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Temprance

Nellie other names

Legg inn av Temprance » 09 feb 2008 23:47:58

My fathers side of family history is very hard to search but today an
elderly aunt told me that Rosa Gold (Stewart) of London mentioned a
sister called Nellie. The Rosa I have doesn't have a sister called
Nellie and i'm wondering What the name Nellie could also be? Lizabeth?
tia
Jacqui

Brad Rogers

Re: Nellie other names

Legg inn av Brad Rogers » 10 feb 2008 00:10:27

On Sat, 09 Feb 2008 22:47:58 +0000, Temprance wrote:

Nellie and i'm wondering What the name Nellie could also be? Lizabeth?

Eleanor, Ellen or Helen rather than (E)Lizabeth.

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Henry Brownlee

Re: Nellie other names

Legg inn av Henry Brownlee » 10 feb 2008 01:55:45

"Brad Rogers" <news@yoss1960.ukfsn.org> wrote in message
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| On Sat, 09 Feb 2008 22:47:58 +0000, Temprance wrote:
|
| > Nellie and i'm wondering What the name Nellie could also be? Lizabeth?
|
| Eleanor, Ellen or Helen rather than (E)Lizabeth.
|

True. But I had a Great Aunt Nellie (nee KELLY). In one of the censuses the
enumerator thought he knew everything and put her down as Ellen. But her
birth certificate very cleary spells out Nellie. I have known other Helens
and Ellens called Nellie, however.

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Henry Brownlee
Houma, Louisiana

Charles Ellson

Re: Nellie other names

Legg inn av Charles Ellson » 10 feb 2008 02:04:46

On Sat, 09 Feb 2008 23:10:27 +0000, Brad Rogers
<news@yoss1960.ukfsn.org> wrote:

On Sat, 09 Feb 2008 22:47:58 +0000, Temprance wrote:

Nellie and i'm wondering What the name Nellie could also be? Lizabeth?

Eleanor, Ellen or Helen rather than (E)Lizabeth.
..

or Penelope.

Anne Heafield

Re: Nellie other names

Legg inn av Anne Heafield » 10 feb 2008 05:34:51

Hi everyone, My great aunt Nellie was actually Ellen. My mother was named
after her but referred to as Ella to distinguish the two. I now have a
granddaughter and her name is just 'Nellie'

Anne

"Charles Ellson" <charles@ellson.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
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On Sat, 09 Feb 2008 23:10:27 +0000, Brad Rogers
news@yoss1960.ukfsn.org> wrote:

On Sat, 09 Feb 2008 22:47:58 +0000, Temprance wrote:

Nellie and i'm wondering What the name Nellie could also be? Lizabeth?

Eleanor, Ellen or Helen rather than (E)Lizabeth.
.
or Penelope.

Tara

Re: Nellie other names

Legg inn av Tara » 10 feb 2008 19:42:04

I've seen Nell/Nellie used as a shortened form of Eleanor.

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"Temprance" <jacquister@gordonbennet.com> wrote in message
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My fathers side of family history is very hard to search but today an
elderly aunt told me that Rosa Gold (Stewart) of London mentioned a
sister called Nellie. The Rosa I have doesn't have a sister called
Nellie and i'm wondering What the name Nellie could also be? Lizabeth?
tia
Jacqui

clifto

Re: Nellie other names

Legg inn av clifto » 10 feb 2008 21:14:04

Tara wrote:
I've seen Nell/Nellie used as a shortened form of Eleanor.

From a paper source, I have Helen, Eleanor, Cornelia and Lanella.

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Brad Rogers

Re: Nellie other names

Legg inn av Brad Rogers » 10 feb 2008 23:34:59

On Sat, 09 Feb 2008 18:55:45 -0600, Henry Brownlee wrote:

True. But I had a Great Aunt Nellie (nee KELLY). In one of the censuses the
enumerator thought he knew everything and put her down as Ellen. But her
birth certificate very cleary spells out Nellie. I have known other
Helens and Ellens called Nellie, however.

Certainly, any diminutive will stand on its own merits. As for the
enumerator, well, there's nothing more to add. :-)

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Regards _
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/ _)rad never immediately apparent"

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Gjest

Re: Nellie other names

Legg inn av Gjest » 11 feb 2008 01:29:03

Brad wrote these possible names that Nellie is short for >
Eleanor, Ellen or Helen rather than (E)Lizabeth.


Mary responds:
In our family there is a Nelda, and a a Thusnelda, who were Nellies.
Also Antonella, Prunella, Cornelia, Nilsa, Penelope, Janelle etc.

Temprance

Re: Nellie other names

Legg inn av Temprance » 11 feb 2008 01:35:10

On Sun, 10 Feb 2008 14:14:04 -0600, clifto <clifto@gmail.com> wrote:

Tara wrote:
I've seen Nell/Nellie used as a shortened form of Eleanor.

From a paper source, I have Helen, Eleanor, Cornelia and Lanella.
Thanks everybody. No success I can't tie Nellie to Rosa Stewart at

all. Strange name to mention as the rest of suspected family were
Dorothy. Walter, Rosa and Maggie.
Jacqui

D. Stussy

Re: Nellie other names

Legg inn av D. Stussy » 11 feb 2008 05:55:51

"Charles Ellson" <charles@ellson.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
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On Sat, 09 Feb 2008 23:10:27 +0000, Brad Rogers
news@yoss1960.ukfsn.org> wrote:

On Sat, 09 Feb 2008 22:47:58 +0000, Temprance wrote:

Nellie and i'm wondering What the name Nellie could also be? Lizabeth?

Eleanor, Ellen or Helen rather than (E)Lizabeth.
.
or Penelope.

Note: Penelope usually -> Penny.

Charles Ellson

Re: Nellie other names

Legg inn av Charles Ellson » 11 feb 2008 18:41:55

On Sun, 10 Feb 2008 20:55:51 -0800, "D. Stussy"
<spam@bde-arc.ampr.org> wrote:

"Charles Ellson" <charles@ellson.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
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On Sat, 09 Feb 2008 23:10:27 +0000, Brad Rogers
news@yoss1960.ukfsn.org> wrote:

On Sat, 09 Feb 2008 22:47:58 +0000, Temprance wrote:

Nellie and i'm wondering What the name Nellie could also be? Lizabeth?

Eleanor, Ellen or Helen rather than (E)Lizabeth.
.
or Penelope.

Note: Penelope usually -> Penny.

Yes, but not always. Abbreviation of names by family and friends,

(especially by other children who can't get their tongues round a
whole name) is far from uniform WRT to the number or position of
syllables selected or the final sequence of the syllables in the
result.

D. Stussy

Re: Nellie other names

Legg inn av D. Stussy » 11 feb 2008 22:04:04

"Charles Ellson" <charles@ellson.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
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On Sun, 10 Feb 2008 20:55:51 -0800, "D. Stussy"
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"Charles Ellson" <charles@ellson.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
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On Sat, 09 Feb 2008 23:10:27 +0000, Brad Rogers
news@yoss1960.ukfsn.org> wrote:

On Sat, 09 Feb 2008 22:47:58 +0000, Temprance wrote:

Nellie and i'm wondering What the name Nellie could also be?
Lizabeth?

Eleanor, Ellen or Helen rather than (E)Lizabeth.
.
or Penelope.

Note: Penelope usually -> Penny.

Yes, but not always. Abbreviation of names by family and friends,
(especially by other children who can't get their tongues round a
whole name) is far from uniform WRT to the number or position of
syllables selected or the final sequence of the syllables in the
result.

What art of "usually" didn't you understand?

Charles Ellson

Re: Nellie other names

Legg inn av Charles Ellson » 11 feb 2008 23:08:56

On Mon, 11 Feb 2008 13:04:04 -0800, "D. Stussy"
<spam@bde-arc.ampr.org> wrote:

"Charles Ellson" <charles@ellson.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
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On Sun, 10 Feb 2008 20:55:51 -0800, "D. Stussy"
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"Charles Ellson" <charles@ellson.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
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On Sat, 09 Feb 2008 23:10:27 +0000, Brad Rogers
news@yoss1960.ukfsn.org> wrote:

On Sat, 09 Feb 2008 22:47:58 +0000, Temprance wrote:

Nellie and i'm wondering What the name Nellie could also be?
Lizabeth?

Eleanor, Ellen or Helen rather than (E)Lizabeth.
.
or Penelope.

Note: Penelope usually -> Penny.

Yes, but not always. Abbreviation of names by family and friends,
(especially by other children who can't get their tongues round a
whole name) is far from uniform WRT to the number or position of
syllables selected or the final sequence of the syllables in the
result.

What art of "usually" didn't you understand?

We were discussing Nellie not Penelope. While what you say might be

correct in many places you are coming from the other direction WRT
"Nellie" and the associated probability of one name equating to the
other is not a reversible quantity IYSWIM.

MikeS

Re: Nellie other names

Legg inn av MikeS » 12 feb 2008 01:24:03

On Feb 11, 3:04 pm, "D. Stussy" <s...@bde-arc.ampr.org> wrote:
What art of "usually" didn't you understand?- Hide quoted text -

The "p" that is "usually" included in "part."

Mike

D. Stussy

Re: Nellie other names

Legg inn av D. Stussy » 12 feb 2008 04:08:17

"MikeS" <csaunders65@gmail.com> wrote in message
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On Feb 11, 3:04 pm, "D. Stussy" <s...@bde-arc.ampr.org> wrote:
What art of "usually" didn't you understand?- Hide quoted text -

The "p" that is "usually" included in "part."

The P is slowly dying on my keyboard. Half the time I press it, it doesn't
register.

Graeme Wall

Re: Nellie other names

Legg inn av Graeme Wall » 12 feb 2008 08:37:40

In message <for2j1$i8o$1@snarked.org>
"D. Stussy" <spam@bde-arc.ampr.org> wrote:

"MikeS" <csaunders65@gmail.com> wrote in message
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On Feb 11, 3:04 pm, "D. Stussy" <s...@bde-arc.ampr.org> wrote:

What art of "usually" didn't you understand?- Hide quoted text -

The "p" that is "usually" included in "part."

The P is slowly dying on my keyboard. Half the time I press it, it doesn't
register.



You mean someone's taken the p...?

--
Graeme Wall

My genealogy website <www.greywall.demon.co.uk/genealogy>

Anne Chambers

Re: Nellie other names

Legg inn av Anne Chambers » 12 feb 2008 09:29:05

Graeme Wall wrote:
In message <for2j1$i8o$1@snarked.org
"D. Stussy" <spam@bde-arc.ampr.org> wrote:

"MikeS" <csaunders65@gmail.com> wrote in message
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On Feb 11, 3:04 pm, "D. Stussy" <s...@bde-arc.ampr.org> wrote:
What art of "usually" didn't you understand?- Hide quoted text -
The "p" that is "usually" included in "part."

The P is slowly dying on my keyboard. Half the time I press it, it doesn't
register.



You mean someone's taken the p...?

You owe me a keyboard - I've just snorted the remains of the glass of

wine I have with dinner over it ;)

--
Anne Chambers,
South Australia
anne dot chambers at bigpond dot com

Graeme Wall

Re: Nellie other names

Legg inn av Graeme Wall » 12 feb 2008 10:21:07

In message <61d3jkF1sokfaU1@mid.individual.net>
Anne Chambers <anne@privacy.net> wrote:

Graeme Wall wrote:
In message <for2j1$i8o$1@snarked.org
"D. Stussy" <spam@bde-arc.ampr.org> wrote:

"MikeS" <csaunders65@gmail.com> wrote in message
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On Feb 11, 3:04 pm, "D. Stussy" <s...@bde-arc.ampr.org> wrote:
What art of "usually" didn't you understand?- Hide quoted text -
The "p" that is "usually" included in "part."

The P is slowly dying on my keyboard. Half the time I press it, it
doesn't register.



You mean someone's taken the p...?

You owe me a keyboard - I've just snorted the remains of the glass of
wine I have with dinner over it ;)


And you didn't offer me a glass!

--
Graeme Wall

My genealogy website <www.greywall.demon.co.uk/genealogy>

Gjest

Re: Nellie other names

Legg inn av Gjest » 12 feb 2008 12:04:05

Might she have been referring to a sister in law?

M

clifto

Re: Nellie other names

Legg inn av clifto » 12 feb 2008 14:16:33

Graeme Wall wrote:
In message <for2j1$i8o$1@snarked.org
"D. Stussy" <spam@bde-arc.ampr.org> wrote:
"MikeS" <csaunders65@gmail.com> wrote in message
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On Feb 11, 3:04 pm, "D. Stussy" <s...@bde-arc.ampr.org> wrote:

What art of "usually" didn't you understand?- Hide quoted text -

The "p" that is "usually" included in "part."

The P is slowly dying on my keyboard. Half the time I press it, it doesn't
register.



You mean someone's taken the p...?

Not on D.'s keyboard, because there's no P there a lot of the time.

--
God help us all.
Because we're down to PIAPS, B. Hussein or McStain,
the next President of the United States can only be a liberal Democrat,

Brad Rogers

Re: Nellie other names

Legg inn av Brad Rogers » 12 feb 2008 20:44:10

On Mon, 11 Feb 2008 17:41:55 +0000, Charles Ellson wrote:

(especially by other children who can't get their tongues round a
whole name) is far from uniform WRT to the number or position of

A good example of this sort of thing is (Edwin) "Buzz" Aldrin. He got the
nickname Buzz because his sister couldn't say "brother", but pronounced it
"buzzer". In fact, in the end, he went through the legal process of
getting his name changed to Buzz, so now he's not Edwin at all.

--
Regards _
/ ) "The blindingly obvious is
/ _)rad never immediately apparent"

If a thought came in your head it would die of loneliness
I Don't Like You - Stiff Little Fingers

Texas Gen

Re: Nellie other names

Legg inn av Texas Gen » 13 feb 2008 00:31:15

My grandmother hated her middle name, which was Laura. So sometime about
1920 she just arbitrarily began to use the middle name Ethel, possibly as a
young woman's admiration for the then-popular Ethel Barrymore. She even
named their first daughter Ethel.

She continued the use of Ethel as a middle name until her first husband died
and she married her second husband in the late 1940s. He preferred the name
Laura, and that is the middle name she used when she commissioned her
tombstone.

Anything can happen with names---sometimes logical, sometimes not.

Warmest Regards,

Donna

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