My Great Aunt Elizabeth, and Mary? with Elizabeth's son Bill.

[Crisrbow]

Elizabeth is my granddad's sister, she was 18 when this photo was taken,  but I have no idea who Mary is - can't find her on any census!

[Jean McGurn]

Is it possible that Aunt Mary is not a relative but Elizabeth's best friend? I seem to remember in the old days friends of grown ups, if regular visitors to a family were always called 'aunt' or 'uncle' 

Jean

[Crisrbow]

No jean, she was family - I was taken to visit her as a child and my new cousin's gran also remembers visiting her. I think she was maybe a cousin rather than a sibling

[nanny jan]

It could be that everybody called her Mary but officially she was........?  I've several in my tree who were given one name but called themselves by another, usually their second name.  Makes it tricky to find them sometimes!

Nanny Jan

[Crisrbow]

Thought of that - the only other sister was Margaret - so maybe Meggy - then became Mary. Found Margarets marriage though and Mary was never married! But Mary is very much a family name

[Mr. MIGKY]

hi Cris , my step father was called Adam but every one called him John.  John was never his name but even on his army papers he is called John not Adam.  See some people changed there name to one they liked not the one they wre given.

migky