The Towndrow Global Family Reunion is held in a somewhere in the world every 2 to 3 years.

 

1998                Raton, New Mexico, USA

2000           Matlock, Derbyshire, England

2002           Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, Canada

2005           Malvern, Worcestershire, England          

 

The next family reunion will be held in Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, in September 2007.

The weekend will include:

 

Friday 28^th September – Meet in Sydney for a cruise on the Harbour. 

 

http://www.captaincook.com.au/home.asp

 

A coach will then take you on a tour of Sydney, stopping at Christ Church St. Lawrence. This is where Benjamin Towndrow married Rhoda Brooks on the 5^th April 1851. Benjamin was born in 1807 at Bedford, England, and was the first Towndrow to arrive in Australia.

 

http://www.sydney.com.au/

 

The coach will then travel 2 hours north to Newcastle where guests can book into their accommodation, “Warners at the Bay”.

 

http://www.warnersatthebay.com.au/

 

The motel is only a 3 minute stroll to the Willows Uniting Church, where most of the weekend’s activities will take place.

  

Saturday 29^th September – Gather at the Willows Uniting Church, Warners Bay to catch up with Towndrow’s from all parts of the world including, England, Canada and the United States, as well as the various Australian Towndrow families.

 

All Towndrow families can trace their roots back to either one of the 2 Benjamin’s who lived in Derbyshire, England in the early 1700’s. Either Benjamin Towndrow (b1704) married Dorothy Bunting in 1728, or Benjamin Towndrow (b1684) who married Anne Grannah in 1713. View the giant Family Tree compiled by Art Towndrow from New Mexico. Ralph Towndrow of England will update us with all of his latest research. There will also be presentations by Towndrow families from all parts of the globe.

In the evening, it would be our pleasure if you could attend the dinner and celebrate the TOWNDROW name.

 

Sunday 30^th September – We join our coach again for a morning tour of Newcastle’s points of interest including: Fort Scratchley, Christ Church Cathedral, King Edward Park, the beaches, as well as the Harbour.

 

http://www.visitnewcastle.com.au/visitnewcastle.asp

 

We will also stop at the Sandgate Cemetery to visit a Towndrow family grave. The grave includes:  Rhoda Towndrow (nee Brooks) (1821-1896), her son Job (1853-1924) and his wife Elizabeth (nee Norman) (1854-1931). Job was Benjamin and Rhoda’s only surviving child, who moved to Newcastle in the mid 1800’s. Job married Elizabeth Norman at Wickham in 1876.

 

http://www.towndrow.co.uk/Archive/Job-b1853%20&%20Elizabeth.jpg

 

We will then return to Warner’s Bay to enjoy an afternoon tea, and wrap up the weekend.

 

For further information please contact Glenn Towndrow (Australia).

 

Email:   gtowndrow@xstratacoal.com.au

Web:    www.towndrow.co.uk

 

We look forward to seeing you there.

 

2007 Reunion Committee