INVITATION

The Reunion Committee would like to announce the 4th World Wide Somsen Family Reunion to be held in New Ulm, Minnesota, USA.

New Ulm, Minnesota is 90 miles southwest of Minneapolis and has a population of about 14,000 people. It is a charming community where the Cottonwood River meets the Minnesota River.

There is a solid connection of the Somsen family to New Ulm to include Gerrit Somsen (who left Aalten at age 9 to journey to the USA with the

"1851 branch"), his son, Henry Somsen Sr; grandson, Henry Somsen Jr; and great-grandson Stephen D. Somsen. (The last 3 were all born in or near New Ulm)

The official reunion program will be on Saturday and Sunday, August 4th and 5th, 2012.

In addition, there will be opportunities to meet and greet Somsen family memberson Friday, August 3rd. There will also be optional activities planned for Monday, August 6th.

Our official meeting places will include:

Saturday August 4th, 2012: Turner Hall in New Ulm

Sunday August 5th, 2012: New Ulm Country Club

Lodging will be available:

Holiday Inn New Ulm

Microtel New Ulm

Camping will be available:

Flandrau State Park in New Ulm

Getting there:

There are three daily non-stop flights from Amsterdam (AMS) to Minneapolis, Minnesota (MSP) There are many direct or non-stop flights from other major airports worldwide and in the USA to Minneapolis.

Another travel option from Europe is on the Queen Mary 2 from Southampton to New York combined with Amtrak train travel from New York to Minneapolis.

Car rental is readily available in Minneapolis for the easy 90 mile

(144 km) drive to New Ulm.

Websites to give you more information about New Ulm, Minnesota:

Turner Hall

http://www.newulmturnerhall.org/

New Ulm Country Club

http://golfnewulm.com/

Flandrau State Park

http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/state_parks/flandrau/index.html

New Ulm Attractions

http://www.newulm.com/visitors-community/attractions/

New Ulm Map

http://www.mapquest.com/maps?city=New%20Ulm&state=MN

On behalf of the 2012 Somsen Reunion Committee,

Stephen D. Somsen (P-2459)

212 2nd Street

Seal Beach, California 90740

562-430-0079 ssomsen@aol.com