WATER is a surname down here in Cornwall so it could be that they have taken the mother's maiden name as a forename. Liz www.btinternet.com/~e.newbery OPC for Street, Somerset ----- Original Message ----- From: "Donald Curkeet" <cricket_@ameritech.net> To: <cornish-gen@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, June 06, 2010 2:01 PM Subject: [CORNISH-GEN] a forename Is Water the sic. for Walter. Alce is Al(i)ce, An is An(n), Antony is Ant(h)noy, Margrit or Margret is (Margaret), but sometimes they have 'Walter' and sometimes 'Water', is Water a forename in the 1500 & 1600s? Regards, Donald E. Curkeet OPC-Helston, St. Cleer, St. Martin in Meneage-CON http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/%7Ecricket5/ OPC-Newton Ferrers, St. Budeaux, Charles the Martyr, Pennycross-DEV http://www.rootsweb.com/~engdevon/Plymouth/ member of CFHS, SWCS, LCGS, GCGS ------------------------------- Listmom: ybowers@gmail.com or CORNISH-GEN-admin@rootsweb.com Visit the OPC (Online Parish Clerk) web page for transcription information http://www.cornwall-opc.org/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CORNISH-GEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message