Another name for Minnie?

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Member Since: February 2003 Posts: 404 Send Message	Chris from Kent	Report	24 Aug 2008 20:30
	Hi all I have a family with the following daughters born in Greenwich. Annie Holland b1899 Violet Holland b1900 Rose Holland b1908 Ivy May Holland b1913 Olive Holland b1915 My problem is that when I approached family members they remembered a Minnie. Would any of the above names be shortened to Minnie? Would love to know what you think (I also have a girl called Digger - surname Spain) Thanks Chris
Member Since: December 2004 Posts: 9,259 Send Message	Porkie_Pie	Report	24 Aug 2008 20:40
	Minnie is a name in it's own right but a variant of Mary and a nickname for Minerva Roy
Member Since: February 2003 Posts: 404 Send Message	Chris from Kent	Report	24 Aug 2008 20:54
	Thanks Roy So I could be looking for another daughter Thanks Chris
Member Since: May 2006 Posts: 16,802 Send Message	Click ADD REPLY button - not this link!	Report	24 Aug 2008 21:02
	Perhaps one had Minnie for a middle name and was known as that. Rose
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Member Since: November 2003 Posts: 4,097 Send Message	Selena in South East London	Report	24 Aug 2008 22:05
	Is it the family where Mother's maiden name is Welling?
Member Since: November 2003 Posts: 4,097 Send Message	Selena in South East London	Report	24 Aug 2008 22:07
	There are a couple of possibles in Lewisham and Southwark but can't see one for Greenwich on FreeBMD. There's quite a gap between Voilet and Rose, and Rose and Ivy.
Member Since: February 2003 Posts: 404 Send Message	Chris from Kent	Report	24 Aug 2008 22:17
	Yes thats right, Selina, the Mothers name was Welling. I did not list the sons Arthur 1905 William Edgar 1906 Alfred Charles 1911 Regards Chris
Member Since: June 2003 Posts: 9,985 Send Message	Jill 2011 (aka Warrior Princess of Cilla!)	Report	24 Aug 2008 22:20
	Wilhelmina might be another full name. Could just be a nickname though ...
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Member Since: November 2003 Posts: 4,097 Send Message	Selena in South East London	Report	24 Aug 2008 22:24
	Hello Chris, if I were you I would try to find out about their middle names as Rose suggested. I've got two aunties and a gran who used their middle names all the time. When and where is Digger Spain?
Member Since: June 2003 Posts: 9,985 Send Message	Jill 2011 (aka Warrior Princess of Cilla!)	Report	24 Aug 2008 22:41
	Digger? Is that a nickname or from a census or something? Diggery shows as a forename on FreeBMD but that's a man's name ...
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Member Since: February 2003 Posts: 404 Send Message	Chris from Kent	Report	24 Aug 2008 22:42
	This is another case of childhood nicknames The parents were Sidney James Spain and Jessie Elizabeth (Ginny) Amoss I have found the following children Rose Eleanor 1901 Jenny Elizabeth (Ginny) 1903 m 1926 Sidney William (Siddie) 1904 Kate A 1910 Matilda J 1912 - d1914 Eleanor Frances 1914 - d1915 Alice H 1916 Lizzie 1918 Sarah V 1920 Mary J 1924 I am still looking for Ethel, Billy (2 possibilities 1909 & 1911) & Digger. But she could be one of the above I believe Digger died when she was 14 But that is all I can tell you. Chris
Member Since: November 2003 Posts: 4,097 Send Message	Selena in South East London	Report	24 Aug 2008 22:46
	Have you looked for deaths for any of the daughters you have listed?
Member Since: February 2003 Posts: 404 Send Message	Chris from Kent	Report	24 Aug 2008 23:04
	I have looked but no joy- I have updated the above with deaths and marriages I know of.
Member Since: November 2003 Posts: 4,097 Send Message	Selena in South East London	Report	24 Aug 2008 23:09
	Deaths Mar 1902 Spain Rose Eleanor 0 Greenwich 1d 654 and another, very sad Deaths Sep 1911 SPAIN Kate M A 1 Greenwich 1d 1095
Member Since: February 2003 Posts: 404 Send Message	Chris from Kent	Report	25 Aug 2008 23:11
	Thanks very much for your time and patience. It is very sad that they lost so many so young. Thanks again Chris
Member Since: November 2002 Posts: 3,219 Send Message	Sue in Somerset	Report	25 Aug 2008 23:29
	If you can't find a child actually called Minnie I think there is a possibility that she is either the smallest child or one of the youngest. It could be a nickname. The name Minnie is also often added to May as a pet name like Minnie May. Sue

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