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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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TokenGinger · 25/06/2022 20:06

Frederick and James. Both of their fathers, so both great great granddads, we're also called James.

YfenniChristie · 25/06/2022 20:05

Edmund
George
Thomas
David

MotherofPearl · 25/06/2022 19:57

Maurice
Julius
Hubert (!)
Thomas

Greenandcabbagelooking · 25/06/2022 19:56

James, Robert, Robert and John.

I only like James out of that list.

missdemeanors · 25/06/2022 19:56

John
Maxwell
Henry
Douglas

Somethingvague · 25/06/2022 19:54

Edward
George
Charles
Arthur

MayBeee · 25/06/2022 19:54

William
Levi
Charles William
William Henry

Thepowerofthelook · 25/06/2022 19:52

James, George, William and Harry.

Tuesday598 · 25/06/2022 19:51

Harry
William
Robert
Nelson

ohidoliketobe · 25/06/2022 19:49

Nathaniel
William
Albert
Arthur

Ladyface · 25/06/2022 19:49

Alfred, John, Frank and Arthur

Ilikecheeseontoast · 25/06/2022 19:48

William, John, Joseph and I’m not sure about the 4th… maybe Peter?

PurpleBrocadePeacock · 25/06/2022 19:48

Alfred
John
Rudolph (Rudi)
Per

SpaceJamtart · 25/06/2022 19:48

Frank
John
Raymond
Unknown as my great grandma was apparently never sure which man it was, which was a fun detail to find in her diaries.

Sudename · 25/06/2022 19:48

John
Benjamin
Albert
Brian

CthulhuInDisguise · 25/06/2022 19:47

Percival
Richard
Albert
Robert

GylesBrandrethNewJumper · 25/06/2022 19:47

Uri
Samuel
Joseph

Isaidnoalready · 25/06/2022 19:47

We have an Ernest in our family he uses his middle name

annabell22 · 25/06/2022 19:47

No idea, but my grandparents would be about 110 by now - grandfathers names were Ernest and Horace.

weathervane1 · 25/06/2022 19:46

Reuben and George

BooksAndHooks · 25/06/2022 19:45

Denis
two Franks
Christopher

BonnyAndBlythe · 25/06/2022 19:45

Moses
Aidan
Adam
Patrick

Wailywailywaily · 25/06/2022 19:44

Ralf
Lionel
Charles
Gordon

Vampirethriller · 25/06/2022 19:41

Thomas Leslie
James
Gordon
Joe (not Joseph, just Joe)

Norachance · 25/06/2022 19:41

Alma
Fred

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