Hi: Maddie could be her real name, I have a friend whose name is Mattie Ann no nickname. She was name for her grandmother and Mattie was her real name too, it is on her birth record. Linda >From: Beverly Peavler <bp@peavler.org> >Reply-To: MARTIN-L@rootsweb.com >To: MARTIN-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [MARTIN-L] NICKNAMES? >Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2001 10:09:58 -0700 > >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 >> > | >> > | >> > > > _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp