Dolly, short for ............?

maggiehill · Post by **maggiehill** » Tue Dec 18, 2007 2:38 pm

My Mother-in-law was named Doris and was called Doll or Dolly.

She had a sister named Elizabeth but was called Cis or Cissie.

There maiden name was Mackness and were born in London.

trish1 · Post by **trish1** » Tue Dec 18, 2007 3:14 pm

Hi Jake

Did any of the sisters have middle names. I have one family of 1 boy, 7 girls - they were all known by their middle names or diminutives of same

Trish

Jake Drummond · Post by **Jake Drummond** » Tue Dec 18, 2007 5:46 pm

No midle names available from the Census returns I'm afraid and all I have is Alice, Mary, Ellen, Lily and Evelyn, apart from the boys names of course!
And there's no Arthurs Currie!

Kathy · Post by **Kathy** » Wed Dec 19, 2007 8:54 am

I have an Aunt known as Dolly, her given name was Mary.

Kathy

ladybird · Post by **ladybird** » Wed Dec 19, 2007 7:58 pm

I had a Great Auntie Dolly, who "went on the stage". She took a bit of finding!
Turned out to be Sarah Dorothy

Sylvia

Jake Drummond · Post by **Jake Drummond** » Thu Dec 20, 2007 10:29 pm

Hmmm, lots of possibilities really eh? I'll have a look and see if I can find any Cooper connections who might have an inkling of who Dolly was.
Seems she may not have been married and had a son called Cliff or Athol, which is of no use whatsoever as there may or may not have been a father's surname, or Dolly's own Cooper name to attach to it!

A subscription to the English Census site looks essential after all, but as they are the only non Scots lookups I need it seemed pointless.

Post by **SarahND** » Thu Dec 20, 2007 11:04 pm

Hi Jake,
As I said before, I think it might help if you could eliminate the other sisters. I see the whole family in Shere in 1881, then Ethel is a scullery maid in Shere in 1891 and a Parlor Maid in Morden, Surrey in 1901. Have you tried to trace the other sisters to see what happened to them?
All the best,
Sarah

Jake Drummond · Post by **Jake Drummond** » Thu Dec 20, 2007 11:08 pm

Aye Sarah, I'll take out a sub with the English Ancestry site and search for them, and see what turns up. I only use Scotland's People as all my links are with Scotland really.

Post by **Anne H** » Thu Dec 20, 2007 11:11 pm

Hi Jake,

Could Dolly be Nelly as in the 1881 census?

Name: Ethel Cooper
Age: 6
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1875
Relation: Daughter
Father's Name: Thomas
Mother's Name: Rose
Gender: Female
Where born: Shere, Surrey, England

Civil Parish: Shere
County/Island: Surrey
Country: England

Street address: Peaslake
Education:

Employment status: View Image
Occupation: Scholar

Registration district: Guildford
Sub-registration district: Albury
ED, institution, or vessel: 4
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members: Name Age
Alice Cooper 14
Ethel Cooper 6
Harold Cooper 8
Harry Cooper 1
Lily Cooper 4
Mary Cooper 12
Nelly Cooper 10
Rose Cooper 34
Thomas Cooper 38

Regards,
Anne H

Post by **Anne H** » Thu Dec 20, 2007 11:12 pm

Sarah...you're too fast for me. Didn't see you had already answered

Regards,
Anne H