Thank you for your response. My Grandfathers name was Ernest (no middle name) Utiger Habeger. No James or Jacobs anywhere in the family that I know about. Anytime I've seem this nickname, Keb, in writing its spelled Keb. But I just had an idea. What if she, with the accent of a native German speaker, was calling him "CUB" or CUBBY, like in little Bear Cub, would that maybe sound like KEB to someone who only knew a little German? The family history is that it was a German term but I'm starting to wonder about that. Thanks again! -----Original Message----- From: Erich Trösch [mailto:erich.troesch@bluewin.ch] Sent: Thursday, March 09, 2006 3:36 PM To: Jamie Subject: Re: [SWITZ] Translation of KEB/KEBBY Hello If your Grandfathers name was Jacob or James then Kebby could be a short form of Jacob (in German "Köbi" or "Kobi"). Erich Trösch Am 09.03.2006 um 16:47 schrieb Jamie: > Would anyone know what "KEB" or "KEBBY" might mean in Swiss-German? My > GGGrandmother was born Bern, Switzerland area in 1838 and used to > call her > grandson (my Grandfather who was born 1904) Keb and Kebby. The > family lore > is that this was some sort of endearment term, such as little > darling, sweet > little boy, little boy, etc. I've checked some of the online > translation > sites and not found anything similar. Could it be a sort of slang, > or old > term? Thanks for any suggestions. > > > > Jamie > > > > ==== SWITZERLAND Mailing List ==== > Resource Site > http://www.rootsweb.com/~chewgw >