William McCauley was my uncle. He was 21 years older than my father (his half brother). He was the son of Thomas and Lillian McCauley. His father died when he was a young boy and eventually his mother remarried Irving J. Lee, who raised him as a son.
Uncle Bill had one full sister (Dorothy Isabelle) and 4 half brothers and sisters (Catherine, James, Ilene, and Jack).
Uncle Bill was kind of the black sheep of the family preferring to go his own way and not staying in contact with anyone. What I do know is that his first wife was named Ruth and they had a son named William (called Billy). By the early 1950's he had a second wife who we called Aunt Bea (Beatrice?). They eventually divorced and Uncle Bill left Missouri and relocated to Southern California where everyone lost touch with him except for when he would call one of his siblings.
Originally his profession was a plasterer. Once he moved to California he had a difficult time fighting his alcohol addiction and I have no idea how he supported himself but do know that he spent a fair amount of time in homeless shelters.
My father was notified by a Santa Barbara hospital when Uncle Bill was critically ill. No one in our family has any idea what happened to his son or if his son even knows that he has family (aunts, uncles, and cousins).
Although he lived a tormented life, I believe he is at peace now and is back in the arms of his family.
Uncle Bill had one full sister (Dorothy Isabelle) and 4 half brothers and sisters (Catherine, James, Ilene, and Jack).
Uncle Bill was kind of the black sheep of the family preferring to go his own way and not staying in contact with anyone. What I do know is that his first wife was named Ruth and they had a son named William (called Billy). By the early 1950's he had a second wife who we called Aunt Bea (Beatrice?). They eventually divorced and Uncle Bill left Missouri and relocated to Southern California where everyone lost touch with him except for when he would call one of his siblings.
Originally his profession was a plasterer. Once he moved to California he had a difficult time fighting his alcohol addiction and I have no idea how he supported himself but do know that he spent a fair amount of time in homeless shelters.
My father was notified by a Santa Barbara hospital when Uncle Bill was critically ill. No one in our family has any idea what happened to his son or if his son even knows that he has family (aunts, uncles, and cousins).
Although he lived a tormented life, I believe he is at peace now and is back in the arms of his family.
William McCauley was my uncle. He was 21 years older than my father (his half brother). He was the son of Thomas and Lillian McCauley. His father died when he was a young boy and eventually his mother remarried Irving J. Lee, who raised him as a son.
Uncle Bill had one full sister (Dorothy Isabelle) and 4 half brothers and sisters (Catherine, James, Ilene, and Jack).
Uncle Bill was kind of the black sheep of the family preferring to go his own way and not staying in contact with anyone. What I do know is that his first wife was named Ruth and they had a son named William (called Billy). By the early 1950's he had a second wife who we called Aunt Bea (Beatrice?). They eventually divorced and Uncle Bill left Missouri and relocated to Southern California where everyone lost touch with him except for when he would call one of his siblings.
Originally his profession was a plasterer. Once he moved to California he had a difficult time fighting his alcohol addiction and I have no idea how he supported himself but do know that he spent a fair amount of time in homeless shelters.
My father was notified by a Santa Barbara hospital when Uncle Bill was critically ill. No one in our family has any idea what happened to his son or if his son even knows that he has family (aunts, uncles, and cousins).
Although he lived a tormented life, I believe he is at peace now and is back in the arms of his family.
Uncle Bill had one full sister (Dorothy Isabelle) and 4 half brothers and sisters (Catherine, James, Ilene, and Jack).
Uncle Bill was kind of the black sheep of the family preferring to go his own way and not staying in contact with anyone. What I do know is that his first wife was named Ruth and they had a son named William (called Billy). By the early 1950's he had a second wife who we called Aunt Bea (Beatrice?). They eventually divorced and Uncle Bill left Missouri and relocated to Southern California where everyone lost touch with him except for when he would call one of his siblings.
Originally his profession was a plasterer. Once he moved to California he had a difficult time fighting his alcohol addiction and I have no idea how he supported himself but do know that he spent a fair amount of time in homeless shelters.
My father was notified by a Santa Barbara hospital when Uncle Bill was critically ill. No one in our family has any idea what happened to his son or if his son even knows that he has family (aunts, uncles, and cousins).
Although he lived a tormented life, I believe he is at peace now and is back in the arms of his family.
