Title:
Creator:Niagara Lodges of the Loyal Orange Association of British America
collection, 1849-1991
Niagara Lodges of the Loyal Orange Association of British America
No. 12 Johnston Lodge Merritton
No. 75 St. Catharines. Queen Alexandra Lodge Ladies Orange
Benevolent Association
No. 77 Merritton [Centreville]
No. 117 St. Catharines
No. 130 Merritton. Livingstone Lodge
No. 159 St. Catharines. "Arbah" Royal Black Preceptory
No. 270 Niagara
No. 341 Grantham
No. 454 Wainfleet. Royal Black Preceptory Peace
No. 573 Niagara District [Excelsior]No. 603 Wainfleet [Maple Leaf].
No. 720 St. Catharines. Enniskillen
No. 844 Merritton
No. 1221 Virgil
No. 1334 Fonthill
No. 2532 Niagara District [Victoria]
No. 2732 Grimsby and Smithville[Sugarloaf].

Dates ofMaterial:
Summary ofContents:

1849-1991

Record Group
Number:

RG 57

Series I. Minute Books
Box 1 No. 720 St. Catharines. Enniskillen, 1907-1925, 1927-1973.
Note: 1937-1941 is included in Niagara District Minute Books
1913-1921[9 volumes]
No. 117 [St. Catharines], 1856- 1875
Box 2 No. 77 Merritton [Centreville], 1858-1970; some volumes include
loose papers. [8 volumes]
No. 77 and No. 844 Building Committee, 1898-1899
No. 844 Merritton, 1875-1880
No. 12 Johnston Lodge Merritton, 1890-1929
L.O.L Merritton District, 1896-1910, includes No. 720 Enniskillen
Blue Degree
Box 3 No. 270 Niagara, 1851-1875

Niagara District [incl. nos. 573, 720, 1769, 2524, 2584], 1913-1921;
includes minutes of No. 720 St. Catharines 1937-1941]
Lincoln County, 1884-1922, 1942-1969; includes papers and lastminutes before onset of Regional Municipality of Niagara
No. 341 Grantham, 1894-1963 [3 volumes]
No. 1221 Virgil, 1893-1908 [with No. 124 Royal Arch Purple]
No. 1334 Fonthill, 1871-1890
No. 2732 Grimsby and Smithville, 1925-1947
No. 2 Fort Erie. Queen Elizabeth Past Mistress's [sic] Club, 19411958
No. 75 St. Catharines. Queen Alexandra Lodge Ladies Orange
Benevolent Association, 1909-1921 [2 volumes]
Orange Hall / Patricia Hall Committees 1910-1932
Patricia Hall Committee 1932-1948
Box 6 No. 159 St. Catharines. "Arbah" Royal Black Preceptory. 1874-1968;
includes loose papers [9 volumes]
No. 341. Grantham. Including Royal Arch Purple, Royal Blue, RoyalPurple, Special Royal Arch Purple, 1862-1959 [non-inclusive]
No. 844 Merritton and No. 77 Merritton. Royal Purple, Blue, RoyalArch Purple Mark, 1875-1912 [non-inclusive]Box 7 No. 720 St. Catharines. Enniskillen. Blue Degree. Royal Purple,1913-1963.
No. 130 Merritton. Livingstone Lodge.. Blue Degree. Royal ArchPurple, 1922-1927
No. 77 Merritton. Blue Apron Degree [True Blue], 1896
No. 77 Merritton. White Rose Degree, 1898
No. 77 Merritton. Royal Arch Purple, 1920-1981; includes someBlue Degree entries]
No. 77 Merritton. Hall Committee, 1949-1972

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No. 454 Wainfleet. Royal Black Preceptory Peace, 1956-1964
No. 341 Lincoln County. Royal Scarlet Chapter. Companion MinuteBook, 1849-1934
No. 341 Lincoln County. Royal Scarlet Chapter. Companion MinuteBook, 1907-1924; includes Fonthill, Niagara Falls, Fort Erie, PortColborne, Welland, St. Catharines, Wainfleet
Series II. Financial Records and Roll books
Box 4 No. 341 Grantham, Treasurer's Book 1860-1960. Volume 18601939 is in an oversize box [3 volumes]
No. 75 Ladies Orange Benevolent Society. St. Catharines [QueenAlexandra] Roll Book 1909-1947 [2 volumes]
No. 720 St. Catharines [Enniskillen] Proposition Book 1912-1940
No. 720 St. Catharines [Enniskillen] Roll Book 1916-1923, 19561982. Note: 1956-1982 is in an oversize box.
No. 720 St. Catharines [Enniskillen] Treasurer's Book 1950-1973
No. 159 St. Catharines. "Arbah" Royal Black Preceptory. Degree
Book [Royal Black Knights of Ireland] ca. 1878
No. 159 St. Catharines. "Arbah" Royal Black Preceptory. Financial
Record 1932-1973 [3 volumes]
No. 159 St. Catharines. "Arbah" Royal Black Preceptory. Financial
Statement/Degree Roll Book 1910-1920, 1948-1953 [3 volumes]
No. 159 St. Catharines. "Arbah" Royal Black Preceptory. Roll Book,
1874-1909
Box 5 No. 341 Grantham. Visitor Books, 1951-1964 [2 volumes]
No. 77 Merritton. Money Book, 1921-1930
No. 77 Merritton. Roll Book, 1865-1920. Note: 1865-1890 is inan oversize box, 1891-1904 is labeled King William III.
No. 77 Merritton. Treasurer’s Book, 1903-1975 [2 volumes]

No. 844 Merritton. Roll Book, 1870-1885, 1889-1909. Note: 18831885 misidentified as a roll book, actually contains minutes; 18891909 also includes entries for No. 720 St. Catharines. Enniskillen,
1951-1984 and located in an oversize box.
No. 573 Niagara District [Excelsior]. Register Book. County Lodgeof Niagara Region, 1970-1990
No. 573 Niagara District [Excelsior]. Roll Book, 1912-1941
No. 2532 Niagara District [Victoria]. Roll Book, 1914-1921
No. 1221 Virgil. Roll Book and Register, 1893-1918
No. 603 Wainfleet [Maple Leaf]. Treasurer’s Book, 1947-1954[Sugarloaf]. Treasurer’s Book, 1896-1902; includes loose papers
Series III. Printed and/or Published Materials
Box 8
1 LOL Loyal Orange Association of British America.
Constitution and Laws, 1929, 1941, 1947 (2 cop.), 1952, 1953,
1962, 1970, 1975 [9 volumes]
2 LOL Grand Black Chapter of British America. Rules and Regulations,
1925, 1930, 1946, 1955, 1959, 1980 (2 cop.) [7 volumes]
Imperial Grand Black Chapter of the British Commonwealth. Rulesand Regulations. [n.d.] lacking cover.
3 LOL Grand Black Chapter of British America. Royal Black Institution in
Canada: Origin, Aim, and Purpose. [n.d.] (4 copies)
4 LOL Grand Orange Lodge of Ontario West. Report of Proceedings.
1957, 1959-1961, 1963-1964, 1966-1968, 1971, 1973, 1975, 1983 [13volumes]
5 LOL Grand Orange Lodge of British America. Report of Proceedings.
1932, 1935, 1958, 1960 [4 volumes]
6 LOL Grand Orange Lodge of Canada. Report of Annual Sessions.
1974, 1979-1980, 1982-1986 [8 volumes]

7 LOL 7 LOL Grand Black Chapter of Ontario West; [5 volumes] includes:Calendar. 1988. Fourth Annual Ontario Fraternal Calendar
Programme. Annual Convocation of the Grand Black Chapter ofOntario West. 1949, 1963, 1964
Souvenir Program. 1960. 100th Anniversary of the Grand OrangeLodge, Ontario West. Grand Black Chapter
8 LOL 8 LOL Grand Black Chapter of British America. [2 items]; includes
Centennial Year Souvenir Book, 1974.
Report of the Proceedings (Winnipeg, Manitoba), 1966.
9 LOL Catalogue no. 91 Ambrose, Kent & Sons, Limited. Regalia
Manufacturers. Kent Building. 156 Yonge Street, Toronto.
Regalia, Badges, Jewels, Lodge Room Supplies, Emblems,Uniforms, Costumes,Paraphernalia, Etc. for Loyal Orange Lodges, Royal ScarletChapters, Royal Black
Preceptories, Orange Young Briton Lodges.
10 LOL Grand Orange Lodge of Ontario West. Officers' Reports.
1930, 1973 [2 volumes]
11 LOL Provincial Grand Orange Lodge of Ontario West. Directory. Officers
for 1990-91.
12 LOL Anniversary Programs of the Battle of the Boyne.
1947 at St. Catharines, 1964 at Simcoe, 1968 at Tillsonburg,
1971 at St. Catharines (2 cop.), 1990 at Midland [6 volumes]
13 LOL Commemoration of the Relief of Londonderry, 1954, 1963 [2volumes]
14 LOL monograph. Denniss, Gary. The Spirit of the Twelfth. Gravenhurst
Printing, Gravenhurst, 1982. [1 volume]1

15 LOL monograph. Committee on Orange History. History of the Orange
Association in the Dominion of Canada No.1: One Man's Loyalty.
The Committee, Toronto, 1953. [1]
16 LOL Grand Orange Lodge of Ontario West. Proclamation. Seventy-second
Annual Session. North Bay, Ont., 1931.
17 LOL Ode cards. LOL No. 77 Merriton [sic] in pencil on verso. (10 cop.)
18 LOL Popular Songs. McMahon & Dee Inc., 1925. Stamp on front:
Property of Sutherland 826 (6 copies)

19 LOL items
Colporteur Song Sheaf. Review and Herald Pub. Assoc.
Washington, D.C. [n.d.]
Stamp on cover: Ontario-Quebec Book and Bible House Box 337
Oshawa, Ont.
The Evening Telegram Song Sheet. Evening Telegram, Toronto,[n.d.].
Hymns on cardboard, typed by hand. O God Our Help in Ages Past
and Soldiers of Christ Arise .
20 LOL band books. Band Books each with unique elements. Somehandwritten music inside, including The Grantham March.
[5 volumes]

Series IV. Papers and Records
Folde

Box 9 Folder A - Declaration for Incorporation Merritton Council No. 79
Royal Templars of Temperance, January 9, 1889 [with Constitution,1888]
Folder B - Miscellaneous printed materials
Folder C - Minutes of the Building Committee 1952, L.O.L. 341
Grantham
Folder D - Ritual Changes - Royal Blue Degree (3 copies)
Folder E - Miscellaneous Correspondence
Folder F - Deeds, Mortgages, Purchase Agreements, and related
documents
Annual Returns - 3 bundles tied with string (various dates 1930s to1970s)
Receipt Books for Dues - 2 bundles tied with string (various dates1950s to 1980s)
Bank of Nova Scotia - bundle tied with string (cheques and passbook)
Envelope A - Newspapers
Dups
Series V. Certificates and Clearance Certificates [Transfer Certificates]
Box 10Beamsville
Blank Certificates and Tube "A"
Disher, Wm; [s.1., Ontario West]
District of Niagara County of Lincoln
Dunnville
GrimsbyHamilton and Burlington
Merritton [Centreville]Niagara [Town] and Virgil
Niagara Falls
Ontario-------------------------------------------Out of Province
Pelham [Fonthill and North Pelham]
Port Colborne
St. Catharines
Thorold and Port Robinson
Ulster [ with Britain]
Wainfleet [Marshville]
WellandWellandport

PhysicalDescription /Condition:

2.35 m of textual records.
Material is in good condition.

Administrative/ The collection consists of records accumulated by various lodges of the Loyal
Orange Association of British America in the Niagara Region. The
Biographicalcollection includes minute books, financial records, related publications andSketchcertificates.
The collection is comprised of five series: minute books, financial records androll books, printed and/or published material, papers and records and lastly,certificates and clearance certificates. The collection was originallydescribed by Chantal Cameron.
The Loyal Orange Association of British America is a Protestant fraternalsociety. The Loyal Orange Association originated in Ulster, Ireland during
the late eighteenth century. Its purpose was to promote Protestant rights andprivileges. The association was exclusively Protestant, fraternal, democratic,and benevolent.
Orange principles were brought to Upper Canada by Protestant Irish settlers
after 1815. The first Canadian Orange Lodge was formally established inBrockville, Leeds County, 1830. By the late 19th and early 20th century, theLoyal Orange Association of British North America had gained considerable
popularity and political influence. Many prominent politicians, including
several prime ministers, were members. Orangemen were particularly
concerned with issues such as separate school funding, language rights,immigration, religious freedom and conscription. Further, they demanded theexecution of Louis Riel and opposed the Jesuits Estates settlement.
Administrative sketch courtesy Archives of Ontario.

Location:

Brock University Archives

SourceInformation:

Collection received from Paul Hutchinson.

Subject
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Added Entries:

Loyal Orange Association of British America.
Orangemen|zOntario|xSocieties and clubs|xHistory.
Clubs|zOntario|zSt. Catharines.
Clubs|zOntario|zMerritton.
Clubs|zOntario|zNiagara Region.
Clubs|zOntario|zGrantham (Ont : Township).
Clubs|zOntario|zNiagara-on-the-Lake.
Clubs|zOntario|zGrimsby.
Clubs|zOntario|zWainfleet.
Clubs|zOntario|zSmithville.
Clubs|zOntario|zFonthill.
Loyal Orange Association of British America. Lodge No. 12.
Loyal Orange Association of British America. Lodge No. 75.
Loyal Orange Association of British America. Lodge No. 77.
Loyal Orange Association of British America. Lodge No. 117.
Loyal Orange Association of British America. Lodge No. 130.
Loyal Orange Association of British America. Lodge No. 159.
Loyal Orange Association of British America. Lodge No. 270.
Loyal Orange Association of British America. Lodge No. 341.
Loyal Orange Association of British America. Lodge No. 454.
Loyal Orange Association of British America. Lodge No. 573.
Loyal Orange Association of British America. Lodge No. 603.
Loyal Orange Association of British America. Lodge No. 720.
Loyal Orange Association of British America. Lodge No. 844.
Loyal Orange Association of British America. Lodge No. 1221.
Loyal Orange Association of British America. Lodge No. 1334.
Loyal Orange Association of British America. Lodge No. 2532.
Loyal Orange Association of British America. Lodge No. 2732.

Relatedmaterial heldat otherrepositories:

Described by:

Edie Williams

Date:

September 2010