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HelpRe: Surprise from the 1920s
in reply to a message by Anneza
Minnie-Minty is mighty nicknamey IMO. The full form Minerva Araminta, whilst rather fanciful together, works much better to me, lol. One wonders what her parents were thinking, but you could say that for many names of that era, up through today, lol. Would you mind sharing where she was from?
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South Africa; probably Pretoria or neighbouring towns in what is now called Gauteng. I don't recall the ln, and she was married anyway, but almost certainly English-speaking to judge by the spelling.
As a full name, she'd have been most unlikely to have Minerva in the 1920s - the only local Minnie people I've ever known all started out as Wilhelmina.
As a full name, she'd have been most unlikely to have Minerva in the 1920s - the only local Minnie people I've ever known all started out as Wilhelmina.
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