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The Independent Order of Odd Fellows was founded in Estonia when 1 Odd Fellows Lodge was founded by the Grand Lodge of Finland in 1993 and a Rebekah lodge in 1995. Finland. After the Independent Order of Odd Fellows Grand Lodge of Sweden was established in 1895, the interest in Odd Fellowship was awakened in Finland.
In 1850, Schuyler Colfax was asked to write a Degree for women. The Rebekah Lodges were founded on 20 September 1851, when, after considerable debate, the Sovereign Grand Lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows voted to adopt the Rebekah Degree, largely due to the efforts of Odd Fellow Schuyler Colfax, U.S. Vice President from 1869 to 1873.
Odd Fellows Hall (Santa Ana, California) 1906: 1983 309-311 N. Main St. ... Independent Order of Odd Fellows (I.O.O.F) Monitor Lodge No. 747 Casey, Illinois:
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The American-based Independent Order of Odd Fellows enrolls some 600,000 members divided into approximately 10,000 lodges in thirty countries, [8] [9] and is interfraternally recognised by the British-based Independent Order of Oddfellows Manchester Unity. [10]
Odd Fellows. Independent Order of Odd Fellows (IOOF) Ancient Mystic Order of Samaritans (AMOS) Daughters of Rebekah; Ladies of the Orient (LOTO) Independent Order of Oddfellows Manchester Unity; International Association of Rebekah Assemblies; Grand United Order of Odd Fellows in America. Household of Ruth
The professed aim of the order was to "improved the condition of mankind". It also claimed that in the Order there was no discrimination on the basis of political or religious belief, or of wealth. [36] Its ritual was discovered and published by the National Christian Association, as well as in Peter Rosens' The Catholic church and secret ...
It was built by the Santa Ana Lodge No. 236, Independent Order of Odd Fellows. The Santa Ana Register, which became the Orange County Register, was the first tenant, on in its ground floor, and stayed until moving to larger quarters in 1913. [2]