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Does anyone know if the female name 'ELVIRA' is sometimes used instead of the name Elizabeth?
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I wouldn't have thought so.
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What prompted the question? It would have to be a very poor transcription to make Elvira out of Elizabeth.
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Sorry, should have been more specific. I've an ancestor who appears on censuses as Elvira. She was born about 1814, give or take a few years and I haven't found any parish birth records for her as yet. The nearest are entries for Elizabeth and I just wondered if Elvira could be used as a variation eg a 'pet' name. It was just a long shot, in case someone else had found something similar.
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Could it possibly be Elmira ? I have quite a few of them ;D
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ah, the name thing, this has driven me nuts while doing research, several relatives possibly changed their names totally different from one census to another, either error blunder or intentional, though I did follow one from birth certificate to a will which showed a change in name, why?, who knows!... ???
James
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I have come across the name Elvira mentioned a few times while looking at various records.So I do think it is a name and a nice one too ;D
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I used to work with a girl called Elvira in the 1980's ;D
We always thought how old fashioned it sounded
Carol
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Elizabeth
If you go to http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/igi/search_IGI.asp
You will 104 Elvira/Elvia