St. Peter’s Quamichan Anglican Cemetery

St. Peter’s Quamichan Anglican Church is located at 5800 Church Road, North Cowichan between Maple Bay Road and Tzouhalem Road. The church office phone is (250)746-6262. St. Peter’s Quamichan is part of the Anglican Diocese of British Columbia.

An Anglican Church has stood on this site since 1866. The present church was consecrated in June 1877. Additions to the church building were made in 1893 and in the 1930s.

The churchyard contains a picturesque cemetery with interments dating back to 1866.

Here is a map showing the location of St. Peter’s Quamichan Anglican Church and Cemetery:

We are currently aware of the following 55 Freemasons interred in St. Peter’s Quamichan, including three former Mayors of Duncan, some prominent local businessmen, farmers, lawyers and a decorated RCMP Superintendent.

Here is the list of Freemasons we know to be interred in St. Peter’s Quamichan. They were members of Temple Lodge, No.33 unless otherwise noted.

1. Robert John ADAM – died 1991
2. David ALEXANDER (1854-1928)
3. Richard Burpee ANDERSON – died 1912
4. Cecil Leander BRADSHAW – died 1939
5. Ronald George Maunsell BRUCE – died 1991
6. Robert Earl Stirling CHAMBERS– died 2011
7. Herbert Naden CLAGUE – died 1921
8. John Young COPEMAN – died 1958
9. Norman Tressidor CORFIELD – died 1983. Also see Duncan Garage.
10. Frank Walton DIBB – died 1933
11. John DICK– died 1941
12. Christopher DOBSON – died 1937
13. John DUNBAR – died 1988
14. Kenneth Forrest DUNCAN – died 1952 (note: first Mayor of Duncan, 1912)
15. William Mordaunt DWYER – died 1948. Also see Duncan Elementary School
16. James FINDLAY – died 1975
17. George Adolphe GLAY – died 1954. also a member of Sioux Lookout Lodge No. 518, Sioux Lookout, Ontario.
18. James GRIEG – died 1954 (note: former Mayor of Duncan)
19. John Edward HALL – died 1944
20. Edward Harry HEARN – died 2005 (member of Malahat Lodge, No.107, Past President of Cowichan Valley Shrine Club)
21. Joseph Coupe HOLFORD – died 1946
22. Richard Edward HORSFIELD – died 1986
23. Percy Franklin JAYNES – died 1920 Ymir Lodge, No.31
24. Hubert KEAST– died 1911
25. Arthur Edward Cecil LANE – died 1947
26. Arnold Seymer LANGLEY – died 1912
27. Alfred Hinton LOMAS – died 1957
28. James St. Leger MAITLAND-DOUGALL – died 1940
29. William Thomas MARSHALL – died 1933
30. Dr. Robert Campbell McGREGOR – died 1919
31. Alexander Grant McKENZIE – died 2011
32. Richard Guy MELLIN – died 1931
33. Richard NELSON – died 1921
34. Francis James NORIE – died 1946
35. John Henry PETERSON – died 1917
36. Sir Clive PHILLIPPS-WOLLEY – died 1918 (note: played a leading role in the creation of Strathcona Park on Vancouver Island) United Service Lodge, No.24
37. Sir Charles Robert Fitzmaurice PIERS -died 1996
38. Harold Fairfax PREVOST – died 1941 (note: former Mayor of Duncan. His business building is still standing at 45 Craig St., Duncan)
39. Ernest Alfred PRICE – died 1920
40. Francis Henry PRICE – died 1943
41. Joseph PRICE – died 1955
42. Emil Julius PRUESSING – died 1945
43. Theodore Vincent SANDYS-WUNSCH – died 1966 (note: former RCMP A/Commissioner)
44. Sidney Laing SCHOLEY – died 1972
45. Llewellyn Donald SHEPPARD – died 1998
46. John Ernest STILWELL– died 1957
47. George Franklin TAUTZ – died 1925
48. Robert TIPTON – died 1969
49. Stanley Josiah TOMBS – died 1942
50. Thomas Ethelbert TOMBS – died 1916
51. Robinson VENTRESS – died 1910
52. Hugh Francis VIDAL – died 1941
53. William WALDON – died 1946
54. Harry Osborn WELLBURN – died 1910
55. James Henry WHITTOME – died 1936 (note: owned the Whittome Building in downtown Duncan.)
56. Thomas Anthony WOOD – died 1945 (note: former Reeve of North Cowichan)

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