22 Jan 2016
Yesterday I found the page http://www.thefullwiki.org/The_Smith_Family which draws from Wikipedia.
This
page claims five Freemasons (Rupert Cropley, Benjamin Drummer, HB
Carrington, JG Bannerman and LC Packer) as the men who went to the
orphanage on 24 Dec 1922 hence founding The Smith Family.Yesterday I found the page http://www.thefullwiki.org/The_Smith_Family which draws from Wikipedia.
(Note, there is a March 2016 update here which notes all these men as Freemasons)
On 9 Oct 2009. an unregistered user with the
Australian IP address (202.63.57.143) changes "five businessmen" to
"five Freemasons" also adding their specific names. You can see that here.
User 202.63.57.143 does not provide a source for this claim. The IP
address is Australian and does not appear dynamic, but I am not going to
chase the user.
This change made on 9 Oct 2009 was altered at 21:07 on 30 June 2010 by Hinem24, an unsubscribed user. The word "Freemasons" was replaced with "businessmen" . That user likewise does not provide sources.
This change made on 9 Oct 2009 was altered at 21:07 on 30 June 2010 by Hinem24, an unsubscribed user. The word "Freemasons" was replaced with "businessmen" . That user likewise does not provide sources.
https://web.archive.org/web/20090415000000*/https://www.thesmithfamily.com.au/site/page.cfm?u=109
Rupert Cropley (1881/2 ? - 1949) appears to have been a Freemason There is a stain glass window in his honour. Source is here http://www.mof.org.au/articles/sydney-masonic-centre/56-stained-glass-school-window.html The Grand Master said they were specially privileged, In as much as Bro R S Cropley, who, at the zenith of his business career, and when there was a great commercial future be- fore him, had relinquished it all in order that he and his wife might devote the future of their lives to the care of the orphans of New South Wales Mason 1922 'MASONIC SCHOOLS.', The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), 13 November, p. 10, viewed 21 January, 2016, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article16027361 This 1922 article is of interest  Quoting from the above "Mr. Cropley is a son of Mr. R. B. Cropley, the well-known builder. He is 41 years of age, and is a native of Sydney. He has always been keenly interested in children. He has no children of his own, his son Jack having died when hewas but six and a half years of age. Early this year Mr. Cropley sold a prosperous boot and shoe business at Marrickville to take up the honorary superintendency of the school." 1922 'Masonic Orphan Schools Opened!.', The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser (NSW : 1886 - 1942), 17 November, p. 8, viewed 21 January, 2016, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article126125762 The school referred to above and below is the William Thompson Masonic School at Baulkham Hills 1926 'N S. Wales Masonic Schools.', The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser (NSW : 1886 - 1942), 2 April, p. 7, viewed 21 January, 2016, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article125953493 R. S. Cropley (Superintendent of Masonic Schools) from 1931 'MRS. E. M. HALLORAN.', Daily Advertiser (Wagga Wagga, NSW : 1911 - 1954), 19 May, p. 2, viewed 21 January, 2016, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article142773293 In this article we read of " R.W. Bro. and Mrs. R. S. Cropley, who have for many years given their time and labor gratuitously to the superintendency of the Masonic Schools at Baulkham Hills." and how the school was founded in 1922. From 1933 'THE MASONIC SCHOOLS.', Glen Innes Examiner (NSW : 1908 - 1954), 11 November, p. 7, viewed 21 January, 2016, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article183556627 We have "R S Cropley" present in 1937 'LATE MR. WILLIAM THOMPSON.', Windsor and Richmond Gazette (NSW : 1888 - 1954), 22 October, p. 10, viewed 21 January, 2016, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article86049299 | HB Carrington 1919 'Advertising.', The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), 8 January, p. 9, viewed 21 January, 2016, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article15819112 JG Bannerman There is a Freemason called J Bannerman here 1923 'MR. T. DONALD.', The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), 7 September, p. 5, viewed 21 January, 2016, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article16091731 Benjamin Drummer He is pictured with Cropley in an article titled "THE MASONIC HOMES AT BAULKHAM HILLS" with the subtitle "INMATES ASSEMBLED FOR THE CHRISTMAS FESTIVITIES ON SATURDAY." and described as " Mr Benjamin Drummer (secretary of the Welfare Department). " Interesting association and activity and date in the above. The Source is 1923 'THE MASONIC HOMES AT BAULKHAM HILLS.', The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), 17 December, p. 12, viewed 21 January, 2016, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article1611267 LC Packer There
certainly was a Sydney Freemason "L Packer" around the critical date(s)
in question, especially 1922, but nothing conclusive so far. |