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What are your Grandparents' names...?

226 replies

purpleiris · 19/12/2010 20:05

Mine are/were...

Dorothy
Marjorie
William
Albert

And the great-grandparents I know of (must find out the rest!)...

Alice
Wilfred

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Eskarina · 20/12/2010 09:52

GPs
Margaret (molly)
Mary
Walter
James (Jim)

Must find out about GGPs, think one was florence

Hulababy · 20/12/2010 10:05

Grandparents:
Ethel
Dorothy Joan - known as Joan
Harry

Great grandparents (that I can remember):
Dinah
Joseph Reginald (always used Reg)
Ada
Walter

DH's grandad is John James, but known to all as Jack.

BrandyButterPie · 20/12/2010 10:06

Cecil and Joan
Jack and Rhona

We only have Joan now :(

OctaviaOstrichJollster · 20/12/2010 10:17

Thomas and Mary
Albert and Eliza

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AllieW · 20/12/2010 11:46

Forgot to put my GGPs. They were:

Maternal
Charles Ernest & Eliza (HER mother was Zilpah!!)

Charles William & Sarah Jane

Paternal

John William & Ellen

Francis John & Emily Jane

missmartha · 20/12/2010 12:16

Samuel and Winnifred

Elsie and Ivor

Great grand parents, paternal only.

William and Francise (Polly)

George and Anne.

blueshinyxmasbauble · 20/12/2010 12:25

Charles and Elizabeth (Charlie and Betty)

John and Isabella

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growing3rdbump · 20/12/2010 13:10

GPS were -

Douglas (known as Tom)
Rose
Irene
Lesley

SilveryMoon · 20/12/2010 13:12

Grandparents are/were
William and Barbara
George and Kathleen

LemonJessica · 20/12/2010 13:13

Joan Lydia
Rosemary Beatrice
Cyril James
John Stewart

thenightsky · 20/12/2010 13:15

Hilda
Ceceilia Frances
Leonard
Vincent

ruddynorah · 20/12/2010 13:16

Fred and Joan.

Ahmed and Ijou.

PartridgeinaRustyBearTree · 20/12/2010 13:17

My GPs
Arthur George and Elizabeth Maud (Mum's side)
Donald Bertram Scott and Gladys Eugenie (Dad's side)

DH's GPs
Ethel Jane and Thomas

Ebenezer William (known as Bill) and Beatrice Mary

Bue · 20/12/2010 13:47

I love seeing all these old names.

GPs:

Paul and Erika
Neil and Barbara

GGPs:

Helene and Max
Helene and Wilhelm
Ina and Leonard
Hannah and Reg

MrsSchadenfreude · 20/12/2010 13:59

Grandparents:

Minna and Eric
Ethel and Albert

Maternal great grandparents:

Frieda and Ernest

Maternal great great grandparents:

Minna and Theodore.

hogfather · 20/12/2010 14:02

Winifred and Ernest

Monica and Don (Donald which he detested with all his might)

GGP Frederick and Susan
Frederick and Mary

hildathebuilder · 20/12/2010 14:09

Thomas (known as Cyril) and Millie (which in her day everyone thought was shortened from Millicent but she was christened Millie, her sister Olivia!)

George and Hilda. (but not a builder)

GGP was always called Maam. She was actually Caroline. Others I don't know

hormonalmum · 20/12/2010 14:11

Arthur
Lucy
Irvin
Ethel

ivykaty44 · 20/12/2010 14:16

my granddad was called differner names by different people, his wife - my gran didn't like his name so called him Reg and then hs second wife called him Reg as that was what she knew him as Grin

Lonnie · 20/12/2010 19:57

Marie
Evald
Holger
Petra

nannyro · 20/12/2010 19:58

Joyce, Frank, Alan and Barbara

My GGD is George, his late wife is Elsie
Late GGP other side James and Florence

Khara · 20/12/2010 22:52

Alfred
Frances
Gladys

Bernard
Edward
Dora
Edna

some ggps:
William
Sarah
George
John
Elizabeth
Samuel
Nancy
Joseph
Jessie
Philip

Sisqinanamook · 20/12/2010 22:56

Roland and Doreen
Eric and Rosetta

Greats that I remember
Henry and Emily
Eusebius and Rose
Felix

MangoTango · 21/12/2010 00:08

GPS were :
Frederick (Fred) and Ruth
Alice and Patrick

One set of GGPs were :
Jane and Frank?

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