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Is Mary ever short for Margaret?
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Nickydownsouth | Report | 29 Aug 2008 00:08 |
My grandmothers oldest sister was Margaret on her birth cert in 1869, later called Mary, and in her latter years Polly. |
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Eileen | Report | 29 Aug 2008 00:04 |
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MaryfromItaly | Report | 28 Aug 2008 22:21 |
Mary is *not* a standard abbreviation for Margaret, but families come up with all sorts of weird nicknames. |
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mgnv | Report | 28 Aug 2008 20:48 |
If Margaret is abbreviated as Margt with a small t in a sort of superscript position, there's a 50-50 chance Ancestry will mistranscribe it as Mary. |
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RStar | Report | 28 Aug 2008 16:55 |
Annie, thats a possible. She doesnt seem to have a middle name, BUT of course, she may have had one. Thankyou. |
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RStar | Report | 28 Aug 2008 15:54 |
Thankyou Mistycat. |
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Ericthered | Report | 28 Aug 2008 15:38 |
Not in my experience............. |
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Mistycat | Report | 28 Aug 2008 15:36 |
My mum had two friend's both called Margaret... |
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RStar | Report | 28 Aug 2008 15:31 |
My heads spinning with one Welsh family. |