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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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HecateHarshPants · 14/08/2012 12:20

Patricia and Beryl

Great grandmas, erm, May (Mary) , Kathy (Catherine) and I don't know the other two.

ImpatientOne · 14/08/2012 12:18

Doris and Mary

Also have Great Aunts Mavis and Beryl.

DH's were Miranda and Effisia

t0lk13n · 14/08/2012 12:13

Cecilia Agatha
Mary - called May for short as she was born in May!

nenehooo · 14/08/2012 12:13

Mine were Mary Jane - and she was staunch Irish Catholic! Known as May - on the other side Edith Maude - known as Pat all her life and we only found out her real name when she died!
What is it with Grandmothers giving themselves different names?!

Leeds2 · 14/08/2012 12:11

Hilda and Louisa

PeggyCarter · 14/08/2012 12:09

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Shoshe · 14/08/2012 12:07

Mums mum was Mary Hay
Dads mum was Esther Rose
Mum was Margaret and sisters were Elizabeth and Jane
Granny Mary had sisters Margaret Elizabeth and Jane (see the link Grin)
Granny Essie sisters were Rhoda, shoshana and Deborah

burcham12 · 14/08/2012 12:07

Daisy and Dorothy

Polkadotfanatic · 14/08/2012 12:06

Marie, Margaret and Mildred

Stokey · 14/08/2012 12:01

Mine are Alice, sister Joan, and Sonya (called Peggy), sister Pam.
Dh has Lorna, called Mary, and Rogelia (spanish, pronounced Ro-hel-ee-a).

jaffacakehips · 14/08/2012 12:00

Granmothers: Margaret and Muriel
Great Granmothers: Beatrice and Honor
Great Aunts: Margaret aka Daisy, Susanne and another Margaret!
My Granny's cousins: Madge and Margo.

Lots of Margarets kicking about in our family! 2 brothers both married Margarets and both went on to have sons called Peter! Seriously you couldn't make this up Grin

ArielThePiraticalMermaid · 14/08/2012 11:57

Agnes and Rowena!

cwtching · 14/08/2012 11:53

My Nanas are Hetty and Nancy. I love them both and their names!

VivClicquot · 14/08/2012 11:49

Janet and Phyllis

Ample · 14/08/2012 11:47

Other (grand) names we have - Betty, Edie, Evelyn, Hazel, Ida, Mary, Grace, Leah, Gloria, Polly, Violet, Harriet, Kate and Joan.

CaroleService · 14/08/2012 11:46

Christina Gertrude and Gladys Elizabeth.

I dodged a few bullets there.

bigkidsdidit · 14/08/2012 11:46

Mabel and Anne

RhinestoneCowgirl · 14/08/2012 11:45

Sylvia Peggy
Joan (not sure if she had a middle name)

IsSpringSprangedYet · 14/08/2012 11:43

Kathleen Mabel and Lillian Mary

Nanny Kath's mum was Mahalia or Mahala (not sure how it's spelt!) and sisters are Edith (Edie for short), Dorothy (Dot), Jean and Pauline. Not sure about my other nan. She died when my dad was young.

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BrainSurgeon · 14/08/2012 11:42

Victoria and Maria

oenophilia · 14/08/2012 11:40

Another Molly (Mary) here and Nellie

shumway · 14/08/2012 11:40

Grace and Afeezan.

burleyburley · 14/08/2012 11:40

Freda and Edith

DP's Lydia and Grace

Great Aunts Rowena and Agnes June

Northernexile · 14/08/2012 11:40

My grandmothers are Joyce and Veronica. One great-granny was Louisa. DH is Irish, so predictably both his grannies are Mary!