I guess there was some wishful thinking there, OC! It's fantastic that you found out the real meaning.
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Originally posted by Katarzyna View PostMy DIL's gt grandmother's middle name was Mafeking but I have never found anything to suggest why. No connection with the army or South Africa.
Also of a girl born in January 2000 who was "Millie," after the millennium.
JayLast edited by Janet in Yorkshire; 27-09-17, 08:26.Janet in Yorkshire
Genealogists never die - they just swap places in the family tree
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Yes of course, Jay, I never thought of that, she was born 20th May 1900 , 4 days after the relief of Mafeking
Edit: We tend to forget how horrific that war was; the papers would have been full of that news for weeks afterwards.Last edited by Katarzyna; 27-09-17, 09:41.Kat
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