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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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Blueuggboots · 25/06/2022 21:21

Francis Mossum (known as Moss)
Reuben

lizziesiddal79 · 25/06/2022 21:21

Albert Edward
John Henry William
James
Henry James

StrictlyAFemaleFemale · 25/06/2022 21:19

William
John?
Edmund
George

SommerTen · 25/06/2022 21:15

Reece William
Charles Bloomfield
Alexander Muir
Joseph Morris

As you can see, two of them had their mother's surnames as middle names...apparently this was a Victorian thing.

WhatIsThisPlease · 25/06/2022 21:11

George and Adam

girljulian · 25/06/2022 21:11

Lindsay, John, Paul and John. Lack of imagination!

HahahaBoomBoom · 25/06/2022 21:10

Arthur
George
Lawrence
Samuel

Gingerkittykat · 25/06/2022 21:09

William
Joseph
Robert
Alexander

Pretty boring really.

BlackLambAndGreyFalcon · 25/06/2022 20:59

Douglas, Johanes, Thomas and Nils

Rodneytrotterslovechild · 25/06/2022 20:58

My grandfather/great grandfather on my dads side where called Leonard (married to Louisa) and Ernest (married to rose)-my great grandfather was called James (married to Sarah)

my mothers side-Fredrick (married to Sylvia) and haven’t got a clue what his parents where called-they where evil and never bothered with us as kids

RoseMartha · 25/06/2022 20:58

Leonard
Herbert
Henry
Charles

MajorCarolDanvers · 25/06/2022 20:58

William x 2
James
John

saynotoo · 25/06/2022 20:57

Roy
Robert
Percy
Charles

Kione · 25/06/2022 20:54

Fortunato and Manuel 😬

I think the other one Juan, don't know more

ladydoris · 25/06/2022 20:53

Elisha. You can't make that up.

cottagegardenflower · 25/06/2022 20:52

John, joseph and frederick.

Abzs · 25/06/2022 20:50

Martin, John, Robert, Benjamin

Ragged · 25/06/2022 20:47

3 x Charles(*), 1 x George (but one Charles went by middle & other nicknames)

and the GG-grand-dads were...
Robert, Henry, Joseph, Neil, Joshua, Raiford, William, George

ScoobyDoNot · 25/06/2022 20:45

Enoch!

SpiderinaWingMirror · 25/06/2022 20:45

Hugo (German)
Arthur
Bertram
James

ladydimitrescu · 25/06/2022 20:45

Seymour and Clifford - I love both!

Gingerwarthog · 25/06/2022 20:43

Adam
James (Jimmy)
John
Unknown

StrychnineInTheSandwiches · 25/06/2022 20:41

Tomás
Patrick
Thaddeus
Micheál

icklekid · 25/06/2022 20:39

Brian and Dennis

Derrymum123 · 25/06/2022 20:38

Ilya
Johann
Michael
Patrick