Welcome / Haere Mai

Ceud Mìle Fàilte -

A hundred thousand welcomes

150TH REUNION

HELD : 15/16 MARCH 2008

PLACE: WHANGATEAU (Near Warkworth)

Well the 150th reunion has been and gone - many thanks to those who could attend for fully participating in the celebrations. For those who, for whatever reasons, couldn't attend we missed your company.

To my committee, their spouses and to all who put in a wonderful effort to make the 150th a very successful celebration my sincere thanks.

Des Meiklejohn

Check Photos - many photos from the Reunion weekend are now on the website.

The CD of photos for those who ordered same is being sent out in mid-May. Our gallery is short of photos of Anna Maria, Septimus & Jane, William, Robert & Lemuel. It is also intended to add a panel of photos of the grandchildren and their spouses. Any help with these would be appreciated.

The CD is available from Debbie on the receipt of $8.

An updated page covering the book "The Ships of Omaha 1858 - 1921" - authors Carol & James Ramage - is now on the website. Your support for this excellent publication would be very much welcomed by Carol and James.

The display at the Warkworth Museum put together for our reunion will remail open until mid-July.

A DVD of the restored logs of the journeys of James Strange Mucklejohn is now available.

The DVD contains logs of the following journeys -

1828 Highland Lad - St Johns to London

1828 Brigantine 'Rachel' - London/Genoa/Rio/Valparaiso

1831 Barque 'Industry' - Leith towards Pictou and Quebec

1857 'Union' - Cardiff to South American ports returning to Liverpool

Note - use of picture magnification software improves viewing.

Please order through Debbie Meiklejohn - cost is $15 - make cheques payable to Big Omaha Historical Maritime Trust - P O Box 282, Albany Village, Auckland.

Website recent additions include -

Roll of Honour

Best wishes, Plaudits & Brickbats

Words of times past - poetry and other exchanges

Our Heritage

Full list of Reunion attendees

New photos added including those of the Reunion and from PEI

New photos added to Gallery page - note all old family photos and artifacts are now in this section.

Vintage Transport - Sailing ship stamps

It is intended to add additional content covering the family history of the spouses of JSM, his sons and his grandchildren's spouses. Any material will be be most welcome.

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