Hey Pam,
I have a whole pack of ancestors bearing "Aubrey" as a middle name. We've
never been able to figure out why, although I had an imaginative grt-uncle who spun some
good yarns about it apparently :)
Here's how it began though ... maybe it will tug someone's memory strings!
Owen Williams, b.1810, married Elizabeth (nee ??) Williams, and moved to Liverpool from
Wales 1838/39 1839. They had a son, also Owen, who seems have died in 1838, and did _not_
have Aubrey for a middle name. Elizabeth died in 1845.
Owen remarried in 1847, to Ellen Woodward. They appear to have had two daughters initially
Ellen, 1850, and Elizabeth, 1852. Neither daughter had the Aubrey middle name.
Then, in 1853, Owen and Ellen had a son, also Owen, followed by Lewis (1856) and James
(1864). All three boys we given "Aubrey" as a middle name. There was another
daughter, Catherine (1862) who, like her sisters, did not have the middle name.
However, every child after that, male or female, in each branch, was given Aubrey as a
middle name, right up-to my own generation.
Isn't that wierd? I haven't been able to find a single connection with anyone
called Aubrey so far, and the crazy suggestion that there was some connection to the
Aubreys of Llantrithyd, I believe began only as an accident of the date when it started
(1856) and because my grt-uncle put two-and-two together and arrived at 5!
Maybe I should share a JPG of my tree with you ... perhaps you'll find an explanation
for it from your wider knowledge of lesser-Aubrey's :)
Richard
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From: "Buttreyp(a)aol.com" <Buttreyp(a)aol.com>
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Subject: Re: [MER] WLS-MERIONETHSHIRE Digest, Vol 3, Issue 73
Re James Aubrey Williams
I don't have my notes with me, but there were Aubreys in Anglesey, and one
at that period and just before was a hat maker - could there have been some
connection that lead to his apprenticeship. I am interested in Aubreys
Pam
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Sometimes a middle name isn't because of blood relatives but to mark respect
or thanks to someone who has been good to the family, possibly a friend or
an employer or sponsor who has helped in difficult times, or even someone
who left them money or was going to, they hoped. Once it's established the
reason gets forgotten but the feeling of family and 'perthyn' is retained
and the next generation get it almost automatically.
It could bring up an interesting link even if no blood relationship is
proved.
Rhian
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Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 2:33 AM
Subject: Re: [MER] WLS-MERIONETHSHIRE Digest, Vol 3, Issue 73
Then, in 1853, Owen and Ellen had a son, also Owen, followed by Lewis (1856)
and James (1864). All three boys we given "Aubrey" as a middle name. There
was another daughter, Catherine (1862) who, like her sisters, did not have
the middle name.
However, every child after that, male or female, in each branch, was given
Aubrey as a middle name, right up-to my own generation.
Isn't that wierd? I haven't been able to find a single connection with
anyone called Aubrey so far
Richard
----- Original Message ----
From: "Buttreyp(a)aol.com" <Buttreyp(a)aol.com>
To: wls-merionethshire(a)rootsweb.com
Sent: Monday, June 16, 2008 1:13:45 PM
Subject: Re: [MER] WLS-MERIONETHSHIRE Digest, Vol 3, Issue 73
Re James Aubrey Williams
I don't have my notes with me, but there were Aubreys in Anglesey, and one
at that period and just before was a hat maker - could there have been some
connection that lead to his apprenticeship. I am interested in Aubreys
Pam
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