It will be a grand time - if prior reunions are any indication. So pack your camera, and your dancing shoes because a Bemister reunion is a memory making event.
The registration materials are out in the mail and also on this blog. They are spread out over a few posting so look at the side bar on the left for the last few to get all the details.
And if by chance you have arrived here - with no prior contact with the Bemister descendants who hail from the Newfoundland town of Carbonear -- welcome aboard !!
The dates are August 6 to 8, 2010
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Friday, April 23, 2010
Monday, April 19, 2010
2010 Family Reunion Registration Form
(Please return to the address above electronically or by regular post)
I would like to attend the 2010 Bemister Family Reunion in Carbonear, NL from August 6th to 8th 2010 and will be accompanied by family members listed on this sheet (or attached if necessary).
NAME -----------------------------------
TELEPHONE ---------------------------- FEE -------------------
ADDRESS-------------------------------------
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E –MAIL --------------------------------- $100
Names of other family members who wish to attend
Relationship to you (and age of children)
2.------------------------------ $ ----------------
3.------------------------------ $ ----------------
4.------------------------------ $ ----------------
5.------------------------------ $ ----------------
TOTAL
Which of the following activities & workshops (W/S) & stuff really interest you? $____
Walking tour of Carbonear, local museums, Bemister’s Hill ___
Guided tour of cemetery, stories behind the gravestones ___
Bus tour of Carbonear, Hr. Grace, Freshwater (half day) ___
Bus tour to Heart’s Content & North Shore (full day) ___
Bus tour to Brigus, Cupids, archaeological site (full day) ___
Boat ride to Carbonear Island, whale watching (2 hr) ___
W/S on history of the Bemisters and the Carbonear fishery ___
W/S on history of the West Country Migration to NFLD ___
W/S on Genealogy and Family History ___
W/S on Traditional NF Music (bring voice and instrument) ___
Other? Child care? Youth program? ___
Bemister baseball hats and T-shirts? (give quantity and sizes) ___
As in times of old, we are proposing to provide our own entertainment by showcasing Bemister talent and offering opportunities to sing, play instruments and generally take an active part in a traditional Kitchen Party on Friday evening at the reception, a Talent Show on Saturday evening at the dinner and on Sunday in a Bemister Church Choir.
Do you sing? ------------ Play an instrument? ------- Which one (s)?--------------
Would you like to take part in the Friday night Kitchen Party? ----------
In the Saturday night Concert? --------------------
In the Bemister Choir on Sunday? ---------------------
In the past several Bemisters have taken part in a Bethany Church service in other ways such as reading the lesson. Would you like to do this? Please indicate how you would like to participate. (Of course, all this is subject to approval by the Worship Committee - but they have been extraordinarily welcoming to our family members in the past as many of you can attest!)
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Many of our cousins will extend their visit to the homeland by several days and we have had some interest expressed in activities that people can take part in before and after the reunion with their new found cousins. Please indicate your interest in any of the following:
Pre-reunion: Wed. Aug 4 St. John’s Regatta, evening meal at the Battery Hotel _ _
Thur. Aug 5 Walking tour of St John’s East, The Rooms, Fish & Chips _ _
Thur. Aug 5 Bus tour of Signal Hill, Old St John’s, Cape Spear _ _
Thur. Aug 5 Afternoon tea and Garden Party at HJB Woods’ Home
(Everton House, see web site) and evening dinner -------
Post Reunion: Mon. Aug 9 Morning tour of General Protestant Cemetery in St. John’s
And, time permitting, other Bemister related sites in St. John’s West ---
Mon. Aug 9 Afternoon and evening whale watching at Bay Bulls
and possibly Ferryland, followed by seafood dinner _ _
I would like to help promote the reunion by (please check):
Forwarding information to my close family members
Supplying genealogical information, pictures, stories _ _
Supplying an address list of family members (e.g. Xmas card list!!!) _ _
Making a donation of $ ________ _ _
Other assistance? -------------------------------------------------------------
I am not able to attend but I would like to receive further information -----------------
Please send your form by post or e-mail. If you are not able to attend, a $10 membership in Bemisters of Carbonear will keep you on the mailing list and help pay our costs of printing, mailing, and so on. Donations are welcome. Please make cheques payable to the Bemisters of Carbonear and send to our St. John’s postal address. For the reunion please calculate the basic fees based on $100 per adult, $50 for youth (8 to 18), younger children (under 8) free. (Tour fees for bus, boat rides, etc. should be paid on site when registering).
$ __________
(Please return to the address above electronically or by regular post)
I would like to attend the 2010 Bemister Family Reunion in Carbonear, NL from August 6th to 8th 2010 and will be accompanied by family members listed on this sheet (or attached if necessary).
NAME -----------------------------------
TELEPHONE ---------------------------- FEE -------------------
ADDRESS-------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------
E –MAIL --------------------------------- $100
Names of other family members who wish to attend
Relationship to you (and age of children)
2.------------------------------ $ ----------------
3.------------------------------ $ ----------------
4.------------------------------ $ ----------------
5.------------------------------ $ ----------------
TOTAL
Which of the following activities & workshops (W/S) & stuff really interest you? $____
Walking tour of Carbonear, local museums, Bemister’s Hill ___
Guided tour of cemetery, stories behind the gravestones ___
Bus tour of Carbonear, Hr. Grace, Freshwater (half day) ___
Bus tour to Heart’s Content & North Shore (full day) ___
Bus tour to Brigus, Cupids, archaeological site (full day) ___
Boat ride to Carbonear Island, whale watching (2 hr) ___
W/S on history of the Bemisters and the Carbonear fishery ___
W/S on history of the West Country Migration to NFLD ___
W/S on Genealogy and Family History ___
W/S on Traditional NF Music (bring voice and instrument) ___
Other? Child care? Youth program? ___
Bemister baseball hats and T-shirts? (give quantity and sizes) ___
As in times of old, we are proposing to provide our own entertainment by showcasing Bemister talent and offering opportunities to sing, play instruments and generally take an active part in a traditional Kitchen Party on Friday evening at the reception, a Talent Show on Saturday evening at the dinner and on Sunday in a Bemister Church Choir.
Do you sing? ------------ Play an instrument? ------- Which one (s)?--------------
Would you like to take part in the Friday night Kitchen Party? ----------
In the Saturday night Concert? --------------------
In the Bemister Choir on Sunday? ---------------------
In the past several Bemisters have taken part in a Bethany Church service in other ways such as reading the lesson. Would you like to do this? Please indicate how you would like to participate. (Of course, all this is subject to approval by the Worship Committee - but they have been extraordinarily welcoming to our family members in the past as many of you can attest!)
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Many of our cousins will extend their visit to the homeland by several days and we have had some interest expressed in activities that people can take part in before and after the reunion with their new found cousins. Please indicate your interest in any of the following:
Pre-reunion: Wed. Aug 4 St. John’s Regatta, evening meal at the Battery Hotel _ _
Thur. Aug 5 Walking tour of St John’s East, The Rooms, Fish & Chips _ _
Thur. Aug 5 Bus tour of Signal Hill, Old St John’s, Cape Spear _ _
Thur. Aug 5 Afternoon tea and Garden Party at HJB Woods’ Home
(Everton House, see web site) and evening dinner -------
Post Reunion: Mon. Aug 9 Morning tour of General Protestant Cemetery in St. John’s
And, time permitting, other Bemister related sites in St. John’s West ---
Mon. Aug 9 Afternoon and evening whale watching at Bay Bulls
and possibly Ferryland, followed by seafood dinner _ _
I would like to help promote the reunion by (please check):
Forwarding information to my close family members
Supplying genealogical information, pictures, stories _ _
Supplying an address list of family members (e.g. Xmas card list!!!) _ _
Making a donation of $ ________ _ _
Other assistance? -------------------------------------------------------------
I am not able to attend but I would like to receive further information -----------------
Please send your form by post or e-mail. If you are not able to attend, a $10 membership in Bemisters of Carbonear will keep you on the mailing list and help pay our costs of printing, mailing, and so on. Donations are welcome. Please make cheques payable to the Bemisters of Carbonear and send to our St. John’s postal address. For the reunion please calculate the basic fees based on $100 per adult, $50 for youth (8 to 18), younger children (under 8) free. (Tour fees for bus, boat rides, etc. should be paid on site when registering).
$ __________
2010 Family Reunion – Proposed Program of Activities
2010 Family Reunion – Proposed Program of Activities
until 8:30 am, coffee available throughout day
Wed. Aug 4 , 2010
Mon. Aug 9
Afternoon whale watching cruise out of Bay Bulls followed by dinner at the Captain’s Table (a great sea food restaurant near Witless Bay). We could include the Ferryland archaeological site (1620–1700) – the site of Lord Baltimore’s Colony and a great beauty spot. These towns are about 45 min south of St John’s by car.
Most activities are scheduled to start at the Royal Canadian Legion Carbonear, Newfoundland & Labrador
Friday, August 6, 2010
10:00 am Registration opens
- Committee organizing venue, setting up posters, decorations
- Walking tours available for first arrivals
12:00 noon Registration continues
- Lunch meeting for the organizing committee
2:00 pm Activities begin
- Workshops, short bus tours, boat rides, walking tour of Carbonear
5:00 pm Supper break (on your own for meals on Friday)
7:00 pm to 11:00 pm
- Reception at Legion – guests include public officials
- Grand Opening
- The Bemister Travelling Museum
- Old Time Kitchen Party
Saturday, August 7, 2010
until 8:30 am, coffee available throughout day
9:00 am
- Registration continues
- Activities continue
- Longer bus tours, boat rides to Carbonear Island, walking tour including cemetery
- Workshops: Bemisters and the Carbonear Fishery, The West Country migration, Family History, Traditional Newfoundland Music
12:00 noon Lunch provided at Legion or box lunch/picnic for tours
2:00 pm More activities as per morning
5:00 pm End of activities – relaxation time
6:00 pm Official pictures of group taken at Legion – a record of history
6:30 pm Cocktails
7:00 pm
- Traditional Newfoundland feast
- Toasts, Newfoundland Songs and Stories, Guest Speakers, Bemister talent providing music and live entertainment, Celebration of 263rd Birthday of John Bemister
11:00 pm End of evening
Sunday, August 8, 2010
9:00 am Boat ride to Carbonear Island
11:00 am Church Service at Bethany United Church. (Services will be posted for other denominations.) All are invited to the luncheon at the Bethany UC.
12:00 pm Lunch in Church Hall ($10 pp) - Official Closing
2:00 pm “The Quick and the Dead” – Tour of Bethany cemetery with stories both true and slightly exaggerated – pictures at graves of the ancestors.
4:00 pm End of formal activities
Possible Pre-Reunion and Post Reunion Activities in St. John’sWed. Aug 4 , 2010
- Regatta day at Quidi Vidi followed by evening dinner at Battery Hotel with the best view in the city;
- Cabot Tower at night
- Walking tour of St John’s East including the Colonial Building where Hon. John Bemister served as a Member of the House of Assembly from 1850 - 1870,
- Other Bemister related sites,
- The Rooms containing the Provincial Archives, Museum and Art Gallery,
- Lunch at Ches’s Famous Fish & Chips
Thur. Aug 5 - 2010
- Afternoon tea and Garden Party at Henry JB Woods’ Home (Everton House, see web site) and evening dinner at a fine local restaurant with traditional fare.
Mon. Aug 9
- Morning tour of General Protestant Cemetery in St. John’s where there are more than 120 Bemister graves and
- Other sites in St. John’s West including Capt. Edward and Emma (Bemister) White’s house,
- VOWR – first radio station in St. John’s – with a memorial to its founder Rev. Joe Joyce (grandson of Juliana B).
- Bus tour of Signal Hill, Old St John’s, Cape Spear – the most easterly point of North America – as well as picturesque nearby outports and lunch at a popular restaurant serving traditional fare pan fried cod, poached salmon, cod tongues, toutons and molasses, and figgy duff)
Mon. Aug 9
Afternoon whale watching cruise out of Bay Bulls followed by dinner at the Captain’s Table (a great sea food restaurant near Witless Bay). We could include the Ferryland archaeological site (1620–1700) – the site of Lord Baltimore’s Colony and a great beauty spot. These towns are about 45 min south of St John’s by car.
Bemister Reunion - Carbonear, NL from August 6 to 8, 2010
Hi Folks,
Attached is the second notice for our grand celebration in Carbonear, NL from August 6 to 8, 2010 - Our 2010 Reunion is less than a half year away! We hope you will forward this notice and its attachments to as many of your Bemister relatives as possible - ASAP!
We got great coverage on our last mailing and we think we will reach over 1000 families this time. Now we are still sending out the notice by Canada Post, but we will be glad to take people off the list and save money, if you will assure us you are reaching them by e-mail. Also if there is anyone you would like use to send the notice to by regular post, please let us know as soon as possible.
We are expecting a grand crowd in Carbonear, and we are getting reports of as many as 6 to 10 in a family group making arrangements to fly to St. John's, booking Bed and Breakfasts or hotels, and of course renting a vehicle. I would recommend that you make all these arrangements fairly quickly. It's going to be a great tourist year in part because of the Cupids 400 celebration, and we are competing with a very large event! However, if you start now you should still be able to find what you are looking for. There are lots of web sites suggested in the package that will be helpful to you on that score.
However, if you are having trouble finding what you are looking for, call me or one of our other committee members and we will try to help you. John and Mary Bemister could not have imagined what their progeny are up to this year - and John's 263 rd birthday will be the greatest birthday party Carbonear is likely to see this whole summer!
IF you can help in other ways we would be very pleased. Sending genealogical information and family stories would be really helpful, bringing artifacts for the Bemister traveling museum would be a wonderful addition, and just coming with your immediate family will be a thrill of a lifetime for all of you. If you can take part in our committee that would be fantastic too. You need to tell us on the registration form what your interests are so we can plan the event to maximize participation in activities people would most like.
When else do you think your granddaughter will see her 7th cousin? When else will you meet descendants of Maria Bemister Shepherd born 2000 years ago - the first Bemister born in the new world? This is a great opportunity that is not likely to be repeated any time soon, so you need to be there. And all of us on the organizing committee will be excited to meet you - right where it all started on 207 years ago when William Willis Bemister came to Newfoundland.
Please get your registrations in the mail and we'll hold your berth on the Bemister Brigantine, just down the gangway from Capt Willis Bemister himself. I can almost see Aunt Stella waving from the deck. The ghosts are everywhere, trust me! It's all going to be lots of fun, and you will be glad you came. Also we have to pay the bills, so your registration cheques will be a big help as will donations which are very welcome.
With our kindest regards
Cameron Hopkins - for the organizing committee
Attached is the second notice for our grand celebration in Carbonear, NL from August 6 to 8, 2010 - Our 2010 Reunion is less than a half year away! We hope you will forward this notice and its attachments to as many of your Bemister relatives as possible - ASAP!
We got great coverage on our last mailing and we think we will reach over 1000 families this time. Now we are still sending out the notice by Canada Post, but we will be glad to take people off the list and save money, if you will assure us you are reaching them by e-mail. Also if there is anyone you would like use to send the notice to by regular post, please let us know as soon as possible.
We are expecting a grand crowd in Carbonear, and we are getting reports of as many as 6 to 10 in a family group making arrangements to fly to St. John's, booking Bed and Breakfasts or hotels, and of course renting a vehicle. I would recommend that you make all these arrangements fairly quickly. It's going to be a great tourist year in part because of the Cupids 400 celebration, and we are competing with a very large event! However, if you start now you should still be able to find what you are looking for. There are lots of web sites suggested in the package that will be helpful to you on that score.
However, if you are having trouble finding what you are looking for, call me or one of our other committee members and we will try to help you. John and Mary Bemister could not have imagined what their progeny are up to this year - and John's 263 rd birthday will be the greatest birthday party Carbonear is likely to see this whole summer!
IF you can help in other ways we would be very pleased. Sending genealogical information and family stories would be really helpful, bringing artifacts for the Bemister traveling museum would be a wonderful addition, and just coming with your immediate family will be a thrill of a lifetime for all of you. If you can take part in our committee that would be fantastic too. You need to tell us on the registration form what your interests are so we can plan the event to maximize participation in activities people would most like.
When else do you think your granddaughter will see her 7th cousin? When else will you meet descendants of Maria Bemister Shepherd born 2000 years ago - the first Bemister born in the new world? This is a great opportunity that is not likely to be repeated any time soon, so you need to be there. And all of us on the organizing committee will be excited to meet you - right where it all started on 207 years ago when William Willis Bemister came to Newfoundland.
Please get your registrations in the mail and we'll hold your berth on the Bemister Brigantine, just down the gangway from Capt Willis Bemister himself. I can almost see Aunt Stella waving from the deck. The ghosts are everywhere, trust me! It's all going to be lots of fun, and you will be glad you came. Also we have to pay the bills, so your registration cheques will be a big help as will donations which are very welcome.
With our kindest regards
Cameron Hopkins - for the organizing committee
Monday, March 15, 2010
2010 Bemister Family Reunion
2010 Bemister Family Reunion
August 6th to 8th, 2010
Carbonear, Newfoundland & Labrador, Canada
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.
Thursday, December 10, 2009
Bemisters on Facebook
Thanks to the efforts of Steve Bemister --there is now a Bemister descendants group on Facebook.
Called Bemister's Reunite, it is a great way of staying in touch with relatives.
Check it out Bemister's Reunite !!
Called Bemister's Reunite, it is a great way of staying in touch with relatives.
Check it out Bemister's Reunite !!
Friday, August 14, 2009
2010 Bemister Family Reunion
To be held August 6th to 8th, 2010
at The Royal Canadian Legion
Carbonear, Newfoundland, Canada
In celebration of the 263rd Birthday of John Bemister of Corfe Mullen!
• Meet distant cousins from all over North America and UK
• Explore Bemister genealogy and family history
• Experience traditional Newfoundland hospitality
• Enjoy guided bus tours of Carbonear and nearby communities
• Take guided tour of cemetery to commune with ancestors
• Savour wonderful grand Newfoundland Feast and Kitchen Party
• Marvel at Bemister travelling museum
• Participate in Bemister Music Festival and Choir
• Share Church Service at traditional home of Bemisters
• Tour historic and archeological sites and provincial archives; and enjoy
whale watching, cultural and social events with Bemister cousins both
before and after the main celebration if you choose this option
at The Royal Canadian Legion
Carbonear, Newfoundland, Canada
In celebration of the 263rd Birthday of John Bemister of Corfe Mullen!
• Meet distant cousins from all over North America and UK
• Explore Bemister genealogy and family history
• Experience traditional Newfoundland hospitality
• Enjoy guided bus tours of Carbonear and nearby communities
• Take guided tour of cemetery to commune with ancestors
• Savour wonderful grand Newfoundland Feast and Kitchen Party
• Marvel at Bemister travelling museum
• Participate in Bemister Music Festival and Choir
• Share Church Service at traditional home of Bemisters
• Tour historic and archeological sites and provincial archives; and enjoy
whale watching, cultural and social events with Bemister cousins both
before and after the main celebration if you choose this option
Friday, March 20, 2009
Welcome To Cameron Hopkins
Anyone involved with Bemister of Carbonear research and events will know Cameron Hopkins as he has been a driving force behind the organizing of family events across North America, and the UK over the last decade.
I had the opportunity to attend the first major event organized in Toronto in 1998 - which was totally by accident as I was in town on business and had decided to stay over for the weekend and visit with my sister and her family. We all ended up going to the reunion - and that followed with attending the 1999 reunion in Carbonear, Newfoundland and the trip to Corfe Mullen, in Dorset, UK in 2004.
Thanks to Cameron's efforts plans are well underway for 2010 in Carbonear once again (see below) -- but we need your ideas and input.
I was honoured to have Cameron recently join the Bemister Blog as contributing editor.
Welcome Aboard Cameron !!
I had the opportunity to attend the first major event organized in Toronto in 1998 - which was totally by accident as I was in town on business and had decided to stay over for the weekend and visit with my sister and her family. We all ended up going to the reunion - and that followed with attending the 1999 reunion in Carbonear, Newfoundland and the trip to Corfe Mullen, in Dorset, UK in 2004.
Thanks to Cameron's efforts plans are well underway for 2010 in Carbonear once again (see below) -- but we need your ideas and input.
I was honoured to have Cameron recently join the Bemister Blog as contributing editor.
Welcome Aboard Cameron !!
Sunday, March 15, 2009
Bemisters of Carbonear 2010 Family Reunion
William Willis Bemister (1789-1863)Beginning with genealogical research in the 1990's, a few family members established new connections with relatives they didn't know. Once people had a chance to meet fellow descendants they began organizing reunions in Toronto, Newfoundland and Vancouver and quickly realized the value of holding larger events in ancestral home lands, as well as local events across the country. Local reunions and the major gatherings have become important events for family members with organizing committees working several years in advance. In 1999 an international reunion was held in Carbonear, Newfoundland and in 2004 the family returned to Corfe Mullen, England, for a reunion there. In all of these reunions local travel has been arranged so that sites of family significance can be visited.
The first member of the Bemister family arrived in Carbonear from Corfe Mullen Parish, Dorset. William Willis Bemister (1789-1863) was fourteen years old, and arrived as an apprentice clerk for a local export firm. His younger brother Edward joined him in 1812, and they eventually went into business on their own as they became young men.
The major family lines were established by the 18 children of these two brothers and their wives.
William Willis Bemister (1789-1863) m. Ann Howell (1789-1851)
- Maria Ann m. Richard K. Shepherd (9 Children)
- John G. m. Jane Taylor (5 children)
- Louisa -
- Willis m. Mary Elizabeth Bartlett (7 children)
- Mary m. Mark William Forward (8 children)
- William m. Dorcas Charlotte Bartlett (3 children)
- Frederick Thomas m. Emily Louisa Taylor (5 children)
- Reuben James m. Emily Jane Pike (3 children)
- Sarah Jane m. Stephen B. Pike (5 children)
- Thomas Grant -
- Mary Amelia 1m. Joseph Drover (1 child) 2m. James Forward
- Emma m. James Drover (6 children)
- Julianna m. Robert Joyce (9 children)
- John Ridout m. Mary Anne Cannon (10 children)
- Elizabeth Susannah m. William S. Parsons (2 children)
- Stella Jane -
- Caroline m. James Hutchings (1 child)
- Edward Fredric m. Elizabeth Clarke (5 children)
Sunday, December 7, 2008
Bemisters of Carbonear 2010 Family Reunion Post-Reunion Activity
Ideas for post reunion activities are being solicited
Draft - open for suggestions
Sunday - Aug 8, 2010 - late afternoon
4:30 pm Meet at Brigus or Cupids
See museum or Hawthorne Cottage, Tunnel etc
Have dinner here at pre- arranged restaurant
Monday, - Aug 9, 2010 - St. John’s
9:00 am Need bus transport
meet at convenient spot where there is parking
Bus to Cape Spear
Then to Ferryland via Petty Harbour
Tour Colony of Avalon
Have lunch on site - pay your own
2:00 pm head for Bay Bulls
Take O’Brien’s 3 hr whale watching tour
Have dinner on site - could be lobster or other scoff - pay up front
Back in St. John’s by 9:00 pm - all of the above for less than $80
Tuesday - Aug 10, 2010 - am in St. John’s
9:00 am tour of General Protestant Cemetery and lunch at George Street Church if available or other
OTHER SITES in or near St John's - Signal Hill, Cabot Tower, Geo Site, NF Heritage Store - Joan Parson Woods Exhibit, Water St, War Memorial, walking trails, Quidi Vidi Village, Marine Drive, Bowering Park, - we can recommend
Draft - open for suggestions
Sunday - Aug 8, 2010 - late afternoon
4:30 pm Meet at Brigus or Cupids
See museum or Hawthorne Cottage, Tunnel etc
Have dinner here at pre- arranged restaurant
Monday, - Aug 9, 2010 - St. John’s
9:00 am Need bus transport
meet at convenient spot where there is parking
Bus to Cape Spear
Then to Ferryland via Petty Harbour
Tour Colony of Avalon
Have lunch on site - pay your own
2:00 pm head for Bay Bulls
Take O’Brien’s 3 hr whale watching tour
Have dinner on site - could be lobster or other scoff - pay up front
Back in St. John’s by 9:00 pm - all of the above for less than $80
Tuesday - Aug 10, 2010 - am in St. John’s
9:00 am tour of General Protestant Cemetery and lunch at George Street Church if available or other
OTHER SITES in or near St John's - Signal Hill, Cabot Tower, Geo Site, NF Heritage Store - Joan Parson Woods Exhibit, Water St, War Memorial, walking trails, Quidi Vidi Village, Marine Drive, Bowering Park, - we can recommend
Bemisters of Carbonear 2010 Family Reunion Pre-Reunion Activity
Pre Reunion Activity
Draft - open for suggestions
It is suggested that we provide opportunities for sight seeing with a Bemister flavour before and after the reunion - on a pay as you go basis. We could consider some sort of pre-registration so folks would have name tags and buttons for easy identification. Possibilities are given below. It is especially important for St. John’s committee members to give thought to the feasibility of these suggestions.
(These activities are for people who come as early as Wednesday Aug 4th and stay Wed and Thurs night in St; John’s; Woods family descendants in particular could be invited to stay at Everton House B & B on Kings Bridge Road and some activity can be based there) Group activity provides opportunity to give Bemister buttons and name tags for easy ID We wouldn’t do actual registration here.
1. Thursday morning; 9:00 am. Self guided walking tour of Old St. John’s (optional Bemister group walking tour) including Colonial Building (where Hon J B was an MHA), Cochrane St Church (where his family and Woods family attended; war memorial, site of old Methodist College where Bemisters attended and JB and HGBW were on the Board; Gower Street Church (where Rev. Charles Ladner and Rev. George Payne preached), The Rooms (archives, art gallery and public records of births, deaths etc are stored). Time permitting also the Basilica, the Anglican Cathedral of St. John the Baptist,. LUNCH at The Rooms (with a view!) OR Ches’s Fish and Chips (ie folks can either go with the group or go on their own or with the group, and connect at Rooms at 10:30 if they want or at Ches’s or Rooms Restaurant at 1:00pm
2. Thursday am, alternative tour guided and transportation needed, to General Protestant Cemetery followed by Wesley United Church where Rev. Joe Joyce set up NF’s first radio station, VOWR, South side home of Capt Edward and Emma (Bemister) White, LUNCH at George St Church Would have to meet at convenient central place(s). Could include Signal Hill if we were using a bus, followed by run down Duckworth, Water St, Harbour Drive with possible stop at war memorial
3. Thursday pm, short tour of Colonial Building and proceed to Everton House for afternoon tea at 4:00 in H. G. B. Woods drawing room - with ghosts of the past! Especially of interest to descendants of Hon John Bemister. An alternative with large crowd might be a garden party instead.
4. Thursday evening, tour of General Protestant Cemetery, meet at East Gate on Old Topsail Road at 8:00 pm followed by drinks at St John’s pub (eg Ship Inn)
5. Suggest supper at some St John's restaurant - pay your own way - say Velma’s on Water St for excellent fish or The Battery for the view !!! OR the time of this could be later to allow for the view of the City at night - then go up Signal Hill when really dark. The cemetery tour could be dropped or scheduled earlier in this case.
6. NO organized activity Friday am; People expected to make their way to Carbonear at latest for 7:00 pm and as early as noon
Draft - open for suggestions
It is suggested that we provide opportunities for sight seeing with a Bemister flavour before and after the reunion - on a pay as you go basis. We could consider some sort of pre-registration so folks would have name tags and buttons for easy identification. Possibilities are given below. It is especially important for St. John’s committee members to give thought to the feasibility of these suggestions.
(These activities are for people who come as early as Wednesday Aug 4th and stay Wed and Thurs night in St; John’s; Woods family descendants in particular could be invited to stay at Everton House B & B on Kings Bridge Road and some activity can be based there) Group activity provides opportunity to give Bemister buttons and name tags for easy ID We wouldn’t do actual registration here.
1. Thursday morning; 9:00 am. Self guided walking tour of Old St. John’s (optional Bemister group walking tour) including Colonial Building (where Hon J B was an MHA), Cochrane St Church (where his family and Woods family attended; war memorial, site of old Methodist College where Bemisters attended and JB and HGBW were on the Board; Gower Street Church (where Rev. Charles Ladner and Rev. George Payne preached), The Rooms (archives, art gallery and public records of births, deaths etc are stored). Time permitting also the Basilica, the Anglican Cathedral of St. John the Baptist,. LUNCH at The Rooms (with a view!) OR Ches’s Fish and Chips (ie folks can either go with the group or go on their own or with the group, and connect at Rooms at 10:30 if they want or at Ches’s or Rooms Restaurant at 1:00pm
2. Thursday am, alternative tour guided and transportation needed, to General Protestant Cemetery followed by Wesley United Church where Rev. Joe Joyce set up NF’s first radio station, VOWR, South side home of Capt Edward and Emma (Bemister) White, LUNCH at George St Church Would have to meet at convenient central place(s). Could include Signal Hill if we were using a bus, followed by run down Duckworth, Water St, Harbour Drive with possible stop at war memorial
3. Thursday pm, short tour of Colonial Building and proceed to Everton House for afternoon tea at 4:00 in H. G. B. Woods drawing room - with ghosts of the past! Especially of interest to descendants of Hon John Bemister. An alternative with large crowd might be a garden party instead.
4. Thursday evening, tour of General Protestant Cemetery, meet at East Gate on Old Topsail Road at 8:00 pm followed by drinks at St John’s pub (eg Ship Inn)
5. Suggest supper at some St John's restaurant - pay your own way - say Velma’s on Water St for excellent fish or The Battery for the view !!! OR the time of this could be later to allow for the view of the City at night - then go up Signal Hill when really dark. The cemetery tour could be dropped or scheduled earlier in this case.
6. NO organized activity Friday am; People expected to make their way to Carbonear at latest for 7:00 pm and as early as noon
2010 Bemister Family Reunion - Carbonear, Newfoundland
2010 Bemister Family Reunion - Carbonear, Newfoundland
Draft - open for suggestions
Game Plan - First Draft -
Schedule of events for the Carbonear Reunion.
Our objectives are:
∙ to celebrate the history and heritage of the Bemister family rooted in Carbonear and Freshwater, Newfoundland expressed through the lives of the ancestor as reflected in stories, artifacts, grave stones and historical documentation
∙ to provide an enjoyable and informative occasion to meet family members from far and wide
∙ to expand our knowledge of family genealogy and to disseminate this to our participating family members; to engage family members of all ages in building the family tree
∙ to show off some of Newfoundland’s historic sites, communities, local culture, and beauty spots with particular attention to the ancestral connections to same
∙ to enhance our knowledge of the West Country connection to Carbonear and the Bemister connection to it; to develop an appreciation of why the Bemisters came to Carbonear 200 years ago and why over time so many of them left
∙ to have one hell of a good time
Tentative Program of Activities
Most activities are scheduled for the Royal Canadian Legion
Friday, Aug 6, 2010
11:00 am Meeting of organizing committee
12:00 noon Lunch for organizing committee
1:00 pm Registration begins and continues through the day, sale of T-shirts etc
NL tourist info available, info on Carbonear
2:00 pm Activities;
∙ Roots, Trunks and Branches; how to read the family tree,
exchange of genealogical information
∙ Local bus tour; Carbonear, Harbour Grace, Freshwater
∙ Short bus tour to Brigus/Cupids
∙ Boat ride to Carbonear Island
∙ Walking tour of Carbonear; or self guided tour
∙ Youth program (?)
5:00 pm Free time
7:00 pm Reception
Meet and Greet
to Grand Opening
Greetings by public officials (Mayor, MHA, MP etc)
12:00 pm Newfoundland Time - Kitchen Party
Saturday, Aug 7, 2010
7:00 am Traditional Newfoundland Breakfast Buffet
8:00 pm Registration
8:30 pm Long bus tours
A. to North Shore
B: to Brigus and Cupids
Box lunches provided
9:00 am Activities
∙ Boat ride to Carbonear Island
∙ Workshop; The Bemisters and the Carbonear Fishery
(could include panel of knowledgeable people - eg Alan Perry who could be invited as our guest - and be guest speaker!!!
∙ Walking tour of Carbonear
12:00 noon Lunch
2:00 pm Activities
∙ Story time: who were the Bemisters? Show and tell, the Bemister’s Travelling Museum on display
∙ Bus tour of Carbonear, Harbour Grace and Freshwater
including Bemister’s Hill, Sheila’s grave, museum etc
∙ Boat ride to Carbonear Island
∙ Youth program
5:00 pm Free time
7:00 pm Dinner and Social Evening
Group Photo (?)
Traditional Newfoundland dinner - banquet style
Choice of seafood or turkey
Toasts
Stories
Guest Speaker (who?)
1:00 am DJ ?
Sunday, Aug 8, 2010
9:00 am Boat tour to Carbonear Island
11:00 am Bethany United Church Service
12:00 pm Lunch at the Church (pay as you go)
2:00 pm Activities
∙ Cemetery Tour
∙ Boat tour of Carbonear Island
∙ Boat tour Dildo Island Archeological Site
Cog jigging if possible
4:00 pm Formal end of reunion
Draft - open for suggestions
Game Plan - First Draft -
Schedule of events for the Carbonear Reunion.
Our objectives are:
∙ to celebrate the history and heritage of the Bemister family rooted in Carbonear and Freshwater, Newfoundland expressed through the lives of the ancestor as reflected in stories, artifacts, grave stones and historical documentation
∙ to provide an enjoyable and informative occasion to meet family members from far and wide
∙ to expand our knowledge of family genealogy and to disseminate this to our participating family members; to engage family members of all ages in building the family tree
∙ to show off some of Newfoundland’s historic sites, communities, local culture, and beauty spots with particular attention to the ancestral connections to same
∙ to enhance our knowledge of the West Country connection to Carbonear and the Bemister connection to it; to develop an appreciation of why the Bemisters came to Carbonear 200 years ago and why over time so many of them left
∙ to have one hell of a good time
Tentative Program of Activities
Most activities are scheduled for the Royal Canadian Legion
Friday, Aug 6, 2010
11:00 am Meeting of organizing committee
12:00 noon Lunch for organizing committee
1:00 pm Registration begins and continues through the day, sale of T-shirts etc
NL tourist info available, info on Carbonear
2:00 pm Activities;
∙ Roots, Trunks and Branches; how to read the family tree,
exchange of genealogical information
∙ Local bus tour; Carbonear, Harbour Grace, Freshwater
∙ Short bus tour to Brigus/Cupids
∙ Boat ride to Carbonear Island
∙ Walking tour of Carbonear; or self guided tour
∙ Youth program (?)
5:00 pm Free time
7:00 pm Reception
Meet and Greet
to Grand Opening
Greetings by public officials (Mayor, MHA, MP etc)
12:00 pm Newfoundland Time - Kitchen Party
Saturday, Aug 7, 2010
7:00 am Traditional Newfoundland Breakfast Buffet
8:00 pm Registration
8:30 pm Long bus tours
A. to North Shore
B: to Brigus and Cupids
Box lunches provided
9:00 am Activities
∙ Boat ride to Carbonear Island
∙ Workshop; The Bemisters and the Carbonear Fishery
(could include panel of knowledgeable people - eg Alan Perry who could be invited as our guest - and be guest speaker!!!
∙ Walking tour of Carbonear
12:00 noon Lunch
2:00 pm Activities
∙ Story time: who were the Bemisters? Show and tell, the Bemister’s Travelling Museum on display
∙ Bus tour of Carbonear, Harbour Grace and Freshwater
including Bemister’s Hill, Sheila’s grave, museum etc
∙ Boat ride to Carbonear Island
∙ Youth program
5:00 pm Free time
7:00 pm Dinner and Social Evening
Group Photo (?)
Traditional Newfoundland dinner - banquet style
Choice of seafood or turkey
Toasts
Stories
Guest Speaker (who?)
1:00 am DJ ?
Sunday, Aug 8, 2010
9:00 am Boat tour to Carbonear Island
11:00 am Bethany United Church Service
12:00 pm Lunch at the Church (pay as you go)
2:00 pm Activities
∙ Cemetery Tour
∙ Boat tour of Carbonear Island
∙ Boat tour Dildo Island Archeological Site
Cog jigging if possible
4:00 pm Formal end of reunion
Monday, May 14, 2007
Building the family tree and telling the family story
We would like to ask for your help in building the family tree and telling the family story. We are attaching a family group record form, which you could use as a guide to recording information on your own immediate family. Please enter full names, given names, dates, places, etc. Photocopy to produce other forms as needed - one for each nuclear family. We will be updating our wall charts from previous reunions - and producing a mini family tree to show how all those at our events are related.
It would be a great help if you could send us names and addresses, telephone numbers and e-mail addresses of other family members who might be interested in attending any of these events. And it would be a real boost if you could pass on the information to others in your family and bring a group!
We would be delighted to get feedback on future activities - including a dinner in Vancouver in 2008 a picnic there as well in 2009 and a proposed major weekend reunion in Carbonear in 2010. We hope you will continue to support our Bemister family project that will certainly leave a proud legacy for our children.
Yours sincerely
Cameron Hopkins
For the Organizing Committee
It would be a great help if you could send us names and addresses, telephone numbers and e-mail addresses of other family members who might be interested in attending any of these events. And it would be a real boost if you could pass on the information to others in your family and bring a group!
We would be delighted to get feedback on future activities - including a dinner in Vancouver in 2008 a picnic there as well in 2009 and a proposed major weekend reunion in Carbonear in 2010. We hope you will continue to support our Bemister family project that will certainly leave a proud legacy for our children.
Yours sincerely
Cameron Hopkins
For the Organizing Committee
OTHER EVENTS IN BRITISH COLUMBIA & NEWFOUNDLAND
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
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
ONTARIO PICNIC – SUNDAY, AUGUST 5, 2007
This year we Bemisters of Carbonear are organizing an exciting family picnic and pot luck supper at a lovely rural location in southern Ontario – just a bit north east of Toronto. We hope you will join dozens of other members of your extended family and become acquainted with our proud family heritage rooted in the West Country, England and Freshwater and Carbonear, Newfoundland.
Our Bemister Family Picnic will be held at the Goodwood Community Centre in Goodwood, Ontario, on Sunday, August 5.
In the mid afternoon we will be organizing activities for children who would like to take part, providing information on family history and genealogy for those who are interested in our heritage, and giving lots of opportunity for Bemisters of all ages to renew friendships and meet new cousins - however far removed. We hope to have our Bemister travelling museum with its marvellous collection of family treasures – artifacts* as we say - and stories to go with them, lots of boards with family trees and pictures, and we will be bringing out a special edition of the Bemister Bulletin in honour of the occasion. Also we will have Newfoundland music and videos on hand.
Now the way we are keeping costs down is to run our event as a POT LUCK SUPPER – so you get to contribute a favourite dish to captivate your cousins. Now this can be a family traditional dish or not – we are sure it will all be delicious. What about Capt. Willis Bemister’s fish chowder? Or Aunt Stella’s Boston doughnuts? Or Obadiah Gilbert Joyce’s baked beans? Or Aunt Maria Shepherd’s spinach salad? Not to mention George Bartlett Bemister’s Railway stew, Granny Ladner’s Methodist butter tarts or Hon John Bemister’s cod au gratin? Well, you get the idea. We can have a wonderful meal with contributions from all branches of our family.
The cost will be a very modest $20 for each adult 18 and over, $10 for youths between 12 and 18 and 12 free. The fee includes a family membership in the Bemisters of Carbonear - which will keep you on the mailing list and ensure you get our newsletters, notification of future activities, and a wonderful buffet dinner. We will supply tea, coffee and soft drinks.
The nearest accommodations are B & B’s in Uxbridge area or motels in or near the other communities mentioned below. Goodwood is about a half hour drive NE of Toronto – and accessible from Highways 401, 404 or 407. The community is E of Markham, W of Uxbridge, NW of Oshawa and Whitby and easily found on MapQuest (try typing Goodwood for the area map or just zoom in from Toronto – Markham area). There are also motels to be found in Newmarket, Stouffville and other communities E of Toronto.
Do return the interest / registration form - with your cheque NOT LATER THAN July 15. We will get back to you with additional information closer to the event. You can also communicate with us by e-mail or telephone if you wish.
On Saturday, August 4, we are willing to co-ordinate some additional activities for folks from afar if there is sufficient interest. These activities might include a lunch downtown, some sight seeing with a Bemister flavour, and perhaps a ball game. But all this is outside the family picnic which stands on its own on Sunday, August 5. Local tourist information will be provided at the reunion as well as Toronto area Bemister grave locations and other Bemister sites that may be of interest.
This should be a great event for the whole family and we are sure you will enjoy meeting the dozens of other descendants of John and Mary Bemister of Corfe Mullen who are likely to attend. This picnic is a real winner!
Artifact – an object made by a human being, for example, a tool or ornament, especially one that has archaeological or cultural interest – viz. interest to the descendents of John and Mary Bemister, needless to say!
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
Our Bemister Family Picnic will be held at the Goodwood Community Centre in Goodwood, Ontario, on Sunday, August 5.
In the mid afternoon we will be organizing activities for children who would like to take part, providing information on family history and genealogy for those who are interested in our heritage, and giving lots of opportunity for Bemisters of all ages to renew friendships and meet new cousins - however far removed. We hope to have our Bemister travelling museum with its marvellous collection of family treasures – artifacts* as we say - and stories to go with them, lots of boards with family trees and pictures, and we will be bringing out a special edition of the Bemister Bulletin in honour of the occasion. Also we will have Newfoundland music and videos on hand.
Now the way we are keeping costs down is to run our event as a POT LUCK SUPPER – so you get to contribute a favourite dish to captivate your cousins. Now this can be a family traditional dish or not – we are sure it will all be delicious. What about Capt. Willis Bemister’s fish chowder? Or Aunt Stella’s Boston doughnuts? Or Obadiah Gilbert Joyce’s baked beans? Or Aunt Maria Shepherd’s spinach salad? Not to mention George Bartlett Bemister’s Railway stew, Granny Ladner’s Methodist butter tarts or Hon John Bemister’s cod au gratin? Well, you get the idea. We can have a wonderful meal with contributions from all branches of our family.
The cost will be a very modest $20 for each adult 18 and over, $10 for youths between 12 and 18 and 12 free. The fee includes a family membership in the Bemisters of Carbonear - which will keep you on the mailing list and ensure you get our newsletters, notification of future activities, and a wonderful buffet dinner. We will supply tea, coffee and soft drinks.
The nearest accommodations are B & B’s in Uxbridge area or motels in or near the other communities mentioned below. Goodwood is about a half hour drive NE of Toronto – and accessible from Highways 401, 404 or 407. The community is E of Markham, W of Uxbridge, NW of Oshawa and Whitby and easily found on MapQuest (try typing Goodwood for the area map or just zoom in from Toronto – Markham area). There are also motels to be found in Newmarket, Stouffville and other communities E of Toronto.
Do return the interest / registration form - with your cheque NOT LATER THAN July 15. We will get back to you with additional information closer to the event. You can also communicate with us by e-mail or telephone if you wish.
On Saturday, August 4, we are willing to co-ordinate some additional activities for folks from afar if there is sufficient interest. These activities might include a lunch downtown, some sight seeing with a Bemister flavour, and perhaps a ball game. But all this is outside the family picnic which stands on its own on Sunday, August 5. Local tourist information will be provided at the reunion as well as Toronto area Bemister grave locations and other Bemister sites that may be of interest.
This should be a great event for the whole family and we are sure you will enjoy meeting the dozens of other descendants of John and Mary Bemister of Corfe Mullen who are likely to attend. This picnic is a real winner!
Artifact – an object made by a human being, for example, a tool or ornament, especially one that has archaeological or cultural interest – viz. interest to the descendents of John and Mary Bemister, needless to say!
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
Bemisters of Carbonear 2007 Family Reunion
ONTARIO FAMILY PICNIC & POT LUCK SUPPER
Sunday, August 5, 2007
GOODWOOD COMMUNITY CENTRE, GOODWOOD, ONTARIO
3:00 pm to 8:00 pm
3:00 pm family fun
children’s activities
family history and genealogy
show and tell
family photos
Newfoundland music
Bemister travelling museum
(Please bring artifacts!)
5:00 pm Pot Luck Supper
COST: $20 for adults / $10 for youth (12 – 18) / children free
Sunday, August 5, 2007
GOODWOOD COMMUNITY CENTRE, GOODWOOD, ONTARIO
3:00 pm to 8:00 pm
3:00 pm family fun
children’s activities
family history and genealogy
show and tell
family photos
Newfoundland music
Bemister travelling museum
(Please bring artifacts!)
5:00 pm Pot Luck Supper
COST: $20 for adults / $10 for youth (12 – 18) / children free
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