Genealogy Chat

re Wendy - people say there aren't any prior to the publishing of Barrie's Peter Pan. It was a development of the word friend - fwendy - Wendy, However it can be argued that it was in evidence before that as a development of the Welsh Gwendoline, also that it was a boy's name in the 1700's re Betsy It could be Elspeth Best wishes Ann

Unfortunately I don't know when they got married - that is something I am trying to find out. I have done a search on FreeBMD from round about the time when the first child was born, but there are several Elizabeths and I also don't know where hubby came from - I just have Lancashire so far and all the weddings took place in Manchester and Oldham etc - which are all Lancashire!! This lady is proving to be a right royal pain in the ....!! I guess I will have to fork out yet more money and send off for a child's birth certificate and hope that helps. Probably should have done that from the beginning instead of giving myself all this headache....we live and learn!

That's it! She's royalty!!!

Andrea As I am stuck at the moment, waiting on birth certificates, let me see if I can help you find "Betsy". What info do you have (likely place of birth, parents etc) and where have you searched so far. Regards gary

Hi Andrea, The 1881 Census shows Betsy married to Thomas Quinn who was born in Darwen. The 1901 Census also shows the family still together but with the addition of Alice b.1891. Dave Platt

Dorothy - is this the rhyme you remember, it was a riddle. Elizabeth, Elspeth, Betsy, and Bess, all went together to steal a birds nest they each took an egg , but left one in. How many eggs were left in the nest? The answer was four because they were the same person. Sue.