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I found that Radigan is a surname, and according to American Family Name Origins, "Perhaps an altered spelling of the southern French family name Radigon, a diminutive of Radigue, which is of uncertain origin. It is largely confined to Gascony and is perhaps a derivative of Occitan razigar ‘to tear out or uproot’ (Latin eradicare, from radix, genitive radicis); if so, it is presumably a topographic name for someone who lived on a patch of cleared land."

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Tisken I think is a Dutch nickname for Matthias, as I found that -ken is a diminutive in Dutch.

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There were several Sabras on rootsweb with alternate names of Sarah, enough that I think it's probably a nickname for Sarah.

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I found an entry on another forum that Alverey was related to Aubrey and Alfred, which would also link it to Avery.

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