April 2, 2011 marks the birthdate of the arrival of another member of the Gunn family.  Joscelyn Summer Lemke, daughter of Andrew Gunn’s daughter was born at Sutherland Hospital, Sydney.  Andrew and his partner Ruth visited Kelly and her husband Adam in the hospital only hours after Joscelyn was safely delivered on the Saturday morning.  Now three months old, Joscelyn is thriving and Kelly is enjoying her role as mother while she takes maternity leave from her regular job as an editor of a professional news magazine in Sydney CBD.

Kelly, Adam and Joscelyn have recently moved into their house in the Sutherland Shire where they are planning to undertake renovations of their house in the near future.  Looks like they are going to be very busy for some time to come.

Malcolm Gunn has produced another fantastic newsletter. Issue 9 March 2011 is now downloadable from this website.  Click  the “Publications” tab at the top of t his page, then browse down to the section on newsletters, or, simply click on the highlighted link above.

Malcolm has included a really great roundup of news this time.  There is a report of his trip overseas with Jan, his wife, new revelations of family history, family activities and lots more.

Thanks Malcolm.  It looks really great.

Ed

A short while ago I received an email from Ted Gunn (Commissioner, Eastern Canada Branch of the Clan Gunn Society of North America.  He was letting us know that updates on CGSNA activities can be read on their website at www.clangunn.com

This information can be found in the ACTIVITIES section under ACTIVITIES 2010. On the opening page LATEST NEWS, they have presented a new introduction in summary format. Also, in the ARTICLES section, they have posted a new article about Clan Gunn that was written for the program of the Montreal Scottish Festival since they were the honored clan in 2010. In the RESOURCES section, under EXTERIOR LINKS, they used our website as the reference for Clan Gunn Society Australia.

Andrew Gunn(ed)

Malcolm Gunn has recently made additions to the Gunn family book to include updates he has created due to new information he is receiving from people all around the world.  In addition, immediate family are constantly providing new information  and of course we would like all of this to be available to the Gunn, Baikie and Geddes families.  You can access the revised version of the book on the publications page.

Recently Malcolm Gunn has been busy putting together the latest Gunn Newsletter. Issue number 8 for June 2010 has been emailed to a number of our clan. It is also available for download from this website. Go to the Publications page to find a list of all the newsletters available for download or click here for the latest.
Feature stories in the newsletter include

• the Troup family plans to visit Edinburgh
• a report on Kelly Gunn’s marriage in December 2009
• the birth of a couple more family members
• a report on their recent activities from Nicholas and Libby Gunn (grandchildren of Keith and Faye Gunn)
• a report from Joann Cerqueira in USA (grand-daughter of Janet Blyth, Donald Gunn’s younger sister)
• a tribute to the late James Waters (page 354 of the Book)

As Malcolm explains in the newsletter, he has been busy putting together the story of the other side of his family, the “Tank” history and this has caused the long delay between Newsletters 7 and 8.
(Errata: the article on page 2 telling of Kelly Gunn’s marriage to Adam Lemke is accompanied by a picture captioned “Adam and Grace”. This should read “Ben Gunn and Grace”)

Recently Ruth and I were on holiday in Canada where, amongst other things, we visited a fellow clansman in New Brunswick.  Ian Gunn is President of the Clan Gunn Society – Nova Scotia and between us we had made arrangements to meet while we were in his home town of Moncton in New Brunswick.  This was all possible because Ian had first contacted me after reading through our website one day, then emailing as a follow-up. Ian and his wife Sharon were very gracious hosts and we spent an enjoyable evening in a restaurant and later back in their home.

We travelled to lots of different places from Calgary to Jasper, Winnipeg, Toronto, Quebec and drove all the way to Cape Breton and back to Halifax (where we then flew on to New York in order to spend a few days with Ruth’s daughter). Above is a picture of Niagara Falls we took from the air in a helicopter flight.  Our trip to Canada proved most enjoyable and I am currently adding bits and pieces to my personal website for those who have an interest in following this up.

On Thursday 10 December 2009, in Lilli Pilli Park in Cronulla, Sydney, Kelly Gunn married Adam Lemke.

The happy couple went on to attend the reception held in the Cronulla Surf Life Saving Club later that evening, accompanied by over 150 guests.

Friends and relatives gathered from all over Australia, including Kelly’s two cousins from Adelaide, Yiani and Ilya Harpas.  Photos can be seen by clicking on the Photo Gallery tab in the menu above, then clicking on the link to Kelly and Adam’s wedding.

Recently I received an email from from one of our overseas Gunn Clan kin living in Canada. Ted Gunn from the Eastern Canadian branch of the Clan Gunn Society of North America. Ted has found our new website on the internet and wrote to congratulate us on the effort. He is a co-commissioner, with his wife Louise, for the Clan Gunn Society of North America. I have added a link to the Clan Gunn Society of North America website to the list at right for those who would like to find our more about these Canadian relatives within the Clan Gunn.

Ron Martin (page 293 of the book) celebrated his 80th birthday with family and friends on 21/12 2008
Nearly all of the immediate family were there, while Ron’s brother, Bob & Ann, drove over from Sydney. Other cousins attending were Murray Hill from M e l b o u r n e , Susan & John Ga r d e f r om Perth, Jim Gunn & Kathryn Gunn, Bob & Judy Robertson, David Gunn & Helen Wilkins, Malcolm & Jan Gunn