I hope people won't get irritated that we're off-topic, but my father's name is Edwin Nathaniel and he's always been called Bill. At 12:20 PM 11/28/01 -0800, Myrna Clarke wrote: > I know a Sally Brown married to a Charlie Brown >in Oregon. >Myrna > >----- Original Message ----- >From: <ssaucer@juno.com> >To: <MARTIN-L@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2001 11:57 AM >Subject: Re: [MARTIN-L] NICKNAMES? > > > > Sometimes, the nickname has nothing to do with any part of the person's > > actual name. Here are just a few from my family and acquaintances. > > Sometimes there is an interesting story about how a person came to be > > called by another unrelated name, sometimes, no one remembers how it > > happened. > > Sarge for Julian > > Dick for Stanley, > > Butch for Leon, > > Jay for Gladys, > > Jun for Martin, > > Lillie for Pearl. > > > > Sally Brown (my real name!) > > > > --------- Forwarded message ---------- > > From: "Myrna Clarke" <mnyhours@dsicomputers.com> > > 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 > > > | > > > | > > > > > > > >--- >Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. >Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). >Version: 6.0.298 / Virus Database: 161 - Release Date: 11/13/2001