While reading M. R. James' ghost story 'Wailing Well' I came accross the abbrevations ma. and mi. being used after the same name Stanley Judkins, like so Stanley Judkins ma. and Stanley Judkins mi.
I was wondering what this would mean in regards to the character. Mi. is used once at the start of the story, as is ma., but towards the end after Stanley dies mi. is used once again.
Could anyone please tell me what this means?