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Offline rosie99

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Re: Is Molly short for something?
« Reply #9 on: Tuesday 22 December 09 17:34 GMT (UK) »
Hi

Molly is Irish according to  http://www.thinkbabynames.com/meaning/0/Molly     

My M-I-L was Mary aka Molly but she was born in Lancashire  ;D

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Re: Is Molly short for something?
« Reply #10 on: Tuesday 22 December 09 17:38 GMT (UK) »
Gibby,

Eileen is on the ancestry list of births registered in Keighley (as is Mollie).  As they might well be still alive, I wont post references, but if you need them PM me.

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Re: Is Molly short for something?
« Reply #11 on: Tuesday 22 December 09 17:40 GMT (UK) »
I have an aunt Mollie. Her real name is Molleen.

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Re: Is Molly short for something?
« Reply #12 on: Tuesday 22 December 09 21:50 GMT (UK) »
I have an Auntie Molly -  she was named Mary - after her mother.

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Re: Is Molly short for something?
« Reply #13 on: Tuesday 22 December 09 22:10 GMT (UK) »
Went to school with a Molly her real name was Maureen.
It does seem to be an Irish thing.
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Re: Is Molly short for something?
« Reply #14 on: Tuesday 22 December 09 23:00 GMT (UK) »
I have a granddaughter called Molly.  That was what she was named, not short for anything.

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Re: Is Molly short for something?
« Reply #15 on: Tuesday 22 December 09 23:11 GMT (UK) »
Names like Molly and Polly are names used in their own right these days, like Lizzie's grandaughter.

However in the past Molly was ususally a shortened form of Mary and Polly was a variation of Molly for reasons unknown.

Possible Irish origins.  :)

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Re: Is Molly short for something?
« Reply #16 on: Wednesday 23 December 09 02:55 GMT (UK) »
One of my great aunts was a Molly ...but she was originally a Marian.

...talking of which, I've always understood that Polly was a common alternative for Mary Ann.
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Re: Is Molly short for something?
« Reply #17 on: Wednesday 23 December 09 23:05 GMT (UK) »
The lady you want is on the birth indexes .....she was born in 1931- so may still be alive?

I will give the full details if you are 100% certain that she is not.

Decided to PM Gibby with the info  ;)

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