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Travelling People / Kent / Sussex Travellers
« on: Saturday 23 June 07 19:27 BST (UK) »
My maternal ancestors are all travellers moving between Kent & Sussex. The common Names are Kemp, Jones, Ripley, Stanford or Stamford with Brazil, Stonnel & Wilson thrown in for good measure. The names Jones & Kemp seem to be very much inter-twined.
I know that there was certainly an element of inbreeding (or line breeding as we call it in the dog world) within the family as my grandfather (Samuel Kemp/Ripley/Jones) and my grandmother (Sarah Ann Stamford/Jones) had a common half sister (Annie Ripley/Jones/Boswell).
As you can see, as a genealogy project, it’s a nightmare :-)
If anyone has any information that might enlighten me, I would love to hear from you.
regards
Steve (ukk9)
I know that there was certainly an element of inbreeding (or line breeding as we call it in the dog world) within the family as my grandfather (Samuel Kemp/Ripley/Jones) and my grandmother (Sarah Ann Stamford/Jones) had a common half sister (Annie Ripley/Jones/Boswell).
As you can see, as a genealogy project, it’s a nightmare :-)
If anyone has any information that might enlighten me, I would love to hear from you.
regards
Steve (ukk9)