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Travelling People / Re: List of living sites?
« on: Saturday 15 January 11 04:49 GMT (UK)  »
Thank you so much for that, Smiler. I've tried looking up the thread in the Kent forum, but no luck so far. Do you remember any key words that might help? (Tenting sites, maybe? Or camps?)

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Kent / Re: Chilton Orchard?
« on: Monday 10 January 11 17:48 GMT (UK)  »
Thank you both for your replies! Very helpful. And that's a fantastic link!

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Kent / Chilton Orchard?
« on: Monday 10 January 11 06:13 GMT (UK)  »
I'm researching potential Romany ancestry, and in so doing, trying to decipher a few census addresses. In the 1871 census, some of my family is recorded to be living in Chilton Orchard, Sittingbourne... anyone know anything about this location? Is it really an orchard, or the name for a particular area?

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Travelling People / List of living sites?
« on: Friday 07 January 11 05:24 GMT (UK)  »
Hi all,

Is there any list of historic caravan (or other gypsy/traveler) living sites out there? Or modern day traveler sites that have been around since the 19th century?

I'm trying to read between the lines on the census records, and find some clues from the addresses. Are there any street/location names in the Milton/Sittingbourne area I should be aware of? (Taynham too...and Finchley, Middlesex.)

I noticed a few well known gypsy sites include "lane" in the title-- is that a pattern or just common in England? (I've a few ancestors located on streets like "Love Lane", "Water Lane," etc.) (Some of them also lived temporarily in a Blacksmiths shop.)

Thank you!

Eliza

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Travelling People / Re: CHAPELL/ROSSITER? - Milton, Sittingbourne
« on: Sunday 22 August 10 22:54 BST (UK)  »
(I think you can send a PM if you click my name.) (You may have figured that out already.)

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Travelling People / Re: CHAPELL/ROSSITER? - Milton, Sittingbourne
« on: Sunday 22 August 10 22:51 BST (UK)  »
Yes! That's perfect! I forgot-- Kate Chapell was actually born in Victoria BC to begin with, but then moved back to Kent after less then a year. And you're right, Hilda Kate -is- my great grandmother.

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Travelling People / Re: CHAPELL/ROSSITER? - Milton, Sittingbourne
« on: Sunday 22 August 10 21:38 BST (UK)  »
Hello and welcome!

Most of my information can be found on my ancestry.ca tree, which it looks like you've found. (At least, I can see your activity for William Chapell on my homepage-- my name on there is kathryncass1.)

I did recently find out some clues on Harriet Smith's side. (Emma's mother.) She's born 1816 in Stoke to James and Hannah Mitchell. (Though that's not 100% confirmed.) (You can see my thread for the Mitchells in this forum, I think. Or maybe I posted it in the Kent forum...ha, ha.)

My connection to the Chapells is through my grandmother, Kate Chapell, who moved to Canada from Kent after WWII.

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Kent / Re: Harriet SMITH, nee MITCHELL
« on: Friday 20 August 10 01:17 BST (UK)  »
Thank you so much for your replies, everyone! I have not been able to find Harriet's birth records for the life of me, even with the IGI.

And yes-- that tidbit about Harriet marrying the lodger came as quite a surprise when I first read it!

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Kent / Harriet SMITH, nee MITCHELL
« on: Thursday 19 August 10 00:39 BST (UK)  »
Hello folks.

Looking for information on Harriet Smith, nee Mitchell. Not sure of birth date or location, but census records indicate they might be the same as her husband, George Smith (b. 1812 St Mary, Hoo.)

They lived in Hoo for the 1841 census and Finchley for the 1851 census. George died some time between the 1851 census and 1860, for that is the year she remarried (to Richard KENNETT, and relocated to Milton by Sittingbourne.)

Her father's name is James MITCHELL, and any info or documents regarding her birth, marriage to George Smith, etc. would be most helpful! (As would any information on this Mitchell family.)

Thank you!


Eliza

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