meaning of "Tho." Does "Tho." stand for something like "Thomas" in a name like "Tho. Bowles"? what names may it stand for?

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Jan 9, 2015 1:05 PM

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Yes, 'Tho' is Thomas. It wouldn't stand for any other name. If you have read this abbreviation somewhere, the text must be at least a hundred years old - a Dickens novel, for example. This convention of abbreviating the spelling of men's first names ( Jas for 'James' for example) fell out of use many decades ago.

January 9, 2015

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