I am not sure what all the Masonic offspring are in the British Isle, but in the United
States, the Order of Buffaloes had NOTHING
to do with the Masonic fraternity, other than the fact that the Buffaloes used some of the
same parts of the rituals which they copied from the Masons. The Buffaloes lodges have
became extinct in the US, in the early 1800's.
Sherman Richmond
Ocean Park WA
-----Original Message-----
From: David James <david.james32(a)tiscali.co.uk>
To: powys(a)rootsweb.com
Sent: Tue, 18 Dec 2007 1:34 pm
Subject: [POWYS] BRE - Unknown Buffalo
Hi Listers
I am carrying out some research on behalf of an elderly lady who lives in Felin
Fach, Breconshire. She has had in her possession for many years an old sepia
toned photograph of a man dressed in the Masonic regalia of the Royal
Antediluvian Order of Buffaloes and has always wondered who he was. Apparently
he had a shop in the Struet in Brecon and was related to her grandmother.
Her grandmother was Elizabeth JAMES, who was born in 1863 at Eskir(fechan),
Crickadarn, Brecs.. According to Free BMD Elizabeth married William WILLIAMS,
who was born at Henllwynonfach, Llandefalle, Brecs. circa 1860, in the March
quarter of 1891 in Brecknock.
The man in the picture could be anything from 50 to 70 or more years of age.
His attire gives no real clue as to when the picture was taken, it could be
anywhere from about the mid 1890's to the 1930's.
Does any lister have any knowledge about the ROA Buffaloes in Brecon?
David James
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