Re-Dedication of the Gravesite
of

Samuel Hopkins Horner
Staff Sergeant, North-West Mounted Police (Regt. # 6)
Master Mason, Stratford Lodge #332, GRC

Took Place on

on May 6, 2004
Avondale Cemetery
Stratford, Ontario

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police was represented by
Assistant Commissioner Bradley Holman,
members of his staff,
an RCMP Honour Guard and RCMP Veterans.

For further pictures and to read
Asst. Comm. Holman's address, click
HERE.

Representing the Grand Lodge of Ancient Free & Accepted Masons of Canada
in the Province of Ontario was the Deputy Grand Master,
Right Worshipful Bro. Gary L. Atkinson.

Accompanying him were several present & past Grand Lodge Officers
and an Honour Guard from both Stratford Lodge #332 and Tecumseh Lodge #144

For further pictures and to read
R. W. Bro. Atkinson's address, click
HERE.

 

 

Legion Veterans

 

 

 

 

Honour Guard of the IVth Battalion,
the Royal Canadian Regiment Militia

Perth County Pipe Band

Unveiling the plaque:

Cst. John Mitchell and W.O. Art Boon
unveiling the plaque

 

Flanking the gravesite
are two RCMP Officers
wearing 19th century uniforms.

The officer on the left is wearing
the 1875 uniform, the one on the right
is wearing the one from the 1890's.

 

 

 

REGINA

by Florence Nightingale Horner Sherk
(sister of Samuel Hopkins Horner)

Regina, the Queen of the Prairies!
Saskatchewan's star of the West!
Her diadem royal, red roses,
Bright eglantine gems on her breast.

Silver-bordered by lovely Wascana
Lie the green velvet folds of her train;
Sapphire blue-bells and bright Shasta daisy
Gem the links in her glittering chain.

She smiles on her scarlet-clad guardsmen,
Standing close to the folds of her gown,
Like the spears laying hid 'neath the petals
Of the rose in her radiant brow.

And her beautiful head bows before them
In sweet, stately homage, I ween,
When she thinks how they fought for old England, --
As they'd fight for their dear Prairie Queen.

Woe betide the rash foe who should venture
To touch the rich gems on her breast,
While her scarlet-clad guardsmen surround her,--
Regina, the Queen of the West!

 

A Brief History of Samuel Hopkins Horner

 

 

A Conversation with Mr. Samuel Dunseith,
a former neighbour of Samuel Horner

 

An evening with the Eglintons...

Mr. Eglinton and his parents lived with Samuel Horner
and Miss Selena Horner from 1919 to 1922.

 

A weekend with the Tattersall's...

Mr. Tattersall is the great-grand-nephew of
Samuel Hopkins Horner.

 

If you are interested in learning more about Samuel Horner's Masonic Lodge, Stratford #332, GRC,
Click this Square & Compasses:

Many thanks are due to Lutzen Riedstra and the staff of the Stratford-Perth Archives, without whose help, this web-page would not have been possible!

Please send any inquiries to:

Stephen A. Budge,
15 Church St.
Stratford ON N5A 2P9
(519) 271-7415 ---- (519) 271-2202
skbudge@golden.net


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