Does anyone have any ideas what the given name "rial" might actually be ? I'm thinking Isreal.... Cynthia Dickinson
----- Original Message ----- From: "Sauvage" <sauvage@uswest.net> To: <CT-RIVER-VALLEY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2000 9:44 PM Subject: [CRV] Given name > Does anyone have any ideas what the given name "rial" might > actually be ? > I'm thinking Isreal.... > > Cynthia Dickinson Quite possibly dropping the first syllable(s) was how pet names were formed back then. My 6th G-GF Izrahiah WETMORE was called "Hiah." Nowadays he'd be "Izzy," as would Israel. Hiya, Hiah! Yrs aye, Warren