Re: Scottish Christian Names

On Thu, 14 Jun 2007 22:16:01 +0100, viv.dunstan@xxxxxxxxxxxx (Vivienne
Dunstan) wrote:

flybywire <ramrod@xxxxxx> wrote:

With the Scottish habit of changing ladies Christian names eg Senga for
Agnes does anyone know the original name for Jessie please

I've seen lots of 18th/19th century examples of Janet -> Jessie.

I've got a Chirstain (b 1665), which I suppose is roughly equivalent
to Christine.

--
Frank Erskine
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  • Re: Janet/Jessie problems
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