The Lost Fifty-Seven

<p>He probably had another family in the United States that we didn't know about went the story author Ron Williams was told when he would ask about his deceased paternal grandfather. As a child the explanation satisfied but then it didn't.</p><p><strong><em>The Lost Fifty-Seven: A Genealogical Journey of Discovery Deception Secrets and Scandal</em></strong> is a genealogical memoir sharing the author's prolonged efforts to uncover the truth about his grandfather's secretive early life.</p><p>Alfred Victor Williams arrived on the streets of Vancouver in June 1947. Within months he was a homeowner with a new bride and a child on the way. He was fifty-seven years old at the time. He lived another twenty years but when he died he took with him all details of his first fifty-seven years.</p><p>Early research efforts allot few clues until hints of deception and scandal slowly surface. Along the way an estranged family is reunited after decades apart.</p><p>Finally with the help of few surviving documents and photographs as well as genealogical websites and tools the full story begins to unravel exposing a lost inheritance a kidnapping and a secret identity.</p><p>Join Ron Williams in his genealogical efforts to uncover the lost fifty-seven years of his grandfather's life.</p>