 Ian, There is a Mailing List for Freemasons at http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Fraternal_Organizations/FREEMASONS.html Hope it helps. Sheena. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ian Ritchie" <iritchie1@iprimus.com.au> To: <DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 2004 7:59 AM Subject: [D-G LIST] 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 ==== > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > If your line involves the surname BRUCE why not join > CLAN-BRUCE-L@rootsweb.com and find out more. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > >