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From: "Tiffany" <>
Subject: Re: [IOWA] Names
Date: Sun, 5 May 2002 14:56:51 -0700
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I have often wondered why "Pete" was such a popular nickname for girls. My
grandmother was named Thelma Izetta and she was born in 1921, her father
always called her "Pete". I have seen lots of evidence that many other
people used that nickname for thier daughters. Grandma never said why he
used that name.
Tiffany
----- Original Message -----
From: "JACK CHILDERS" <>
To: <>
Sent: Sunday, May 05, 2002 2:10 PM
Subject: [IOWA] Names


> I have two great aunts who were born Lillie and Willie. Those are not
nicknames, just the names they were born with. So their father called them
Pete and Bill ! I have pictures of them dressed like men, with fake
mustaches. They had two brothers named Clarence and Napoleon and I have
pictures of them dressed as women. All four were in the their late teens
when the pictures were taken.
>
> Now we know what teenagers on the ol farm did for fun during the early
1900's !!
>
> Jack Childers in OKC
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