Need Feedback of interest in Kettenring/Catron/Ketron Family Reunion
Quite a few people have been inquiring about a Kettenring/Catron/Ketron etc. family
reunion. It has been 5 or 6 years since we have had one, so I thought I might try to get
one organized, if, I have enough response from people who are interested in coming. As
most of you probably know, it takes a good bit of work to get a reunion organized, so I
don't want to spend the time & energy (of which I have very little) on this endeavor, if we
are only going to have a handful of people interested.
The last few times when we had a Kettenring family reunion, although we had several
folks in attendance, most of them were from the local area and not many from out the
state, or the county, for that matter. I would hope to change that this time and get folks to
come from all over the country. In fact, if any of you know descendants that still live in
Germany, that you would like to invite, that would be great as well.
So here is the tentative plan. This reunion will be for all decendants and allied families of
the Kettenring/Kettering/Ketring/Cattron/Catron/Ketron/Katron (and all other spellings of
the name) family, Since my direct line ancestors wound up in Sullivan County,
Tennessee, and since that is where I grew up and still have family and friends, that is
where I would propose that we hold it. Since it is too late to plan it for this year, I also
propose to have this next summer (2003), preferably before it gets to hot. I am open to
suggestions on a time etc. My thoughts are maybe to hold this over a two day weekend
and to have one day, or part of a day set aside for those of you who want to swap
genealogy information. The other day would be for socializing, eating, and getting
acquainted and reacquainted with others in attendance, etc.
As all of you know, all of this will take funding. As it would not be fair for one or two
people to pay for the cost of a reunion, we would need to take donations to pay for the
cost. so with this in mind, please e-mail, write or phone me and let me know if you are
interested and willing to share in the cost, and any other suggestions that you might have
regarding a time, or other suggestions about any other activities that you would like have
at the reunion.
I will wait to hear from all of you and will get back to you again to let you know what kind
of response we have had & to make further plans.
Thanks and hope to hear from all of you soon.
Betty Bishop Willoughby
11353 Highway 1064
Tickfaw, La 70466
225-567-1309
You can find my e-mail address by clicking on my name at the top of the page.