Violette Family Reunion
30th Anniversary Celebration
“We Are One”
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Greetings Violette Family! The Violette Family Association, created by our founder Rita Violette Lippe, hosted our 30th Anniversary Reunion Celebration. Our very first Violette Family Reunion had its humble beginnings at St. Theresa's Parish Hall in Metheun, MA on July 16, 1978. Rita Violette Lippe had expected 50 people to attend but to her delight 375 showed up to celebrate the Violette Family. Since then, we have had Violette Family reunions on a regular basis, usually three years apart. The largest ever was held in Van Buren, ME in 1981 when 810 showed up in the "cradle" of the Violette family.
We had a wonderful time with over 150 attending.
The Board of Directors and Executive Committee of The Violette Family Association, under the leadership of our President Paul Bunnell, worked hard at organizing the reunion.
It was held on Friday, Saturday & Sunday 8-9-10 August, 2008 at the
Beverly Hills Suites (right off of Interstate 91)
383 South Center Street, Windsor Locks, CT.
Jennifer Feigenbaum – Director of Sales & Cattering
Guest Speakers:
Friday Night Speaker: Martin Violette, President of the Violette’s of Virginia, Talk on the English Violette’s
Martin Violette will talk about the background of the English Violette's, especially a noteworthy character as Edward Violette, Overseer on George Washington's plantation. Also, Martin will give a geographic outline of the family distribution throughout the 18th and 19th centuries from Virginia leading out westward that created "muddied waters" between all branches of the Violette family. He will also discuss the interesting approach to DNA to help solve our family connections.
And
Nancy Nolette gave a very interesting talk on the DNA process and how our cousins from England could possibly prove the relationship though the testing. Nancy had charts and graphs showing relationships of races around the world..
Saturday Night Speaker: Ann Roy, Director of the Acadian Village in Van Buren, ME
Ann Roy will talk about the Acadian’s of the Upper Saint John River Valley and the town of Van Buren, ME that was once called "Violette Brook". She will then discuss the Acadian Village and all the latest events happening there, ending with an Acadian Musical piece accompanied by her wooden dancing man.
