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Travelling People / Re: elias evans born c.1844
« on: Monday 21 January 19 12:58 GMT (UK) »
Hi Doreen, yes it would be great if our grandmother Ellen matched up. The reason I latched onto the Ellen from Shropshire is that she is the only Ellen I could find born c1900 with a father who was a William Roberts with the occupation of a cutler and of gypsy heritage. If you find information relating to Ellen re 1926 and she is still in the Shropshire area then it's not my Ellen as she was at that time giving birth to my mother Elizabeth in Cornwall also the second sister Rose Jane was also born in Cornwall and the third sister Millicent was born in Cardiff. I did find it a bit puzzling though as to Elizabeth/Mercy Riva marrying a traveller as from what I can see the Rivas weren't of gypsy stock am I correct? However these things do happen and I concluded that it why she changed her name from Mercy to Elizabeth so the Riva family couldn't track her down, I know I shouldn't surmise as that is a dangerous route to go down! I only have the definite/factual information from 1925 (marriage to Thomas Jones) to Ellen's death in 1939 Aldershot with the name Ellen Ayres, but like you desperate to find out more about Ellen. Bye for now Veronica