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General => The Common Room => Topic started by: Gibby1968 on Tuesday 22 December 09 16:23 GMT (UK)
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I am just searching for the daughters of my 2x great uncle.
One was called Molly and the other Eileen.
Is Molly short for something?
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Hi
It's sometimes used instead of Mary, and I think there are others
Rosie
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I believe it can also be a short for Margaret.
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I was just wondering what name I should search under.
She may just be Molly.
I'll see what I can find.
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She's just Molly :)
I didn't find her sister Eileen but there was something odd on Freebmd.
There is a Patricia Hartley in Burnley with a mother's maiden name of Stanworth.
This is the same maiden name of Molly's mother.
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Gibby I've just looked at FreeBMD, putting in the surnames you mention, but no dates - there are three results in two districts, so their may well be two families with the same surname combination. FreeBMD is incomplete - so it may well be that the other daughter's birth has not yet been entered on the database - you could try YorkshireBMD which may have them.
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Thanks :)
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Hi,
I've just been told that Polly was used instead of Mary as well, can anyone confirm?
???
Barbara.
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As far as I'm aware Polly is the accepted short-form for Mary. I've got one in my family, and I asked a lady I know as "Polly" what her name was, and she confirmed "Mary". Can't help on the Molly angle, I'm afraid, although I always think of it as being Scottish - OK shoot me down in flames over that one! :)
BumbleB
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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
Rosie
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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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I have an aunt Mollie. Her real name is Molleen.
mab
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I have an Auntie Molly - she was named Mary - after her mother.
Viv
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Went to school with a Molly her real name was Maureen.
It does seem to be an Irish thing.
;D
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I have a granddaughter called Molly. That was what she was named, not short for anything.
Lizzie
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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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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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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 ;)
Carol
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...talking of which, I've always understood that Polly was a common alternative for Mary Ann.
I've got a Mary Ann named Polly !! :D :D
Also a Margaret named Molly ! ;)
Annie :)
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I have a Mary known as Molly :)
Leandra
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My Aunty Molly was really "Clarissa Adelaide", just to muddy the water :-)
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http://www.behindthename.com/name/molly
I had a relative called Molly real name Mary after her Mother Mary so in the link.
Edna
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Molly is another name for Mary. My late mother in law was Mary but was also known as Molly. Maureen is the gaelic form of little Mary (i.e. Mairin anglicsed as Maureen) There are a lot of Maureens in my family but they were mostly christened Mary.
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My late grandmother, Marjorie (1903-1986), was known as Molly all her life.
Justin