Showing posts with label Masons. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Masons. Show all posts

Tuesday, March 24, 2009

Masons: Photograph of William H. Galvani

Who: William H. Galvani
Relation: grandfather, mother's side
Categories: Masons,Shriners, photographs


I am almost certain, but need to confirm, that this image is of my grandfather William H. Galvani, showing Shriners from 1888 to 1936.

6th one in, from the left. From the Al Kader Masonic website.

The Name Game: Gladstone

Who: John Gladstone Lee
Relation: father
Categories: the name game, Portland, Oregon, Masons, Wm. H. Galvani

My father's family's name, on his mother's side was Gladstone. (His mother, my grandmother, Louise Gladstone Lee.) My father's middle name was Gladstone: John (Jack) Gladstone Lee.

The first annual Al Kader Masonic picnic was held in 1914 in Gladstone Park, Portland, Oregon. My mother's father, William H. Galvani, was a 32nd degree Mason in the Al Kader Order.

Image of picnic at Gladstone Park here.