2010 Bemister Family Reunion

2010 Bemister Family Reunion
August 6th to 8th, 2010
Carbonear, Newfoundland & Labrador, Canada

We are now within six months of our exciting 2010 Reunion to be held at the Royal Canadian Legion, in Carbonear, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada from August 6 to 8, 2010. Carbonear became the ancestral home of the present day Bemisters after William and Edward left Corfe Mullen, Dorset in 1803 and 1812 respectively. For 200 years our Bemister family has been in the New World – but is now scattered far and wide across Canada and the United States leaving only a much smaller contingent in Carbonear and other parts of what is now the proud Canadian Province of Newfoundland and Labrador.

Our Bemister cousins who still live in Carbonear and environs are very enthusiastic about greeting their family members from up along, and our coast to coast organizing committee has been planning an exciting weekend including tours of historic venues and beauty spots, musical celebrations of our family heritage, and expressions of traditional Newfoundland and Labrador culture and hospitality.

We will have plenty of opportunities to honour our ancestors and greet our quite lively and energetic relatives from near and far, acquire a new appreciation of our history and genealogy, and generally enjoy a weekend of fun and fellowship you will never forget. You will marvel at the artifacts from the Bemister travelling museum – which we hope you will contribute to – containing pictures, bibles and prayer books, watches and jewellery, and lasting mementos of a family that has literally spread its wings like the eagles and flown to the far corners of North America, where our cousins have made a huge contribution to community and business and public life as they have in Newfoundland and Labrador.

Our ancestors have left their footprints for all to see, and present day generations are making their own history which they – and you – will want to share at our August reunion. Do fill out the family group record sheets so we have the most up to date information on your immediate family for our fantastic Bemister Family Tree. We will ensure that everybody at the reunion will know everybody else – including how they are related to one another.