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From: "Elissa Scalise Powell, CG" <>
Subject: RE: [APG] Doctor nickname
Date: Mon, 6 Mar 2006 21:57:32 -0500
In-Reply-To: <ef37d6a63cd76374a9109a3f0611b0f4@stanfordalumni.org>


My great-uncle Floyd was nicknamed Doc. In fact I never knew his name was
Floyd until I started filling in the family charts when I started doing
genealogy. I never learned where he got that nickname.

Then there was my husband's great-aunt Blanche who was named Doc since she
was cute as a bunny ("What's up, doc?").

Oh, the stuff of family stories!

-- Elissa


-----Original Message-----
From: Carolyn Ybarra [mailto:]
Sent: Monday, March 06, 2006 9:33 PM

Are there specific reasons someone might be called "Doctor," when the
person is not a medical doctor, vet, or salesman of remedies? The
family in question actually thought he was a medical doctor but it
appears to be merely a nickname or possibly a term of respect of some
sort.

Carolyn




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