Are you the First Mason in your family?

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Are you the first Mason in your family

  1. I'm the first!

    71 vote(s)
    36.4%

  2. I'm not the first! There have been others...

    89 vote(s)
    45.6%

  3. I thought I was the first but later found out there were others...

    26 vote(s)
    13.3%

  4. I'm not a mason yet, but I'm working on it!

    9 vote(s)
    4.6%
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  1. Brother JC

    Brother JC Vigilant Staff Member

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    I had a great, great uncle that was a Mason (discovered it by reading a copy of his obituary). Seems no one in the family realized it. He wasn't blood, so I'm still calling myself the first.
     
    Brother JC, Oct 2, 2013
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  2. NTXHaiku

    NTXHaiku Registered User

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    After being initiated I talked with my father about Freemasons, I learned that my grandfather was a Mason.
     
    NTXHaiku, Oct 3, 2013
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  3. MasonicBearsFan

    MasonicBearsFan Registered User

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    I am the 1st in my immediate family.
    After I became a MM I found out a lot of cousins on my Fathers side were Masons


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    MasonicBearsFan, Oct 3, 2013
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  4. estrfs

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    I'm first in my Family...hopefully my son will follow in time..

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    estrfs, Oct 3, 2013
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  5. BrianMcMLG

    BrianMcMLG Registered User

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    I am the first Mason in my family, and my raising to the Sublime Degree of Master Mason is just 6 hours away!

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    BrianMcMLG, Oct 3, 2013
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  6. PLAH3

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    Congrats mine is the 19th granted I pass.


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    PLAH3, Oct 3, 2013
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  7. usmcvet

    usmcvet Registered User

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    I think so.
     
    usmcvet, Nov 1, 2013
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  8. JonBoy

    JonBoy Premium Member

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    No I'm not, I have many others before me


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    JonBoy, Nov 3, 2013
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  9. Chaz

    Chaz Registered User

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    I'm the first in several generations! I'm related to Edward Burleson,on my moms side, he was a prominent Texas Mason during the days of the Republic.


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    Chaz, Nov 4, 2013
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  10. jmiluso

    jmiluso Registered User

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    I am the first mason in my family. I hope my boys, when old enough want to join also.


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    jmiluso, Nov 4, 2013
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  11. Brother Altizer

    Brother Altizer Registered User

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    My grandfather was actually a Scottish Rite mason in the 50s and 60s, but when he decided to become a Baptist preacher, he demitted and never looked back. And he has always discouraged my being a m.m. but will never tell me why. Any thoughts as to why? It's always bugged me.


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    Brother Altizer, Nov 4, 2013
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  12. jmiluso

    jmiluso Registered User

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    I look at it like this, everybody has there reasons for joining and has there reasons for leaving.


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    jmiluso, Nov 4, 2013
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  13. stevens43

    stevens43 Registered User

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    I thought I was the first until on vacation my mom ask me I know you are not a mason. Yes I am mom why something worry with that ? She said no but you know your grand daddy and uncle are mason so I'm second generation PHA mason I was so pride to know that.


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    stevens43, Nov 4, 2013
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  14. usmcvet

    usmcvet Registered User

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    Very cool.
     
    usmcvet, Nov 4, 2013
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  15. cbdub405

    cbdub405 Registered User

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    Im the first Mason in my family...hopefully one day more family members will follow...

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    cbdub405, Nov 4, 2013
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  16. vangoedenaam

    vangoedenaam Premium Member

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    Define family... In my direct ancestry, i never found another mason (yet). But im quite sure that some of the thousands of masons in my country are some how distant relatives. And theyre all brothers too...


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    vangoedenaam, Mar 9, 2014
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  17. dmbarr964

    dmbarr964 Registered User

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    One of the things I realized that after being raised. Brothers came out of the woodwork. I thought I was the first but afterwards I found out my uncles and grandfather were masons.


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    dmbarr964, Mar 9, 2014
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  18. widows son

    widows son Premium Member

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    I am the first.


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    widows son, Mar 9, 2014
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  19. goomba

    goomba Neo-Antient Site Benefactor

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    I am not the first. It goes back for as long as my grandfather can remember.
     
    goomba, Mar 9, 2014
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  20. Bro. Kenneth Brown

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    I am the first in my family.


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    Bro. Kenneth Brown, Mar 9, 2014
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