3/16/2023 0 Comments Male gpsy names![]() ![]() His family is mentioned in another excerpt from The Worcestershire Chronicle ():Īgain Vashti, Cleopatra, Naomi and Diana are mentioned as being common in the community, and special mention is given again to Greenleaf, Mezelly, Britannia and Paradise. I particularly like the footnote which describes Isaac Herne, son of Nearboy ( Neabei) and Sinfi Hearne who had children 'Eza, Trainit, 'Lenda and Collia.Īnother significant 'gipsy-gentleman' was Silvanus Lovell. His own children were Simpronius Bohemia Boswell (known as 'Bui'), Byron, Mackenzie, Oscar, Bruce, Julia, Wallace, Trafalgar and Laura. His parents, he says, were Teiso and Sophia Boswell (the respective children of Shadrach and Cinderella Boswell and Richard and Bonny Hearne) his siblings Maria, Lucy, Sage, Betsy, Dorelia, Edward and Delata. (click to enlarge for lots of interesting names) In this work he gives a fascinating account of the names of his immediate family: The Sylvester Boswell (also called by the nickname Wester Boswell) mentioned above has his autobiography immortalised in Bath Charles Smart's The Dialect of the English Gypsies (1875). This excerpt from The Worcestershire Chronicle (22 March 1890) is taken from a letter to the editor written by Shelsley Beauchamp (quite a name in itself!), under the title The Gispy Tribe of Boswell. Boswell, Lovell, Buckland, Faa, Hearn, Heron, Gray, Lee, Smith, Wood and Young were the most notable Romany families of the period, and much of the literature focuses on them. As such, they became not only the subject of scholarship but also romanticised in popular culture and literature.īelow are articles and excerpts from contemporary Victorian commentators which focus on the names which were in use in Victorian Britain by Romany Traveller families. Traveller families in the 19th century were often misunderstood and marginalised nevertheless, Victorian society was fascinated by their customs and lore. ![]()
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