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« on: Tuesday 21 October 14 00:39 BST (UK) »
What are some nicknames used in Scotland for the first name of Agnes?  Can Agnes be a nickname for Tamisome?

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Re: Nicknames
« Reply #1 on: Tuesday 21 October 14 03:42 BST (UK) »
Hi,
 I don't know about the name Tamisome, but  my own Agnes's in the family go by the fairly common interchangeable  names of Nan and Nancy (Ulster Scots).

Tamisome sounds like a very unusual name, is it a variant of Thomasina ?
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Re: Nicknames
« Reply #2 on: Tuesday 21 October 14 05:18 BST (UK) »
Nessy is another nickname for Agnes

Thomasina is often shortened to Tamson, or Sina

Googling Tamisome a couple of hits were for familysearch Scotland baptisms for girls, so may be in common usage

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Re: Nicknames
« Reply #3 on: Tuesday 21 October 14 07:59 BST (UK) »
Quote from: pelirroja on Tuesday 21 October 14 00:39 BST (UK)
Can Agnes be a nickname for Tamisome?

Although others have found a couple of mentions of this name I would be interested in seeing this written down as perhaps it was misspelled/mistranscribed. Where did you get this name from? Census? Certificate? If possible could you post a snip of it for us to give our opinions?

But to answer your question I think the answer is 'no', but there was nothing to stop families calling their children by an alternative or pet name.

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Re: Nicknames
« Reply #4 on: Tuesday 21 October 14 12:41 BST (UK) »
Quote from: Ruskie on Tuesday 21 October 14 07:59 BST (UK)
Quote from: pelirroja on Tuesday 21 October 14 00:39 BST (UK)
Can Agnes be a nickname for Tamisome?

Although others have found a couple of mentions of this name I would be interested in seeing this written down as perhaps it was misspelled/mistranscribed.

This is the only  "Tamisome" that I can find with my google  search, I suspect this may be the person (Tamisome Kedzie) that pelirroja is referring to (?) https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQHQ It's also on ancestry

 A previous thread:
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=695366.0

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Re: Nicknames
« Reply #5 on: Tuesday 21 October 14 14:04 BST (UK) »
Thank you for the link to the other thread Cell.

I was referring to this:
Quote from: crowsfeet on Tuesday 21 October 14 05:18 BST (UK)
Googling Tamisome a couple of hits were for familysearch Scotland baptisms for girls, so may be in common usage

but probably the same Tamisome anyway. :)

I would like to see the original though.

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Re: Nicknames
« Reply #6 on: Tuesday 21 October 14 14:10 BST (UK) »
"Aggie" or "Nessie"

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Re: Nicknames
« Reply #7 on: Tuesday 21 October 14 17:41 BST (UK) »
Thank you for all the responses to my query about Agnes being a nickname for Tamisome.  I was looking for the parents of Agnes Kedzie on Ancestry.com and found a Walter Kedzie and Janet Anderson with a daughter named Tamisome Kedzie.  Her birth was about the right year (1805) so I wondered if Tamisome might be a nickname, but the answer seems to be no.  Thanks again for the help.
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