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What were your grandparents called?

474 replies

Oopsie · 12/06/2011 15:50

I'm looking for some good oldie names.

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ooma · 13/06/2011 09:34

Grace Darling
Laurence Henry

Susan
William

Jessie
Alfred

Lucy
George
Great Aunts Nell, Blythe

sparkle12mar08 · 13/06/2011 09:31

Dh's side
GP's - Reginald, Marjorie, Harry, Elisabeth
GGP's - James, Ethel, Edward, Amy, Alexander, Margaret, Geoffrey, Ida
GGGP's - James, Jane, Samuel (2), Eliza, Edward, Alice (2), Betsy, Henry, William, Matilda, Mary, Richard

BulletWithAName · 13/06/2011 09:28

Mine-
Loretta
Vivian
Patricia
Gerald

DP-
Jean
Kenneth
Valerie
Victor

FrumpyPumpy · 13/06/2011 09:20

Mary Doris (known as Doris)
William Robert

Marion
James

DH:

kathleen
eric
William
er.....

Georgimama · 13/06/2011 09:20

Charles (Charlie)
Elsie
Arthur
Violet

Stokey38 · 13/06/2011 09:20

Winifred and Robert
William and Matilda

I think they were all rather nice. Matilda our DD middle name

sparkle12mar08 · 13/06/2011 09:19

Grandparents (1916 onwards) - William and Janet, Frank and Gladys.

G gp's (1880's onwards) - Joseph and Gertrude, Leonard and Minnie, Samuel and Matilda, Walter and Mary

GG gp's (1840's onwards) - John, Alice, William, Mary, Harry, Amy, Edward, Laura, Aaron, Sarah, Richard, Hannah, Ephraim, Ann, Jervis and Jane.

GGG gp's (1800 onwards) - Stephen (2), Martha, James (2), Mary (6), George, Thomas (2), Hannah, Joseph, Henrietta, Rupert, Betsy, Edwin (2), Emma, Henry, Susannah, John, Richard, Sarah (2), Ralph, Walter, Jane, Ann.

GGGG gp's (1760's onwards, names not already mentioned) - Dorothy, Esther, Hugh, Harriet, Jemima, Ellen, Alice, Lavinia.

atrociouscook · 13/06/2011 09:16

Alice Delilah - don't see many of these!
George Walter

pommedechocolat · 13/06/2011 09:00

Olive Beatrice and Peter
Muriel Constance and Charles Stanley

acumenin · 13/06/2011 08:59

Randal and Sheila
Nello and Fred

I don't advise it, frankly.

crazynanna · 13/06/2011 08:52

Elsie and James

ohgoonthen · 13/06/2011 08:48

Sarah-Jane (called Sadie) and Joseph
Astella (called Stella) and Richard

Coralanne · 13/06/2011 08:31

Albert and Louisa
Victoria Grace and Arthur Clarence

tartanbuggy · 13/06/2011 08:28

Helen and John
Annie and Basil

Elsjas · 13/06/2011 08:16

Ethel and John. May Florence and William John.

BambinoBoo · 13/06/2011 08:09

Mary and Patrick
Kathleen and Hubert

nochy · 13/06/2011 05:49

Harold and Rae
George and Lillian

solittletime · 13/06/2011 02:17

Oh, and
Cecily or cecilia

solittletime · 13/06/2011 02:16

Imogen
Rose
Beatrice
Eve
Heather
Sage
Ruth
Shirley!!! (not a personal favourite!!)

ComradeJing · 13/06/2011 01:46

Maria but known by her middle name of vesta.
Percy
Ronald
Sheila

cityangel · 13/06/2011 00:57

Marie, William (Bill), Lillian, Eric
their friends = Kathleen, Eileen, Ivy, Tom, Betty, Meg

adamschic · 13/06/2011 00:50

William and Anna.

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JoInScotland · 13/06/2011 00:43

Emily & Frederick
Mary & Robert

FairyArmadillo · 13/06/2011 00:35

Great grandparents- Francisco and Pilar

Grandfathers were both called Jose, grandmothers were Nenita and Raquel.

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