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GYPSY, TRAVELLER AND ITINERANT REFERENCES FROM LOCAL (FOLKESTONE AREA) NEWSPAPERS

BAKER James FC 12 nov 1887 ill treating pony
BARTON Samuel 23 Jun 1900 Folkestone encamping on Highway at Beggar's Bush Lane, Old Romney on 8 May
BARTON Samuel 2 Jun 1900 FC encamping at Old Romney
BERRY George FE 1 Mar 1879 age 8, begging
BLYTHE Esther Faa 30 Nov 1861 FC Gypsy queen crowned
CLIFFORD Henry FE 5 Jun 1875 tramp, stealing
DALY Timothy FH 20 Oct 1900 article
EMMETT Abraham FO 1861 assaulting constable
EMMETT J Folkestone 1860s charged with assault at Hythe
EMMETT James Folkestone Jul 1915 alias GATEHOUSE knocked down by car age 7
FOREMAN Henry FC 6 Jul 1861 with Andrew MASON vagrancy
GATEHOUSE Angelina FC 2 Apr 1887 victim of assault by W CRISFIELD
GATEHOUSE Eliza FE 29 Jan 1876 victim of theft by Mary Ann WILKINSON, prostitute, at Sandgate
GATEHOUSE Eliza FC 24 Jul 1880 fortune telling at Eastbourne
GATEHOUSE Henry FR 4 Jan 1862 also John GATEHOUSE, John SWIFT robbery
GATEHOUSE Henry FE 11 Jan 1879 drunk
GATEHOUSE Henry FE 12 mar 1890 with Thomas BAKER furiously driving a horse
GATEHOUSE Henry FE 1 Mar 1879 assault
GATEHOUSE Jasper FE 5 Jun 1875 charged with stealing boots
GATEHOUSE John FE 7 Aug 1875 faulty weights
GATEHOUSE Nayley FH Jan 1933 with Edward SCAMP, Frank HERON poaching
HAMILTON Robert FE 21 Jun 1873 tramp, drunk
HAYES Henry James 30 May 1931 FH Punch and Judy king died
HERRING John FH 8 Jan 1910 hawking too loud
JONES Frederick FO 1861 horsedealer, Ashford area
JONES Frederick FO 1861 of brentwood, Essex assault on Folkestone publican
JONES John 27 Jul 1861 FC Suicide
JONES Mary FC 30 Nar 1861 Fortune Telling at Greenwich
LEE Ambrose FA 2 Oct 1897 drowned whilst trying to rescue a young boy. Cousins William & John LEE
LEE Edward FC 28 Jun 1862 murder of wife, Elizabeth Colt LEE in Hampshire
LEE George FO 1861 horse dealer, Willesborough
LEE William FC 3 Nov 1860 loitering with Jack DORRISON and Alexander HARNOTT
LEWIS Thomas FC 17 Jun 1861 begging
MARSHALL Phoebe FC 21 Aug 1861 with Selina Walker, obscene language
MATTHEWS Selina FC 10 Jan 1862 with Annie Dennis, drunk and abusive
MATTHEWS William Folkestone 9 Jun 1900 obscene language at Woodchurch
PERDUE Julia FC 5 Jan 1889 stealing
PHILPOTT Mary 14 Jul 1894 FC married to WOOLSTONE drinking with Polly LILLIAN
RANSLEY James F/S Express Sat 4 Apr 1868 Obstructing highway at Aldington on 10 Jun 1866. Case dismissed.
RANSLEY James FC 4 Apr 1900 straying ponies
RANSLEY James FE 4 Apr 1868 obstructing highway at Aldington with his cart 10 Jun 1866
RANSLEY John FC 18 Feb 1888 straying horse
REVELL Jane FC 3 Oct 1861/2? vagrancy with Emma SHELLEY
ROBERTS John FC 4 Jul 1861 retired jockey, vagrancy and begging
ROSSITER John 21 Nov 1862 FC theft
RYAN   FE 30 May 1931 alias HOLMAN hawker
SCAMP Clara FH 21 Jul 1906 assault on Rose THOMSON
SCAMP Clara FH 10 Nov 1900 assault on Susan MARSDEN
SCAMP Flora Folkestone Obit. dau of Wm & Olive d 12 Feb 1918 age 11
SCAMP Gilderoy FE 15 Jun 1872 acquitted with stealing a duck with Alfred George POOLE
SCAMP Gilderoy FH 29 Mar 1919 fined NSPCA
SCAMP Gilderoy FH 14 Mar 1903 county court
SCAMP Olive Folkestone Jun 1927 died 15 Jun aged 17 daughter of William and Olive and grandaughter of the late Gilderoy
SCAMP Rosannah FE 2 May 1874 victim of assault by Jane WOOLATT & Elizabeth ANDREWS
SCAMP Sarah Ann FE 19 Apr 1879 also Olivia & Mary - sleeping in the open air
SCAMP Sidney FH 10 Jun 1922 deserting wife and children
SCAMP Solomon Folkestone Chronicle Feb/Mar 1899 8 years prison
SCAMP Solomon FC 22 Jan 1887 stealing horse hair from a live horse
SCOTT Francis FE 5 Jun 1875 stealing fowl and duck
SMALL Matilda FC 3 Aug 1889 obstructing footpath
SMALL Rosella FE 21 Jun 1873 alias LEE, GATEHOUSE, YELDING peddling without certificate
SMITH Selina FC 22 Feb 1862 Fortune Telling. Wandsworth
STONE   FH 8 Jan 1910 also INGLIS, WRAIGHT dealers
TODD Isaac FE 26 Jul 1879 assaulting wife
WEBB Charles FC 10 Aug 1861 alias FRENCH with sister Frances Nell violent conduct at Greenwich
WILLIAMS Ann FE 5 Jun 1875 tramp, drunk
YALDING Zillah FE 2 Mar 1872 alias Rosella SMALL/GATEHOUSE fortune telling
YELDING Thomas FC 1 Jul 1857 charged with theft

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