That is my thought too. I have found a fair number of Hie entries on Google but I have never been able to determine if is a nickname or not. I am off to the library tomorrow so I will attempt Hiram and see what happens. -Doc On Thu, 01 Jan 2004 00:12:59 GMT, "Eric and Jamie Simmons" <[email protected]> appears to have written: >Hiram? > > >"Doc Miller" <[email protected]> wrote in message >news:[email protected] >> Hello all, >> >> I found a note in a family bible that simply says "Hie Inman - 1851". >> >> Is Hie a complete christian name or is it an abbreviation or nickname >> for some other name? With a surname of Inman it may be a German >> christian name. >> >> -Doc >

"Doc Miller" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected] > That is my thought too. I have found a fair number of Hie entries on > Google but I have never been able to determine if is a nickname or > not. > > I am off to the library tomorrow so I will attempt Hiram and see what > happens. > > -Doc > > On Thu, 01 Jan 2004 00:12:59 GMT, "Eric and Jamie Simmons" > <[email protected]> appears to have written: > > >Hiram? > > > > > >"Doc Miller" <[email protected]> wrote in message > >news:[email protected] > >> Hello all, > >> > >> I found a note in a family bible that simply says "Hie Inman - 1851". > >> > >> Is Hie a complete christian name or is it an abbreviation or nickname > >> for some other name? With a surname of Inman it may be a German > >> christian name. > >> > >> -Doc > > > Within reason anything can be used as a forename if the parents choose it. Thus many have through history been given, as their formal forename, what was once considered to be a nickname or abbreviation of another name. Thus the real answer is it depends on the parents' choice. -- Mick G CT-USA Researching: Gorbals: Bryan, McDonald Hereford: James, South, Yarranton. St Giles in the Fields: Barnett, Bryan, Gurling, Holland, Ing, Yarranton. Southwark: Quinton, Richards. Stafford/Salop Belliston, Boycott, Cleary, Yorke