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From: Eva <>
Subject: Re: [PA-QUAKERS] Tacy (one more comment)
Date: Sat, 17 Jul 2004 14:00:38 -0700
In-Reply-To: <MABBLEAMPCJJADNPKLHCOEFAJDAA.jrfranklin@earthlink.net>


Everyone's probably tired of this subject, but I thought one more note
was worth adding. According to an informative website about Welsh
names, Tacy was a typical 16th century Welsh name for girls, which
explains why it was so popular with our PA ancestors.

If interested, check this site for additional names and information:

http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/tangwystyl/welsh16.html



> From: [mailto:]
> Sent: Saturday, July 17, 2004 8:01 AM
> To:
> Subject: [PA-QUAKERS] Tacy name
>
> Hi,
>
> My name is Tacy, an old Quaker name from way back. My first Tacy
> ancester
> was Tacy Lukens, born 1764 in Montgomery Co., Pa. and there has been a
> Tacy
> in each of my generations since then. My mother was Tacy, my gr-aunt
> was Tacy
> and my grand-daughter (named after me), born in 1971 is named Tacy. I
> live in
> lower Bucks Co and there were a lot of Tacy's in Langhorne when I was
> growing up in the 1930's. My fifth grade teacher was named Tacy
> Satterthwaits. Tacy
> is not a nick name.
>
> Tacy B
>

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