Genealogy Chat

I have two 3X great grandmothers (paternal and maternal)named Hannah b early 1800s but I cannot find a thing about them despite the help of a number of you. Checking other messages I note Hannahs seem to be problem generally. Why I ask?

I eventually found my missing gx 5 grandmother Hannah getting married under the name Annie. A different missing Annie appeared on a census as Nancy. Perhaps they were shy and just mumbled when speaking to official men

Zoe LOL - I just love the idea of shy mumbling Hannahs. If my Hannahs' descendents are anything to go by mine were far from shy and they certainly didn't mumble Gerry

Lesley Thanks for that. Out of all the variations I have tried I missed the obvious - Johannah. Shame about the pension!!

yes, I have a Hannah thats a pain too, I've got her birth and her christening, census entries up to 1901 but she's single then at the age of approx 30... am led to beleive from the family that she married and had two or three children, but I've yet to find a marriage (Hannah Keziah SMITH from Gawcott in Buckinghamshire if anyone fancies doing a lookup lol)

I have proof that my grandmother, Hannah Jane Harris, is an alien and landed by space ship the day that she married grandad in 1892. She claimed to be 20 years old, but allowing for Einsteins's theory of relativity was actually 753. Must go, time for my injection again.

There looks like there is some hope then for us all my gr gran was called Mary Hannah and it has been so hard tryin to find her but with all your tips to try all sorts of names i am now hopin i will beable to get some where. Thanks to you all i was startin to think i was on my own Good Luck to you all

As well as not being able to find her marriage details, my Hannah also had a relatively unusual middle name, Keziah, that I've also seen spelt Kesia, Kezia and Kesizah just to help matters !! I too have interchangeable hannah/Anna's

I chose the name Hannah for my daughter as I got to really like the name when I was researching my tree about twenty years ago. I am pleased to say, she is a very 'unpainful' Hannah and, as she is now studying Drama at university, certainly not a mumbler or shy.

Julie Good for you. I wondered if there were any modern day Hannahs. I quite like the name myself but I just wish mine hadn't be dumped on Earth without a by-your-leave or any records!

I HAVE HANNAH in my tree variuosly recorded as Hann and Ham in one instance and she didn't marry mr Chips KIM

We've got an Ann Hannah - which is really the same name twice if you look at anything about name meanings ! Maz. XX

I've got a Hannah in my tree, at birth she was spelt Susanna, on her marriage certificate it was spelt Susannah, but on both 1881 & 1891 census she was down as Hannah It's all done to confuse us!!!

My Mum was a Hannah It's as a beautiful name for beautiful people. Lynda

Thanks everyone. I originally posted this as a light hearted thing, but some useful stuff has come out of it fo me. Spoke to the dreaded Mother-in-law tonight whose family it is I trying to tie down. She can tell me stories about practically everyone back to William the Conquerer but on the Hannahs she is mute, which is very UNUSUAL!

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I have a Hannah in my tree who over the course of the census years was as follows Hannah Johannah Joanna Joahanah Annah Anna so check all these names out, you might find her Happy hunting Debbi

No one has mentioned the fact that Hannah is a palindrome - spelt the same backwards and forwards, which makes it even more special. I had an aunt who always called my daughter 'annah. I am sure when babies were registered the 'h' often got lost. Could be your 'alien' Hannah, Gerry is an 'annah.

Hi all you Hannah searchers, I also have a Hannah in my tree (surname SMITH!!) so I know what its like, but the hardest to trace so far was my grandmother. Her name was Jane Ellen but I couldn`t find her under either. Eventually found her going by the name of DOROTHY!! Rebecca (who is very confused and needs to lie down!)

Thanks everyone, perhaps my brick wall will come down brick by brick rather than by some catalytic event! Gerry