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Offline Burto

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Removal orders
« on: Thursday 15 February 07 15:38 GMT (UK) »
Hi,
I'm trying to work out whether some of my ancestors were Romany or not. My GGGGrandfather, Joseph Swift was a musician/professor of the violin on various census, and when I tried to trace his mother, I couldn't find her. He was "baseborn" and my guess is his mother was a widow who had him out of marriage second time round as there is a record of an Ann Swift who was married to a Thomas in the correct area a few years before Joseph's birth or she was just a young girl part of a family who never baptised her. Anyway both possible families Ann could have been part of were removed from various places, were sent to Shepshed, then were removed a few years later.
Was it common for people of Romany descent to be "removed" from parishes?
Thanks.
Swift , Matthews, Price , Clarke , Rockley, Dewey, Turton, Wild, Nottingham
Aldread, Brentnall, Cowlishaw Derbyshire
Elliot, The Borders/Nottingham FWK industry
Hartopp, NW Leicester (Barkby and surrounds).
Smith Bilston Staffordshire
Bennett, Calary? Ireland
Johnson, Staffordshire/Warwickshire
Latham, Lewis, Trevor, Vero, Armstrong, Barnett

Offline Lemmey

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Re: Removal orders
« Reply #1 on: Monday 19 February 07 23:21 GMT (UK) »
I think anyone who was considered to be a 'burden on the parish' could be removed.

http://www.history.uk.com/genealogy/index.php?archive=11
Croydon, Surrey - KENT, SKILTON, BESLEY, HIGGS
Surrey & Kent - GARDNER, GARDENER, GARDINER, DALLAWAY, STRUDWICK, LANE, PENFOLD (Roma/Traveller)
London - COOKE
Shropshire/Denbighshire/Montgomershire  - FRANCIS, LLOYD
Staffordshire - TOOTH, DEVALL