Hi Gay I have the feeling these are both localised family nick-names. Presumably no-one else has a similar conversion of Jessie or Mary to Ciss or Cissie. I'd love to find a valid reason for it if there are any suggestions. However, as things stand, I'd be reluctant to suggest that anyone looking for a Jessie or a Mary should consider Ciss/ie in their researches - but stranger links have surfaced! I suspect that Anne Burgess has got the right of the matter: Ciss is a generic nick-name. Could it be a variant of Sis i.e. Sister? Thanks for the input. Best wishes to the list. Ray H ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gay King" <gayking@aci.on.ca> To: <MORAY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, December 15, 2004 2:33 PM Subject: RE: Re:[MORAY] Jessie > Hi everyone, > I have another one for your website, Ray. > My husband's grandmother's name was Mary but her marriage > cert. gave her forename as Ciss. > The family has no idea where the name came from. > Gay > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ray Hennessy [mailto:rayhennessy@iclway.co.uk] > Sent: December 15, 2004 8:23 AM > To: MORAY-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: Re:[MORAY] Jessie > > Hi Julia > > I don't think I can take Cissie or Sissy on board as a pet name for > Jessie; it's generally thought to be for Cecily, as I understand it. > > As you may have detected, for sometime now I have been > developing a web-site covering Forenames. I've started > with Scottish ones but am extending it to include Latin > Equivalents for old documents and Gaelic versions. > It gives Synonyms, Pet Names, [i.e. Nick-names], > Derivatives and Diminutives/Abbreviations. It is nearly > ready for launch and I want interested people to give it a > good rubbishing. The site is at > > http://www.whatsinaname.net/index.html > > The CONTACT US button works & I would welcome ANY > comment and, in particular, suggestions for improvements. > We are going to go over the presentational aspect of the layout > soon - buttons down the left side, some grey background, > a tighter heading, etc, but honestly, any suggestions at all > would be very useful. > > Best wishes and thanks for your input. > > Ray H > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Julia Mudd" <j.m.mudd@dundee.ac.uk> > To: <MORAY-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, December 07, 2004 2:08 PM > Subject: Re:[MORAY] Jessie > > >> My Nanna was christened Jessie, in 1922, but most of >> the time was called Cissie (Sissy - quite a strange name >> in todays times!). >> >> The Janets or Jessies I have found in her tree were her >> 2nd Great Grandmother (Janet 1802), Great Grand Aunt >> (Janet - 1838) and Grand Aunt (Jessie - 1861). >> These were all on her maternal Grandmothers side and >> theres been none since. >> >> Julia >> Dundee, Scotland >>

I believe so. I have an Elizabeth in my line, and she was always called Sis. Never by her proper name. Sharon --- Ray Hennessy <rayhennessy@iclway.co.uk> wrote: I > suspect that Anne > Burgess has got the right of the matter: Ciss is a > generic nick-name. > Could it be a variant of Sis i.e. Sister? > ______________________________________________________________________ Post your free ad now! http://personals.yahoo.ca

Aren't Sissie, Ciss, Siss, & Cissie a families' nick name for Sister? In the American South, that is often the case....... & the American South was 'stocked' with Scots and Scotch-Irish. Gordon Gordon Ray Hennessy wrote: > Hi Gay > > I have the feeling these are both localised family nick-names. > Presumably no-one else has a similar conversion of Jessie or Mary to > Ciss or Cissie. I'd love to find a valid reason for it if there are any > suggestions. > > However, as things stand, I'd be reluctant to suggest that > anyone looking for a Jessie or a Mary should consider Ciss/ie in their > researches - but stranger links have surfaced! I suspect that Anne > Burgess has got the right of the matter: Ciss is a generic nick-name. > Could it be a variant of Sis i.e. Sister? > > Thanks for the input. > > Best wishes to the list. > > Ray H > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gay King" <gayking@aci.on.ca> > To: <MORAY-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, December 15, 2004 2:33 PM > Subject: RE: Re:[MORAY] Jessie > > >> Hi everyone, >> I have another one for your website, Ray. >> My husband's grandmother's name was Mary but her marriage >> cert. gave her forename as Ciss. >> The family has no idea where the name came from. >> Gay >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Ray Hennessy [mailto:rayhennessy@iclway.co.uk] >> Sent: December 15, 2004 8:23 AM >> To: MORAY-L@rootsweb.com >> Subject: Re: Re:[MORAY] Jessie >> >> Hi Julia >> >> I don't think I can take Cissie or Sissy on board as a pet name for >> Jessie; it's generally thought to be for Cecily, as I understand it. >> >> As you may have detected, for sometime now I have been >> developing a web-site covering Forenames. I've started >> with Scottish ones but am extending it to include Latin >> Equivalents for old documents and Gaelic versions. >> It gives Synonyms, Pet Names, [i.e. Nick-names], >> Derivatives and Diminutives/Abbreviations. It is nearly >> ready for launch and I want interested people to give it a >> good rubbishing. The site is at >> >> http://www.whatsinaname.net/index.html >> >> The CONTACT US button works & I would welcome ANY >> comment and, in particular, suggestions for improvements. >> We are going to go over the presentational aspect of the layout >> soon - buttons down the left side, some grey background, >> a tighter heading, etc, but honestly, any suggestions at all >> would be very useful. >> >> Best wishes and thanks for your input. >> >> Ray H >> >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Julia Mudd" <j.m.mudd@dundee.ac.uk> >> To: <MORAY-L@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Tuesday, December 07, 2004 2:08 PM >> Subject: Re:[MORAY] Jessie >> >> >>> My Nanna was christened Jessie, in 1922, but most of >>> the time was called Cissie (Sissy - quite a strange name >>> in todays times!). >>> >>> The Janets or Jessies I have found in her tree were her >>> 2nd Great Grandmother (Janet 1802), Great Grand Aunt >>> (Janet - 1838) and Grand Aunt (Jessie - 1861). >>> These were all on her maternal Grandmothers side and >>> theres been none since. >>> >>> Julia >>> Dundee, Scotland >>> > > > > ==== MORAY Mailing List ==== > Please do not send virus warnings to this list. If you have concerns > about a virus, contact the list admin at MORAY-D-request@rootsweb.com > or join VIRUS-DISCUSSIONS-L@rootsweb.com subscribe in the subject line. > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > > >