The 141st Kalloch Reunion
Will be held on
Saturday, August 16, 2008
at the Wessaweskeag Historical Society Bldg.
in South Thomaston, Maine
Our 141st reunion will be held August 16 at the Wessaweskeag Historical Society Building in South Thomaston, which is located in the former red school house, corner of Route 73 and Dublin Road. The Historical Society will again cater the lunch. We had a great time there last year, and according to our President, this year will be even better. He has certainly spent a great deal of time working on the agenda and program. Do come and enjoy!
The reunion committee has developed a program for the 141st reunion that we believe will really get your fancy. Simplified, it is a “PGP” event, meaning prizes, genealogy and photo-op. A raffle and auction will be added to events. We hope to add some entertainment as well, if we have a good turn out of attendees. There are events considered after the reunion, such as a tour of the area and/or dinner. As always, any donations will be appreciated to defray costs. Thank you. I look forward to seeing you all at the reunion. Alex Gross, President.
2008 Kalloch Family Reunion Reservation Form - Print, then fill in your information and mail to the address on the form.
Google map of South Thomaston - This is a map of the area described in the directions at the bottom of the above Reunion Reservation form.
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."
