I have to agree with Pam about Mary not being a nickname for Martha. I have "tons" of Marys in my tree, and quite a few Martha's, but never were the names interchangable. Another name problem I ran into quite frequently was the tendency of the mountain folk to change the pronounciation of the first name. I had a great Aunt Anna, who was always called "Anner", and I was well into my twenties before I ever learned that her name was actually Anna! I have also found names ending in "A" to be pronounced as though they ended in "IE". For example, my grandmother Zora was always called "Zorie". Many times the surviving relatives only know that ancestor by their "nickname", which really makes for difficult tracing. I also love it when the men are called Buck or Chief or some other nondescript nickname. It took me a very long time to find out who Buck Church was, and he was one of my grandmother's cousins. lol Barbara Pam Stone <pamstone@cfl.rr.com> wrote: Hi, all, Just thought I'd point out that I have not found Mary at all as a nickname for Martha, but have often found Patsy/Patsie to be a nickname for Martha, and very often Polly as a nickname for Mary. And on several different occasions, I have found Nannie to have been another nickname for Mary, and Sookey/Sookie to have been another nickname for Sarah. Hope this helps someone---these old nicknames can be really confusing when you find someone formally listed by their given name in one document, and then referred to by another name in another document or documents. Pam pamstone@cfl.rr.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Debbi Henefield" To: Sent: Wednesday, January 03, 2007 7:42 PM Subject: Re: [NCWILKES] NCWILKES Digest, Vol 2, Issue 1 Hi all, My findings in my family research is that: 1. Polly is a nickname for Mary 2. Sallie is a nickname for Sarah 3. Mary is a nickname for Martha Along with several others, just thought the death dates of Mary "Polly" matching. Debbi ----- Original Message ----- From: To: Sent: Tuesday, January 02, 2007 12:00 AM Subject: NCWILKES Digest, Vol 2, Issue 1 Today's Topics: 1. Samuel and Dicy Riddle (gc-gateway@rootsweb.com) 2. Re: Underwood Family (gc-gateway@rootsweb.com) 3. Re: Underwood Family (gc-gateway@rootsweb.com) 4. Death notice??? (Sowhatifidid2@aol.com) 5. Re: Underwood Family (gc-gateway@rootsweb.com) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Mon, 01 Jan 2007 14:35:10 -0000 From: "gc-gateway@rootsweb.com" Subject: [NCWILKES] Samuel and Dicy Riddle To: Message-ID: <1167662111.133066@rootsweb.com> Content-Type: text/plain; This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Riddle Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.northcarolina.counties.wilkes/7209/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Looking for info on Samuel and Dicy Riddle's parents and who they were. My 4th ggrandparents are Samuel Riddle born Wilkes c 1822 and his wife Dicy ( maiden unk ) born Wilkes c. 1823. ( birth records came from LDS library )Guessing that they were married c 1840? Children: John b.1851 Mary b.1852 Sarah b.1853 james b.1855 Milly b.1857 Will b.1857 Anyone researching this family, please contact me. Thanks ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Mon, 01 Jan 2007 15:04:25 -0000 From: "gc-gateway@rootsweb.com" Subject: Re: [NCWILKES] Underwood Family To: Message-ID: <1167663867.136572@rootsweb.com> Content-Type: text/plain; This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.northcarolina.counties.wilkes/1575.2.1.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I may have a connection to your family, not sure. My 4th ggrandparents are Samuel and Dicy ( maiden unk) Riddle. Samuel b. 1822 and Dicy b. 1823 in Wilkes ( per the LDS library and census ) Samuel and Dicy's parents are not listed on birth record so I am stuck. Their Daughter Mary Riddle ( my 3rd great ) b. 1852 in Wilkes. I wonder if your Samuel Riddle Wheeler is connected through this family. ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Mon, 01 Jan 2007 15:40:21 -0000 From: "gc-gateway@rootsweb.com" Subject: Re: [NCWILKES] Underwood Family To: Message-ID: <1167666022.11869@rootsweb.com> Content-Type: text/plain; This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.northcarolina.counties.wilkes/1575.2.1.3/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I forgot to mention that my Samuel is not on the 1840 census. He is in Surry in 1850 and Back in Wilkes in 1860. Cant find him again after that. ------------------------------ Message: 4 Date: Mon, 1 Jan 2007 11:57:20 EST From: Sowhatifidid2@aol.com Subject: [NCWILKES] Death notice??? To: NCWILKES-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" My g-g-g-g grandfather was Adam Jacob Staley. According to local stories, he died by drowning in the Yadkin/Reddies River in May 1812. I have not been able to find a death record or anything to corroborate this. Is there still a newspaper on microfiche maybe that may have announced his death. His wife, Eve, divorced him 1803 (one of the few divorces ever granted) and took all the property that he lived on with her. I don't know if he continued to live in Wilkes after the divorce but he is said to have remarried but possibly not in Wilkes. I am fairly certain of his death information because of the various people I received the exact same info from. Is there any way to validate this info???? What records are still left that would help? Thanks, Jimmie Staley ------------------------------ Message: 5 Date: Mon, 01 Jan 2007 21:19:40 -0000 From: "gc-gateway@rootsweb.com" Subject: Re: [NCWILKES] Underwood Family To: Message-ID: <1167686381.17011@rootsweb.com> Content-Type: text/plain; This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.northcarolina.counties.wilkes/1575.3.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I forgot about this string of emails and saw that I posted a summary of my data on Lewis Underwood Sr. and Jr. I have not really found much else since that post to add. I am still concentrated on Surry/sussex Co. VA. for my Lewis. I have not been able to connect to the Wilkes co. NC Underwood's, It would be ral interesting if we had a male descendant of that line that would be interested in doing a DNA test. that would confirm if our lines are connected. Cal ------------------------------ To contact the NCWILKES list administrator, send an email to NCWILKES-admin@rootsweb.com. To post a message to the NCWILKES mailing list, send an email to NCWILKES@rootsweb.com. __________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NCWILKES-request@rootsweb.com with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body of the email with no additional text. End of NCWILKES Digest, Vol 2, Issue 1 ************************************** -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter for private users. 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