Alison Wilkins

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Biography

This profile is part of the Wilkins Name Study.

I was born in the summer of 1974 in Burton on Trent, Staffordshire^[1] and lived in South Derbyshire with my parents and younger brother. I'm not religious, but was baptised and confirmed in the village church.

I went to university at Bangor in North Wales in 1992 to read Electronic Engineering, and was there for 4 years.

After graduation, I moved to Oxfordshire to work as a radio / electronics engineer. I've since changed jobs (several times!) but still live in the area. I have also studied for degrees in Science and History with the Open University and a Graduate Certificate in Transport History with the University of York (just for fun!).

Family history is one of my many hobbies which include collecting books, collecting stamps, amateur radio (M3KSH & G8KSH), fishing (sea & course), playing keyboard fairly well and drums very badly.

In 2018 I passed my fireman's exams and volunteer on the footplate at a heritage railway centre: https://bucksrailcentre.org/

I also have a love of owls ... they are said to be old and wise - one day I would like to be both.

I've just started the Wilkins name project, please join me!

Sources

1. ↑ "England and Wales, Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVWG-X2QB : accessed 11 April 2015), Alison Anne Wilkins, 1974; from "England & Wales Births, 1837-2006," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Birth Registration, East Staffs, Staffordshire, England, citing General Register Office, Southport, England.