Hi folks. Found out two things today from a sweet 96 year aunt. Aunt Vi is
the daughter of Washington Wilcox and Mary Carico. Some of the records in
VA apparently show the name Molly.
Vi says that Molly's actual name is Mary Mundana Carrico. Mundana, being
her mother's first name. When Mary was a young child, her mother Mundana
died and Mary's Uncle Andy took Mary and her three sisters in. Well, he
already had a daughter by the name of Mary. So to prevent any confusion he
decided to call Mary Mundana Carrico, "Molly".
Aunt Vi says Mary hated the name Molly and when she got married she dropped
it right away.
Aunt Vi also told me that Mary dropped one "R" out of Carrico when she left
VA and moved to Murphysboro, IL (Jackson Co) with her husband Washington
Wilcox. She does not know why Mary changed the spelling from Carrico to
Carico as it was Mary's two brothers John Wesley Carrico and Andrew Winton
Carrico that convinced Washington and Mary to move there.
Also for whatever its worth, Andrew Winton Carrico was called "Uncle Jim" by
his family! Go Figure!
Anyway, I thought I would throw that out there to all my Carrico/Carico
cousins!
George Basden
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