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Nancy and Ann(e)
How likely is it that a girl baptised as Nancy would be called Ann later?
I have a complicated scenario to unravel regarding OH's ancestor Ann(e) Thompson. There is a baptism for a Nancy Thompson in 1795 at All Saints, Wakefield, and I am wondering if it is her. http://www.genealogistsforum.co.uk/f...light=Thompson It's all connected with Thrulines and DNA matches, but it isn't very straightforward! |
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For the record:
Name: Nancy Thompson Residence Place: Gender: Female Christening Date: 27 Jun 1795 Christening Date (Original): 27 JUN 1795 Christening Place: ALL SAINTS,WAKEFIELD,YORK,ENGLAND Birthplace: Birth Date: Name Note: Death Date: Father's Name: John Thompson Race: Father's Birthplace: Father's Age: Mother's Name: Mary Indexing Project (Batch) Number: P01830-2 Mother's Birthplace: Mother's Age: System Origin: England-ODM GS Film number: 98549 Reference ID: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/interacti...nSearchResults |
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Yes Ann is another name for Nancy, or to put it correctly Nancy is another name for Ann. Nancy is also used for some called Agnes don't ask me why though!
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ThuLines are suggesting that Ann Thompson's mother is Mary Colvard and her grandfather John Colvard.
On clicking on the tree that has this information I can see that Ann's father is John Thomposon. His marriage to Mary Colvard is attached: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/interacti...35/edit/record Name John Thompson Event Type Marriage Marriage Date 4 May 1783 Marriage Place Wakefield, All Saints, Yorkshire, England Parish as it Appears Wakefield, All Saints Spouse Mary Collard Household Members Name Name John Thompson Name Mary Collard Mary Colvard's (Collard) parents are given as John Colvard and Elizabeth Broadhead. I think the baptism given for Ann (at York, some way away) is incorrect, consequently I looked again for a possible baptism. Ann is given as having been born at Stanley, Wakefield, from the censuses. Other children of John and Mary Thompson: Richard 29 May 1787 Hannah 4 October 1788 Mary 14 September 1791 - all three at All Saints, Wakefield Sarah 16 April 1797 St John Wakefield - and this states after the mother's name "daughter of John and Elizabeth Colvard" https://www.ancestry.co.uk/interacti...nSearchResults In 1804 there is the non-conformist birth of Fanny Thompson, also with the parents John and Mary. |
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Now, here is another twist!
Yesterday I was investigating a DNA match for my husband and I have been putting together a tree, but hadn't been able to find a link. However, I suddenly realised this morning that a 3x-great-grandmother of the DNA match was called Elizabeth Colvard (or variants) and that she married in 1798 at All Saints, Darton, which isn't far from Wakefield. So I need to establish whether there is a link between her and the Colvard family in Wakefield. She married by Licence: First name(s) Elizabeth Last name Colvard Age 18 Birth year 1780 Residence parish Darton Residence county Yorkshire Licence year 1798 Licence date 27 Mar 1798 Intended marriage place Darton PC Spouse's first name(s) Thomas Spouse's last name Tissington Spouse's age 21 Spouse's parish Darton Spouse's county Yorkshire |
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Sorry, Maggie, I meant to thank you as soon as I saw this but somehow didn't.
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Ann/Nancy was alive at Wakefield in 1861 but I was never able to find her death or burial.
On FMP I have just found this: First name(s) Nancy Last name Crosland Sex Female Age 70 Birth year 1796 Residence Leeds Death year 1866 Burial year 1866 Burial date 28 Mar 1866 Burial place Wakefield Dedication West Parade Chapel County Yorkshire (West Riding) Country England Archive reference C13/38/1/3/1 Collection name Wakefield district burials So she continued using Nancy! Also I note she was living in Leeds: CROSSLAND, NANCY 70 GRO Reference: 1866 M Quarter in LEEDS Volume 09B Page 413 Her son Richard Crosland had settled in Leeds by this time, so it looks as though the name of Nancy has helped me find her. |
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That's okay, so the Thrulines helped and the other tree is correct and you now realise she was baptised Nancy?
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Yes, I just need to tie her up with the Colvard on my other DNA match! All in the same geographical area but hard to get the connection in the mid-1700s.
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