Daily AncestorLottie
Lottie is an old nickname for Charlotte, found in American records of the 1700s and 1800s.
Lottie is a pet form of Charlotte. Lottie appears as a pet form of Charlotte on the Connecticut State Library's list of 18th and 19th century nicknames.
A gravestone or a family Bible may say Lottie while a will or a deed says Charlotte. Search indexes under both forms so you do not miss her.
As seen in a record1880 census; her 1869 baptism calls her Charlotte
Lottie Merriman, Daughter, 11, At school
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