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Odd Fellows (or Oddfellows; also Odd Fellowship or Oddfellowship [1]) is an international fraternity consisting of lodges first documented in 1730 in London. [2] [3] The first known lodge was called Loyal Aristarcus Lodge No. 9, suggesting there were earlier ones in the 18th century.
Odd Fellows lodges were first documented in 1730 in England from which many organizations emerged. While several unofficial Odd Fellows lodges had existed in New York City sometime in the period 1806 to 1818, the American Odd Fellows is regarded as being founded with Washington Lodge No 1 in Baltimore at the Seven Stars Tavern on April 26, 1819, by Thomas Wildey along with some associates who ...
In 1810 a group split from the Order and became the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Manchester Unity. [3] In 1819 a branch of Oddfellowship was introduced into the United States by Thomas Wildey, and remained an organic party of the Manchester Unity until 1843, when it became a separate organization under the name Independent Order of Odd ...
Subsequent breakaways from the parent Order and from this new Order resulted in the formation of further Orders of Odd Fellows. In the case of the parent Order, various lodges seceded in 1832 to found the Ancient & Noble (Bolton Unity) which subsequently dissolved in 1962, and in the case of the New Order, the Nottingham Odd Fellows.
Peter Ogden, Founder of the Grand United Order of Odd Fellows in America. Peter Ogden (died 1852) was the founder of the Grand United Order of Odd Fellows in America. [1] This fraternal order was a Benefit society open to African American men and was heavily involved with the early civil rights movement. [2]
In the case of the parent Order, various lodges seceded in 1832 to found the Ancient & Noble (Bolton Unity), which subsequently dissolved in 1962, and in the case of the new Order, the Nottingham Odd Fellows. [3] The Grand United Order of Oddfellows (Sheffield Unity) was formed in an early breakaway from the Manchester Unity.
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