Sellars of Bridgwater, Soms

[keyboard86]

Hi again in 1891 census at the Barclay Street address the Sellar/s lived in is:-

Hannah Sellars 26 Married
Alfred 11
William 7
James 6
Lydia 4
Samuel 1
Census ref RG12/1884/96/13 William Sellars 27 Married occ Pressman in Oilcake factory b Bridgwater, with a Piper family in Bedminster
Census ref RG12/1951/23/6
Keyboard86

So this is the incorrect William if b c 1881?


And I know you are "Clutching at Straws" but no a Last Maker is not my idea/knowledge of Romany crafts?!
Keyboard86

[keyboard86]

Hi again, I can see this family:-

William John Sellars 28 b Bridgwater
Charlotte 24 b Bristol
William John 5
In Bedminster
Keyboard86

[TH]

Hi, yes that is correct. His mother was Charlotte (nee Spear). I am thinking less now the connection if there is one has come from the Sellars side.

You are correct in that I probably am clutching at straws 😀😱 but Rosina and Elvina are certainly Romany names, perhaps Jane Bennett (nee Thompson) just liked the sound of them though!

[keyboard86]

  " But Rosina/Elvina are certainly Romany names"

Are they?
Keyboard86

[TH]

I am only going by what my searches have thrown up in that respect, you may know differently and I would bow to any personal knowledge you have on this. I am trying to find out as much information as possible along the way 😀 I may have to revisit this quest as I don't think I am getting very far, probably just tying myself.

Thanks though 😀

[keyboard86]

  But that is the problem, at no time on this thread has Romany/Traveller/Gypsy heritage been found,  I can only go on what census/marriages etc are telling me?!
Keyboard86

[TH]

And it's much appreciated. Thanks again, you have been really helpful 😀

[Steve G]

Rosina and Elvina are both names recorded as being given to Gypsys. But then, so are Amy and William.

Sellers / Sellars, as a surname isn't mentioned in the Book of Bob. (House under my avatar) Funnily enough, I do have a Dog here who thinks he's Kato. Launches very sudden, unannounced or provoked attacks on me all the time. That's about as near as we get though.

  TH: It's never the best idea to set out to prove a family rumour. The time tested and proven way about all this is to start with oneself. Papered, preferably. Then, work ye was backwards. Gathering. Verifying and collating every hard fact available from records. Piecing it together as ye pedigree. That's Genealogy.

Fluffing it all out is great fun too. Gathering pictures of places they lived. Finding news cuttings of the events surrounding them. Great fun. More Social History, I s'pose. Between  the two, who knows what ye'll find. Gypsys even.

But, deciding there is a Gypsy (Or a black man. Murderer. Rich person. What ever) in there and then setting out hell bent on trying to find them? Frankly? It's the worst thing ye can possibly do. This game needs a scalpel. Not a shotgun.

[TH]

Hi Steve,

Thanks for taking the time to reply to my thread, it's appreciated. One of the issues I have had is that the information has come from my very elderly Gran (she is 91) and although has a fantastic memory and lots of detail, including the photo of Elvina Thompson (Jane Thompsons sister, Jane married Isaac Bennett and she does indeed look like a Red Indian in her photo) I believe she has got the Sellars/Bennetts and Thompson thread confused, hence my initial thread mentioning Sellars. I have been working backwards on the Thompson side to Elvina, Rosina and Janes Grt Grandparents. John Thomas Thompson married a Fanny Brown, Fanny's mother was a Jane Pritchard born in 1838 in Builth, Brecon, shown on the 1841 census as then in Llanelly.