This might be a good place to ask: anyone know a nick/pet name for Ellen ? Couyld it be Marcy ? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Barbara de Mare" <barbarademare@yahoo.com> To: <nywestch@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2007 1:28 PM Subject: Re: [NYWESTCH] Dirckje >I think Polly is a very English pet name for Mary > > Jan Miller <jgrellim@sbcglobal.net> wrote: Almost everyone in my > genealogy class--including the instructor, since I > began with this group 10 years ago-- has maintained Polly is a nick name > or > pet name for Mary. While I never could see the connection between "M" and > "P", I accepted the more experienced explanation. Then I had a Joel Bacon > marry a "Polly" Wheaton or Whitten in CT 1790 and found I had one, too! > Jan > jgrellim@sbcglobal.net > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "quillpen1" > To: > Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2007 8:40 PM > Subject: Re: [NYWESTCH] Dirckje > > >>I honestly never heard the name Polly used for Mary.....only for >> Elizabeth.....Molly either for that matter. Mary was always Mame or >> Mamie. >> >> I think it depended on the country of origin of the family. When I was >> growing up I knew several Jewish women named Molly and it wasn't a pet >> name >> for Mary. Mamie was an Irish pet name. Then there was Dolly for >> Dolores.....Polly, Molly and Dolly. >> >> Maureen >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: >> To: >> Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2007 10:48 PM >> Subject: Re: [NYWESTCH] Dirckje >> >> >>> My Great-Great-Grandmother was Mary (DeForest) Hoyt. Everyone knew her >>> as >>> Polly Hoyt. >>> George Hoyt >>> >>> >>> ************************************** >>> Get a sneak peek of >>> the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour >>> *************************************** >>> Have you checked out the Westchester County GenWeb site yet? >>> http://www.rootsweb.com/~nywestch/ >>> *************************************** >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> NYWESTCH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> *************************************** >> Have you checked out the Westchester County GenWeb site yet? >> http://www.rootsweb.com/~nywestch/ >> *************************************** >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> NYWESTCH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > *************************************** > Have you checked out the Westchester County GenWeb site yet? > http://www.rootsweb.com/~nywestch/ > *************************************** > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NYWESTCH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > Barbara L. de Mare, Esq. > Historian, genealogist and attorney > 155 Polifly Road > Hackensack, New Jersey 07601 > (201) 567-9440 office > BarbaradeMare@yahoo.com (home) > http://historygenealogyesq.blogspot.com/ > *************************************** > Have you checked out the Westchester County GenWeb site yet? > http://www.rootsweb.com/~nywestch/ > *************************************** > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NYWESTCH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >
That's a new one. All my Ellen's, and I have 4, are simply Ellen. Unless yours happens to be MaryEllen????? See how often you see it mentioned/referred in other documents, letters, records.etc so it suggests a pattern. Jan jgrellim@sbcglobal.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "WS-GENEAL" <WS-GENEAL@comcast.net> To: <nywestch@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2007 11:12 AM Subject: Re: [NYWESTCH] Dirckje > This might be a good place to ask: anyone know a nick/pet name for Ellen ? > Couyld it be Marcy ? > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Barbara de Mare" <barbarademare@yahoo.com> > To: <nywestch@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2007 1:28 PM > Subject: Re: [NYWESTCH] Dirckje > > >>I think Polly is a very English pet name for Mary >> >> Jan Miller <jgrellim@sbcglobal.net> wrote: Almost everyone in my >> genealogy class--including the instructor, since I >> began with this group 10 years ago-- has maintained Polly is a nick name >> or >> pet name for Mary. While I never could see the connection between "M" and >> "P", I accepted the more experienced explanation. Then I had a Joel Bacon >> marry a "Polly" Wheaton or Whitten in CT 1790 and found I had one, too! >> Jan >> jgrellim@sbcglobal.net >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "quillpen1" >> To: >> Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2007 8:40 PM >> Subject: Re: [NYWESTCH] Dirckje >> >> >>>I honestly never heard the name Polly used for Mary.....only for >>> Elizabeth.....Molly either for that matter. Mary was always Mame or >>> Mamie. >>> >>> I think it depended on the country of origin of the family. When I was >>> growing up I knew several Jewish women named Molly and it wasn't a pet >>> name >>> for Mary. Mamie was an Irish pet name. Then there was Dolly for >>> Dolores.....Polly, Molly and Dolly. >>> >>> Maureen >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: >>> To: >>> Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2007 10:48 PM >>> Subject: Re: [NYWESTCH] Dirckje >>> >>> >>>> My Great-Great-Grandmother was Mary (DeForest) Hoyt. Everyone knew her >>>> as >>>> Polly Hoyt. >>>> George Hoyt >>>> >>>> >>>> ************************************** >>>> Get a sneak peek of >>>> the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour >>>> *************************************** >>>> Have you checked out the Westchester County GenWeb site yet? >>>> http://www.rootsweb.com/~nywestch/ >>>> *************************************** >>>> ------------------------------- >>>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>>> NYWESTCH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>> >>> *************************************** >>> Have you checked out the Westchester County GenWeb site yet? >>> http://www.rootsweb.com/~nywestch/ >>> *************************************** >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> NYWESTCH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> *************************************** >> Have you checked out the Westchester County GenWeb site yet? >> http://www.rootsweb.com/~nywestch/ >> *************************************** >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> NYWESTCH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> >> Barbara L. de Mare, Esq. >> Historian, genealogist and attorney >> 155 Polifly Road >> Hackensack, New Jersey 07601 >> (201) 567-9440 office >> BarbaradeMare@yahoo.com (home) >> http://historygenealogyesq.blogspot.com/ >> *************************************** >> Have you checked out the Westchester County GenWeb site yet? >> http://www.rootsweb.com/~nywestch/ >> *************************************** >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> NYWESTCH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > > *************************************** > Have you checked out the Westchester County GenWeb site yet? > http://www.rootsweb.com/~nywestch/ > *************************************** > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NYWESTCH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message
I Googled Ellen and came up with Helen, Nell and Nellie. My mother's sister was named Helen and was always called Nellie. Maureen ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jan Miller" <jgrellim@sbcglobal.net> To: <nywestch@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2007 2:40 PM Subject: Re: [NYWESTCH] Dirckje > That's a new one. > All my Ellen's, and I have 4, are simply Ellen. > Unless yours happens to be MaryEllen????? > See how often you see it mentioned/referred in other documents, letters, > records.etc so it suggests a pattern. > > Jan > jgrellim@sbcglobal.net > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "WS-GENEAL" <WS-GENEAL@comcast.net> > To: <nywestch@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2007 11:12 AM > Subject: Re: [NYWESTCH] Dirckje > > >> This might be a good place to ask: anyone know a nick/pet name for Ellen >> ? >> Couyld it be Marcy ? >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Barbara de Mare" <barbarademare@yahoo.com> >> To: <nywestch@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2007 1:28 PM >> Subject: Re: [NYWESTCH] Dirckje >> >> >>>I think Polly is a very English pet name for Mary >>> >>> Jan Miller <jgrellim@sbcglobal.net> wrote: Almost everyone in my >>> genealogy class--including the instructor, since I >>> began with this group 10 years ago-- has maintained Polly is a nick name >>> or >>> pet name for Mary. While I never could see the connection between "M" >>> and >>> "P", I accepted the more experienced explanation. Then I had a Joel >>> Bacon >>> marry a "Polly" Wheaton or Whitten in CT 1790 and found I had one, too! >>> Jan >>> jgrellim@sbcglobal.net >>> >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "quillpen1" >>> To: >>> Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2007 8:40 PM >>> Subject: Re: [NYWESTCH] Dirckje >>> >>> >>>>I honestly never heard the name Polly used for Mary.....only for >>>> Elizabeth.....Molly either for that matter. Mary was always Mame or >>>> Mamie. >>>> >>>> I think it depended on the country of origin of the family. When I was >>>> growing up I knew several Jewish women named Molly and it wasn't a pet >>>> name >>>> for Mary. Mamie was an Irish pet name. Then there was Dolly for >>>> Dolores.....Polly, Molly and Dolly. >>>> >>>> Maureen >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>> From: >>>> To: >>>> Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2007 10:48 PM >>>> Subject: Re: [NYWESTCH] Dirckje >>>> >>>> >>>>> My Great-Great-Grandmother was Mary (DeForest) Hoyt. Everyone knew her >>>>> as >>>>> Polly Hoyt. >>>>> George Hoyt >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> ************************************** >>>>> Get a sneak peek of >>>>> the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour >>>>> *************************************** >>>>> Have you checked out the Westchester County GenWeb site yet? >>>>> http://www.rootsweb.com/~nywestch/ >>>>> *************************************** >>>>> ------------------------------- >>>>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>>>> NYWESTCH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>>>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>>> >>>> *************************************** >>>> Have you checked out the Westchester County GenWeb site yet? >>>> http://www.rootsweb.com/~nywestch/ >>>> *************************************** >>>> ------------------------------- >>>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>>> NYWESTCH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>> >>> *************************************** >>> Have you checked out the Westchester County GenWeb site yet? >>> http://www.rootsweb.com/~nywestch/ >>> *************************************** >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> NYWESTCH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>> >>> >>> >>> Barbara L. de Mare, Esq. >>> Historian, genealogist and attorney >>> 155 Polifly Road >>> Hackensack, New Jersey 07601 >>> (201) 567-9440 office >>> BarbaradeMare@yahoo.com (home) >>> http://historygenealogyesq.blogspot.com/ >>> *************************************** >>> Have you checked out the Westchester County GenWeb site yet? >>> http://www.rootsweb.com/~nywestch/ >>> *************************************** >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> NYWESTCH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>> >> >> >> *************************************** >> Have you checked out the Westchester County GenWeb site yet? >> http://www.rootsweb.com/~nywestch/ >> *************************************** >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> NYWESTCH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > *************************************** > Have you checked out the Westchester County GenWeb site yet? > http://www.rootsweb.com/~nywestch/ > *************************************** > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NYWESTCH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message
Here are a few sites for nicknames. My Great Aunt was named Ellen and was called Nellie. Maggie http://www.tngenweb.org/franklin/frannick.htm http://www.geocities.com/edgarbook/names/other/nicknames.html http://www.cslib.org/nickname.htm http://genealogy.about.com/library/bl_nicknames.htm http://www.20000-names.com/female_e_names.htm WS-GENEAL wrote: > This might be a good place to ask: anyone know a nick/pet name for Ellen ? > Couyld it be Marcy ? > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Barbara de Mare" <barbarademare@yahoo.com> > To: <nywestch@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2007 1:28 PM > Subject: Re: [NYWESTCH] Dirckje > > >I think Polly is a very English pet name for Mary > > > > Jan Miller <jgrellim@sbcglobal.net> wrote: Almost everyone in my > > genealogy class--including the instructor, since I > > began with this group 10 years ago-- has maintained Polly is a nick name > > or > > pet name for Mary. While I never could see the connection between "M" and > > "P", I accepted the more experienced explanation. Then I had a Joel Bacon > > marry a "Polly" Wheaton or Whitten in CT 1790 and found I had one, too! > > Jan > > jgrellim@sbcglobal.net > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "quillpen1" > > To: > > Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2007 8:40 PM > > Subject: Re: [NYWESTCH] Dirckje > > > > > >>I honestly never heard the name Polly used for Mary.....only for > >> Elizabeth.....Molly either for that matter. Mary was always Mame or > >> Mamie. > >> > >> I think it depended on the country of origin of the family. When I was > >> growing up I knew several Jewish women named Molly and it wasn't a pet > >> name > >> for Mary. Mamie was an Irish pet name. Then there was Dolly for > >> Dolores.....Polly, Molly and Dolly. > >> > >> Maureen > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> ----- Original Message ----- > >> From: > >> To: > >> Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2007 10:48 PM > >> Subject: Re: [NYWESTCH] Dirckje > >> > >> > >>> My Great-Great-Grandmother was Mary (DeForest) Hoyt. Everyone knew her > >>> as > >>> Polly Hoyt. > >>> George Hoyt > >>> > >>> > >>> ************************************** > >>> Get a sneak peek of > >>> the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour > >>> *************************************** > >>> Have you checked out the Westchester County GenWeb site yet? > >>> http://www.rootsweb.com/~nywestch/ > >>> *************************************** > >>> ------------------------------- > >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > >>> NYWESTCH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > >>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >> > >> *************************************** > >> Have you checked out the Westchester County GenWeb site yet? > >> http://www.rootsweb.com/~nywestch/ > >> *************************************** > >> ------------------------------- > >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > >> NYWESTCH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > *************************************** > > Have you checked out the Westchester County GenWeb site yet? > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~nywestch/ > > *************************************** > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > NYWESTCH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > > > Barbara L. de Mare, Esq. > > Historian, genealogist and attorney > > 155 Polifly Road > > Hackensack, New Jersey 07601 > > (201) 567-9440 office > > BarbaradeMare@yahoo.com (home) > > http://historygenealogyesq.blogspot.com/ > > *************************************** > > Have you checked out the Westchester County GenWeb site yet? > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~nywestch/ > > *************************************** > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > NYWESTCH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > *************************************** > Have you checked out the Westchester County GenWeb site yet? > http://www.rootsweb.com/~nywestch/ > *************************************** > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NYWESTCH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message
In my family line, the nicknames for Ellen have been either Elly or Nellie.? Vicki? in WNY researching these from NY and PA mostly: Arwin, Baker, Barrett, Brokaw, Brandow, Butler,Carnes, Crowe, Dean, Ferris, Golden, Havens, Hendershott, Hoxter, Huber, Isaman, Jenks (all variations), Kelleher, Knapp, Koons, Lundrigan, Makeley, McDermott, Mehlenbacher, Merritt, Neu, Northrup, O'Connor, Osincup, Patterson, Powers, Quick, Rahmlow, Robertson, Robinson, Root, Ryan, Slaughter, Stocum, Wade, White, Wilcox, Wright, Van Oxx (Oxx), Vanbenschoter, Yeckley, Young, Zimmerman. -----Original Message----- From: WS-GENEAL <WS-GENEAL@comcast.net> To: nywestch@rootsweb.com Sent: Thu, 23 Aug 2007 2:12 pm Subject: Re: [NYWESTCH] Dirckje This might be a good place to ask: anyone know a nick/pet name for Ellen ? Couyld it be Marcy ? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Barbara de Mare" <barbarademare@yahoo.com> To: <nywestch@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2007 1:28 PM Subject: Re: [NYWESTCH] Dirckje >I think Polly is a very English pet name for Mary > > Jan Miller <jgrellim@sbcglobal.net> wrote: Almost everyone in my > genealogy class--including the instructor, since I > began with this group 10 years ago-- has maintained Polly is a nick name > or > pet name for Mary. While I never could see the connection between "M" and > "P", I accepted the more experienced explanation. Then I had a Joel Bacon > marry a "Polly" Wheaton or Whitten in CT 1790 and found I had one, too! > Jan > jgrellim@sbcglobal.net > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "quillpen1" > To: > Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2007 8:40 PM > Subject: Re: [NYWESTCH] Dirckje > > >>I honestly never heard the name Polly used for Mary.....only for >> Elizabeth.....Molly either for that matter. Mary was always Mame or >> Mamie. >> >> I think it depended on the country of origin of the family. When I was >> growing up I knew several Jewish women named Molly and it wasn't a pet >> name >> for Mary. Mamie was an Irish pet name. Then there was Dolly for >> Dolores.....Polly, Molly and Dolly. >> >> Maureen >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: >> To: >> Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2007 10:48 PM >> Subject: Re: [NYWESTCH] Dirckje >> >> >>> My Great-Great-Grandmother was Mary (DeForest) Hoyt. Everyone knew her >>> as >>> Polly Hoyt. >>> George Hoyt >>> >>> >>> ************************************** >>> Get a sneak peek of >>> the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour >>> *************************************** >>> Have you checked out the Westchester County GenWeb site yet? >>> http://www.rootsweb.com/~nywestch/ >>> *************************************** >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> NYWESTCH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> *************************************** >> Have you checked out the Westchester County GenWeb site yet? >> http://www.rootsweb.com/~nywestch/ >> *************************************** >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> NYWESTCH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > *************************************** > Have you checked out the Westchester County GenWeb site yet? > http://www.rootsweb.com/~nywestch/ > *************************************** > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NYWESTCH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > Barbara L. de Mare, Esq. > Historian, genealogist and attorney > 155 Polifly Road > Hackensack, New Jersey 07601 > (201) 567-9440 office > BarbaradeMare@yahoo.com (home) > http://historygenealogyesq.blogspot.com/ > *************************************** > Have you checked out the Westchester County GenWeb site yet? > http://www.rootsweb.com/~nywestch/ > *************************************** > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NYWESTCH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > *************************************** Have you checked out the Westchester County GenWeb site yet? http://www.rootsweb.com/~nywestch/ *************************************** ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NYWESTCH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ________________________________________________________________________ Email and AIM finally together. You've gotta check out free AOL Mail! - http://mail.aol.com