Nettie is a feminine given name that is a diminutive form of Annette, Jeanette, Anna and Antonia. Its popularity in the United States has continually declined since its peak in the 1910s and 1920s. [1] Notable people with this name include:
John Jones may refer to:
Nettie Maria Stevens was an American geneticist who discovered sex chromosomes. In 1905, soon after the rediscovery of Mendel's paper on genetics in 1900, she observed that male mealworms produced two kinds of sperm, one with a large chromosome and one with a small chromosome. When the sperm with the large chromosome fertilized eggs, they produced female offspring, and when the sperm with the small chromosome fertilized eggs, they produced male offspring. The pair of sex chromosomes that she studied later became known as the X and Y chromosomes.
The Washburn family is a family of politicians from the United States. Below is a list of members:
The City of Ararat was a local government area about 200 kilometres (124 mi) west-northwest of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. It existed from 1858 until 1994.
Nancy Maria "Nettie" McCormick was an American philanthropist. Through marriage, she became a member of the prominent McCormick family.
Josiah is a given name derived from the Hebrew Yoshi-yahu (Hebrew: יֹאשִׁיָּהוּ, Modern: Yošiyyáhu, Tiberian: Yôšiyyāhû, "God has healed".
Horace is a masculine given name, derived from the Roman poet Quintus Horatius Flaccus.