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England (Counties as in 1851-1901) => England => Warwickshire => Topic started by: Ann W on Tuesday 16 May 06 06:46 BST (UK)
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Hi there,
Dolly HUDSON was born about 1910 , Aston or Birmingham.... think she may have died about 1939.. cant find her birth or death....
so maybe Dolly was a nick name, what other name could be dolly for short,,,,
Any ideas, guesses, anything...
Many thanks, best wishes
Ann
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Hi Ann,
My aunt Dolly was born Dorothy Jane, so yours should be Dorothy
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Thank you i will try that, i wondered if it was doris ????
Best wishes
Ann
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My aunt Dolly was a Doris. Anyone less doll-like you could not imagine ;D
Steph.
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My dolly was a very pretty lady, very much like her mum in the photo i have there.
I am still having no luck.... i have a photo of her, so i know she is real...
thanks guys
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We have a friend called Dolly, who's name is probably Spanish; Dolores.
Denn
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My great aunt "Dolly" was a Dorothy too
Casalguidi
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Just confirming that I've also known Dorothys who ended up as Dolly. Did she marry; that cert. should have a 'real' name.
However, I searched for a gt aunt Queenie for some time only to find out that it was a nickname....she was really Ada!
Good luck,
Nanny Jan
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My aunty Dolly was really called Doris, she married Dick but it wasn't until Dolly died at the age of 87 that I found out that Dick was actually called Arthur :o
Bee
:)
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Hi Ann,
Dolly is the diminutive name for Dolores or Dorothy but is also a true name in its own right and can be dated back to at least the 16th century. Shakespear has a Doll Tearsheet in Henry IV, Part 2 (1597). In my own family I had an Aunt Doll however it was a nickname given to her from birth as she was born so small her real name was Elizabeth
old rowley
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Hi
My Nan was a Doll (no 'y').
Real name - Doris Lilian.
Helen
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Thanks everyone, you are all great taking out the time to help me.
HUDSON is such a common name to, which makes it hard.
Elizabeth could be a option, as the mother was elizabeth and first daughter had second name elizabeth, next child was elisabeth.. maybe by the sixth they forgot they had a elisabeth, or the first one had died...
i will keep looking or i will have to wait till the next census is out..
gosh Bee and Nanny Jan , it makes it hard when Dick is Arthur and Queenie is Ada.. oh dear...
best wishes
lov ann
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as an aside to this thread I have the same "trouble" like Nanny Jan and Bee with family members being known under different names within the family. My nan's real name was Elizabeth but was known to all as "Aunt Titch" one of her sister in law's was known as "Aunt Mog" but her real name was also Elizabeth, my Aunt Doll (daughter of Aunt Titch) was also called Elizabeth. My mother's name was Alice but was known as "Gladys" or "Glad" while one of her cousins went under the name of either "Bubbles" or "Nobby", story has it that when he married his "new" mother in law was asking family members if they had seen Thomas (his real name) but no one knew who she ment as no one in his family had called him that for years.
old rowley
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Hello Ann, I wish you all the best in finding your "Dolly"! My mum is called Dorothy and that was shortened to Dolly many years ago. I have to say Bee that your tongue-twister had me in stitches! Have you tried saying it quickly?!?
I've just found out that my "Auntie Alice" as she was known by absolutely everyone who knew her, was actually christened Rose Mary - so where on earth the name Alice came from, goodness only knows.
Wendy
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FreeBMD has the following births:
HUDSON Doris Maud, Birmingham, Mar qtr 1909
HUDSON Dorothy Adeline, Aston, Jun qtr 1909
My Great-aunt Queenie's real names were Minnie Ada. And Great-aunt Olive's real names were Alice Beatrice ...
JAP
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Thank you for that Jap.
I said c 1910 because Rosetta HUDSON was born 29 feb 1908.. but either the Doris or the Dorothy could be My Dolly..
Isn't i amazing how many weren't called by there real name..
Still - my husband has been 'terry' all his life , but his real name is Raymond, but his father was called Raymond, but his real name was William, but his silly mother named two children with the same name, and the other William got called Bill.
lol
thanks again
best wishes.
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My mum had an Aunt Dolly- it wasn't till she died 1 day short of her 99th birthday- that we discovered she had been born Mary Elizabeth ....HUH ::)
My godfather was always called Chick-after he died we found out his real name was Harold- apparently the name Chick was given to him in the Merchant Navy in WW2 and it stuck ;)
Carol
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My great Aunt Doll , real name was Clara !
Great Uncle Jim , real name Charles !
Nothing like their original names.
Of course both my Mary Ann's were known as Polly's.
So if any of you are unable to find a Polly's Birth , look for Mary Ann.
Bo
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Welcome to rootschat bojalu,
thanks for that - no clara is nothing like doll.. i am still at a lost to who dolly is - till the next census is out, so a little wait yet..
thanks
ann