A List of Hanna Basin People Nicknames

Nicknames compiled by Gertrude "Gert" Milliken  
with contributions from Gerald "Doodle" McArdle, Bob "Bobo" Leathers and April Avery

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Before the Bridge, Hanna, about 1965 (Image from Leo Leathers, taken from his back yard)

Many people in the Hanna Basin had a nickname. For the fun of it, Gert Milliken and friends compiled a list of the names they could remember. Gert passed along a note, "sometimes the nickname was so dominant, no one could remember the real name".

​A

Ainsworth, Don - (Kaesar)

Ainsworth, Ed - (Snod)

Ainsworth, Jack - (8LB)

Alto, Evor - (Dutchy)

Anderson, Henry - (Nappy)

Anderson, James - (Pancake)

Anderson - (Zeki)

​Autio, Franklin - (Finn)

B

​Bailey, Bryant - (Scant)

Bailey - (Dumpy)

Bedford - (Stub)

Bedford - (Hawkshaw)

Bedford - (Peg)

Boam, Arthur - (Speck)

Boam, Ronald - (Ronnie)

Boam, Harry - (Buck)

Boam - (Moe)

Boam, Thomas - (Tucker)

Brewer, Marjorie - (Midge)

Briggs, Alexander - (A. D.)

Briggs, Neil - (Cowt)

Briggs, William - (Windy)

Bruce, Robert - (Snoose)

Buckendorf, Eugene - (Gene)

Bullock, G.E. - (Bookie)

Butler - (Soapy)

Butler, John - (Pups)

C

Campbell, Robert - (Bob)

​Cesnik, Stanley - (Stan)

Clark, Frank - (Cluck)

Clark - (Weary)

​Clegg, James - (Jimmy)

Crank, Stanley - (Stem)

Crawford, Muriel - (Mugs)

Crawford - (Nort)

Cruickshank, George - (Crookey)

Cruickshank, Phyliss - (Trix)

Cummings, Robert - (Bisquick)

D

DeForest - (Duke)

Dodds, Tom - (Sally)

E

Ekola - (Heavy)

Eskele, Wayne - (Yonks)

Evans, Evan - (Red)

F

​Freeman, Bill - (Monk)

Freeman, Tom - (Tucker)

G

​Gaskell, Albert - (Heavy)

Gaskell, Richard - (Crow)

H

Hapgood, Alfred - (Shorty)

Harrison, William - (Peanuts)

Henningsen - (Hoosegow) ​

Henningsen - (Squirt)

Holma, Herbert - (Teddy Bear)

Huhtala, John - (Hoot)

Hukala, Uno - (Biff)

Hukala, Buford - (Beef)

Hunt, Richard - (Doc)

J

​Johnson, Eli - (Cap)

Jones, Evan - (Snapper)

Jones - (Snott)

​Jones, Donald - (Bones)

​Jones, Donald - (Don)

Jones, George - (Turk)

Jones, Leroy - (Nip)

Jussila, Sulo - (Soup)

Jussila, Tauno - (Dog)

K

​Kandolin, Wilho - (Kat)

Katsofakis, Andy - (Close Eye)

Kelly, Jack - (Kayo)

Kerr - (Dutch)

Kerr, Gaddis - (Gat)

Killiam, Clyde - (Liquid)

Killion, Leonard - (Liquid)

Kirkpatrick, William - (Snuffy)

Kivisto, Tenho - (Tenspot)

Klemola - (Billy) (Klem)

Klemola - (Chinky)

Klemola, Wayne - (Spug)

​Kotsavakis - (Lefty)

Kuoppala, Reino - (Kuop)

L

​Leathers, Robert - (Bobo)

Leathers, Ronald - (Smokey)

Lee, Dick - (Womp)

Lehti, Uno - (Tug)

Lemoine, Henry - (Goofy)

Lemoine, Roy - (Simp)

Linde, Theodore - (Tuff)

Lucas, Bernard - (Bun)

Lucas, Clarence - (Pumpy)

Lucas, Vincent - (Tunney)

M

​McAtee, George - (Hutch)

Mangan - (Tooty)

​McArdle, Gerald - (Doodle)

McArdle, James - (Doodle)

McCalla, Edward - (Ed the Sailor)

McNeese - (Joke)

McNeese, William - (Bill)

Meekin - (Goog)

Mellor, Charles - (Chuck)

Mellor, Gilbert - (Gib)

Mellor, William - (Billy)

Mellor, Jack - (Hookey)

Mellor, Joe - (Stooge)

Milliken, William - (Bill) (Sutt)

Milliken, Gary - (Moose)

Milliken, Gertrude - (Gert)

Milliken, John - (Tillers)

Milliken, John - (Bearcat)

Milliken, Robert - (Mucca)

Milliken, Robert - (Swat) ​

​Moffit, Ted - (Fudge)

Morgan - (Pop)

Morgan, Harold - (Hags)

Morgan, Sidney - (Bugs)

Myamoto - (Yosh)

N

Nakazona, Sam - (Nag)

Norris, Joe - (Fog)

O

P

Pallesen, Wilbur - (Pally)

Parkko - (Slim)

​Pascoe, William Sr. - (Bill)

Peterson, Henry - (Pekin)

Porter, James (Jimmy)

R

​Rea, Bill - (Scooney)

Reel, Lloyd - (Gopher)

Reese, Robert - (Sonny)

​Ridder, Frank - (Tuffy)

Rimmer, John - (Lim)

Rimmer - (Pickles)

Rimmer - (Skinny)

Riva, Evalt - (Egg)

Riva, Woodrow - (Pud)

Riva - (Unk)

Rodda, Johnny - (Dyke)

Rollison, Herold - (Pat)

Ryder, Frank - (Tuffy)

S

Saari - (Fish)

Salo, Eugene - (Elky)

Salo, Laurie - (Scully)

Salo, Oliver - (Nebbie)

Saxberg, Onni - (Taxi)

Scarpelli, Ralph - (Rastus)

Siltamaki, Sander - (Si)

​Solaas, Charles - (Chas)

Solaas, Wallace - (Wally)

Stultz, Joe - (Trigger)

T

​Taccalone, Frankie - (Musso)

Taccalone, Tony - (Tac)

Tate, Jack - (Spud)

Tavelli, Donald - (Prof)

​Temple, Gordon - (Gordo)

​Tennant, Alexander Sr. (Sandy)

Tennant, Alex - (Moon) ​

Tennant, Arthur - (Buster)

Tennant, Earl - (Weary)

Tennant, Evan - (Sleepy)

Tennant, William - (Bill)

Tennant, James - (Jim) (Mugsy)

Thomas, Virgil - (Boogie)

V

​Veitch, Bill - (Buzz)

Veitch, Herbert - (Hub)

​Veitch, Ronald - (Ronnie)

Veitch - (Pip)

W

Waits, Bill - (Ginney)

Waits, Claude - (Bussie)

Waits - (Korky)

Wakkuri, John - (Matt)

Wales, George - (Prince)

Wales, Richard - (Rip)

​Warburton, Rachel - (Pooch)

Warburton, William - (Buttons)

Warburton, Robert - (Ick)

​West, Lanny (Hook)

While, Donald - (Don) (Duck)

​While, Edward - (Ed) (Breezy)

While, Henry - (Hank)

While, Jack - (Biggy)

While, James - (Jimmy)

While, Joseph - (Joe) (Cotton)

While, John Sr. - (Sandy) (Jack)

While, John Jr. - (Jacky)

While, John - (Gimpy) (Guts)

While, Jobe - (Job)

Wist, Evert - (Twisty)

Withrow - (Pinky)

Withrow, Ronald - (Squeaky)

Z

Zancanella, David - (Zank)