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What were your Great Grandmother’s names?

363 replies

Theoldwoman · 25/06/2022 15:17

Mine were:

Ada Frances
Millicent Margaret

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Helen
Lily
Annie
Hannah

Greenday49 · 23/07/2022 17:32

Annie and Esther.

Boredhavemercy · 23/07/2022 17:21

Sarah and Ellen

swanfake · 23/07/2022 16:28

The two I know were Millicent and Ruby, don't know about the other side of the family

Wannabeewallaby · 22/07/2022 23:51

Ellen and Eliza

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queenvicsbustle
musichallminnie
pintofcordial
Marymiasma
cabhorseneddy

MidtoLon · 01/07/2022 22:59

Harriet
Angelina
Mary
?

Bipbopbee · 01/07/2022 22:45

Lily
Elizabeth
Marjorie
Alice

cdba88 · 01/07/2022 22:04

Olive and Hanna

Furrbabymama1987 · 01/07/2022 21:43

Philomena, Magdalena, Ethel, Mary

CoverYourselfInChocolateGlory · 01/07/2022 21:42

Hedwig
Gladys
Sarah

Don't know the other one.

BlackLambAndGreyFalcon · 01/07/2022 21:39

Louise Margaret, Violet Daisy (with a twin sister called Daisy Violet!), Emma Louise (known as Emmie) and Binni.

crimblecrumbles · 01/07/2022 21:37

Hedwig, Florence, Eliza and Gwendoline!!

Onedayatatime24799 · 01/07/2022 17:59

Minnie
Emily
Ida
Kathleen

grafittiartist · 01/07/2022 17:23

Kate
Jessie
Elizabeth
Sarah Ann

ShovellyJoe · 01/07/2022 17:18

Barbara - knew her well, died when I was 9.

Edith - have photos of me with her, died when I was 8 and she was extraordinary. A Victorian and told wonderful tales of a very hard life. I inherited all of her correspondence and photo albums.

Ruth - died 25yrs before I was born but happily, found a photo of her just a month ago having had no idea what she looked like until then.

Florence - died 30yrs before I was born, the day before her son - my grandad's - wedding. He never got over it.

ComfyChairPose · 01/07/2022 17:16

AliceMcK · 01/07/2022 17:07

Alice
Susan
?
?

I can only name two as well. It shocks me how few generations it takes to be forgotten. I know my mothers grandmothers were eva and jane but on my father's side, i have nothing.... no memory of him telling me or my noting the names.

So my daughter's grandchildren might not be able to name me!!!

AliceMcK · 01/07/2022 17:07

Alice
Susan
?
?

hownowpurplecow · 01/07/2022 15:36

Great grandmas that I know of were Isabel, Alice & Emma. I can’t remember the fourth and realised I don’t know my great grandads names at all!

SVRT19674 · 01/07/2022 13:00

Florence Julia
Lily
Consuelo
Antonia

TheBirdintheCave · 01/07/2022 11:45

On mum's side: Agnes and Edith Ann.
On dad's side: Rose Ann and Maria Maud.

MinglingFlamingo · 30/06/2022 21:52

Just happened to find out today and can confirm that my great grandmothers were called
Mary,
Ethel,
Rose
and possibly Anne

Frida9 · 30/06/2022 12:57

May, Anna and Ruby

TinyDancer91 · 29/06/2022 22:51

Gertrude Annie
Doris Hetty
Beryl Dorothy
Mary Ellen

Tilly10too · 29/06/2022 21:31

Joan, Alice, Kathleen, Elizabeth (Betty)