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Travelling People / Re: The Chilcott family
« on: Saturday 23 April 16 14:38 BST (UK)  »
Dear Marion,
Thankyou for your message. Gran's parents were Fred and Eliza Chilcott, and they lived near Puritan which is near Bridgwater, Somerset. I am certain that one of her sisters was Eveline. She had a sister called Lily, and another called Beatie, a brother Len and brother Jack.
If this connects us then it would be fascinating to hear from you. My email address is-(*)

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Yours sincerely
Becky Jaswinder-Leest

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Travelling People / Re: The Chilcott family
« on: Thursday 20 August 15 22:30 BST (UK)  »
Gosh, have not visited this forum for quite a long time! Just to say, I have managed to aquire a few old sepia photos of Grandmother Chilcott and all but one of her brothers and sisters. Photos like these have been almost impossible to get hold of.( Long story! )
She was olive skinned and always kept out of the sun, as I recall, and one brother looks similar. The others are dark skinned and dark haired.
I never met any of my Great uncles and aunts. I still don't know if they actually were Romany or not, but they sure look like Romany people.
I may never find out why my family history was either hidden or destroyed.
Anyway, I feel I can genuinely describe myself as Diddikai.
Not  'part this', or 'half that'. I have survived this far, and I am a Diddikai STAR.
Blessings.

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Travelling People / Re: The Chilcott family
« on: Saturday 26 November 11 11:01 GMT (UK)  »
Thanks Citizen Smith. I hope you have more success than me finding your Romany People. I can't see why gran would have instilled this in me as a kid, unless it was a complete fantasy of hers. Anyway, I'm obviously in the wrong section here, so I'll bid you farewell. X

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Travelling People / Re: The Chilcott family
« on: Thursday 24 November 11 16:20 GMT (UK)  »
Citizensmith, you are right, that wedding date is clearly wrong. I'm not sure where that popped out from. You have found a different John and Mary Hill date too. Perhaps Gran just made it all up! Thanks for your information though. It's still a fascinating family, whether we descended from Romanys or not, maybe something will emerge later on down the road!! I do want to find out about Thomas Chilcott and Elizabeth Winter 1799, if you hear or see any info, I would be most grateful. I read that Winter is a German Romany/Sinti name. Oh dear, I'm off again!!!!

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Travelling People / Re: The Chilcott family
« on: Thursday 24 November 11 10:16 GMT (UK)  »
I have found a Cullompton Baptism 1755, Thomas- son of Mary Hill. All the other sons and daughters on the list have the name of the Father, (except one other woman whose child is described as 'base born'). Does this signify that Thomas was an illegitimate child? If it's the same Mary Hill who married the (Stray) John Chilcott in Dulverton 1757 then this Thomas could be my Great Great Great Grandfather. Sorry to bore everyone with my findings, but my Gran insisted we have Romany blood. Maybe John Chilcott fathered Thomas out of wedlock with Mary????and married her later on in Dulverton? Who knows? If it is him, that makes Thomas about 44 when he got married to Elizabeth Winter. Is this unusual?????

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Travelling People / Re: The Chilcott family
« on: Wednesday 23 November 11 22:17 GMT (UK)  »
Eliza Stockham married Frederick Chilcott in1869. I got back as far as 1799 to Thomas Chilcott who married Elizabeth Winter, and had one son John, born 1801. They were in Dulverton. My Grandmother told me that they came from Dulverton, and it looks like she was correct. There are a lot of Chilcotts in that Parish.(Brushford). I can't get any more info yet. I did find something that is puzzling me-Under 'Strays' in the Somerset Parish records, I found a marriage between a John Chilcott and Mary (Hill???) 1757.Under 'Strays' there is a baptism of a Mary Chilcott 1757 (same year) and parents named as John and Mary. Why would a Chilcott be classed as a 'Stray' in a Parish full of Chilcotts?

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Travelling People / Re: The Chilcott family
« on: Wednesday 23 November 11 09:52 GMT (UK)  »
Looking for the parents of Thomas Chilcott who married Elizabeth Winter in 1799. Mother could be Mary Hill who had an illegitimate son, Thomas in 1755 Cullompton.

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Travelling People / Re: The Chilcott family
« on: Wednesday 23 November 11 09:21 GMT (UK)  »
Grandmother Chilcott

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Travelling People / Re: The Chilcott family
« on: Tuesday 22 November 11 18:18 GMT (UK)  »
Looking for any Traveller? Gypsy connections in South West for Chilcott +Winter

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