[PW] old Masonic abbrev?

John P. Dyson dyson at indiana.edu
Fri Feb 16 10:30:55 PST 2007


Allen, this looks like an abbreviation for the Guard[er] of Heredom, q. v.

John Dyson


Quoting AllenAmet at aol.com:

> Hi,
>
>  In looking through an old roster of Masonic Orders - one for The "White
> Eagle Chapter No. 1" of Atlanta (19th cent), I note that one of the
> members posts
> was described as, "G'd of Hem."
>
>  I imagine that "G'd" could be short for "Guardian" or even "Guild", but
> what about "Hem."? Or something else entirely?  It does look like
> "Hem." and not
> "Herm."
>
>  The online Masonic Dictionaries (abbrev's) seem to have everything else but
> this...
>
> Allen
>
>
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