Quite a few people have been inquiring about a
Kettenring/Catron/Ketron etc. family reunion.
It has been 5 or 6 years since we have had one, so I
thought I might try to get one organized, if, I have
enough response from people who are interested in
coming. As most
of you probably know, it takes a good bit of work to
get a reunion organized, so I don't want to spend the
time & energy (of which I have very little) on this
endeavor, if we're only going to have a handful of
people interested.
The last few times when we had a Kettenring family
reunion, although we had several folks in attendance,
most of them were from the local area and not many
from out the tate, or the county, for that matter. I
would hope to change that this time and get folks to
come from all over the country. In fact, if any of you
know descendants that still live in Germany, that you
would like to invite, that would be great as well.
So here is the tentative plan. This reunion will be
for all decendants and allied families of the
Kettenring/Kettering/Ketring/Cattron/Catron/Ketron/Katron
(and all other spellings of the name) family, Since my
direct line ancestors wound up in Sullivan County,
Tennessee, and since that is where I grew up and still
have family and friends, that is where I would propose
that we hold it. Since it is too late to plan it for
this year, I also propose to have this next summer
(2003), preferably before it gets to hot. I am open to
suggestions on a time etc. My thoughts are maybe to
hold this over a two day weekend and to have one day,
or part of a day set aside for those of you who want
to swap genealogy information. The
other day would be for socializing, eating, and
getting acquainted and reacquainted with
others in attendance, etc.
As all of you know, all of this will take funding.
As it would not be fair for one or two people to pay
for the cost of a reunion, we would need to take
donations to pay for the cost. so with this in mind,
please e-mail, write or phone me and let me know if
you are interested and willing to share in the cost,
and any other suggestions that you might have
regarding a time, or other suggestions about any other
activities that you would like have at the reunion.
I will wait to hear from all of you and will get back
to you again to let you know what kind of response we
have had & to make further plans.
Thanks and hope to hear from all of you soon.
Betty Bishop Willoughby
11353 Highway 1064
Tickfaw, La 70466
225-567-1309
bettyw41(a)yahoo.com
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Betty Bishop Willoughby
Don't Go Barking Up the Wrong Tree!
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