Gus Tysoe wrote: > But this Family is continuing to cause 'difficulties' - because on comparing > the result with the 1881, they'd seem to've changed one of their daughters' > names... > > In 1871 their youngest child was Mary Ann, 1. She's absent from the 1881 - > but there *is* an 11-year-old Polly. > > Is/was Polly a traditional abbreviation or nickname for Mary Ann? Simple answer: yes :)) -- Charani (UK) OPC for Walton, SOM http://wsom-opc.org.uk