The 2023 Oregon Robbins Reunion was a resounding success! We had between 50 and 60 attendees, about the same as last year’s reunion in Decatur County, Indiana. There were representatives from several Oregon pioneer ancestors: Nathaniel and Nancy Robbins, John and Theodoshia (Robbins) Herren, John Hudson Robbins, and Jacob and Sarah (Spilman) Robbins. There were also several other long-time Robbins family researchers who connect much further back through our pre-Indiana ancestors, as well as others who have Robbins ancestors but weren’t sure if they were connected to our specific family or not (it’s hard to say – our ancestors being on this continent for four hundred years – there are a lot of branches of the Robbins family!).

The four Oregon cousins who attended last year’s reunion in Indiana were all present: Sherrill, Nancy, Kathy, and myself.

Many of us at this reunion hadn’t seen each other since the Oregon reunions back in the 1990s or early 2000s so it was nice to get reacquainted. There were several actual Robbins’s in attendance too: James (“Jim”) DeSpain Robbins, a descendant of Jacob through son Harvey, and John Robbins and family, descendants of Jacob through son Levi.

I had originally planned this reunion as a one-off, a follow-up to last year’s bicentennial family reunion in Indiana, but the folks who came to this reunion want to keep it going, so we will plan for a 2024 reunion! What’s good about that is if you weren’t able to come to this reunion, you can always come next year, or the year after (?). And anybody interested in Robbins family history are welcome.

Below are several photos, a couple by me and a couple by cousin Brenda Pudwill.