Margaret/Mary?

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Member Since: August 2004 Posts: 1,541 Send Message	NicolaDunbyNocula	Report	26 Jul 2011 16:01
	Thank you both for your replies, I think you are right Margee....I have never heard of Margaret shortened to Mary either but thought I would ask just in case. Thanks again Nicola :-)
Member Since: September 2005 Posts: 2,673 Send Message	tempest	Report	26 Jul 2011 15:47
	I have a couple of women who were "Mary Ann" on BMD certs in my tree that are down as "Margaret" in census records (especially on Scottish census)
	Researching: desperately seeking great grandmothers
Member Since: April 2004 Posts: 23,482 Send Message	MargaretM	Report	26 Jul 2011 15:42
	Could it have been shortened to Marg't and someone read it as Mary? I've never heard of Margaret shortened to Mary. Shortened to Peggy occasionally.
	Researching: Great grandmother Dorothy Bean nee Abbott (1858-1908)
Member Since: August 2004 Posts: 1,541 Send Message	NicolaDunbyNocula	Report	26 Jul 2011 15:35
	Does anyone know if people shortened the name Margaret to Mary? I have an ancestor that that comes up with the name Margaret in census records, but when searching the parish records there have been 2 occasions when it comes up that her name is Mary. Thanks Nicola :-)