Fonds MC24 - Independent Order of Foresters, Court No. 697 Keswick

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Independent Order of Foresters, Court No. 697 Keswick

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PANB MC24

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20 cm of textual records

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The Ancient Order of Foresters originated in 1745 in Knarsborough, England. In 1864. Members of the Ancient Order of Foresters in America, desiring independence from the English organization, founded the Independent Order of Foresters at a National Convention on June 16, 1874. Its purpose was to act as a health and life insurance company for members by offering moral and material aid; social, moral, and intellectual education; relief to the sick and distressed; death benefits for widows and dependents of members; and free medical attendance, a sick benefit, a funeral benefit, a pension plan for members over the age of 70, and disability benefits. The first court in America, No. 4421, was established in Brooklyn, New York. By 1874, there were 64 courts of the Ancient Order of Foresters in America.

The high court of the Canadian Order of Foresters was incorporated in December 1879. It is unclear when the order established its first court and high court in New Brunswick, but a court functioned in McAdam, York County, as early as 1899. Keswick Court No. 697 was operating in 1891 and Court No. 3954 was created at Stonehaven.

Source: Much of this sketch is copied from the administrative sketch for Independent Order of Foresters, Court no. 15, Cobourg, Ontario, produced by Trent University Archives.

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This fonds consists of administrative and financial records and includes reports (1891-1903), a bond (1890), correspondence (1892-1898), a receipt book (1892), a copy of the consitution and by-laws and a ritual book.

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Purchased from Martin Trail, of Trail Antinques, Fredericton, N.B., on 17 December 1986.

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Researchers interested in the Independent Order of Foresters activities in New Brunswick may wish to consult: MC1553 (McAdam Court); MC3191 (Stonehaven Court); MC2159 (High Court of New Brunswick); and MC509 E. Allison MacKay fonds.

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