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From: "Nivard Ovington" <>
Subject: Re: [LON] TRAVELLERS IN VANS
Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2009 17:18:15 +0100
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Hi Patricia

Far from all people who lived in caravans and mobile homes were Romany ;-)

Professor of Dancing I have found to be a title given to themselves with
little or no qualification, I very much doubt he had any sort of formal
training if indeed he actually had anything to do with dancing at all

Occupations are enumerated as given, no checking was done to make sure they
were what they said they were

I can call myself a brain surgeon on the census but it does not make me one
<g>

Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK)



>
> Thank you all, Nettie, Anne, Nivard and ErnB for your information on the
> above. Gypsy/Romany type vans was my first thought but also under this
> same heading....next door...was a normal labourer, a Professor of Dancing
> and a Carman and his family. It was the Professor of Dancing which threw
> me as he didn't seem to be the Romany Type or could I be wrong?
> My ancestor was at Pleasant Row, East Lane, Lambeth name Charles
> BROMFIELD/BROOMFIELD, wife Mary and two children in 1841. He seemed to be
> in housing/rooms after this time, so perhaps not a true Romany?
> Thank you for your thoughts on this,
>
> Patricia Bee

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