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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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outtolunchagain · 14/08/2012 11:16

Hilda Florence and Frances . If we had had a girl she would have either been Florence or had Florence as a second name . Ds2 has Francis as a middle name.

Grandfathers were Ronald Douglas and Joseph.

ScooseLooseAbootThisHoose · 14/08/2012 11:15

Grandmothers - Vera and Kathleen
Great grandmother - Catherine

Beanbagz · 14/08/2012 11:14

Forgot to add my GGM was Clara which is a name i love but which didn't go with our surname.

thing1andthing2 · 14/08/2012 11:14

Mine: Agnes and Mary Ellen
DH's: Joan and Betty
Great gm Lilian.

Beanbagz · 14/08/2012 11:13

My GM was Elsie and DH's was Lily (which is my DD's middle name).

We don't know either my Dad's mum's name (she died when he was little) or DH's paternal GM's name (his dad was adopted).

BlueMagoo · 14/08/2012 11:09

Julia & Lillian

MadreInglese · 14/08/2012 11:07

Anne and Betty/Florence and Milly

Beamur · 14/08/2012 11:07

Mine were Olive and Norah, I think DP had a Cecelia. Not sure about the other.

Shinyshoes1 · 14/08/2012 11:07

Eunice

firawla · 14/08/2012 11:06

margaret (known as peggy) and noreen

MrsDmitriTippensKrushnic · 14/08/2012 11:05

Audrey and Cynthia - no idea with DH although I suspect one must have been Eleni as I'm reasonably sure DH and his siblings were named after their grandparents.

MrsEricBana · 14/08/2012 11:03

My gms were Ellen (later changed to Sylvia) & May; dhs were Dorothy (Dot) & Beatrice (Bea)

Blackduck · 14/08/2012 11:01

Constance and Phyllis

No idea what dps were called.....

NotEmpressOf7AnythingsNo · 14/08/2012 11:01

Margaret and Anita. DW's were Betty and Iona.

funnypeculiar · 14/08/2012 11:01

Grandmothers: Helen & Vivien; Greatgrandmothers: Lucy and ?? (Should really know!) Great Aunts: Edel, Marianne, and Barbara.

countrybumpkin2 · 14/08/2012 11:01

Marlynne & Elizabeth Anne (nn Annie)

DH's - Eva (I would love to use this is we have a DD) & Pamela

youonlysingwhenyourewinning · 14/08/2012 11:00

Alice and Jesse

happy2bhomely · 14/08/2012 10:59

Pamela and Barbara

DH's are Joyce and Elizabeth

Vajazzler · 14/08/2012 10:59

Thelma and Omayma

WynkenBlynkenandNod · 14/08/2012 10:59

Grandmothers - Anna Maria known as Mia, Dorothy known as Dolly. Great Grandmother was Catharina, Great Aunts Vera, Theresa, Fransica, Gertrude, Liz and Rose.

Hulababy · 14/08/2012 10:58

Grandmothers - Ethel, Dorothy Joan (known as Joan)
Greatgrandma - Dinah, Ada

RillaBlythe · 14/08/2012 10:58

Audrey and Mary.

DP's Sybil and Dorothy.

BellaMummy · 14/08/2012 10:58

My lovely Nanna was called Nell - her real name was Mary Ellen but nobody ever used that.

I love old-fashioned names like Florence etc. but I have heard some lately that I think are taking it a bit too far and for me should just never come back into fashion, like Mabel and Myrtle Hmm. Each to their own though!

takingthestairs · 14/08/2012 10:58

Sheila and Mabel

DawnOfTheDee · 14/08/2012 10:57

Alice and Mary.

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