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From: "Anna Graves" <>
Subject: RE: [AUS-Tas] Fw: [Lon] What's in a name?
Date: Sat, 5 Jul 2003 18:26:05 +0930
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No kidding! - my Great Grandfather's name was James Henry Alfred Drew but he
was known to all as Bob!!!

-----Original Message-----
From: Rob and Edie McArthur [mailto:]
Sent: Thursday, 3 July 2003 10:24 AM
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Subject: [AUS-Tas] Fw: [Lon] What's in a name?

Hi Listers,
On the LONDON-L list I had posted about my own Uncle known as Uncle Peter
and wasted years looking for that name, only to find his real name was
Ronald Peter. None of our surviving family had known that. maybe someone
out there, can't find their family for this reason. A lady on the London
list has given some examples, maybe something like this is why you are
having troubles locating your Tasmanian ancestor. They were called
something very different. Thought it worthwhile passing on.

Edie McArthur
Subject: [Lon] What's in a name?


> Hello listers,
>
> Recently there has been correspondence about the names people are known by
which are not the names they given at birth..
> My own experience is that i have been looking for ages for a man known to
us all as CLAUDE with a wife ROSIE. after much anguish it came to light that
he is entered as LORD,on his birth cert, and his wife's name is ANN ROSE.!
> My great aunt PATTY turns out to be MARTHA.
>
> I have collected a few more from friends and also from the A&E ward where
i spent a couple of days last month..
> Here the nurse asks the patient's name, and then what they are usually
called. This is obviously a great help when talking to someone in a 'whoozy'
state .Hearing yourself called by a familiar name is very comforting. I
have never been called Elizabeth , always Betty.
So there was ROBIN --real name was FITZ " " CHRISTOPHER
NELLY " " DANIELLA
NAT " " IGNATIUS
TED, DOREY = THEODORE
DOLLY = DOROTHY
NESSIE = AGNES, ENESS
RIA = HENRIETTA.
I also remembered someone we knew as BILL
until he married in his late 40's when we heard the registrar give him the
Christian names of Bernard Ivan Lucas ...
Richard E Grant the actor is known as REG too, so be aware all those who are
looking for someone with a short name. SAM may not be a Samuel after all.

All these things are sent to try us!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



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