Nanny

[ElizabethHerts]

For Take 2 5xgreat-grandparents this week I'm looking at the parents of this girl, and the mother is Nanny.

http://www.genealogistsforum.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=14806&highlight=Mally

I'm looking for a likely marriage and can't find a John Haworth marrying a Nanny, but I can find an Ann.

How confident can I be that it is Nanny?

http://www.lan-opc.org.uk/Church/index.html

Marriage: 18 Oct 1761 St James, Church Kirk, Lancashire, England
John Haworth - of Oswaldtwisle
Ann Grimshaw - (X), of Oswaldtwisle
Witness: John Grimshaw; William Riley
Married by Banns by: Chrisr. Hall Curate
Register: Marriages 1754 - 1776, Entry 95
Source: LDS Film 1470822

[kiterunner]

Nanny was interchangeable with Ann, just like Betty / Elizabeth. But with common names like those, you need to make sure there is only one couple.

[ElizabethHerts]

Thanks, Kate. I think it probably is the right one, but there are a lot of Haworths in Church Kirk. Sorting the children out will be more problematic as no mothers' names are given.

[tenterfieldjulie]

I had a problem with a Nanny and she turned out to be Nancy as well.. Not sure which was correct. Julie (this was in Yorkshire)

[kiterunner]

Yes, Nancy was another variant of Ann.

[Nell]

Nanny and Nancy were pet names for Ann/Anne.