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    From pete.rogerson@gmail.com@21:1/5 to All on Thu Jul 23 15:00:52 2020
    Is it possible that -- in the 1860s -- that an Irish family could name one dau. Bridget, and the other Delia? (Delia is typically a nickname for Bridget).

    Thanks.

    Peter Rogerson

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  • From Steve Hayes@21:1/5 to All on Sat Jul 25 07:32:51 2020
    On Thu, 23 Jul 2020 15:00:52 -0700 (PDT), pete.rogerson@gmail.com
    wrote:

    Is it possible that -- in the 1860s -- that an Irish family could name
    one dau. Bridget, and the other Delia? (Delia is typically a nickname
    for Bridget).

    Thanks.

    Peter Rogerson

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  • From Steve Hayes@21:1/5 to All on Sun Jul 26 18:23:44 2020
    On Thu, 23 Jul 2020 15:00:52 -0700 (PDT), pete.rogerson@gmail.com
    wrote:

    Is it possible that -- in the 1860s -- that an Irish family could name
    one dau. Bridget, and the other Delia? (Delia is typically a nickname
    for Bridget).

    I never knew that.

    My daughter is Bridget, and I would never have called her Delia. Bess
    or Bessie, yes, but not Delia.


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    Web: http://hayesgreene.wordpress.com/
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  • From Ian Goddard@21:1/5 to Steve Hayes on Sun Jul 26 18:12:04 2020
    On 26/07/2020 17:23, Steve Hayes wrote:
    On Thu, 23 Jul 2020 15:00:52 -0700 (PDT), pete.rogerson@gmail.com
    wrote:

    Is it possible that -- in the 1860s -- that an Irish family could name
    one dau. Bridget, and the other Delia? (Delia is typically a nickname
    for Bridget).

    I never knew that.

    My daughter is Bridget, and I would never have called her Delia. Bess
    or Bessie, yes, but not Delia.



    My wife, who is from N Ireland, has never heard of such a nick-name.

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  • From Leo Isenteze@21:1/5 to Ian Goddard on Sun Jul 26 22:03:24 2020
    On 7/26/2020 1:12 PM, Ian Goddard wrote:
    On 26/07/2020 17:23, Steve Hayes wrote:
    On Thu, 23 Jul 2020 15:00:52 -0700 (PDT), pete.rogerson@gmail.com
    wrote:

    Is it possible that -- in the 1860s -- that an Irish family could name
    one dau. Bridget, and the other Delia?  (Delia is typically a nickname
    for Bridget).

    I never knew that.

    My daughter is Bridget, and I would never have called her Delia. Bess
    or Bessie, yes, but not Delia.



    My wife, who is from N Ireland, has never heard of such a nick-name.

    Delia is considered more of a pet name for Bridget rather than a
    nickname. Biddy is another very common pet name for Bridget.

    See information at: http://www.whatsinaname.net/female-names/Bridget.html

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  • From RoddyMcCorley@21:1/5 to pete.rogerson@gmail.com on Mon Jul 27 00:44:06 2020
    On 7/23/2020 6:00 PM, pete.rogerson@gmail.com wrote:
    Is it possible that -- in the 1860s -- that an Irish family could name one dau. Bridget, and the other Delia? (Delia is typically a nickname for Bridget).

    Thanks.

    Peter Rogerson

    Never heard of that. My Irish aunt was a Bridget and we called her
    Betty. I've heard other Irish Bridgets called Bridy. Delia is often a
    given name.

    --
    Worse than the ordinary miserable childhood is the miserable Irish
    childhood, and worse yet is the miserable Irish Catholic childhood.

    Pennsylvania - Tá sé difriúil anseo.

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  • From Steve Brennan@21:1/5 to pete.r...@gmail.com on Mon Jul 27 01:08:45 2020
    On Thursday, 23 July 2020 23:00:54 UTC+1, pete.r...@gmail.com wrote:
    Is it possible that -- in the 1860s -- that an Irish family could name one dau. Bridget, and the other Delia? (Delia is typically a nickname for Bridget).

    Thanks.

    Peter Rogerson

    perhaps one of them died before the other was born? On both sides of my family there were incidences of this, naming another child the same as one who had died - perhaps especially if it's a 'traditional' family name that they felt should be preserved.
    look for a death cert (if after 1864).

    Steve.

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  • From Steve Hayes@21:1/5 to sbinashui@gmail.com on Sat Aug 1 10:40:15 2020
    On Mon, 27 Jul 2020 01:08:45 -0700 (PDT), Steve Brennan
    <sbinashui@gmail.com> wrote:

    On Thursday, 23 July 2020 23:00:54 UTC+1, pete.r...@gmail.com wrote:
    Is it possible that -- in the 1860s -- that an Irish family could name one dau. Bridget, and the other Delia? (Delia is typically a nickname for Bridget).

    Thanks.

    Peter Rogerson

    perhaps one of them died before the other was born? On both sides of my family there were incidences of this, naming another child the same as one who had died - perhaps especially if it's a 'traditional' family name that they felt should be preserved.
    look for a death cert (if after 1864).

    I just come across a family that named one son Charles and another
    Carl, which I regard as a lot closer than Bridget and Delia.




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    Steve Hayes
    Web: http://hayesgreene.wordpress.com/
    http://hayesgreene.blogspot.com
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  • From Steve Hayes@21:1/5 to All on Sat Aug 1 10:37:56 2020
    On Sun, 26 Jul 2020 22:03:24 -0400, Leo Isenteze <LeoI@Isenteze.org>
    wrote:

    On 7/26/2020 1:12 PM, Ian Goddard wrote:
    On 26/07/2020 17:23, Steve Hayes wrote:
    On Thu, 23 Jul 2020 15:00:52 -0700 (PDT), pete.rogerson@gmail.com
    wrote:

    Is it possible that -- in the 1860s -- that an Irish family could name >>>> one dau. Bridget, and the other Delia?  (Delia is typically a nickname >>>> for Bridget).

    I never knew that.

    My daughter is Bridget, and I would never have called her Delia. Bess
    or Bessie, yes, but not Delia.



    My wife, who is from N Ireland, has never heard of such a nick-name.

    Delia is considered more of a pet name for Bridget rather than a
    nickname. Biddy is another very common pet name for Bridget.

    See information at: http://www.whatsinaname.net/female-names/Bridget.html

    Biddy I have heard of, and many of the other varients listed there,
    but Delia, or Bedelia, I've always thought of as a different name.




    --
    Steve Hayes
    Web: http://hayesgreene.wordpress.com/
    http://hayesgreene.blogspot.com
    http://groups.yahoo.com/group/afgen/

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  • From Eddie Geoghegan@21:1/5 to pete.r...@gmail.com on Thu Aug 6 09:21:41 2020
    On Thursday, July 23, 2020 at 11:00:54 PM UTC+1, pete.r...@gmail.com wrote:
    Is it possible that -- in the 1860s -- that an Irish family could name one dau. Bridget, and the other Delia? (Delia is typically a nickname for Bridget).
    Thanks.
    Peter Rogerson
    Out of pure curiosity I checked rip.ie for recent (since 2018) deaths searching for the name "Delia". About quarter of the returns showed "Delia (Bridget)" or "Bridget (Delia)". Most of the rest were simply "Delia".

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  • From Steve Hayes@21:1/5 to All on Thu Aug 6 20:39:57 2020
    On Thu, 6 Aug 2020 09:21:41 -0700 (PDT), Eddie Geoghegan <geoghegan.eddie@googlemail.com> wrote:

    On Thursday, July 23, 2020 at 11:00:54 PM UTC+1, pete.r...@gmail.com
    wrote:
    Is it possible that -- in the 1860s -- that an Irish family could name one dau. Bridget, and the other Delia? (Delia is typically a nickname for Bridget).
    Thanks.
    Peter Rogerson
    Out of pure curiosity I checked rip.ie for recent (since 2018) deaths
    searching for the name "Delia". About quarter of the returns showed
    "Delia (Bridget)" or "Bridget (Delia)". Most of the rest were simply
    "Delia".

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