Mothers name - Hogg 1793

[DudelsackHogg]

Skoosh - It’s interesting you thought of Cuthbert. If d is th, (much like how words of a German origin become anglicised - Feder - Feather, Leder - Leather for example), then if Cudy = Cuthy, it doesn’t seem like such a stretch to get to Cathy? I am not trying to make Catherine fit, that name doesn’t feature.

But I don't think that matters now as GR2 - I think you might be right. I have been so focused on this one line that I didn’t really notice that mothers don’t feature elsewhere. What does the word that looks like DO mean, I’d assumed that was a short form for and? It's interesting that Hogg comes at the end.

Uploading the full entry for comparison.

[GR2]

"Do" is an abbreviation of "ditto". They write that instead of repeating the surname.

[DudelsackHogg]

Thank you. Everyday is a school day.

[Rosinish]

I think the 'Do' in this case might refer to occ. as in the one above 'Bookbinder'?

Annie

[josey]

Then is 'Cudy Hogg' the abode?

[GR2]

I think the 'Do' in this case might refer to occ. as in the one above 'Bookbinder'?

Annie

The ditto is certainly for the surname. You can see the same thing several times at the top of the page.

[GR2]

Then is 'Cudy Hogg' the abode?

I think it is more likely to be a nickname, the way people referred to him, Maybe a form of caddie Hogg, if he was a caddie/caddy.

[DudelsackHogg]

I did find an article about caddies in Edinburgh. Errand-men, news-cryers or pamphlet-sellers

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caddie_(18th-century_Edinburgh)

The dictionary of Scots language lists Cuddy - two d’s - as a donkey. So if it’s a nickname it does paint a rather different picture.

“A cuddie should never handle tocher” — A stupid person should never be possessed of money.

https://www.dsl.ac.uk/entry/snd/cuddy_n1