Hey guys!!!! Our mountain people did indeed pronounce names a little bit different. Many years passed before I figured out the name of my grandfather's sister. He was born in 1839 and she 1843. The census taker spelled what he heard---Ahreanie. I finally figured out her name was Irene and have encountered that spelling several more times. My grandmother was Matilda Jane but was called Tildy and another nickname was Mattie. I have seen Marty used for Martha. Good hunting--------------------jim > Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2007 15:09:59 -0800> From: longtallglassez@yahoo.com> To: ncwilkes@rootsweb.com> Subject: Re: [NCWILKES] Nicknames> > 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> _________________________________________________________________ Get the Live.com Holiday Page for recipes, gift-giving ideas, and more. www.live.com/?addtemplate=holiday