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Granny/Grandad names - for inspiration...

136 replies

sunchild77 · 26/06/2010 17:09

I quite like the trend for old names at the moment, So Just a quick survey : What where your grandparents names?

Me:-Robert
Robert Alexander
Gladys Margaret
Jeannie

DH - Murdoch
Sidney
Dorothy Madeline
Helen

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Tas1 · 27/07/2010 17:16

Olive and Frederick
Audrey and Alfred

mixedmamameansbusiness · 27/07/2010 16:55

Thomas Joseph
Joyce Gwendoline

Emine
Idris (which I believe is a Welsh name also)

Aeldred · 27/07/2010 11:51

Ada Sabina
Edward Stroud

scarlettstar · 27/07/2010 11:12

ernest & vera
roy & maureen

may & jean
dont know dp's grandads names

NewbieT · 09/07/2010 17:02

My lovely grandparents:

Thomas (Tommy)
Cecilia (Cissy)
Richard (Richie)
Kathleen (Kitty)

hogshead · 07/07/2010 19:49

i had/have:

Winnifred and Ernest
Monica and Donald (always Don if you wanted to keep possession of your head)

CheerfulYank · 07/07/2010 19:45

Oh, my great grandparents are:

Ilmi (Finnish) and...I can't remember her husband's name, he's a scandal. Something to do with the drink, as I recall.

Stanton (always called Stant, never Stan) and Irene

Eddie Ray and Ethel

Addie Marie and Fred

HairyToedHobbit · 07/07/2010 04:07

Great Grandparents:
Hepzibah
Sarah Ann
Amelia
Eliza Ellen
Metford
John Frederick
Alfred
James

DH's
Amelia Ann
Lily Elizabeth
Jane
Ann Emma
Joshua
Reginald Thomas
Arthur Robert
Emmanuel

tortoiseonthehalfshell · 07/07/2010 04:06

Mine:

Elizabeth and John (English)
Phyllis and Dorian (Welsh). Dorian was widowed and later married an Elizabeth.

Husband:

Erna Appolonia (Austrian) and Gwendolyn are the grandmas, neither grandfather is Talked Of In The Family.

I adore some of these. Well, I would, having an Edith.

HairyToedHobbit · 07/07/2010 03:50

Mine:

Mollie Priscilla
Edith Amelia
Cecil George
Ebert Walter

DH's:

Bessie Louisa
Violet Katie
Albert Henry
Alfred Charles

CheerfulYank · 07/07/2010 03:13

Mine:

Helen Marie
Melba June
Howard Dawson
Frederick Donald

DH:
Ellsworth (always called "Al" for some reason)
Irene
Otthmar
Eleanora (we are using for our hypothetical DD )

babywrangler · 06/07/2010 23:36

Me:
Noeline - go on, you know you want to!
Paul
Dana
Kessah

DH:
Lettice
George
Georgina
George

Yes, DH is also called George!

lovely74 · 06/07/2010 23:24

Me:
William
Alice
William
winnifred

DH:
Bertie (Herbert)
Margaret
Frank (Frances)
Kathryn

GirlWithTheMouseyHair · 06/07/2010 23:15

Elsie (changed it to Rae)
Vincent Arthur (chopped and changed between the 2)
Maurice
Audrey

Jack
Joy
Gordon
June

GuntherMcKilocodie · 05/07/2010 22:35

Me: Nellie Evelyn Mary
Margery Mabel (Mollie)
Ernest Arthur
Richard Douglas

DH: Maria Carmina
Antonio
Irene
Noel

Poohbearsmom · 05/07/2010 22:22

What great names
my gp's were Patrick (Pat) and Bridget (Bridgie)
Michael and Margaret (Gretta)

ProzacTheGiggleFairy · 05/07/2010 22:08

Florence & Isaac
Violet & WIlliam

I did have a great-aunt Fanny too

lena522 · 05/07/2010 18:16

Gladys Kathleen
Sydney

Dorothy Irene
John

I do quite like my great-grandma's name- Emily

bebejones · 05/07/2010 18:06

Brilliant thread!

Mine are on my mums side (including the step ones)
Marion (should have been Marianne but the register misheard)
Edward (but everyone calls him Ferris which is his middle name)
Derek
Sylvia

my great-grandma is Emma, she is 105 and DD was her first great-great-granchild so has Emma as a middle name.

on my dads side
Gus
Jean
Hazel

DH's grandparents that I know the names of are: Kathy and Robert (Bob)

Definately some superb names on here while have to make notes!

allfivehorizons · 05/07/2010 17:15

Mine are:

Vera
Vernon
Florence
Victor

DH:

Sidney
Millicent

(don't know the others)

LunaticFringe · 05/07/2010 12:43

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Northumberlandlass · 05/07/2010 12:36

George (Geordie) & Elizabeth (Betsy)
Douglas McFarlene & Isabelle (Belle) Baird

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twolittlepigs · 05/07/2010 11:07

Desmond Dudley (known as Dick)
Irene

Lawrence (known as Harry)
Aileen
Stanislaw (known as Stanley)

Thomas (Tom)
Barbara (Known as Babs)

Others from the family tree include:
Olive
Enid (known as Neenie)
Rose
Vera
Andrew
Ralph

Averial Iris
Ernest Austin

EleanorHandbasket · 04/07/2010 19:02

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ArcticHare · 04/07/2010 18:58

Alfred Ernest (Alf)
Winifred Annie
William George
Violet Freda

Frederick Charles (Charlie)
Joan
Frank Eric (Eric)
Winifred May

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