Mutual aid associations
Original title: Associações de Socorros Mútuos
Lists the mutual-aid associations founded in Funchal between 1895 and 1916, besides the '4 de Setembro de 1862' association, with their foundation dates and the dates their statutes were approved. It shows the growth of working-class and trade-based welfare societies in early twentieth-century Madeira.
We know of the following in Funchal, besides the Associação de Socorros Mútuos ‘4 de Setembro de 1862’, which we have already discussed in the proper place:
- 1. Associação de Socorros Mútuos dos Sapateiros Funchalenses. It was founded on 5 May 1895, and its statutes were approved by royal decree (alvará) of 16 July 1896.
- 2. Associação de Socorros Mútuos ‘Monte-Pio Marítimo Funchalense’. It was founded in 1900, and its statutes were approved by decree of 24 December 1901.
- 3. Associação de Socorros Mútuos do Sexo Feminino do Funchal ‘15 de Setembro de 1901’. It was founded on 15 September 1901, and the decree approving its statutes is dated 15 January 1903. These statutes were revised and approved by royal decree of 26 December 1905.
- 4. Associação de Socorros Mútuos ‘Monte-Pio Madeirense’. It was founded on 28 March 1904 by twenty-eight members of various social classes, and its statutes were approved by decree of 23 January 1905. The statutes were revised and approved by decree of 31 May 1913. It has an attached savings bank, whose creation was approved by decree of 7 September 1907.
- 5. Associação de Socorros Mútuos ‘Reforma dos Operários Madeirenses’. It was organised on 31 July 1904 and legalised by decree of 16 March 1905. It admits persons of both sexes.
- 6. Associação de Socorros Mútuos ‘Pedro Álvares Cabral’. It was established in 1916 and legalised by decree of 13 January 1917. It admits persons of both sexes.
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Time
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The Funchal Shoemakers' Mutual-Aid Association was founded.
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The statutes of the Shoemakers' Mutual-Aid Association in Funchal were approved by alvará.
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The Monte-Pio Marítimo Funchalense mutual-aid association was founded in Funchal.
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The women's mutual-aid association '15 de Setembro de 1901' was founded in Funchal.
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The statutes of the Montepio Marítimo Funchalense were approved.
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The statutes of a women's mutual-aid association in Funchal were approved.
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The 'Monte-Pio Madeirense' mutual-aid society was founded by twenty-eight members of various social classes.
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The 'Reforma dos Operários Madeirenses' mutual-aid association was organised.
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The statutes of the Monte-Pio Madeirense mutual-aid society were approved.
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The Reforma dos Operários Madeirenses was legalised by alvará.
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The reformed statutes of the women's mutual-aid association were approved by royal alvará.
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A savings bank attached to the Monte-Pio Madeirense was approved.
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Reformed statutes of the Montepio Madeirense were approved.
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The 'Pedro Álvares Cabral' mutual-aid association was established in Funchal.
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The 'Pedro Álvares Cabral' mutual aid association was legalised by alvará.
Place
Places mentioned · 01
- Funchal
City where all the listed mutual-aid associations were based.
The capital of the archipelago and seat of the principal captaincy, where settlement began; it was made a vila c.1451–52. Its bay, the widest in the archipelago, lies between Ponta do Garajau and Ponta da Cruz and offers sheltered anchorage, though its harbour had never been studied oceanographically. The Elucidário discusses it as a health resort with climate data and records the January 1906 disturbances, the Danish prince's visit in May 1846 and recent volcanic cones in the area.
People
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Portuguese navigator after whom a Funchal mutual-aid association founded in 1916 was named.