http://mywdfamilies.wordpress.com/2011/12/13/jonathan-harman/ Stories of My Pioneering Families From the Western District of Victoria Wed, 22 May 2013 00:28:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://mywdfamilies.wordpress.com/2011/12/13/jonathan-harman/#comment-189 Thu, 29 Dec 2011 01:11:59 +0000 http://mywdfamilies.wordpress.com/?p=1099#comment-189 Thank you for your comment Rosemary, it was most useful. I did a search at Trove for Amelia and Millie and there were many Amelias called Millie. Amelia actually named her daughter Millie.

]]> http://mywdfamilies.wordpress.com/2011/12/13/jonathan-harman/#comment-164 Thu, 15 Dec 2011 18:17:25 +0000 http://mywdfamilies.wordpress.com/?p=1099#comment-164 I have a family member whose birth name was Amelia but she was always known as “Millie” in any records I can find. It’s a short step from Millie to Millicent, particularly if there’s no-one left who remembers what her name was originally.

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