Missouri Societies (34 societies)
St Louis
Caledonian Society of St Louis
Mutual society founed in 1853.
Catholic Orphan Association of St Louis
Organised in 1841
Episcopal Home for Children
Founded in 1845
See: Minutes, annual reports, children's records from 1845 in Diocese of Missouri Archives.
Erin Benevolent Society
Mutual society to relieve the sick and poor, founded in 1818
Female Benevolent Society
Founded in 1824 by Fr. Fiel. aka Female Charitable Society
See: Missouri Republican, (St. Louis, MO) [Monday], [January 26, 1824]; Constitution - St. Louis Enquirer (St. Louis, MO) Monday, February 16, 1824
German Protestant Orphan's Home
Founded in 1858 as an emergency shelter for children. Director was Rev Louis E Nollan of St Peter's Evangelical Church.
German Ladies Benevolent Society
Incorporated by the legislature in 1855
Gertrude Charity Society
Girl's Industrial Home of St Louis
Founded in 1833 to provide education for vagrant girls.
Home for the Friendless (Old Ladies Home)
Founded in 1853 by Mrs Charlotte Taylor Blow Charless, as a nursing home for indigent women
Infant School Society of St. Louis
Founded in 1830
Ladies of Charity (St Louis)
Voluntary society founded in 1857
Ladies of the Sacred Heart Orphan School
Founded in St. Louis in 1827
La Salle Orphanage and Reformatory
Founded in 1858 by Christian Brothers, intake of 50 boys that year.
Missouri Hibernian Relief Society
Founded in 1827
Society for the Diffusion of Alms
Founded in 1838 by Bishop Rosati
St Louis Hibernian Benevolent Society
In existence in 1841
See: Daily Missouri Republican, (St. Louis, MO) Monday, March 22, 1841
St Louis Mullanphy Hospital
Founded 1828 run by the Sisters of Charity
St Louis Orphan Asylum
Orphanage founded in 1834 run by the Sisters of Charity
St Louis Port Society
Founded to aid seamen in 1841
See: Daily Missouri Republican, (St. Louis, MO) Tuesday, June 29, 1841
St Louis Protestant Orphan Home
Founded in 1834 as the St Louis Association for the Relief of Orphan Children, as an ecumenical response to the 1832 cholera epidemic.
St Vincent de Paul Society
Founded by Frederick Ozanam in 1833
The Good Samaritan Hospital of St Louis
Founded in 1856 by Rev Louis E Nollan for medical and spiritual care of German immigrants. Later known as the Good Samaritan Home for the Aged.
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B'Nai El Ladies Aid Society
Chesed Shel Emeth Free Burial Society
Hebrew Benevolent Society
Hebrew Free & Industrial Society School
Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society
Hebrew Young Men's Association
Home for Aged & Infirm Israelites
Jewish Charitable & Education Union
Jewish Orphan's Home
Jewish Relief Society