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When: August 7-8th, 2008 at 10am-6pm
Where: Bonavista North Regional Museum
12 Memorial Drive
Wesleyville
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This is your first stop in the Bonavista North area.
Drop by to let us know you've arrived. Museum staff and volunteers will give you an information package so that you're up to date on all Davis Family Reunion Events. They will also be able to answer any questions and direct you to your next stop.
The museum will be hosting a photo display of the Davis family, and will have a large easy to read complete (or as complete as we can make it) family tree posted on the wall.
PLEASE NOTE: All Davis Family Events are 'pay-as-you-go'. There are no registration fees. All organizing is done on a volunteer basis. Any money paid goes directly to the businesses, artists, individuals, and fundraising committees providing services for us.
When: now-august 8th
Contact: Janet Davis
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For all of you quilters out there... Monica Davis of BC has suggested making a family quilt.
All of us who can sew a bit, will make a square which we feel represents our own part of the family somehow.
On Thursday before the reunion, these quilt pieces will be gathered, and assembled in some fashion. It'll depend on how many blocks we get, just what they become!
This assemblage will be a part of the Davis Art Exhibit, and will be revealed at the opening reception on Saturday.
Each square will be 5 inches by 5 inches and should be signed/dated by the maker. Please send them to...
P. O. Box 223
Wesleyville, NL
A0G 4R0
... I need to receive them before the 7th of August!
E-mail any questions to nortonscovestudio@nf.aibn.com
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| Mick Davis is the great-great-great-great grandson of William Davis |
When: August 9th, 2008 at 9pm
Where: Kosy Korner, Pool's Island
Mick Davis and the Main Drag
Rock & roll from the 50s, 60s, and 70s
Bring your dancing shoes!
*notice the time/date change!
When: August 9th, 2008 at 10am-2pm?
Where: Pinchard's Island!
Hop aboard a boat and get whisked away to the homeland of your ancestors! Pinchard's Island was resettled in the 1950s, but is visited each summer by those who fondly remember their childhoods there, and those searching for family history.
Saturday will hold a boil-up and pic-nic on the beach. Find the markers that tell you where your grandparents house stood, and walk through the old cemetarys. Did you know that the Davis' have their own cemetary there?
Have your photo taken on your family's landing place!
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| Frances Davis is the great-great-great grand-daughter of William Davis |
When: August 8-10, 2008 at 10am-6pm daily
Where: Bonavista North Regional Museum
12 Memorial Drive; P. O. Box 257
Wesleyville A0G 4R0
Contact:
709-536-2110
museum@nf.aibn.com
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The Bonavista North Regional Museum
will be displaying a collection of Davis family photographs from the past
To submit your own family pictures, please email digital copies, or send the real thing via snail mail.
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| Right Handed Round-Tail Etching by Janet Davis |
When: August 1-31st, 2008 at 10am-6pm daily
Where: The Gallery of the BNRM
12 Memorial Drive
Wesleyville
Contact:
709-536-2110
museum@nf.aibn.com
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This exhibit will feature the artistic talents of the Davis family. Art from all media and parts of the world. Public reception with some of the artists in attendance to be held August 9th at 7pm: Wine & finger foods served.
Call for entries: Please email your proposals to the gallery, including photos of the piece/s to be exhibited and an artist's bio/cv.
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| On the steps of Wesleyville's Jubilee United Church just after the marriage of Elizabeth Davis (William-George-James-Levi-Augustus-Levi Jr.)to Peter Gamwell we have (back row)Levi Davis Sr. and wife Ethel (Winsor), Wayne Scott Davis, Dennis Davis, Frances (Davis) Lester, Linda (Davis) Mullaly, Geoffrey L. Davis, Ollie (Gill) Davis (and in front, l-r), Tanya Mullaly, Kris Mullaly, Janet S. Davis. About 1980? |
When: August 10 at 11am
Where: Jubilee United Church
United Church Manse
Wesleyville, NL
Canada
A0G 4R0
Contact: Rev. Heather Sandford
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Anyone who would like to contribute to this service is asked to contact Rev. Sandford directly.
Family members wishing to do a reading, or pass along historical information on the involvment of the Davis family in setting up the first Methodist church on Pinchard's Island, etc, are warmly encouraged to do so.
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| Three Hilarious generations together on stage at The Seabird Theatre Festival, Newtown |
When: August 8 at 7pm
Where: Waterfront Premises, The Barbour Living Heritage Village
Waterfront Premises
Newtown, NL
Canada
Contact: The Seabird Theatre Festival
709-536-2441 or 1-866-nlplays
info@seabirdtheatrefestiv
al.ca
www.seabirdtheatrefestiva
l.ca
This Dinner Theatre includes a full buffet meal and live entertainment full of Newfoundland traditions and modern humour. You will be seated upstairs for a delicious 3-course meal with live dinner music. You will then be sent downstairs for a hilarious look into the lives of a disfunctional family known as 'The Gills'.
This evening's program is designed specifically for the Davis Family Reunion and will be full of jokes aimed at us!
You won't want to miss out! Reserve your tickets NOW by calling 709-536-2441. Tickets must be paid in advance.
Adult $42
Senior (over 60) $40
Child (12 and under) $20
Taxes are included in prices.
When: August 7th, 2008 at 7pm
Where: Waterfront Premises of the Barbour Living Heritage Village
Newtown
This event is organized by the Seabird Theatre Festival! You will be instructed on how to perform the dances, and then have the fun of dancing the evening away. Live local music!
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| Albert Edward Davis, 29 July 1901 - 12 July 1968. Photo from WW1 |
When: Friday, August 8th at Starting at 10am
Where: Bonavista North Regional Museum
12 Memorial Drive, next to water-tower!
Wesleyville
Contact: Janet Davis
536-2533
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This is a meeting of all of those interested in comparing research information. Bring your documents, originals or copies, so that we may share information: birth, marriage, and death certificates, photographs, and any other family info you have.
There will be a computer with a scanner, photocopier, etc., to make cds or paper copies of all this info so that we can take copies home with us.
There will be coffee and tea, some munchies too, to make our studies more comfortable!
When: Saturday, August 9th at 5pm
Where: Anglican Church Hall, Newtown
Lots of traditional Newfoundland foods: The Anglican Church Women are cooking up a feast for us. Your $12 ticket (purchase at the door)gets you an all you can eat meal including ...
Pea Soup with Dumplings
Baked Beans with Homemade Bread
Fisherman's Brewis
Fish Cakes
Cod Au Gratin
Macaroni & Cheese
Jam Tarts
Jelly & Custard
Bakeapple Trifle
tea or coffee