Hi Ruth, Well, his family settled in the Midwest, in Iowa, and we do have raccoons here, so your theory could be correct, but I feel pretty sure that "Coon" was just a nickname for "Conrad". Phyllis > > When I was growing up my friend Conrad was always called Mickey. Coon is > also used in the south to be short for raccoon. Maybe he shot a lot of coons > when he was younger and got the nickname Coon from that. This is one of those > fun mysteries. > > Ruth Cherecwich > > In a message dated 1/27/2005 6:46:11 PM Mountain Standard Time, > caspritz@gmx.de writes: > > An American nickname for Conrad, > I send this over the list because it may be interesting to other members. > > Thank you jjarm222 > > Diether > Schwalbach, Hessen > > -----Original Message----- > From: jjarm222 [mailto:jjarm222@revealed.net] > > My great uncle was born in Iowa in 1857........his parents in 1856 had > immigrated from Germany. His name was Conrad, but was always known to > everyone as "Uncle Coon". Hope this helps. > > > > > > > > > ==== HESSE Mailing List ==== > Don't overlook the Hesse mailing list taglines at the > bottom of each list E-Mail you receive. Valuable infor- > mation is presented there! > > >