Wm. Cooper, aged 27 years, leaving three children to deplore their loss.-Jan. 6, brother Thomas Owen, of the Victory Lodge, Huddersfield.-Feb. 3, G. M. Wm. Houlgate, of the Harvest Home Lodge, aged 37: he has left a wife and five children to deplore their loss.-Feb. 4, the wife of brother James Heywood, of the Virtue Lodge, Tottington: Feb. 11, V. G. William Moran, of the same Lodge. -Jan. 3, brother James Robinson, of the Nelson's Ball Lodge, after a protracted illness of many years.-Dec. 23, 1838, the wife of P. G. Samuel Wright, of the Nelson's Ball Lodge.-Feb. 24, brother George Towler, of Masham, woolcomber, aged 21 years.-Feb. 26, the wife of brother Pawson, of the Heart of Oak Lodge, Lonsdale District.-Nov. 15, P. V. Jonas Day, of the Yorkshire Lodge. Also, Martin Day, (Jonas Day's father.) Aug. 20, 1838, brother Thomas Barber, of the King William IV. Lodge, Kidderminster.-Jan. 14, N. G. Samuel Turley, of the Famed Waterloo Lodge, Cookley. -Nov. 5, 1836, Hannah, the wife of brother James Lawton, of the New Inn, near Royton, of the Sincerity Lodge, Royton, Shaw District, aged 36 years: Dec. 24, 1838, Mary, his second wife, aged 36 years: Jan. 17, the above James Lawton, aged 42 years.-Jan. 7, 1838, brother James Alton, of the Philanthropic Lodge, Bedale, aged 23 years.-July 3, brother George Bulmer, of the Philanthropic Lodge, Bedale, aged 21 years.-Jan. 30, brother Thomas Skelton, of the Wentworth Lodge, Malton, after a long and painful illness, leaving a wife and nine children.-Feb. 13, the wife of brother Robert Sanderson, of the Milton Lodge, Malton, after a few weeks' illness.-Nov. 7, 1838, brother George Thompson, of the Wentworth Lodge, Malton, after a lingering illness of above four years.-August 26, 1838, host James Baldwin, of the St. Stephen Lodge; after a long illness, aged 41 years.-January 28, brother James Leeming, of the St. Stephen Lodge; after a few days illness; both of the Bramley District.-April 2. 1838, brother Richard Steadman, of the St. Peter's Victory, Hanley.-June 21, 1838, brother Jesse Barker, of the St. George Lodge, aged 32.— Oct. 28, 1838, Mary, the wife of brother Jonas Goodhall, of the St. Peter's Victory Lodge, Hanley.-Oct. 20, 1838, Mary, the wife of V. G. Joseph Badley, of the [Marriages, &c., too late for this St. Andrew Lodge, Shelton.-Feb. 18, brother James Green, of the Globe Lodge, Bradford, aged 37.-February 19, Priscilla, wife of P. Sec. Abrahain Booth, of the Strangers' Refuge Lodge, Belper, after a lingering affliction, aged 30 years.-May 26, 1838, brother John Peacock, of the United Brothers Lodge, aged 27; Oct. 30, the wife of brother Thomas Wouldhave, same Lodge, aged 25 years.-Nov. 18, the wife of brother John Dent, of St. John's, Miner's Lodge, Weardale.—Feb. 18, brother William Long, of the Tree of Life Lodge, Shipley, aged 24. -Oct. 19, 1838, at the age of 24 years, after a protracted illness, Sarah, the beloved wife of brother William Burtenshaw, of the Traveller's Call Lodge, Stockport.-Oct. 13, 1837, N. G. William Akeroyd, after a short illness of fourteen days, aged 30: Mar. 13, 1838, George Littlewood, aged 34 years: May 15, brother David Firth; all of the Fleece Lodge, Leeds District.-May 11, P. G. James Thornton, of the Friendly Call Lodge, Huddersfield District, aged 47 years, leaving a wife and eight children to moan their loss.-July 21, 1838, P. G. Charles Potter, aged 31: July 29, brother Thomas Bingham, aged 63: August 23, P. G. Edward Stubbs, aged 34: Aug. 25, brother William Ducker's wife; all of the Industry Lodge, Mansfield.-April 19, brother John Butterworth, Harmonic Lodge, Sutton-in-Ashfield.-June 12, brother William Tudsbury, Phoenix Lodge, Eastfieldside.Aug. 12, P. N. G. William Marlow's wife, Fountain Dale Lodge.July 5, after a lingering illness of nearly two years, P. V. Daniel Crawshaw, of the True Brothers Lodge, Morfield.—July 25, P. G. William Lord, of the Peace Lodge, Brighouse, aged 61 years.-Sep. 24, 1838, brother Robert Alphill, late surgeon to the Bath City Lodge.-Oct. 17, the wife of brother Samuel Smith, of the Prince Edwin Lodge.-Oct. 17, brother William Froggatt, of the Prince Edwin Lodge.July 31, Amelia, the wife of Prov. G. M. Smith, of the Good Intent Lodge, Northampton District, aged 29 years.-Brother William Stanway, of the Sir Oswald Mosley Lodge, Manchester, aged 35 years.Dec. 15, P. P. G. M. John Tattersall, of the Cronkshaw Chair Lodge, Whalley District, aged 55.-Jan. 8, Edward Turner, (late host of the Rutland Lodge) aged 53 years.-Jan. 9, P. G. Hawkins, of the Bath City Lodge. Number, will be inserted in the next.] Manchester: P. G. M. MARK WARDLE and SON, Printers, 17, Fennel,street. THE subject of this brief sketch, was born in Lancashire, on the 24th of November, in the year 1794, at the Ravenhead Plate Glass Works, near St. Helens; at which place his father was employed as superintendent of the casting of plate glass, having been engaged by the company near forty years, who, dying respected by all who had the pleasure of knowing him, and especially by his employers, left the subject of this memoir at the tender age of twelve years, to fight his way through this world of cares and troubles. Our young friend having no desire to leave the place of his birth, sought protection under the shadow of the wings of the company which his father had so faithfully served; and much to his own credit, and the satisfaction of his friends, is now filling a confidential situation under the said company, having been with them upwards of thirty-five years. This fact renders it useless to pass any remarks on the youthful days of our friend; therefore, we will commence with his career in our honourable Institution; to reflect upon which hereafter, we doubt not, will be a source of pleasure to his friends and relatives, and a gratification to the numerous brothers of the Order who peruse this short history of one amongst them, who, by his conduct as an Odd Fellow, has won golden opinions from all who know him. On the 26th of October, 1826, at the age of thirty-two, at the request of his wife, he joined the Duke of Lancaster Lodge, St. Helens, it being the election of the second change of officers of that Lodge; on which occasion he was appointed Supporter, then Secretary, and afterwards served the various offices with universal satisfaction. From the date of his initiation, to the present time, a period of thirteen years, he has never been out of office. The Duke of Lancaster Lodge, at that time, belonging to the Wigan District' he was often deputed to that place to the Quarterly and other District Committees' where by his integrity, candour, and unassuming habits, he soon insured to himself a large circle of friends and supporters. He was deputed by the Wigan District to the A. M. C. which was held at Leeds, where, by his personal application, he obtained a grant of £40. from the General Fund of the Order, for the Duke of Lancaster Lodge, to relieve it from the peril which threatened it, through a long and tedious lawsuit with a sick society, by which the Lodge was reduced to extreme distress, and the sick society to total dissolution; they having expended all their funds to crush the infant Lodge. Instead, however, of injuring the Order in St. Helens by their attempt, its prosperity may be dated from this time, as men of wealth, talent, and influence in the neighbourhood began to enrol themselves under the standard of our honourable Order, which gave a convincing proof of their estimate of its character. In the January following, the Wigan District, knowing that they could not be better served, solicited Mr. Williamson to offer himself as a candidate for the situation of G. M., which he held until the July following, when St. Helens having been formed VOL. 5-No. 7-2 Q. a District by the Liverpool A. M. C., he, by request, resigned his office of G. M. in Wigan, and was appointed to the situation of G. M. of the St. Helens District, to watch over and protect their rising interests; this he did to his own credit, and to the satisfaction of those who had been pleased to call upon him. After serving this office the usual period, he was elected C. S. of the same District; the duties of which he still fulfils with unwearied assiduity. Since taking the office of C. S., brother Williamson has been called five times to fill the chair of N. G., and has had honours and presents unanimously voted to him for his most valuable services. In January last, the Mechanic Lodge, to which he had transferred himself from the Duke of Lancaster, resolved to give him another proof of the regard and affection they entertained for him, by presenting him with a valuable Lever Watch; on which occasion upwards of one hundred of sincere brothers and his esteemed friends sat down with him to an excellent dinner provided by Mrs. Grimes, widow of the late host of the Mechanic Lodge. C. S. Williamson has been a most zealous and useful officer in his own District, and has extended his usefulness to the Order in general, as far as his privileges would allow him. The present prosperous state of Independent Odd Fellowship in St. Helens and its neighbourhood, may be placed to his credit; for he has travelled far and wide to serve the interests of the Order, and was always ready with his services and counsel when occasion for them. In his career through Odd Fellowship, the widows and distressed often have had cause to rejoice in his activity in their behalf, for to do them good was the chief object of his ambition. In concluding this brief memoir, we cannot better sum up the character of P. P. G. M. Williamson, than by stating, that he has always proved himself a real benefactor to the Order; and his delight is to verify the adage,-"A friend in need, is a friend in deed." May P. P. G. M. Williamson live long, that we may enjoy the benefit of his experience, and the glorious privilege of his convivial company; for "we shall never see his like again." FRIENDSHIP, LOVE AND CHARITY. No doubt for society man was design'd, To meet in the Lodge and unite with each other, To soften affiction, to lessen those ills, Sweet Charity! greatest of virtues in man, Celestial gem! this prerogative's thine, Time's cankering hand cannot tarnish thy fame,- Uttoxeter, January, 1839. GULIELMUS. |