I have a Dolly Barham or Berhm in my family tree, who according to the 1901 census was born in Weymouth Dorset in 1891, but I cannot locate her birth details anywhere!!! So I am thinking maybe Dolly was a nickname? I think she was originally Berhm and anglicised it to Barham which also doesn't help!
2006-12-07 10:30:50 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Genealogy
I thought maybe it was one of those weird ones like Peggy is short for Margaret???
2006-12-07 10:39:40 · update #1
Dorothy maybe
2006-12-07 10:32:34 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Dorothea or variations were pretty common back then.
Dorothy was usually a nickname .
happy hunting.
I don't know where Weymouth Dorset is - sounds England to me.. If the census is a US census then be sure to check the records at Ellis Island its a good data base for immigrants since most of them came that way from Europe.
On the West Coast there was Angel Island, but they do not have an archive like Ellis does
good luck
2006-12-07 18:41:37 · answer #2 · answered by ca_surveyor 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It could just be an unrelated nickname (Dolly was a bit glamorous namewise in the Victorian era), in which case you're going to have problems. But I have Great Aunts on both sides of the family - one a Dorothy, the other a Dorothea - and they're both shortened to Dolly. And considering the size of my family (my grandfather had 76 cousins - Methodists!), that's been very convenient, as I've at least remembered their names! You could try Dora or similar, but as far as I'm aware Dolly is nothing more than a Dorothean nickname.
Good luck tracking things down.
2006-12-07 18:47:48 · answer #3 · answered by Sarah A 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dolly was short for Dorothy or Dorothea, However it may have been short for her middle name, it was common for many people to go by their middle name instead of their Christian name, I suggest that you check your ancestors between the both of you for names that crop up on a regular occurrence.
2006-12-07 18:43:43 · answer #4 · answered by Hendo 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I agree Dolly is a variation of Dorothy
2006-12-07 18:39:25 · answer #5 · answered by michelle p 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Just looked up my old baby "names" book which lists Dolly as
short for "Dolores" and "Dorothy"...
2006-12-08 09:23:48 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I`d say Dorothy
2006-12-07 20:02:00 · answer #7 · answered by onlyme 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Usually Dorothy
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2006-12-07 18:35:00 · answer #8 · answered by dawleymouse 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Dolphina
Dorothy
2006-12-10 19:13:17 · answer #9 · answered by fifi 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Dolly" could be anyone from Annabelle to Zelda, especially if she was cute as a child. It is like "Butch" for a boy.
2006-12-07 20:10:26 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋