Genealogy Chat

Thankyou Victoria - well, she did talk a lot! Jay

Rosella - is a type of parrot! Victoria

Thankyou for that Lisa - I thought Laola sounded Spanish, but nothing much comes up when I google. Jay

I work with an Ola - but its a he and Swedish! L

It's a bit upmarket for my lot, though, nell - I knew her daughter was Rosella, but always knew the elder one as Rosie. No idea of her full handle at all until I looked up her birth reg. Jay

My husband's Jewish gt grandmother was Rosella - until I found her birth cert. She was registered as plain old Rose.

Yes, I can see it being used in later times - I've come across Lola, Leila and Layla, but have never personally heard of another Laola around that time. Thankyou both for your contributions Jay

Not mistranscribed Nell - it appears like that in the GRO birth index and also her marriage. Corresponds with the written info given by a family member - however, I had no idea that this was actually her name, as when I was a child, I'd only ever heard her referred to as Ola. Turns out her sister Rosie was actually Rosella. Another rather upmarket name for a pitman's daughter! Did wonder if their mother was a great reader and had got the names out of a novel? Jay

This is presumably her death Laola Nesbit Birth Date: 19 Sep 1909 Death Registration Month/Year: Feb 1992 Age at death (estimated): 82 Registration District: Northumberland Central Inferred County: Northumberland Volume: 1 Page: 1931 There are a couple of Laola births in the 1984-2000 section of Ancestry's civil reg.

Have you got the name right - could it be misrecorded? Can't see it on baby names site.

Miss Ferguson appears to be unique, according to ancestry anyway

Anyone else got any girls with this name? Interested to know its origins.My Laola was born in 1909, daughter of a Northumberland miner - sounds a bit posh? Commonly known as Ola, I believe. Jay