"Fannie" is a nickname for...?

[Michael Schwitzgebel]

I'm sure someone knows this, so please feel free to speak up. What
would be the given name(s) for which the female nickname "Fannie" might
be used?

Thanks,
Mike

[Henry Churchyard]

In article <4dubkm$q...@news-f.iadfw.net>,
Michael Schwitzgebel <msch...@iadfw.net> wrote:

>What would be the given name(s) for which the female nickname "Fannie" might
>be used?

Frances (the nickname is usually spelled "Fanny").

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[Frank O'Donnell]

Michael Schwitzgebel <msch...@iadfw.net> writes:

>I'm sure someone knows this, so please feel free to speak up. What

>would be the given name(s) for which the female nickname "Fannie" might
>be used?

Well, I think it was popular as a given name about a century
ago. I have a great-grandmother who was given the name Fannie
Moore Betts at birth; I've seen mention of any number of other
women who seem to have been given this name at birth. So at
least in many cases it's not a nickname as such.

Frank
f...@netcom.com

[Todd A. Farmerie]

In a previous article, msch...@iadfw.net (Michael Schwitzgebel) says:

>
>I'm sure someone knows this, so please feel free to speak up. What
>would be the given name(s) for which the female nickname "Fannie" might
>be used?
>

Frances

[Edith W. Kufta]

In article <4dubkm$q...@news-f.iadfw.net>, msch...@iadfw.net (Michael
Schwitzgebel) wrote:

> I'm sure someone knows this, so please feel free to speak up. What
> would be the given name(s) for which the female nickname "Fannie" might
> be used?
>

> Thanks,
> Mike

Not an absolute, but believe it is a nickname for Frances (as is Frannie);
my ggmother was Margaret France/is and listed with her in the Census 1850
was a Fannie (same last name) as the oldest in the offspring so may well
be named after her mother -- and nicknamed Fannie.

[Karen Venable]

My nickname booklet says Fannie is for Frances.

[Stacks80]

In many cases in several of my lines, Fanny is a nickname for Frances

Phil Stackhouse

[CLone95]

My Italian aunt was called Fannie though her given name was Philomena
(sp?)

[Mary Burdick]

My mother was given the name Fannie Louise by her parents. She
went exclusively by Louise.
But to make it more complicated, the doctor made a mistake and
wrote Eunice on her birth cert.

[Allison Stanhope]

I have several with the name Frances that were called Fannie. In one of my
genealogy books under Fanny it says "nickname for Frances".
Allison Stanhope
mls...@mcn.net

[Arielle Masters]

I have two grandmothers (one is a great-) named Fannie. One is short
for Fay in English, but her name was originally Freida. I've only ever
heard the other one referred to as Fannie.

:-> Arielle Kagan Masters
--
ari...@mnsinc.com
(now at BTG, but no e-mail there. e-mail here.
no longer at OGI; not at GMU for much longer...)

[david shaw]

In <Edith_Kufta-22...@edith.ycia.yale.edu>

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In my own family tree, it would be Frances. There are probably a
few others as well.

David Shaw

[vax2.concordia.ca]

In article <4dubkm$q...@news-f.iadfw.net>, msch...@iadfw.net (Michael Schwitzgebel) writes...

>
>I'm sure someone knows this, so please feel free to speak up. What
>would be the given name(s) for which the female nickname "Fannie" might
>be used?

I have seen it used as a nickname for Frances, more than once.

Margaret Sheremata
Montreal, Quebec

[Eric Horn]

Frances in one of my branches.
msch...@iadfw.net (Michael Schwitzgebel) wrote:

>I'm sure someone knows this, so please feel free to speak up. What
>would be the given name(s) for which the female nickname "Fannie" might
>be used?

>Thanks,
>Mike

[Bridget Avery]

Fannie is often a given name also. I have 2 Fannie's in my line, neither
was a nickname.

Bridget Avery

[cherryne]

clo...@aol.com (CLone95) writes:

>My Italian aunt was called Fannie though her given name was Philomena
>(sp?)

My great-grandmother was called Fannie. Her real name was Verena, or
Veronica.

[Susan Mudgett aka little gator]

Todd A. Farmerie (ta...@po.CWRU.Edu) wrote:

: In a previous article, msch...@iadfw.net (Michael Schwitzgebel) says:

: >
: >I'm sure someone knows this, so please feel free to speak up. What

: >would be the given name(s) for which the female nickname "Fannie" might
: >be used?

: >

: Frances

Though "Fannie" is usally a nickname for Frances, my great-grandmother
was named Fannie, not as a nickname for anything, but as her real
legal name.

[Gerry Swetsky]

In article <4e42hb$8...@news1.mnsinc.com>,

Arielle Masters <ari...@mnsinc.com> wrote:
>I have two grandmothers (one is a great-) named Fannie. One is short
>for Fay in English, but her name was originally Freida. I've only ever
>heard the other one referred to as Fannie.

I also have a cousin whose name is Fay or Faye and her relatives
refer to her as Fannie.

On the other hand, I had an aunt whose name was Frances and who was
referred to as Fannie.

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[Cynthia Sims Kirkland]

In article <4e8cnn$e...@cloner2.ix.netcom.com>,
hone...@ix.netcom.com(Linda Davis ) wrote:

> In <4dubkm$q...@news-f.iadfw.net> msch...@iadfw.net (Michael

> Schwitzgebel) writes:
> >
> >
> >I'm sure someone knows this, so please feel free to speak up. What
> >would be the given name(s) for which the female nickname "Fannie"
> might
> >be used?
> >

> >Thanks,
> >Mike
> >
> Hi Mike
> It is a nickname for Frances

I will second the notion that FANNIE is also a nickname for Frances. My
ggg grandmother was Frances ("FANNIE") Bottoms Sims. Obviously her parents
had a since of humer!

[Alex. KRUMPHOLZ]

Michael Schwitzgebel wrote:
>
> I'm sure someone knows this, so please feel free to speak up. What
> would be the given name(s) for which the female nickname "Fannie" might
> be used?
>
> Thanks,
> Mike

i know it as a nickname for Staphanie

alex ;-]

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[Alex. KRUMPHOLZ]

Alex. KRUMPHOLZ wrote:
>
> Michael Schwitzgebel wrote:
> >
> > I'm sure someone knows this, so please feel free to speak up. What
> > would be the given name(s) for which the female nickname "Fannie" might
> > be used?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Mike
>
> i know it as a nickname for Staphanie
>

stephanie, of course...

sorry

> alex ;-]
>
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> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> university of klagenfurt department of informatics
> universitaetsstrasse 65-67 voice: ++43(0)463/2700-6220
> a-9020 klagenfurt fax: ++43(0)463/2700-505
> austria (...and we DON'T have kangaroos.... ;-] ) europe
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[Jim Deans]

Per the Webster`s dictionary I have-it is a nickname for Francis. I also
have a a mid to late 19th century ancestor who used it this way.

[Tricia]

msch...@iadfw.net (Michael Schwitzgebel) wrote:

>I'm sure someone knows this, so please feel free to speak up. What
>would be the given name(s) for which the female nickname "Fannie" might
>be used?

>Thanks,
>Mike

Mike,
Fannie is USUALLY the nickname for Frances, but you can not be sure
without proof. The Fanny in my line is a nickname for Euphania. (born
ca 1775-80)

[Susan Mudgett aka little gator]

Since everyone is giving nationality, my greatgrandmother Fannie(whose
real name *was* Fannie) was born in Nevada in the 1870s. Her mother
was born in Ireland and her father was born in Australia to Irish
parents. I know her mother had at least one aunt called Fannie but I
don't know the aunt's real name.

[Tom Camfield]

In article <4dubkm$q...@news-f.iadfw.net>, msch...@iadfw.net (Michael
Schwitzgebel) wrote:

>
> I'm sure someone knows this, so please feel free to speak up. What
> would be the given name(s) for which the female nickname "Fannie" might
> be used?

My great grandmother's given name was Fannie. "Fannie" is not a nickname.

Tom Camfield - camf...@olympus.net

[Christine Jensen]

I have one more, my husband's grandmother's name was Fanya and she was
called Fannie. She was born in Minsk.

msch...@iadfw.net (Michael Schwitzgebel) wrote:

>I'm sure someone knows this, so please feel free to speak up. What
>would be the given name(s) for which the female nickname "Fannie" might
>be used?

>Thanks,
>Mike

[Arielle Masters]

Arielle Masters (ari...@mnsinc.com) wrote:
: I have two grandmothers (one is a great-) named Fannie. One is short
: for Fay in English, but her name was originally Freida. I've only ever
: heard the other one referred to as Fannie.

I just got a copy of the first grandmother's passport: surprise! Her
name was originally Fejgel.

Arielle

[Keith Manderson]

de...@murdoch.edu.au (Jim Deans) wrote:
>Per the Webster`s dictionary I have-it is a nickname for Francis. I also
>have a a mid to late 19th century ancestor who used it this way.
>

The feminine form is Frances.

[jray...@ns1.koyote.com]

My great-grandmother, whose given names were Ida May,
was also known by the nickname Fannie. I have no idea
why, or if Fannie was commonly used as a nickname for
Ida, but the usage is well documented in this one case.

[Pat Frykberg]

On Fri, 26 Jan 1996, Alex. KRUMPHOLZ wrote:

> Michael Schwitzgebel wrote:
> >
> > I'm sure someone knows this, so please feel free to speak up. What
> > would be the given name(s) for which the female nickname "Fannie" might
> > be used?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Mike
>

> i know it as a nickname for Staphanie
>
>
>

It is generally the nickname for Frances female version of Francis.
>
>
>

[at...@imap2.asu.edu]

DeMarco Family (dem...@ix.netcom.com) wrote:
: My husband's Italian grandmother's given name was Rafaella, but she was
: called "Fannie". However, in immigrant Italian families, it was not
: uncommon for them to pick a name that, while not an exact translation,
: sounded similar to the Italian name. Rafaella is the feminine form of
: Rafael, and has no equivalent in English.
: Regards,
: Margaret
: dem...@ix.netcom.com

My great-grandmother was called "Fannie" and her given name was "Frances."

--
Dan Wilson
Arizona State Univ. (West)

[Angel Rediger]

In the US, Fannie is nickname for Frances.
Angel

[Tom Camfield]

In article <4f8jrg$1s...@usenetp1.news.prodigy.com>, ZPL...@prodigy.com
(Angel Rediger) wrote:

> In the US, Fannie is nickname for Frances.
> Angel

And, as I state once before on this subject, FANNIE need not be a
"nickname" for anything. My great grandmother's given name was FANNIE.

--
Tom Camfield - camf...@olympus.net

[Judy Kemper]

My grandmother's given name was Fannie; it was not a nickname. I have
another ancestor also with the given name of Fannie. It may be a nickname
in the case given, but it was also a not uncommon given name around the
1900's.

Judy