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What is the name Arty

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maggiewinchester

maggiewinchester Report 7 Nov 2007 18:23

Not much help were we Julie!!!

Researching:
Henry Floyd (g x 4 grandad) Allegedly the heaviest man in England in 1842

RStar

RStar Report 7 Nov 2007 16:34

Julie - was your great gran Romany? My great grans sister Arty was.

♥Athena

♥Athena Report 7 Nov 2007 15:45

I've got a few on my maternal grandma's line with odd nicknames:

Biddy = Martha
Nin/Ninny = Lydia
Souky = Susan


Regards - Athena

Concrete Woman

Concrete Woman Report 7 Nov 2007 14:24

Hi
I have the same problems with my father's mother's family.
They all have really weird nicknames.
eg Amy=Bim
Elizabeth=Ooie

and so on!!

Was it more a fashion in the past to use nicknames?

Caroline

juma

juma Report 7 Nov 2007 09:35

My g gran was known to everyone as Arty but she was actually Harriett

ErikaH

ErikaH Report 6 Nov 2007 23:12

Among the oddities in my collection.........

Sam.........actually Myra
Fred..........actually Leonard
Fred..........actually Kenneth

Reg

maggiewinchester

maggiewinchester Report 6 Nov 2007 23:08

Had that too Ros,
Great aunt Nell - real name Alice
G Gran Amelia - real name Agnes
Her sister Bella - real name Beatrice
G grandad Stanley - Gifford
His brothers Frederick and Herbert - real names Ivan and Sylvanus.
I swear my g grandad and his brothers, with their unusual names were laughing at me!!LOL
G grandad Gifford even has Stanley on his gravestone!!

maggie

Researching:
Henry Floyd (g x 4 grandad) Allegedly the heaviest man in England in 1842

CATHKIN

CATHKIN Report 6 Nov 2007 23:01

mt great aunt was Annie Frances --called Nina
and another one was Hannah Elizabeth --called Bunty --sent to confuse us and laughing in their graves at us !!!,
Ros xxx

maggiewinchester

maggiewinchester Report 6 Nov 2007 22:32

This is not much help but:.......
Maybe she was good at painting!!
Or had a lot of wind LOL

Dodgy when nicknames are used. I know someone as Dina - her real name is Angela. Even at work they don't know her real name.
Why is she Dina? When she was a little girl she moaned a lot so her father called her Dina Whiner - and it stuck!!!

maggie

Researching:
Henry Floyd (g x 4 grandad) Allegedly the heaviest man in England in 1842

RStar

RStar Report 6 Nov 2007 22:10

Thanks Kath!

KathleenBell

KathleenBell Report 6 Nov 2007 21:56

One thing that comes up on a Google search is:-

Its use as a female name appears to date to the 19th century in the American ... Nickname: Arty. ARTEMISIA - a classical Greek name

Kath. x

RStar

RStar Report 6 Nov 2007 21:49

short for? Its a lady though, not a man, so not Arthur!