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From: "Carol Hall" <>
Subject: Re: [VAROOTS] Names the Same ?
Date: Sat, 20 Aug 2005 18:19:45 -0400
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Lummy was a pet name for Columbia !



----- Original Message -----
From: "John Parrott" <>
To: <>
Sent: Saturday, August 20, 2005 6:13 PM
Subject: Re: [VAROOTS] Names the Same ?


That's one reason genealogy is so difficult. My great grand mother was
named Columbia, but no where is it recorded except on her marriage
license-everyone called her Lummy, which is on her tombstone.
John Parrott
----- Original Message -----
From: "Pat Mims" <>
To: <>
Sent: Saturday, August 20, 2005 4:30 PM
Subject: Re: [VAROOTS] Names the Same ?


> My father was Audra Dee Sapp went by Jack. Go figure.
> Pat
>
>
>
>> Here's a couple that I have in my family tree.
>>
>> Gordon Lorwood Gee - Went by 'Wesley'
>> Gordon Lorwood Gee, III - Went by 'Woody'
>>
>> Donna
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "M. Thelma Feese" <>
>> To: <>
>> Sent: Saturday, August 20, 2005 12:48 PM
>> Subject: Re: [VAROOTS] Names the Same ?
>>
>>
>>> How about "Bill" for Clifford Donald, my husband. The name was attached
>>> to him while still a babe in arms. His parents thought Clifford was to
>>> much for a small child. So why did they name him that in the first
>>> place? Wasn't for any relative. If anyone calls and asks for Clifford
>>> you can bet it's a salesman or a business call.
>>>
>>> Thelma
>>>
>>> On Sat, 20 Aug 2005 12:16:07 -0400 "Carol Hall" <> writes:
>>>> On Francis or Frances..
>>>> whitch should be used for a man??
>>>> Like Carol is my name-the male partof this name is Carroll..
>>>> Thanks Carol
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: "Paul Drake" <>
>>>> To: <>
>>>> Sent: Saturday, August 20, 2005 12:04 PM
>>>> Subject: Re: [VAROOTS] Names the Same ?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Not me; for Francis or Frances, of course, but not for James. Still,
>>>> folks - then and now - were and are very imaginative about nicknames,
>>>> especially where there are others in the near-family with the same
>>>> given name.
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: cristy
>>>> To:
>>>> Sent: Saturday, August 20, 2005 10:49 AM
>>>> Subject: Re: [VAROOTS] Names the Same ?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Has anyone heard of "Frankie" being a nickname for "James"?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> christy
>>>>
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: <>
>>>> To: <>
>>>> Sent: Saturday, August 20, 2005 10:07 AM
>>>> Subject: Re: [VAROOTS] Names the Same ?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> > Hi,
>>>> > Yes, I have an instance where James and John were used for the
>>>> same
>>>> > person.
>>>> > In his mother's will she calls him "James Bryant" but everywhere
>>>> else he
>>>> > is
>>>> > known as "John Bryant Franklin."
>>>> > Rachel
>>>
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