1867 - KALLOCH NEWSLETTER - 2022
155th
KALLOCH FAMILY REUNION NEWSLETTER
Reverend Joseph Kalloch, First Reunion President - 1867
Virtual and In-Person Reunion - Saturday, August 20, 2022
10:45 – 2:00 PM Eastern Time
**Zoom Log-In Information**
Link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89205221217?pwd=QTBML3VYb2dmNGJTY2VZU2d4YmlZQT09
You may be asked to enter this password: 5kEAuH
In-Person Attendance
For those who would like to attend in-person, the reunion will be held at
Peter and Eleanor Richardson’s barn which is located at 22 Mechanic Street,
Rockland, Maine. Attendance is limited to those who are fully vaccinated.
Please
bring your own lunch, and please RSVP to
PTEMR@aol.com so we know how many to plan for! Your hosts will provide
liquid refreshments.
A MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT:
Our 155th Kalloch Family Reunion Association meeting will be held in Rockland, Maine and via ZOOM on August 20, 2022. This has been a challenging year for many of us making the time we spend reconnecting with family as we have for so many years, all the more meaningful. Whether on a small square on a computer screen or in person in Maine, I can’t wait to see you at the reunion!
Anita L Fernald
ABOUT THIS YEAR’S REUNION:
We were pleased that so many new people could join us
at our first virtual reunion in 2020. We’ve decided to have a hybrid reunion
again
this year and will broadcast the reunion virtually to family who cannot travel
to Maine.
2020 Family Reunion Photo
AGENDA
| 10:45 | Zoom sign-in and In-Person Registration |
| 11:00 | Welcome - Anita Fernald, President |
| 11:10 | Introductions |
| 11:30 | Historians’ Talk: Genealogy – Ken Kalloch and Peter Richardson |
| 12:00 | Lunch - Bring your own |
| 12:25 | Kalloch Reunion Family Photo |
| 12:30 | Live Music with the Kemos Brothers |
| 12:45 | Superlatives and Door Prizes |
| 1:00 | Goodbyes and invitation to business meeting |
| 1:10 |
Business Meeting a) Welcome and President’s Report – Anita Fernald b) Treasurer’s Report – Paul Wilson c) Web and Genealogy Report – Ken Kalloch d) Historians’ Report – Ken Kalloch, Paul Wilson, and Peter Richardson e) Celebration and Remembrances of Family: Marriages, Births, and Deaths f) Election of Officers |
| 2:00 | Adjourn |
| Annual Reports for the business meeting will be shared during the business meeting and by email. You may request hard copies by calling Tamsin at (207) 607-0476 |
A MESSAGE FROM OUR
CO-HISTORIAN:
Early Reunion at the Old Alexander Place, Warren, Maine
If a year ends with a 0
or a 5 it is cause for celebration! This Reunion, August 20, will be our 155th!
My first reunion was in 1944, age 4, in the St. George Grange Hall. I remember
being surrounded by old people with baskets full of cakes, pies, and cookies!
Attendance after that was occasional when we happened to be visiting my Great
Aunt, Mabel Rollins, at Reunion time. In 1972 I visited again, with my wife, and
two very cute little daughters. They no doubt appreciated the cakes, pies, and
cookies as well! I made a Kalloch genealogical wall chart on a wide sheet of
pink butcher’s paper and the next year they elected me President!
There are many stories like this. It is said we are
clannish. After all we are a Scots-Irish family, arriving in Boston in 1718 and
on to the great Maine frontier as first settlers in the Town of Warren in 1735.
It is here we created farms, fought and fled from Indians, resettled, fought in
the American Revolution, elected Presidents and local Selectmen, founded
churches, and helped form the State of Maine in 1819-20. Some went west, enough
of us so that there are Kallochs in every state of the Union and in western
Canada!
And meanwhile back here in Knox County we have been
meeting nearly every year for more than a century and a half. And we have a
prize-winning Kalloch.org and a Facebook page. And we know how to Zoom. I
remember one year two young men hitch-hiked their way from British Columbia,
only to arrive at the Rebecca’s Hall in Warren just as we were putting things
away. We gave them a warm welcome and chatted a bit. Such is our extended
family! We continue our annual ritual this August 20 in the Old Red Kalloch
Barn, 22 Mechanic St, Rockland.
P. T. Richardson, co-historian
News
Nicole Kalloch was elected to the Rockland City
Council.
Births
Marlene Dell Cline, daughter of Sarah (Brazz) and
Jess Cline of Hardin, MT, was born June 11, 2021. She is the granddaughter of
Bradbury (Richardson) Chadbourne of Kennebunk, and Douglas Brazz of Sidney, ME.
Her great-grandparents are Rev. Peter Richardson and Caroline Bean of Brunswick.
Marriage
Congratulations to Chance Evan Kalloch and Tara
Lyn Zinda who married on February 22.
Deaths
Lois Elizabeth Keller
Daughter of William and Elizabeth Thompson, wife of Merton Keller.
APPEAL FROM THE TREASURER And as always, you will have the option to
mail a check or contribute in-person at the gathering. Many of you are
familiar with our tradition of passing around the
tin coffee pot to
collect donations at the reunion. As we have the opportunity to meet
safely in person once again, we will continue our tradition of “passing
the pot” that has been used to support the Kalloch Reunion for
generations. The other officers and I thank you very much in advance for
your contributions. Feel free to visit our prize winning web site Kalloch.org
and conversations on our
KFRA
Facebook Page,
Congratulations to Lisa Webb-Kalloch for being honored in the top 7% of Coldwell
Banker agents worldwide!
Congratulations!!
to Michael & Kara Wilson for the birth of their son Kaiden James on Feb. 22nd.
And to Jonathan and Ana Clark on the recent birth of their children Johannes and
Milena!! Jonathan is a son of Robert John Clark and 4th great grandson of Jane
Perry Kelloch and Spencer Drake in the "John" branch of our Kalloch family tree.
Congratulations to Lucas and Oliva Kalloch on the birth of their daughter Hazel
Jude Kalloch on May 20th.
Congratulations!! to Kevin James Kalloch and his wife Jessica on the birth of
their son Roman Lorenzo Kalloch on March 5th. Roman is a great-grandson of Fred
and Gail Kalloch who were frequent Kalloch reunion attendees.
Lois Elizabeth Keller
July 8, 1924 - April 5 2022
Rodney Jackson Graves
Rodney Jackson Graves
January 26, 1941 - December 31, 2021
Son of Rodney Eldrich Graves and Helen Eugenia (Baker) Graves.
Obituary:
https://www.williamsnews.com/news/2022/jan/11/obituary-rodney-jackson-graves/
Glenna Marie Keller
Glenna Marie Keller
May 22, 1963 - January 19, 2022
Daughter of Daniel Bill Keller and Kay (Hanson) Keller.
James Gilchrest Skoglund
James Gilchrest Skoglund, Sr.
May 6, 1940 - February 23, 2022
Son of Sten Bertil and Marianne Williamson (Gilchrest) Skoglund.
Obituary:
https://www.pressherald.com/2022/04/24/obituaryjames-gilchrest-skoglund/
Craig Johnson Kalloch
Craig Johnson Kalloch
September 12, 1948 - March 1, 2022
Son of Carl Herbert Kalloch and Frances Janet Marie (Johnson) Kalloch.
Obituary:
https://knox.villagesoup.com/2022/03/16/craig-j-kalloch
Hilda Mary (Keller) Randall
Hilda Mary (Keller) Randall
|November 4 1947 - February 18, 2022
Daughter of Herbert Russell Keller and Ferne Irene (Brann) Keller, wife
of Leslie Randall, Jr.
Obituary:
https://www.centralmaine.com/2022/03/02/obituaryhilda-mary-randall
Monika Regina Clark
Monika Regina Clark
April 14, 1958 - February 6, 2022
Daughter of Carl Jachulke and Silvia (Bauch) Jachulke, wife of Robert
John Clark.
Lee Thomas Kalloch
Lee Thomas Kalloch
November 22, 1982 - January 18, 2022
Son of Wade Lewis Kalloch and Louise Marie (Holmberg) Kalloch.
Obituary:
https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/newsminer/name/lee-kalloch-obituary?id=32446966
Photo from our 2021 Kalloch Family Reunion held at “The Barn” in
Rockland, Maine and online with Zoom
Greetings, Kallochs! If you’re anything like I was when I first started
attending the Kalloch Reunion, you may be wondering why we want your
money. It’s a valid question, and here’s what I hope you will consider
to be a valid answer: In short, ensuring that we continue our family
legacy and preserve our history for the current and future generations
is not free. We use our funds to pay for the cost of printing and
mailing our annual newsletter. We have to pay for the use of the space,
refreshments, and now a Zoom subscription for our gathering each year.
Outside of our annual gathering, our funds go toward maintaining our
family website, gravestone repair, and other miscellaneous expenses. We
are an entirely non-profit organization, and all of our officers are
unpaid volunteers. It is only through the generosity of donors like you
that we are able to keep our family traditions alive.
I hope you will consider making a donation to our reunion association
this year. For the first time, we will be offering a donate button on
our website.
Familial regards,
Paul Wilson, Treasurer
Donate to KFRA with PayPal
and our
Descendants of Finley Kelloch Family Genealogy Group on Facebook!
