Perhaps someone named Aubrey did something nice for the family - saved a life, left them money etc. I have a heap of ancestors with the forename Williams for that reason. regards Lyn in Oz. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Hilary or Owen Williams" <williams.o.h@ic24.net> To: <powys@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, September 08, 2007 7:13 PM Subject: Re: [POWYS] BRE : Owen and Lewis Williams,- Aubrey/Breconshire connection? > Hi Richard, > > Here is a comment made in good faith and not wishing to offend you. I > viewed > your Tree on your web site and was sorry to see that you have not observed > the 100 year rule, which means that, for the sake of the privacy of living > relatives, you do not post personal details (some of which can be > distressing to the people concerned) of living relatives on a publicly > viewed Tree. > If you think about it, would you want every "Tom, Dick or Harry" to read > such things as "believed wards of state" (on your Tree) or even your > birth, > or marriage dates. There could be a good reason why you did not want off- > spring to know the real date of your marriage, for instance. > > Normal convention has it that on Publicly viewed Trees, living relatives > are > itemised with words such as "Living Male" or "Living Female" > > By the way, the surname "Aubrey" is linked to Breconshire because it is an > Anglo Norman Family which settled in BRE. Put "Aubrey Breconshire" into > Google and lots of historical hits come up. > > Best wishes, > > Hilary Williams > > -----Original Message----- > From: powys-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:powys-bounces@rootsweb.com] On > Behalf Of Richard Williams > Sent: 07 September 2007 23:31 > To: POWYS@rootsweb.com > Subject: [POWYS] BRE : Owen and Lewis Williams,- Aubrey/Breconshire > connection? > > Hello All, > My grt-grt-grt-grandfather, Owen Williams, started naming ALL his children > with the middle name of "Aubrey" in 1853. This is odd, because he'd had > four > children prior to this, none of whom had borne the 'Aubrey' moniker, three > of whom were non-surviving males. Three of those children were by the same > wife as the children who _did_ subsequently get the 'Aubrey' name. Indeed, > this 'obsession' (and a tale to go with it) has survived down to my own > generation. > > You can see the tree here: > http://www.sonic.net/~raw/williams_tree.html > > Because the Aubrey name mostly comes from Breconshire (because of the St > Alberico settlement after 1066) I am wondering if anyone in this group > also > has this phenomena in their family tree? Is there a helpfully mundane > explanation for why it didn't appear until 1853? Is there a connection > between my tree and someone else's in the group? > > Anything that seems relevant would be appreciated. > > Thx, > Richard Williams > > > > =================== > Visit the Powys Mailing List webpage at: > www.jlb2005.plus.com/powyslist.htm > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > POWYS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in > the subject and the body of the message > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.485 / Virus Database: 269.13.9/994 - Release Date: 07/09/2007 > 16:40 > > > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.485 / Virus Database: 269.13.9/994 - Release Date: 07/09/2007 > 16:40 > > > > =================== > Visit the Powys Mailing List webpage at: > www.jlb2005.plus.com/powyslist.htm > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > POWYS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message >