West Hanney,Fletchers Romany Gypsy

[jack alan fletcher]

Hi All

Just a quick one to see if I can get any further in my family history search as ive drawn a blank at the 1871 Census. I have traced back to Mansfield Fletcher 37 Deane, Bedfordshire Head Travelling Tinman Alice Fletcher 38 Mortimore, Berkshire, England Wife in the 1871 census who would have been my x4 great grandfather. I found this  information on this site http://www.gypsyjib.com/page/Fletcher+Family?t=anon. I am proud to be a Fletcher and to have Romany Gypsy ancestry but would love to go back further if anyone knows anything or can recommend anything that be a great help.

Regards Jack Fletcher

[rosie99]

Hi

Welcome to rootschat 

Could this be his marriage registration from freebmd  http://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/search.pl

Marriage December qtr 1860   
Mansfield Fletcher       
Alice Roberts        
Wantage reg district    2c   639

[rosie99]

Probably his christening

https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JM2D-G26

[jack alan fletcher]

Hi Rosie That's absolutely brilliant and yes it definitely would appear that is him. Wantage is literally a stones throw from West Hanney and even better it gives his father and mothers name aswell

[rosie99]

Wantage reg district covers West Hanney

http://www.ukbmd.org.uk/genuki/reg/districts/wantage.html

[pinefamily]

Welcome to Rootschat.
You might find some helpful tips and advice on the the Travellers board on here.

[whiteout7]

http://rtfhs.org.uk/the_rtfhs_marriage_index/

ROBERTS and FLETCHER Longcot, Berkshire, 18 April 1892 Job Roberts/aged 24/Bachelor/Labourer/son of John Roberts/Hawker Mabel Fletcher/aged 22/Spinster/daughter of Mansfield Fletcher/Hawker
Job and Mabel both sign X
Witnesses: Thomas Rose [signs] and Matilda Roberts [signs X]

Mansfield Fletcher's daughters marriage, do you think his mothers name is also Mabel (not Mabet?)

[rosie99]

This christening at Winslow, Buckinghamshire in 1837 looks like a sibling 

https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NJXG-SHN

In 1851 they are at Mill Hill Keysoe, Bedfordshire 
H0107/1751 folio 28 page 23
Mable Fletcher - Widow - 52 -living in a cart - intinerant tinker bn Chawlbury, Oxford
Edward - son- 18 - bn Cheesely, Bucks
Ann - dtr- 17-bn Stagsden, Bedfordshire
Manfred -son - 16 - bn Dean, Bedfordshire
Marenne - dtr - 14 - bn Winslow, Buckinghamshire

[rosie99]

1861 - Persons not in House/ still living in Keysoe  - RG0/985 folio 52 p36

Mabel Fletcher  - head - widow - 65 bn Oxfordshire -Taveler in van with tinware
Mirraney Fletcher - dtr- unm -24 - bn Wislow, Buckinghamshire
George Cox-Servt- 14 -bn Arlington, Middlesex (probably Harlington    )  occ Tinker  Servant  Tin Ware Dealer