Hello everyone, This was posted to the GRAINGER CO-List. I'm posting it here because of the mention of Rachel ( Groves ) DODSON and her daughter, Temperance. Kathleen Mazil kmazil@ix.netcom.com Ross Cameron wrote: The name of one of my great, great grandfather James Cameron's step-daughters, a daughter of his second wife, Mrs. Rachel (Groves) Dodson, was given as Tempy in the first records I found on her. I did not know that this was a nickname until I found her as Temperance in other records. So in case it wasn't obvious to you either, Tempa or Tempy is a nickname for Temperance which was not an uncommon 19th century name and nickname. I had not noticed the name until I found it in my family. Now I've seen it several times. Ross Cameron