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S. J. Sawyerr

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Sofolahan Josiah Sawyerr Esq., of Saro origin was born in 1877.

He lived in [[Cocoanut House]] of Ereko area, then The Town of Lagos or Lagos Colony now Lagos Island.

He was a member of the Roman Catholic Community, having attended masses during his lifetime at the "Church of the Holy Cross" as it was then known, now [[Cathedral of the Holy Cross, Lagos]].

During his lifetime he chaired or was a member on different committees and organizations which include:

* Member, Committee to Organize Lagos Effort after Outbreak of World War I - August 1914

* Honourable Treasurer, Lecture of the Rev. S. D. Ferguson - November 1914

* Honourable Treasurer, Concert in Aid of War Funds (World War I) - November 1915

* Vice President, The Lagos Auxiliary (Anti-Slavery and Aborigines Protection) - December 1915

* Honourable Treasurer, Blyden Memorial Fund - 1915

* Donor, Nigerian Aeroplane Fund - October 1916

* Advisory Member, Lagos Town Council - 1917

* Contributor, Overseas Contingent (Oxford Fund - Nigeria Regiment W.A.F.F.) - April 1917

* Donor, St. Mark's Church (Lagos) Building Fund

[[category: Lagos Colony]]


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