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Variation on names

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Andy

Andy Report 19 Sep 2005 13:22

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Andy

Andy Report 19 Sep 2005 13:23

How about a thread where if you come across a variation/alternative for an ancestor's first/middle name(s) then you can list it here? Don't know if this has been done before or if a website exists that covers this more eloquently but some examples of what I'm meaning are: JANE = JEAN ELLEN = HELEN KATE = CATHERINE/KATHERINE SALLY = SARAH These are some I've come across from doing Scottish research.

Angela

Angela Report 19 Sep 2005 14:06

Can I add: Peggy = Margaret Betsy (or Bessy) = Elizabeth Eliza = Elizabeth Frank = Francis Fanny = Frances

Heather

Heather Report 19 Sep 2005 14:14

Hi Andy I found my Catherine as Catharine so she didn't show up on Ancestry. Heather

Unknown

Unknown Report 19 Sep 2005 15:20

PETER - PATRICK (Scottish) POLLY - MARY ANN EMMA - EMILY - EMMELINE (seem virtually interchangeable in my lot) Bev x

GeordieCath

GeordieCath Report 19 Sep 2005 15:24

Lizzy=Elizabeth Jessie=Janet Cath

Researching:
Haley ,Healey ,Hill ,Smelt ,Harrington,Potter

MarionfromScotland

MarionfromScotland Report 19 Sep 2005 17:26

Helen .... Nelly, Ellen Agnes..... Nancy Margaret.....Meg, Maggie,Peggy, Rita Daniel... is often known as Donald in Scotland John.... Jock Jack Robert...Bob Rab Janet ....Jessie Elizabeth....Elsie Beth Williamina... Mina Marion well, I have been called a lot of things lol

Liberty64

Liberty64 Report 19 Sep 2005 19:25

I have an Angelina and found her as Jeannie on census. Jane=Jan Jane=Jinney Susannah=Susie/Susey Lib:))

maggiewinchester

maggiewinchester Report 19 Sep 2005 19:29

These were on the 1881 census - all the same family! AGNES - AVRIL MADELINE - MABOLILINE LOUIS - LUS maggie

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

fraserbooks

fraserbooks Report 19 Sep 2005 20:53

William Will, Bill Willie Rosamund Sam (I spent ages looking for Samantha) Alexander Sandy Alexandra Sandra Patricia Pat, Patsy, Tricia, Maureen. Mo, Reenie

Judith

Judith Report 19 Sep 2005 22:03

Martha - Patty

PennyDainty

PennyDainty Report 19 Sep 2005 23:35

Here's a few more that are quite common in Scotland. Donald...Donny...Donnie...Domnull...Don Agnes....Senga...Nessie Janet....Jessie John ....Ian Samuel....Sorley Nial....Neil and any female name ending in INA is often known as INA eg Jamesina Also can I mention a surname that took me ages to find details for..... Bethune.............often anglised to Beaton Christine