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Title: JNO as a Christian name: abbreviation?
Post by: Cardamom on Wednesday 12 September 07 13:19 BST (UK)

In the IGI, I found several baptism entries from Marylebone (1773, 1774, 1779) where the children's father was entered as JNO Cooper, and his wife als ELIZTH. This looks to me like a lazy registrar; but what name could he have abbreviated as JNO? He did it at least three times. Google returns quite a few JNO as well, it seems to be a common thing, but as a German I cannot imagine what it meant.

I do hope the question is not too daft  :o

Cardamom

Title: Re: JNO as a Christian name: abbreviation?
Post by: Tati on Wednesday 12 September 07 13:22 BST (UK)

Hi Cardamom,

Jno is a standard abbreviation for John  :)

Title: Re: JNO as a Christian name: abbreviation?
Post by: Cardamom on Wednesday 12 September 07 14:34 BST (UK)

Confirms my worst fears  ...
I suspect these people to be the family of my most mysterious ancestor ... John and Elizabeth, very well  ;D
 Thank you so much!

Elisabeth

Title: Re: JNO as a Christian name: abbreviation?
Post by: stanmapstone on Wednesday 12 September 07 14:55 BST (UK)

For Abbreviations and old forms of Christian names
See http://freereg.rootsweb.com/howto/realnames.htm

Stan