Correction: I meant Polly for Elizabeth in " Little Women" and other literature. I'm hurrying too much!!LOL. Speaking of Lit, wasn't Elizabeth Barrett Browning called Polly as a pet name?? Maureen ----- Original Message ----- From: "quillpen1" <quillpen1@optonline.net> To: <nywestch@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2007 6:36 PM Subject: Re: [NYWESTCH] Dirckje >I never heard Polly used for Mary until I started genealogical research but > saw it often in English Lit, especially poetry, way back when I was in > high > school. > > Wasn't one of the sisters in "Little Women" called Polly for Mary?? Or was > it one of Louisa Alcott's other books?? > > Maureen > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Barbara de Mare" <barbarademare@yahoo.com> > To: <nywestch@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2007 4:47 PM > Subject: Re: [NYWESTCH] Dirckje > > >> I've frequently heard Nancy for Ann, although was confused until I >> figured >> it out. Polly is still used for Mary, but never heard it used for >> Elizabeth. I guess you can call yourself whatever you want. >> >> 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/ >> >> ----- Original Message ---- >> From: quillpen1 <quillpen1@optonline.net> >> To: nywestch@rootsweb.com >> Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2007 3:17:59 PM >> Subject: Re: [NYWESTCH] Dirckje >> >> Thanks, Barbara. >> >> Nicknames years ago were certainly different than today. My 4th >> g-grandmother, Elizabeth Sherwood Smith had the "pet name" (as they >> called >> it) of Polly. >> My 4th g-grandmother, Ann Sherwood Ward, had the pet name of Nancy. On >> the >> other side of the family my maternal grandmother, Mary Donovan Ryan, was >> always called Mamie. >> >> Maureen >> >> >> >> >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Barbara de Mare" <barbarademare@yahoo.com> >> To: <nywestch@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2007 1:25 PM >> Subject: Re: [NYWESTCH] Dirckje >> >> >>> Gertrude was mentioned in prior post this heading. I am >>> trying to read what I recently read as a Gertrude nickname-- >>> something totally different. I think it was Charity. >>> >>> 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/ >>> >>> ----- Original Message ---- >>> From: quillpen1 <quillpen1@optonline.net> >>> To: nywestch@rootsweb.com >>> Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2007 1:04:19 PM >>> Subject: Re: [NYWESTCH] Dirckje >>> >>> You are absolutely right, George. Some of those old censuses have been a >>> nightmare to decipher....and I haven't even scratched the surface with >>> some >>> of the old church books you mentioned. >>> >>> Maureen >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: <GWGEHoyt@aol.com> >>> To: <nywestch@rootsweb.com> >>> Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2007 12:45 PM >>> Subject: Re: [NYWESTCH] Dirckje >>> >>> >>>> And just to add a little more to this Theodore name in the recent >>>> e-mails. >>>> There is a Hoyt ancestor listed as Theodore Hoyt (in handwriting in an >>>> old >>>> church book.) Imagine my surprise when one day I found out that >>>> Theodore >>>> was a >>>> female named Theodora !!! 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