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 > | > | >