Reunion:
There is a Wood Family Reunion being held at Bega
on 13 March 2010. The organiser is Kaye Jauncey <kaye.jauncey@bigpond.com>
Reunion:
A reunion of the descendents of James O達rien and Mary Ann Smith, and their
eight children, who came to Australia from County Meath in Ireland in 1864. Most
of the family initially settled in the Bega region of NSW, but one girl, Ellen,
settled in the Strathmerton/Bulla region of Victoria after marrying Thomas
Branigan at Keilor , Victoria .
Names prominent in the family include O達rien, Went, Goward, Whitby, Hyde,
Holzhauser, Smith, Peisley, Black, Pheeney, Branigan, Pinnuck, Brown, Webb,
Collins, Coman, Holland, Duley, House, Madden, Meaker, Moran, Noonan, Rixon,
Ziegler. (Of course, there are many more that I have not listed here and I
apologise if your family name is not listed).
Many of those who initially settled at Bega then moved to the Illawarra, Bondi
in Sydney, the North Coast of NSW around Lismore, Kyogle and Casino, and the
Sunshine Coast of Queensland around Woodford.
Please contact your near and distant relatives about this function as we do not
have the addresses of many family members. We would like as many family as
possible to attend.
Date: Saturday
27 February 2010
10:00am to 6:00pm
Where: Jamberoo Youth Hall
Allowrie St
Jamberoo NSW (opposite the Jamberoo Pub)
Cost: $10 per family to cover the
cost of the hire of the hall
If you have any photographs
of your long past relatives, and your recent and present families, and would
like them to be added to the wonderful book that Alf O達rien has previously
produced, please contact Barry about the loan of them so they can be copied.
A questionnaire will be
available for completion so that Barry can update the O達rien Family Tree.
Please contact Barry (Gus)
O達rien at
obrienfamilyreunion@hotmail.com for an invitation.
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