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Title: does anyone know of any gypsies surname Herschell ?
Post by: hburgess7 on Saturday 25 April 15 19:26 BST (UK)
I have been researching the Herschells for a while , starting with Alexander ,born 1846 in Montrose , Scotland .  there are many mysterious gaps in my research as they travelled a lot. anyone fancy giving me some help !
Title: Re: does anyone know of any gypsies surname Herschell ?
Post by: Skoosh on Saturday 25 April 15 22:19 BST (UK)
I've heard of traveller folk in the north called Hercher?

Skoosh.
Title: Re: does anyone know of any gypsies surname Herschell ?
Post by: keyboard86 on Saturday 25 April 15 22:20 BST (UK)
Duplicate thread, other work being carried out on other one?

Keyboard86
Title: Re: does anyone know of any gypsies surname Herschell ?
Post by: *Sandra* on Saturday 25 April 15 22:31 BST (UK)
Quote from: keyboard86 on Saturday 25 April 15 22:20 BST (UK)
Duplicate thread, other work being carried out on other one?

Keyboard86

Here is a link

http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=719083.msg5628741
Title: Re: does anyone know of any gypsies surname Herschell ?
Post by: hburgess7 on Saturday 30 May 15 21:28 BST (UK)
Annie Louisa Herschell, born 1896 in Birkenhead , was ( according to the 1910 census )  in a home for destitute women in Lancashire. How would I go about finding details of this ?
Title: Re: does anyone know of any gypsies surname Herschell ?
Post by: whiteout7 on Saturday 30 May 15 22:04 BST (UK)
Annie Louisa Herschell b 1886 in Birkenhead, Cheshire (I think you typed 9 instead of 8?)

I can find this birth in the free bdm too
Births Dec 1886
Herschell    Annie Louisa         Birkenhead    8a   472

"the only record I can find then of Annie Louisa is in a home for destitute women in Lancashire when she was 16" - was that the 1901 census because that would be a birth year of 1885?

Where is the freebdm entry for the Annie Louisa Herschell born 1896 in Birkenhead?
Title: Re: does anyone know of any gypsies surname Herschell ?
Post by: keyboard86 on Sunday 31 May 15 01:04 BST (UK)
Quote from: whiteout7 on Saturday 30 May 15 22:04 BST (UK)
Annie Louisa Herschell b 1886 in Birkenhead, Cheshire (I think you typed 9 instead of 8?)

I can find this birth in the free bdm too
Births Dec 1886
Herschell    Annie Louisa         Birkenhead    8a   472

"the only record I can find then of Annie Louisa is in a home for destitute women in Lancashire when she was 16" - was that the 1901 census because that would be a birth year of 1885?

Where is the freebdm entry for the Annie Louisa Herschell born 1896 in Birkenhead?

Hi Whiteout the 1891 for Annie is on one of the links above RG12/3081/29/4
Keyboard86
Title: Re: does anyone know of any gypsies surname Herschell ?
Post by: hburgess7 on Wednesday 03 June 15 06:54 BST (UK)
Thanks Scoosh. Hercher sounds similar to Herschell, do you have any info. on the Herchers ?
Title: Re: does anyone know of any gypsies surname Herschell ?
Post by: Skoosh on Wednesday 03 June 15 10:07 BST (UK)
HB, they're still about, Google, Hercher, Dingwall.  Herschell maybe sounded too German, name changes were common. I hesitate to mention the Windsors here.  ;D