Kjærulfs from California and the rest of the world met for a few inspiring days with the common feature that we are all related to each other.

Kjærulf's gathered in Solvang, California

Pictures from Hearst Castle, Family Dinner in Solvang and Universal Studios, LA

This is a video clip from Kiermeet in California 1986 where the first Kiermeet was held:

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PROGRAMME FOR KIERMEET IN CALIFORNIA July 17 -25, 2010

July 17 Saturday	Los Angeles	Arrive Los Angeles on own arrangements
July 18 Sunday	Los Angeles	Breakfast at hotel City Tour of Los Angeles, Beverly Hills and Santa Monica with English speaking tour guide
July 19 Monday	Los Angeles	Breakfast at hotel Universal Studios Tour (Entrance fees included)
July 20 Tuesday     July 20 Tuesday	Santa Barbara       Solvang	Breakfast at hotel Drive via Santa Monica and Malibu to Santa Barbara City Tour of Santa Barbara before continuing to Solvang   Family Reunion dinner at hotel
July 21 Wednesday	San Simeon	Breakfast at hotel Morning departure to San Simeon Hearst Castle visit in San Simeon (Entrance fees included)
July 22 Thursday	San Francisco	Breakfast at hotel Continue to San Francisco
July 23 Friday	San Francisco	Breakfast at hotel Day tour to Muir Woods and Sausalito
July 24 Saturday	San Francisco	Breakfast at hotel Day on your own in San Francisco Evening Farewell Dinner
July 25 Monday	San Francisco	Breakfast at hotel Depart San Francisco on own arrangements Transfer to airport on own arrangements

 

Cap Kierulff's Keynote Speech at Kiermeet-2010 Family Dinner in Solvang, California:

“Welcome to California to All You Good Kjaerulfs out there!.”

Isn’t it Wonderful that we can come together like this every 4 Kiermeet Years!

We are 18th 19th 20th Generation Kjaerulff cousins
who date back 600 years to our one common Danish ancestor = Anders Wolf!

Let’s take a look at how I got born 91 years ago
way out here in California = some 6,000 miles away from Denmark..

I, Cap Kierulff, and my father, were “both” born in Calif, he 118 years ago!

So let’s just keep carrying this bit of Genealogy back 6 or 7 more Generations!

My Grandfather was born in the Danish West Indies as the 11th child of my Great-Grandfather who was sent to DWI by the Danish King to be Consul-General to the Governor-General of these Islands, at the same time as the King sent a Kierulf to be Danish-Consul in the Philippine Islands.

Incidentally, if my Great-Grandfather had stopped fathering Kids after his 10th , I would not be speaking with you tonight! But let’s continue with the Genealogy. My Great-Grandfather was born in Christianland at the Southern tip of Norway, a town originated 6 generations previously by King Christian II of Denmark when he sent a group of Kierulffs to be administrators of Norway, then ruled by Denmark.

So the path of my personal ancestors looks like this = from Denmark to Norway to Danish West Indies to America to California! And all of this good information is spelled out in our 11,000 Kjaerulf listings posted in our Family-Tree on www.kiermeet.com

Now back to the present. What became of all those 11 DWI Kierulff Kids? Well, as they grew up in those Islands some 200 years ago, a new country was born just North of them, the Republic of America, the United States of America.

And the father of those Kids told them there was no future for them on DWI and they should seek their fortune by going to the new USA, which most all of them did, and that is why I was born in California!!!

Now, I want to make “two” Special Presentations. Louie & Ray, will you both please come up here!

First, I must tell all of you that Louie Kierulf is the “KING of our Tote Bags & everything in them!” This wouldn’t be a “complete” Kiermeet without out Tote Bags! Louie “planned & produced” every single item in them & every single-page in our 48-page Kiermeet Programme just as he did 4 years ago in the Philippines!

Louie = Thanks a Million from each & everyone of us. Here is a small Plaque that says we Appreciate your tremendous Accomplishment. We are forever in your debt!

Second, where would we be without the year’s-long efforts of our Int’l Kiermeet Committee Chairman, Ray Kjærulff, who has produced our Kiermeets for many years ? Words fail me in expressing my appreciation for the work Ray must do in being sure everything is “just-right” for our extreme pleasure on these Wonderful Family Reunions!

When I was in Oslo, Norway at Kiermeet-1998, I was presented a Beautiful Brass Plaque by Hans Kierulff-Hansen in remembrance of the work I did in founding our Kiermeets in 1986.

This is a Replica of the one posted in 1990 by 200 Kjaerulfs
onto the 600-year-old original Anders Kjaerulf building in northern Denmark.

It is my Pleasure to pass this Copy along to Ray (Kjærulff) in grateful recognition
of his good work on behalf of all of us here tonight.