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.