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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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sunglassesonthetable · 25/06/2022 20:37

Edward Albert and Albert Arnold and Walter Charles.

Georgeskitchen · 25/06/2022 20:37

Martin
Edward
Samuel
Leonard

Changednamesorry · 25/06/2022 20:36

My son is called Ken.

My great grandfather was called Kenneth and my son is half Japanese so it works! I love his name 🙂

GiveMyHeadPeaceffs · 25/06/2022 20:34

Robert...both of them Grin

Blahburst · 25/06/2022 20:33

Lazarus
Hermann
Aaron

CPL593H · 25/06/2022 20:32

George
George
George
Unknown (I can hazard a guess, though!)

All born mid 19th centuryish.

UrsulaPandress · 25/06/2022 20:32

Wrigley
Holland

SweatyChamoisPad · 25/06/2022 20:29

Edward
George
George
John

WhatsHoppening · 25/06/2022 20:26

Cyril, Cedric, Clive and Beverley
Please choose one of these cracking names!

MolliciousIntent · 25/06/2022 20:25

Cyril
Charles (Charlie)
Alexis
Henry (I think)

Racingadmin · 25/06/2022 20:23

Peter and Edward

Winterofdiscontent22 · 25/06/2022 20:23

George
George
Graham
Charles

Moonflower12 · 25/06/2022 20:23

Hubert
Thomas
Rhys
Vernaad

BeyondMyWits · 25/06/2022 20:22

William, (Bill)
Ernest, (Ernie)
Nathaniel (Nate)
Edward, (Ted)

17caterpillars1mouse · 25/06/2022 20:21

Reginald

Verbena87 · 25/06/2022 20:20

Reginald
Stanley

i don’t know about the other two

GrouchyKiwi · 25/06/2022 20:20

Willem
Pieter
Robert Richie (known as Dick)
And I don't know, possibly George.

Chattycathydoll · 25/06/2022 20:20

Pietr, Abram, Artur, Yaakov.

Sound interesting at first but the English versions are just Peter, Abraham, Arthur and Jacob so standard grandad names 😂

Linnet · 25/06/2022 20:19

James
William
James
Edward

Tree543 · 25/06/2022 20:17

Ezra
Thomas
Not sure about the others

Quornflakegirl · 25/06/2022 20:15

John
Gregory

tessiegirl · 25/06/2022 20:14

George and Herbert

Galadali · 25/06/2022 20:13

Thomas, Frederick, Herbert and Ladislaw

GrannyAchingsShepherdsHut · 25/06/2022 20:08

John
Benjamin
Alan
Archibald

Cherclueless · 25/06/2022 20:08

William, Thomas, Arthur and David.
None would be out of place today.