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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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Threeboysandadog · 25/06/2022 22:54

George
Andrew
James
David

Keha · 25/06/2022 22:48

Albert
Harry
Thomas
George

Feel like all could be sat in a primary school down the road.

Mosaic123 · 25/06/2022 22:48

Solly, short for Solomon

Cupcakey · 25/06/2022 22:48

Thomas and Isaac

NessieMcNessface · 25/06/2022 22:47

Albert and James

Mumofgirls2017 · 25/06/2022 22:45

John and Arthur

SorrelForbes · 25/06/2022 22:44

Isaac, Lewis, Thomas, Albert. All born in the 1860s.

GolfForBrains · 25/06/2022 22:44

James, Charles, Samuel and Frank. All born 1870s-80s.

SilverOtter · 25/06/2022 22:43

Mine are:
Walter
Edward
Arthur
Clarence

My husband's are:
Orlando
William
Frederick
(4th one we don't know)

DuckBilledPlattyJoobs · 25/06/2022 22:39

JesusSufferingFuck22 · 25/06/2022 19:35

Robert and John. Pretty plain and boring really.
I have a gggg grandfather and his father called Zerrubbabel. No idea how working class men in Scotland ended up with that name.

That’s an amazing name

DelurkingAJ · 25/06/2022 22:38

Michael, Albert, John and Frithjof

angerelle · 25/06/2022 22:33

Harry
Sidney
John
Horace

Alwayspaintyournails · 25/06/2022 22:33

James
Thomas
John
Peter

Katya213 · 25/06/2022 22:33

Konstantin
Thomas

Hoolahulahoop · 25/06/2022 22:33

I only know two
Michael and Patrick

ZarquonsSandals · 25/06/2022 22:32

2x William, Charles and John.

PolliFlinders · 25/06/2022 22:31

William, Finlay, Duncan,?

GreenCereal · 25/06/2022 22:31

Godfrey
Francis
Gordon
Arthur

All 1890s-1910s

SnottyLottie · 25/06/2022 22:30

Thomas
Thomas
Percy
Joseph

Squeezedsquash · 25/06/2022 22:29

Robert, Robert, Charles and Michael.

Mischance · 25/06/2022 22:28

Thomas
William
Clement

sakura06 · 25/06/2022 22:27

Gwilym (Welsh for William!)
James
William
William

My grandfathers' names are a little more unique though!

QuebecBagnet · 25/06/2022 22:26

Scissor · 25/06/2022 22:07

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I can’t imagine people use their great grandfathers names as passwords. Bit obscure. I’m fairly keen on my family history but had to log in to my family tree to check.

cushionpillow · 25/06/2022 22:20

Ernie, Joe and Henry.

StrychnineInTheSandwiches · 25/06/2022 22:19

bro101 · 25/06/2022 22:18

Why do people have 4 grandfathers? Am I being thick??

great-grandfathers

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