> Is it possible that Minnie was a nickname? As for Bowman, I know that > often the name Boarman became Bowman. I had an aunt who lived at St. Mary who went by Minnie. Her real name was Mary Gertrude. Minnie must be a form of Mary.

There is another nickname for Mary that we don't run across very often and that's Mamie, and Mame. My grandmother was 2nd generation Irish and that is what they called her. Judith ----- Original Message ----- From: "Karen Fowler Caldwell" <caldwel@kyol.net> To: <MATTINGLY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, June 14, 2004 6:35 PM Subject: Re: [MATTINGLY] Minnie Boarman Miller Mattingly > > Is it possible that Minnie was a nickname? As for Bowman, I know that > > often the name Boarman became Bowman. > > I had an aunt who lived at St. Mary who went by Minnie. Her real name was > Mary Gertrude. Minnie must be a form of Mary. > > > ==== MATTINGLY Mailing List ==== > <Z>WELCOME TO THE MATTINGLY GENEALOGY GROUP<Z> > We also have the MattinglyForum-subscribe@egroups.com > Your Host Website http://www.wvi.com/~wb > Rootsweb Host http://resources.rootsweb.com/surnames/m/a/MATTINGLY/ > To Unsubscribe or contact the List Owner MATTINGLY-admin@rootsweb.com > mailto:MATTINGLY-L-request@rootsweb.com?subject=unsubscribe&body=unsubscribe > mailto:MATTINGLY-D-request@rootsweb.com?subject=unsubscribe&body=unsubscribe > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 >