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Announcement #1
Announcement #2
Post-gathering Report #1
Post-gathering Report #2
Down the Ohio and Westward
Twelfth Gathering
of the Ewing Family Association
Quality Inn, Gallipolis, Ohio
20-23 September 2012
Organizers: Wallace k. and Jane Ewing
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As promised in the Gathering 2012 Announcement, the Association held its twelfth Gathering September 21-23, 2012, in Gallipolis, Ohio. Some 42 persons were in attendance for the main sessions, with 5 more who came to the Saturday banquet.
Breaking News!
At its meeting at the conclusion of the Gather, the EFA Board of Directors made several decisions of note. More information will be forthcoming, but two special items can be mentioned here:
Ewing Archives to Move
As we discussed in the General Meeting, the Archives Committee recommended that we accept the offer of the Allen County Public Library, Ft. Wayne, IN, to house and digitize the extensive materials that EFA has been keeping at the Cecil County Historical Society. The Board has accepted that recommendation and the transfer is beginning. Chancellor and Board Chair Wally Ewing has led the way with his contribution of his family record records to ACPL. (See them at www.genealogycenter.info/search_ewing.php. ) It will take several years for the digitization to be completed.
The 2014 EFA Gathering will be in Ft. Wayne, Indiana!
The EFA will return to Ft. Wayne for the first time since 2006 for its 13th biennial meeting. The Allen County Public Library will provide meeting space.
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1st INTERNATIONAL CLAN EWING GATHERING
AUGUST 27- SEPTEMBER 2, 2019
DUNOON, COWAL, SCOTLAND
Will include visits to Clan Ewen castle sites.
Interested in traveling with a Ewing group??????
For information in the US, contact Beth Ewing Toscos: (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)
For information In the UK, contact John Thor Ewing: (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)
Accommodations are at a premium due to Cowal Highland Games, in which we intend to participate.
PLEASE make your decision soon! We will help with the reservations.......
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The Ewing Family Association will meet this year in Philadelphia for the 16th Biennial EFA Gathering. We’ll spend time not only in historic Philadelphia, but also in< Greenwich, NJ, home of Thomas Ewing, immigrant Ewing from Ireland. Thomas was father of Maskell and grandfather of Amy Ewing Patterson.
EFA member Bruce Frobes has chronicled Amy’s life and the lives of her family, including husband and director of the U.S. Mint (1806-1824), Robert Patterson.
If you have read the last three issues of the Ewing Family Journal, you’ve been introduced to William Belford Ewing. Family member Grace Ewing Thompson will provide a walk-around of some of the historic homes in Greenwich, which William Belford called home.
Bruce has provided numerous articles for the Ewing Family Journal sharing with us the very special and exceptional life of Amy.
The Philadelphia Gathering is scheduled for Sept. 18-20, 2020. A full schedule and participant pricing will be available March 15 at www.ewingfamilyassociation.org and an application form will accompany the May Issue of the Ewing Family Journal.
[Extracted from the Feb., 2020 EFA Newsletter. For more details, please read the full PDF file or see all recent EFA Newsletters.]
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1st INTERNATIONAL CLAN EWING GATHERING
WAS HELD
AUGUST 27- SEPTEMBER 2, 2019
DUNOON, COWAL, SCOTLAND
Many more photos at Scotland, 2019 - Photos
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Announcement
Post-gathering Report
Making Connections
Ninth Gathering
of the Ewing Family Association
Don Hall's Guesthouse, Fort Wayne, Indiana
21-24 September 2006
Organizers: David Neal Ewing, Beth (Ewing) Toscos
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Announcement
Post-gathering Report #1
Post-gathering Report #2
Echoes of the Shenandoah
Tenth Gathering
of the Ewing Family Association
Hampton Inn - North, Winchester, Virginia
18-21 September 2008
Organizer: Mary (Ewing) Gosline
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Echoes of the Shenandoah
Tenth Gathering of Clan Ewing
Winchester, Frederick County, Virginia
September 18-21, 2008
Pictures taken by David Ewing, Wally Ewing, Alisa Mitchell and Bill Riddle at the gathering were collected by Mary Gosline and posted to the Internet using Shutterfly. Click here to view the pictures collected by Mary Gosline.
Echoes of the Shenandoah - the theme for the 2008 Gathering of Clan Ewing - focused our attention on the Ewing families who migrated to, settled in, and traveled through the lower Shenandoah Valley. Attendees listened for the echoes of those early Ewings who were among the first settlers of Frederick County, Virginia, as well as their descendants who made their homes in the Shenandoah Valley through the last 270 years. William Ewing's family -- one of the few original families known to be remaining in the Winchester-Stephens City area -- was a special focus for the gathering.
The logo of overflowing apple baskets surrounding a wagon reminded us of the pioneers who carried apple seeds in their pockets to begin new settlements in the valley and the importance of the Great Philadelphia Wagon Road (PDF), the migration route which brought settlers to this area and beyond. Both symbols relate to important industries in the Northern Shenandoah Valley. Groves of apple trees line the country roads of Frederick County for miles. Winchester, the center of the apple industry in the valley, is home to the annual Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival in May and the Apple Harvest Festival in September. From the 1790s to the 1850s Stephensburg (Stephens City) was the center of the wagon making trade in Virginia.
Attendees heard the stories of early pioneers, the Civil War soldiers from both North and South, and the citizens of today. They also heard the footsteps of folks walking through the valley and the sounds of wagon wheels rolling along the ruts in the road. They were introduced to the spirits in the slave kitchen of the Wayside Inn. They listened to the music of Patsy Cline. They tasted the delicacies of southern cooking. They imagined the beauty of the apple blossoms in spring and savored the fall colors in September.
This section of the web site provides Context-Setting Reports related to this celebration. Historical and genealogical reports provide background for the gathering. Other reports showcase places of interest which guests included in their visit to Virginia and the Frederick County area. There are also Tidbits which enhanced the attendees' knowledge of the area.
Subcategories
Gathering 2008
(2008)
Gathering 2012
The 2012 EFA Gathering is to be held Sept. 20-23, 2012 at Gallipolis, Ohio.
Gathering 2016
EFA Gathering for 2016 - Saline MI, July 8-10
Gathering 2018
The 2018 Gathering of the Ewing Family Association will be held August 17-19, 2018, in Nashville TN.
