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What were your grandmothers called?

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wildpoppy · 14/08/2012 10:47

I think I like old fashioned names - anyone care to share what their grandmothers/great-grandmothers were called.

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starfishmummy · 14/08/2012 18:33

Both my grandmothers had died before was born. One was Dorothy and the other Nellie - but not sure what it was short for. My mum had an Aunt Tamar (also dead by the time I came along) which I always thought was a nice name - although they called her Nanna!

Gunznroses · 14/08/2012 18:33

Sarah and Esther.

tanfastic · 14/08/2012 18:32

My mum's mum Ruby. My dad's mum Isabella.

rhetorician · 14/08/2012 18:31

Catherine Mary and Gertrude Mary; my dd is Catherine (not my biological child) and I only found out that my grandmother (who died when my father was 5, in 1933) was called Catherine once we'd chosen dd's name (she was always referred to as Mary); on DP's side there has been a Catherine in every generation since the 1770s...

SandStorm · 14/08/2012 18:29

Alice and Erica

peggyblackett · 14/08/2012 18:29

Iris and Kathleen

EugenesAxe · 14/08/2012 18:29

Muriel and Alice.

FarelyKnutsAboutTheIrishTeam · 14/08/2012 18:28

Ceinwyn and Nancy (though her actual name was Margaret IIRC)

MarysBeard · 14/08/2012 18:24

Hilda (can't see that one coming back too soon :)) and Ellen (Nellie) who died when my dad was 16. Also had Great Aunty Flo (Florence) (grandmas's sister) and Aunty Bette who was my grandad's girlfriend as other "grannies".

Lexilicious · 14/08/2012 18:15

Lilian, and Betty (not short for Elizabeth, she was the surprise baby after a few years gap, and one of the older sisters named her after a school friend who was Elizabeth nn Betty!)

Pinkforever · 14/08/2012 18:03

Mine were-Mary and Myra

Dh were-Sarah,dds middle name to placate milHmm and Rose which I think is a lovely name.

CPtart · 14/08/2012 17:58

Monica and Bessie.

Pantah630 · 14/08/2012 17:54

Glenys and Annie
GGM's Maria and Margaret on Mums side, can't remember on Dads

My Mum and her Twin are Maria and Margaret too :)

uselfullife · 14/08/2012 17:52

May( Mary) and Kathleen

KnickerKnockers · 14/08/2012 17:51

Clara and Catherine.

MrsJohnDeere · 14/08/2012 17:50

Gwladys and Rose

ColourMeWithChaos · 14/08/2012 17:49

Grandmothers: Maria Loreta and Anne Penelope Louisa (known as Annie)

Great-grandmothers: Eva, Patience (known as Patsy), Alice and Emily

PeshwariNaan · 14/08/2012 17:49

Grandmothers: Caroline Sue/ Ivadelle
Great-grandmother: Frances Marguerite

I didn't know my other GG.

cazboldy · 14/08/2012 17:48

Jessie and Joan

HandMadeTail · 14/08/2012 17:47

Ruth and Joyce.

NeverKnowinglyUnderstood · 14/08/2012 17:47

ruth, elsie

MrsRobertDuvallHasRosacea · 14/08/2012 17:46

Mine was Doris ( so glad I wasn't named afterher!)
Welsh Nain was Catherine Jane

I had Great Aunts called Florrie and Hilda.

tiredteddy · 14/08/2012 17:44

Mine were Marion and Joan.
DH had Doris and Doris !

SoupDragon · 14/08/2012 17:42

Beatrice Marguerite & Francis Victoria

Twunk · 14/08/2012 17:39

Oh and paternal GM was Winifred.