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Help[Facts] Re: T9C
in reply to a message by clevelandkentevans
Fascinating, indeed, and thanks for the amazing explanation. When I saw the subject line it made no sense to me, but if it's good enough for a Baptist preacher, hey, why should anyone complain? ;)
I suppose there's no reason why a WWII bomber might not also have been named T9C - look at Enola Gay! Which is more recognisably human, of course.
Maybe the T9C people were premature? I once met a tall, welll-built man who must have had a name but was universally known as Boxy "because" when he was born, he was so tiny that his parents bedded him down in a shoe box. And the nickname stuck. Seems a weird reason, but it was normal to him which is what counts.
I suppose there's no reason why a WWII bomber might not also have been named T9C - look at Enola Gay! Which is more recognisably human, of course.
Maybe the T9C people were premature? I once met a tall, welll-built man who must have had a name but was universally known as Boxy "because" when he was born, he was so tiny that his parents bedded him down in a shoe box. And the nickname stuck. Seems a weird reason, but it was normal to him which is what counts.
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Oh, indeed, when I have tried to Google this name I have run across cases where the child was named T9C precisely because it was born abnormally tiny for an infant.
And the two cases so far that I've been able to check out in census records (which includes the Maryland woman whose obituary I linked to) have both been the youngest children in their families.
And the two cases so far that I've been able to check out in census records (which includes the Maryland woman whose obituary I linked to) have both been the youngest children in their families.
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