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2006 Delong Family Reunion and Picnic

Here is the four page, folding, 2006 Invitation as a PDF file ,

And the last Delong Family Newsletter for 2004 as a PDF file ,

And some Photos from the last 2004 Reunion Picnic.

Map and Location:

Shelter#2, is adjacent to the beach and the children’s playground.
The 2006 Reunion location should provide activities for all age levels. The zoo is popular with both tourists and local citizenry for its variety of animals, kids' playground, picnic facilities, gardens, disc golf, and min-train tours across the Otonabee River.


Click above for large map.
  • Signs will be posted at the entrance.


1981 Reunion Photo

What to bring:
  • the Family!
  • a picnic lunch (although snack bar is on the grounds)
  • family trees
  • old photos, documents, and heirlooms
  • lawn chairs!
  • balls, bats, Frisbees, etc.
  • cameras
  • bathing suit , life jacket for little kids (fishing gear and fishing license for adults)
Who should come:
If a DELONG appears anywhere in your family tree we are eager to meet you.
Our reunions are informal gatherings that allow anyone with a family connection, from near and far, to become reacquainted, share stories, take photos, and enjoy picnic fare. Delong genealogists may wish to photocopy documents/photos, share computer files and revise the family tree charts. Perhaps your grandmother or great-grandmother was a DELONG. If so, please join us; you may find out more about your family and help others do the same.
Everyone is encouraged to bring information to share, to mingle and to have a pleasant day.
It is not necessary that DELONG be your last name.

Please, bring photo albums, old bibles, documents and heirlooms to the reunion.
How You Can Help:
Please, pass copies of this invitation to to those who would enjoy making or renewing family friendships, and folks who may be interested in finding out more about the history of the DELONGs.
On a few occasions we have published a newsletter. The deciding factor in making a newsletter is whether or not enough new material is donated. So, if you have stories, some photos - anything of interest - send them along by mail or e-mail. Newsletters are re-published on the website.
If you have information about new additions to families or newly discovered relatives, who should be included in our family tree display, you may write, phone, send e-mail, or visit the home page of Dan and Anne Delong. (See the box in the right hand column.)

Query 1

My husband's paternal grandmother was Marie Lorene Delong who came to California as a 6 year old orphan supposedly to live with a sister. She has proved to be one of those "paperless" persons who leaves NO tangible paper trail regarding birthplace (rumoured to be Bordeaux, France) or names of her parents, residence, etc. Marie grew up, attended St. Mary's of the Mts. convent in Virginia City, Nevada, taught school in Ward, Nevada and later married Edwin Joseph Murray. That much of her history has been researched plus all of her descendants. It's her ''beginnings" that are so elusive and we have wondered if her French parents perhaps emigrated to Canada and then succumbed to the rigors of the frontier life there, leaving Marie an orphan.
Any clues will be welcomed with deep gratitude. Reply to Lucille Murray (California)
lucillemurray@earthlink.net

Query 2

I am from the Joseph DeLong family who came to Wisconsin from Russelltown, Quebec. Joseph died there in 1857 from blood poisoning. His widow, Anna Hannegan, and the rest of the family came around 1859. We think that Joseph's father was Ezekul and he may have been born in Clinton County, New York or in Vermont. Ezekul's wife may have been Mary. If anyone would know about Joseph or Ezekul, I would be interested in hearing from them.

I could send you a print out of what I have on the DeLong family. My line goes from Joseph to William Frederick to Edgar, to Earl, then my mother Lonaverne and me Marilyn Galoff.

Thank you
Marilyn Galoff mjgaloff@wwt.net
Query 3: I am doing the Delong family tree and may need your help, if you can help? Here is what I have so far:
1. James Phillip Delong (son of Justus K. Delong and Mathilda Phillip) b. 3 Nov 1833 in South Crosby; d. 18 July 1870 ?; married 14 Feb. 1856 ?; wife: Sarah Candace Merrill (daughter of John B. Merrill and Martha Blake - no information on her). Sarah remarried John P. Purcelle (no other information on this).
 
2. Justus K. Delong (son of George Delong and Triphina Ketchum) b. 1808 in Vermont; d. ?; m. 16 June 1828 ? to wife: Mathilda Phillip (daughter of James Phillip and ?) b. 8 Oct 1810 - and second wife: Maria Louise Day (daughter of ??) m. 13 Oct. 1841 in South Crosby, Marie L. died 1870.
 
3. John B. Merrill (son of ?? b. 1809) and married in Frontenac ?Martha Blake (daughter of Daniel Blake and Hannah Cronk) b. about 1813 in Canada; d. 1890 in Brant Co., Ontario.
 
This is my ggreat grandfather line - George Wallace Pennock (son of Philemon Pennock and Chloe Brown) married to Harriet Armintha (Arminte) Delong (daughter of James Phillip Delong and Sarah Candace Merrill).
Sure hope someone can help me in this matter because I am really stuck there and cannot seem to open anywhere.
Thank you,
Monique Barlow
rabom@hotmail.com

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Peterborough, Ontario 
Sunday, August 20, 2006 
Riverview Park and Zoo 
10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. 
 picnic shelter #2
Water Street North (Hwy. 29)
Peterborough, Ontario
CANADA

Dan and Anne Delong,  67 Scugog Street,  Bowmanville, Ontario,  Canada,  L1C 3H9

Only in the case of severe, inclement weather will the picnic be canceled.
If necessary, we will make last minute arrangements for an indoor display of genealogy information, and set up the computer, large family charts and the photocopier.
The local number to call for such last minute information is 1-705-742-4585
(the Peterborough home of Betty Delong).

About the DELONG Family (reprinted from the 1998 invitation)

The genealogy of the DELONG family has been traced back to the late 1600s, when Arie Fransen de Lange married Rachel Jansen Pier (an immigrant from Amsterdam, Holland) in the Kingston (New York) area. The three sons and seven daughters from their marriage have produced thousands of descendants living all over North America.

After the American Revolution, many members of the DELONG family left the United States and came to Ontario, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. Information about these early pioneers is scarce, since there were few government or church records kept at that time.

Other DELONGs came later to take advantage of opportunities to purchase inexpensive farm land.
Many of the children of these farming families later migrated to western Canada and the United States as new land opened up.


Christina and Sandi Aug 2004


The Photo CD contains updated content, but it's not too late to add more images. Include your best historical family photos on the 2006 CD by sending them as jpg files over the Internet, or by mailing a CD to Dan and Anne. Or, send us the actual photos for scanning. Or, drop them off at Betty's.Then, pick them up at the reunion. 
Furthermore, of you obtained a CD in 2004, please check it over for missing names or other inaccuacies so that we can improve the 2006 version. Perhaps this version will need to be on DVD. We'll see.