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Full disclosure; this is my family reunion. And the exhibit is a bit extravagant in that regard. It has 158 images.
So … Wait for a rainy day. Make yourself a cup of tea. Have a little nap part way through.
My mother Elsie was 7th of 12 surviving children born to John Murray Hogg and Elizabeth (Gibson) Hogg; James, Mary, Bill, Jennie, Jack, Murray, Elsie, Ethel, Annie, Betty, Archie and Edie. James Hogg and his wife Deborah had 5 surviving children; Dave, Jimmy, John, George and Alice Hogg.
On July 22/23 1988 their descendants gathered at the Big Woody Hall for a reunion.
We were joined by several guests from England; John, Marjorie, Colin and Susan Graham, Fred and Elsie Lloyd, Derek and Jason Johnston and Pat Stalker.
A huge shout out to my cousins, Edna and Leone, the sisters Hanson for all their organization and planning and to all who pitched in. The birthday calendar, the Hogg family cookbook (in use to this day), ceramics by Lois, pancake breakfast; for all the planning, work and time invested … Bravo!
Through recollection and with the assistance of the family, names have been applied to the people in the photographs; if there are any errors or omissions please respond in the comments section or by the email address at the bottom of the page. I have provided a reference number following the caption for reference.
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Kristi Hogg with balloons, Hogg family reunion, Swan River Mb (001)
Ethel (Hogg) and Jim Brown at Hogg family reunion, Swan River Mb (002)
Art amd Marion (Hogg) Hiscock at Hogg family reunion, Swan River Mb (003)
Art Hiscock, Les and George Alderson and Jack Hogg at Hogg family reunion, Swan River Mb (004)
Edna (Hanson) LeBeau at registration table, Hogg family reunion, Swan River Mb (005)
Edna (Hanson) LeBeau, Hogg family reunion, Swan River Mb (006)
Archie Hogg (center right) Hogg family reunion, Swan River Mb (007)
Family at registration for Hogg family reunion, Swan River Mb (008)
Helen and George Morehouse, Hogg family reunion, Swan River Mb (009)
Marion and Art Hiscock (left bg) and Allan Carrier (center) and Louis Bourguignon at Hogg family reunion, Swan River Mb (010)
Bev amd Kay (Hogg) Staniland at Hogg family reunion, Swan River Mb. In the background L. to r. Bruce Staniland, Jim Brown, Betty (Hogg) Gilmore and Stewart Brown (011)
June Alderson and Mary (Fierstine) Barrow looking at family birthday calendar, Hogg family reunion, Swan River Mb (012)
Leone (Hanson) Delamere and Rene Eichler at Hogg family reunion, Swan River Mb (013)
Tracey Harvey at Hogg family reunion, Swan River Mb (014)
Monica (Hogg) Gamble, Beverly (Alderson) Cox and Barb Ames, Hogg family reunion, Swan River Mb (015)
Susan Graham, Harvey and Carolyn (Palmer) Baldwin at Hogg family reunion, Swan River Mb (016)
Unidentified, Alvin Cox and Margaret Bruker, Hogg family reunion, Swan River Mb (017)
Lois Hogg, Hogg family reunion, Swan River Mb (018)
Lois Hogg, Michelle (LeBeau) and Rene Eichler and Leone (Hanson) Delamere, Hogg family reunion, Swan River Mb (019)
Duncan Campbell and June Alderson at Hogg family reunion, Swan River Mb (020)
Maria Brown at Hogg family reunion, Swan River Mb (021)
Marion (Brown) Church and Murray Hogg at Hogg family reunion, Swan River Mb (022)
Mary (Hogg) Alderson (seated), Dorothy (Hogg) Coulter and Marion (Hogg) Hiscock (center) at memory table, Hogg family reunion, Swan River Mb (023)
Blair Alderson, Stewart Brown and unidentified at Hogg family reunion, Swan River Mb (024)
Betty (Hogg) and Kara Eggie at Hogg family reunion, Swan River Mb (025)
Neil Brown and Logan Healey at Hogg family reunion, Swan River Mb (026)
L. to r. John Graham, Bob and Gail (Caverly) Rhealt, Cam Caverly, Vivian (Holmes) and Lori Barrow at Hogg family reunion, Swan River Mb (027)
David Brown and Kristi Hogg at Hogg family reunion, Swan River Mb (028)
Allyson Brown and Cameron Church at Hogg family reunion, Swan River Mb (029)
Baseball warm up at Hogg family reunion, Swan River Mb (030)
Dorothy (Hogg) Coulter, Vida (Hogg) Caverly and Audrey (Alderson) Withers at Hogg family reunion, Swan River Mb (031)
L. to r. Derek Johnston, Richard Gamble, Fred Lloyd, Hogg family reunion, Swan River Mb (032)
Christopher Church (standing center) and June Bourguignon (seated, center), Hogg family reunion, Swan River Mb (033)
Marie and Jimmy Hogg (left) at Hogg family reunion, Swan River Mb (034)
Linda and Duncan Campbell and family at Hogg family reunion, Swan River Mb (035)
Lori, Vivian, Tommy and Roy Barrow at Hogg family reunion, Swan River Mb (036)
George Barrow and Stewart Brown at Hogg family reunion, Swan River Mb (037)
L. to r. David Brown, Les and George Alderson and Jim Brown, Hogg family reunion, Big Woody Hall, Swan River Mb (038)
Joyce (Barrow) Mills and Stewart Brown at Hogg family reunion, Swan River Mb (039)
Anne (Scott) and Lawrence Snider arriving for the pancake breakfast for the Hogg family reunion, Swan River Mb (040)
Lawrence Snider, the chef for the pancake breakfast for the Hogg family reunion, Swan River Mb (041)
Brad Hogg pitching in at pancake breakfast at Hogg family reunion, Swan River Mb (042)
Carolyn and Harvey Baldwin at Hogg family reunion, Swan River Mb (043)
Melanie Gilmore, George Barrow and Mary (Fierstine) Barrow at Hogg family reunion, Swan River Mb (044)
Josephine (Hogg) and Tracey Harvey at Hogg family reunion, Swan River Mb (045)
David Brown, Elsie Lloyd, Pat Stalker, Beth Brown and Fred Lloyd at Hogg family reunion, Swan River Mb (046)
Leone (Hanson) Delamere and Tom Barrow at Hogg family reunion, Swan River Mb (047)
Lionel Hanson and son with Evelyn Brown at Hogg family reunion, Swan River Mb (048)
Ethel (Hogg) Brown, Marge and Ryan Hanson, Josephine (Hogg) and Tracey Harvey at Hogg family reunion, Swan River Mb (049)
Matthew Delamere and Jason Johnston at Hogg family reunion, Swan River Mb (050)
Jack Hogg and Marilyn Griffith at Hogg family reunion, Swan River Mb (051)
Leone (Hanson) and Shaun Delamere with Tom Barrow at Hogg family reunion, Swan River Mb (052)
Marion (Hogg) Hiscock, Donna (Hogg) Staniland, unidentified, Allan Carrier (center) and Jackie (Hogg) Collie (right) at Hogg family reunion, Swan River MB (053)
Lesley Ann Wood (right) at Hogg family reunion, Swan River Mb (054)
George and Helen Morehouse, Elsie Lloyd, Roy Barrow (bg) and Bruce Hogg at Hogg family reunion, Swan River Mb (055)
Shirley (Barrow) Wood, Tom and Roy Barrow at Hogg family reunion, Swan River Mb (056)
Jean (Hogg) and Arnand “Shorty” Carrier at Hogg family reunion, Swan River Mb (057)
Marilyn Griffith, Ione Staniland, Robert Collie and Chantelle Beauchesne (right) at Hogg family reunion, Swan River Mb (058)
Mary (Hogg) Alderson and Darlene Speer at Hogg family reunion, Swan River Mb (059)
Myles and Matthew Robblee at Hogg family reunion, Swan River Mb (060)
Leone (Hanson) Delamere and friend at Hogg family reunion, Swan River Mb (061)
John Graham and Ron Gilmore at Hogg family reunion, Swan River Mb (062)
Shirley (Barrow) Wood, Joyce (Barrow) Mills and Linda Campbell at Hogg family reunion, Swan River Mb (063)
Pat Stalker, Marjorie and Susan Graham and Jim Brown at Hogg family reunion, Swan River Mb (064)
Kathy (Brandson) Eggie, Betty (Hogg) Gilmore and Joan Gilmore at Hogg family reunion, Swan River Mb (065)
Edna (Hanson) LeBeau, Elsie and Fred Lloyd, Verneece (Hogg) Eggie and Gail (Caverly) Hall at Hogg family reunion, Swan River Mb (066)
Brown family leading service at Hogg family reunion, Swan River Mb. L. to r. Marion (Brown) and Christopher Church, Beth (Boyce) Brown, Kristi Hogg, Laurel and David Brown. (067)
Service at Hogg family reunion, Swan River Mb (068)
Jim Brown, Bruce Hogg, Blair Alderson and Tracey Harvey at Hogg family reunion, Swan River Mb (069)
Myles Robblee and friends at Hogg family reunion, Swan River Mb (070)
Robert Collie and Armand “Shorty” Carrier playing horseshoes at Hogg family reunion, Swan River Mb. Spectators on right … L. to r. Tracey Harvey, Brad Hogg, Earl Brown, unidentified and Chantelle Beauchesne. (071)
Jean (Hogg) Carrier and unidentified, horseshoe match, Hogg family reunion, Swan River Mb (072)
Chantelle Beauchesne and Tarilee Collie at Hogg family reunion, Swan River Mb (073)
Unidentified fence walker at Hogg family reunion, Swan River Mb (074)
Roy Barrow, Tracey Harvey and Brad Hogg looking at Roy’s trout flies at Hogg family reunion, Swan River Mb (075)
Roy Barrow with a match for any hatch, trout flies, at Hogg family reunion, Swan River Mb (076)
Brett and Edna (Hanson) LeBeau at Hogg family reunion, Swan River Mb (077)
L. to r. Charles Brown, Cameron Church, Allyson Brown and Nicki Beauchesne at the Hogg family reunion, Swan River Mb (078)
Nickie and Chantal Beauchesne at Hogg family reunion, Swan River Mb (079)
Lori Barrow, Jack Grieder, Vivian (Holmes) and Tom Barrow at Hogg family reunion, Swan River Mb (080)
Kara Eggie at Hogg family reunion, Swan River Mb (081)
Line up at refreshment booth at Hogg family reunion, Swan River Mb (082)
George Barrow, Neil and Loretta Brown and Lois Hogg at refreshment booth, Hogg family reunion, Swan River Mb (083)
Coreene Caverly, Kristi Hogg and Matthew Delamere in refreshment booth at Hogg family reunion, Swan River Mb (084)
Bruce and Donna (Hogg) Staniland at refreshment booth at Hogg family reunion, Swan River Mb (085)
Matthew Delamere and Mary Barrow in refreshment booth at Hogg family reunion, Swan River Mb (086)
John, Marie and Jimmy Hogg at Hogg family reunion, Swan River Mb (087)
Happiness is… the Hogg family reunion, Swan River Mb (088)
Kathy (Brandson) Eggie, Cathy Wenstob and Dylan Brandson at Hogg family reunion, Swan River Mb (089)
Marilyn Griffth (left) and Melvin Staniland (right) at Hogg family reunion, Swan River Mb (090)
Richard and Monica (Hogg) Gamble, Elsie Lloyd, Susan Graham, Marjorie Graham, Helen Morehouse and Pat Stalker at Hogg family reunion, Swan River Mb (091)
Marilyn Griffith (center) and Bev Staniland at Hogg family reunion, Swan River Mb (092)
Tracey Harvey at Hogg family reunion, Swan River Mb (093)
Betty (Hogg) Eggie, Donna (Hogg) Staniland, Judy (Hogg) and Gerald McDole at Hogg family reunion, Swan River Mb (094)
Tracey Harvey and Cam Caverly at bat, Hogg family reunion, Swan River Mb (095)
George Barrow and Joyce (Barrow) Mills at Hogg family reunion, Swan River Mb (096)
Don Brown, Duncan Campbell, Christopher Church and Jason Johnston at Hogg family reunion, Swan River Mb (097)
Tracy Harvey, Kathy (Brandson) Eggie (bg) and Derek Johnson at bat, Hogg family reunion, Swan River Mb (098)
Murray Hogg and Josephine (Hogg) Harvey at Hogg family reunion, Swan River Mb (099)
Kathy (Brandson) Eggie, Lyndon Brown, Darlene Brown, unidentified(x2) at Hogg family reunion, Swan River Mb (100)
Cathy Werbicki, Dorothy (Hogg) Coulter and Christopher Church at Hogg family reunion, Swan River Mb (101)
The boys and girl of summer, Hogg family reunion, Swan River Mb (102)
Frank Cole and friend at Hogg family reunion, Swan River Mb (103)
Shannon and Chris Hanson at Hogg family reunion, Swan River Mb (104)
Stealing home at the Hogg family reunion, Swan River Mb (105)
Everet and Rene Eichler at Hogg family reunion, Swan River Mb (106)
Tracey Harvey (catcher) and Jason Johnston at bat, Hogg family reunion, Swan River Mb (107)
Richard and Monica (Hogg) Gamble, Barry Eggie and Cathy Wenstob at Hogg family reunion, Swan River Mb (108)
Probably the worst seat at the ball game, Hogg family reunion, Swan River Mb (109)
Goodie Hanson at Hogg family reunion, Swan River Mb (110)
Earl Brown, Frank Cole and Blaine Healey at Hogg family reunion, Swan River Mb (111)
Jayme Eggie, Hogg family reunion, Swan River Mb (112)
Cathy Wenstob and Dylan at Hogg family reunion, Swan River Mb (113)
Hogg family reunion, Swan River Mb (114)
Hogg family reunion, Swan River Mb (115)
Hogg family reunion, Swan River Mb (116)
Stacey Bourguignon, Glenn Eggie, Verneece (Hogg) Eggie and unidentified at Hogg family reunion, Swan River Mb (117)
Matthew Robblee and friend at Hogg family reunion, Swan River Mb (118)
Vinetta (Hogg) and Red Sabiston at Hogg family reunion, Swan River Mb (119)
Josephine (Hogg) Harvey, Gerald McDole, Murray Hogg and Betty (Hogg) Gilmore at Hogg family reunion, Swan River Mb (120)
Mary (Hogg) Alderson with quilt and Shirley (Barrow) Wood at Hogg family reunion, Swan River Mb (121)
Edie (Hogg) Hanson and friend at Hogg family Reunion, Swan River Mb (122)
Lois and Brad Hogg (bg) and Marie Barrow at Hogg family reunion, Swan River Mb (123)
Marion (Hogg) and Art Hiscock and family, Stacey, Louis and June Bourguignon, at Hogg family reunion, Swan River Mb (124)
Don Brandson, Cathy Wenstob holding Dylan, Richard and Monica (Hogg) Gamble, Barry Eggie, Cliff, Bruce and Lois Hogg. Kneeling; Brad Hogg, Kathy (Brandson) Eggie and Kristi Hogg at Hogg family reunion, Swan River Mb (125)
Brad, Cliff, Bruce, Kristi and Lois Hogg at Hogg family reunion, Swan River Mb (126)
Vida (Hogg) Caverly, Cam Caverly, Andrew Hall, Gayle (Caverly) Hall, Coreene Caverly, Richard Hall, Bob Hall, Donna (Caverly) and Bob Rheault at Hogg family reunion, Swan River Mb (127)
George Barrow, Mary (Fierstine) Barrow, Shirley (Barrow) Wood, Lesley Ann Wood, Tom Barrow, Marie and Roy Barrow, Joyce (Barrow) Mills, Jack and Marie (Barrow) Grieder, Rob Barrow, Vivian (Holmes) Barrow, Lori Barrow, Warren and Gayle Grieder, Ed Barrow and Marie Palmer at Hogg family reunion, Swan River Mb (128)
Murray Hogg, Josephine (Hogg) and Tracey Harvey, Judy (Hogg) and Gerald McDole at Hogg family reunion, Swan River Mb (129)
Colin, John and Marjorie Graham, Jason Johnston, Susan Graham, Elsie and Fred Lloyd, Derek Johnston and Pat Stalker at Hogg family reunion, Swan River Mb (130)
Unidentified, Ron and Melanie Gilmore, Richard and Monica Gamble, Jim, Ethel and Alison Brown, Josephine Harvey, Joan and Betty Gilmore, Murray Hogg, Helen and George Morehouse, Judy McDole, Christopher, Marion, Corey and David Church, Beth and David Brown, Hogg family reunion, Swan River Mb (131)
The family of Jim and Ethel (Hogg) Brown at the Hogg family reunion, Swan River Mb (132)
Doreen (Brown) Robblee, Christopher Church and Marion (Brown) Church performing at Hogg family reunion, Swan River Mb (133)
Vida (Hogg) Caverly, Bob Hall and Red Sabiston performing at Hogg family reunion, Swan River Mb (134)
Vida (Hogg) Caverly performing at Hogg family reunion, Swan River Mb (135)
Morley Hanson and Leone (Hanson) Delamere at Hogg family reunion, Swan River Mb (136)
Fred Lloyd singing at Hogg family reunion, Swan River Mb. I recall a fragment of the lyric
“When I was a boy, helping your neighbours
When I was a boy, doing your favours.
Folks helping folks, no matter how small” (137)
Marion (Brown) Church, Dave and Beth Brown performing at Hogg family reunion, Swan River Mb (138)
Rene Eichler at Hogg family reunion, Swan River Mb (139)
Edie (Hogg) Hanson as “The Old Maid” performing at Hogg family reunion, Swan River Mb (140)
Edie (Hogg) Hanson as “The Old Maid” and Marie Palmer as the “Burglar” performing at Hogg family reunion, Swan River MB. Stagehand is Harvey Baldwin. (141)
Kristi Hogg and Laurel Brown at Hogg family reunion, Swan River Mb (142)
David Brown leading sing a long around the bonfire at Hogg family reunion, Swan River Mb (143)
Betty (Hogg) Eggie, Barry Eggie, Kathy (Brandson) Eggie and Richard Gamble at Hogg family reunion, Swan River Mb (144)
Singalong at Hogg family reunion, Swan River Mb (145)
Bob Hall and Jim Brown at Hogg family reunion, Swan River Mb (146)
Kay (Hogg) Staniland at Hogg family reunion, Swan River Mb (147)
Roy and Marie Barrow at Hogg family reunion, Swan River Mb (148)
Singalong at Hogg family reunion, Swan River Mb (149)
Marie Palmer, Jim Brown and Wendy Gilmore at Hogg family reunion, Swan River Mb (150)
Monica (Hogg) Gamble and Vinetta (Hogg) Sabiston at Hogg family reunion, Swan River Mb (151)
Shaun and Matthew Delamere with Bret LeBeau at Hogg family reunion, Swan River Mb (152)
The heat from the massive bonfire was at blast furnace levels at the Hogg family reunion, Swan River Mb (153)
Leone (Hanson) Delamere and Carolyn Baldwin at Hogg family reunion, Swan River Mb (154)
Ron Gilmore trying to avoid 3rd degree burns from the bonfire at the Hogg family reunion, Swan River Mb (155)
Andrew Hall, Richard Hall, Sean Eggie and it happened at the Hogg family reunion, Swan River Mb (156)
Ed Barrow and Ron Gilmore at Hogg family reunion, Swan River Mb (157)
Group photograph at Hogg family reunion, Swan River Mb (158)
One Response
What a wonderful surprise to have this in our mailbox! Thank you so much, and to Leone and Edna for the hours of work they must have put into the organization of the event.
In spite of a very sad start to the weekend, (Gerald’s father’s funeral was the day before), we have many happy memories of the event.
We had a wonderful time, and I know my Dad, Jo, and Tracy did as well.
Some of those attending have gone to their reward now, but we all had a wonderful time.
Thank you Rob, for your taking so many lovely photos, and for this lovely reminder of a beautiful weekend.
Judy & Gerald