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is the name nelly.....................

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Bacardi

Bacardi Report 14 Apr 2006 21:26

found my auntie nelly real name.....................nellie found her married to my uncle george 1945 angie x

Bacardi

Bacardi Report 13 Apr 2006 22:46

thanks for all your replys as long as she didnt turn into nelly the elephant ill be fine lol angie x

maggiewinchester

maggiewinchester Report 13 Apr 2006 21:41

BUT... My great aunt Nell's real name was Alice lol I didn't know until my gran died. She became Nel (one L) when she started courting her future husband Len. Then I realised (doh!) Nel is Len backwards!! maggie

Researching:
Henry Floyd (g x 4 grandad) Allegedly the heaviest man in England in 1842

Unknown

Unknown Report 13 Apr 2006 21:32

If you put Nell in your search box you will see that this is regularly asked as a question. I have Nell, Nelly, Nellie in my tree - sometimes a pet name for Eleanor, or Ellen, or Helen and sometimes a name in its own right. I should know! nell

fraserbooks

fraserbooks Report 13 Apr 2006 21:26

Nellies I have known have all been Ellen or Eleanor.

Gypsy

Gypsy Report 13 Apr 2006 20:15

I have a Nancy known as Nellie but I think it is mostly Helen. Pat

Bacardi

Bacardi Report 13 Apr 2006 19:49

many thanks for all you help angie x

Right said Fred

Right said Fred Report 13 Apr 2006 19:47

or it can be a name in its own right,

Phoenix

Phoenix Report 13 Apr 2006 19:45

Helen, Ellen, Eleanor, Elinor etc

Trish

Trish Report 13 Apr 2006 19:44

Not too sure but I have a Nell who was really Helen

Bacardi

Bacardi Report 13 Apr 2006 19:38

known as something else i had an auntie nelly who married my uncle george and wonderd what it was short for angie x