Odd Fellows - Societies Using The Name "Odd Fellows" or Variations

Societies Using The Name "Odd Fellows" or Variations

  • Oddfellows – A British friendly society with origins in the 18th century which has spawned:
    • 1730: The earliest surviving rules of an Oddfellows Lodge – the Loyal Aristarcus Lodge in London
    • mid-18th century: The Order of Patriotic Oddfellows
    • mid-18th century: The Ancient Order of Oddfellows
    • 1789: The Grand United Order of Oddfellows
    • 1810: The Manchester Unity of Oddfellows
    • 1810: Nottingham Ancient Imperial Order of Oddfellows
    • 1820: Improved Independent Order of Oddfellows (South London)
    • 1827: The Caledonian Lodge of Oddfellows, based in Newburgh fife, is the only Lodge of Oddfellows left in Scotland
    • 1832: The Ancient & Noble (Bolton Unity) split from the Grand United Order in 1832. (It was subsequently dissolved in 1962.)
    • 1832: Ancient National Order of Oddfellows (Bolton)
    • 1832: The Nottingham Odd Fellows split from the Manchester Unity, also in 1832.
    • 1834: Leeds United Order of Oddfellows
    • 1840: Independent Order of Oddfellows (Kingston)
    • 1845: National Independent Order of Oddfellows
    • 1849: Independent Order of Oddfellows (Norfolk & Norwich Unity)
    • 1850: Independent Order of Oddfellows Manchester Unity Friendly Society
    • 1853: Improved Independent Order of Oddfellows (London)
    • 1858: Free & Independent Order of Oddfellows
    • 1861: Ancient Independent Order of Oddfellows (Kent)
    • 1867: British United Order of Oddfellows
    • 1883: The Scottish Order of Oddfellows
    • 1900: The National Independent Order of Oddfellows
    • 1910: The Caledonian Order of United Oddfellows
  • Other British Orders of Oddfellows:
    • The Union of United Orders of Oddfellows
    • The Loyal Order of Oddfellows
    • The Ancient and Noble Order of United Oddfellows
    • The Independent Order of Oddfellows Bolton Unity Friendly Society
    • The Independent Order of Oddfellows Kingston Unity Friendly Society
  • American Odd Fellowship is regarded as being founded in Baltimore in 1819, by Thomas Wildey.
    • The Independent Order of Odd Fellows (IOOF) formed in 1819 and affiliated with the Manchester Unity in 1820. They separated from the British Order in the mid-1830s.
    • The American Grand United Order of Odd Fellows (GUOOF) formed in 1843, affiliating itself with the British Manchester Unity rather than the American IOOF
  • Oddfellowship has spread around the world. Two examples:
    • In Australia, Lodges formed for:
      • The Independent Order of Odd Fellows (IOOF)
      • The Grand United Order of Odd Fellows (GUOOF)
      • The Manchester Unity Order of Odd Fellows (MUOOF)
    • The IOOF has lodges in at least 29 countries (Examples)

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