I have an ancestor who alledgedly moved to Canada by the maiden name of Cissie RATCLIFFE! What do others believe it short for? I cannot find a child baptised by that name! I cannot find a marriage between Cissie and her SPENCER husband, nor can i find one between any of the known children and a SPENCER male! Dont know when, don't know where (as the song goes) but the decade post WW1 seems likely! Any advice out there?
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Thread: What is Cissie short for??
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15-09-2005, 11:38 AM #1androidGuest
What is Cissie short for??
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15-09-2005, 12:03 PM #2SuebartlettGuest
Hi
I have a Sissy that was short for Celia. May also have been Cecilia or Cecile.
Sue
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15-09-2005, 12:06 PM #3jeebGuest
Cissie
It can often be a shortened form of Priscilla.
Jeremy
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15-09-2005, 12:22 PM #4
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The family always called my Grandmother Cissie ..... her forename was Christiana!
Good luck with your research everybody!
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15-09-2005, 5:13 PM #5
I've seen it as a shortened version of FRANCIS, could be because of the cis at the end.
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15-09-2005, 5:31 PM #6TerryKGuest
cissy
They called me cissy at school, and my name is Terence ?
It`s a hard life
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16-09-2005, 12:55 AM #7Clive BlackabyGuest
My mother's cousin Frances was known as Cissie. Only found her real name when researching the family tree and found her mother's middle name was Frances - the rest was pure deduction
Last edited by Clive Blackaby; 16-09-2005 at 1:00 AM. Reason: missed the apostrophe :)
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16-09-2005, 1:05 AM #8
My ex husband's aunt was known as Cissie and her given name was Cecelia
AnnSadly, our dear friend Ann (alias Ladkyis) passed away on Thursday, 26th. December, 2019.
Footprints on the sands of time
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16-09-2005, 1:21 AM #9Lynda CunninghamGuest
My grandmother was called Cissie Georgina.
I assumed Cissie wasn't her *real* name, but they are the names on her birth, marriage & death certificates.
I've just had a look on FreeBMD and there are four Cissie RATCLIFFE births listed between 1904 & 1910.
Best wishes
Lynda
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17-09-2005, 10:42 AM #10kmdwardGuest
my great-aunt was known as Cissie short for 'little sister' only girl in a family of boys, her real name was May.
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