CEUD MÌLE FÀILTE
Welcome to the CGSNA - Eastern Canada Branch website.
Thank you for visiting our website and for sharing our passion for Scottish culture and Clan Gunn in particular.
To find out about the septs of Clan Gunn, and for a membership application form as well as for other information, please click here; www.clangunn.usOur Quebec winter of 2008 was very long, breaking all records with 460 centimeters of snow, almost 100 centimeters more than average. Apart from the numerous hours spent shoveling, this situation made getting around difficult and probably created huge deficits in the city's budget.
2008 is also the 400 th anniversary of the founding of Quebec City and it involves many wonderful events. Even regular events are bigger than usual this year, whether they are informative, artistic or just entertaining. Likewise, our local Celtic Festival at the end of August will be more diversified than in previous years.
Our Clan Gunn branch has been very busy since the beginning of the year, and we are pleased to say that we have excellent support from our local members. Their talent and/or organizational skills contribute to our participation in numerous events and make our clan representation at home so much easier.
If you would like to join us at some of our local activities or at other locations on our schedule, please let us know; we always like to share our Clan Gunn tent with our members. Or if you would like to write a short article about one of your Gunn ancestors, we would like to hear from you.
Pax Aye!
Ted and Louise Gunn
Future Activities
July, 2009 - Scotland
The home coming of all clans will be held in Edinburgh on July 24 th - 26 th , 2009. Clan Gunn societies will be present as it will coincide with our 16 th triennial International Gathering. It will start in Edinburgh and then move north to Caithness where our celebrations will continue. For details, click here; www.clangunn.us
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Recent Contributions
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The Tragedy the Paddle Steamer Montreal On June 26th 1857, there were about 400 people onboard the Montreal, most of them Scottish immigrants. They had arrived the day before at Quebec City and were on their way to Upper Canada. Soon after their departure, fire broke out onboard and tragedy struck. To read about the second biggest marine tragedy in Canadian waters, click here.
'Courtesy of Walter Lewis. Original in the Hamilton Public Library - Special Collections'
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A celebration was held on June 7 th 2008 at Mount Hermon Ceremony to honor the men, women and institutions of Scottish origin that have contributed to the history and development of Quebec City. It was part of the celebrations for the 400 th anniversary of the foundation of the city. There was a special and very touching ceremony at the monument dedicated to the tragedy of the Montreal. Of the 253 victims, 179 are buried there. For more, see our section Activities 2008. |
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| Mann a Sept of Clan Gunn | |
Mann is one of the sept names associated with Clan Gunn, The name is derived from Magnus, the Earl of Orkney and Caithness who was killed by his cousin Haakon on the island of Egilsay in 1116. Magnus was a good man and after his death, his people prayed to him for special favors and he was soon called a ‘saint'. By 1137, his nephew Rognvald had him canonized and in his memory, he built a cathedral that still stands in Kirkwall today; it is knowned as the St. Magnus Cathedral. Magnus did not have any children but he had relatives. In the generations that followed, many were named Magnus in his honor. Gradually, the name took other forms: Magnusson, Mann, Main, Mains, Maness, Manson, Manus, MacMains and MacManus. Our local member Ann Cochrane is a descendant of the Reverend Alexander Mann, Presbyterian minister at Pakenham, Ontario, and she has prepared an article that will soon be posted on our website. |
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