Bemisters from across North America are headed home - to an ancestral home being Carbonear, Newfoundland. Keep posted here for updates on Bemister 2010. By the way this blog post is being written in the airport lounge in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island - as we await our flight to St. John's.
Looking forward to seeing everyone.
Cheers
Ian Scott
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Wednesday, August 4, 2010
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
2010 Bemister Family Reunion
Come Ye One and All !
to the
2010 Bemister Family Reunion
to be held
August 6th to 8th, 2010
at
The Royal Canadian Legion
Carbonear
Newfoundland & Labrador, Canada
to the
2010 Bemister Family Reunion
to be held
August 6th to 8th, 2010
at
The Royal Canadian Legion
Carbonear
Newfoundland & Labrador, 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, as well as cultural and social events with Bemister
cousins before and after the main celebration if you would like this option
contact bemister2010@gmail.com for more information.
New Image of William Willis Bemister is Discovered
While another image was known, the discovery of this additional image of William Willis Bemister was a great thrill.
Born on 7 May 1789 in Corfe Mullen Parish, Dorset England William Willis Bemister came as a young lad age 14 to Carbonear, Conception Bay, Newfoundland to work as a clerk with the firm of George & James Kemp. He married Ann Howell at Carbonear on 25 November 1810 and they had 9 children. He later operated the firm of W. Bemister & Co. at Carbonear. He died at Carbonear on the 30th December 1863.
This is the previous image of him.
New Pictures Surface
It was a real surprise to discover pictures that were previously unknown which have recently surfaced. These include very early images of Bemister relatives as well as letters.
Of the letters:
Copies will be available at the Carbonear reunion in August.
Of the letters:
- The first is from W W Bemister [dated 21 Aug. 1855] to his daughter Maria Shepherd. It's very brittle and is of the type where the full sheet of paper was folded up and addressed on the outside -- no envelope.
- The other letter was written by 6 or 7 year old Mary Lavinia Shepherd to her older brothers, William and Charles. [She wrote to Will on one side of the sheet of paper, and to Charley on the other side] .
Copies will be available at the Carbonear reunion in August.
Monday, May 10, 2010
Bemister Gallery - We Need Your Pictures !!
The Bemister Gallery is our effort to share the visual heritage of the Bemisters of Carbonear with friends and family but we need your pictures - to make it happen.
Due to the fact that families become widely distributed and portraits and other pictures were not easy to copy at one time - we sometime end up without ever seeing a picture of our own ancestors. It thus become a special treat to discover an image of our own ancestors.
William Willis Bemister (1789-1863)
I experienced this when I recently found a picture in the Centre for Newfoundland Studies, of my GGG grandfather - William Willis Bemister (1789-1863), who arrived in Newfoundland at the age of 21.
Next to the picture was one of his son - my GG grandfather - Capt. Willis Bemister (1819-1869). The picture was not new to me but knowing who it was, broke new ground. A copy unidentified had survived within my own family but we never knew who it was.
These images were part of the Forward family fonds and Forward ledgers 1750-1928 which had been donated to the Maritime History Archive, Memorial University.
The collection also includes many other important photographs, and higher resolution images can be ordered from the site for your own printing.
Due to the fact that families become widely distributed and portraits and other pictures were not easy to copy at one time - we sometime end up without ever seeing a picture of our own ancestors. It thus become a special treat to discover an image of our own ancestors.
William Willis Bemister (1789-1863)
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| William Willis Bemister (1789-1863) |
Next to the picture was one of his son - my GG grandfather - Capt. Willis Bemister (1819-1869). The picture was not new to me but knowing who it was, broke new ground. A copy unidentified had survived within my own family but we never knew who it was.
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| Capt. Willis Bemister (1819-1869) |
The collection also includes many other important photographs, and higher resolution images can be ordered from the site for your own printing.
Friday, April 23, 2010
Ready to Rock -- on the Rock
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
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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