Is Sally another name for Sarah?

[lmfamilyresearch]

Hi,

What other names are there for "Sarah"?  I know that "Sissy" can be a nickname.  I have an ancestor named Sarah Whitaker but I can't find an appropriate baptism for her.  As far as I know, she was born in Rochdale, Lanc.  She married in 1820 (in Manchester) to George Garth and it indicates she is a spinster.  The marriage entry says she is "of this parish and town of Manchester".  Does this mean she was born in Rochdale and lived in Manchester when she was married?  Since her marriage entry indicates she is a spinster and nothing about being a minor, I am assuming she would have to be at least 21 when she married.

I have found a baptism for a Sally Whitaker on 23 Apr 1799 in Rochdale.  Could this be my Sarah?

[mckha489]

Yes, Sally is an alternative to Sarah

[Maiden Stone]

As far as I know, she was born in Rochdale, Lanc.  She married in 1820 (in Manchester) to George Garth and it indicates she is a spinster.  The marriage entry says she is "of this parish and town of Manchester".  Does this mean she was born in Rochdale and lived in Manchester when she was married? 

It means she was living in Manchester when she married.
Whitaker is a common surname.

[sparrett]

I too have an ancestor baptised Sally but ever after that recorded as Sarah.
Sue

[majm]

Yes,  my Sarah was born 1790, England, and she was baptised Sally, but ever after she was Sarah - In family Bibles, on marriage, on baptism of her children, in newspaper announcements,   in parish registers, .... She signed letters to her parents as Sally,  but to her sisters as Sarah.... her husband wrote to her as Sarah,  and she signed her replies as Sally.   



JM

[Rosinish]

I too have an ancestor baptised Sally but ever after that recorded as Sarah.
Sue

Ditto Sue, I have the exact same although I think she may have been Sally on a couple of census' (from memory)?
She was certainly born Sally (1857) & died as Sarah (1884) unmarried.

IFS...What info. have you gathered from the census' re a PoB?

Annie

[sparrett]

Yes,  my Sarah was born 1790, England,

JM

Interestingly, mine was also born and baptised around 1790.
A trend of the time?

[majm]

I think 'Sally' has to do with the Wesleyan movement and 'Protesting' ,  baptised Wesleyan, but of course her marriage was C of E, (English civil law) prior to the family migrating as Wesleyan missionaries to New South Wales and then to New Zealand in the 1820s and then returning to NSW all prior to the Treaty of Waitangi.   

JM

[lmfamilyresearch]

IFS...What info. have you gathered from the census' re a PoB?
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Well, she and George moved to Canada in the late 1820s and she died in 1861 before the census was taken so no way to find out from there.  However, her gravestone indicates she was a native of Rochdale.  She was always known as Sarah in Canada.

Liisa