Milestones

And historical notes

A full ancestor list from Laurie Gaymer can be seen HERE and a 'gedcom' file is available for download. A 'paf' genealogy file of this is also available for study - contact gaymerl@mcsweb.co.uk

Please note that ancestor links before 'Cerdic, warlord of the West Saxons' or 'Charlemagne, Holy Roman Emperor' back to Noah and Adam are taken from historical legends and are not in general verifiable!!

c450	Gaymers (origin "of Wiesmar") migrate from Angeln (now Schleswig-Holstein) to Britain becoming yeoman farmers in Norfolk. There are other interpretations of the origins of the name. Migrations via Normandy are possible but East Anglia is a clear British homeland of the Gaymers, and was hardly populated by the Norman invaders at all. Also there appear to be local roots of the name previous to 1066. Norfolk and Suffolk retain, to this day, a very strong Angel influence rather than the Norman influence in the 'Home Counties'. The Anglo Saxon Chronicles, Nennius and Bede all record that Angeln and the areas around the chief city, Wiesmar, were emptied in the Angel migration to Britain. See also "The Anglo Saxon Chronicles", Bead's "Ecclesiastic History" and Commentaries on English History, Myers "Settlements", J.R.R. Tolkein's notes on "Hengest and Finn" and "Neil's Genealogy Website" - (in "Links")
1900	George Gaymer and Elizabeth Bullock married. George had run away to sea as a youth - escaping from the 'boredom' of farming and shipbuilding in the South London Docks. Having been a merchant seaman on sailing ships, he became a Fireman in the City of London Fire Service working on the River Thames out of Carmelite Street (Whitefriars). He received four medals across the reigns of three British monarchs, Victoria, Edward VII and George V.
1908	Jack Gaymer born. He was named after his uncle Jack, who was a Headmaster and a part time coach to the schoolboys in the 'The Hotspurs', now the Premier League team, Tottenham Hotspur.
1910	Zena Macbeth born. Youngest of five. Her father, Sidney, became a Warrant Officer in the Indian Army - much to the disgust of her mother, Margaret, who was not consulted on his decision to go enlist in the Indian Army and was left at home in England to bring up the children!
1933	Jack and Zena married. As children they had lived quite close to each other and had both been eye witnesses to Captain Leefe-Robinson's shooting down of the first Zeppelin. They set up house in Theydon Bois in Essex. Jack was then a Stockbroker in London.
1937	Robert George Gaymer born
1939	Jack joins British Army. Later posted to India. Demobilised as Captain in the Royal Artillery in 1946.
1947	Laurence Digby Gaymer born
1956	Robert killed on active service as a Flying Officer with the Royal Air Force.
1960	Family moves to Thorpe Bay near Southend-on-Sea. Laurie remains as a border at Chigwell Public School
1966	Laurie joins IBM as an Engineer. For those that remember them, his first job was fixing Key Punches and Verifiers (024s and 026s)
1972	Laurence and Susan married and move to South Shoebury (the Painters estate).
1973	Jayne Louise Gaymer born
1975	Matthew Laurence Robert Gaymer born
1984	Thomas Peter William Gaymer born. The family had moved into The Village of South Shoebury by this time.
1994	Laurie leaves IBM. At that time he was UK Marketing Centres Support Manager. Matt working for Silica Systems and later Blockbuster Video
1994	MCS founded. Originally formed as a marketing consultation service the company grows into a computer service - father and son partnership
1995	Jayne and Chris Davey married
1995	Nathaniel Christopher Davey born
1997	Leanne Jayne Davey born
1998	James Xavier Davey born
2001	Adam Charles Davey born

Other Associated Family Names

Beauchamp, Blois, O'Brien, Cowie, De Keyser, Ellis, Hamlyn, Hatton, Landragin, Light, Mootham, Sargent, Saint Andrew, Saint John, Salliss, Tewson, de Umfraville, Vaughan, Veitch, Walgrave.

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