This may help, Jon My name is often contracted to Kit and my mother would use this and, if memory serves, the more familiar Kity especially when she was feeling particularly affectionate. But Jon a collier with the surname Cole.... Christopher Still looking for CHALLENER - Anywhere SPROSTON - Anywhere TREMBLE - Eire/South and West Wales/East London DAVIES - Pembs. & Carmarthenshire SCOPES - Mainly Suffolk GOLDING - Mainly East London MANNING - 18th/19th C. Cheshire Message: 1 Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2013 08:03:23 +0100 From: Dai & Angela Bevan <daibevan@clara.co.uk> Subject: Re: [Dyfed] (Pem) Help with a forename To: dyfed@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <5214663B.1090101@clara.co.uk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Sorry, Jon. I can't make any more sense of the forename than you. Dai On 20/08/2013 13:14, jonmein@aol.com wrote: > Good afternoon > > > I am helping out someone with an interest in what appear to be two Begelly > families. The history of one is clear; the other is suspect. > > > At the heart of the problem with the suspect family is the first name of > the father of the bride at this marriage: > > > 1 March 1873 > Ystradyfodwg, Glam. > Bride: Mary Anne John Cole > Her father: Kity Cole, a collier. > > > Looking at the forename on the register entry on Findmypast, it could be > Kity as I suggest above. Perhaps Hity or even Nity. Or something else! > > > Are any of these Welsh forenames that anyone has come across? Perhaps it > might be a nickname. > > > Jon
Hi Jon Do you have Mary on the census after her marriage? Just wondering if she had any sons whether their names might give a clue to her father's name? You've probably already considered this, but just a thought. Regards Sandra -----Original Message----- From: dyfed-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:dyfed-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of FamilyTree Sent: 11 September 2013 10:27 To: dyfed@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [Dyfed] DYFED Digest, Vol 8, Issue 175 This may help, Jon My name is often contracted to Kit and my mother would use this and, if memory serves, the more familiar Kity especially when she was feeling particularly affectionate. But Jon a collier with the surname Cole.... Christopher Still looking for CHALLENER - Anywhere SPROSTON - Anywhere TREMBLE - Eire/South and West Wales/East London DAVIES - Pembs. & Carmarthenshire SCOPES - Mainly Suffolk GOLDING - Mainly East London MANNING - 18th/19th C. Cheshire Message: 1 Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2013 08:03:23 +0100 From: Dai & Angela Bevan <daibevan@clara.co.uk> Subject: Re: [Dyfed] (Pem) Help with a forename To: dyfed@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <5214663B.1090101@clara.co.uk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Sorry, Jon. I can't make any more sense of the forename than you. Dai On 20/08/2013 13:14, jonmein@aol.com wrote: > Good afternoon > > > I am helping out someone with an interest in what appear to be two > Begelly families. The history of one is clear; the other is suspect. > > > At the heart of the problem with the suspect family is the first name > of the father of the bride at this marriage: > > > 1 March 1873 > Ystradyfodwg, Glam. > Bride: Mary Anne John Cole > Her father: Kity Cole, a collier. > > > Looking at the forename on the register entry on Findmypast, it could > be Kity as I suggest above. Perhaps Hity or even Nity. Or something else! > > > Are any of these Welsh forenames that anyone has come across? Perhaps > it might be a nickname. > > > Jon ================================ Dyfed list REVISED resources http://home.clara.net/daibevan/DyfedML.html [Dec2012] ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to DYFED-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message