bcombs@efn.org wrote: > > > > In an old (1934) family letter there is reference to "Uncle Wicta". > > > > It is written quite legibly, but it certainly seems like an unusual > > > > first name. So I'm wondering if it is right, or if I'm mis-reading > > > > it somehow. If not actually 'Wicta" what could it be, or is it some > > > > kind of nickname? > > > > > > > > "Uncle Wicta" was born Abt 1820 and came from Prussia Bef 1850. > > > > > > > > jsents@stny.rr.com (John Sents) > > > > > > It's certainly not a common name, but is a name in its own right and > > > has some spelling variations. See: > > > > > > http://www.cyberstudia.com/ogmios/texts/simpson/catstane/catstane.html > > > > > > for some information. > > > > > > Robert Heiling <robheil@attbi.com> > > > > Do you know how some people get nicknames given by children learning > > to talk? Perhaps this is a child learning to call someone Uncle > > Victor and hasn't learned to say his "v's" and "r's" well? That > > would certainly account for Wicta. People carry those nicknames all > > their lives to the exasperation of other family members.....! > > (Usually the kid that gave them!) ;) > > > > "Amie Peoples" <hismsg@cros.net> > > Why not Victor? I would encourage readers to at least <sigh> take a look at the link I posted earlier: http://www.cyberstudia.com/ogmios/texts/simpson/catstane/catstane.html in which it says in describing a pedigree: ""Cujus pater fuit Wihtgels avus Wicta ; proavus WITHER, atavus Wothen," &c." and where the "avus Wicta" means "Grandfather Wicta". The article is all about a mixture of Latin, Angle, & Saxon talk, but the name Wicta and its spelling variations has validity. Is it really all that too much to ask that people take a look at evidence that has been presented? Bob Robert Heiling <robheil@attbi.com>