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2023 BULLEN FAMILY REUNION

About the REUNION

Welcome!

We are looking forward to seeing you at the Bullen Family Reunion in Grenada (July 24th-30th in 2023). It should be a week of fun and connection for everyone there.

Our first Bullen family reunion was in 2000, during which dozens of Bullens gathered in a park in Toronto, Canada for a pleasant, all-afternoon, summer picnic.

The second Bullen family reunion consisted of four main events spanning five days in Grenada in late July 2010. Though this was before the magic of WhatsApp, it drew Bullens from Canada, the US, the UK, Barbados and throughout Grenada. 

The gathering of nearly a hundred, gave God thanks for the family, learned some of our history and had fun together. 

Let’s work together to make the upcoming 2023 Bullen Family Reunion even better than the last two we’ve celebrated so far.

IMPORTANT DETAILS

Reunion Events and Schedule

To get more information about the reunion’s events Click Here.

Travel Information

For those coming from abroad, we’ve provided information about travel and transportation, lodging, dining and other vacation information.

Bullen Family History and Memories

This website also includes family photo and family history sections [coming soon…] that we hope you’ll find helpful and enjoyable.

Frequently Asked Questions

We’ve answered many questions about the reunion in Frequently Asked questions. 

If you have additional questions or would like to reach out to our planning team, otherwise, please do so via our Contact Us page and we will get back to you

Bullen Reunion WhatsApp Chat Group

You can connect to the Bullen Reunion WhatsApp chat group – filled with lots of discussion about the family and our connections – by clicking here: https://chat.whatsapp.com/FB6UIpiLnNIEEVzbRaOjZi

And to the WhatsApp group we created for read-only information about the reunion itself: https://chat.whatsapp.com/I1J1Q8wgBpaEctYhp1KeIO

We look forward to seeing you in person at the reunion!

About Grenada

Grenada is a tri-island state in the eastern Caribbean near Trinidad and Tobago, St. Vincent and the Grenadines and Barbados. 

Grenada is known for its beautiful beaches, lush rainforest and mountainous terrain as well as its cocoa and spices. For example, it produces about 40% of the world’s nutmeg.

Grenada as a country is comprised of only about 133 square miles/345 square kilometers of land altogether. The island of Grenada is the largest of this “small island” nation’s key islands, followed by Carriacou and then Petite Martinique. The country also includes several smaller isles, some of them now privately owned.

Grenada’s islands are volcanic, though none of the craters on land are active enough to be of concern. The island of Grenada’s volcano craters are home to lakes, Grand Etang, Antoine, and Levera Pond which are popular tourist destinations.

Grenada’s first inhabitants were Kalinago (Carib) indigenous people. These Amerindian people migrated to the islands from South America in canoes, settling them around AD 1000. The Kalinago resisted European colonization of Grenada until they were driven away, isolated and killed by the French from the 1650s to around 1700.

Grenada has had a complicated colonial history, being settled for a century by the French and then switching in 1763 to British control which lasted until Grenada’s independence in 1974.

The long period of French control in Grenada resulted in lasting French cultural, architectural, linguistic and religious influence in Grenada. 

Fort George, overlooking Grenada’s capital St. George’s harbor, reminds you of its turbulent history.

During the French and British colonial years, Grenada’s lands were divided up into spice and sugar plantations worked by enslaved people of African descent. Grenada also had small populations of white planters and overseers (though many plantation owners were absentees) and free persons of color who were partly of African descent. 

After slavery ended, the colonial government brought in small numbers of indentured workers from India and Africa to work the plantations. 

Grenada’s population today is quite small at fewer than 110,000 persons with most Grenadians being the descendents of enslaved people of African descent.

Grenada, like other Caribbean countries, has seen a lot of out-migration throughout its history with Grenadians leaving to work and study in Great Britain, Canada, the United States, Panama, Cuba, Venezuela, Trinidad, Aruba and Barbados.

While its agricultural exports are still important, Grenada increasingly relies on tourism, a sector that continues to grow. Visitors are attracted to Grenada by its natural beauty and unique cultural offerings.

We chose Grenada for this Bullen reunion because it is the home country of many in our large family. We hope that it will prove a good home for the reunion, as well.

  • The 2023 Bullen Reunion Planning Committee

 

  • Bev Campbell
  • Brandon Carter
  • Doreen St. Bernard Wiggers
  • Elise Aymer
  • Eura St. Bernard
  • Folusho Akinkunmi
  • Halcyone Bullen Thomas
  • McDonald Bullen
  • Ngozi Oluonye
  • Paula Bullen Aymer