Sheila R Weston, nee Trenbath

Last reviewed 23 July 2008

I live in Romsey, which is a market town in the south of England, near to Winchester and Southampton. In my working life I was a Pharmacist and have had a varied career in Retail, Hospitals and Industry, as well as with the Crown Agents in Malaya and 15 months in Barbados, where I was variously, a Drug Representative and a Hotel Receptionist. When I qualified I could think of nothing worse than staying in the same job all my working life and I  succeeded in avoiding this fate, with a vengeance!

In my 50s I took an Open University Degree in Psychology, Geology and Family History - as ever an eclectic approach. The psychology was put to good use when I later counselled for Cruse Bereavement Care and Victim Support.

Family History and Genealogy have been my main hobby for many years and I was able to indulge them to the full when I retired. These have  led to a fascination with all things computing and, in the early 2000s I edited the U3A newsletter and later the website for Romsey and District U3A.

Currently (2008), Philip and I are involved with 'Sailability' (Sailing for the Disabled), as volunteers. We help to give people with disabilities an experience of sailing in uncapsizable dinghies on a small lake near Ringwood.

This photograph was taken on my 70th birthday in 2001 - I think I'll stop having any more taken now!

My Ancestor Chart is on a separate page. Further details can be seen on World Connect. My parents files are on the family pages of this site, as is my Trenbath grandfather, Arthur H Trenbath. Details about my Gillett grandfather, Thomas A Gillett are on the Gillett website