The reunion started at 10 am at St Mary’s the Virgin on Hart Street at 10am, where everyone said hello, talked places, and enjoyed a break from the rain. Then we went inside the church when the skies opened up (yes, this is England :)). After that we all went around town enjoying the sites. At 1pm we met up at the Chocolate Cafe for tea and talk.

Tea at the Chocolate Cafe!

After tea, we all headed to the Town Hall to see the plaque honouring our ancestor George Paulin, who was mayor twice in the 19C.

At Richard Paulin’s grave in St Mary’s church yard.

The Swan Inn which was owned by Richard Paulin in 1814.

Trinity Church yard – location of grave of George Paulin, marked with a flag 🙂

Then there was dinner in the evening at the Bull on Bell. It was a great meal, and wonderful to see everyone!

If anyone has pictures of the reunion to share – please do.

It is now 76 days from the reunion to be held 15 July in Henley-on-Thames. Check out the logo – the oak leaf for England, the maple leaf for Canada and the star for the United States. Every event needs a logo 🙂

The event will be pretty relaxed. There is a map (see previous post) that I made outlining the places of interest in town which is connected to the Paulin(e) family lived, worked, and worshipped. Contact me for the proper jpg copy of the map. I will also bring it with me at the reunion. Family members can wander the streets and imagine how our ancestors lived. And marvel at how many pubs we were involved with. Our main meeting place will be St Mary’s of the Virgin Church were some of our ancestors are buried. Some of their gravestones are still extant!

Plans are being made for a cream tea and a dinner. If you are interested in participating in these meals please contact me, I will need numbers in order to find and book restaurants.

If you have suggestions for the meals – please contact me. I don’t live in the UK, and would love local advice.

There is also a guidebook I made outlining places of interest in England associated with the family in places like Birmingham, Norfolk, London, Leigh-on-Sea, etc.

This is a post which is an act of utter hopefulness. There has been talk of another reunion for the family – this time in England. So here is the rather vague plan, covid and all that depending.

All the descendants, cousins, et al, will meet in Henley-on-Thames for a day or two of reunion, and then we visit all our relatives situated all over Britain, or whatever, in 2023. I am thinking the middle or end of July – after the Henley Regatta (ie less busy and expensive).

Henley-on-Thames is where Frederick Paulin sr was born in 1831, and lived until 1874. His father George was mayor of Henley, and the family owned a few pubs and so forth in town before that. It seems the best place for the fun.

Mark your calendars in pencil, and pray for better more open times.

I know that I have not added a great deal of content on the Paulin family webpage. It has been a combination of time and limited content. But today I updated some of the individual pages with basic family information, so that they are not empty.

Of course I welcome any submissions from family members, suggestions, and so forth to add to individual pages, the blog, or corrections to my charts. I would love it if this was a more collaborative project – so please feel free to interject, add, etc.

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