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| Grand opening of M. P. Hogan's home in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island after an extensive restoration |
Dear Hogan relatives,
Over the past couple of years there has been a
burgeoning desire to hold a family reunion on PEI and many have
expressed interest in attending on a Facebook page that had been created
for this purpose. This website/blog purpose is to register
participants, share information, ask questions and receive answers, as
well reveal to each other to little known facts about our ancestors.
Hopefully this will make the thought of joining us in Charlottetown that
much more intriguing. As well, it may be more
accessible for family members who are not Facebook users.
We have booked a light itinerary over three days
with an optional fourth day to allow people a lot of free time to spend
with each other outside of the programming or do other things in the
Maritimes not on our calendar.
The family’s first of two notable historians were
Caryl Hogan born in 1880 in California and daughter of John Hogan of
Brule Nova Scotia, the family’s landing spot in Canada. Thanks to the
efforts of Deanna Belyavski (Dolan), daughter of
FlorenceHogan/Dolan we were able to secure Caryl’s letters, memorabilia
and photographs collected over her lifetime. The other historian was
Dorothy Hogan/Coyle of Charlottetown whose files reside on the island
with Elizabeth Driscoll, daughter of Dorothy.
All of these will be available to see at the family get together at 26
Prince Street on the first day of reunion. We will endeavor to post
pieces of these files on this blog over the next year leading up to the
event. As well Rosemary Driscoll (creator of
the website) has edited a paper she wrote years ago that is posted on
this site to give you a synopsis of our Hogan family history.
My wife Susan and I purchased M.P.Hogan’s family
home built in 1886 ten years ago assisted by Kier Kenny, another Hogan
relative on the island. The home is full of family heirlooms and
paintings of the family by Elizabeth Driscoll including
a life size statue of Mary Elizabeth Hogan, M.P.’s wife that Elizabeth
created. We look forward to hosting you all in the family home to kick
this off and get all completely immersed in family stories and history.
We have access to some significant island
experts on buildings that will be able to tell us more about M.P. Hogan
and his family and the time they lived in during a walking tour of
Charlottetown. When you read the family history
here on the site you will get a deeper understanding of what you will
see.
As well the Kenny family will host a family picnic
at St. Peters that is sure to be fun. They may even be able to convince a
fiddle player or two to show up.
Lastly for those wanting a day trip we will drive
to Brule, Nova Scotia ( about a two hour drive) to see the Hogan family
cemetery and the are they landed in 1825.
All for now,
