St. George Lodge
No.243 A.F. & A.M.

Grand Lodge Officers From
St. George Lodge No.243

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V.W.BRO. EDWARD E. KITCHEN, M.D. (Charter Member)
  • Initiated into Masonry in Brant Lodge No.45, Brantford, ON, on February 4, 1868
  • Passed on March 3, 1868; Raised on May 12, 1868
  • Charter Member of St. George Lodge No. 243, St. George, ON in 1871
  • Worshipful Master of St. George Lodge No.243, St. George, ON in 1871, 1872, 1874, 1875, 1876, 1878, 1879, 1880, 1881, 1882, 1883, 1884, 1885, 1887 & 1888
  • Appointed Grand Pursuivant of the Grand Lodge of Canada in the Province of Ontario in July 1872
R.W.BRO. JAMES SMILEY
  • Initiated into Masonry in Blenheim Lodge No.108, Drumbo, ON, on May 20, 1891
  • Passed on June 17, 1891; Raised on July 15, 1891
  • Worshipful Master of Blenheim Lodge No.108, Drumbo, ON in 1894 (Blenheim Lodge No.108, later was moved from Drumbo to Princeton)
  • District Deputy Grand Master of Wilson Masonic District No.6, of the Grand Lodge of Canada in the Province of Ontario in 1900-01
  • Affiliated with St. John's Lodge No.82, Paris, ON, on June 14, 1912
  • Affiliated with St. George Lodge No.243, St. George, ON, on January 16, 1919
R.W.BRO. JAMES M. McNEILLY
  • Initiated into Masonry in St. George Lodge No.243, St. George, ON, on February 7, 1903
  • Passed on March 13, 1903; Raised on April 9, 1903
  • Worshipful Master of St. George Lodge No.243, St. George, ON in 1915
  • District Deputy Grand Master of Brant Masonic District No.23, of the Grand Lodge of Canada in the Province of Ontario in 1921-22
V.W.BRO. WILLIAM J. SCOTT
  • Initiated into Masonry in St. George Lodge No.243, St. George, ON, on September 26, 1912
  • Passed on November 21, 1912; Raised on January 16, 1913
  • Worshipful Master of St. George Lodge No.243, St. George, ON in 1920
  • District Secretary of Brant Masonic District No.23, of the Grand Lodge of Canada in the Province of Ontario in 1921-22
  • Appointed Grand Steward of the Grand Lodge of Canada in the Province of Ontario in July 1922
M.W.BRO. HARRY LAISHLEY MARTYN
  • Initiated into Masonry, Passed and Raised in Leith and Canongate Lodge No.5, on the Grand Register of Scotland in 1918
  • Charter Member of St. Clair Lodge No.577, Toronto, ON in 1921
  • Worshipful Master of St. Clair Lodge No.577, Toronto, ON in 1931
  • District Deputy Grand Master of Toronto District "C", of the Grand Lodge of Canada in the Province of Ontario in 1938-39
  • Elected to the Board of General Purposes of the Grand Lodge of Canada in the Province of Ontario in 1943, and continued to hold an office in the Board of General Purposes until elected as Deputy Grand Master in 1955
  • Made Honorary Life Member of St. George Lodge No.243, in St. George, ON, on February 7, 1956
  • Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Canada in the Province of Ontario in 1957-59
R.W.BRO. BERTRAM STOBBS
  • Initiated into Masonry in Ravensworth Lodge No.2674, Gateshead, England
  • Affiliated with Zurich Lodge No.224, Hensall, ON, on December 2, 1908
  • Affiliated with St. George Lodge No.243, St. George, ON, on April 25, 1912
  • Worshipful Master of St. George Lodge No.243, St. George, ON in 1919
  • District Deputy Grand Master of Brant Masonic District of the Grand Lodge of Canada in the Province of Ontario in 1941-42
V.W.BRO. WILLIAM D. TAYLOR
  • Initiated into Masonry in St. George Lodge No.243, St. George, ON, on September 6, 1932
  • Passed on October 4, 1932; Raised on December 8, 1932
  • Worshipful Master of St. George Lodge No.243, St. George, ON in 1940
  • District Secretary of Brant Masonic District of the Grand Lodge of Canada in the Province of Ontario in 1941-42
  • Appointed Grand Steward of the Grand Lodge of Canada in the Province of Ontario in July 1942
R.W.BRO. THOMAS E. GREENAWAY
  • Initiated into Masonry in Reba Lodge No.515, Brantford, ON, on April 9, 1920
  • Passed on October 9, 1920; Raised on November 13, 1920
  • Worshipful Master of Reba Lodge No.515, Brantford, ON in 1937
  • District Deputy Grand Master of the Brant Masonic District of the Grand Lodge of Canada in the Province of Ontario in 1954-55
  • Appointed to the Board of General Purposes of the Grand Lodge of Canada in the Province of Ontario from July 1965 to July 1971
  • Made an Honorary Member of St. George Lodge No.243, St. George, ON, on October 5, 1971
  • On February 29, 1980, R.W.Bro. Greenaway was one of three brethren who was honored at a reception and dinner, held in the Masonic Temple, in Brantford ON, on April 28, 1980
  • Grand Master, M.W.Bro. N.Richard Richards, presented R.W.Bro. Greenaway with his 60-Year Pin, at an emergent meeting of Reba Lodge No.515, held in the Masonic Temple, Brantford, ON
R.W.BRO. SAMUEL ERROL E. WAIT
  • Initiated into Masonry in St. George Lodge No.243, St. George, ON, on December 1, 1931
  • Passed on March 1, 1932; Raised on April 6, 1932
  • Worshipful Master of St. George Lodge No.243, St. George, ON in 1944
  • District Deputy Grand Master of Brant Masonic District of the Grand Lodge of Canada in the Province of Ontario in 1958-59
V.W.BRO. WILLIAM H. DILWORTH
  • Initiated into Masonry in St. George Lodge No.243, St. George, ON, on September 7,1937
  • Passed on October 5, 1937; Raised on November 2, 1937
  • Worshipful Master of St. George Lodge No.243, St. George, ON in 1945
  • District Secretary of Brant Masonic District of the Grand Lodge of Canada in the Province of Ontario in 1958-59
  • Appointed Grand Steward of the Grand Lodge of Canada in the Province of Ontario in July 1959
V.W.BRO. JOSEPH BOWMAN RAYMER
  • Initiated into Masonry in Stanley Lodge No.426, Toronto, ON, on July 16, 1915
  • Passed on September 16, 1915; Raised on January 28, 1916
  • Affiliated with St. George Lodge No.243, St. George, ON, on December 1, 1943
  • Worshipful Master of St. George Lodge No.243, St. George, ON in 1951
  • Appointed Grand Steward of the Grand Lodge of Canada in the Province of Ontario in July 1968
R.W.BRO. CLARE A. PARSONS
  • Initiated into Masonry in St. George Lodge No.243, St. George, ON, on June 4, 1941
  • Passed on October 9, 1941; Raised on February 10, 1942
  • Worshipful Master of St. George Lodge No.243, St. George, ON in 1952
  • District Deputy Grand Master of Brant Masonic District of the Grand Lodge of Canada in the Province of Ontario in 1971-72
V.W.BRO. GORDON A. STEEDMAN
  • Initiated into Masonry in St. George Lodge No.243, St. George, ON, on November 17, 1953
  • Passed on February 2, 1954; Raised on September 21, 1954
  • Worshipful Master of St. George Lodge No.243, St. George, ON in 1964
  • District Secretary of Brant Masonic District of the Grand Lodge of Canada in the Province of Ontario in 1971-72
  • Appointed Grand Steward of the Grand Lodge of Canada in the Province of Ontario in July 1972
V.W.BRO. JOHN E. WESTBROOK
  • Initiated into Masonry in St. George Lodge No.243, St. George, ON, on September 2, 1947
  • Passed on October 7, 1947; Raised on November18 1947
  • Worshipful Master of St. George Lodge No.243, St. George, ON in 1956
  • Appointed Grand Steward of the Grand Lodge of Canada in the Province of Ontario in July 1973
R.W.BRO. KENNETH ROBERT GOODBRAND
  • Initiated into Masonry in St. George Lodge No.243 St. George, ON, on June 16, 1964
  • Passed on October 20, 1964; Raised November 17, 1964
  • Worshipful Master of St. George Lodge No.243, St. George, ON in 1974 & 1975
  • District Deputy Grand Master of Brant Masonic District of the Grand Lodge of Canada in the Province of Ontario for 1988-89
R.W.BRO. FREDERICK JORMA KALLIOKOSKI
  • Initiated into Masonry in St. George Lodge No.243 St. George, ON, on April 1, 1983
  • Passed on May 17, 1983; Raised on October 18, 1983
  • Worshipful Master of St. George Lodge No.243, St. George, ON in 1994
  • Secretary of St. George Lodge No.243, St. George, ON from 1996-2000
  • District Deputy Grand Master of Brant Masonic District of the Grand Lodge of Canada in the Province of Ontario for 2001-02
V.W.BRO. FRANK HUGH JOHNSON
  • Initiated into Masonry in St. George Lodge No.243, St. George, ON, on September 16, 1958
  • Passed on January 20, 1959; Raised on March 17, 1958
  • Worshipful Master of St. George Lodge No.243, St. George, ON in 1972
  • District Secretary of Brant Masonic District 1988-89
  • Appointed Grand Steward of the Grand Lodge of Canada in the Province of Ontario July 1989
V.W.BRO. ARTHUR JAMES COOMBS
  • Initiated into Masonry in St. George Lodge No.243, St. George, ON, on May 7, 1974
  • Passed on June 4, 1974; Raised on November 5, 1974
  • Worshipful Master of St. George Lodge No.243, St. George, ON in 1982 and 1989
  • Appointed Grand Steward of the Grand Lodge of Canada in the Province of Ontario September 1990
V.W.BRO. ERNEST BEVERLY SAGER
  • Initiated into Masonry in St. George Lodge No.243, St. George, ON, on June 3, 1958
  • Passed on January 20, 1959; Raised on March 3, 1959
  • Worshipful Master of St. George Lodge No.243 St. George, ON in 1971 & 2004
  • Appointed Grand Steward of the Grand Lodge of Canada in the Province of Ontario in July 2002
V.W.BRO. MICHAEL McEACHERN
  • Initiated into Masonry in St. George Lodge No.243, St. George, ON, on October 4, 1994
  • Passed on February 7, 1995; Raised on March 8, 1995
  • Worshipful Master of St. George Lodge No.243 St. George, ON in 2000
  • Appointed Grand Steward of the Grand Lodge of Canada in the Province of Ontario in July 2003
V.W.BRO. KENNETH GRISEWOOD
  • Initiated into Masonry in Ozias Lodge No.508, Brantford, ON, on September 17, 1957
  • Passed on January 21, 1958; Raised on February 26, 1958
  • Worshipful Master of Ozias Lodge No.508, Brantford, ON 1975
  • Affiliated with St. George Lodge No.243, St, George, ON in 1992
  • Worshipful Master of St. George Lodge No.243 St. George, ON in 2002 & 2005
  • Appointed Grand Steward of the Grand Lodge of Canada in the Province of Ontario in July 2008
R.W.BRO. RONALD G. FILE
  • Initiated into Masonry in St. George Lodge No.243 St. George, ON on October 4, 1988
  • Passed on April 4, 1989; Raised on May 2, 1989
  • Worshipful Master of St. George Lodge No.243, St. George, ON in 1996 & 2003
  • President of the Past Masters and Wardens Association 1996
  • President of the Cambridge Shrine Club 2008
  • District Deputy Grand Master of Brant Masonic District of the Grand Lodge of Canada in the Province of Ontario for 2012-13
V.W.BRO. KENNETH F. SIMPSON
  • Initiated into Masonry in St. George Lodge No.243, St. George, ON, on February 1, 1955
  • Passed on March 15, 1955; Raised on October 4, 1955
  • Worshipful Master of St. George Lodge No.243 St. George, ON in 1968
  • Secretary of Brant Masonic District in 2012
  • Appointed Grand Steward of the Grand Lodge of Canada in the Province of Ontario in July 2013
R.W.BRO. ROBERT BAILEY
  • District Deputy Grand Master of Brant Masonic District of the Grand Lodge of Canada in the Province of Ontario in 2014
V.W.BRO. ROBERT DAVIES
  • Appointed Grand Steward of the Grand Lodge of Canada in the Province of Ontario in September 2015
V.W.BRO. RONALD M. ROWE
  • Initiated into Masonry in Eureka Lodge No.283, Belleville, ON, on February 1, 1987
  • Passed on March 25, 1987; Raised on April 22, 1987
  • Worshipful Master of Eureka Lodge N.283, Belleville, ON in 1994
  • Affiliated with St. George Lodge No.243, St. George, ON, on April 5, 2005
  • Worshipful Master of St. George Lodge No.243, St. George, ON in 2011
  • Secretary of St. George Lodge No.243 from 2017-Present
  • District Secretary of Brant Masonic District of the Grand Lodge of Canada in the Province of Ontario in 2017-18
  • Appointed Grand Steward of the Grand Lodge of Canada in the Province of Ontario in July 2018
V.W.BRO. DEAN W. BAUER
  • Initiated into Masonry in Brant Lodge No.45, Brantford, ON, on September 13, 2005
  • Passed on February 28, 2006; Raised on April 29, 2006
  • Affiliated with St. George Lodge No.243, St. George, ON, on April 5, 2005
  • Worshipful Master of St. George Lodge No.243, St. George, ON in 2015
  • District Secretary of Brant Masonic District of the Grand Lodge of Canada in the Province of Ontario in 2018-19
  • Appointed Grand Steward of the Grand Lodge of Canada in the Province of Ontario in July 2019
V.W.BRO. ALAN WATKINSON
  • Initiated into Masonry in Brant Lodge No.45, Brantford, ON, on October 14, 2003
  • Passed on December 9, 2003; Raised on January 13, 2004
  • Affiliated with St. George Lodge No.243, St. George, ON, in 2011
  • Worshipful Master of St. George Lodge No.243, St. George, ON in 2018
  • District Secretary of Brant Masonic District of the Grand Lodge of Canada in the Province of Ontario in 2021-23
  • Appointed Grand Steward of the Grand Lodge of Canada in the Province of Ontario in July 2023
R.W.BRO. RONALD E. ROWE
  • Initiated into Masonry in Eureka Lodge No. 283, Belleville, ON on November 9, 1994
  • Passed on March 8, 1995; Raised on June 14, 1995
  • Affiliated with St. George Lodge No.243 - February 1, 2011
  • Holy Royal Arch Mason - September 19, 2016
  • Worshipful Master of St. George Lodge No.243, St. George, ON - 2017
  • President of the Brantford Shrine Club - 2018
  • Royal Secret Mason, 32 Degree - May 2018
  • President of the Past Masters and Wardens Association - 2021-2023
  • District Deputy Grand Master of Brant Masonic District of the Grand Lodge of Canada in the Province of Ontario for 2023-24
V.W.BRO. BRIAN E. SHERREN
  • Initiated into Masonry in Brant Lodge No.45, Brantford, ON, on November 13, 1990
  • Passed on February 12, 1991; Raised on Aoril 23, 1991
  • Worshipful Master od Brant Lodge No.45, Brantford, ON in 1996-97
  • Affiliated with St. George Lodge No.243, St. George, ON, in 2013
  • President of the Brantford Shrine Club - 2009
  • Royal Secret Mason, 32 Degree - November 4, 2014
  • Holy Royal Arch Mason- 18 March, 2024
  • District Secretary of Brant Masonic District of the Grand Lodge of Canada in the Province of Ontario in 2023-2024
  • Appointed Grand Steward of the Grand Lodge of Canada in the Province of Ontario in July 2024