Thanks to all who replied to my "Hattie" nickname request. I appreciate your help.I guess it was wishful thinking on my part! Paula

----- Original Message ----- From: <Pbersacola@aol.com> To: <IRL-GALWAY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, January 15, 2005 7:38 AM Subject: [GALWAY] Nicknames You may find the following site useful: http://www.tngenweb.org/franklin/frannick.htm Jo > Thanks to all who replied to my "Hattie" nickname request. I appreciate your > help.I guess it was wishful thinking on my part! > Paula > > > ==== IRL-GALWAY Mailing List ==== > Galway, City of Tribes: http://www.irishholidays.com/ggtest.shtml > Ireland GenWeb Co. Galway site: http://www.rootsweb.com/~irlgal/Galway.html > To unsub or change your Irl-Galway mailing mode: http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/IRL/IRL-GALWAY.html > > ============================== > View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find > marriage announcements and more. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx > >

Delia can be short for Bedelia which, in turn, can be interchangeable with Bridget. Catherine On 14/01/2005, at 1:25 PM, BPBakaley@aol.com wrote: > Can someone tell me if Delia is a proper name or a nickname or > abbreviated > version of a longer name. Also is Pake a common nickname for Patrick > or would > that be a family nickname. Thanks. > > Kathy > Pennsylvania USA > > > ==== IRL-GALWAY Mailing List ==== > Join an Ireland list that discusses Irish genealogy, history, and > culture. > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/IRL/IRELAND.html > > ============================== > Jumpstart your genealogy with OneWorldTree. Search not only for > ancestors, but entire generations. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13972/rd.ashx >

Thanks to everyone who replied about my question on the name Delia. Haven't heard from anyone regarding the name Pake. Maybe it was peculiar to my mother's family. It was the nickname they used for her brother Patrick. Kathy Pennsylvania USA

Would anyone know about the nickname TALPIN? My father's name was Martin, born in Ireland where there are numerous Martins in Irish families. We have tried to find out but have had no success. Thanks, Mary Sheridan Swatta

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We have Delia's in the family and it is (was) their proper name. The nicknames I've heard used for one Delia in my family was Aunt Dill. Rick Haverty -----Original Message----- From: BPBakaley@aol.com [mailto:BPBakaley@aol.com] Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2005 10:25 PM To: IRL-GALWAY-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [GALWAY] RE: Nicknames Can someone tell me if Delia is a proper name or a nickname or abbreviated version of a longer name. Also is Pake a common nickname for Patrick or would that be a family nickname. Thanks. Kathy Pennsylvania USA ==== IRL-GALWAY Mailing List ==== Join an Ireland list that discusses Irish genealogy, history, and culture. http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/IRL/IRELAND.html ============================== Jumpstart your genealogy with OneWorldTree. Search not only for ancestors, but entire generations. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13972/rd.ashx

Can someone tell me if Delia is a proper name or a nickname or abbreviated version of a longer name. Also is Pake a common nickname for Patrick or would that be a family nickname. Thanks. Kathy Pennsylvania USA

Katie is the normal nickname for Catherine and Hattie for Harriett. K's and H's are easily confused with handwriting. Anything is possible with nicknames. -----Original Message----- From: Pbersacola@aol.com [mailto:Pbersacola@aol.com] Sent: January 12, 2005 9:20 PM To: IRL-GALWAY-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Nicknames Hi All: Does anyone know if "Hattie" would be a nickname for Catherine? Thanks, Paula

Lois at xmcdono@gwi.net writes: > White Mills is scituated on a river just north of Loughrea town. Can anyone tell me about Whitemills? Which RC parish would have Baptismal records for Whitemills? < Lois, Based on your information on White Mills, I would guess that this might be the small settlement (perhaps with a mill or two) at White Bridge, less than a mile north of Loughrea town, along the R 350 road to New Inn (and the unwelcome future superdump for Co. Galway). Discovery map 52 does show quite a concentration of buildings right along the small river there which passes through Loughrea town. This area would be within Loughrea RC parish. > What is Larch Hill? Is it a part of a townland? The Baptismal records that I found were in the Clostoken and Kilconieran RC parish. < Searching the area of that RC parish, the only possible location I've been able to connect to "Larch Hill" would be the small townland of Laughil. I'm not sure I could create a very convincing history for how the transformation occurred......could be really bad handwriting or really bad reading. But these are local records, so I'd guess that the priest was fully familiar with the area - which makes it difficult to make a connection between Larch Hill and Laughil. Sorry, but that's all I've got. Pete Schermerhorn, in the glorious Berkshire hills of western Massachusetts

--------- Forwarded message ---------- These may be of use if looking for nicknames >> >>This site may be of use. It suggests that Bitha and Bithy were nicknames >>for >>Tabitha, between 1700 and 1850 in North Carolina. >> >>http://www.moonzstuff.com/ncnames-tz.html >> >>This site suggests Tab, Tabbie and Tibbie. >> >>http://www.wisevahistoricalsoc.org/Genealogy/christened_names_and_nickn ames. >>htm >> >>Another couple to try are:- >> >>http://www.nireland.com/anne.johnston/Diminutives.htm >> >>http://www.behindthename.com >>

In my family, Hattie was the nickname for Hannah. Charlotte

Hi All: Does anyone know if "Hattie" would be a nickname for Catherine? Thanks, Paula

Recently I found a civil registration of the 1875 birth of Patrick Donohoe in FHL microfilm # 0255924: volume 19; Super Registrar's District: Loughrea; Registrar's District: Bullaun; Union of Loughrea. The place of birth was Whitemills Loughrea. I have checked the townlands of the county of Galway but Whitemills is not listed nor is White Mills. I did a google search and learned that White Mills is scituated on a river just north of Loughrea town. Can anyone tell me about Whitemills? Which RC parish would have Baptismal records for Whitemills? Similarly, I have found Larch Hill mentioned as the place of several births. Larch Hill is not listed as a townland in the IRE Atlas for Galway. What is Larch Hill? Is it a part of a townland? The Baptismal records that I found were in the Clostoken and Kilconieran RC parish. Thank you for any help with my puzzle. Lois McDonough

Hello. I don't think this helps, but i had a cousin born in Galway, Ireland and her name was Catherine, but when she arrived in the states in 1923 she wnet by the name Kathleen. Can anyone explane why she would of changed her name to Kathleen? Best wishes Bob

When my English ancestors immigrated to the USA, (a couple with eleven children, some of them grown), two of the four daughters changed their first name: From Hannah to Marie and from Jemima to Ann. When my Irish ancestors immigrated to the USA, one son dropped the name with which he was baptized, and began using another first name. It has always been my belief that those who were dissatisfied with their given name took the opportunity of their immigration to make changes. Re the Katherine/Catherine discussion earlier, my grandmother (born in 1864 in USA) was named Katherine. She "married well", and when her husband began campaigning for political office (after 1900), she became Catherine. Perhaps the latter spelling seemed more "upscale" and probably less like she was the daughter of famine immigrants - which she was. Judy Hello. I don't think this helps, but i had a cousin born in Galway, Ireland and her name was Catherine, but when she arrived in the states in 1923 she wnet by the name Kathleen. Can anyone explane why she would of changed her name to Kathleen? Best wishes Bob

There is no K in the Irish alphabet. From a post made on Dec 8th, 2004: Subject: "Irish Phonetics - ?old/repeat " post There are 18 letters in the Irish alphabet: a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, l, m, n, o, p, r, s, t, u. We also 'borrow' the letters j, q, v, w, x, and z in what are known as loan words. http://searches2.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/ifetch2?/u1/textindices/I/IRL-GALWAY+2004+425748720+F Jane ----- Original Message ----- From: "phil" <patvon@gtw.net> To: <IRL-GALWAY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, January 07, 2005 4:29 PM Subject: [GALWAY] Kathleen vs. Cathleen > Does anyone know if there is significance (country of origin, perhaps) > in the given names Katherine vs. Kathleen. Or in using "C" or "K" for > the first letter of those given names?

MARTIN HIGGINS MARRIED MARGARET MACKIN IN ABOUT THE LATE 1880'S. TOWN WAS CLONBUR--6 MILES SOUTH OF THE MAYO COUNTY LINE. HAD 9 CHILDREN.

Does anyone know if there are any records I could see on line or write for info to that would have info on the people of Taum, Galway in early 1800's. Our Curley line goes back to Huge/ Hugh Curley, born in Taum about 1794 and his wife Bridget born about 1802 also in the Taum area. Their son Thomas H. Curley was born in Ireland in 1827. Thomas is the son our line comes from. We have no info on any other children for Hugh and Bridget but being Roman Catholic back then, I feel sure they must of had other children. I am at a brick wall here. We been working on this for about 15 years with no luck. They moved to Canada and were last known to be living with their son Thomas and his wife Susanna Everson Curley in 1851 in Ontario. No records of them after that. Thomas and Susanna eventually ended up in Michigan but we can't find any death info on Hugh or Bridget or any records in Taum on them. Would love to have a marriage record or any other info that can establish for sure that they came from Taum. Many thanks. deb

I am the pround owner of the name Cathleen, spelled with a C. What I have been told, and if someone could verify this it would be appreciated, that the ancient Gaelic language had no K in it, thus my parents choice of the C for Cathleen. Anyone know if this is true? Cathleen