Irish traveller surnames

[Steve G]

Ward? Well, straight away, that's a name strongly associated with Irish Pav's. I'll ask around, today. Some names also carry a geographical connotation too

  Funny, the idea that his accent may have tripped people up. I'm out of england and, only last week, I was happily chatting to a couple of local guys. Suddenly, mid flow, I caught them shoot eachother that look which clearly stated: " No. I haven't got a clue what he's on about either! " 

[Steve G]

Mixbag; Just to let ye know, I didn't come up with any particular leads, today, unfortunately. Ward appears to be a pretty well spread name, here.

But, there ye go. Inconclusive? Maybe so. But, at least no one's peeing on ye parade  Ye've got the family rumour. The name fits the bill. It walks like a duck (bill).

Keep digging.

[mixbag]

Thanks for checking.
I found his mothers surname was Rooney, 1 step at a time closer

[Steve G]

Rooney is, again a known, Pav surname!

Keep chipping away there, Mixbag. Looking like there could Well be some substance to ye family tales 

[mixbag]

HI been a Christmas break, but back with more.

great great Grandad was called Patrick Ward and his wife was Alice Rooney. Family rumour was he was King of the Irish Tinkers. We traced there eldest 2 children to Drogheda (1842 & 1844), but at that point the trail goes cold. The only 2 Alice Rooney's from that area are one baptised in Dublin  and the other was  Dunshaughlin. However just because the children were baptised in Drogheda, doesn't mean they were from that area, but it is where the trail grows cold.

[Steve G]

Drogheda's out on the east coat. Road runs straight  from there into Dublin.

Just so happens that my people regularly traveled the south coast of england. Road between Brighton and Poole, even as far as Exeter.

So, if ~ for the sake of comparison ~ we apply that stencil to your folks; We have a precedent that it may be entirely possible that they traveled between any two points, up and down their own coast road.

  In fact, the entire East Coast Road. Anywhere between Dundalk and Wexford falls within their realm of feasibility. Dublin would be easy, peezy.

Maybe something worth putting in ye shoe box?

[mixbag]

Interesting stuff, I know the family had ties all over the place, including Cork and Limerick (where my uncle was born) I can imagine they had a long and circuitous route.
Just out os interest, to you maybe. I found this https://www.exploringsurreyspast.org.uk/themes/subjects/diversity/grt/

[Kathyma]

My grandmother Ivy Edith Dalton (born Crayford Kent; 1904 - 1988) always maintained that she was related to Romany gypsies including "Gypsy Rose Lea".  She had visions and premonitions as did my mother and me and my sisters.  Her mother was Louisa Crockford  and her grandmother was called Ellen Donavin (1846 - 1917).  I wondered if Ellen might be Irish and a Romany?

[Steve G]

Kathy; DALSON / DALTON was a name given, by Gypsys, in 1891 (According to Bob Dawson) in ESS, HRT, KEN, LDN.

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