Hi Pete Can you tell me if Adalina BOWAN was called Alice as a pet name or was it interchangeable in the family? Any idea where this use of Alice/Adalina came from? According to my reference books Adalina is a Latinate version of Adeline, a French diminutive of Adele, although it does appear to have had a vogue use in Britain in the 19th century. However, I haven't seen it used as a synonym for Alice before. Regards Ray Hennessy Forenames website: www.whatsinaname.net ----- Original Message ----- From: peteb2001@hotmail.com To: MORAY-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2005 8:57 AM Subject: [MORAY] James Bowan & Adalina (Alice) Bowan (Bannerman) This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/BgC.2ACI/1271 Message Board Post: After some unsuccessful searches for Alice Bannerman, I may have come across my grandfathers paternal Mother, Adalina (Alice) Bowan. Adalina was born in 1891 in Alford Aberdeen and lived in and around the Elgin area till 1911. James was born Glasgow around 1888 and in the 1901 census was living in the Calford area of Glasgow This couple lived in the area of Glasgow until Alice died in 1943. Any information regarding this couple esp. Adalina (Alice) may help me know for sure if she is my Grandfathers mother. ==== MORAY Mailing List ==== " Reply All " ........Please, please, please, when replying to a posted message make sure that the reply is sent to the list and not just the sender of the message. This is done by clicking " Reply All " Thank you ;-) ============================== 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