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« on: Sunday 09 August 09 16:09 BST (UK) »
Could any kind Rootschatter please tell me what the nickname CISS stands for? One of my grandmothers aunts was known as aunty Ciss to her family but no one can tell me what her real name was. I have the records for that familys children and I can find no daughter by the name of CISS.

Any help or ideas gratefully received.


Thank you.

Nora

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Re: Nickname
« Reply #1 on: Sunday 09 August 09 17:30 BST (UK) »
Maybe Christine?
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Re: Nickname
« Reply #2 on: Sunday 09 August 09 18:19 BST (UK) »
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Re: Nickname
« Reply #3 on: Monday 10 August 09 17:51 BST (UK) »
     Thank you Taid and Eadaoin for your speedy replies. I  don't have a Christine in the family but I do have an Elizabeth and that has been suggested as having CISS as a nickname. I will try following that up and see what comes of it.

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Nora



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Re: Nickname
« Reply #4 on: Monday 10 August 09 17:58 BST (UK) »
Most often Cis or Cissie (from sister) is used as a nickname for girls of any Christian name.
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Re: Nickname
« Reply #5 on: Monday 10 August 09 22:12 BST (UK) »
Thank you Aghadowey for your reply to my post. It seems that things may not be as simple as I had hoped after all.

Kindest regards,

Nora

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Re: Nickname
« Reply #6 on: Wednesday 19 August 09 23:58 BST (UK) »
Hi Nora,  Aunt Ciss in our family was called Cicely (pronounced like the place Sicily).  Does that help you.  I hope so.

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« Reply #7 on: Thursday 20 August 09 09:59 BST (UK) »
I also have two people called Cis or Cissy in my tree, aunt and niece to each other.  I believe the elder now to have been christened Mary Clare, and she was the second daughter in her family to be called Mary Clare (the first died as a baby and I know this wasn't uncommon).  The younger Cissy I can find no evidence of at all so she must have been called something entirely different.

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« Reply #8 on: Friday 21 August 09 23:10 BST (UK) »
I think Ciss can be short for 'sister',  like Baby can be youngest or in my fathers case he was called Boy as an only child :(
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