Jonathan Griffith Hands was one of the fourteen Charter members of Temple Lodge, No.33 in December 1899. He had previously been a member of Manito Lodge, No. 90 in Collingwood, Ontario.
He demitted from Temple Lodge, No.33 in 1901 and affiliated with Victoria-Columbia Lodge No. 1..
Apart from that, we do not know a lot about him. His name appears in the Voters’ List for the 1898 B.C. provincial election, which describes him as a teacher living in Duncan.
The 1909 Victoria City Directory shows “HANDS, Jonathan Griffiths M.D. , librarian, Victoria Public Library, 764 Yates bds. 1141 Fort”
The 1912 Victoria City Directory shows “HANDS, Jonathan Griffiths (M.D.) , librarian, Carnegie Library, 764 Yates lvs. 634 Michigan”
He is not listed in the 1913 Victoria City Directory of in subsequent Victoria City Directories.
We will do more research on Jonathan Griffith Hands and post what we find.
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