Lane's Masonic Records-1717-1894. The Ancient Order of Foresters. Continuing with The Royal Academy Pictures-a supplement to The Magazine of Art (founded in 1838) 1893 Edition (Part 2).Harry Frank Griffin. Born 5 December 1890, Lambeth, Surrey.

Lane's Masonic Records.

Many of us had family members who joined the Free Mason. If you are looking for information about the Lodge they may have belonged to or trying to find a Lodge in the area that they lived or worked this site could be the one to help.

Published by the United Grand Lodge of England in 1895 it lists all the lodges established by the English Grand Lodges from the foundation of the first Grand Lodge in 1717 until 1894.

This on line version is a joint venture between the Library and Museum of Freemasonry and the Humanities Research Institute at The University of Sheffield.   Lane's Masonic Records.

The Ancient Order of Foresters.

The Ancient Order of Foresters began in 1834, but it began as an older society called the Royal Foresters formed in the 18th century.

The Society began  purely as a sociable society until the members decided that they had a duty to assist their fellow men who fell into need "as they walked through the forests of life".

When a breadwinner fell ill, could not work and, therefore, received no wages or Illness and death left families destitute. The relief of this need has been the main purpose of the Foresters throughout their long history. Members payed, initially, a few pence a week into a common fund from which sick pay and funeral grants could be drawn.

Many of our ancestors were members of the Foresters. The Foresters Heritage Trust website is full of information that could help you researching this aspect of an ancestors life, It gives details of the archives and museum and how to make research enquiries.

Continuing with The Royal Academy Pictures-a supplement to The Magazine of Art (founded in 1838) 1893 Edition (Part 2).

 

Harry Frank Griffin. Born 5 December 1890, Lambeth, Surrey.

 

Harry Frank Griffin was born on 5th December 1890 in Lambeth, Surrey and baptised
at St John the Evangelist, Lambeth on 29 June 1891. Parents were Henry Griffin, Clerk,

and  Susannah Griffin. Their address was given as 29 Loughborough Park, Brixton.

The 1891 census gives the following details:

29 Loughborough Park Road.

Henry Griffin Head, Merchants Clerk, Male 35 abt 1856 Lambeth Surrey
Susan Griffin Wife Female 35 abt 1856 Lambeth Surrey
Harry Griffin Son Male 11/12 abt 1890 Lambeth Surrey
Elizabeth Bull Niece Female 13 abt 1878 Wandsworth Surrey
Sarah Perridge Cousin Female 29 abt 1862 Soulbury Buckinghamshire

Catherine Pressnell Visitor Female 60 abt 1831 Soulbury Buckinghamshire
Clara Raynor Servant Female 16 abt 1875 Allhallows Kent