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Sunday 3rd November 2024
St Laurence & All saints church hall SS26UH
1200-1600 £2 entry fee p.p
refreshment's available, all facilities & hard standing car park, plus extra parking at the Church, a five minute walk away.
Many local families still reside in the area Regular attendees. New descendants have made links, shared stories, endless photographs and family tree's.
Lots of myths, legends and tales, confirmed, clarified or discarded 

Connections of all the old names of our mutual gypsy ancestors include :
Boswell, Buckley. Bibby, Chilcott, Lee, Hearn, Loveridge, Brown, Draper, Brooks, Lamb, Smith, Webbs, Harris, Gaskin, Barr, Pearse, Anderson, Livermore, Taylor, Stone, Giles, Cooper, Shaw, Spearman, Mills, Whitney to name just a few of our linked ancestors.
All welcome

Nothing major to add, other than, i always look at the witnesses on a marriage cert, they tend to be much more connected to the married couple than family and can be a good indicator if any name changes or where they may all travelling in a census  Kushti bok!

Annual meeting in Eastwood for the descendants of the gypsy & travellers who "stopped" at the Bohemia Estates Eastwood Essex. The meeting is in Eastwood church hall and belongs to St Laurence and All saints church (Eastwood church as known by the locals) which has a very long history and is associated with the Gypsy families who stopped and/or settled here,
http://www.st-laurence.org.uk/history

LINK for details of the meeting 15.10.23
https://fb.me/e/FKmMYW3H

Quote from: social-butterflies on Friday 04 January 08 19:14 GMT (UK)

i wonder if any-one may have any details on a marriage between, thomas webb and sarah pearse 24th sept 1871 at ongar, essex.
his father is listed as thomas webb a licensed hawker and hers is john pearse a licensed hawker. the marriage is witnessed by levi webb and ann pearse ( X marks the spot)

Hello,

I know it has been some time, but do you have any info on levi and ann and perhaps their children?
I am struggling to find anything on them and i know they got married.

thanks

Hi c.bibby, yes i do have some info. PM me please are you on the bohemia estate site on facebook?

Sunday 3rd October 2021 12.00-17.00. For all those who have ancestry connections to Eastwood. Eastwood church (st laurence and all saints) Bohemia/ Grosvenor and Ann Boleyn Estate stopping ground or with family who stoped there. Look forward to meeting you.
 
The venue is the church hall, not at the church. Parking available on site for those less abled and for the rest of us, parking is available at the church which is 5 min walk away on flat ground. Refreshments will be available and entry will be £2.50 per person. Link below for details on the church and the church hall
http://www.st-laurence.org.uk/