Looking for Dora English?

montgo

I understand that Dora is an alternative name for Dorothy, Doris, Isadora etc. but could Dora have been a pet name for a more common girl's name?

Dora was probably born between 1829 to 1831 in Kilteely (parish records missing for that period). However, she is mentioned in her father's will of 1871 so I have been looking for a death record for her without success.

Jellybaby1

Maybe Doreen, or Madora?

pinkypinky

Are they CoI?

The range of names for that period is much more limited than even 50 years later - more so if Catholic.

You could try newspaper marriage notices. I once found a very odd pet name given in brackets on one.

montgo

Thanks for replies.

So she must have been alive in 1871 and living at home, when her father wrote the will, therefore unmarried it would appear. A married sister is not mentioned on the will. I have since checked the names of godparents of her nieces & nephews and she is listed as godmother for one of them in 1860s.

As it is unlikely that she would immigrate in her 40s, so I am concentrating on Ireland for the moment for a death or marriage record (she now had a nice dowry!). Nothing with Dora or similar for now.

She was RC and as I can't locate her on 1901 census, I suspect that I will not get anything in the newspapers if she died before then.

KildareFan

have you tried Deborah/Debora? There are over 3000 Dora's on Irishgenealogy.ie deaths.