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Grand Island Ancient Order of United Workmen Lodges
This page is about the various fraternals, organizations and societies of Hall County, Nebraska.
Grand Island Harmony Lodge No. 37
Harmony Lodge No. 37 (German) was an early lodge in Nebraska, as its low number indicates. It was organized in 1886 with the following charter members, past and present officers (see list below)
In the last couple years this lodge has lost about 180 members through the period of disturbance brought by the rise in rates occassioned by the readjustment of the lodge's scale to meet the requirements of the state insurance board.
| PRESENT OFFICERS, 1919 | ||
| John F. Meves Master Workman | Wm. Veit Financier | Richard Goehring Recorder & Treasurer |
| CHARTER MEMBERS | ||
| Bartenbach, Geo. | Gam, Hy. | Juergens, Herman |
| Bischeldt, Anton | Geyler, Albert | Krueger, Herman |
| Boehl, Chas H. | Goeviring, Richard (rcdr.) | Kruse, Fritz |
| Boehl, Chas. (rcdr.) | Grunz, Carl | Lohmann, Fred |
| Brage, G. F. | Hann, John C. | Paulsen, John H. |
| Cook, Hy. | Hehnke, Hermann | Rickert, Juergen J. |
| Elstermeier, Carl | Hofman, Chas. (rcdr.) | Zoth, Joseph |
| Freitag, Robert F. | Huper, Conrad | |
A. O. U. W. Charity Lodge No. 91
Charity Lodge No. 91 was organized a short time after Harmony Lodge. Among its various master workmen up until 1897 were (see lsit below).
This lodge in recent years has been consolidated with Harmony Lodge.
| Durkin, M. J. | Geary, James | Mobley, Seth P. | Ring, H. J. |
| Green, E. O. | Ryan, R. S. | ||
| Freeman, J. W. | Hallowell, J. H. | Powers, M. | Voss, H. J. |
A. O. U. W. Legion No. 9, Select Knights
A. 0. U. W. was made up from the membership of the various lodges. Its officers at the close of 1889 were (see list below). . . . This organization has
long since passed out of existence here.
| Dean, G. P. | Kent, S. | Tracy, O. H. |
| Geddes, Robert | Liveringhouse, J. W. | Waters, J. |
| Holiwell, J. F. | Roys, G. | Wheeler, H. |
A. O. U. W. Building Association
Zink, G. P. Dean, Geo. Bartenbach. H. D. Hennings, as officers and directors.
Cited Source:
A. F. Buechler and R. J. Barr, editors. "Fraternals and Social Organziations of Hall Cuonty: A. O. U. W. Lodges" History of Hall County Nebraska (Lincoln, NE: Western Publishing and Engraving Company, 1920): 376-377. Provided by the Prairie Pioneer Genealogical Society, Grand Island, Nebraska.
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