Jitney Bill
I found this name on a very old business card for a taxi driver in 1918 at Algiers, New Orleans. Whether any connection I don’t know but wonder if it’s a derivative of the French Jaunty and would have no connection.
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According to the Merriam-Webster definition for JITNEY, the etymology has nothing to do with the French "jaunty", but rather was slang for a nickel (a 5-cent U.S. coin), which led to the term being applied to taxicabs or buses where the fare was 5 cents in the early 1900s.
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Sounds like a scrap piece ticket stub type memorabilia found in an ancestors belongings — would have sentimental value, I guess
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