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The forename Mally

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LancsLass

LancsLass Report 21 Jun 2008 21:18

Please can anyone tell me if the name Mally is male or female?

Julie

Julie Report 21 Jun 2008 21:21

maybe it's something to do with Malcolm

LancsLass

LancsLass Report 21 Jun 2008 21:24

The name appears on an IGI birth so cant identify whether male or female.

all the rest in the family are daughters, just wondering if this one was to??

LancsLass

LancsLass Report 21 Jun 2008 21:33

Sorry folks, I just answered my own question.

Just put Mally in ancestry and 557 turned up on 1851 census all appear to be female.

Wonder where it came from?

Ivy

Ivy Report 22 Jun 2008 10:52

Have a care with Ancestry's offerings. Many of these could be mistranscriptions for Molly (i.e. females).

Another possibility, for male or female, is that they have taken a surname for their forename (for instance the mother's maiden name might be used for one of the children). There are quite a few with the surname Malley in Lancashire.

Sisterbee

Sisterbee Report 22 Jun 2008 11:27

I knew a Mally, his real name was Malachy which is Irish.

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