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Bunce family
Canon Venables wrote in Dictionary of National Biography ( 1886 )
During 1870-75
I often came across members of the Bunce family in Oxfordshire, Wilts, Herts, and Somerset.
Stephen Bunce, of Wiltshire yeoman ancestry, had thirty years earlier married Phoebe Buckland, a thorough-bred Gypsy woman, had himself turned tent-dweller, and 'travelled' the southern counties till his death.
They had a largish family; and many, perhaps most, of their sons and daughters have married Gypsies of more or less purity.
One son was (and maybe is still) a small farmer and horse-dealer,living in a house of his own at Pewsey.
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Ambrose Smith married Annie Hayward 1879 Melksham Wiltshire
1881 Census Wootton Bassett Wiltshire
Benjamin Brown.......25 b 1856 New Forest - travelling Hawker/Dealer
Selina.......................23 b 1858 Abingdon Berkshire
William..............3mths Trowbridge Gloucestershire
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Vand loveridge..........25 b 1856 Ceicester Gloucestershire - travelling dealer
Fanny......................27 b 1854 Highworth Wiltshire
Mark........................4 b 1877 Bristol Gloucestershire
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James Smith............48 b 1833 Surrey - travelling dealer
Charlotte.................42 b 1839 ?
Ambrose Smith.....26 b 1855 Bradford on Avon Wiltshire - travelling dealer
Anna......................22 b 1859 Trowbridge Wiltshire -wife
Annie S....................1 b 1880 Trowbridge
Emily...............5mths b 1881 Trowbridge
+
Thomas Smith.........61 b 1820 Nailsworth Somerset - travelling dealer
Ann........................46 b 1835 Calne Wiltshire
Thomas..................20 b 1861 Landsdown Somerset
Pheobe...................13 b 1868 Calne Wiltshire
Millie......................10 b 1871 Devizes Wiltshire
Agnes......................8 b 1873 Bradford Wiltshire
Alfred......................6 b 1875 Devizes Wiltshire
Alice...............11mths b 1881 Trowbridge
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Sarah Jones.............48 b 1833 Abroad Unknown -widowed/ Travelling hawker
Priscilla Bourton.......26 b 1855 Pewsey Wiltshire - unmarried grand daughter
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James Bunce...........30 b 1851 Warwickshire - Travelling Dealer
Keziah.....................27 b 1854 Oxfordshire
George......................5 b 1876 Swindon Wiltshire
Job....................9mths b 1881 Reaading Berkshire
1891 Census Pewsey Netheravon Wiltshire
Pheobe Bunce.........78 b 1813 Unknown - widowed hawker
1891 Pewsey Netheravon Wiltshire * In caravans & Tents *
George Bunce.........38 b 1853 Highworth Wiltshire - Dealer
Caroline..................31 b 1860 Devizes Wiltshire
Ada Beatrice............7 b 1884 Pewsey Wiltshire
Maud........................5 b 1886 Locking Wiltshire
William.....................4 b 1887 Pewsey Wiltshire
George.....................2 b 1889 Pewsey Wiltshire
Priscilla Pheobe.....mths b 1891 Pewsey Wiltshire
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Benjamin Brown......33 b 1858 Southampton Hants - Hawker & Dealer
Selina......................32 b 1859 Abingdon Berkshire
William....................10 b 1881 Trowbridge Wiltshire
Caroline....................7 b 1884 Bath Somerset
Emily........................5 b 1886 Swindon Wiltshire
Benjamin..................3 b 1888 Devizes Wiltshire
James...............5 mths b 1891 Pewsey Wiltshire
During 1870-75
I often came across members of the Bunce family in Oxfordshire, Wilts, Herts, and Somerset.
Stephen Bunce, of Wiltshire yeoman ancestry, had thirty years earlier married Phoebe Buckland, a thorough-bred Gypsy woman, had himself turned tent-dweller, and 'travelled' the southern counties till his death.
They had a largish family; and many, perhaps most, of their sons and daughters have married Gypsies of more or less purity.
One son was (and maybe is still) a small farmer and horse-dealer,living in a house of his own at Pewsey.
----------------------------------------
Ambrose Smith married Annie Hayward 1879 Melksham Wiltshire
1881 Census Wootton Bassett Wiltshire
Benjamin Brown.......25 b 1856 New Forest - travelling Hawker/Dealer
Selina.......................23 b 1858 Abingdon Berkshire
William..............3mths Trowbridge Gloucestershire
+
Vand loveridge..........25 b 1856 Ceicester Gloucestershire - travelling dealer
Fanny......................27 b 1854 Highworth Wiltshire
Mark........................4 b 1877 Bristol Gloucestershire
+
James Smith............48 b 1833 Surrey - travelling dealer
Charlotte.................42 b 1839 ?
Ambrose Smith.....26 b 1855 Bradford on Avon Wiltshire - travelling dealer
Anna......................22 b 1859 Trowbridge Wiltshire -wife
Annie S....................1 b 1880 Trowbridge
Emily...............5mths b 1881 Trowbridge
+
Thomas Smith.........61 b 1820 Nailsworth Somerset - travelling dealer
Ann........................46 b 1835 Calne Wiltshire
Thomas..................20 b 1861 Landsdown Somerset
Pheobe...................13 b 1868 Calne Wiltshire
Millie......................10 b 1871 Devizes Wiltshire
Agnes......................8 b 1873 Bradford Wiltshire
Alfred......................6 b 1875 Devizes Wiltshire
Alice...............11mths b 1881 Trowbridge
+
Sarah Jones.............48 b 1833 Abroad Unknown -widowed/ Travelling hawker
Priscilla Bourton.......26 b 1855 Pewsey Wiltshire - unmarried grand daughter
+
James Bunce...........30 b 1851 Warwickshire - Travelling Dealer
Keziah.....................27 b 1854 Oxfordshire
George......................5 b 1876 Swindon Wiltshire
Job....................9mths b 1881 Reaading Berkshire
1891 Census Pewsey Netheravon Wiltshire
Pheobe Bunce.........78 b 1813 Unknown - widowed hawker
1891 Pewsey Netheravon Wiltshire * In caravans & Tents *
George Bunce.........38 b 1853 Highworth Wiltshire - Dealer
Caroline..................31 b 1860 Devizes Wiltshire
Ada Beatrice............7 b 1884 Pewsey Wiltshire
Maud........................5 b 1886 Locking Wiltshire
William.....................4 b 1887 Pewsey Wiltshire
George.....................2 b 1889 Pewsey Wiltshire
Priscilla Pheobe.....mths b 1891 Pewsey Wiltshire
+
Benjamin Brown......33 b 1858 Southampton Hants - Hawker & Dealer
Selina......................32 b 1859 Abingdon Berkshire
William....................10 b 1881 Trowbridge Wiltshire
Caroline....................7 b 1884 Bath Somerset
Emily........................5 b 1886 Swindon Wiltshire
Benjamin..................3 b 1888 Devizes Wiltshire
James...............5 mths b 1891 Pewsey Wiltshire
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