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"Hester/Hetty" in civil records, "Kitty" in church records.

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  • 13-06-2018 11:03pm
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    oceanclub
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    https://www.wikitree.com/index.php?title=Connelly-995

    My great-great-grandmothers seems to have used the name Kitty in church records (her marriage and her children's baptisms) while using Hetty or Hester in civil records. Anyone venture why?

    P.


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    pedroeibar1
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    Are you sure you have the correct people? Kitty is short for C/Katherine. ‘Hetty’ is a long distance from that, usually from Henriettta, although it often is Hester or Esther. Those names generally are more C of I than RC.


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    oceanclub
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    pedroeibar1 wrote: »
    Are you sure you have the correct people? Kitty is short for C/Katherine. ‘Hetty’ is a long distance from that, usually from Henriettta, although it often is Hester or Esther. Those names generally are more C of I than RC.

    Almost 100% - for example, you can see a birth record for a child using Hester/Hetty, then a corresponding baptism with Kitty.

    P.


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    Waitsian
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    She was Catherine Henrietta or vice versa? :/ My mother is known by different people, and on different documents, by both her first and middle names.


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    VirginiaB
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    Kitty and Hetty would look a lot alike in handwriting. It's possible the writing is the issue. Capital H and K are often confused by transcribers and we won't even discuss vowels. 
    She may also have had several nicknames and a formal name.  All possible.  And there are lots of Catholic females named Esther in the 1911 census--3,068 to be exact--and a mere 865 COI.  That surprised me too tho my 3x great-grandmother was a Catholic Esther.
    177 Catholics named Hester and 273 COI names Hester. How I love that site.


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    oceanclub
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    VirginiaB wrote: »
    Kitty and Hetty would look a lot alike in handwriting. It's possible the writing is the issue. Capital H and K are often confused by transcribers and we won't even discuss vowels. 
    She may also have had several nicknames and a formal name.  All possible.  And there are lots of Catholic females named Esther in the 1911 census--3,068 to be exact--and a mere 865 COI.  That surprised me too tho my 3x great-grandmother was a Catholic Esther.
    177 Catholics named Hester and 273 COI names Hester. How I love that site.

    Yes, I thought that initially but then the split is so defined - Hester/Hetty for civil, Kitty for church. Maybe we're dealing with a slightly dead old priest ;)

    P.


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    VirginiaB
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    Or maybe he knew the family well and used the family nickname.  Just a guess--who knows.


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    BowWow
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    oceanclub wrote: »
    Maybe we're dealing with a slightly dead old priest.

    :D


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