Opinion of this Name

[MollyMay]

William Cotton and his wife Alice (Shaw) - I may be back with a query about her, later

They were married in 1802 in Hudderfield and baptised 12 children in Slaithwaite St James (West Yorkshire). Image on Anc.
The second child - bap 26/12/1803 I have always believed to be Nancy, but several transcriptions have her as Nanny.

What do you think?


This is a Nancy (for comparison) from the same page of the register

 

[Moff]

It looks like Nancy to me, and that's what FamilySearch has taken it as

 

[arthurk]

The local FHS transcription (at FindMyPast) also has Nancy.

 

[Sandiep]

most of transcriptions on Ancestry have her as Nancy including the one quoted here would say looks more nancy than nanny personal opinion of course!

 

[MollyMay]

Thank you - I have her as Nancy but seeing a transcription as Nanny made me query whether I was correct.
She stays as Nancy

 

[Murfomurf]

But but but- I see NANNY! There are stacks of kids named NANNY registered in FreeReg and the GRO so I think you should put it as a possible name, not leave it out. Then other people who see your family tree may find the Nanny they are looking for.

 

[Sis]

But but but- I see NANNY! There are stacks of kids named NANNY registered in FreeReg and the GRO so I think you should put it as a possible name, not leave it out. Then other people who see your family tree may find the Nanny they are looking for.

Me too.

 

[Archie's Mum]

Does this enquiry relate to an enquiry on another site where there is mention of an Able Cotton marrying Nancy Shaw at Almondbury in 1800?
If so then a Nancy Cotton married William Whitley in 1824 at Almondbury. This could be that Nancy Cotton is related to Abel Cotton and Nancy Shaw, their niece perhaps. So, Nancy a family name rather than Nanny.

 

[Archie's Mum]

This could also relate to your other enquiry ‘Which Alice’. Could Alice be the sister of Nancy Shaw who married Able Cotton?

 

[MollyMay]

Thanks all for your opinions

The question was posed because of the problem identifying which Alice Shaw married my William Cotton in 1802 (my other thread).
As you may have noticed, there are a lot of Cottons in the area, and plenty of Shaws as well, it is unpicking the different families (all of which use the same names for their children).
Nanny, and indeed Manny, are common names at the time.

 

[MollyMay]

If so then a Nancy Cotton married William Whitley in 1824 at Almondbury

I have this marriage pencilled in for 'my' Nancy. One of the witnesses is Thomas Cotton, she had an elder brother Thomas (and a g.dad and goodness only knows how many cousins as well!).
These Cottons were one of my first forays into FH, and I am revisisting them again to double check and add the info that is now available that wasn't way back when.
As a complete aside - my MIL from Ireland had the surname Whitely. Her g.dad was a William Whitely from Yorkshire - luckily we can prove he was not the father of her Dad, and married his mum when he was an infant, so he just 'adopted' the name)