The reason i though this was because it was only ever my great granddad (and gossip from the other side of the family who spoke about these roots). My Dads friends always joking with him about selling some pegs, i never got that "joke". My Mothers mother used to live by them when see was younger and was mortified when she found out my mum was marrying my dad, the son of Joyce, a Cooper. They had a bit of a bad rep by all accounts. I think that is why when my nan got married and became a Davies she tried to keep it hush for the sake of education and not getting abuse etc etc. Anyway it turns out that it was my great grandfathers granddad, a James cooper born in 1851 was the last "pure" Romany in my line as we cannot find any records of his parents or siblings. He seems to appear from thin air on the 1971 census and married a "country" girl. So although i was wrong that my Great Granddad was the first one to marry country he was defiantly the last to try and keep his roots alive, but my Nana was having non of it.
