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Title: What does S.O.S.B.W. stand for on immigration entries?
Post by: Wendl 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

Title: Re: What does S.O.S.B.W. stand for on immigration entries?
Post by: 7igerby7he7ail 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

Title: Re: What does S.O.S.B.W. stand for on immigration entries?
Post by: Wendl 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

Title: Re: What does S.O.S.B.W. stand for on immigration entries?
Post by: Stergios1 on Thursday 17 March 22 03:52 GMT (UK)

Thank you, I did not know that.