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What were your great grandfathers called?

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salharg · 25/06/2022 19:25

Following on from the grandmother thread, also looking for an old fashioned name for DS

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BonnieWeeJeannieMcColl · 31/10/2022 22:27

Thomas
James

William
John

almondflake · 31/10/2022 18:36

Kinross Stuart , Clarence Bourne , Evelyn Kay and Charles James . They all had first and middle names .

Foxglovers · 31/10/2022 18:33

Arnold, Benjamin, Daniel

DeedIDo · 30/10/2022 21:28

Abraham, two Williams and a Samuel.

We thought it was a William and aJoseph until I did a DNA test!

Tassen · 30/10/2022 21:26

Louis
Joshua
James x2

Entwifery · 30/10/2022 21:21

Arvid
Uuno
Merle
Louis

whatausername · 29/10/2022 15:02

Bowie
George
William
John

ThatshallotBaby · 29/10/2022 12:45

Leonard
Ernest
John
Philip

OnceRuralNowUrbanbliss · 29/10/2022 03:32

John but called Osmund

Angel (Spanish) but called Joe/Joseph

Smallonesaremorejuicy · 29/10/2022 03:04

Andrew
James

Geoffrey
Lucas

mathanxiety · 29/10/2022 02:58

Robert, Thomas, Philip, Joseph.

rc22 · 28/10/2022 22:15

2 x George, Charles and, I think, William but I'm not 100% on that.

Dacadactyl · 28/10/2022 20:43

James x 2, Owen and Ellis

Lovelydovey · 28/10/2022 19:46

Thomas
Frank
Hubert
Peter

Wallywobbles · 28/10/2022 19:43

William
Ernest

Samuel
Charles

losingit31 · 28/10/2022 19:36

I don't know, but my grandparents would be Guinness world record holders if still alive now and they were called Horace and Matilda and Ernest and Margery. Only one of those has made a comeback.

Maggiesgirl · 28/10/2022 18:04

Alexander and Robert
William and William on M

ElizabethinherGermanGarden · 28/10/2022 18:01

Joseph, Ernest, Robert and Robert

Echobelly · 28/10/2022 18:01

Sidney, Harry, Max (or Marcus, no one's quite sure) and don't know others' names

crumpetswithjam · 28/10/2022 17:57

Cecil
John

Luredbyapomegranate · 28/10/2022 17:56

Daniel, William, Charles and not sure (Frederick maybe..)

So exactly the names boys have now..

CatkinToadflax · 28/10/2022 17:35

Christie, Edward, Norman…. and I have no idea about the fourth!

Morph22010 · 28/10/2022 15:48

Thomas, George, Laurence and Michael

slug · 28/10/2022 13:52

Clive and Thomas are the only 2 I know

Dragonfly909 · 28/10/2022 13:07

Reginald
Colin
Bertie
Mark