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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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Missy44 · 14/08/2012 16:14

Lily-May and Gwyneth. Other relatives of that generation, Cissy, Mabel, Reene, Myra, Ada, Jeano, Doreen.

AmyJane20 · 14/08/2012 16:05

Pamela and Dianne x

Keepthechangeyoufilthyanimal · 14/08/2012 15:48

Mine - Betty (Just Betty - not short for anything) and Madge
DH's - Laura & Edith
Some nice names cropping up on this thread!

HotDAMNlifeisgood · 14/08/2012 15:47

Ethel and Marthe

ja9 · 14/08/2012 15:46

Josephine and maud

Bleurgh to both names (sorry! I really tried to like them when i was pg with a dd...but just couldn't)

Thisistheway · 14/08/2012 15:41

Aliki (Greek) and Joyce

DH's still going strong at 96 and 102 - Vera and Elsie

carben · 14/08/2012 15:36

G/M were Jessie and Catherine (known as Katie).
Great G/M were Louisa/ Amelia/ Gwendoline/ Blodwen

HistoryNerd · 14/08/2012 15:23

Olive and Annie

scarlettsmummy2 · 14/08/2012 15:16

Eileen and irene. Great grandmothers both margaret.

3boysgirlontheway · 14/08/2012 15:13

Mine were Nora and May
DH's were Catherine and Florence

Ephiny · 14/08/2012 15:05

Gladys and Kathleen

anychocswilldo · 14/08/2012 15:02

Gm May and Lily
Ggm Lily Eleanor, Louisa, Eliza and Nancy.
Dh gm Anne and Elizabeth Alice.

MagdalenaAlec · 14/08/2012 14:52

Great grandmothers: Charlotte, Leopoldine, Hedwige, Sophie-Marthe (changed to Martha for DD's mn #2). DH: Oleksandra, Victoria Eugenia (changed to Victoire-Eugénie for DD's mn #1), Cordelia, Henrietta
Grandmothers: Lorraine, Sophie-Agnes DH: Evguenia, Rosamond

I now feel bad I stopped the "Sophies" line with DD Confused

Love Victoire-Eugenie, Leopoldine, Cordelia and Henrietta.

Vicky2011 · 14/08/2012 14:45

Margot and Gwenerys

Chunkychicken · 14/08/2012 14:43

Joan and Grace.

My DSis & I got a name each for our middle names.

pepperrabbit · 14/08/2012 14:40

Edith and Gladys!
and my Grandads were called William George and George William showing the huge array of popular boys names that generation Grin

randomimposter · 14/08/2012 14:39

Eliza and Mary.

shaketheshame · 14/08/2012 14:38

Mine were called Jeanette and Suzanne.

TwllBach · 14/08/2012 14:35

Edith Elaine, known as Elaine and Joyce.

I would love to know what my Great GMs name was, on my dads side, because she would have been Bangladeshi and I have always been curious. All my dads siblings have Bangladeshi names on their BCs and then only use their English names - I didn't even know my father had a 'proper' name until I researched his family tree!

TenthMuse · 14/08/2012 14:34

Doris and Euphemia - doubt either of those will be catching on any time soon!

cakeismysaviour · 14/08/2012 14:33

Oh if we are doing great aunts too, I have loads of them. Grin

One of my Grandmothers was the second youngest of ten girls!! All named after flowers -

Rose
Daisy
Violet
Marigold
Lily
Petunia
Dahlia
Poppy
Iris
Jasmine

DP's grandmother's are called Mary and Katherine.

HipHopSkipJumpomous · 14/08/2012 14:23

Stella and Kathleen.

DD2 is named Stella - I've always love the name.

HoneyMum21 · 14/08/2012 14:20

Gwynneth and Lilian. My great aunt is Enid. I'd love to use any of them :)

blackteaplease · 14/08/2012 14:18

Me - Cecelia (nn sissy) and Grace (known by middle name Margaret)

Dp - Lily and Marion

thegreylady · 14/08/2012 14:18

Grandmothers were Sarah nn Sally and Alice.
Ggm Harriet, Dinah, Emily, Elsie.

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