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The Occident Lodge No. 346

The Occident Lodge No. 346, warranted in 1876

Occident Lodge 346

History of The Occident Lodge

The Occident Lodge  #346 was formed specifically to serve the Masons living in the western part of Toronto. The petition to Grand Lodge requesting dispensation to hold a lodge contained 89 names. The Lodge was warranted at the annual communication in July of 1876, consecrated in August and it moved into Occident Hall in December …

Past Masters of The Occident Lodge

Past Masters: 1876/77 V.W. Bro. J. Wilson 1878 W. Bro. Wm. Watson 1879 W. Bro. Wm. Walker 1880 W. Bro. W. Bennet 1881 W. Bro. J. Wilson 1882 V.W. Bro. J. Williams 1883 V.W. Bro. J. Dunn 1884 W. Bro. S. Pollard 1885 W. Bro. W. Perry 1886 V.W. Bro. A. Curran 1887 W. Bro. …

The Occident Lodge Centennial

The Occident Lodge A full history of the lodge in the one century of its existance would be a major undertaking. The lodge, first instituted in 1876, has a background of achievement and growth, and has gathered around it a tradition that comes with age. To tell the story in detail would take a book. We have only …

The Occident Lodge first 50 years.

The City of Toronto. in the year 1876, boasted a population of approximately 80,000. Within the confines of the city proper there were 12 Masonic Lodges, with a membership, measured by our present standards, comparatively small. The meeting places of these lodges being east of Yonge Street, a feeling had arisen that the time had …