Beverly:

Nettie is a nickname for Antoinette.  It is not illogical for 
Henrietta, given the common practice of putting an N in front of a 
nickname beginning with a vowel.  In the 1800s many nicknames such as 
Nancy, Sally, Effie, etc., had become names in their own right.  If 
her parents were not members of a church which practiced infant 
baptism, with the clergy maintaining rigid control of the naming 
process, Nettie may be her only given name.

I enjoyed the NGS conference in Richmond very much.  Seeing Jamestown 
was great!

--Ida Skarson McCormick, [log in to unmask], Seattle

At 01:34 PM 6/2/2007, Beverly Thomas <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>I am researching my gggrandparents, John and Nettie EVANS. They have 
>become one of my biggest Brickwalls! Their son, Robert Lee Evans, 
>was my ggrandfather. Robert Lee was born abt 1868-71 in Virginia 
>[according to his marriage record] or Washington, DC [1900 WV 
>census]. I did find a John and Henrietta Evans on 1870 and 80 
>Rockbridge Co., VA census, both listing Washington, DC as their 
>birthplace. BUT, there were no children in their household. <snip>
>Any ideas what Nettie was short for? <snip>