Jeanie is probably short for Jean but dont forget in Scotland Jean and Jane were interchangable, Margaret ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bev Symons" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, February 05, 2007 3:10 PM Subject: Re: [SCT-EDINBURGH] Jeanie - short for what name? > It may be that Jeanie was her "home" name and had no relation to her > christened name at all. With a strong culture of naming traditions, many > families named their children after the appropriate ancestor (think of all > the Margarets and James :-)) but actually had pet names for them at home. > My grandmother was always called Jeanie at home but her name was Olive. > Her sister was always called Daisy although her name was Myra. So... > marriage registration? children's birth registrations? > Best, > Bev > > HLeBblanc <[email protected]> wrote: > Good evening, > > Maybe a simple question but could Jeanie be a nickname for some other > first name? On a 1906 passenger list for the S.S. Astoria from Glasgow to > New York I can clearly identify my 2x great uncle, James B(urns) Allan but > can not understand the writing for his wife's name. They arrived in New > York, with Montreal as their ultimate destination. They had 4 children > (James B., John S., Elsie and Andrew T.) in Canada. I later found he and > the children in the 1930 United States Census with a new wife named > Matilda. > > Heather in cold Montreal > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >