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A Fine Romance
Reporting on a case at the Eastbourne Sessions in May 1889, where a local wood merchant charged a young Gypsy named Andrew Dighton (Deighton/Dyton) with unlawfully eloping with his daughter, Caroline Smith, newspapers took a romantic view. ‘Mr. Smith stated that his daughter was under 18 years of age and … Continue reading
Both books on the major Smith families now available from Amazon.
Ten Major Smith Gypsy Families: Traced from the Eighteenth Century to the Twentieth PART ONE by Eric Trudgill 5.0 out of 5 stars 1 Paperback £12.99 Ten Major Smith Gypsy Families: Traced from the Eighteenth Century to the Twentieth PART TWO by Eric Trudgill 5.0 out of 5 stars 1 £12.99
Ten Major Smith Gypsy Families: traced from the eighteenth to the twentieth – part one.
by Eric Trudgill A paperback now available from Amazon, £12.99 a copy.
Hemlock
On 24th June 1832 Edward and Vidence Smith, Gypsies, baptised a son with the name of Hemlock. It might be supposed that with such an exotic name he would be easy to trace in subsequent census records, but this is not quite the case. Certainly, an article in the Bedfordshire … Continue reading
Francis Proudley
In January 1829 Francis Proudley, “late of Alton in the County of Southampton, but now of Langley in the parish of Fawley in the said County, a licensed hawker,” made two marks on his last will and testament, leaving land both in Langley and Fawley as well as all his … Continue reading