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Welcome to Don's view of who he Was, who he Is today & who he Might Be In The Future!! As a cultured, married & retired Brit, he enjoys on most every day his computing/website work ( such as this page! ), watching things on his Roku streaming device and visiting with his immediate family—all are in a peaceful, pleasant country-setting, a few miles from Atlanta, Georgia in the US of A Arriving in the US in the late '70s on an international work visa from his UK home, he today retains an active dual citizenship… Learn more about Don by visiting his personal details page & the "Whom We Might Be" story ( each of which he wrote several years ago ), as well as a matrix of his many websites As this page is strongly biased towards Don's early years, consider visiting some less-biased online pages? Open his Facebook, LinkedIn, Tweeter or Flickr pages, visit his current Home Page or his ongoing eDiary which does have news reports! As a final point for this view, Don is the ***Direct Author*** of this page    ( and of many other Copyrighted © pages with no Fake data nor any AI enhancements ), creating every person in his Family Tree ( some of whom were inherited, most imported ) sharing each of his grandparent's generation ( with 90+generations viewable in their names—view Don's 2nd paternal GGF, William John Shave & a GGF advisory as needed? ) as well as the page that Don created to show many of his date-based places that are used by the peoples' events, their relevant notes, the sources & citations ( mostly downloaded after finding them, some created ) and many, many quotations, episodic comments, pictures & such… For *Each and Every* item shared here, Don's concept of the "Three of Me" would like to share that he sure does like to write!! Regards, Don    who may be shown as "DJ" in these pages… Feel free to contact him? Cheers! eMail: Don.J.Shave ( use backspace to return? )
Don's Biography: An Overview of "Just a Few" Key Facts
Historical fact		Storage of key relevant citations are listed with the events below; also view the Region of The British Isles, EuropeGand refer to the Place location+for more information?
Story	Apr 2016 updated Oct 2025	Don wrote a story named "Whom We Might Be" several years back whilst living in Roswell, GeorgiaG… certainly worth a minute or two! Clickto view the Homo Sapiens origins map?
Historical fact		Don's direct ancestry was traced back through time during his research of many historical Kings & Queens The most significant King he found was Ecgberht, his 35th paternal GGF… Born in the Wessex Kingdom of MiddleAged EnglandGon September 29th, 775, he became the King of Wessex & a "Bretenanwealda" ( a Britain-ruler ) around 802 Don is also the 17th cousin ( once removed ) of Queen Elizabeth II ( sadly, now R.I.P. ) of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and of the 15 Commonwealth Realms; she was crowned just 2 years before Don's birth As a final note here, Don’s 50th GGF is King Dag, shared below
Vital	April 1998 to today	Every element of Don's Family Tree is legally controlled:   All Rights Reserved © April, 1998-today's date Don Shave4
Don's Biography: His Birth & His Death
Birth	Jul 1955 eDiary	Don's birth was early on a Monday morning at the Aston Greys Nursing Home on Knole RoadGin Boscombe of Bournemouth, Hampshire, England ( Bournemouth today is in Dorset ) & was advised by his Mum ( via some notes in a 1984 birthday card that she had painted for his 39th ) that he had arrived at 4:55am on a Monday as a tiny baby Don was also given to understand ( unsure as to precisely when, but it was most likely decided prior to his birth ) that Don had been named after his 2 Grandfathers: Donald S. Shave and James E. Evans With a birth weight of 5 pounds, 5 ounces, his Dad ( as remembered by Don ) said, when he held Don as a baby that it was like "a ball of string with 5 pieces attached" for those skinny arms & legs The time & size "facts" ( from Don's Mum ) are also her numismatics for "5" being the most important number, apparently / NFIA… Bournemouth+was in Hampshire, moving to Dorset in 19741,2,3
Death	In 2075 The future	Don intentionally created a false fact in his Family Tree page:   "Don died in 2075 at 120 years of age"… This event allowed his data to be shared under his online website tools
Don's Biography: His Childhood Years
Nickname	about July, 1955	Around Don's birth he was named as "Jamie," most likely by his Dad; sadly, details are NFIA
Residence	Jul 1955 to Sep 1955	Jamie lived as a tiny baby with his Mum & Dad in an upstairs flat at 10 Carlton Rd in BoscombeGfor ~3 months…5
Historical fact	Sep 1955 to Jan 1971 eDiary	Jamie grew up at 70 Elmes Roadin Bournemouth for 14+ years… With many-a-tale that could be told, just a handful are added for this story—see his childhood eDiary details & a Places page; do also take a peek at some of his older photo album snaps? Cheers!
Historical fact	Feb 1958-ish	In February of 1958 or so, Jamie's Mum ( likely every weekday ) sat him down to listen to the "Daily Radio Show" on the BBC4 radio in the early afternoons; those opening words still resonate clearly in his head after more than 50 years: "Are you sitting comfortably? Then I'll begin…" That show is shared here…
Historical fact	1959	Starting in about 1959 at the Winton LibraryG ( which was built by Andrew Camegie in 1906 ), Jamie recalls the commencement of being an *enthusiastic* reader of books, both fiction and factual… His Mum had read to him since he was born, and he remembers being at the library with her very often—he did so love those boys' adventure books! See a snap of the reading roomfrom the 50's?
Education	28 Jul 1960 eDiary	The date is approximate ( the year is solid ) when Jamie started school life at the Winton & Moordown Infant's School for Boys on Coronation Ave in Bournemouth, quite close to his home at 70 Elmes Rd
Historical fact	1961	Jamie's "Uncle Peter" ( view the notes at Uncle Peters page? ) helped him to learn how to tie his shoe-laces—his Dad hadn't been able to do that… Jamie can actively recall another event at that time ( not precisely dated, but close enough… ) whilst riding on a Dorset county bus with his Mum, traveling somewhere for a day out, he was seated on the "front seats" behind the driver, facing the back of the bus—he got sick & threw up!
Description	Mar 1962	Jamie recalls that he was always "busy at bedtime," right around the age of 6 or 7, drilling holes with a screwdriver in the wall next to his bed for reasons that he simply cannot fathom… This *absolutely* infuriated his Dad as he kept doing it, despite Dad's belt on his back Another thread he recalls was that his Mum & Dad had taken in lodgers as cash was needed. Jamie had sneaked into Terry's room in March when he was out, managing to steal his large pocket-penknife. When it went to school with him the next day to boast about it, he was caught with it in his hand… more of Dad's belt
Property	Jun 1963	Jamie's Dad had brought home a silk jacket as a gift from his New York stop while working as the cook on a Merchant Navy ship that went to many places around the world… Just a few days later, Jamie managed to take it off ( as he recalls, it was too hot to wear! ) while playing at Redhill CommonGnear his house, and it was picked up from where he had left it ( hanging on a bush, or just on the ground ) and it never came back… It's still burned into his brain how *furious* his Dad was when he lost his gift :( [ sourced from a passing thought on Fathers Day in 2018 ]
Education	28 Jul 1963 eDiary	As Jamie moved up to the Middle School for BoysG, his Mum changed his registration name to "James Donald" in an attempt to redirect the bullies ( Leslie Baldrey et al ) who made up that horrible teasing rhyme:    "Donald Duck did some Muck     Behind the Kitchen door;     Mother Duck cleaned it up     And Donald did some more!" Her registration effort just didn't work at all—the boys continued to follow him home from the school, chanting… Jamie distinctly recalls crying as he walked home with them following him along on Oswald Road
Historical fact	Nov 1963	Jamie's sister, Dawn was sadly stillborn in June of 1963, causing this event… His Mum became very depressed with her loss, leaving home a few months later ( for reasons that are not known, likely something from his Dad ) with Uncle Peter to go north to ManchesterG+in an attempt to help her with her sadness; the 1963 notes in her profile share the details
Historical fact	early 1965	Jamie was caught red-handed shoplifting for his girlfriend, Liz… a pocketful of dirt-cheap jewelry at one of the big stores downtown in Bournemouth. This event ended up in a world of legal shite, with his Dad unsuccessfully asking the Chief of Police for mercy; Jamie ended up convicted at the age of 10 with two years of probation
Don's Biography: His "Sad & Bad" Teenage Years
Description	Jul 1965 to Dec 1970	These years were where Jamie literally managed to take his Dad's world to the lowest possible of lows for him… Worst ever was when Jamie was being a bully, beating up another child ( who sadly is well remembered, yet will remain unidentified ), one of the many threads that caused him to be *evicted* from his Dad's home in 1971 to join the British Army
Historical fact	Mar 1966 eDiary	When Jamie was almost 11, the Winton & Moordown Middle School for Boys on Oswald Road delivered the "School Streaming Examinations," where students were graded to determine whether or not they would succeed with a Grammar School education The world was changing back then, and although Jamie's scores were certainly high enough there apparently wasn't enough capacity at the Grammar School for Boys; Jamie ended up being sent to the "G-stream" in the Senior School for Boys ( likely due to geography, as much as anything ) where he was eligible for O-levels vs. just a CSE… sadly, he never achieved anything ( other than sessions with the headmaster's cane ) in that school; described below View an article of historical interest?
Residence	1968	Jamie had a music studio at 70 Elmes Road for a couple years! Just a lovely snap that he found of the room that was completely his… it was decorated with pebble-style wallpaper, had a comfy-ish bed ( ½ of a set of bunk-beds ), his red shirt hanging on the chair & his neck-tie hanging on the wardrobe handle, and that "surround sound" system with a stack of singles ( sadly no longer possessed / eSigh! ) with various other memories
Occupation	Jul 1967 to 1970	Jamie's work as a young teenager began around July 1968 when his probation ( see above ) had ended, with many sunny summer days spending time learning about the world of work… compliments of his Dad, he supposes Jamie had earlier delivered newspapers for about an hour on weekday mornings with a paper route from the local news shop; he managed to get sacked after a couple weeks as he'd decided to grab several bars of "free" chocolate to eat as he walked… he can actively recall the shop owner following after him, picking up the discarded wrappers!! Jamie then worked as the washer-upper of dishes/knives/forks etc in the kitchens at the "Sea-Witch Restaurant" in Poole for a while, just a 30-minute bike ride from his home; they changed the name of the place at some point to the "Loch Fyne Seafood & Grill Restaurant" and it later became the Anchorage Hotel, which may or may not still be currently active… Jamie also worked at that time with his Dad, helping him to maintain the gardens of the "rich people" who lived in the posh area of downtown Bournemouth and spent Saturday mornings working with his Uncle Reg at the family Tape Recorders shop in Bournemouth ( which moved to the main street in Boscombe a few years later ) where his uncle had taught him about soldering, transistors, electronic circuits & the resistor color codes, with a rhyme like "Betty Brown Rode Off You Get By Vera Good Wife Gold Silver"… some invaluable knowledge for the work that he moved to after the Army in 1978! View a summary page of his life's work here?
Historical fact	Jul 1968	Jamie's Uncle Jack & his Auntie Jean ( his Dad's sister ) gave him a gift on his 13th birthday: an Antique Postage Stamp Albumthat shows as being printed between November & December, 1893 Uncle Jack told Jamie when he presented the gift to him that the album had been given to him by Albert, his father, on his 10th birthday in 1934; Jack had then maintained & built up the album during his childhood years—see more details at Jack's father? The album ( sadly, picked over for valuable stamps by an expert before the gift event ) continues to remain as of this writing in a fireproof safe at Don's house; view a summary of the contents6
Historical fact	1969	Jamie became known as Don around this time… When he wrote his 50-year-old diary entry in late 2018, these threads weren't really in his head, just some captures from various sources Don was "Up to a Lot of No Good" out & about on Redhill Common, in Kinson & other places as he became aged 14 on a Friday in July of 1969, with no recall at all as to what kinds of gifts might have been given to him by his Mum, Dad or Uncle Peter, and whether or not there was a party… it was likely that he was just out, making trouble Don broke into the metalwork shop near his house at the Oswald Road Senior School Annex with his friends, Johnnie Early & Dave Ellis late one night, likely in the spring This was a real "pro job" where they planned the raid, knew what they wanted to take and where they were going to sell the stuff, etc, etc. They had left an upper window during class just open enough to allow them to get back in later at night; they were just lucky that no-one had spotted & closed it! They got in at ~11pm ( wearing gloves & soft-soled shoes, dark clothes, the works—regular crooks… ) and raided the display case for all the brass & copper bowls, etc; a bagful of the stuff to lug out… They got halfway across the back playing fields before Dave realized that he had left his gloves with his name in! They did get away with the stuff ok, but Don then had a visit from the cops… they simply didn't have anything to pin on him or on any of us. They then sold off the junk in Boscombe for a few quid, & thought that this was the greatest thing… such youthful foolishness! During the summer, Don broke into the Bournemouth School for Girls with his friend Johnnie Early, looking for mercury to sell… He had heard sometime earlier that week at school that this stuff was very expensive—it simply never occurred to them that it wasn't sellable in any shop they could go into! This was also the night that Johnnie managed to cut himself with a damned scalpel & they each got a bunch of powder-paint all over themselves when trashing the place… Don's Dad became extremely suspicious taking Johnnie home & when he got back home ( Don's Mum wasn't around ) he proceeded to angrily say "OK, Johnnie told me the whole story; now I want your version!"… Don was scared shitless & 'fessed up the whole deal… of course, Johnnie hadn't told him anything of the sort, & couldn't believe that Don had bubbled him They both ended up at the copshop that night, & Don's Dad later told him that he had gotten the Chief Constable to "bend over backwards" to let him off of what was probably a serious charge… Don just hated his guts anyway for his lying to get a confession, & a few days later he scarpered off to Meyrick Park one night Johnnie & Don also broke into the Glenmore Girls School that summer, & nicked a couple of cello's becoming "music men" for an evening. He sold them somewhere, or maybe just smashed them up… Don saw no cash out of it either way!
Description	Sep 1970	Don ended up as the 2nd kid to be expelled from the 5G class ( after Jules Stravinsky ) for being a problem child at the Winton & Moordown Senior School in mid-September, 1970… He recalls that his Dad knew not what to do with this, perhaps the final "straw on the camel's back"? Who will ever know…
Don's Biography: His Time in The Army Apprentices College at Harrogate
Description	15 Dec 1970 eDiary	Don's Dad made him sign up for the Royal Corps of Signals in the British Army ( view here? ) at the age of 15½ in the British Army Recruitment Officeon 244 Holdenhurst Road in BournemouthG This was after his Dad's seemingly endless futile attempts to try & keep Don off of the road that he was on, becoming a criminal ( possibly from Dad's own childhood learning ), with Don's school eviction event ( above ) being Dad's final choice   ( not actually spoken to me, but surely true enough… ) "Let's have someone else give it a try as I clearly can't influence him enough…"
Military	Jan 1971 to Apr 1973	On Monday, January 19th, 1971, Don left his childhood home on the train around 9am ( with quiet tears from his Mum at the station ) for that "involuntary" Army stint that had been forced on him by his Dad… Don traveled North ( view his trip here… scroll down? ) hauling a small suitcase of clothes, a toothbrush, etc to his new home in Harrogate, Yorkshire, EnglandG… He arrived as a very young Army rookie at the Army Apprentices CollegeGand spent the next 2+ years of his life in the Bradley Squadron, AAC As a rookie, Don learned to be a soldier with many, many memorial events… he was out playing on the rugby team as the tight-head prop, hitting the marching-band big base drum ( & slowed down as he recalls ), walking the 48-hour Lyke-Wake walk across the Yorkshire Moors, after walking into town ( about an hour ) discovering his 1st formal knife-fork-spoon table-setting as he & his friends sat to eat in a restaurant ( late-summer of 1971 ), taking those horrible cross-country runs, and having those massive PT sergeants screaming in his ear that he "wasn't trying hard enough with those damned reverse curls!"
Historical fact	About September 1970	After being at Harrogate for a while, a phone protocol was established with Don's Mum at 70 Elmes ( his home ) for a series of weekly calls on Saturday… at one specific phone ( of the 3 phone booths near to the churches ), he'd ring up around lunchtime, hanging up after letting it ring 3 times—he never failed ( to his recollection ) to get a call-back, reducing his expenses! Don was promoted in October, 1972 to an Apprentice Lance-corporal of the A-Troop, and again in January, 1973 to the A-Troop Corporal with the Corporals Bunk; view some memories here?6
Graduation	Apr 1973	Don graduated from the AAC with four top-of-the-class achievements, something never done before or since… view the report here?
Don's Biography: His Army Life in Soltau, West Germany
Residence	Apr 1973 to May 1973	After graduating from the AAC, Don lived for a month or so in the barracks at the Catterick Garrison in Yorkshire, EnglandGas a squaddie; this was en route to his station in Soltau
Military	May 1973 eDiary	He traveled via a military plane ( his 1st flight! ) from Stansted Airport to Hanover in West GermanyGand then onwards to Soltau Stansted Airport ( on Bassingbourn Rd in Stansted, England ) is an international airport in the district of Uttlesford in Essex, 42 miles northeast of Central London & 0.9 miles from the Hertfordshire border As a note of interest, West Germany had existed since the end of WWII, where the Potsdam Agreement had established the exact delimitation of Germany's East & West postwar boundaries; the country was reunified on October 3rd, 1990
Military	May 1973 to Nov 1974	Don was a squaddie in the Bournemouth Barracks at the 7th Armoured Brigade HQin Soltau, West GermanyGfor a year & ½
Military	Nov 1974 to Mar 1975	Don took a 4-month tour at the RUC Station on Hastings St. in Belfast, Northern IrelandG as a comms.op for the Brigade HQof the King's Own Royal Border Guards; he lived & worked there his friend, Dave Cleminson Don had a few scares during that time: guard duty as the highly-frightening courier "shotgun" ride-along ( who gets shot 1st ) w/military papers up to the main HQ; was lucky enough to have missed things like the bombing of the RUC Station in July, 1971 A few months prior to this, several of the people were providing training for the troops in Soltau; see the note & info on the KORBG here?
Historical fact	April 19th, 1975 eDiary	On a Saturday afternoon in the Eastleigh Baptist churchG, Don & Jane were married with many family & friends of both of us
Historical fact	Apr 21st to 28th, 1975	A few days after their marriage, they took their honeymoon in the Isle of WightG
Residence	30 Apr 1975 to Jan 1977	They then moved into their 4th-floor MQ flat on Amselweg 4 in Soltau, West GermanyGfor 2 & ½ years; they also had a short visit at Paul & Julie's place as they arrived! Some snaps are here:
Historical fact	May 1976 to Jun 1980	Working at the barracks in Soltau, Jane made them some extra income, allowing the purchase of their Hillman Huskythat was sold in June, 1980, right before Don moved away to the US (shared below)
Don's Disastrous Life-changing 1976 Accident
Medical	Sep 1976 eDiary	Don's life-changing event occurred in early September, driving out in the countryside near Stadtverwaltung, about 50km SE of Hanover in Bad Salzdetfurth, Hildesheim, West GermanyG… He & Sgt. Gary Coude were out & about, playing soldiers—Don ended up taking a swan-dive from the top of their 432 ( trying to release the coolant from the overheated radiator ) which fractured both his elbows & wrists as he hit the road on them That sad event changed the rest of his natural-born life
Medical	Oct 1976	In October, 1976 ( around 6 weeks *after* the actual event ) Don was admitted to the British Military Hospital ( BMH ) in Hanover, West GermanyG for medical care… They worked on a few things for him there, ending up surgically removing the radial head of his left elbow in January, 1977
Historical fact	Christmas December 1976	Don's Dad drove ( via the English Channel ferry ) with his Mum & brother Alan ( aged 8 at that time ) to visit him and Jane for a few days; see a snapshot by Don's Mum? They all then spent an afternoon together out at the nearby concentration camp, Bergen-Belsen… click to viewG?
Historical fact	Jan 1977 to Apr 1977	Don was transferred to the BMH Greenwich in LondonG+( the Royal Herbert Hospital ) from Soltau after his treatments in BMH Hanover, spending a period there in the wards; he recalls meeting up with "Ginger" ( with whom Don had met during his Kings Own Royal Border Guards tour in Belfast )at some point during the stay—he cannot recall exactly what had happened to Ginger but suspects he was shot in the leg Jane & Don departed from their Soltau MQ around this time, driving their Hillman Husky to her parents house in EastleighGvia the English Channel ferryfrom Hamburg to Harwich; they spent ~3 months there in a small upstairs room Don distinctly recalls Captain Sweetman probing his plan to drive with both elbows out of whack… concerned that Don would not be able to control the steering wheel in an emergency condition—he managed ( thank Christ! ) to successfully argue the case…
Medical	May 1977 to Oct 1977	After his time at BMH Greenwich, Don was transferred to the JSMRU ( Joint Services Military Rehabilitation Unit—originally an Elizabethan farmhouse ) in Chessington, LondonGfor further treatment In his 6+ months there with the therapy of working out in the pool with floats a couple times a day, Don actually spent carpentry time to build a usable table… it was moved into their middle-floor flat at 103 Central Hill in Upper Norwood ( see below ) and it stayed with them as they moved on to their Albany Road house ( also below ), inherited by Jane Don has a number of other memories of his time there… a sadly brain-damaged lad who would chase after one of their physio girls, drooling; a guy named "Jock" who had lost his left leg, clicking along the road; a discussion "Shall we just downgrade him to a clerk?" with his subsequent ( desperate! ) discussions to try to avoid this! He spent some time near the end of his treatments examining a selection of possible retraining classes, specifically Computers—which became his life… Today, the JSMRU no longer exists as it was sold off by the MOD in 2004; a replacement was built in 2008
Residence	Mar 1977 to Oct 1977	While Don was stationed at the JSMRU, he was assigned by the Army to live in their 1st UK MQ, a 5th-floor placealong the Balham High Road in LondonGwhere Don drove out to the JSMRU & back daily while Jane worked as a nurse They had to travel back to Soltau for a few days in April to hand back their MQ; their return to home was via Holland, where the tulip fieldswere endlessly amazing!
Don's Biography: His Transition to Civilian Life
Military	10 Oct 1977 eDiary	At the Catterick Garrison in Yorkshire, EnglandGDon received his medical discharge on a Monday after spending ~18 months with many, many doctors who had unsuccessfully attempted to fix his broken arms… He was also tagged as 30% disabled, which today continues to provide a small UK government pension
Residence	12 Oct 1977 to Mar 1978	After Don's final Army discharge, they moved from their Balham MQ to their 1st personal middle-floor flat at 103 Central Hill, West Norwood, LondonG, spending ~6 months there This address was actually captured from a copy of a letter that was sent to Don by his friend, Kim Nott in 1977; Don had retained the envelope, and shared that with Kim
Historical fact	Oct 1977 to Mar 1978	Don was luckily enough with his discharge to have been funded by the UK government for a 6-month stint at the Control Data Institute ( CDI ) in London for no cost, learning about computers & then graduating with honours!! In perhaps November of 1977 ( the date is of necessity approximate ) Don was traveling beneath Brixton in LondonGon the tube up to the CDI in London & back, where he recalls a specific moment when he simply got lucky: wearing his long brown coat he was being pushed around near the tube door ( not at all crowded in the tube ) by what was likely a thug… the thug's friend did say "he's big" so perhaps that was why they decided to not kick the shit out of Don…guess we'll never know! Before graduating from the CDI, Don had started searching for a job, resulting in a successful interview with his 1st non-Army job at the Burroughs Corp. The team worked in the Midland Bank HQ at Staples Corner in London, off of the Edgeware Rd at the North CircularG Tim Bowler, who had assessed Don's mechanical aptitude to successfully disassemble/reassemble a huge printer transfer box ( full of dust & rust! ), Pete Tinson ( Don's shift-boss to-be ) and others liked Don enough to offer him a job with 12-hour shifts on a 4-4-6 day rhythm!
Occupation	Mar to Aug 1978	Don worked at the HQ of the Midland Bank in N. London; to be closer to Staples Corner, he and Jane retained and moved into to their 2nd flat upstairs at 89 Fairfax Road in Haringey, London ( just a couple of miles from the Alexander Palace ) Gin late March, about 20 minutes away from work
Address	Aug 1978 to Dec 1979	Don & Jane brought their 1st house ( an end-row terrace ) at 19 Albany Road in Upper Edmonton, London and moved in during August of 1978 living there for a year & a ½… Don's drive to work was around the North Circular for 20-30 minutes Today's Google street viewGshows that their house & 4 others were knocked down as part of the construction of an Anglican Church school, which opened in 2017; a rear entry can be seen
Historical fact	6 Oct to 27 Nov, 1979	Don was sent off to the Burroughs Training Center in Paoli, Pennsylvania, USAGfor the 6-week training course that managed to lead to a disaster in his life with Ms. T… When he returned home, Don was justifiable forced by Jane’s family to move out of their Albany Road house to a flat at 33a Goldsmith RoadGwhere he stayed alone for about 8 months
Don's Biography: His Transition from England to the USA
Arrival	9 Jul 1980 eDiary	Having departed from London late in the evening on Wednesday, July 9th in 1980 after the many, many unmentionable events that had occurred due to Ms. T over the prior several months, Don arrived for the 3rd time with his UK passport at the JFK airport in New YorkGin the afternoon, hauling a pair of suitcases that were each heavily-filled with his entire life that had been carefully filtered prior to his departure… A sad, sad day, retrospectively
Occupation	11 Jul 1980	Don moved from the job that he'd had in the basement of a national bank in London, England to working on *exactly* the same things ( i.e. the B-7700 computers ) in the basement of the World Bank HQ with an effective raise in pay of ⅓rd in Washington, D.C, USAG
Address	11 Jul 1980 to Nov 1981	Don & Ms. T moved into their 1st apartment, a 4th-floor place at 14111 Castle BoulevardGin Silver Spring, MarylandGstaying for a year or so Don changed jobs at that time from Burroughs to Fairchild Industries, working there for the next few years ( see his history here? )
Immigration	15 May 1981	On Friday, May 15th, Don was blessed to receive his Green Card from the Immigration office in BaltimoreGwhich, after living for 10 months as a tourist made him a resident of the USA… this remained in place for 320 more months until his Naturalization was completed on Thursday, April 19th 2007 ( see the event below )
Address	Nov 1981 to Jul 1986	Don & Ms. T then found & rented their 1st US split-level house in Sterling Park, Virginia,Gmoving out of their Castle Boulevard apartment in November 1981; they lived there for 2 years, with Don working for Fairchild They then found & purchased a newly-built end-row townhouse with a basement at 11483 Brundidge Terrace in Germantown, MarylandG moving in around Nov 1983, where they spent 2½ yrs
Occupation	Mar 1985	Don started his Creative Logic Software business as a Consultant
Don's Biography: His Transition to Working with GE in Waukesha, WI
Residence	Jul 1986 eDiary	Don drove out with an overnight stay ( ~780 miles ) from their house in Germantown, MD to Waukesha, Wisconsin over the July 4th weekend, moving into the Monterey Apartments+as he started working at GE1
Occupation	Jul 1986 to Jan 2009	Don then worked at GE HealthcareGfor 23+ years… This all started out with his 6-month contract as a CLS consultant, where he was tasked to work on some pretty complex embedded-firmware for the internals of an imaging device. As this contract expired, Don was offered a full-time job at GE Healthcare as a Senior Software Engineer in December'86, which he accepted Don's role evolved there over time,. becoming an equivalent to a Black-Hat Computer Wizard, growing from his coding & team-lead roles to a Manager, taking on a parallel role as a Program Leader, and then moving on as a Compliance Champion, and to many others; tales of some of these may well be told when Don finds some time! In February 1987 Don brought his family from Germantown, Maryland to a rented ½ of a duplex at 21550 Jill Court in WaukeshaGand a year+ later ( in May 1998 ) they found & purchased a house at 146 E. Greenland Ave in Oconomowoc, WisconsinG. The house was a 100-year old Cape Cod building with a really nice lake view ( ! ) and access to the lake… it was their house for 6+ years until Don decided that he had to move on
Don's Biography: His Transition away from Ms. T …
Historical fact	Mar 1994 eDiary	In late March of 1994, Don was blessed to find himself connected with Sandy ( his wife-to-be at that time ); they were working together at a trade show in Coronado, San Diego County, CaliforniaGand both of their lives were delightfully changed forever by this event—they were married there 3 years later on Saturday, March 22nd, 1997
Residences	1994 to 2014	Without sharing too many of the transitions that Don & Ms. T had over their many years together, Don moved out of his Greenland Avenue house in 1994 to an apartment in Hartland, Wisconsin, living there for 9 months. They ( Sandy & Don ) then rented a house on Lake Keesus near Sussex, WisconsinG for 6 months Around Don's 41st birthday, he & Sandy purchased & moved into their house on White Oak Drive in Sussex, WisconsinG, a mature, large 4-bedroom house on an acre with nice woods ( & skeets! ), a basement, etc, where they lived for 7+ years; many visits from family, friends & their children They sold White Oak as they built their new 3-bedroom house on 1.5 acres at Emerald Fields CourtG, moving in on November 2004; they there lived for 9+ years, continuing their visits from friends & family View some history here?
Naturalization	19 Apr 2007	Don had decided to become a naturalized citizen of the United States 25+years after his 1980's arrival and was sworn in on Thursday, April 19th 2007 in the Court House in Milwaukee, WisconsinGallowing the end of his Green Card time
Don's Biography: His Transition of Their Lives to a home in Georgia, USA
Address	16 Oct 2014 to date eDiary	Sandy & Don moved their lives south to the State of Georgia as their 2nd grandson, Landon was about to be born, renting a house for a year on Wittenridge Drive in Alpharetta, GeorgiaGand then purchasing & moving into their new house ( as of this writing ) on Walnut Terrace in Roswell, GeorgiaG
Historical fact	August 2017	Don & Sandy purchased their delightful Toyota Highlander that has heating / cooling seats (!), selling off their 18+ year-old Chevy Tahoe… a few years later they also bought an electric car, a Nissan Leaf which is great for local trips!
Historical fact	2018	On a Friday morning of January 5th, 2018, a thought trotted through Don's mind as he stood up from his computer after working for an hour or so with a little groan… "Better to be old than to be dead!" Such a *great* philosophy!! He then searched for that phrase & found that George Clooney had said a couple years back that "…I'm kind of comfortable with getting older because it's better than[…]being dead…" that sure felt nice to be aligned with someone famous ;)
Historical fact	May 2019	Don & Sandy spent 3 weeks in ItalyG (our visit is shared here) where they caught several images; one is here
Historical fact	September 2023	Sandy & Don took a 2-week+ trip to celebrate Steve Kerr's birthday at his historical castle in Scotland; see the trip, with many images here? Steve sadly passed away unexpectedly in the fall of 2024—R.I.P. to Don's friend…
Historical fact	September 2025	They ( Sandy & Don ) took a 2+week river boat trip to PortugalG; view the trip that shares many images?
Here are some of Don’s current thoughts…
Historical fact	January, 2026	As of this date, Don’s ongoing website development has brought an interesting expanded page into view, the key people in his tree… Enjoy! Also, consider viewing ( whilst you are here? ) some of the many online pages that he has created! Each of the pages hold many, many embedded links: Don's Home Page, his Web-structure matrix, some of the many Global Places where he worked or visited, or the history of the Creation of his family tree… Visit Don's Ancestry page ( which does require you to sign in ), view his DNA page ( ditto ), his Bio or his Profile. Also, visit his “Whom We Might Be" page? Finally, visit perhaps the most interesting person that Don has found in his research! His 50th Great-Grandfather is King Dag of Uppsala in Sweden, also shown as the 1st person in his Viking PDF report…
Title	Summer of 2016	Max ( Don's grandson ) named him as "Grampy Don" at the age of ~4, a title that Don is still very proud to bear!
Historical fact	2012 to today eDiary	Ahhhh! Don's retirement life began in early 2012 & continues today in Roswell, Georgia… simply loads ;) of Full-time Thumb-twiddling!! Thanks for your visit to Don's ancestral data page—he hopes you've enjoyed it!!

An enumerated list of the Citations that are used in this page

1. [S1796] FreeBMD, England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1837-2007, General Register Office; United Kingdom; Reference: Volume 6b, Page 201
2. [S8] Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2008
   Original data - England & Wales Civil Registration Indexes. London, England: General Register Office
   © Crown copyright
   Published by permission of the Control[…]
3. [S763] Ancestry.com, U.S. Public Records Index, 1950-1993, Volume 1
4. [S441] Don Shave, "Online database, part of research", Website See note or web-links
5. [S1] ( see i1.7 below )
6. [S71] Antique Postage Stamp Album ( date: Abt 1885 )
7. [S1] DJS: Source for an unsourced person--Citation added for an unsourced person--Every element of Don's Family Tree is legally controlled: All Rights Reserved © April, 1998-today's date Don Shave