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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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IdisagreeMrHochhauser · 26/06/2022 17:49

Oh sorry. Misread the brief. Blush

IdisagreeMrHochhauser · 26/06/2022 17:49

Walter
Alice
George x2
Jennie
Tom
Laura
Dorothy

So not that interesting really

Quinque · 26/06/2022 15:51

Alfred
Samuel
Benjamin Walter
Francis

peridito · 26/06/2022 15:47

Ezra

Knockoneofftheshelftowin · 26/06/2022 15:33

Maternal, John and Jimmy.
Paternal, John, not sure about other ggf.

ProfYaffle · 26/06/2022 15:32

Walter x 2
George
Joseph

Theoldwoman · 26/06/2022 15:28

Francis Frederick
Arthur Kawateri
Alfred Betheridge
Elijah George

catbirddogchild · 26/06/2022 13:30

Albert
James
Charles
Don't know what the last one was called

user1492757084 · 26/06/2022 12:50

Henry
Thomas
John
William

AssignedSlytherinAtBirth · 26/06/2022 10:42

George
James
Albert
John

MooseBreath · 26/06/2022 09:13

Daniel
Harry
Joseph
William

All seem fairly standard these days.

crossstitchingnana · 26/06/2022 08:58

This thread has got me thinking, I have no idea what their names were. I shall be asking my parents.

CoodleMoodle · 26/06/2022 08:54

Francis
William
George
Erich (with an H, he was German)

DjoChateaux · 26/06/2022 08:52

All my great grandfathers on both sides and both grandfathers were called William/Bill. Very popular in the West Midlands in the 1900's apparently.

Redrosesandsunsets · 26/06/2022 08:50

James
John
Thomas
Arthur

AllThingsServeTheBeam · 26/06/2022 08:44

Norman and Clearance. Don't know the other 2

knickersniff · 26/06/2022 08:43

Leonard & Robert

elfycat · 26/06/2022 08:34

Lyle
Leo
Neville
Donald

SpringIntoChaos · 26/06/2022 08:28

Agar (paternal)
William (maternal)

Not sure Agar will EVER make a come-back...but it's a pretty splendid moniker 🤣🤣🤣

HopeForTheBest1 · 26/06/2022 08:22

Frederick
Jack
Alexander
James

waitingpatientlyforspring · 26/06/2022 08:14

George, Joseph, John (I think) and I can't remember the other one.

RedRobyn2021 · 26/06/2022 08:09

My great grandfather on my mothers side was called Oliver too. Sorry didn't realise we were doing the greats too 😂

RedRobyn2021 · 26/06/2022 08:06

My grandfather was called Ken, don't ask about my fathers side because I do not know unfortunately

Mumofgirls2017 · 26/06/2022 07:48

Herbert, Frederick, Arthur, William

CaffiSaliMali · 26/06/2022 07:31

Thomas
William
Jack
Huw