My Dad always called my Mum Pigeon., so when my sister was born she became Little Pigeon. I arrived 5 years later and was left with Pidgy, to distinguish me from the other two. One of my uncles to this day calls one of my brothers Willoughby, though no one can remember why! My parents wouldn't let anyone shorten my first name, except for one uncle who always calls me Maggie and gets away with it - another uncle has called me Angel since I was a toddler which, as I approach 50, makes me feel much younger than I am! Margaret On 5/8/07, Ellen_O'Connor <ellenj@esatclear.ie> wrote: > > My mother told me her grandfather was Paddy Doyle - of course short of > looking for the proverbial "John Smith" it couldn't have been more awkward > to research. When I obtained the marriage cert by searching the spouses > name - it transpired he was Frances Doyle. > > Everyone called him 'Paddy' because he was Irish! > > Ellen > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Len Payne" <lenpayne@shaw.ca> > To: <hampshire-life@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2007 12:39 AM > Subject: Re: [HAMPSHIRE-LIFE] Nick-names > > > > With a distinguished name like Leonard Payne, why would my family > > call me 'Chug' ...... > > > > Len > > > > > > On 7-May-07, at 3:13 PM, Linda Scantlebury wrote: > > > >> My fathers name was Donald Raymind but was always known as Bunt! > >> > >> Kind Regards > >> Linda > >> > >> > >> > > > > *************************************** > > > > When replying to this message, please spare a thought for your fellow > list > > members, and anyone searching the archives in the future. SNIP > everything > > which is not essential for comprehension or continuity (including the > > footers which will be put back anyway!) > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > HAMPSHIRE-LIFE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > *************************************** > > When replying to this message, please spare a thought for your fellow list > members, and anyone searching the archives in the future. SNIP everything > which is not essential for comprehension or continuity (including the > footers which will be put back anyway!) > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > HAMPSHIRE-LIFE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

As I said earlier my father was christened Arthur Harold yet he was called Joseph even by his mother, and my mother christened Molly was called Alg why I do not know but they always called me by my full christian name which I came to hate at nowadays never use it even on documents, I prefer the shortened version. Chris SOUTHERN LIFE(UK) http://Southernlife.org.uk History of the Hampshire, Dorset and IOW Villages,Towns and Churches ----- Original Message ----- From: "Margaret Usmar" <margaretusmar@gmail.com> To: <hampshire-life@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2007 12:02 PM Subject: Re: [HAMPSHIRE-LIFE] Nick-names My Dad always called my Mum Pigeon., so when my sister was born she became Little Pigeon. I arrived 5 years later and was left with Pidgy, to distinguish me from the other two. One of my uncles to this day calls one of my brothers Willoughby, though no one can remember why! My parents wouldn't let anyone shorten my first name, except for one uncle who always calls me Maggie and gets away with it - another uncle has called me Angel since I was a toddler which, as I approach 50, makes me feel much younger than I am! Margaret On 5/8/07, Ellen_O'Connor <ellenj@esatclear.ie> wrote: > > My mother told me her grandfather was Paddy Doyle - of course short of > looking for the proverbial "John Smith" it couldn't have been more awkward > to research. When I obtained the marriage cert by searching the spouses > name - it transpired he was Frances Doyle. > > Everyone called him 'Paddy' because he was Irish! > > Ellen > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Len Payne" <lenpayne@shaw.ca> > To: <hampshire-life@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2007 12:39 AM > Subject: Re: [HAMPSHIRE-LIFE] Nick-names > > > > With a distinguished name like Leonard Payne, why would my family > > call me 'Chug' ...... > > > > Len > > > > > > On 7-May-07, at 3:13 PM, Linda Scantlebury wrote: > > > >> My fathers name was Donald Raymind but was always known as Bunt! > >> > >> Kind Regards > >> Linda > >> > >> > >> > > > > *************************************** > > > > When replying to this message, please spare a thought for your fellow > list > > members, and anyone searching the archives in the future. SNIP > everything > > which is not essential for comprehension or continuity (including the > > footers which will be put back anyway!) > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > HAMPSHIRE-LIFE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > *************************************** > > When replying to this message, please spare a thought for your fellow list > members, and anyone searching the archives in the future. SNIP everything > which is not essential for comprehension or continuity (including the > footers which will be put back anyway!) > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > HAMPSHIRE-LIFE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > *************************************** When replying to this message, please spare a thought for your fellow list members, and anyone searching the archives in the future. SNIP everything which is not essential for comprehension or continuity (including the footers which will be put back anyway!) ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to HAMPSHIRE-LIFE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message --- avast! Antivirus: Inbound message clean. Virus Database (VPS): 000738-4, 05/07/2007 Tested on: 5/8/2007 11:20:14 PM avast! - copyright (c) 1988-2007 ALWIL Software. http://www.avast.com

Looking on a census '1851 Ancestry com'. Knowing that errors happen. I have a place name of Clatford, Hampshire. I have not come across this place. Anyone with knowledge of this place. Cheers Steve