Daily AncestorDaisy
Daisy was a nickname for Margaret in American records of the 1800s and early 1900s.
Daisy became a nickname for Margaret because Marguerite, the French form of the name, is also the French word for the daisy flower. It was given as a flower name too, so not every Daisy was a Margaret.
Many records were made with the name a person went by, so look for Daisy as well as Margaret in indexes. Check other details before treating them as one woman.
As seen in a record1900 census; her marriage license a few years later gives Margaret
Daisy Whitlock, Daughter, May 1879, 21, S, Ind.
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