USING DIFFERENT NAMES .....

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USING DIFFERENT NAMES .....

Post by Jean Jeanie » Thu Dec 30, 2004 7:46 pm

Searching for the birth of Alexander Fraser. I know he was born in 1852(from marriage cert and censuses) I know his parents names were William Fraser and Isabella Fraser m.s. Cameron. The only birth I can come up with is to parents William Fraser and Elspet Cameron.

Does anyone know if Elspet and Isabella are interchangeable?

Jean

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Re: USING DIFFERENT NAMES

Post by DavidWW » Thu Dec 30, 2004 11:16 pm

Jean Jeanie wrote:Searching for the birth of Alexander Fraser. I know he was born in 1852(from marriage cert and censuses) I know his parents names were William Fraser and Isabella Fraser m.s. Cameron. The only birth I can come up with is to parents William Fraser and Elspet Cameron.

Does anyone know if Elspet and Isabella are interchangeable?

Jean
In that period Isabel(la) and Elizabeth were interchangeable, and Elspet is a variant of Elizabeth, so, yes, it's possible.

Davie