A "Martha ?", has been what I've until now, been looking for. Thinking that Mattie was indeed her name......... Now???????????? I'll look at anything! Myrna ----- Original Message ----- From: <jandsnyder@earthlink.net> To: <MARTIN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2001 9:49 PM Subject: Re: [MARTIN-L] NICKNAMES? > > My Gr-Gr-Grandmothers real name was Martha Ann and she was called "Mattie" > (her mother also was named Martha Ann)............. My mothers name is > Marjory and she is call "Marj"........ > > > Janet > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <Patdmom@aol.com> > To: <MARTIN-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2001 9:13 PM > Subject: Re: [MARTIN-L] NICKNAMES? > > > | A needle in the haystack is right! And being called Mattie, but truly > named > | Margorie, is quite a stretch. I'm sure you've thought about the need to > keep > | a wide open mind on her given name, still. I've read about quite a few > | errors on "official documents". Depending on who gave the info, > especially > | in a traumatic time, the name could be misspelled, as you said; > | misunderstood; "sounds like"; just plain wrong.... Good luck!!! > | Pat > | > | >

Mattie can also be a nickname for Matilda. And, oddly enough, a common nickname for Martha in the early 1800s was Patsy. I would like to know why the M names so often had P nicknames (Martha>Patsy, Mary>Polly, Margaret>Peggy). Beverly P.S. What if it was actually Maddie, for Madeline or the like? At 08:36 AM 11/28/01 -0800, you wrote: >A "Martha ?", has been what I've until now, been looking for. Thinking >that Mattie was indeed her name......... Now???????????? I'll look at >anything! >Myrna >----- Original Message ----- >From: <jandsnyder@earthlink.net> >To: <MARTIN-L@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2001 9:49 PM >Subject: Re: [MARTIN-L] NICKNAMES? > > > > > > My Gr-Gr-Grandmothers real name was Martha Ann and she was called "Mattie" > > (her mother also was named Martha Ann)............. My mothers name is > > Marjory and she is call "Marj"........ > > > > > > Janet > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: <Patdmom@aol.com> > > To: <MARTIN-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2001 9:13 PM > > Subject: Re: [MARTIN-L] NICKNAMES? > > > > > > | A needle in the haystack is right! And being called Mattie, but truly > > named > > | Margorie, is quite a stretch. I'm sure you've thought about the need to > > keep > > | a wide open mind on her given name, still. I've read about quite a few > > | errors on "official documents". Depending on who gave the info, > > especially > > | in a traumatic time, the name could be misspelled, as you said; > > | misunderstood; "sounds like"; just plain wrong.... Good luck!!! > > | Pat > > | > > | > >

O' no!!!!!!! Not another needle in the haystack!!!!!!!!! :o) You're right, why not Maddie........ I'll add it to my list. Myrna ----- Original Message ----- From: "Beverly Peavler" <bp@peavler.org> To: <MARTIN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2001 9:09 AM Subject: Re: [MARTIN-L] NICKNAMES? > Mattie can also be a nickname for Matilda. And, oddly enough, a common > nickname for Martha in the early 1800s was Patsy. I would like to know why > the M names so often had P nicknames (Martha>Patsy, Mary>Polly, > Margaret>Peggy). Beverly > P.S. What if it was actually Maddie, for Madeline or the like? > > At 08:36 AM 11/28/01 -0800, you wrote: > >A "Martha ?", has been what I've until now, been looking for. Thinking > >that Mattie was indeed her name......... Now???????????? I'll look at > >anything! > >Myrna > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: <jandsnyder@earthlink.net> > >To: <MARTIN-L@rootsweb.com> > >Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2001 9:49 PM > >Subject: Re: [MARTIN-L] NICKNAMES? > > > > > > > > > > My Gr-Gr-Grandmothers real name was Martha Ann and she was called "Mattie" > > > (her mother also was named Martha Ann)............. My mothers name is > > > Marjory and she is call "Marj"........ > > > > > > > > > Janet > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: <Patdmom@aol.com> > > > To: <MARTIN-L@rootsweb.com> > > > Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2001 9:13 PM > > > Subject: Re: [MARTIN-L] NICKNAMES? > > > > > > > > > | A needle in the haystack is right! And being called Mattie, but truly > > > named > > > | Margorie, is quite a stretch. I'm sure you've thought about the need to > > > keep > > > | a wide open mind on her given name, still. I've read about quite a few > > > | errors on "official documents". Depending on who gave the info, > > > especially > > > | in a traumatic time, the name could be misspelled, as you said; > > > | misunderstood; "sounds like"; just plain wrong.... Good luck!!! > > > | Pat > > > | > > > | > > > > >