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Wendl
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What does S.O.S.B.W. stand for on immigration entries?
« on: Tuesday 10 August 04 14:06 BST (UK) »
Can anyone advise what "S.O.S.B.W" stands for under the heading who paid passage on immigration records from Ireland to Canada in the early 1900's???  Thanks in advance for your help
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Lawlor-Belfast, Down: Ontario, Canada
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Re: What does S.O.S.B.W. stand for on immigration entries?
« Reply #1 on: Tuesday 10 August 04 14:18 BST (UK) »
I have encountered this acronym before, I was told it stands for 'Society for Overseas Settlement of British Women'.

Type in SOSBW in your search box, I think you might get some info.

Tom Gaunt
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Re: What does S.O.S.B.W. stand for on immigration entries?
« Reply #2 on: Tuesday 10 August 04 14:31 BST (UK) »
Hello Tom,

Thankyou so much for your reply, I have recently found my Grt Grandmother and her family's immigration records, and as a result was trying to decipher what this Acronym was.  Your inisght is greatly appreciated.

Sincerely,

Wendy Thompson
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Broun/Brown-Kirriemuir, Forfar, Angus
Carr-Belfast
Close -Belfast, Antrim and Down; Ontario, Canada 
Crowe- Belfast
Gardiner-Belfast
Hedley- Belfast
Lawlor-Belfast, Down: Ontario, Canada
Ramsay-Kirriemuir
Thompson-Derry; Ontario-Canada
Walker- Kirriemuir,Forfar,Dundee Scotland
Wilkinson-Belfast
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