Forname Janet?

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julie d
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Forname Janet?

Post by julie d » Sat Jan 26, 2008 7:52 pm

I have found the name JOANET in my tree, her mother was Joanet also. When looking in IGI, the parents of Joanet and siblings are Joanet and John Donaldson. My query is that I have found more children born around the right time, and the same place, with parents listed as John Donaldson and JANET, and John Donaldson and JONET, does this mean it the children are siblings or are these totally different parents
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SarahND
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Post by SarahND » Sat Jan 26, 2008 8:34 pm

Hi julie d,
I would think that almost certainly Jonet and Janet are the same person, different spellings. Not sure what time frame we're talking about, but if any of them lived until statutory records, you could check if their parents were the same...
All the best,
Sarah
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Post by julie d » Sat Jan 26, 2008 10:02 pm

Thanks so much for your reply. Julie.
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Post by LesleyB » Sat Jan 26, 2008 10:03 pm

Ah...Janet!
Also known as Jannet, Jonnet, Jonet, Jonnat, Jennet, Jenet, sometimes Jane, even Jean & of course Jessie, probably a few I've missed and now also Joanet! :shock:

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Post by speleobat2 » Sat Jan 26, 2008 10:29 pm

I spent seven months looking for my my 2x great grandmother Jessie Milne who even had a granddaughter named exactly that only to find out that her real name was Janet. Consider all the possibilities until you see otherwise in writing. Even then you can't always be sure. Keeps the search interesting! :D

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Post by anner » Sat Jan 26, 2008 11:30 pm

Another variant that I have found for Janet is Jenny. My cousin has just sent me her Mums birth cert, born Glasgow 1919, what a shock I got to find her name wasnt Jenny.

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Anne.
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Post by StewL » Sun Jan 27, 2008 1:34 am

Lesley

You forgot to include Jeannie in that list too :lol: :lol:
Believe me I got caught early in this game looking for a Jeannie birth and it was Jane :lol:
Stewie

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Post by ninatoo » Sun Jan 27, 2008 1:36 am

How about Jeanette?

Speaking of which, I always thought that was my granny's name because she was known as Nettie. But she was Jane. :shock:

Anyone know how you get Nettie from Jane?
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