
Stuart Awbrey
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The source page THE EARLY AUBREY/AWBREY FAMILY IN WALES FROM 1060 TO 1350 provides an explanation regarding the existence, the lineage, and circa birth dates of the early Aubrey/Awbrey individuals in Wales. |
Coordinator - Wales Project for Managed Profiles, Membership and Topics Teams. Coordinator for the Aubrey/Awbrey Name Study. Coordinator for the Hudspeth Name Study. Member Ambassadors Project |
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Genealogy research never stops. What an addiction!
Born in 1937 at Kleberg County Hospital, Kingsville, Texas. In 1960 moved to Austin, Texas while in the Army. Moved to San Antonio, Texas in 1973 after being employed by USAA.
I joined the U.S. Army in February, 1960. After basic training, worked in the Battalion Headquarters of the 4th Missile Unit, 7th Artillery at Bergstrom Air Force Base, Austin, Texas. The unit was a Nike-Hercules missile unit whose role was to protect Strategic Air Command bases. I completed my service in 1963.
- 1955 - Graduated H.M. King High School, Kingsville, Texas.
- 1959 - Graduated with a Business degree from Texas A&I University (now Texas A&M University at Kingsville).
- 1963-65 - Additional undergrad work at University of Texas - Austin, Texas earning teacher certification in secondary education.
- 1970s - Completed course work to earn the Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter (CPCU) designation.
- 1953-59 & 1963-65 – Employed part time as parts department inventory controller for the Chevrolet dealers while attending high school and college in Kingsville, Texas and while attending the University of Texas in Austin, Texas.
- 1965-73 - Worked as an underwriting manager for Farmers Ins Group at the Austin, Texas regional office.
- 1973-98 - Held management positions in various home office staff level Property & Casualty Underwriting units at USAA from 1973 until retirement in 1998.
Positions held in state auto insurance plans (SAIP):
There is an ongoing effort to establish our emigrant ancestor John Awbrey as a Gateway Ancestor. Most of the work has been done by Liz Shifflett. See John Awbrey’s profile and the Awbrey Magna Carta Trail page for current information. The research is equally applicable to John’s brothers Henry and Thomas.
Interest in Awbrey family history began in the 1960s when an aunt and some cousins held several family reunions.
My interest in Awbrey family history became active again in 2014. For several years I had been interested in my wife's research on her Martin and Dooley family genealogy. This included visits to various locations in the U.S. and to Gien, France where her great-great grandfather lived while a member of the French General Assembly.
While planning a trip to Bristol, England in 2014, for more Martin family research, we decided to visit Brecon, Wales, the ancient location of Awbrey ancestors.
That first visit was revealing. I visited Awbrey related sites at Abercynrig Estate, St. Ellwy's Church at Llanelieu, Christ College and Brecon Cathedral. There was much I did not know at that time.
In 2016, a second visit to Brecon and surrounding areas were much more productive due to research that had been done. Visits to additional sites and buildings related to the family were made.
In 2018, a third visit to Brecon was made with my wife, cousin Liz Shifflett, cousin Lauryn Awbrey Maclure and husband Neil. Each of the cousins are descended from emigrant John Awbrey. We stayed a week in the ancient seat of the Awbreys - Abercynrig Manor House and Estate, Brecon, Wales. Visits were made to Awbrey family related sites: Awbrey Chapel/Christ College, Brecon Cathedral, Llanelieu Court, St. Ellwy’s Church, Tredomen, Tretower, Cantref, Crickhowell. Often we were searching the parish churches for Awbrey memorials.
My Awbrey family research has been greatly assisted by books self-published by cousins:
Genealogy research never stops. What an addiction!
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Next month we will attend the re-dedication of Ft Martin in Tennessee (built by my wife's 4th g grandfather, Gen Joseph Martin) and then on to Martinsville, VA for a re-dedication of his statue. We will also visit a cemetery, previously not accessible, where several Martins are buried.
So, there will be plenty to add on WT.
Thanks, Stuart
Mary
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I failed to include my wiki id on the Google Group Join Request. It was sent 21st or 22nd.
Got tripped up by not reading and because a different procedure is used to add new members to the Wales Project Google Group.
Can you fix this? Or, what do I need to do?
Stuart
edited by Cole Aubrey
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edited by SJ Baty
The Ambassadors project has been reorganizing and is looking for those who have a membership at a genealogical society, to help in spreading the word about WikiTree.
We're working on ways to improve how WikiTree connects and interacts with genealogical and local history societies. This is the kind of thing we want to do:
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You are all set with a badge and ready to let me know by private email, what space page you have in mind to work on for an addition to Texas. https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Project:Texas
edited by Mary Richardson
thanks.
Mary ~Texas Project coordinator.
edited by Mary Richardson
I post Answers on G2G and it appears on the page. I later load the page again and my Answer is gone. I sent a private message to Ellen a couple of weeks ago - no response.
In frustration I created this on G2G - https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/1054298/family-history-please-united-states-project-still-working - You will see one of my Answers that was copied before it too disappeared. Again no response.
I posted a Comment on Paula's page on 6/18 describing the above and asking for assistance. Again, no response.
Any help you can provide will be greatly appreciated.
This is the Texas project https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Project:Texas
I see you do not have the United States History badge (Texas is a subproject of United States History). Go to g2g and answer yes to the ad which the leader Ellen Smith posts there, then she will award you the badge.
edited by Mary Richardson
You gave me a link to your Awbrey tree several years ago, so I can work back from Sir William Awbrey of Kew D.C.L; I am unable to find this link again. My connection to this pedigree is Sir Samuel Whitcombe md Mary Aubrey daughter 5th Bart.
Another shortcut I sometimes use when I know a name, such as Samuel Whitcombe, is to do a Google of "wikitree followed by the name I am looking for. Usually it will give you the link to the WikiTree profile.
If you are interested in the origin of the Aubrey/Awbrey name, check out this link - https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Awbrey_Name_Study
Let me know if I can be of any assistance in your research.
Congrats on the Super Star Badge!
As I write, I see you were born- Kingsville, moved to Austin, then later to San Antonio. Business degree at A&M.
Would you like for me to list you as a member of the Texas project?
Mary - Team leader - Projects