Here's DebUSA's Scavenger Hunt, It's a very interesting one and I'm sure there will be some really good information found for her.
Good luck Deb.
At the end of this Scavenger Hunt, Deb's thread will be moved to the Traveller Board, it will remain unlocked so the information will stay available it will also make it possible for others to post at a later date.
What I will do is pull up the original Scavenger Hunt Thread and post under each participants name which board their thread has ended up in. After discussing this with a Mod, I think this is the right thing to do.
As from next week, all the Scavenger Hunts will be in the Common Room *********************
Hi everyone
I am hoping that you can help me fill in some gaps on my Penfold Gypsy family. I am lucky enough to have found them in some censuses but I am missing them in 1871 and 1881....
Thomas Penfold , my Gr gr grandad,( b 1841, Poole Dorset) married Sophia/Soffia Orchard (b 1846) in 1866, South Molton ,Devon.
1891; They are living in tents, Camp Downs, St Austell , Cornwall
RG12/1822 fol 114 p 14 ,transcribed as PENFULL , No place of birth given for any of them except Thomas , the dad , and that is incorrect.
Their children are :
William b 1871-1873. ..my Gr grandfather , married Bessie Palmer = 8 Jan 1898
Defiance b 1872
John 1874 ....married Ellen Small
Christona/Christiana 1875 ..married Edwin Orchard
Christopher 1877 married #1 Carnation Richards, # 2 Maria Boswell
Edward 1879
Soffia 1881
Nelson 1883
Eliza 1886
Harriett 1885 married Samson Richards
Missia 1890
Selina 1891
The furthest back I have gone with the Penfold Family is:
John Pinfold/Penfold b 1809, Warminster married 2 Aug 1831, Pimperne Dorset to Harriet James b 1814, Kingclere, Berkshire. They are the parents of my Thomas Penfold b 1841, Poole.
their other children: Robert (1832), Sarah Harriet (1833), John(1834), Charlotte (1838), Christopher (1843), Elizabeth/betsy (1845), Alfred (1850), Henry (1852), Edward (1853)
(We think that John Pinfold/Penfold's parents may have been John and Charlotte Penfold)
1861: RG9/1601 fol 40 pg 30 ... transcribed as PENFORD
John and Harriet are here with some of their children including my Thomas.
1871: RG10/2148 fol 41 p 16
Harriet Penfold nee James, widow, living in a caravan with some of her children and future daughters-in-law. John Penfold b 1809, died 21 feb 1870.
I started researching this in Feb 2006, when I was very much a newbie . I go back from time to time to see if I can find them.... as you can see it is not easy as they are all over the place.,
This is the thread that you may want to read before searching, so as not to repeat what I have.
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=125868.msg558330#msg558330Thanks you guys
