JNO name of ancestor

[valbee]

Hi

Please could someone tell me what the name JNO is short for? I found the name in the IGI and not sure if it is a short version of John.

Thanks
Val

[Alan Welsford]

You are correct

Jno = John
Wm = William
Jas = James

etc...

Alan

[Mutley]

One of my lot used JNO for Junior when father and son, with the same names, (not John) lived together.

However, I think the abbreviation for Junior should really be JNR. I would not trust my lot to have got anything right.

[Alan Welsford]

Probably worth posing this link

(Its on the FreeReg site)

https://freereg.rootsweb.com/howto/realnames.htm

Alan

[*bunty*]

Thanks for that link Alan, that just told me my Jon. is indeed Jonathan as I suspected. I worked out Wm., Jas. and Chas. on my own .

[valbee]

Hi

Thanks to all who helped with my query. I'd sorted out Hy for Henry, Chas for Charles and Lottie for Charlotte but couldn't fathom why John would be shortened to JNO!

Val

[pipsqueak]

In the case of one of my relatives, the Jno stood for Jane - as in "Mary Jno". If I hadn't been 100% certain that I had the right family and hadn't known that, the Jno would have thrown me completely!

[LittleMissP]

I recently realised why I was getting confused over one section of my tree... There were two daughters of a particular couple- one called Elizabeth and the other Eliza. At first I'd assumed these were the same person and merrily put Elizabeth in all the relevant entries, it was only later on I realised that I now have to transfer Elizabeth's marriage, children, etc, etc across to Eliza.

Distinct lack of originality on the parent's behalf though in the naming!

But a good lesson learnt for me!

[Mutley]

For a long time I hunted for Elijah only to find he was actually a she,
Elizah, wrongly enumerated as a son.

[Jan1954]

For a long time I hunted for Elijah only to find he was actually a she,
Elizah, wrongly enumerated as a son.

I had Pharaoh enumerated as Sarah - a daughter...