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Friendly Societies
My newly found cousin gave me a copy of a newspaper article on my gg grandfather George Smith, which mentioned that he had held all positions at "Oddfellows" On investigation it would seem that this is the name of a Friendly society, Is this like the masons?
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No, it's a savings and loan kind of thing.
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Ah, looking at Wikipedia, they did used to do lots more than they do now! It does mention a similarity to the Masons in the article, sorry:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oddfellows
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Thats interesting Kate, thanks. I like the idea that it was made up of groups of workers, not large enough to form their own Guilds. I wonder if they keep records. My gg grnafather died in 1930, so this isn't too long ago.
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They did keep records, Lynn, but I think they were often kept locally, by individual officials, so may not survive. I think there is a book on the subject, but can't remember its title. Possibly produced by SoG.
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I think I might try & contact them, as they still exist. They can only say no.
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There is an active branch of the Oddfellows in Bedford. They do seem to have a few rituals but not on the scale of the masons.
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They do keep records Lynn and they are digitising them
http://www.oddfellows.co.uk/site/con...n_content.aspx |
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Wow, thanks Peppie, that looks really interesting.
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hi lynn, i would imagine they were like the masons, buffs, rotary and lions, usually these groups held monthly meetings with a note of all present plus rank, also any visitors for the evening, maybe a guest speaker or a subject for the evening, usually kept in great detail, try and find where they met, 1930 is not a long time ago and you should be able to find where the minutes of the meetings are now kept
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