I was doing so well but now have a glitch! As Jessie is to Janet, Beth/Bessie is to Elizabeth, is James a similar equivalent to John? My family mainly originated in Dumfries and Galloway with some popping over the border to Carlisle to marry. My parents were second cousins before they married and I thought I had established the connections. However, yesterday I came across a cross border link and discovered that my JAMES JOHNSTON was actually JOHN JOHNSTON according to his daughter's English marriage certificate (August 1900). Although she worked (as a hat maker) in Carlisle she was born in Scotland and I had always presumed her father to have been Scottish. Could he have been called James in Scotland, even though he was referred to as John when he witnessed his daughter's marriage in England?
In a word: 'No'. Iain ----- Original Message ----- From: "jose.jones" <jose.jones@wanadoo.fr> To: <LANARK@rootsweb.com>; <DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2008 12:28 PM Subject: [DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY] Scottish / English name equivalents > > I was doing so well but now have a glitch! > > As Jessie is to Janet, Beth/Bessie is to Elizabeth, is James a similar > equivalent to John? > > My family mainly originated in Dumfries and Galloway with some popping > over the border to Carlisle to marry. My parents were second cousins > before they married and I thought I had established the connections. > However, yesterday I came across a cross border link and discovered that > my JAMES JOHNSTON was actually JOHN JOHNSTON according to his daughter's > English marriage certificate (August 1900). Although she worked (as a hat > maker) in Carlisle she was born in Scotland and I had always presumed her > father to have been Scottish. Could he have been called James in > Scotland, even though he was referred to as John when he witnessed his > daughter's marriage in England? > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com Version: 8.0.176 / Virus Database: 270.9.16/1840 - Release Date: 9/12/2551 16:53