We are planning to hold further reunions in Vancouver, BC in May 2008 and in Carbonear, Newfoundland in August 2010. The event in Vancouver will likely be a dinner similar to the one we held in 2003. We have an active organizing committee in Newfoundland doing preliminary work on a major weekend event to be held in St. John’s and Carbonear two years down the road. Do tell us if you are interested in either of these activities and we will be sure to keep you informed.
Over the past 10 years since the first small Bemister event at Lorne and Martha Innes’s home in Mississauga, we have had no less than 8 Bemister events in Ontario, British Columbia, Newfoundland and England with a total participation of about 400. We now have within our extended family 7th cousins! We have an amazing diversity amongst the progeny of John and Mary Bemister of Corfe Mullen who have spread all across North America – and who seem to have had a wonderful time getting to know one another at our various reunions.
So we will be thrilled to have you and your immediate family take part in our grand project, help build our family tree and keep our family traditions alive!
TO REGISTER
To register or to express an interest in our Bemister Pot Luck Supper please return one of the enclosed forms with a cheque or money order payable to the Bemisters of Carbonear as soon as possible - and certainly not later than July 15. To register please send $20 per adult and $10 per youth along with your registration form. Children under 12 can attend for free. If you cannot attend, do sign up in the Bemisters of Carbonear anyway - and stay in touch! A family membership of $10 keeps you on the mailing list and we will send out further information as plans unfold
We welcome donations which will help to support these events and otherwise promote the objectives of the Bemisters of Carbonear - such as advancing our knowledge of family history and genealogy, producing regular newsletters, and setting up a Web site, repairing older headstones and organizing future family reunions. If you make a donation of $50 or more we will be glad to send you a beautiful Newfoundland pictorial calendar. For a donation of $100 or more we will provide you with a copy of Elizabeth Squire’s “They Lived by the Sea” which has lots and lots of information on our ancestors – especially Bemisters and related families in the Carbonear area.
Contact - Bemisters of Carbonear,
lchopkins@shaw.ca
c/o Cameron Hopkins, 246 River Street, Ganonoque, ON
Cameron Hopkins (BC) (250) 962 1967
(After Jun 1, ON) (613) 382 7166
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