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Travelling People / Please help? Are these traveller names?
« on: Tuesday 20 May 25 23:17 BST (UK) »
Hi all!
I'd be thrilled if someone could please help me with my query!
I have traced my ancestry back to a Thomas Gribble (1788-1843) in the St. George parish area in Bristol (which I have read was formerly part of Gloucestershire). Thomas married Hester Avery and their children's names were Silvanus, Jeremiah, Elizabeth, Hester, and William.
I have traced this family back further to an "Ezekiel Gribble".
Thomas' son William's marriage record his occupation was "comb maker".
Elizabeth married a Noah Churchill and her children's names were Mercy, Job, Noah etc
Silvanus' occupation on one of the 1800s census' was "pipe maker".
I was informed by a reliable source, a traveller himself, who advised that these names are romany gypsy/ traveller and that the surname "Avery" is also a known gypsy surname.
Any advice would be much appreciated.
Many thanks
I'd be thrilled if someone could please help me with my query!
I have traced my ancestry back to a Thomas Gribble (1788-1843) in the St. George parish area in Bristol (which I have read was formerly part of Gloucestershire). Thomas married Hester Avery and their children's names were Silvanus, Jeremiah, Elizabeth, Hester, and William.
I have traced this family back further to an "Ezekiel Gribble".
Thomas' son William's marriage record his occupation was "comb maker".
Elizabeth married a Noah Churchill and her children's names were Mercy, Job, Noah etc
Silvanus' occupation on one of the 1800s census' was "pipe maker".
I was informed by a reliable source, a traveller himself, who advised that these names are romany gypsy/ traveller and that the surname "Avery" is also a known gypsy surname.
Any advice would be much appreciated.
Many thanks