Reunion recalls David Dunn’s Irish roots in Minniska district
About 75 descendants gathered July 11, 2009, at Silver Beach hall to honor David Dunn, who left County Monaghan for Thavenet, Ireland, and homesteaded in Minniska. The event featured a pot luck supper, a program with grandchildren sharing memories, and musical entertainment from Fred Gravener and others. Attendees traveled from Kamloops BC, Cremona AB, Regina SK, Langbank SK, Edmonton AB, Russell area, and nearby communities.
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David Dunn
Monaghan
Thavenet
Ireland
Minniska
Silver Beach
Kamloops BC
Cremona AB
Regina
Langbank SK
Edmonton
Russell
David
Emily Dunn
Joseph
Luella Pew
Mag
George McLeod
Hannah
Harvey McLennan
Ethel
Jim McLeod
Jack
Lil Boyd
Watson
Florence Cochrane
Tim
Peggy Tod
Bill
Edith Burrows
Emily
Dunn
Per
Fred Dunn
Fred Gravener
Janet Angus
Grandpa
Mary Hadland
Billie McKinley
Bonnie Stewart
Ruth McLean
Alyce McKinnon
Mervyn Dunn
Grad party and family gathering near Lake Manitoba
Rostuik reports from Angusville of a large family weekend at Paradis cabin Benyk`s Point Lake Manitoba for Kally Anna Paradis graduation and Lesia’s birthday with about sixty relatives. Friends played beach volleyball and other games while feasting, boating, swimming and fireworks followed.
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Joyce Caldwell
Wally Peleshok
Joyce
Sheryl
Ron Rutledge
Maple Ridge
British Columbia
Kostuik
Peter
Nydia
Scott
Lesia
Shalyn
Brayden
Paradis
Benyk’s Point
Lake Manitoba
Kally Anna Paradis
Kally
Rick
Petra
Show Day at Roblin Keystone Pioneer Museum Delights Crowd
On July 12 2009 Roblin Keystone Pioneer Museum hosted a vibrant Show Day with a pancake breakfast, bake ovens, a wheat mill, a sawmill, and a parade of antique tractors and vehicles. Visitors enjoyed a bandstand with dance music, a slow tractor race, silent auctions, and kid rides. Volunteers organized everything, while photographers captured moments. Harold and Rita Wasslen and Frank and Dora Horeczy attended a Saskatoon wedding on July 18, and Tour D Canada bikers paused at Binscarth Park and Pool on their cross country route.
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Roblin Keystone Pioneer Museum
Harold
Rita Wasslen
Frank
Dora Horeczy
Saskatoon
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