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Date Posted: 18/04/06 8:43:07
Author: Richard Williams
Subject: Re: LAC Owen Aubrey Williams
In reply to: Garry Williams 's message, "LAC Owen Aubrey Williams" on 11/03/06 20:39:22

Garry,
Our father died 17th September 1992, in Liverpool of Myocardial Infarction. I didn't find out until Sept 1996.

My genealogical research has yielded the following information.

After discharge from the Royal Air Force, he served briefly as a prison officer, but left the service after a brief service. He then served in the UAE and was expelled for violating the alcholol laws, and then Yemen and was expelled for violating the strict Islamic morality laws. He worked as a contract engineer for those nations air forces.

Returning to the UK after ~ 12 years away, he re-trained as a male Nurse, eventually becoming a Charge Nurse (male equivalent of sister). He worked in this capacity until his death.

I am told he was cremated and his ashes spread.

Genealogy
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As is standard practice in any historical research, I've followed-up on every crazy story I've been told, looking for the nugget's of real information that might spawned them (town names to look for further parish records and so on). I've looked for any/all documents that might help verify correctness of a birth/death/marriage/census record from the BMD indexes (leases, wills, criminal records, military service records ... anything and everything ...), since witness' names, names of co-signers, partners, addresses, solicitor's names, or any other seemingly irrelevant data, can often validate or disprove avenues suspected relationship lines in the Indexes. It's pretty thankless work, but if you have an interest in history or genealogy, it can be interesting for it's own sake. Sometimes the most interesting part is debunking some wildly fantastic tale you get told, although sometimes disproving something like that can make the odd family member annoyed that you've made their favorite family story sound silly.

That said, I can provide some general background on the family, although I don't know much in detail. I don't have the financial resources to provide you with actual certificates and other documentation I have gathered, but if you have any interest in the genealogy I can probably provide you with a CD/electronic copy of whatever document copies and scans of pictures I have managed to accumulate.

There isn't much to tell though. The family has lived in Liverpool since at least 1838; the earliest family member I can trace is an Owen Williams who's census records say he was born in the county of Lancashire, I calculate from that census that he was born in ~1811, his father's name was Lewis Williams and was a Draper (curtains etc).

Which means I still cannot say for sure where in Wales they are from, and I still can't disprove the story that they came from Amlwch in Anglesea. The only connection to Amlwch I can find is James Aubrey Williams, who served as apprentice tailor there in 1881.

The Aubrey name seems to originate in Lewis' generation, and all of the male children bore it as a middle-name. Copies of birth certificates I have seen show that the story it was a hyphenated last-name is untrue. So the reason for the obsession with the Aubrey name remain a mystery, although I have now proven what I knew, that it had nothing to do with the Aubrey's of Llantythrydd.

Send me a snail-mail address. I'll send you a CD of what I have.

Richard A. Williams

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[> [> Re: LAC Owen Aubrey Williams -- John Cooper, 24/04/06 6:14:58

What a predicament you guys are in, sorry to hear of your plight, this is typical of the PC brigade we live in today. I just wish you luck with your research, I suppose you have tried the Royal British Legion and the RAFA, they have a good appeals system with old comrades

Best wishes in your search
John


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