What's In A Name......

[forthefamily]

Who registered her birth & did they sign or was it their 'Mark X'?

I've come across similar & coincidently it involved the name 'Hannah'!

Annie
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Her mum Ellen Ryan registered her birth and it was her mum's mark.

Poor Anastasia...her name is spelled so many ways in the census records that it's a wonder anyone can find her

mab

[forthefamily]

I have spent a wee bit of time (hours) looking for an Anastasia Ryan born about 1870 in Scotland not realizing I had her record since 2018. Take a look.

Anastasia = Hannah-Stacey!!!

I guess the poor registrar had never run across that forename before and just winged it.

That's one of the best I've seen.   At least this Registrar had neat handwriting, I suppose

Yes the writing is very clear .......thank goodness 

[Ruskie]

I think mab’s example is fairly logical, especially in Scotland with so many forenames being interchangeable. Anna/Hannah is a common one. Stacey itself is a variation of Anastasia.

I have an Irish ancestor called Anastasia Ryan. Anastasia is a reasonably common Irish name.

[forthefamily]

I think mab’s example is fairly logical, especially in Scotland with so many forenames being interchangeable. Anna/Hannah is a common one. Stacey itself is a variation of Anastasia.

I have an Irish ancestor called Anastasia Ryan. Anastasia is a reasonably common Irish name.

Anastacia is a fairly common name in some parts of Ireland. I have to say that the poor register in Glasgow did his best specially when the mum probably had a very thick Irish accent