Sharon: Yes in deed, Patsy was the nickname for Martha Mary = Polly Nancy=Ann Ann = Nancy Betsy = Elizabeth Jno. = John or Jonathan Sarah = Sally Martha = Patsy Mildred = Milly These are just a few that spring to mind. I hope that others will chime in here. On Mar 2, 2009, at 10:31 AM, SGates1949@aol.com wrote: > Another interesting nickname is PATSY for Martha. I have an > ancestor named > "Patsy" Gay in Pocahontas County, WV who married Jesse Smith. Then > I kept > finding a Martha Smith and finally found out that Patsy was the > usual nickname > for Martha in the mid 19th century. Of course most of you > realize, too, that > POLLY is the nickname for Mary, as well. It seems funny to us now > as we > never hear this nicknames used today. Probably others of you have > more to > contribute. > > Sharon Lee Gates > > > In a message dated 03/02/09 9:41:57 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, > persisto@earthlink.net writes: > > June: I will have to take exception with you on "Betsy" being a > nickname for Ann. It isn't. Nancy is a nickname for Ann, and vice > versa. Betsy is simply and only a nickanme for Elizabeth. > > > On Mar 2, 2009, at 8:55 AM, marsha moses wrote: > >> That is interesting. Elizabeth must have been a widow for MANY >> years. >> I'll take a look at the 1860 census. Thanks so much. Marsha >> On Mar 1, 2009, at 8:38 PM, cpzb4@aol.com wrote: >> >>> I forgot to mention that on the 1860 Culp Co census is a Elizabeth >>> Pinkard age 87 I can't make out the name of the person living with >>> her. Elizabeth is head of the house.? Also the name Betsy is the >>> nickname for? Elizabeth as well as Ann >>> June >>> cpzb4@aol.com >>> >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: marsha moses <mosesm@earthlink.net> >>> To: vaculpep@rootsweb.com >>> Sent: Sun, 1 Mar 2009 7:30 pm >>> Subject: [VACULPEP] Pinkard in Culpeper >>> >>> >>> >>> I'll take the opportunity of quiet time on this list to ask if >>> anyone >>> has information about the possibility of a marriage between a >>> Pinkard >>> male and a Marshall female? Or perhaps does anyone have >>> information >>> about the below heads of household in Culpeper County in 1820? >>> Thanks >>> for any help that you can give me. Marsha Moses >>> >>> There are two head of households with Pinkard surname in the >>> Culpeper >>> 1820 Census >>> >>> Elizabeth Pinkard >>> >>> 3 young males, 2 males 16-26 and 2 young females, one female >>> between >>> 16 to 26, and Elizabeth must be between 26 and 45. I suppose she >>> is a >>> young widow. But the one that jumped out at me is >>> >>> Marshall Pinkard >>> >>> 4 young males, 1 10-16, 1 16-18, and one 16-26, 2 young females, 1 >>> 16-26 and 1 26-45 Both households have slaves. >>> >>> >>>> It has been a long while since anything has been posted to this >>>> list. So, just wondering is anyone still out there? >>>> >>>> Craig Kilby >>>> >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to VACULPEP- >>> request@rootsweb.com >>> 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 VACULPEP- >>> request@rootsweb.com >>> 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 VACULPEP- >> request@rootsweb.com 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 > VACULPEP-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the > body of the message > > > > **************Need a job? Find employment help in your area. > (http://yellowpages.aol.com/search? > query=employment_agencies&ncid=emlcntusyelp00000005) > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to VACULPEP- > request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message

There's an excellent list of male and female nicknames from the 18th and 19th centuries on the website of the Connecticut State Library. (Looks like Jean's list may have come from there.)  This is the URL (if it doesn't come through right on the List, you can go to the home page of the library, click on "Genealogy" from the list on the left, then choose "Nicknames."):   http://www.cslib.org/nickname.htm   I've just finished a long research report clearing up a misnamed and misidentified female ancestor who for almost 100 years has been published under the wrong name. The entire messy confusion, including an erroneous second wife for her husband, revolved around early researchers getting the wrong formal name for the nickname she was known by. It was actually finding this list from the Connecticut library several years ago that set me on the right research path.