1939 Freemasons’ Address Book for Melrose Lodge in Vancouver, BC, Canada

This booklet lists the names, addresses and phone numbers of the members of the Masonic Melrose Lodge No. 67 in 1939. Most are local to the Dunbar area of Vancouver, with some further out of town and international.

The addresses are a mix of residential and business offices and the phone numbers are all the older type that used letters and numbers.

The cover reads, “Names and Addresses of Members of Melrose Lodge; January, 1939; H Robertson, Secretary, 3441 West 33rd Avenue; Phone Bay, 8353-L.”

The surnames are listed below, followed by photos of all the pages. Some of the names included are:

Harry Robertson: he was the Secretary noted on the cover, and his home address, 3441 W 33rd Ave, was used as the Lodge’s office address. Luckily, Janice Kreider took a photo of it (below) for her Disappearing Dunbar (Demolitions) site before the house was replaced in 2014. Harry was an assessor for the Workmen’s Compensation Board, according to Vancouver Vanishes.

3441 W 33rd Ave, Vancouver: Robertson home and the address for Melrose Lodge. Photo used with permission of Janice Kreider.

Fred Deeley, 1192 W 37th Ave, Vancouver: known for his Harley-Davidson dealership, the Fred Deeley Showroom at 901 W Broadway.
Zebedee Kee Estey, 5809 Willingdon Place, Vancouver: according to his marriage record, he was a tea and coffee merchant, and from the New Brunswick Estey family of politicians and judges.
John Young McCarter, 6062 Marguerite Ave, Vancouver: architect; founded the firm McCarter Nairne, responsible for the design and construction of local landmarks such as the Seaforth Armoury, Marine Building, the former Devonshire Hotel and the Georgia Medical-Dental Building:

Georgia Medical-Dental Building, Devonshire Hotel and Hotel Georgia, 1929. Folkard Co postcard, City of Vancouver Archives.

Stanley Stewart McKeen, 915 Powell St, Vancouver: became a Liberal Senator in 1947, and was a director of many BC companies.
Walter William Rawlinson, 3456 W 31st St, Vancouver: a detective with the City of Vancouver Police Department, and original owner of this address book.
Charles Edwin Thompson, 901 Seymour St, Vancouver: became a Vancouver alderman in 1945 and mayor in 1949. He was apparently also a member of the Masonic Latonia Lodge No. 125 in Saskatchewan.
John F.C.B. Vance, c/o City Police, 236 E Cordova St, Vancouver: forensic investigator, “known internationally as the Sherlock Holmes of Canada” and subject of an excellent book by Eve Lazarus.

Map of referenced above:

Out of Town Addresses

John Henry Ashcroft, Bowen Island, BC, Canada
Henry Ernest Baily, 799 Common St, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Lisle Curry Bice, Cunard White Star Ltd, 244 Stockton St, San Francisco, California, USA.
Charles Gordon Bowden, 3255 Manor Rd, Burnaby, BC, Canada.
George Brown, Box 180, The Pas, Manitoba, Canada.
Dr Percy Jack Cheney, Mount Vernon, Washington, USA.
Waring Lafayette Codington, Division Engineer, CPR, Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada.
Russell Edward Harrington, 3 Cathedral Rd, Cardiff, Glamorganshire, South Wales, England.
Reginald George Hicks, c/o Imperial Bank, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Herbert Stilson Hilton, c/o Canadian National Steamship Co, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Alfred T Layne, Leece Farm, Middlefield, Ohio, USA, RFD.
John Charles Leaman, 614 Fort St, Victoria, BC, Canada.
William Nelles Massey, Alert Bay, BC, Canada.
Alexander Meston, c/o Macdonald’s Consolidated, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada.
Walter Stuart Murray, Blind Channel, BC, Canada.
Hector McPherson, Fanny Bay, Vancouver Island, BC.
George Isaac Price, British Geco Engineering Co, Adelaide House, King William St, EC4, London, England.
James Middleton Sandusky, 1228 Spofford Ave, Spokane, Washington, USA.
David Reid Scott, Consolidated Timber Co, Harrison Lake, BC, Canada.
Cecil Hugh Ambrose Sendey, 3351 Linwood Ave, Victoria, BC, Canada.
Clarence William Tourtellotte, 612 Harbinger Ave, Victoria, BC, Canada.
Horace Greeley Woodbury, Apartment 1D, 165 Woodruff Ave, Brooklyn, New York, USA.
Walter Wright, Bank of Montreal, Kaslo, BC, Canada.