2026 Family Reunion

The 2026 Thomas & Margaret John family reunion was held June 12-13. Details are posted on this page.

Minutes

16 documents with notes on meetings, elections, finances, and reunions, through various years of the organizations's history.

DOCUMENTS

A new tab named DOCUMENTS. Includes three subsections for Histories, Recent Histories and Organization Histories. The following documents are included.

1. 1. Life of Thomas John and Descendants by Henry John 

   2. First Thomas John Family Reunion 

   3. The Story of Johnstown 

   4. Denton John Stories 

   5. The Thomas John Family Poem 

      • Includes Recording/Video of the poem to Listen to.

   6. Life of Thomas John and Family Rosella J Smith 1965 

   7. History of Thomas John by Thomas L. Worley 

   8. MEMORIES OF MARGARET THOMAS JOHN By Bonnie King

      • Includes Recording/Video of the Stories to Listen and Watch.

   9. Historic Insights by Gary Cusworth. Available upon request to thomasandmargaretjohn@gmail.com

   10. The Community of Portage: Then and Now, 1855-1995 from the FamilySearch Library

   11. A link to the MINUTES tab under ORGANIZATION

   12. 1913-1994 Organization Record Book 

   13. George M Wilkinson & Mod Myrtle Fife 

   14. Some Went Worldwide By Bonnie King 

   15. Vernee Barlow & Bertha May John 

   16. Gibbs Family Book 

   17. Joseph Brigham Hawkley & Mary Jane John 

   18. Marinda Irene John & Richard Alvin Ward 

   19. Poems and Inspiration by Henry John 

These are separated into three categories, Histories: for documents, stories and other history of the past. Recent Histories: for documents compiled, or made in the last few years. And Organization Histories: for documents for the Thomas & Margaret John Family Organization, this includes Business Meeting minutes etc.

PORTAGE CEMETERY

A new tab named PORTAGE CEMETERY under HISTORY. Includes a Lot Map and Cemetery Name Lookup.

NEEDED HELP 

A new tab named NEEDED HELP under ORGANIZATION. Serves as an invitation to help preserve our history and accomplish the Organization's primary purpose.

WIKIPEDIA

An outline of the Organization is now on Wikipedia.

Ancestry

An Ancestry page has been created under HISTORY with a link to view a family tree.

Interactive Family Chart

The interactive chart of the John Family has been updated to be on each of the pages under FAMILY. It also now has a Full Page Version under HISTORY.

Quick Links

A few quick links have been added to the footer to be able to access them more quickly. They include HOME, UPCOMING EVENTS, PORTAGE CEMETERY AND CONTACT.

Events

The 2024 Reunion Page has been archived under PAST EVENTS and a new page was created for events soon to come.

Edits

Small changes were made on the Thomas & Margaret John Page to remove erroneous information.

Past Events

Documetns relating to the 2025 Reunion have been moved to Past Events.