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Some Special Interests => Travelling People => Topic started by: purple29 on Friday 17 December 10 04:14 GMT (UK)
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my great gran bridget connelly came from ireland in early 1900's and had her own rags buissness for many years , we think she may have been romany , is this common name an trade for irish gypsy's , many thanx
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hi, deb, there may be a romany connection. but there are lots of different types of travellers. some of the irish were just displaced people, who in poor times took to the road. as in the potato famine in ireland. as also in scotland, in the highland clearances. these some times did marry in to romany familys as they would share camp sites. and as there was only certain ways to make a living,moving around they would mix with gypsy folk. the rag trade was, and still is a trade that gypsy people did/do. the only real way is to find other gypsy surnames that have married into your family, as true romanys tend to marry into other travelling familys.that said there are connellys in romany circles, so there could be something in what you say. there is a little known fact that at least 40% to 50% of all the people in the uk have some romany blood?. have a good look at other family members and try to find some romany names, trades or connections. cushty bok. rob g
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many thanks for your help , although my name is deborah as a child she refused to call me this an she called me Dora , other family names are collins (myself) mckenzie an manson . again thank you very much
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Debi,
You can look at the website of the Romany and Traveller Family History Society (RTFHS) and get many of the names that Romanies use in Britain. It certainly true that sometimes Irish and Romany wed each other, due to the Irish also being forced ont the roads during the last century. Many Irish women who came over hawked just like Romany women did. I know there used to be a big concentration of Irish hawkers in England's northwest.
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many thanks will check the site , thank you for all your help .