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What were your great grandfathers called?

235 replies

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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luciaann · 28/10/2022 12:08

I actually have no idea. How strange

soulinablackberrypie · 28/10/2022 11:52

Two were Herbert and Richard, not sure about the others.

Thegingerpig · 27/10/2022 20:00

Thomas
Alfred
Charles
Wilfred

RockinHorseShit · 04/07/2022 07:59

Amos

Pamlar · 04/07/2022 07:36

Hans,
Karl,
Reuben
Judah

TommyShelby · 02/07/2022 23:39

David John
Thomas John
John Islwyn
Patrick

alot of johns 😂

CoverYourselfInChocolateGlory · 01/07/2022 21:46

John
Paul
George

No, they weren't the Beatles.

Would have been amazing if the other one was Ringo though, but I don't know about him. Grin

SVRT19674 · 01/07/2022 13:22

Antonio
William Edmund
William
Francisco

TheBirdintheCave · 01/07/2022 13:14

Mum's side: John and William Nelson*

Dad's side: Edmond Thomas and Richard.

*He had a brother called Louis Napoleon because my great great granny Annie was apparently hilarious 😂)

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Madamecastafiore · 30/06/2022 21:58

Claude Hubert
James Redfus

Funky old men!! Grin

MinglingFlamingo · 30/06/2022 21:54

MinglingFlamingo · 25/06/2022 23:13

Frank
Albert possibly x2

Right found out today and can confirm
Brock
Fred
Albert
?

But will find out as my dad has decided to look into the family tree some more

KittyMcKitty · 30/06/2022 20:50

Don’t know great grandfathers but grandfathers were Basil and Horace.

ladycarlotta · 30/06/2022 20:47

Blair, Tom, Reginald and Bill.

babyjellyfish · 30/06/2022 13:38

William, Sidney, Thomas and Arthur.

Frida9 · 30/06/2022 12:56

Charles Thomas and Robert

caringcarer · 29/06/2022 23:16

Philip
William John
Francis Ernest
Robert John

TinyDancer91 · 29/06/2022 22:56

Jack
Lewis
John
John?

There's a lot of Johns in my family 😂

CoalCraft · 28/06/2022 17:56

I only know one of them off the top of my head - Cyril.

DelphiniumBlue · 28/06/2022 17:18

Frederick
Nathan
Don't know the other 2

TheVanguardSix · 28/06/2022 17:14

Mícheál on Mum’s paternal side
Elias and Gottlieb on Dad’s

Enko · 28/06/2022 17:10

Jens and Michael on my.mothers side but indont know my dad's will text and ask as it surprises me I don't

HorseInTheHouse · 27/06/2022 14:40

I know two: Russell and Herbert.

One I know the initial was W so likely William but possibly not. No clue about the last one.

Luredbyapomegranate · 27/06/2022 00:35

Daniel.. no idea about the others… but Charles or Frederick quite likely

mathanxiety · 26/06/2022 19:42

Thomas
Robert
José
Philip