Hi Gayle - what a wonderful day that will be!! I hope you all have the best time, imagine all those family memebers and all linked by the interest as well as the names.........I find it so exciting talking to anyone who is into geneology since it is a different language! Let us know how it goes. Cheers, carol ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pete & Gayle Young" <pgyoung@rcv.org> To: <TOLPUDDLE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, July 04, 2003 7:59 AM Subject: Re: [TOL] Reunion > OOOPS THAT'S ABOUT ONE WEEK NOW.......HOW TIME FLIES! > > ----- Original Message ----- > Hi Everyone, > > > > I just want to share a little bit of my excitement. > > We have arranged a Topuddle Martyrs Standfield Descendants > > Reunion this summer, in fact it's only two weeks away, in London > > Ontario, at Fanshawe Conservation Area, Watson Pavillion, > > Saturday July 12th. If anyone lives in the London area and > > would like to pop by for a visit, you are welcome. > > I have been busy making up name tags for everyone and getting > > my old photos copied and posted to show our lines of descent. > > We were expecting about eighty people, but it looks like we > > will have about 55, and some will be meeting for the first time. > > Being a genealogy buff, last summer my brother Gary from Montreal and I > were > > in > > London doing research together and visiting (what else) cemeteries. > > We came across the grave of our grandfather's sister and noticed that > > it was well attended. I had a water bottle in the car that was near > > empty, so I chugged down the last bit and asked Gary for some paper. > > We planted a note in the bottle explaining who we were and asked for > > a contact by leaving our e-mail address enclosed. I then partially buried > > the water bottle with top exposed in between the flowers. > > Within one week we had a reply and another Standfield descendant contact. > > This lady > > and her married daughters and families all still live in London and will > > be attending the reunion. > > > > Fanshawe Conservation area is quite close to Siloam Cemetery where > > the George Loveless and Thomas Standfield are buried. > > I have the least distance to travel, being only 55 miles from London. > > Will let you know how it goes! > > > > Gayle > > > > Gayle > > > > > > > > > > ==== TOLPUDDLE Mailing List ==== > > LOVELESS/LOVELACE GENEALOGY PAGE - > > UNITED KINGDOM/CANADA/AUSTRALIA > > http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~martyrs > > > > > ==== TOLPUDDLE Mailing List ==== > LOVELESS/LOVELACE GENEALOGY PAGE - > UNITED KINGDOM/CANADA/AUSTRALIA > http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~martyrs > >