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Offline tickncheck

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Help with christian name please
« on: Friday 01 December 06 20:51 GMT (UK) »
I have been looking at parish registers and one name appears as   

Jno

where the o is superscript in the same way that - Tho is abreviation of thomas.

Is this and abbreviation for John ??

Please

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Re: Help with christian name please
« Reply #1 on: Friday 01 December 06 20:53 GMT (UK) »
Yes, you are right.

Although why they leave out just one letter & reorganise the others is still a mystery to me!

A  ;)

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SOM: BIRD, BURT aka BROWN - HEF: BAUGH, LATHAM, CARTER, PRITCHARD - GLS: WEBB, WORKMAN, LATHAM, MALPUS - WIL: WEBB, SALTER - RAD: PRITCHARD, WILLIAMS - GLA: RYAN, KEARNEY, JONES, HARRY - MON: WEBB, MORGAN, WILLIAMS, JONES, BIRD - SCOTLAND: HASTINGS, CAMERON, KELSO, BUCHANAN, BETHUNE/ BEATON - IRELAND: RYAN (WATERFORD), KEARNEY (DUBLIN), BOYLE(DUNDALK)

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Re: Help with christian name please
« Reply #2 on: Friday 01 December 06 22:51 GMT (UK) »
Yes it is an abbreviation for John. Have seen it several times in documents for my family. 

Why? I have no idea since it isn't much of an abbreviation.

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Scotland - Adam, Galt/Gault, Mellis, Jardine, Turnbull, Robertson, Auchincloss, Murray, Allison/Allason, Mitchell, Cross, Rae, Brown, McHutcheon, Montgomerie, McKenzie, Mackay, McPherson, McInish

England - Saunders/Sanders, Jory/Jorie/Jura, McKey, Williams/ Wyllams,  Lance, Ellis, Trounson, Dingle, Charlton, Hambridge, Sweetman/Sweatman, Ricks/Rix/Reeks, Cole, Shearwood/Sherwood, Toy, Brooks, Moore, Donn, Nicolas, Habberfield,

Denmark - Alling/Aalling, Lastein, Lund, Rasmussen

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Re: Help with christian name please
« Reply #3 on: Friday 01 December 06 23:45 GMT (UK) »
I think you will find it is a hang over from the time when the names were all written  in Latin and Jno was short for Johannes.

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Living in Berkshire from Northampton & Milton Keynes
DETAILS OF MY NAMES ARE IN SURNAME INTERESTS, LINK AT FOOT OF PAGE
Wilson, Higgs, Buswell, PARCELL, Matthews, TAMKIN, Seckington, Pates, Coupland, Webb, Arthur, MAYNARD, Caves, Norman, Winch, Culverhouse, Drakeley.
Johnson, Routledge, SHIRT, SAICH, Mills, SAUNDERS, EDLIN, Perry, Vickers, Pakeman, Griffiths, Marston, Turner, Child, Sheen, Gray, Woolhouse, Stevens, Batchelor
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Re: Help with christian name please
« Reply #4 on: Saturday 02 December 06 09:44 GMT (UK) »
Thank You Everyone, Very Kind .
Subject now completed

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Re: Help with christian name please
« Reply #5 on: Saturday 02 December 06 21:17 GMT (UK) »
behindthefrogs -

Thanks for your information about Johannes. I wasn't aware of that fact.

yn9man
Scotland - Adam, Galt/Gault, Mellis, Jardine, Turnbull, Robertson, Auchincloss, Murray, Allison/Allason, Mitchell, Cross, Rae, Brown, McHutcheon, Montgomerie, McKenzie, Mackay, McPherson, McInish

England - Saunders/Sanders, Jory/Jorie/Jura, McKey, Williams/ Wyllams,  Lance, Ellis, Trounson, Dingle, Charlton, Hambridge, Sweetman/Sweatman, Ricks/Rix/Reeks, Cole, Shearwood/Sherwood, Toy, Brooks, Moore, Donn, Nicolas, Habberfield,

Denmark - Alling/Aalling, Lastein, Lund, Rasmussen
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