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Member Since: October 2003 Posts: 0 Send Message	Kim	Report	20 Jan 2004 18:46
Member Since: October 2003 Posts: 0 Send Message	Is the name Madge short for Margaret or Mary or what ? Or would it have been in 1881 a name in its own right? I thought Polly was nickname for Mary?? Anyone know for sure ? thankyou Kim
Member Since: February 2003 Posts: 320 Send Message	Hilary	Report	20 Jan 2004 18:54
	I think it's from Margaret unless as in more recent times, it's Madonna!
Member Since: October 2003 Posts: 0 Send Message	Kim	Report	20 Jan 2004 19:03
Member Since: October 2003 Posts: 0 Send Message	Thanks Hilary, Don't think I'm related to Madonna.......bye KIM
Member Since: June 2003 Posts: 0 Send Message	Dave	Report	20 Jan 2004 19:56
Member Since: June 2003 Posts: 0 Send Message	Hi Kim, Madeline - Lena, Maddie, Madge, Maggie, Maud, Middy Margaret - Daisy, Greta, Madge, Maggie, Maisie, Marge, Margo, Meg, Megan, Metta, Midge, Peggie Marjorie - Madge, Marge, Margie Isn't Madonna's Madge short for 'Majesty' because she thinks she's like the Queen? Dave
Member Since: January 0001 Posts: 0 Send Message	Unknown	Report	20 Jan 2004 19:59
Member Since: January 0001 Posts: 0 Send Message	Kim, Madge can be a name in it's own right. My Mother-in-Law was named Madge, born 1903.