The 140th Kalloch Reunion
Was held on
Saturday, August 18, 2007
at the Wessaweskeag Historical Society Bldg.
in South Thomaston, Maine

2007 Kalloch Family Reunion Group Photo

On August 18, 2007, Wessaweskeag Historical Society, located in South Thomaston, hosted the 140th Kalloch Family Association meeting with 38 people in attendance.  The Wessaweskeag Historical Society building in South Thomaston is a red former school house and has an excellent meeting room.  It is located next door to the Zimmerman home, which is an old Kalloch homestead. 

Guest speaker was Dianne Bergstedt Boyd who presented an introduction to the Maine Boyds and their Kalloch connection.  Dianne’s husband Richard Boyd, descends from George Boyd who came from Antrim and married Margaret Finley Kalloch (daughter of our common ancestor Finley, who was born in N. Ireland in 1718 and moved to Warren, ME in 1735).  Dianne's Boyd-Kalloch Presentation, Presentation handouts: The Scots in Maine, Scottish Place Names in Maine.  See also: Killough Family Historical Introduction, page has a list of Scotch-Irish (Ulster-Scots) links.

The Kalloch/Boyd connection dates back to the Ulster Scots.  Dianne stressed that not only do we share a historical connection, but a cultural one as well.  Her concluding statements reflect our heritage.  “We (the Kallochs) have fought the enemy, and each other, to maintain our freedom.  We’ve learned to defend ourselves, our family and our land.”  Well said.

For the last four years Richard and Dianne were active with the Saint Andrews Society of Maine, and were the Games Chairs for the last couple of year, as well as the Northeast Director for Clan Boyd International.  More recently they have been involved in the Maine Ulster Scots Project, and last Summer completed an international symposium with speakers from Ulster regarding the Ulster-Scots immigration into Maine and New England prior to the American Revolution.  They also make presentations to schools and historical societies, and have been invited to take their presentations to Fort Ticonderoga this year and Ulster next year.

More recently, the National Scottish Coalition asked Diane and Richard to be the Coordinators for Maine Tartan Day.  This was held on April 6, 2007, and included a parade of clans and pipe bands leading up to the steps of the Maine capitol building, a reading of the National Tartan Day Proclamation, and a presentation to the Governor by John Mann.  John formally presented the Governor with a copy of his book "Maine Ulster Scots on the Coast of Maine."

140th Reunion Minutes