Genealogy Chat

Of course, by members, I mean descendants of her family :-0

I pulled into Nazareth, feeling 'bout half past dead..

I live just outside Alton, the town where Fanny Adams was murdered, it's curious to see her listed on the census.
ADAMS, George Head Married M 31 1830 Bricklayer
Alton
Hampshire VIEW
ADAMS, Harriet Wife Married F 31 1830 Bricklayers Wife
Selborne
Hampshire VIEW
ADAMS, Ellen Daughter F 9 1852 Scholar
Alton
Hampshire VIEW
ADAMS, George Son M 7 1854 Scholar
Alton
Hampshire VIEW
ADAMS, Walter Son M 4 1857 Scholar
Alton
Hampshire VIEW
ADAMS, Fanny Daughter F 1 1860 Scholar
Alton
Hampshire

There are still members of her family in the area.

Sylvia

Re Jane / Jenny / Jennifer....

I have a Cousin Jennifer who is known as Jenny

But, in the early to mid 1700s ....

I have a Jane born 1691
Murried as Jane in 1722 by License
Daughter Jenny baptised in 1724
A child Jane buried in 1729
Daughter Jane baptised in 1733
Her husband dies in 1736 and I have the Will (No mention of a Jenny)
Then we have Jenny, a widow rarrying again in 1741 - again by License.
She dies in 1758
Her married name by her first husband was somewhat unusual so I can be sure that this all refers to the samw "Jane"

So Jenny and Jane were interchangeable in that time period (or at least they were for that family in Essex) :-)

For what it is worth, it was her grandson who married Fanny

Cheers,
Jeremy

Take a load off Fanny
Take a load for free
Take a load off Fanny
And (and) (and) you can put the load right on me

:-) :-) :-)

I have been doing a few crikeys today..

crikey, Persie!!!


we always used "sweet fanny adams" meaning sweet nothing. It was a common phrase when I was young



but I just googled the phrase








macabre, and bloody!

Fanny is a name in its own right .............. OH's grandmother was baptized Fanny

It can be short for Frances


It can be a nickname that bears no relation to the real name



Jeremy ...........

............... I would have said that Jenny was more likely to be a version for Jennifer, or Jeanette, than of Jane

One of my grandfather's cousins was called Fanny.. she later divorced her husband and I really do wish she had reverted to her maiden name. His surname was Tuck.

My mother would sometimes call me Fanny few clothes. And as I said on a FB page that she had also called me sweet fanny adams.. but she didn't know what it meant.

I would not say that Fanny was another name for Hannah...not something I have ever heard of

Its my daughters name and she has been known as Han or Hanny

Maybe when asked the name the enumerator misheard Hanny as Fanny??

My husband calls me Fanny Ann too. I won't say what I call him !! x

Just googled !!
Apparently, Fanny fanakapan originated from a line said in one of Gracie
Fields war songs. Gracie Fields was a well known singer.

Flo

i was allso called fanny fanakapan so i think it was a counry wide saying as i was born in london

sally w :-D

I was also sometimes called 'fanny fanakapan' or 'fanny ann'. Don't know where that originated

Thats a mouthful!! AnninGlos. Fanny fanakapan?

It has become a name in its own right , from nicknames as already been said.
I have ancester named Fanny had daughter named Frances.

my sister Ann was called many a time Fanny ann !!

I think is came from the name Frances mostly.

Flo

Fanny could be Frances, could be Ann, could be Fanny or could be a nickname for anyone. Sometimes I have been called fanny Ann. My Dad would sometimes say Fanny fanakapan. Frances could also be franny.

Had a s.i.l. called Fanny but her name was Ann

Its one of those names which can be a name in its own right, but also a derivative of other names such as those shown in the replies here. :-)

I have an Ancesror called Fanny born in 1767.

Church Register shows baptism as Hannah but I think the Rector when making up the Register probably misread his notes as ff can look remarkably like a modern H
That one entry put back my research several years.

Marriages Register (1784) shows as Frances (but signed Fanny).
She was a minor, married by License wih 7 witnesses (including some of her siblings and her father) and there was also a Newspaper article announcing the wedding.
I also have her on 1841 and 1851 Census and also have her Will and that of her Mother which all confirm that she was always Fanny.

But normally
Fanny would equal Frances in the same way that
Jenny would equal Jane.

Jeremy

Yes, a recorded first name but also in my ancestors another name for Hannah.

Reece

My Great Grandmother was registered as Fanny, married and died as Frances but was known all her life as Fan!

I am sure she married as Frances 'cause it sounded posher :-D

Chris