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Nigel David Willimer
Born 13th August, 1951 Unsurprisingly, my relationship with Nigel is my closest sibling relationship. He is closest to me in age, and he had more influence on the development of my personality than I think he realises… Nigel is the only sibling of which I have ‘Orchard Way’ memories, because he is the only one…
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Linda Elizabeth Willimer
Born 14th March, 1944 My sister was also a wartime baby, and like my brother Tony, I have no memories of her around the house when I was a child. The first thing I can bring to mind is a tiny flat in Mill Road, where she set up home with her husband Doug, and…
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Anthony Clive Willimer
28th April 1942 – 12th July 2021 It’s not mentioned much, but the timing of the arrival of my eldest brother Tony may have been a significant part in the beginnings of our particular family unit. His war-time birth in April 1942 came just 7 months after Mum and Dad were married. You do the…
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Kathleen Betty Willimer (nee King)
7th October 1921 – 24th September 2012 My Mum was born on October 7th, 1921. Like my Dad, she was born in London – in a Salvation Army charity hospital in Clapton, East London. This was many years before the NHS was created, and access to medical services was either expensive, or through charity. The…
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Algernon Frederick Willimer
4th July 1919 – 12th July 1991 My father was born on July 4th, 1919. The circumstances of his birth will be the most engaging part of this entire family history project, since the whole concept of a family tree might be restricted by my lack of knowledge of his origins, and my paternal genetic…
my/our/their family
A family history project dedicated to the Willimer family in Royston and around the world, inspired by the desire to find out more about my Dad’s mysterious parentage.
The people’s whose lives and memories make up this website.
The story of the quest for my unknown Grandfather.
Images that tell the story of our family.
Some family trees.