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chinacharlie
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Ayres/Donovan marriage.
« on: Thursday 29 October 09 13:22 UTC (UK) »
Hi
I would like to know if anyone could shed some light on my great auntie Doris Louisa Ayres marriage, she married a chap by the name of Richard 'Dickie' Donovan in Luton Bedfordshire in March 1931.
I don't know if he came from a gypsy family as i can't seem to find any info on him.

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Family romany names of special interest;
LOVERIDGES from Bedfordshire;
SMITHS from Cambridgeshire;
Also the PARKERS and AYRES families.

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MEADS from Luton, Bedfordshire;
RADWELLS from Buckinghamshire;
Steve G
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Re: Ayres/Donovan marriage.
« Reply #1 on: Thursday 29 October 09 13:36 UTC (UK) »
Married in Luton. Doesn't mean he was from there ..... Have ye considered he may have been from over the water? Maybe that's where his details are  Smiley
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chinacharlie
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Re: Ayres/Donovan marriage.
« Reply #2 on: Thursday 29 October 09 13:46 UTC (UK) »
Hi Steve
I don't think he was from Luton, in fact i'm not sure that he even came from Bedfordshire at all, he may have come from acsoss the water but if my memory serves me right from previous research into gypsy names, the first accounts of the Donovan name being used by gypsy's was in Bath.
I seem to think that after their marriage they went to live in Wales.

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Family romany names of special interest;
LOVERIDGES from Bedfordshire;
SMITHS from Cambridgeshire;
Also the PARKERS and AYRES families.

Also researching;
MEADS from Luton, Bedfordshire;
RADWELLS from Buckinghamshire;
Steve G
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Re: Ayres/Donovan marriage.
« Reply #3 on: Thursday 29 October 09 13:53 UTC (UK) »
Ding! Bath ....? That's right! Wasn't it our Vince Smith who came up with the goods around this issue, not so long ago? I seem to remember he explained the circuit route over to Bath. May even have been to do with Donovan's too?

 Either way, I'm pretty certain he's touched on both before now. Perhaps he'll drop by and have something for ye  Smiley

 Interestingly, I keep getting a vibe out of Bath too. And I've never quite got past a similar buzz about Eire being back in there somewhere too. This is why I watch such matters so closely  Wink
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GAITES (Alverstoke / Bath Pre 1850)
CURTIS (Portsmouth & Pre 1800 London).
BURGE (Dorset, Somerset and Hampshire)
HUNTLEY (Dorset, Hampshire, Sussex, 'Surroundings')
chinacharlie
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Re: Ayres/Donovan marriage.
« Reply #4 on: Thursday 29 October 09 14:10 UTC (UK) »
I couldn't tell you if Vince Smith researched the Donovan name, but what i can tell you is that i have researched my direct descendants which include amongst others, the Loveridges, Smiths, Jeffs, Ayres and Parkers which covers Northamptonshire all the way down to the southern tip of Hampshire and everything to the east & west.

Regards
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Family romany names of special interest;
LOVERIDGES from Bedfordshire;
SMITHS from Cambridgeshire;
Also the PARKERS and AYRES families.

Also researching;
MEADS from Luton, Bedfordshire;
RADWELLS from Buckinghamshire;
jaytoot
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Re: Ayres/Donovan marriage.
« Reply #5 on: Thursday 29 October 09 14:17 UTC (UK) »
It looks like they might have  travelled between Luton and Swansea if Maureen Eleanor and James are their children.
Freebmd has those births listed for those places and I can't see any other marriages of Ayres and Donovan after 1900.

Jim
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chinacharlie
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Re: Ayres/Donovan marriage.
« Reply #6 on: Thursday 29 October 09 14:40 UTC (UK) »
Hi jaytoot
All i have been told by other relatives is that they may have had about ten children the eldest being Richard C Donovan born in Swansea in 1932, the name's of the others aren't known.

Regards
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Family romany names of special interest;
LOVERIDGES from Bedfordshire;
SMITHS from Cambridgeshire;
Also the PARKERS and AYRES families.

Also researching;
MEADS from Luton, Bedfordshire;
RADWELLS from Buckinghamshire;
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