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WhiffingSiggs

WhiffingSiggs Report 29 Jan 2019 21:29

Jno on a parish record ? John ? Anyone know of an abbreviations list ? Would be useful !

Researching:
Siggs of Suffolk, Cambridgeshire, Essex and West London, Wise of North Hampshire, Wiltshire and North London and Aubrey/Whiting of South Wales/Herefordshire.

malyon

malyon Report 29 Jan 2019 21:44

i think its john

WhiffingSiggs

WhiffingSiggs Report 29 Jan 2019 22:05

Ta.

Researching:
Siggs of Suffolk, Cambridgeshire, Essex and West London, Wise of North Hampshire, Wiltshire and North London and Aubrey/Whiting of South Wales/Herefordshire.

MargaretM

MargaretM Report 29 Jan 2019 22:52

There's a list here of name abbreviations:

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Abbreviations_for_English_given_names

Researching:
Great grandmother Dorothy Bean nee Abbott (1858-1908)

SylviaInCanada

SylviaInCanada Report 29 Jan 2019 23:19

Almost certainly John ......... though "John" may be called Jack by family

just to make things difficult for us searchers! :-D

Researching:
My brother, photo taken in September 1991 just a couple of weeks before he died. ............................................................ To help us and to get better results, please post as much detail as you can, especially name, date(s) and place. Also say what you already know.

WhiffingSiggs

WhiffingSiggs Report 30 Jan 2019 22:07

Thanks, people :-)

Researching:
Siggs of Suffolk, Cambridgeshire, Essex and West London, Wise of North Hampshire, Wiltshire and North London and Aubrey/Whiting of South Wales/Herefordshire.

Andysmum

Andysmum Report 31 Jan 2019 12:04

Jno is also a name in its own right, with the J being a substitute for I. It may be a Scottish name, as there are several around here and I had never heard of it before I moved to Scotland.