It is very odd and not one that I would ever think of using myself - but according to a British Geneology forumthat I looked up, "Jno. is an abbreviation of the Latin Johannes. In medieval Latin this could be written as Jhohannes, abbreviated Jho. It has been suggested that the second letter (h) lost its ascender over the years, and came to be written as n. So the abbreviation became Jno."
I have no idea whether this is right or not - but it is an explanation of sorts I suppose. *shrugs nonplussed* (I wonder if anyone ever shrugs plussed?!)
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Date: 2012-10-23 10:42 pm (UTC)"Jno. is an abbreviation of the Latin Johannes. In medieval Latin this could be written as Jhohannes, abbreviated Jho. It has been suggested that the second letter (h) lost its ascender over the years, and came to be written as n. So the abbreviation became Jno."
I have no idea whether this is right or not - but it is an explanation of sorts I suppose.
*shrugs nonplussed*
(I wonder if anyone ever shrugs plussed?!)