WHAT a celebration for the Bergin family held on Sunday, June 12.
Almost 80 descendants of Tom and Jean Bergin travelled from Perth, Bundaberg, Canberra, Melbourne, Bendigo, and many parts of North East Victoria for a reunion at Peechelba Community Centre, a wonderful, warm and comfortable facility for this event according to Di Boag.
Four surviving "Bergin girls", sisters Win Barry (91), Margaret McCauley (90) and Eileen LeFoe (88) thoroughly enjoyed the day, while Pat Nish (93) was recuperating in hospital after a recent fall.
Di said the original Bergin family emigrated from Ireland in 1855, settling at Thoona in "the spring of 1874" with other connecting families from Boorhaman, Warrenbayne and Euroa areas.
"There was lots of chatting, laughter and catching up with cousins sharing past memories and sharing of family events," she said.
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"A delicious barbecue was supplied with salads, sharing platters and afternoon tea slices made by our local families."
Margaret, Eileen and Win jointly cut the large and colourfully decorated 'Reunion Cake', which was made and donated by Paul McCauley, a Bergin descendant, from his bakery at Broadford.
Family history/genealogy charts and printouts of descendants and ancestors of John and Margaret Bergin were readily available to anyone interested at the reunion and hundreds of photos with up to eight generations were on display.
This was the 2nd reunion, the original one was held back in 2007 and was very special for the four sisters and all the extended families.
