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WHAT IS THE REAL NAME FOR FANNY

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Rosalind

Rosalind Report 23 Apr 2007 20:57

I HAVE A RELATIVE CALLED FANNY BUT DO NOT KNOW WHAT HER REAL NAME IS. CAN ANY ONE HELP. IS IT ANN

Joan

Joan Report 23 Apr 2007 21:00

It could well be Frances. Regards Joan

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it Report 23 Apr 2007 21:01

It was a name in its own right ,but was often shortened from Frances.

Researching:
Surname Fahse. Germany. Essex .South East London My avatar is one of our wedding photos of 1957

dragongirl

dragongirl Report 23 Apr 2007 21:13

My Paternal gt, grandmother was christened Fanny Mary Ann and always known as Fanny.

Helena

Helena Report 23 Apr 2007 23:28

FANNY Gender: Feminine Usage: English Pronounced: FAN-ee [key] Pet form of FRANCES. Since the late 19th century this has been a vulgar slang word, and the name has subsequently dropped out of common use.

maggiewinchester

maggiewinchester Report 23 Apr 2007 23:30

Sorry peeps, I'm afraid I have a Fanny (not short for anything else) in my ancestry - Fanny Hoare and her sister Winifred A Hoare!! LOL maggie

Researching:
Henry Floyd (g x 4 grandad) Allegedly the heaviest man in England in 1842

Patricia

Patricia Report 24 Apr 2007 15:09

If your family member was Welsh, Fanny could be short for Myfanwy.

Yummy-Mummy

Yummy-Mummy Report 24 Apr 2007 15:16

fanny is a name on its own.

Chris in Sussex

Chris in Sussex Report 24 Apr 2007 16:40

My GGrandmother's birth certificate gives her name as Fanny and she 'poshed' it up when she married to Frances. Like Maggie I have a Fanny Hoare in my tree.....A married in whos maiden name was Chambers :))) Chris

Researching:
Avatar...My darling Dad. 1931-2019 'Take nothing on its looks, take everything on evidence. There is no better rule' Charles Dickens, Great Expectations. 'A brickwall is a problem that you haven't solved yet' Dave Annal http://media.nationalarchives.gov.uk/index.php/brick-walls-and-lost-ancestors/

InspectorGreenPen

InspectorGreenPen Report 24 Apr 2007 17:59

My ggg grandmother was called Fanny Dent. She was from Leicestershire. When she married she became Fanny Thornley. (Not sure what you read into that.....!)

Stephanie

Stephanie Report 24 Apr 2007 18:14

i have Fanny's in my tree