Romany Family in Forest of Dean (General)

by Lawrencef , Trentham, Australia, Thursday, August 20, 2009, 03:20 (5648 days ago) @ sarahcate

Hmm, I've been searching for information on Olive Elisabeth Smith. There are names in your list which intersect with my research, I'll try and iron them out then post.

Olive Elisabeth Smith (my Great Granny) often said that she was a gypsie/romany. She could read a pack of normal cards as a tarot deck, and had some pretty funny habits and affectations (turns of phrase) which implied an intimacie with travellers if nothing else. She also told my granny that as a young girl she would play with the travellers and knew them well.

I'll try to locate and post a photo of her (she had very olive skin which may or may not be typical of the area). In the meantime you can take a look at a photo of her son Lovell Glendower Smith www.shotthecock.blogspot.com, as an aside I look not too dissimiler to him.

It's hard to know what was real with Great Granny but I thought given your posts that it was worth mentioning.