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Offline Dav

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Sadie or Sarah
« on: Tuesday 11 December 07 03:16 GMT (UK) »
hello could anyone tell me if Sadie is/was a name that people named Sarah were called?
Such as Harry for Henry, Jack or Jock for John or Bill for William etc.
Thanks Dav
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Re: Sadie or Sarah
« Reply #1 on: Tuesday 11 December 07 06:44 GMT (UK) »
Sadie was a pet form of Sarah used in its own right from the end of the C19th onwards.

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Re: Sadie or Sarah
« Reply #2 on: Tuesday 11 December 07 09:54 GMT (UK) »
Sally is another variant.
CARSON - Glasgow, Ayr and Ireland
CLARK - Dunbarton
CORR - Glasgow and Ireland
COTTERILL - Glasgow and England
CROMBIE - Glasgow, Ayr and Ireland
DOCHERTY - Glasgow
EASTON - Dunbarton, Renfrew and Glasgow
GLANCY - Glasgow and Ireland
GORDON - Glasgow and Ireland
GRANELLI - Glasgow and Italy
LOGAN - Glasgow and Ireland
MAIN - Fearn, Ross & Cromarty and Glasgow
MCCORMICK - Glasgow and England
MCNICOL - Glasgow and Ireland
O'BRIEN - Glasgow and  Ireland
WATSON - Glasgow