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Offline Les de B

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Is there a nickname for Isaac?
« on: Wednesday 27 October 10 10:49 BST (UK) »
I'm just wondering whether there is a nickname for Isaac e.g. Richard/Dick, William/Bill, Robert/Bob etc......... If there is, it might help me find my elusive Isaac ancestor - well, maybe  ???

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Re: Is there a nickname for Isaac?
« Reply #1 on: Wednesday 27 October 10 10:56 BST (UK) »
'Zac'!!     ;)     :-\    ::)

 (But I don't know how it would be written in the records - You know like W'm and Jno and Hy for William John and Henry)

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Re: Is there a nickname for Isaac?
« Reply #2 on: Wednesday 27 October 10 11:10 BST (UK) »
I have come across Izzy, Ike and Ikey for Isaac.
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Re: Is there a nickname for Isaac?
« Reply #3 on: Wednesday 27 October 10 11:18 BST (UK) »
Hi,

Did Isaac have a second name?

I spent a long time looking for Maria Rachel, who sometimes called herself Rachel Maria.

Also gt.uncle Frank who was registered as Peter Frank......   ::)


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Re: Is there a nickname for Isaac?
« Reply #4 on: Wednesday 27 October 10 12:19 BST (UK) »
My 2xG Grandfather, Isaac, appeared on the 1911 census as John (he was the one who filled the form in). That wasn't even his middle name. But like Nanny Jan says many people did (and do) go by their middle names.
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Re: Is there a nickname for Isaac?
« Reply #5 on: Wednesday 27 October 10 13:02 BST (UK) »
Thanks for all those helpful replies.

I did think of Zac, but thought that may have been short for Zachery?

Never thought about Ike, Iky etc, so there's a possibility.

Isaac is the only name.

Basically Isaac is my gg grandfather from England. His son, my g grandfather, William was born 1850's in England, and migrated to Australia. On William's Australian Marriage Cert his father is named Isaac, but on his Death Cert his father is listed as William. William's mother was listed as Elizabeth Lee.

The surname is Swindail, and that name has many variations. Over the last 10 years I've searched for any record of the birth of William, and his parents through BDM's, Censuses, and even had a RootsChatter visit Lancashire to view Parish records without success.

I've tried every variation to find William's birth and his parents, so was hoping this new idea might work. There have been plenty of "possibles", but never anything to confirm this family.

I really don't require any one to search further, as I think I've exhausted every variation/avenue open to me, but as a nickname for Isaac was something that just came to me, I thought I would give it go.

Thanks

Les
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Re: Is there a nickname for Isaac?
« Reply #6 on: Wednesday 27 October 10 15:48 BST (UK) »
My gt-gt-uncle Isaac was called Ike, but only in the family. 

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Re: Is there a nickname for Isaac?
« Reply #7 on: Wednesday 27 October 10 15:53 BST (UK) »
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Re: Is there a nickname for Isaac?
« Reply #8 on: Wednesday 27 October 10 15:57 BST (UK) »
Isaac Wistler (Ike) Turner. Ike and Tina Turner :)

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