Obituary – Duncan Edgar Glabais
Age 79, has joined the presence of our Lord, peacefully passing away on December 10th, 2012, Peterborough Regional Health Centre. Duncan is survived by his loving family Beryl Glabais and (more…)
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Davis’s Remembered – Royden Davis 1926 – 2012
Royden Davis – 1926 – 2012 Royden’s passing is a reminder that I didn’t spend enough time in Augusts past in and around Maple Leaf getting to know my relations. (more…)
2012 Davis Reunion – The Bancroft Times Article
Margaret Young has every year contributed an article to The Bancroft Times on the Annual Davis Reunion. This year she took it upon herself to include a bit of history as well. With Wm Dean Davis’s help, I have attached the original article and recreated it here:
Annual Davis Reunion – A History, “The Bancroft Times”, August 30th, 2012
Forty-one yeas ago the spark of an idea to gather the Davis family together was ignited by W.J. Davis of Maple Leaf, with his wife Irene (nee Edwards) and Isobel Continue reading 2012 Davis Reunion – The Bancroft Times Article
2012 Reunion Photos Are Updated
Donna Wright has uploaded photos taken at the Davis Reunion this past August. You can of course access these photos from the Davisreunion.ca website under the “photo” tab. (more…)
Help Find – Robert Davis’ sister
Margaret Young mentioned a family mystery: When the new house slowly burned where Uncle Bill now lives, she thinks it was Aunt Sadie who ran in to get the photograph (more…)
An Irish Family History Find – Dean Davis
I had to share this: I was doing some internet exploring about the family in Ireland and finally called Margaret Young to see if she knew more about the family origins in Ireland than the limited information I knew. She gave me Ardamine Parish and Garrynew Farm in Wexford County Ireland. A quick search Continue reading An Irish Family History Find – Dean Davis
2013 Davis Family Reunion
Officially the 2013 Davis Reunion will take place Sunday August 11th. A church service will be held at the Emmanuel Church in Maple Leaf (lot’s of Davis history here) at 10:00am followed by Continue reading 2013 Davis Family Reunion
Wedding – Marsha Robinson and Justin Douglas – August 11, 2012
Marsha and Justin Marsha and Justin were happily married at the Robinson cottage on Salmon Trout Lake August 11th 2012. See there wedding announcement here. (more…)
Davis Genealogy Added
We’ve been playing around with ways to show the Davis family tree. For the time being this is pretty good. Garvin Boyle contributed this information that he has researched over the years and included the family group sheets collected by Margaret Young and Sadie Robinson at the reunions. He has not had a chance to get back to it since the early 90′s so it needs some Continue reading Davis Genealogy Added
2011 Reunion Photos Added
We’ve uploaded a bunch of the photos from the 2011 reunion. Check out the large group photo taken at the Sunday Registration and Lunch. What a great group… glad (more…)
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