Olin Family Society

I've been meaning to blog about meeting my 7th Cousin (Twice Removed) LiLi Townsend of Maui, Hawaii last Saturday. She is such an amazing woman! She has travelled the world, has an interesting perspective on life and is easily the happiest and most satisfied 73 year old (she looks 2 decades younger though) I have ever met.

When you see the new Boeing 787 Dreamliner taking off from the company's home main hangars in Everett, WA it is taking off from Paine Field (also known as Snohomish Co. Airport). Paine Field is named for a cousin of ours, John-John-John-Ezra-Ezra-George-Lucy-2nd Lt. Topliff Olin PAINE. Cool huh?

Best Represented OLIN Lines by Generation on our Facebook page:

2nd Generation: The John-John OLIN branch has 34 members on the page.
3rd Generation: The John-John-John OLIN branch has 30.
4th Generation: The John-John-John-Henry OLIN branch has 27.
5th Generation: The John-John-John-Henry-Henry OLIN branch has 25.
6th Generation: The John-John-John-Henry-Henry-Thomas OLIN branch has 23.
7th Generation: The John-John-John-Henry-Henry-Thomas-Willard OLIN branch has 19.
8th Generation: The John-John-John-Henry-Henry-Thomas-Willard-Charles OLIN branch has 14.
9th Generation: The John-Joseph-Joseph-Reuben-John-Earl-Orva-George-Donald OLIN branch has 7.
10th Generation: The John-Joseph-Phillip-Benjamin-John-Martin-Franklin-Leon-Bruce-Donald OLIN branch has 4.

I have slacked on creating the Biographical Sketches and Records of the John & Susannah (SPENCER) OLIN Family, and I am sorry. I looked back and realized that I started slacking after I got laid-off earlier this year. I also decided to launch the SoCal OLIN Family Social and that became my priority #1. I have resolved though that once the 1st Social happens I'll be able to pass the helm of next year's organizing efforts to interested SoCal OLINs, and I'll be able to return to the creation of the OLIN online biography book.

This past Saturday, my elder two boys and I made a trek south to Fish Fest, a Christian concert down in Irvine, CA. We were guests of Mr. Benjamin OLIN (see HB #29), the lead singer of the Christian rock band This Beautiful Republic. The Band was great! It wasn't my typical brand of music but I really, really liked it.

The 1st Annual SoCal OLIN Family Social will be held at Veteran's Park in Redondo Beach on October 3rd, 2009. Organized activities will be held from 11am-2pm, but afterward attendees are encouraged to head down the hill to the beach or go for a stroll on the adjacent Fisherman's Wharf. So far we have 44 RSVP'd attendees from 14 different sub-branches of the family.

My son Jake and I made a day-trip to Vegas for the reunion of the John-John-John-Henry-Henry-Thomas-Willard OLIN Branch of the family.
They were very welcoming. The games were fun and the food was yummy. I got to show off my collection, including stuff I couldn't bring to the Kennewick Reunion. We had a great time!

The Methodist Home for Children has honored its retiring chairman by renaming the chapel in the main building the Robert Olin Niles Chapel of the Four Orphans. John-John-Gideon-John-Patience-Algernon-Alice-Algernon-Charles-Robert "Bob" Olin NILES has been chairman of MHC since 2001. Before that, he was chairman of what is now Methodist Services for Children and Families, one of MHC’s affiliated organizations.

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