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Could Lizzie be short for anything---

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CATHKIN

CATHKIN Report 22 Oct 2006 21:54

I got her name from a wee book my great aunt wrote about her family -she mentions Auntie Lizzie (Fox) -Dad`s sister. But can`t find her on IGI --of course it`s Ireland isn`t it . Have got her siblings and parents but she`s nowhere to be found .Ros

ஐ+*¨^¨*+e+*¨^¨*+ஐ Mildred Honkinbottom

ஐ+*¨^¨*+e+*¨^¨*+ஐ Mildred Honkinbottom Report 22 Oct 2006 18:29

Great nan was named as Lizzie on a census but real name Elizabeth, when asked her name, they most likely used the name she was called rather than her full name elaine x

AnninGlos

AnninGlos Report 22 Oct 2006 17:18

Where did you pick up the name Lizzie? If on a census and she was in service it may just be the name she has been given by her employers. Ann Glos

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InspectorGreenPen

InspectorGreenPen Report 22 Oct 2006 16:59

Elizabeth but as mentioned it could have been a name in its own right. I have a grandad who was called Joe, and his eldest daughter, my aunt, called Bessie - their real names.

Janet in Yorkshire

Janet in Yorkshire Report 22 Oct 2006 16:50

Liza? Jay

CATHKIN

CATHKIN Report 22 Oct 2006 16:41

I`ve another odd Irish one --MABELLA!!! Ros

ஐ+*¨^¨*+e+*¨^¨*+ஐ Mildred Honkinbottom

ஐ+*¨^¨*+e+*¨^¨*+ஐ Mildred Honkinbottom Report 22 Oct 2006 16:26

My gt grandmother was called Elizabeth....aka Lizzy Elaine x

CATHKIN

CATHKIN Report 22 Oct 2006 16:20

I had a great aunt -real name HANNAH ELIZABETH called Bunty or Bunt --where did that come from? The 'LIZZIE ' I `m trying to find is guess where ? IRELAND. Got the rest of the family on IGI but she`s missing, Ros

June

June Report 22 Oct 2006 16:08

Rosalyn i had an Aunty Lizzie and that was her name June x.

Gerry

Gerry Report 22 Oct 2006 16:05

Hi Rosalyn It need not be short for anything. I found, in my wife's family, several people were known by names which were nothing like their given ones............. the explanations, when there were any, were strange to behold!! LOL Gerry :-))

McB

McB Report 22 Oct 2006 16:04

Snap

Leni

Leni Report 22 Oct 2006 16:03

Eliza?

McB

McB Report 22 Oct 2006 16:03

Eliza

CATHKIN

CATHKIN Report 22 Oct 2006 16:01

apart from Elizabeth or Isabel possibly? Ros