Hi Tiggi,
I am a direct descendant of Richard Parfrey Elizabeth's brother.
Elizabeth's parents were Richard and Dolleretta (Shockton) Parfrey. looking for information on the Parfrey Band, formed by Elizabeth's brothers, Henry, Joseph and Edward.
Yes, this is the thread in which I became involved, only because, for some reason which escapes me, it was posted originally on the Cambs board which is one of the three county boards which I follow. I never look at Somerset.
All US trees show her as Dolleretta Shockton as a result, I think, of her daughter Elizabeth's 1917 death cert showing her as that. I looked at it and thought it was Shockland not Shockton, and that led me to Buckland and eventually to this thread. What surprised me though was that even in the 20th century there are horrible errors in documents. Really, Americans don't stand a chance of finding Delphi Buckland from Wiltshire when all they have is Dolleretta Stockton from Somerset!
But when I saw your interest in English Romanies in the US and the fact that this thread was about Dolleretta'a father I felt obliged to post! A delicious irony that a gypsy named Philadelphia from Wiltshire should have ended up in Pennsylvania!
Do you happen to know who Barrington Buckland's parents are?
David