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Leicestershire / Re: Leicestershire gypsy roots - Lementina Smith
« on: Wednesday 18 April 18 09:04 BST (UK) »
Hi Angi
Yes, I am descended through Emily Heathcote, Jonathan and Lementina's youngest child. Somehow Emily (from Leicestershire) and Frederick (from Essex), met. Their eldest child, Louisa Elizabeth Heathcote is my Great Grandmother. Possibly Lementina moved down to London to be with/help her daughter since Emily and Frederick had, I believe, 13 children. They ran hotels/pubs in London and Essex (Heathcotes were in pub trade over a number of generations) although early on Frederick was listed in census documents as an "artist" in his early years and ended up as a "confectioner" in later years!
Do you have any birth or marriage certificates relating to Lementina? I would love to know more about the gypsy side of the family!
Luisa
Yes, I am descended through Emily Heathcote, Jonathan and Lementina's youngest child. Somehow Emily (from Leicestershire) and Frederick (from Essex), met. Their eldest child, Louisa Elizabeth Heathcote is my Great Grandmother. Possibly Lementina moved down to London to be with/help her daughter since Emily and Frederick had, I believe, 13 children. They ran hotels/pubs in London and Essex (Heathcotes were in pub trade over a number of generations) although early on Frederick was listed in census documents as an "artist" in his early years and ended up as a "confectioner" in later years!
Do you have any birth or marriage certificates relating to Lementina? I would love to know more about the gypsy side of the family!
Luisa