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Family Update from Erie Davis

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Davis Reunion 2011Erie was unable to join this year’s reunion but was kind enough to provide an update of  his family and the calls he has received from relatives over the last year:

Thursday, August 15th 2013 – There was a Davis Reunion held on Sunday, August 11th. The church service was held in the Emmanuel Church ant eh meeting was in the Army, Airforce and Navy (“ANAF”) Barn in Maynooth following the church service.  Glenn and his father Merritt Davis came down and payed me a visit after the meeting was over.  Viola and I were not able to attend the reunion this year because our health conditions and not being able to look after ourselves Continue reading Family Update from Erie Davis →

Births – The 43rd Reunion highlighted the Latest Additions to the Clan

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Melody Neiman – 5th Generation

More on our one-day 43rd reunion later.  The most exciting news were all the new family members!  The youngest addition at only eight days old even attended the reunion and to top that she is also the 5th Generation!  (guess who got all the attention at this year’s reunion!)    Melody Jean Neiman, Continue reading Births – The 43rd Reunion highlighted the Latest Additions to the Clan →

42nd Annual Davis Reunion – Bancroft Times Article

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Davis Family Reunion 2013

When Annie and I arrived for the 42nd Annual Davis Reunion, we were greeted by the sunny smiles of Gary Davis who had come from New York City, and Sadie (Davis) Robinson, who had the keys to the church.  Those who travel the furthest are often among the ‘firstest’.  The reunion was held as usual on the second weekend of the month, on the 11th of August 2013, organized this year by Clarke and Erica Mayhew.  The weather for our reunion could not have been better, as we started this year’s event at the Emanuel Church near Maple Leaf, Ontario – no longer in regular use but opened especially for the Davis reunion.  In those first few minutes Sadie was beaming, Continue reading 42nd Annual Davis Reunion – Bancroft Times Article →

2012 Davis Reunion – The Bancroft Times Article

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Bancroft Times Article on the 2012 Davis ReunionMargaret 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 →