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Topic: Forenames: Would a Mary Elizabeth be known as Lucy? (Read 277 times)
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Gadget
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Holy Island - Pilgrims' Path
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Here are the various synonyms for Lucy:
http://www.whatsinaname.net/php/search.php?action=search2&search_name=lucy
It's a Scottish site but very relevant to other countries in the UK.
Like Nell, I've not come across Lucy as an alternative/pet name for Mary or Elizabeth or in combination.
Maybe it was just a personal choice.
Gadget
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carol8353
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I had a great aunt Mary Elizabeth,who was always known as Dolly.
It wasn't till I started doing my family tree that anyone in the family knew that was her real name- they had all presumed her name was Dorothy(Dolly).
She died the day before her 99th birthday,in 1999.
I also have a Mary Ann who put herself down on the census as Polly.
Carol
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Census information is Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.ukRogers, Rapkin, Phillips - Hammersmith/Fulham/Paddington areas Worth Bailey, Heapy, Burgess. All Macclesfield Cheshire Mockridge,West Monkton Somerset Jenner,Clapham Surrey Kendrick,Liverpool Wensley,Somerset Coleman and Mc Namara from Ennis, Co Clare, Ireland Blake and Maloney from Kilbaha Co Clare, Ireland |
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chris_49
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Unknown Father - swiving then vanishing since 1750
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My aunt Enid Louise was also known as Dolly. It seems her father, going away to serve in the Great War when she was a child, would sing "Goodbye, Dolly Gray" to her at each leaving, and the name stuck. Another aunt Dorothy who might have been known as Dolly, was always known as Paddy - only a nickname. However, a Eugenie in my tree seems to have settled for Dorothy. There's no accounting.
Some short forms seem to bear no relation to the original name. I had aunts Elizabeth who were Cissie and Bunty, but I'm assured these are genuine pet forms and not nicknames. Elizabeth to Lucy, though not usual, seems reasonable on this basis. Chris
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Skelcey (Skelsey Skelcy Skeley Shelsey Kelcy Skelcher) - Warks, Yorks, Lancs
Hancox - Warks
Green - Warks
Draper - Warks
Morris - Denbs Mont Salop
Davies - Cheshire, North Wales
Fellowes - Cheshire, Denbighshire
Hicks - Cornwall
Lloyd and Jones (Mont)
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Gaille
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I think its possible they could call themselves anything!
My gt-grandma had a wonderful name - Planceana Mary................. Birth & Baptism records no problem, spelt wrong, but there she is, her childrend birth records, again different spellings but shes there no problem, death cert, yeah no problem, n in the burial records I gound her in the ledger in seconds much to the amusment of the official who told me without knowing the exact day of burial I wouldnt find her.
Her marriage however I just could not find despite knowing the place & timescale she married, this was the days before internet searches and I literaly spent 2 years in Family history centres & Record offices searching..................... finaly gave up & admitted maybe she hadnt married, which was when my nana (her daughter) dropped a bombshell she had held back from me .............. up until her mother had died SHE hadnt known her mums name was Planceana ..............she had used the name Blanche all her life!
My neigbour here is called Geoff.................. but all my life he has been called Sam - the reason being he doesnt like Geoff!
Gaille
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Manchester – Bate(s) / Bebbington / Coppock or Coppart / Evans / Mitchell / Prince / Smith
Cheshire Latchford – Bibby / Savage / Smith.
Cheshire Macclesfield, Bollington & Rainow – Childs / Flint / Mc'rea
Cheshire Crewe – Bate(s) / Bebbington
Shropshire Wellington, Wobwell – Smith
Walsall Midds – Smith
Also looking for:
Mc'Rea/McCrea – Ireland to Cheshire
And
any relatives of Margaret Bibby married to Thomas Smith all over country
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aghadowey
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Census information Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk
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Amongst my relatives there's a Sylvia called Jake (after rhyme she liked as a child), Charlotte called Bobby (father named Robert), Evelyn called Tootsie and Florence called Toodles, Margaret called Rufus... so anything is possible.
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