2012 Bowersox Family Reunion in Gettysburg, PA
2012
Reunion in Pennsylvania: The 2012 reunion in the
U.S. will be the weekend of July 26, 27, 28 and 29 at the Days Inn
in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
We will be doing a supper at the Dobbin House on Thursday for
early arrivals. Then a free day of shopping, sightseeing, and visiting
until Friday evening when we will have a 5pm supper at Perkins Restaurant
next to the Days Inn. A Friday night get-together/social has been
planned at 7pm at the Days Inn. (See registration form for prices.)
On Saturday, there will be a 10:30 to 12:30 bus tour of the Battle
Ground which will include Bowersox history. Free time is also
available until the Banquet on Saturday which will be at the Days Inn.
You can look forward to great entertainment, a raffle, and the kazoo band.
Sunday church will be at St. Mary's United Church in Silver Run,
Maryland (18 miles south of Gettysburg). It will include a visit to
the cemetery (across the road) and the Johann Bauersachs Family Memorial
Marker.
Here is a
Registration Form for the Reunion.
(Please reserve your hotel room directly with the hotel.)
2011
Family Reunion in Sonneberg, Germany:
The reunion in Germany is now history. Jan reports that 24 Bowersox/Bauersachs kin had a wonderful
adventure in Europe this summer. The trip started off in the Netherlands
where our ancestors left to sail to the U.S. in the 1700s. The journey ended with a delightful and very wonderful reunion in Sonneberg, Germany. There were stops in Amsterdam, Rotterdam and Delft in the Netherlands. Then on to Brussels and Bastogne Belgium, Luxembourg and Strasbourg, France as the trip continued on into Germany with stops in Tubingen, Ulm, Munich and Rothenburg.
Our reunion weekend was hosted by the Bauersachs families in Germany. Our first stop was the Bauersachs Brewery in Sonnefeld followed by a family get together at the Schlossberg Hotel. Tours were planned in the local area on Saturday. In the evening we had a festive banquet which included fabulous meals, lovely music, our kazoo band and dancing to the sound of elderly Horst Fischer's accordion. Recognition with thanks was given to Tom Bowersox, founder of both the genealogy group in the U.S. as well as the group in Germany. Tom passed away on December 15, 2010.
On Sunday, we worshipped at St. Nikolas Church in Judenbach which dates back to the 1400s. Communion was served from the original chalice. Carolyn and Cathy sang beautifully and Gary
rendered lovely music on their Bach organ. Jan presented a monetary gift to the church in Tom's honor.
At lunch at the Forsthaus, we were joined by the mayor of
Judenbach and his wife. After lunch with numerous "good
bye's" our bus and wonderful driver/guide whisked us back on the
highway through Coberg, Bamberg and Wurzburg to our final
destination in Frankfurt. Here we spent the night before
our flight back to the States.
Here's a link to
a PDF document: news article
that appeared in the Sonneberg newspaper in Germany in regard to the
Reunion.
I hope you have taken time to read the "travelogue of the daily
adventures" provided by Kathy Bowersox Hutchens in the last
newsletter from Jan.
Here's a link to some photos which
Jan has shared.
THANKS to Sue Bowersox Anderson in coordinating our adventure
daily and to Carolyn Baldwin for directing the Kazoo band.
Also, THANKS to the German Reunion Committee planners for a
delightful weekend party.
Contact Info: Jan Bowersox
Address: 15969 Avenida Venusto
#1515
San Diego, CA 92128
Phone: 858 - 673-3750.
Email:
janbowersox@cs.com
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