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Title: 1871 Preston Sussex (place look up) for all with William Dighton/ Deighton
Post by: astral14 on Friday 28 October 11 15:18 BST (UK)
Apparently on this census page William Dighton/ Deighton and Richalda Dighton/ deighton are listed along with other romanies including the Harris, Hughes and James families who are all hawkers.

I would be especially interested in the Harris family data and would really appreciate it if some kind person would look this up for me. Thanks.
Title: Re: 1871 Preston Sussex (place look up) for all with William Dighton/ Deighton
Post by: suzard on Friday 28 October 11 15:44 BST (UK)
1871
Race hill Caravan Preston Sussex
Elliah (Ellias?) Harris Head M 33 Hawker Findlay? Fenlay? Sussex
Elizabeth wife 34 Hawker Uckfield Sussex
Mary J daughter 16 Hawker Chaley? Sussex
John son 13 Hawker Ringmer Sussex
Jemimah daughter 10 Hawker horsham Sussex
Elliah son 7 Hawker Brighton Sussex
Catherine daughter 5 hawker Hoffham Sussex
David son 2 Chet???/ye Sussex
Esther daughter infant 1 mth Preston Sussex
RG10 1090 126 22
sorry its difficult to read some of p.o.b.

Suz
Title: Re: 1871 Preston Sussex (place look up) for all with William Dighton/ Deighton
Post by: astral14 on Friday 28 October 11 16:01 BST (UK)
Thanks :)
Title: Re: 1871 Preston Sussex (place look up) for all with William Dighton/ Deighton
Post by: sillgen on Friday 28 October 11 17:21 BST (UK)
I think that David is probably born Chiddingly.  Misheard and written as Chitanlye.    Chailey is north of Lewes. Not sure about Hoffam - thought it would be Horsham at first but the earlier mention of that is quite clear.  Houghton maybe?
Have you found them in a later census to check aginst that?
Andrea
Title: Re: 1871 Preston Sussex (place look up) for all with William Dighton/ Deighton
Post by: Fairmeadow2 on Friday 28 October 11 20:33 BST (UK)
Might Hoffam be Offham (just outside Lewes, in Hamsey parish, but with its own Victorian church)?
Title: Re: 1871 Preston Sussex (place look up) for all with William Dighton/ Deighton
Post by: astral14 on Friday 28 October 11 23:20 BST (UK)
Quite likely, I should think, I reckon, but am not sure, that these Harrises are part of OH's family...they are rather elusive!
Title: Re: 1871 Preston Sussex (place look up) for all with William Dighton/ Deighton
Post by: Fairmeadow2 on Friday 28 October 11 23:45 BST (UK)
John Harris, born in Ringmer c.1858 according to the 1871 census, does not appear in the register of baptisms here. Perhaps this is not surprising.
Title: Re: 1871 Preston Sussex (place look up) for all with William Dighton/ Deighton
Post by: astral14 on Friday 28 October 11 23:52 BST (UK)
LOL - probably not and the names often change. Ellas seems to be Elias or Elijah! Thanks for all the info.
Title: Re: 1871 Preston Sussex (place look up) for all with William Dighton/ Deighton
Post by: tinkers69 on Saturday 10 August 13 23:06 BST (UK)
hi my great grandfather was Saunders Dighton and was married to Rose Hilton (we think) in 1892 in Steyning Sussex in the quarter of Apr-May-Jun i believe this is the right information for my great grandfather even though on the 1911 census he comes up as Sanders Diton or Saunders Diton he also was known as an Hawker/Pedlar as you well know spellings vary due to not knowing how to read and write amongst the Romany Gypsies.