Tin Man/Tin Plate Worker

[casalguidi]

Most Gypsy ancestors were  listed as hawkers at some stage so it could be that that is there where your story lies.  Obviously there were static hawkers but many others were from travelling backgrounds somewhere along the line

Best wishes

Casalguidi

[Denise Ford]

Thank you!  I think my real answers will lie in searching 1841 census to see where the parents of Henry Pullen (the Ireland family) were.. so that's the next step!

[casalguidi]

Have you traced Emily's family - the HUNTs who you say were the hawkers?  If it is her who supposedly lived in a caravan then it could well be that your travelling ancestry lies within her family couldn't it?

Best wishes

Casalguidi

[Denise Ford]

Only 1881 where 2 brothers was Hawkers... I'm almost certain the generation above this is where the answers all lie - after all the gypsies may well have known each other and intermarried - so I think i have some work to do searching for that bit of the family now!

[casalguidi]

Denise

So it is this family in 1881 .................

49 King & Queen St, Newington, Surrey

Edward HUNT 48 costermonger b.Westminster
Emily wife 45 b.Limehouse
Edward Wm son 22 hawker b.Newington
Henry Frederick son 21 hawker b.Newington
Emily Maria dau 15 b.Newington

.............

1871

2 Surrey Row, Christchurch, Surrey

Edward HUNT head mar 37 cab driver b.St Maylebone Middlesex
Emily wife 34 b.Newington
Edward son 12 b.Newington
Henry son 9 b.Newington
Emily dau 6 b.Newington

Rg10/594 folio 88 page 1

Best wishes

Casalguidi

[Denise Ford]

oooh ooh that's them!!  What were the professions in 1871??

Hang on...KING & QUEEN ST?  Am I seeing a pattern here?!  Are they just moving up and down the road?!  Maybe that's their travelling...lol

[casalguidi]

Hi Denise

The 1871 occupation is there ........... cab driver!

I think this fits with the given occupation on Emily's marriage doesn't it?

Casalguidi

[Denise Ford]

doh!  I was getting overexcited... yes that matches the marriage certificate... hmm