This one I would say is a female because of the Mae middle name. The correct spelling for her first name should have been Frances. My GRANDFATHER was Francis Milton Hodges spelled as seen here. My father-in-law was Cleo Francis Tash again spelled as seen here. My ggggrandmother was Elizabeth Frances Markham Hodges. You have to take into account many misspellings when doing genealogical research. It is a common problem. It makes things difficult some times. I'm sure you have run into this yourself in your research. The problem admittedly is worse when it comes to surnames. My fourth greatgrandfather's last name was Hodges. We have seen it spelled Hoggs, Hoddges, Hoddgges, and Hodges. Sorry, I didn't mean to ramble on here. Don't know what else I can say on the spelling of Francis and Frances. Lowell Christine Hodges wrote: > > frances, then what do we think about > Francis Mae Hodges (b) or (G) > maybe it is a boy we were thinka girl??? > ----- Original Message ----- > From: frances l Etheredge <franceseth@juno.com> > To: <HODGES-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, July 25, 1999 10:23 AM > Subject: Re: [HODGES-L] New Hodges > > > Coy: A good way to remember is: I for a guy and E for a she applies to > > Francis (male) and Frances (female) and other similar names. > > Separate gives lots of trouble to some people. "e" on the outside > > two > > vowels amd two "a"s for the two inside vowels. Frances E > > > > ___________________________________________________________________ > > Get the Internet just the way you want it. > > Free software, free e-mail, and free Internet access for a month! > > Try Juno Web: http://dl.www.juno.com/dynoget/tagj. > > > > > > ==== HODGES Mailing List ==== > > Searchable Archives at: > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > > Archives help at: http://www.shelby.net/shelby/jr/robertsn/rwsearch.htm > > New threaded Archives at: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/ > > > > ==== HODGES Mailing List ==== > Please remember that it is okay to post any information on any Hodge/Hodges/Hedge to the list. The more info we post, the more likely that we will find connections.