Mahala (First Name)

[Jan47]

Thats really interesting! My name is Mahala, Mt grandmothers name is Florence and my mother is Maria Mahala. I'm wondering about the Florence-Magaka connection, I'm wondering if there might be a French connection ��

Hiya, sorry for the delay, I havnt been here for a long time. There is definitely no French connection with my Mahala... She seemed to be suffolk born and bred... she did go on to have an illegitimate child who I still cannot find who his father is - my theory is she was in service with her sister placed in London which is where he was conceived. she had "private means" until he was 21 which is slighly suspicious but she covered her tracks very well. Each time she married her son (my grand father) changed his name to match the new husband (never by deed poll)... so even my surname when growing up wasnt legally correct... quite a tangled web which i doubt I will ever get to the bottom of now..