HISTORY INDEX BIOGRAPHIES GRAND MASTERS BC PREMIERS MOUNTAIN VIEW CEMETERY MASONIC INTERMENTS
		THE second cemetery in Victoria, BC, the Old Burying Ground of Pioneer Square, opened in 1855 at Quadra Street and Rockland Road. The last burial in what is also called the Quadra Street Cemetery was in 1873, when Ross Bay Cemetery was opened. Victoria's first cemetery, located at Douglas and Johnson Streets, has since been built over. Further information is available through the Old Cemeteries Society of Victoria. The following list of masonic interments may not be complete. Click on † for images. Pioneer Square Grave markers with masonic symbols Carter, Thomas Vancouver Lodge No. 421 d. 1868 † Medana, Paul no masonic record d. 1868/11/14, aged 53 † Orr, James no masonic record d. 18xx? † Orr, James † d. 18xx? no masonic record Phillips, Andrew † † † d. 187x ? no masonic record Unknown † unknown Ross Bay Cemetery Gravemarkers with masonic symbols No masonic symbols on freemasons' gravemarkers Holy Trinity Anglican Church cemetery Gravemarkers with masonic symbols Byford, Arthur † d. 1959 Kempton, Anna Jean † n.d. Cowell, E. Wesley † 1891-1960 Jones, Kenneth Morgan † 1922-1960 Jones, Sidney M. † 1884-1979 Wemyss, James Morison † 1864/11/20-1930/10/16 St. Luke's Anglican Church cemetery Gravemarkers with masonic symbols Fullerton, James T. † 1853 - 1939 Saville, Phillip Martin † 1905 - 1989 Victoria Jewish Cemetery Gravemarkers with masonic symbols No masonic symbols on freemasons' gravemarkers 1.George B Montobio Colonist obit. A 39 E 26. Robie L. Reid, Historical Notes and Biographical Sketches 1848 - 1935. "No masonic record" refers to the Grand Lodge of British Columbia and Yukon only. Photos and list by Bro. Mark Anderson, Vancouver & Quadra Lodge No. 2, Victoria, BC. For a map, see: ca.maps.yahoo.com. Also note : Martin Segger, Douglas Franklin, Exploring Victoria's Architecture "The cemetery was closed for burials in 1873 when Ross Bay Cemetery opened. In the early 1930s the City of Victoria Parks Department cleaned up the site and it officially became a park. The largest monuments were left in place but the smaller ones were all either relocated to the eastern edge of the park or put in storage. The surviving stone monuments are the earliest examples of locally produced stone sculpture in Victoria." Martin Segger, Douglas Franklin, Exploring Victoria's Architecture. Victoria : Sono Nis Press, c1996. ISBN : 155039066X. p. 26.

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