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.
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Why did I start this project ?
This modest catalogue of my life and my family was inspired by a feeling that the stories I had heard from my Mum and Dad should be captured somewhere, and not be lost to the dust of time. The more I thought about my Dad’s origin story, the more I realized that none of the […]
What is here ?
You can read the story of my Dad’s beginnings, and my search for his father, you can read my memories of people, places and events with meaning in my family, or you can just browse the pictures to try and know these people.
Most Recent Updates
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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…