Tansey/Tanzy

[ROMANYGENES]

Sorry no not in USA but the article appeared in a American newspaper Sandy Buckland just sent me it so il post it but its from Sandy **
THE NEW YORK TIMES FEBRUARY 23 1896
English Gypsies
From good words
There are 3 brothers Joshua Esau & Gus Gray.
Joshua is tallest of the three men like his brothers he is of thin build but there is something in his movements that seems to tell of a vast reserve of strength in his slim wiry frame when on his feet he stands as erect as a guardsman and there is a natural diginity in his carriage that is rare among the sons of men.
His mouth is hiden by a heavy dark drooping mustache which gives him something of the appearence of a spanish don. but though his demoeanor is grave and self possessed there is a mark alertness in the reastless glances of his clear gray eyes. His dress consists of a long dark coat and vest tight fitting cordurory breeches and light box cloth leggings he wears a small peaked cap tied up over the crown of the head and a colored silk hankerchief fastened loosely round his neck.
Esau & Gus are not quite so tall as their elder brother but their clothes are smarter and of a more pronounced pattern The ends of Esau mustache are waxed to a point and he grows a carefully trained imperial.
While Joshua is content with the humble cherry wood pipe Esau smokes his insubstantial cigarette, but withstanding these signs of the times there is little to indicate degeneration in this swarthy rover.
His reputation as a Boxer is widespread among the sporting fraternity of Norfolk and Suffolk and more than one drowsy yokel of the marshland has had cause to regret the taunt that stirred the quick pulsing gypsy blood as a clog dancer too he has not many  equals and not a few prizes have been awarded him for his agility in this direction

[An65]

Josh Gr AKA Tom and Caroline

Caroline Gray d/o Jn Budd gRAY AND Uri Heron

Thoms b cir 183o,,,,,,,,,
see IN RR listing John Budd Gray ad his marny wives:

Bn 1798 MARCH cam, s./o Thomas Gray& Susannah Faben:

John Budd Goes on:


ti have Caroline aka Emma god knows what else : to ave

Elvira m. Esaw Young
ESAu
Hary
Ada
Eve Amelia
Mary
John
Lalble/ Loli Lali/ Alice
Josh M.Lenda Wms
Pheobe
Esau m. Mabel Gray
Reuben M. Athatliah wHATNELL.
Gus married Polly Hope

[ROMANYGENES]

Ah the Hopes!!!another of my dead ends LOL my friend descends from Golden HOpe so have done the line but still stuck on Goldens origins further back ,I know they say that Hopes were formerly Bakers but i always wondered if Smith?

[ROMANYGENES]

Forgot to say Ann I have a picture somewhere of The Nelli Bonnet wedding quite a few on there and Kiomi is on there as well have you seen it?

[An65]

Yes I also have Naomi Grays/Tanns (same Fam) however, I have lost the former image in the great puter crash. Still have the latter, so if you have the image of that wedding to hand pls send me it!!

[social-butterflies]

have had an interesting read thanks to the both of you...
could i ask, what is the surname of the kiomi, you are talking about please
thanks

[An65]

Kiomi (or Keomi) Gray

[An65]

(chortle) we did go off on a bit of a tangent didnt we!!

I replied on your page Sue, about Kadelia Brown

[ROMANYGENES]

Yes Thanks Ann saw that , yes of on a tagent is a permanent state when you do Romany research !!!LOL