Any idea what "nm" could mean?

Question

This was found on Myheritage, which admittedly I know little about:
If you look at children for the first few results, "Nm" appears in Sarah Cundall's name.

Most abbreviations I could think of wouldn't apply to this situation, (New Mexico, Not married, etc.)
Sarah Cundall was 4 when she passed away, and lived in Canada, It's probably unimportant but I thought I'd check here first. Any ideas would be nice

Answer 1

I have seen many people add that a child has Never Married beside their name.

That abbreviation is clearly made by someone who created their tree and it was meant for them to use. Through ‘Smart Matches’, I suspect people that simply copy other people’s info down without looking at things simply propagated the info. I think to your particular tree it wouldn’t need to be there. If you wanted, however, you could make a note that it was there, until you figure it out. But I suspect it means Never Married, as I see it in Canadian trees all the time- even for children.

Comments

Thank you, this seems to make the most sense. It doesn't look like it matters all that much then, and if it isn't a widespread genealogical term then it's probably best not to use it.

Answer 2

Possibly 'Not married'? I am not sure, but that could be an idea.

Answer 3

She died as a child, therefore she was NM - never married.

Answer 4

There are many matches for the daughter Sarah born 1838 on MyHeritage.

Some have (Nm), some not. For a 4 year child "Not married" would be strange … And I have some "old" woman which never married, but I don't have "(Nm)".

Without subscription I cannot check those profiles.

Maybe the family name is misplaced in later family name and not in birth name. Then "Nm" could be "not mentioned".

Answer 5

maybe no middle name

Answer 6

In most of the listings of the children, I see "Sarah (Nm) Cundall, Theresa (Nun) Cundall". "Nm" could be a misreading of "Nun"... or vice versa. I suspect they're both errors made in the transcription (via OCR or AI?) of what was in an original source -- maybe just squiggles to cross out an error -- and then faithfully replicated from one family tree to another.

Comments

A nun with 4 years??? 

Answer 7

I am looking at the image of the burial record for Sarah, and Nm does not appear anywhere:
"Sarah daughter of William Cundall Esqr and Sarah his wife died the 12th Feby 1843 aged 5 years and was buried on the 15th."

So I would assume it is either system-generated or user-generated to mean 'not married' (systems do sometimes state the obvious!)