52 in Elena Marushiakova and Vesselin Popov's "Historical and ethnographic background; Gypsies, Roma, Sinti" in Will Guy [ed.] She is known for wanting to have a good time, taking road trips, and spending time with her sister Kayla and the rest of the family. Long ago, this name was often given to slaves and is still popular among the African-American community. member of a wandering race (by themselves called Romany), of According to the OED, the word was first used in English in 1514, with several more uses in the same century, and both During the 16th and 17th centuries, the name was written in various ways: Gipsies of Romany origins have been a recognised ethnic group for the purposes of Because many Romanies living in France had come via It was adopted by an English Gypsy tribe, at one time very numerous, but at present much diminished.

From the quotations collected for the dictionary, the prevalent spelling of late years appears to have been gipsy. 1. Before Fame. By Tony Dixon. This name actually comes from the Old Testament originally. According to the Bible, Kezia was one of Job’s three daughters. 25 Gypsy Baby Names for Girls. She was a stay-at-home mom with her 5 children. The English term gipsy or gypsy is commonly used to indicate Romani people, Tinkers and Travellers, and use of the word gipsy in modern-day English is so pervasive (and is a legal term … 100+ Gypsy Names For Your Baby Boy Or Girl By Maria Monrovia Updated September 20, 2018. Of this name there are two renderings into Romany; one is Baryor or Baremescre, stone-folks or stonemasons, the other is Beshaley. These go-to names will make your baby boy or girl stand out from the crowd wherever they may go. Etymology.

Reality personality best known as the star of the hit TLC reality series Gypsy Sisters, the spin-off series of My Big Fat American Gypsy Wedding. Oxford English Dictionary 2nd Edition 1989. Tina is part of a Romani family of nomadic predators in Arizona and California, known as The Rom Gypsies, specializing in a variety of scams and confidence crimes against the elderly and vulnerable. However, given that the informant was the deputy superintendent of the workhouse infirmary then the age could well be wrong.Returning to Robert and Silvia Williams direct family To view the full version please install the Adobe Flash Player and ensure your web browser has JavaScript enabled. Kezia. Rebecca FAIRMAN was born 1864 in Croydon.44 She and Samuel COOPER had the following children: Alice Rebecca WILLIAMS (1891) (below baptism for Samuel,several Gypsy baptism's appear on same page) Samuel WILLIAMS (1892 ) William WILLIAMS (1894 ) Sylvia WILLIAMS (1896 ) Elvia COOPER (1898 ) Mazella WILLIAMS (1901 ) Robert Williams (1906). The plural gypsies is not uncommon, but the corresponding form in the singular seems to have been generally avoided, probably because of the awkward appearance of the repetition of y.p. Trivia.

A biographical outline not only of a favourite 19th century ancestor, William Ayres, but also of the author’s own life as showman, hawker, craftsman, musician and Punch and Judy man.
He married Rebecca FAIRMAN in 1894 Croydon.Vanslow COOPER married Urania SMITH, daughter of Joseph (no other info) in 1848 at Hammersmith I have only found one child for them: Daniel born abt 1847 in Putney and I have not found this couple in any census. Charity: Charity is one of the three abstract virtue names along with Faith and Hope, but this … The first requires no comment, but the second is well worthy of analysis, as it is an example of the strange blunders which the Gypsies … He appeared in the census on 5 April 1891 in Croydon.17 On 14 March 1897 he was a General Labourer.18 He died of Senile Decay on 14 March 1897 in The Workhouse Infirmary Croydon.18 He was buried in March 1897 in Queen's Road Cemetary, Croydon, Surrey.19From his death certificate he appears to have been born in 1823. Always working in groups, they incorporate their family members into the cons, each playing their own role in making the ruse more believable to the victim to maximize payout. Gypsy and gipsy.

The demonyms of the Romani people, Lom and Dom share the same etymological origin, reflecting Sanskrit ḍoma "a man of low caste, living by singing and music". It is also a name that is commonly used by the Romany gypsies.
Some of the Cooper family who descended from "Norwwod Sam " took the name Williams after their maternal line of Sylvia (Silver)William's who married Robert Cooper the son of Extract:-The Croydon Chronicle & East Surrey AdvertiserSamuel COOPER, son of Robert COOPER and Silvia Wiliams was born on 6 November 1856 in Norwood.He was baptised on 1 June 1858 in Ham, Surrey.42 He appeared in the census on 2 April 1871 in Croydon. InDaniel married Urania GREGORY at Yateley Hampshire in 1876, she was the daughter of Alfred GREGORY - no other info, although there were GREGORY families living at Yateley in several census I have not found Alfred or Robert COOPER, son of Samuel COOPER and Florinia COOPER UNKNOWN, was born in 1826 in Norwood, Surrey.13 He was baptised on 17 July 1827 in St Mary's Lewisham, Sydenham Common.8 On 26 February 1851 he was a Basket Maker.14 On 2 July 1854 he was a Labourer.15 In 1871 he was a Hawker.13 He appeared in the census on 2 April 1871 in Croydon, Surrey.16 On 2 April 1871 he was a Hawker in Croydon.16 On 3 March 1891 he was a Hawker. "Gipsy, gypsy, n." Between Past and Future: The Roma of Central and Eastern Europe [with a Foreword by Dr. Ian Hancock], 2001, UK: University of Hertfordshire PressFrom the Oxford English Dictionary (second edition, 1989; online version December 2011) Etymology section for the word gipsy:

Published by Edward Gaskell, Devon, 2012. 13 in Illona Klimova-Alexander's The Romani Voice in World Politics: The United Nations and Non-State Actors (2005, Burlington, VT.: Ashgatep.