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Stuart A. Awbrey
Born 1930s.
Ancestors
Son of Harry Urban Awbrey
and Lila Louise (Hudspeth) Awbrey
Brother of
Dennis Awbrey and Sharon Awbrey
[children unknown]
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| Created 18 Aug 2015 | Last significant change: 13 Jul 2021
23:25: Frank Blankenship answered a question about Stuart Awbrey [Thank Frank for this]
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This profile is part of the Awbrey Name Study.
This profile is part of the Hudspeth Name Study.
| 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 for the Managed Profiles Teams and Membership in the Wales Project. Coordinator for the Aubrey/Awbrey Name Study. Coordinator for the Hudspeth Name Study. |
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WikiTree Pages
- Pages Created or Contributed To:
- Planned Pages Related to Aubrey/Awbreys in Wales:
- Pages for Brecon Cathedral, Llanelieu Court, Tredomen and Tretower.
Biography
Stuart Awbrey has Welsh ancestors.
Descendant of John Awbrey,
Prospective Gateway Ancestor.
Stuart Awbrey is a member of the Wales Project.
Stuart Awbrey is a member of the Cymru Royals & Aristocrats Project.
Stuart Awbrey is a Project Member of the Texas Project.
Stuart was featured in a Meet Our Members Post on the WikiTree Blog!
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.
Military
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.
Education
- 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.
Employment
- 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.
Insurance Industry Activities
Positions held in state auto insurance plans (SAIP):
- President - Texas SAIP
- President - Western Association of SAIP
- Chairman - Texas SAIP Technical Committee
- Chairman - California SAIP Technical Committee
- Member - Mid-Atlantic SAIP Association - D.C. representative
Other Past Activities
- President - Mens Garden Clubs of America - Austin, Texas Chapter in 1960
- President - Southwest Region - Mens Garden Clubs of America 1960-61
- Certified Mens Garden Clubs of America flower show judge
Awbrey Magna Carta Trail
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.
Related Magna Carta Surety Barons
- According to the Relationship Finder:
- Gilbert de Clare – 19th great grandfather
- John de Lacy – 19th great grandfather
- William de Mowbray – 20th great grandfather
- John Fitz Robert – 21st great grandfather
- Henry de Bohun – 22nd great grandfather
- Robert de Vere – 22nd great grandfather
- William d'Aubigny – 23rd great grandfather
- Hugh & Roger le Bigod – 23rd great grandfather
- Robert FitzWalter – 23rd great grandfather
- Saer de Quincy- 23rd great grandfather
- Robert de Ros – 23rd great grandfather
- William de Huntingfield – 24th great grandfather
- William de Lanvallei – 1st cousin, 24x removed
- William Malet- 1st cousin, 22x removed
- Geoffrey de Say – 5th cousin, 21x removed
Current Genealogy Memberships
Genealogy
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.
Visits To Wales
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:
- Aubrey/Awbrey edited by Mildred Awbrey in 1966.
- Aubrey-Awbrey of Virginia and Kentucky published by Walton L. Aubrey in 1987.
- Awbrey-Aubrey Family Heritage and History published by Jack C. Awbrey in 1991.
- Aubrey/Awbrey - Dominion and Decline published by Jon A. Awbrey in 2007
- and a pedigree chart of ancestors for the period 1030 to pre-1600s prepared by Darrell Wolcott, Center for the Study of Ancient Wales.
Onsite research has been done at:
- The National Archives, Kew, London
- National Portrait Gallery, London
- Family Search center in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Online research has been very productive with general searches on Google and specific online searches of the National Archives and the National Library of Wales.
I now have a collection of books on John Aubrey, F.R.S. who is a 2nd cousin 8x removed, the great grandson of William Aubrey, D.C.L., my 9th great grandfather.
Research never stops. What an addiction!
Sources
- Personal information.
Only the Trusted List can access the following:
- Stuart's formal name
- full middle name (A.)
- e-mail address
- exact birthdate
- birth location
- images (3)
- private siblings' names
- spouse's name and marriage information
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships by comparing test results with Stuart or other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships by comparing test results with Stuart or other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
- Stuart Awbrey: Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 700 markers, haplogroup E-BY119485, FTDNA kit #410976, MitoYDNA ID T15315 [compare]
- Cole Aubrey
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Y-Chromosome Test 37 markers, haplogroup E-BY119485, MitoYDNA ID Y10020 [compare]
- Stuart Awbrey: Family Tree DNA mtDNA Test Full Sequence, haplogroup H3v-T16093C, FTDNA kit #410976
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100.00%
100.00%
Stuart Awbrey:
23andMe, GEDmatch M430988 [compare]
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A099361 [compare], Ancestry member sawbrey37
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~1.56%
John Simpson :
23andMe
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~0.78%
Jill (Seltenreich) Romo :
AncestryDNA
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Genealogist-to-Genealogist (G2G) Forum posts about Stuart:
- Meet our Members: Stuart Awbrey Jul 5, 2021.
- Stuart Awbrey is a Wonderful WikiTreer Jun 4, 2020.
- Stuart Awbrey is a Wonderful WikiTreer Sep 14, 2017.
Stuart is 23 degrees from Johnny Weissmuller, 22 degrees from Betty Cuthbert, 29 degrees from Fanny Blankers, 24 degrees from Eric Liddell, 18 degrees from Shannon Falconetti, 19 degrees from Michael Phelps, 29 degrees from Gillian Rolton, 20 degrees from Wilma Rudolph, 29 degrees from Alfred Tysoe, 43 degrees from Mina Wylie, 28 degrees from Yvette Corlett and 29 degrees from Isabelle Huth on our single family tree. Login to find your connection.
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:
Are you interested in participating in some way? Do you have some ideas to share?
Azure Rae ~ co-Leader of Ambassadors Project
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Perinton-1
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
I want to be a member of the Texas Project.