Daily AncestorEtta
Etta was a nickname for Henrietta, Marietta or Louetta in American records of the 1700s and 1800s.
Etta is the ending of several names, Henrietta, Marietta and Louetta among them, used on its own.
Many records were made with the name a person went by, so look for Etta as well as Henrietta in indexes. Check other details before treating them as one woman. Because Etta served for more than one name, see which full name the same woman carries in other records.
As seen in a record1900 census; her marriage license a few years later gives Henrietta
Etta Dimmock, Daughter, April 1879, 21, S, Tenn.
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