On 23 Jan 2006 11:47:35 -0800, Vip Aleonar (Philippines) wrote: > I was searching for the surname Tegley and came across a ship's > manifest of passengers from Rotterdam arriving as immigrants in > Philadelphia October 1727. One of the passengers was a Jno. Tegley. > Since presumably he was Dutch, Jno. couldn't have been a John or > Jonathan, could he? Jno was the standard abbreviation for John. Just because the ship left from Rotterdam, doesn't mean that all the passengers were Dutch.

Charani wrote: > > Jno was the standard abbreviation for John. But why abbreviate John as it is only one letter more than Jno? Respectfully, that doesn't seem to make much sense...

the answer is : because in ' Latin ' it is written Jno , and it was carried over like that when using ' latin ' was abandoned , Phil ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mamie" <gothic@acd.net> To: <GENIRE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, January 25, 2006 10:15 PM Subject: Re: Abbreviation "Jno." > > Charani wrote: > > > > > Jno was the standard abbreviation for John. > > But why abbreviate John as it is only one letter more than Jno? > Respectfully, that doesn't seem to make much sense... >

On 25 Jan 2006 22:15:50 -0800, Mamie wrote: > But why abbreviate John as it is only one letter more than Jno? > Respectfully, that doesn't seem to make much sense... I quite agree with you, it doesn't make sense to delete one letter and transpose two others, but that is the way it's done.

Hi Mamie I agree it doesn't make sense, but, it is true. I was going nuts trying to find GGGrandfather John Henry Haigh, in one of the census' it didn't help the surname was mistranscribed but to make it worse his name was given as Jno Hy Heuge Barb ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mamie" <gothic@acd.net> To: <GENIRE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, January 26, 2006 5:15 PM Subject: Re: Abbreviation "Jno." > > Charani wrote: > >> >> Jno was the standard abbreviation for John. > > But why abbreviate John as it is only one letter more than Jno? > Respectfully, that doesn't seem to make much sense... > > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 267.14.23/240 - Release Date: > 25/01/2006 > >

Charani <me@privacy.net> wrote: >On 23 Jan 2006 11:47:35 -0800, Vip Aleonar (Philippines) wrote: > >> I was searching for the surname Tegley and came across a ship's >> manifest of passengers from Rotterdam arriving as immigrants in >> Philadelphia October 1727. One of the passengers was a Jno. Tegley. >> Since presumably he was Dutch, Jno. couldn't have been a John or >> Jonathan, could he? > >Jno was the standard abbreviation for John. > >Just because the ship left from Rotterdam, doesn't mean that all the >passengers were Dutch. If you tell me passengers with names Schonholtzer, Tegley, Forrer, Heistand, Kriebiel indeed sound like Englishmen and thus may be Jno.ed, it's okay with me. -- [Posted at boards.ie] http://www.boards.ie/ Ireland's Bulletin Boards, News Groups, Chat Rooms After Hours - Games - Technology - Work - For Sale