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Offline KathMc

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Re: Is the name Nell short for anything?
« Reply #18 on: Tuesday 18 July 06 11:22 BST (UK) »
Quote from: millerina on Tuesday 28 March 06 15:07 BST (UK)
Arranroots,

I had also started to wonder whether their sister Elizabeth was the mysterious "Nell", I just can't work out how "Nell" could have come from "Elizabeth"! 



Names are a confusing thing. I spent 14 years looking for Delia Davis just to find out Delia is a nickname for Bridget, and viola, I have her. Very frustrating.

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Re: Is the name Nell short for anything?
« Reply #19 on: Tuesday 18 July 06 12:16 BST (UK) »
Quote from: artyclarty on Tuesday 18 July 06 11:02 BST (UK)
I have found Nellie Wraight on the births, marriages and deaths register.
Registered as NELLIE WRAIGHT born Faversham 1879 and registered in qtr july, aug sept 1879 GRO no 2a 811 so you should be able to apply for her birth cert. This is a really easy process thro the  GRO website and costs only £7 - takes about 3 weeks max usually to get cert back.

Thank you for having a look for my Nell for me, she is still causing me a lot of confusion! Unfortunately I think that that Nellie Wraight is the one on the 1881 census with parents Frederick and Emma, it might be worth ordering the cert though just in case, they might even be related somehow!

Thanks for your help!
millerina  :)
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Re: Is the name Nell short for anything?
« Reply #20 on: Wednesday 19 July 06 01:00 BST (UK) »
I still can't figure out why my husband's great aunt Rose was called Nell!
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Re: Is the name Nell short for anything?
« Reply #21 on: Sunday 23 July 06 12:06 BST (UK) »
You got it right there Millerina, with you calling her "my Nell" in your last post. Nell is usually short for Ellen in a time when people referred to their family members as "Mine .....(insert name). When people said "Mine Ellen" it sounded like "My Nellen" and the name grew from there. I know people in Manchester who still use "Our" before loved one's names to distinguish them from others with the same name i.e. when half the universe was called John, you could distinguish your little brother John from John the blacksmith down the road by calling your little brother "Our John".

I think Nell was a name in it's own right, but I think it was probably more popular as a nickname for Ellen or Eleanor.

The nickname Nan or Nancy came from "Mine Anne" And Ned is "Mine Edward".

Cheers,

Kez :)
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