45th Annual
Gerking Family Reunion
& Picnic
Hostesses were Lyndel Fullen and her mother Betty Van Meter. Betty
served for many years as Secretary-Treasurer of the reunion group.
Lyndel and Betty are descendants of Samuel Isaiah Gerking.
Four lines from the family of Jonathan Rice and Nancy Ann (Myers) Gerking were represented at this reunion: Benjamin Franklin Gerking, James Gerking, John E. L. Gerking, and Samuel Isaiah Gerking, with Benjamin Franklin's descendants overwhelmingly outnumbering the others.
Four lines from the family of Jonathan Rice and Nancy Ann (Myers) Gerking were represented at this reunion: Benjamin Franklin Gerking, James Gerking, John E. L. Gerking, and Samuel Isaiah Gerking, with Benjamin Franklin's descendants overwhelmingly outnumbering the others.
Right:Gerking Family Historian Janelle
Jackson talks with Barbara Perle.
Below: While waiting for family members to arrive, the early birds talked among themselves and got better acquainted. The people shown in both of these pictures are descendants of Benjamin Franklin Gerking.
The history table was a busy place as people looked through the various items, books, and other memorabilia brought for display by family members. Here John Beck, a descendant of James Gerking, looks through a copy of The Gerking Family in America - Descendants of John and Rachael Rice: A Genealogy and History, which was compiled by Florence Bowe for the reunion group.
Something fun going on around the corner
captured the attention of Dan and Diann Hebert.
Diann is a descendant of John E. L. Gerking.
