Fontaine dit Bienvenu 1991 family gathering remembering
Location: Ste. Agathe, Ritchot, Manitoba, Canada
Surnames/tags: Fontaine, Joyal, Bergeron, St. Martin, St. Germain, Rondeau Fontaine dit Bienvenu gathering 2025 Promotion
This is a memory event to remember our Fontaine dit Bienvenu gathering at the Sainte Agathe, Manitoba, Community Fair Grounds in August of 1991, celebrating 102 years in Manitoba, having settles there in 1889. It is also intended to recruit and invite those who would like to re-assemble in 2025 (location to be determined) to celebrate 136 years since arriving to Manitoba.
600 relatives came and participated in the weekend event in August 1991, with mass given by Father Edouard Fontaine who came from Lafayette Louisiana for the celebration. We also held a baseball softball event on the saturday. We finished event with a shared lunch on the sunday. The relatives of Pierre Adolphe Fontaine dit Bienvenu, Heli Fontaine, Henry Fontaine, and their descendants from both sides of the Red River near Sainte Agathe Manitoba.
This is to remember the event, have participants share their email addresses with the. host, Roger Fontaine, and to prepare for our next gathering proposed for 2025, Those relatives interested in joining our hosting committee are invited to contact host at <fontaineditbienvenugathering2025@gmail.com>
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