Genealogy Chat

What do you think the names Flossie and Netta might be a shortened version of.

thanks
jean

The obvious for Flossie is Florence, but to be honest it could be almost anything! One of my great-aunts was called Nancy though her name was Martha. I'd suggest posting a query with details of names and dates if you are having problems.
Jan

Thank you Janet,
I do have a Florence in my tree , so maybe that's it, I also have a Winifred, which is a middle name, maybe Netta for short.
I am actually looking for marraiges for both , Florence Jones b.1897 , I think her husband's 1st name was Fred, and Lucy Winifred Jones b. 1893, both living in Liverpool on the 1911 census.

jean

Could Netta be Annette?

Annette sounds good AllanC

jean

Maybe Lucy? There are a couple of others, but this is Lucy W:

Marriages Jun 1928 (>99%)
Jones Lucy W Merrifield Liverpool 8b 145
Merrifield Frederick R Jones Liverpool 8b 145

Jan

There is this Fred marrying a Jones, but the wrong one!

Marriages Sep 1930 (>99%)
Gilchrist Frederick Jones Liverpool 8b 164
GRISDALE Harold Jones Liverpool 8b 164
Jones Emma Gilchrist Liverpool 8b 164
Jones Florence E Grisdale Liverpool 8b 164

Jan

Surname First name(s) Spouse District Vol Page

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Marriages Jun 1916 (>99%)
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Bickerton Eva E Wells W. Derby 8b 791
Davies Harry E Jones W. Derby 8b 791 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
Jones Lucy W Davies W. Derby 8b 791 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
Wells Thomas J Bickerton W.Derby 8b 791


The other marriage in 1928 has a postem attatched stating that Lucy was born in 1907

Jean, just to say, do you realise it is easy to look up a lot of this yourself? Try the freebmd site, great fun to play around and look for stuff.
Jan

Thank you all so much,
Janet the 1928 marraige looks promising,
I haven's used freebmd as most of my relatives are from Scotland , but I will take a look now,

thank you
jean
Sorry Denise just noticed what you said about the d.o.b. for Lucy on the 1928 marraige so can's be her , have to go for the one in Derby i think.

jean

Thank you Whitenancy,
Just found out that a lot of my Jones 's did come from West Derby, so the 1916 marraige looks a pretty good bet,

Thank you for the information
jean

Mum had a Scottish friend Netta, short for Janette.

Margaret

Just remembered that Chambers Dictionary (1998 edition, but probably later ones too) has an appendix of some first names.

This gives Netta, Netty & Nettie as diminutives of Annette, Antoinette, Janet and Jeanette. Flossie isn't listed separately but shown as one of the diminutives of Florence.

Thank you MadMeg and AllanC,
Seems to be so many shortened versions for Netta, just trying to work out on my Jones side which sister it might be , I have a Mary , Lucy Winifred , Frances Annie and a Florence.

jean

these 4 marriage are all shown in lancashirebmd.org.uk

Lancashire Marriage indexes for the years: 1919
Surname Forename(s) Surname Forename(s) Church / Register Office Registers At Reference
JONES Florence FORESTER Frederick Anfield, St. Simon & St. Jude Liverpool 2003WD/3/19

Lancashire Marriage indexes for the years: 1924
JONES Florence SHAW Frederick West Derby, Register Office or Registrar Attended

Lancashire Marriage indexes for the years: 1929
JONES Florence SHEPARD Frederick S West Derby, Register Office or Registrar Attended

Lancashire Marriage indexes for the years: 1936
JONES Florence R BEARD Frederick G Kirkdale, St. Athanasius

from the same source

Lancashire Marriage indexes for the years: 1916
JONES Lucy W DAVIES Harry E West Derby, Register Office or Registrar Attended

Lancashire Marriage indexes for the years: 1928
JONES Lucy W MERRIFIELD Frederick R Toxteth Park, St. Paul

just a thought - do you know if the family were RC as 'Register Office or Registrar Attended' often means a marriage in a RC church

Thank you Lancashireanne,
All I know from family stories is that Flossie married a Fred and Netta might have married an Atherton, but don't know if they were R.C.
thank you for replying, I think I will send off for the West Derby marraiges as that is where the familt were living at the time.

jean

Netta could have been shortened from a middle name and been in daily usedbut wouldnt appear on the free bmd sites
Do yoy have the birth certs for the sisters?

there is an Ellen and a Mary W who married an Atherton in W Derby plus a few others in Liverpool

Flossie may just have been a pet name. I think it is possibly fairly common in older Lancs people - my grandmother often called me Flossie when she was teasing me and as you can see my name is Ann!