I ran across another nickname: Tucker. No one in the family was named Tucker. It's just that when this particular individual was a small child, his uncle used to jiggle him on his knee and sing "Old Dan Tucker". Hence, the nickname "Tucker" Barbara --- MBergs5102@aol.com wrote: > I've always understood that when there are two names > within the immediate > family it was Sr. and Jr. to denote the elder from > the younger. I have > personally never seen it Sr. and Jr. with > grandparent and grandchild but I > don't pretend to know anywhere near everything there > is to know. Basically > it would probably have been used as a differentiater > in age I think as I > said. You have made many good points about > nicknames, etc., Barb. My father > was always nicknamed Bob when in reality his name > was Charles Raymond. His > ggrandfather was Robert SPENCE of CANADA and before > that I believe, Scotland. > My cousin who started out this search with me then > branched off on her own > had seen that on the 1903-4 census for Duluth, > Minnesota that he was listed > as Robert and she thought that because he had been a > felon with a long record > that he had changed his name. Not true, just a term > of endearment that my > grandparents used as a nickname for him. WHoever > gave the answers to the > census takers questions called him Robert and that > was what they wrote. > Mary Flora-COx rt SPENCE's from CANADA and N. DAKOTA > and various other places > in the world:) > === Barbara Inman Beall, Ph.D. Professional Writer, Editor, Researcher Lancaster-Wormiston Press E-Mail: BIBeall@email.msn.com, BBeall43@yahoo.com Voice Mail: (303)556-5477 Snail Mail: P.O. Box 173, Broomfield, CO 80038-0173 Website: http://twigs-of-inman-spence.rootsweb.com/ __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Bid and sell for free at http://auctions.yahoo.com