McConnell Family Reunion Brings Eight Generations Together
Sixty five McConnell descendants gathered July 27 29 at the Hamiota fairgrounds for a reunion. Roy and Mary Pearl Wallace McConnell’s eight children were present and events included a scavenger hunt a car rally and a family trivia test. Organizers Lynn Johnstone Wendel Bev McConnell and Ellis Woods led activities with breakfast meals by Morley McConnell’s lineage and a concluding round table discussion. The gathering preserved family history with old photo albums and a banner poem urging members to cherish family and meet again in four years.
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McConnell
Hamiota Fairgrounds
Roy McConnell
Mary Pearl
Minnie) Wallace
Verne
Mavis
Eula
Red
Jim
Mick
Morley
Kent
Fairgrounds
Lynn Johnstone
Wendel
Bev McConnell
Ellis Woods
Oakville
Ont
San Francisco
Morley McConnell
Lavinia
Canada Thistle
Irwin
Marlene Smith
Blaine Little
McConnell Clan
Brent Little
Alzheimer Coffee Breaks raise funds for families
The Alzheimer Coffee Break at the Hamiota Royal Bank raised over 765000 in 2000 for local Alzheimer programs and caregiver support. Initiated in 1996 as a grassroots fundraiser, the event gathered sponsors and participants across Westman with events in Shoal Lake and Birtle.
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Hamiota
The
Royal Bank
Hamiota Financial Institution
Westman
Shawna English
Brandon
Alzheimer Society
Shoal Lake
Birtle
Alzheimer.ca
McConnell Family Roots traced from Scotland to Manitoba
A descendant documents the McConnell clan from Robert McConnell born 1808 in Scotland through six generations to Roy McConnell (1899 1979) in Manitoba. The narrative covers marriages births and migrations to Granton Ontario Birtle West Coast Carman Hamiota and other communities with notable members and community roles. The account notes long lived individuals, local institutions, and ties to NHL player Pat Fallon and Oprah producer Gregory Sherkin.
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McConnell
Robert McConnell
Robert
Kirkinner
Wigtown
Scotland
Jane Hannah
Whithorn
Granton
Jane
John McConnell
Our Side
Annie
Andrew
John
Edmund
William
James
William McConnell
Birtle
Kincardine
Peter
Birtlegone
Jessie
Margaret
Andrew McConnell
West Coast
Alexander
Janet
Jane McConnell
Robert Little
Ontario
Jane Hannah Little
Carman
Jacobina McConnell
James Grant
George
Carberry
Hamiota
Milwaukee
Catherine Delaney
U.S
Manitoba
Highway 21
Catherine
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Neil Bethune
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Margaret Barr
Ellen Lief
Lloyd
Harvey
Harold
Andrew Delaney McConnell
Viola Dale
Hamiota Agricultural Society
Janet Keith
Mary Sutherland
Alymer
Kate
Lindsay
Mary
Pollock
Jennie
Simmie
Violet
Cawsey
John Henry McConnell
Minnie Brown
Lorne
Gertrude
Pearl
Mildred
Vera
Clarence
Edmund Wright McConnell
Hannah Jane Baldrow
Roy
Alvin
Ida
Strachan
Flossie Johnson
Milton
Annie Johnston
William Marshall McConnell
Jessie Young
Ellenville School
Myrtle
Hemphill
Lack
Bill
Mervyn
Ruth
Skinner
Jean
Frazer
James Grant McConnell
Ida Alexander
Gertrude Clarridge
J.G
Grace
Decker
Evelyn
Carol
Hugh
Max
Minnie
Pearl Wallace
Oak River
Mick Little
McConnell’s
McConnell's
Gregory Sherkin - Birtle Connection
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