Genealogy Chat

just posted another message about the family concerned, it really is doing my head in, Alberts dad is JACK THOMPSON and Rose's dad is JACK FRENCH neither of whom seem to exsist!!

My Grandad was Alfred William Lambert but my Nan called him Jack and he was Uncle John to my Mum's cousins. No idea how that came about! Naomi

Thank you all for the replies, I'm still stuck!!! Just cant seem to find any of her family and I thought they'd be the easier ones!!!

I've got to add mine to this.... We have a Jas Jas Davis on the 1901 census (actually he was mistranscribed as Gas Gas) His proper name was John James !!! Try looking for that when he was always known as Uncle Jack ! Sue.

Just to say, my late father in law was born in 1903 and was christened Jack. He took offence at anyone calling him John!

Hi I also have an Uncle,and Grandfather,christened John,but was always known as JACK, my grandson however is christened JACK, just to confuse the issue, my daughter LISA,is always known as POLLY,work that one out haha regards trish

I think - and don't quote me - that only recently has Jack become a name in its own right. If you're searching for someone over a hundred years ago, I think that Jack would almost always have been a nickname.

Hi, In a book I have called 'are we relayed?' a section on names says 'John had a flemish form of Jan(Janson, Jenkins,Jennings) and Han (Hanks Hancock) and is very often found in the Welsh derived forms, Jones, Evans. Jack, though everyone thinks of it as the pet form of John (Jackson. Jackett, Jakes, Jackman) could have come equally well from James which in French is Jacques. So you are probably even more confused now! Ann Glos

Two of my family members were Jack's and both were actually Harold funnily enough one was Scottish.

My father was called Jack - but he was christened Kenneth.

A word of warning: the majority of my male ancestors, and quite a few female ancestors, used their middle names on documents! Gertrude Sophia was known as Soph, Ross Allen is known as Allen, Dora Emmeline was known as Emily, Joseph Henry was known as Har, Joseph Brian is known as Bri, etc.

Thanks, thought John was one of them and had hoped it only one, hope it dont turn out to be an Arthur or fred or something, costing me a fortune now!! just seem to be getting nowhere and my nan is in one of her " I can't remember " moods!!

My grandad and my great uncle were christened John,but called Jack throughout their lives Anna

Both my father and Uncle were John's but were called Jack Ann

one of mine was Arthur John but known as Jack.

Hi I've just started trying to find my paternal nans scottish family and both her parents fathers were called Jack, cant find any in scotland so what else was Jack used for?? I think maybe John's were called Jack, any other names?? Does this make sense??? Please help as I have hit one of those brick walls, and it hurt!!! Thanks Wend