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jeeb
19-03-2009, 9:03 PM
Hi,
For everyone who has pondered about whether they have the correct birth registration because another child in the family has already been given that name, here is evidence that children were given the same names even when the older siblings were still alive. This is the 3 daughters of Samuel & Sarah Boaz as they appear on the 1901 census.
Mary Jane Boaz 8,
Sarah Jane Boaz 6
Mary Boaz 2.

Jeremy
Sue Mackay
19-03-2009, 9:36 PM
They were probably called Polly, Sally and Molly :D
sindylin
19-03-2009, 10:30 PM
Why didn't they call the last one Mary Sarah Boaz? then they'd have a complete set!:D
susan-y
19-03-2009, 11:20 PM
Did you check the 1911 census to see if they had added Sarah and Jane ?|laugh1|

Sue
jeeb
20-03-2009, 12:06 AM
Did you check the 1911 census to see if they had added Sarah and Jane ?|laugh1|

Sue

I did Sue, and the 3 daughters are called Mary Jane, Sarah & Mary. They had added two more but used a bit more imagination and called them Nellie & Deborah.
Guess what? The mother had become Jane but was definitely the same woman that was named Sarah in 1901.

Jeremy
susan-y
20-03-2009, 2:34 AM
I did Sue, and the 3 daughters are called Mary Jane, Sarah & Mary. They had added two more but used a bit more imagination and called them Nellie & Deborah.
Guess what? The mother had become Jane but was definitely the same woman that was named Sarah in 1901.

Jeremy

Makes it easy when hollering out a name in the house! I'm really surprised Nellie and Deborah weren't just Sarah and Jane|laugh1|. one of the relatives must have said something.

Sue
Llamafarmer
14-08-2009, 12:46 AM
my great grandma was mary jane but everyone called her polly... why is this? :confused:
Nicolina
14-08-2009, 1:02 AM
Polly is often used for Margaret but I had an Aunt Polly, although I'm not certain that she was christened that or not.
Thomasin
14-08-2009, 8:23 AM
my great grandma was mary jane but everyone called her polly... why is this? :confused:

Mary was commonly 'shortened' to Molly, and then Molly became Polly. My husband's Great Aunt Polly was really Mary.

Thomasin
pottoka
15-08-2009, 11:44 PM
Mary Ann frequently became Polly, too. Heaven only knows why |angel|
MythicalMarian
15-08-2009, 11:51 PM
Yep - I have an Elizabeth and an Eliza in my Ibbotsons - and my Mum went to school with a chap called John who had a brother called Jack. :D
SBSFamilyhistory
17-08-2009, 9:59 PM
JFK was always called Jack

and what about Millie Molly Mandy Millicent Margaret Amanda