William JOHNS (c. 1841 - 1937) 'King of the Gipsies' (General)

by laurajj84 , Blakeney, Friday, August 31, 2012, 21:12 (4470 days ago) @ unknown

Hi Kirsty,
Only just got back to this website, had a busy couple of weeks!

Yes, I live in Blakeney, Where do you live?

Its funny the things that are kept quiet over the years, I seem to learn something new every week about our family, its very interesting though once you get going!

I do have a tree of sorts, there are plenty of gaps but thats all the fun of it!

On my tree I have your great grandmothers siblings, so far she seems to have been the eldest of 5 although i can imagine there may have been more.I have a couple of marriages for 2 of them, I dont have your great grandfathers name though.

Going back further I have her parents, David and Harriet, then I have Davids (your great great grandfather) siblings, he was one of at least 9 children! He seems to have been the third child. The eldest of the children was called William, i have who he married and 5 children written down for them.

Davids parents were William and Eliza Johns. (your great great great grandparents)William was born in Dudley (!) and Eliza was from the Worcestershire area.

William Johns had at least one sibling, a younger brother called Mark, who is my Great great grandfather :-)

And thats just for starters.......!

Email me if you would like to know more, I have lots of information just dont want to overwhelm you!

Laura x

Hi Laura

Thanks for getting back to me.
David and Harriet would actually be my great great grandparents. Where abouts are you based? In the Forest of Dean?

I do wish i'd have known years ago, it was just odd seeing my Amelias name on the one website and my nan then came clean about it, not even my mum knew our ancestry.

I cant seem to go any further back than David and Harriet. Do you have a tree?

Kirsty :-)