Tuesday, August 11, 2015

Duvall – Rutley Reunion

July 31- August 3rd, 2015
The Battlefords Provincial Park     On Jackfish Lake In Saskatchewan


Family reunions are a tradition for many families.
Every five years my family have got together to compete in a horse shoe tournament,
drink some fine spirits and talk about the spirits that are among us.
 

Mia, Health, Kenys, Lucille
 
 
Lorraine, Evelyn, Lucile and Jim
 
We were asked to bring our own salad and dessert to add to the BBQ suppers.
Many attendees brought their RVs and filled a common campsite others
booked into Jackfish Lodge on the golf course
Connecting with relatives we had never met and remembering the past was a big part of the weekend.
 
Evelyn, Lorraine, Alice, Bob and Don

Lorraine, Judy and Don

The Duvall and Rutley families has a history going back
as far as to the Huguenots in France and Switzerland.
From my mother's story:
Duvalls were of Huguenot (French) descent, which had fled to England and the first Duvall served in Wolfe’s Army, in Quebec. When the war was over many of the soldiers chose to remain in America and settled in New York State. We know little about how many of the family were there, except that David Duvall was a very young boy when family moved to Canada, settling also in Stromont County.

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