Hello there I just came across your site thought I say hello,I am a full traveller from St Mary Cray, I am half a Baker and half a Collins.
This is a good site.
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(Posted on 2008-07-29 06:41:00 by )
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what a great site iv never seen anything like this before, dont know much about my family history but they where from wales and warwickshire the names are bruton (scrap dealers) lenton(scrap dealers) sage, holland, and davis. sadly our family history was never discussed within the family and this site has been very interesting
(Posted on 2008-06-19 20:48:00 by ) -
what a great site iv never seen anything like this before, dont know much about my family history but they where from wales and warwickshire the names are bruton (scrap dealers) lenton(scrap dealers) sage, holland, and davis. sadly our family history was never discussed within the family and this site has been very interesting
(Posted on 2008-06-19 20:48:00 by ) -
Love the site.
Good work!
(Posted on 2008-06-16 07:58:00 by ) -
Its been so wonderful to come across your website - I have been living for a few years in the South Pacific and often miss feeling my roots and identity - the site has been a delight. I am descended from Harry Stanley and Flossie Knott, William and Flossie Knott (nee Nott) from the Midlands. One of my first memories is of my great great aunts Kasia and Maria with their long hair that flowed onto the floor.
Thank you for making this wonderful site for travellers like me so far from home and familiarity.
Latch drom
Val
(Posted on 2008-05-27 06:08:00 by ) -
first i would like to say i think your site is great. my grandfather William Frankum was born in Tadley Hampshire is father was Henry son of John Frankum and Esther Gritt his great grandparents were George Frankum and Kezia Bull, i would love to see any photos of the familes if there are any ,I am in my seventies and i have been trying to get my family tree together for years for my children and other members of my family. best wishes Sylvia.
(Posted on 2008-04-20 15:43:00 by ) -
i would like to add i am glad there are sits like this i just hope someone can help
(Posted on 2008-04-09 19:37:00 by ) -
i would like to find out about william wells and his wife eliza formerly jeff .i no my great grandad benjaminthere son was born on the9/4/1866 at millers ford godshill and thats all i no so far any one with any info i would be very greatfull
(Posted on 2008-04-09 19:33:00 by ) -
does anyone have any info on noah ackleton married to polly.his sisters were called betsy and matilda.hes mothers name was minnie johnson his fathers nickname was acky we think.my dads name was tom not much known of the ackletons .my dad was born in gravesend kent.he was one of seven children thanks.
(Posted on 2008-04-02 19:45:00 by ) -
Hi, Looking for any info on Harry Hunter and Esther Ann Banks my Grandparents they were both Licensed Hawkers. My Grandfather used to sell Linonolium and my Grandmother used to sell Second Hand clothes on Leeds Market they used travel all over Yorkshire and Lancashire in a caravan untill my my Uncle Colin Waite Hunter died in in the caravan after it caught fire in Leeds on BrickField behind Winker Green, Leeds in 1925 he was 2 years old. After that the moved into a house at Winker Green, Leeds and stopped traveling. I've traced my mother's side of the family back to 1777 to Robert Hunter he was born at Dragley Beck, Ulverston. he was a Razor Grinder. My Mothers Grandmother was Isabella Stewart she married David Hunter her Father was called George and he was married to Constance Grey. I keep hitting a brick wall concerning Harry Hunter. Thank You.
(Posted on 2008-03-28 18:06:00 by ) -
Hallo i am new to this site, I think it is fantastic. It is layed out very well. My family are the Price's and they settled in Barry South Wales. Cradock (Creddy) and Catherine, they had three daughters, Ivy, Emily, and Jesephine (Pearl) they had one son but he died as a young boy. Also I had an uncle Ivor Price who lived in the village and with his horse and wagon he would go around the streets shouting out "any old iron, tin, rags and bones"? If any one has any info. on my family I would really appreciate it. In 1963 my grandad died (Cradock, Creddy ) and our caravan was burnt on the common.
niex duka, Rammona
(Posted on 2008-03-25 07:20:00 by ) -
Well said Cathay and well deserved truly amazing to have two fantastic sites for us Needies!!! you derserve a medal !!!
(Posted on 2008-03-21 23:17:00 by ) -
well youve done it again sue.absolutly marvelleous.your a real star for the romanies.i dont suppose youve found out anything more on robert hughes/jones and sarah davis have you?pre 1871 that is.and how about henry 1839(birch/burch/birchon)hes a real pain.i would so like to tie him him to my robert 1831 and harriet birch/nee isaacs.i have got a scavenger hunt going on on rootschat.a lot of your people and fans taking part.finishes soon but some new stuff has come up.speak to you soon.love cathay
(Posted on 2008-03-07 22:38:00 by ) -
Well Rebekka iv heard all sorts depends alot what part of the country you are from also the way in which its spelt is not always the way its pronounced !! strong regional accents play a large part , some folk i know say ols mort as in say their missus in a nice kinda wat whereas other travellers have said to me they think old mort is not right and is a kinda derogatory term?like some say gavvers(policeman) others muskras think maybe a north and south divide there? I think what ever you have been brought up with in your neck of the woods is ok and folks all have different little sayings while some words are universal? but im no expert far from it so maybe some one else knows the answer.Oh by the way havent heard the first phrase you have for thankyou but the second iv heard and seen many times and nearly alweays spelt different LOL.
(Posted on 2008-02-20 19:49:00 by ) -
Some people say nicetookah for 'Thankyou', and others say parruka tutu. Like the word for wife, some say maneesha - but is this Romany? Or should we say Romni? If Romni is woman, then what about 'Mort', surely that means woman also?? Would love some advice on this! My ancestors were Beeney's, Roberts, Ripley's, Elliott's, and Boxall's.
(Posted on 2008-02-20 19:23:00 by ) -
Annette would that be the William son of James Gritt and Sarah Harris?
(Posted on 2008-02-10 08:40:00 by ) -
Some of my ancestors in the early 1800s were Gritts and Bulls, hawkers and sweeps. The familes were quite and some at least did not seem to be travellers; others seemed to have a connection with Teddington in Middx although their main home was around Medstead and Shirley. William Gritt couldn't decide where he came from and said Middx on one Census and Hampshire on others. Some children in the middle were born in Middx though all the rest in Hampshire. Can anyone explain what that connection is? Why travel to Middx and back again on a number of occasions across a century? Many moved to London, but why visit briefly and return?
All help appreciated.
Fascinating site; still waiting for a photo of a relevant Gritt or Bull.
Annette
(Posted on 2008-02-08 07:37:00 by ) -
hi, can anyone help,i,m looking up the bucklands and does and specifically looking for the parents of emmanuel bucland(born 1880)he married lender doe in 1916(born 1882-died 1944),he had brothers and sisters(many) some i know of are polly,selina,albert,nelson,goliath(born 1881)jerusalem,mary ann(born 1851-died1868,age 17)albert.There are others but i find none on b.m.d or census,sort of stumped at the minute,any help or info would be great as i think finding the parents of these children would be the key,thanks for reading and good luck to you all........michael
(Posted on 2008-01-25 01:22:00 by ) -
Wow cant believe a second site and its looking as great as the first well done!!
(Posted on 2008-01-24 08:53:00 by )
RomanyGenes 2
RomanyGenes 2
Parruka tutu ta atch misto
(Thank you and stay well)
Hi Cathay I was very excited to find your site and your page on the Taylors. John Taylor was my Great, Great Grandfather his daughter Elizabeth being my Great Gran, who married Samuel Manley of Barnstaple the parents of my Nan Molly Manley. I forwarded your link to my paternal Aunt who in turn forwarded it to another of my paternal Aunts who was brought up by Elizabeh. Your site is brilliant, really interesting to find out more about my family. I have only managed to go back to Mark and Charlotte Taylor to, she was a fish dealer in Bristol and he was a Jem:Scale Bars Maker. I shall keep on searching Best wishes to you and yours Des