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snowolf
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the name "Peem"
« on: Wednesday 20 June 07 19:41 BST (UK) »
one of my relatives was known as "peem"   can anyone please tell me what it was short for? ....was it patrick /peter ? or something tottally different?

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"Johnston"..(Logie-pert, Glasgow/selkirk
"McLagan"..(perthshire)
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Re: the name "Peem"
« Reply #1 on: Saturday 23 June 07 09:16 BST (UK) »
Hi snowolf Smiley

I was brought up in Shetland where "Peem" seemed to be quite a common name.  It's short for Peter .
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Re: the name "Peem"
« Reply #2 on: Saturday 23 June 07 14:28 BST (UK) »
Thankyou so much thisty  Cheesy now i might know who i'm looking for .
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"Durward" (logie-pert,Fourdoun, benholm, Dundee).
"Williams /Jones/Hughes " (Angelsey,Bangor,Conway)
"Johnston"..(Logie-pert, Glasgow/selkirk
"McLagan"..(perthshire)
"Kennedy"..(Dundee,Comrie)/ & australia.
"Marshall"..(alloa, Clackmannanshire).
"Taylor"..(Garvock)
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Re: the name "Peem"
« Reply #3 on: Tuesday 26 June 07 22:35 BST (UK) »
Hi Snowolf   Just to complicate things for you, sorry....but in the Dundee area Peem is short for James.  Jenc
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Kincardineshire - Beattie Dickson Tavendale Donaldson Whyte Wishart
Forfar - Adam Grindlay Easson Fyffe Livestone Wilson Fairweather Boath
Fife - Berry Brown Keith Kirkcaldy Walton Johnstone Gourlay Robb Robertson Pattie Stevenson Taylor
Glasgow - Fitzgerald, Campbell, McInnis, Sheriff, (Smith, Chambers.) maybe Ireland
Angus - Saunders, McGregor Richardson  Moore.
Inverness-shire - McLean (I hope)
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Re: the name "Peem"
« Reply #4 on: Wednesday 27 June 07 13:21 BST (UK) »
I'm from Angus and Peem is always used as a nickname for people called James.

It is more often used in rural areas.
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Re: the name "Peem"
« Reply #5 on: Wednesday 27 June 07 16:27 BST (UK) »
Thanks Dennydecendant & jenc......think i'll go for the james  one ,see how i get on with that  Grin
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"Durward" (logie-pert,Fourdoun, benholm, Dundee).
"Williams /Jones/Hughes " (Angelsey,Bangor,Conway)
"Johnston"..(Logie-pert, Glasgow/selkirk
"McLagan"..(perthshire)
"Kennedy"..(Dundee,Comrie)/ & australia.
"Marshall"..(alloa, Clackmannanshire).
"Taylor"..(Garvock)
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Re: the name "Peem"
« Reply #6 on: Wednesday 27 June 07 19:32 BST (UK) »
Hi Snowolf, good luck with your search, think James is your best bet. Jenc
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Kincardineshire - Beattie Dickson Tavendale Donaldson Whyte Wishart
Forfar - Adam Grindlay Easson Fyffe Livestone Wilson Fairweather Boath
Fife - Berry Brown Keith Kirkcaldy Walton Johnstone Gourlay Robb Robertson Pattie Stevenson Taylor
Glasgow - Fitzgerald, Campbell, McInnis, Sheriff, (Smith, Chambers.) maybe Ireland
Angus - Saunders, McGregor Richardson  Moore.
Inverness-shire - McLean (I hope)
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Re: the name "Peem"
« Reply #7 on: Tuesday 18 September 07 15:24 BST (UK) »
hi snowwolf
my dad was brought up in monikie angus scotland also newbigging angus scotland his name was james and was known as peem from that area

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