Missouri
Societies (30 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
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.
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 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 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
United Hebrew Relief Association