Why did they decide to go to America to sell Horses?
Many English Romany families took the same decision to move to America and sell horses,there are many surnames I could mention that established themselves in America as Horse traders with Stables and lots of records to support this, all English Romany families. They were known to each other and also kept links by intermarriages between the families. I cannot answer directly this question as none remain alive to support my theory,but consider the history also of America at this time The American Army needed Horses . Many people known as settlers who lived in America in the early part of the 18th /19th century needed Horses to do work on farms and for getting about, before the auto-mobile and machinery became more popular. Also in 1880 we had the start of the Boer War the English Army needed many Horses for their Calvary regiments and it was widely known the best Horse Dealers would be used to find suitable Horses that being the Gypsies. They would travel all over England America Canada
