Gypsies (General)

by MPGriffiths , Saturday, May 15, 2021, 10:36 (1287 days ago) @ MPGriffiths

The WW1 records are very clear and interesting, here's the 1911 Census

New Road, Horsley, Nailsworth

STEVENS
Samson - aged 69 - married - Pedlar, Hawker born, Nailsworth, Glos
Lemintina - aged 69 - married 25 years, 5 children born alive, 5 living, born Glos. Hawkesbury

living with them

BUTLER

Adolphus BUTLER - son-in-law - aged 28 - married 10 years, 3 children born alive, 3 living - Pedlar, Hawker, born Swindon, Wilts
Dora - daughter - aged 37 - married ten years - born Hereford, Bosbury
Alfred - grandson - 6 born Glos. Randwick
Lily - grand-daguther - 4 born Glos. Horsley
Albert - Grandson - 2 born Glos. Buscombe

* SWINDON also where I was born.

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1891 Census, Hampshire, Bramshott

House Cart or Caravan, Thornhill Hollywater Road

BUTLER

Adolphus - married 29 - Umbrella trade - born Gloucestershire, Cranham
Eliza - 29 - born ditto
Adolphus - 8 - born Swindon, Wiltshire
Renna - son - 6 - born Blackwater
Etta - 4 - born Wilts, Trowbridge
Florence - 3 - born Blackwater
Ambrose - 2 months ? born Gloucestershire, Stroud Water

(there is a SMITH family next - also in the Umbrella Trade)