Gypsies in Nova Scotia, Canada
Posted by Janis Wilson on May 17, 2006, 10:40 pm
I am trying to comfirm a rumour that my mother's father was gypsy. My grandmother got pregnant by a man in 1916 and gave birth to my mother in Nov, of that same year. There are stories that the man was killed by my maternal great-grandfather with the help of others and buried on the family property. There is also a story that the Gypsies came to take my mother when she was about 4 or 5 years old and were driven off. Is anyone out there aware of any communities at that time in Nova Scotia, or any stories about a family member getting killed around that time? Thanks for your help.
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