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 >