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This page will provide you with notes on upcoming Reunions of P.E.I. Communities, Families and related events! The 2008 Reunion Season was a success, and many happy gatherings were held. I have prepared the page to make room for 2009 Reunions and Events.If you have information on upcoming reunions that you feel should be listed here, please email:
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Birt Reunion - August 02, 2009 A Birt family Reunion will be held Sunday, August 2nd, 2009 at the North Shore Community Centre. Registration will be at 1 p.m. and a Pot Luck Dinner will be held at 2 p.m. For additional information call Gerry Birt - 1-902-569-5611
Coles Reunion - July 9-12, 2009 A reunion of the descendants of George and Margaret {Green) Coles of Milton and James and Sarah (Tilly) Coles of Charlottetown is being planned for the summer of 2009. This will commemorate the 200th anniversary of the arrival of the Coles family on Prince Edward Island from Evercreech, Somersetshire, England.
A steering Committee has been formed and preliminary planning meetings are now being held The Committee is looking for volunteers who are interested in assisting with the organization and supervision of the reunion.
A website will be up and running with more details in early December of 2007.
Anyone who feels they would like to be part of the planning of this event is asked to contact either of the co-chairs of the event via e-mail: Charles Coles at charlescoles (AT) eastlink.ca or David Hooper at dhooper (AT) .pei.sympatico.ca. See our web site at: http://www.colesreunion.pe.ca/
Or write to:
Coles Reunion
P.O. Box 1
Winsloe, PE C1E1Z2
Elsie Louise (WALSH) HARRIS, b. Crapaud, PEI 1926, last remaining offspring of Louise Maud GILLIS and Freeman WALSH, after many years away is planning a trip home this summer, from Ontario, and would be interested in seeing any family or old friends still on the island. She is a descendant of the WALSH, GILLIS, THOMAS, GAMBLE, NICHOLSON, EDWARDS etc. families around Lot 67. She will be staying near Carleton during the second week in July and will be travelling with her only daughter and only grandaughter. Please e-mail r_harris (AT) sympatico.ca for more info. Harris Descendants
Gallant Family Reunion for the Descendants of Napoléon Gallant (b: 1838 in Tignish, P.E.I.) Gallant Family Reunion for the Descendants of Napoléon Gallant - Aug. 7 - 9th, 2009
Mark your calendars now to join us for our first ever Napoléon Gallant Family Reunion being held at The Parish Centre in Tignish, PEI, August 7th - 9th, 2009.
Descendents of Napoléon's children - Francis (Frank), Elizabeth Anne Arsenault, Ervustus (Morris), Thomas, Mary Ellen Gaudet, John Alfred, Clara Doucette, Joseph A., Georges H. and James (Jim) are all encouraged to attend. For information and details regarding registration and reunion events check current updates at the Gallant Family Website at this link http://keefetrainor.com/gallant_reunion.htm . Registration deadline is May 31st, 2009. For further information, please contact Linda Keefe-Trainor at linda (AT) keefetrainor.com .
The Clan MacRae Society of Canada will meet in P.E.I. for their Annual General Meeting, on Sept 12. Other activities planned are a Meet and Greet evening, in Stanhope, tours in the city, park, and gardens, lobster supper at New Glasgow, and Church service at Brookfield. All spellings of McCrea, MCcreath, Mac Graw etc., etc. are welcome Marigold MacRae Pres. of the Clan MacRae of the United Kingdom will attend and the Pres. of the Clan Society of Canada the Ven. Dr. Robert D Macrae of Victoria, B.C. will be present to lead discussions. The Clan MacRae Society of Canada has grown from 6 founding members in 2000 to over 200 members in 2008. and it is hoped this gathering will result in more members from Eastern Canada. For more info contact gordjudy (AT) eastlink.ca or jeanmacrae (AT) gmail.com Mac Rae Clan Gathering - Sept. 11, 12, and 13, 2009
McCarville / McCarvill / McCarvell Reunion - Aug. 6-8, 2010
The 2010 International McCarville / McCarvill / McCarvell / McCarvel / McKervill Family Reunion will be held in Kinkora, Prince Edward Island on the weekend of August 6-8, 2010.
The McCarville Family has now been meeting annually for more than fifty (50) years and this is only the second time this great international event has been hosted by the P.E.I. McCarvill / McCarville family.
Our 2005 International McCarville / McCarvill / McCarvell / McCarvel / McKervill Reunion drew approximately 500 attendees from eight Canadian provinces and sixteen States in the USA.
NOTE: A schedule of the reunion events as well as a reunion website will be posted at a later date. For more information contact please contact Gordy McCarville at gordy.m (AT) pei.sympatico.ca
There will be a McIver McKeever McIvor Family Reunion at the Kinkora Community Centre at Kinkora PEI on the weekend of July 31-Aug 2, 2009. This gathering is for the Descendants of Hugh McIver and his wife, Mary Quinn and their six children who arrived in the Newton / Kinkora area of PEI in 1839. For more information about the McIver Reunion please visit http://www.McIverPEI.ca or phone Betty at 613-549-8028 or Desmond at 902-569-1954. McIver McKeever McIvor Reunion July 31-Aug 2, 2009
TALKS at Grand-Pré Saturday, July 25, 2009 TALKS at Grand-Pré, N.S. Saturday, July 25, 2009
Theme: Grand-Pré Still Has Secrets to Reveal
Master of Ceremonies: Georges Arsenault
(1) SERGE-PATRICE THIBODEAU 10:00 - 11:00 am (in French)
Le lt-col. John Winslow par lui-même : esquisse d'un personnage
Writers and historians have used all kinds of defamatory adjectives to describe Lt. Col. Winslow. But who was this man? What does he say about himself in his famous Journal that provides a detailed account of the siege of Fort Beauséjour and the deportation of the Acadians at Grand-Pré? After examining Winslow's Journal and letters from a literary point of view, Serge Patrice Thibodeau will offer a portrait of this man who marked the history of the Acadians.
Serge Patrice Thibodeau is one of the best known young Acadian poets. Between 1990 and 2005, he has published two essays, eleven collections of poetry, and a book of travel writings. He has received numerous awards for his publications, including the Prix France-Acadie, the Governor General's Award and the Prix Antonine Maillet. He has completed his translation of the second part of Winslow's Journal. Serge Patrice Thibodeau is currently literary editor for the publishing house Éditions Perce-Neige in Moncton.
(2) RONNIE-GILLES LEBLANC 11 h 00 - 12 h 00 (in French)
La Grand'Prée des Planters : un village à rebâtir ou à recycler ?
Were all the Acadian villages burned or destroyed during the Deportation? What happened in Grand'Prée? When they arrived in 1760, were the Planters really met with a scene of desolation and destruction, as many authors suggest? Based on a re-examination of the sources describing the settlement of the Planters, Ronnie-Gilles LeBlanc will propose another view of the landscape.
Historian at Parks Canada, Ronnie-Gilles LeBlanc is the long-time editor of the Cahiers de la Société historique acadienne. He has written numerous articles on Acadian history and edited the collective work entitled Du Grand-Dérangement à la Déportation to which he contributed two chapters, including one on the impact of the Deportation on the Acadian community of Pigiguit (Windsor).
~ LUNCH served on the premises, prepared by the Ami(e)s de Grand-Pré ($5.00) ~
(3) STAN SURETTE 1:00 - 1:15 pm (in English)
Why create the André-D. Cormier Certificate?
Stan Surette, President of the Société Promotion Grand-Pré, will talk briefly about Father André-D. Cormier and the André Cormier Certificate that was created this year by the Société Promotion Grand-Pré and that will be awarded on Sunday, July 26th after the mass.
(4) SARA BEANLANDS 1:30 - 2:30 pm
The Brown Manuscript: An 18th Century Account of the Acadian Deportation
Rev. Dr. Andrew Brown was a Scottish Presbyterian minister, University of Edinburgh professor who worked in Nova Scotia from 1787 to 1795. He wrote one of the earliest known historical accounts of the Deportation of the Acadians. Sara Beanlands will talk about the unique aspects of Brown's account, in particular the primary sources he utilized and his interpretation of the Deportation and 18th century colonial policy in general.
With a degree in History and Social Anthropology from Dalhousie, Sara Beanlands is completing her M.A. in History at Saint Mary's University, focussing on the 18th century manuscripts of the Rev. Dr. Andrew Brown. She has given numerous lectures related to her research, including presentations for the University of Edinburgh, the Université de Moncton, and the Royal Nova Scotia Historical Society. Sara Beanlands currently works as an archaeologist and historical research for Cultural Resource Management Group, an archaeological consulting firm based in Halifax.
(5) WAYDE BROWN 2:30 - 3:30 pmPercy Nobbs and a Garden for Evangeline
In 1919 Percy Nobbs, a well-known Montreal architect and professor at McGill University was commissioned to design a small garden setting for a statue of Evangeline at Grand-Pré. The initial proposal grew into a large and complex landscape design. While this design has been extended and altered during the past nine decades, it continues to give physical definition to Grand-Pré National Historic Site. Wayde Brown will examine Nobb's proposal and the cultural value of the elements of his design that still exist today.
Wayde Brown is an associate professor in the College of Environment and Design, University of Georgia, and previously managed built heritage programs for the Province of Nova Scotia. His research interests include the history of the heritage conservation movement in Canada and the United States, especially the use of historic reconstructions, and the interpretation of cultural landscapes.
6) Guided visit of the gardens by Scott Crowell, Chief Gardener 4:00 pm
Scott Crowell has been the gardener at Grand-Pré since 1998. He is the second member of the Crowell family to ensure the beauty of the Victorian gardens that characterize Grand-Pré National Historic Site - his father Douglas occupied the position of gardener from 1968 à 1995.
For more information on the activities at Grand-Pré this summer, see: http://www.grand-pre.com/Activites2009en.html
The reunion for the descendants of James Yeo (1765 - 1840) of Kilkhampton and his wives, Ann Osborn and Grace Francis is held every 5 years. This will be the third one. It is based at and around Yeo House at Green Park, Port Hill, PEI. Activities happen on the weekend of July 24 - 26, 2009. Yeo Reunion Saturday, July 24, 25, 26, 2009
Friday July 24:
Early Registration - 2:00 - 4:00 pm; For those who want to study or update the family tree.
Meet & Greet - 6:00 - 9:00 pm; Meet your cousins for the first time or the nth time. Hors d'oeuvres provided.
Location for the above; Northam Community Center, Rte 132, Signs
Posted. Saturday July 25:Car Rally - 10:00 am; Compete with other teams discovering points of interest and trivia around the Port Hill area. Come with a team or be assigned to one. Location; Meet in the parking lot of Shipbuilding Museum, Port Hill.
Afternoon is open, but feel free to take guided tour of the Shipbuilding Museum or Yeo House. Relax in the big tent at any time.
Supper Time: 6:00 pm; Pig roast with all the fixin's. At Yeo House. Following this, simply relax, or be active at a display booth. You may bring your Yeo memorabilia or pictures (just to show), items to sell or whatever. Tables provided.
Story Time at dusk. Back by popular demand. Stories and ghost tales in the kitchen at Yeo House in the dark.Sunday July 26:
Church service 11:00 in the tent.
Lunch follows; Please bring your own.
Afternoon activities: Gab, childrens' activities, Open Mike, James Yeo look-alike contest and much, much more.Please note. As yet, a registration fee has not been set. It will be minimal. We want your presence,not your money. Let us know if you are attending, that would be very helpful.
Organizing committee:Co Chairs: Winston Yeo - jwywo01 (AT) gmail.com
Debra Webster - debrawebster (AT) pei.sympatico.ca
Communications: Ralph Yeo - ryeo (AT) eastlink.ca