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William Penn Association
The William Penn Association is a fraternal benefit society in the United States. It was created through the merger of a number of Hungarian American fraternal organizations such as the Verhovay Aid Association. Today the organization is open to people of any ethnicity and is licensed to sell insurance in 20 states.
== History ==
The William Penn Association dates its origin to February 21, 1886 when thirteen Hungarian American miners formed the Verhovay Aid Association in Hazleton, Pennsylvania. The Verhovay Aid Association was charted in December of that year by the State. By 1926 Verhovay was the largest and most successful Hungarian American fraternal with 300 chapters throughout the Northeastern United States. That year the headquarters was moved to Pittsburgh.〔(Our History )〕
Overtime other Hungarian fraternals merged into Verhavy including the Workingmen’s Sick Benefit Federation (Munkás Betegsegélyzo Egyesület) of East Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and the Hungarian Budapest Society (Magyar Baptista Egylet) of Cleveland, Ohio.〔(Our History )〕 The largest merger was with the Rákóczi Aid Association of Bridgeport, Connecticut in 1955. This merger of the two largest Hungarian fraternals gave birth to William Penn Fraternal Association. It became the William Penn Association in 1971.〔Alan Axelrod ''International Encyclopedia of Secret Societies and Fraternal Orders'' New York; Facts on File, inc 1997 p.263〕 Other mergers included the American Life Insurance Association (Bridgeporti Szövetség) in 1979,〔(Our History )〕 the American Hungarian Catholic Society in 1980 and Catholic Knights of St. George in 1983.〔Axelrod p.263〕 The last organization was established in 1881.〔(Our History )〕
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