Try looking at websites for baby girls names this might give you alternatives for the name Clara. Margaret 12577 ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, July 20, 2012 12:24 AM Subject: [SFHG] Clara Boxall > > Hi there, > > Some time ago I posted a request about my ancestor Clara Boxall whose > birth/baptism remains elusive. Her father was Charles Boxall of > Salehurst, and > her mother Susanna (surname unknown) of Chelsea, Middlesex. > > I am wondering if Clara was actually short for something else - although > her daughter was called Clara Kate. Could it be that Clara was actually > Clarinda or Clarissa or Catharine? In the Novel Clarissa, the subject is > routinely called Clary by her mother. Does anybody have a source which > indicates > "derived" names? > > Susanna's death certificate has her named as Susan, so that may be a case > in point that lower classes (Susanna ended her days in the workhouse) > found > certain names too "difficult" to live with. > > So I am looking for a daughter of Charles Boxall and Susanna, called > "Clara" born/baptised about 1848 - what about the one in Midhurst > (Clarissa > Boxall) about this date? > > > Many thanks > > Jeff 3646 > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message