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What were your grandparents called?

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Oopsie · 12/06/2011 15:50

I'm looking for some good oldie names.

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BuckBuckMcFate · 13/06/2011 19:54

Lilian and Joseph
Marie and Austin

dexifehatz · 13/06/2011 19:55

William and Violet.
Sarah and Samuel.

plainwhitet · 13/06/2011 20:24

Jack and Mary
Lewis and Dorothy
(my cousin named his son after Lewis but calls him Louie which I think is lovely)
(Dorothy's siblings were Edith and Rex and my sister has a young Rex - unusual but does not need spelling/explaining)

Bumbellina · 13/06/2011 20:25

Not sure about the grandparents, but we did find a very old English name for our DD2 that we are quite chuffed with: Christabel
Quite a strong one, Google Christabel Pankhurst :)

Bumbellina · 13/06/2011 20:26

BTW, I like Rex!! Translates as 'king' or 'ruler'. Nice one!

pinkhebe · 13/06/2011 20:29

Elizabeth and John
Eileen, Ivy and Cyril (complicated family history Grin )

Dh
Vera and Stanley
Dorothy and Stanley

Berryred · 13/06/2011 20:30

Ivy and Richard (dickie)

Mary and Leslie Reginald (fab eh! Know as Les or Regie!)

Larold · 13/06/2011 20:31

ellen and edward (nell and ted)
jenny and alfred (alf)

bigscarymum · 13/06/2011 20:32

Eva & Lewis
Annie & Clifford
Peggy (step)
Mary & Joseph (dh's). Yes, really

JentlyDoesIt · 13/06/2011 20:40

Me:
Paternal - Vera and Charles Richard (Dick)
Maternal - Ivan George Carlyle & Sheila Edith

DP:
Paternal - Doreen (I think, long deceased), DP's dad, never knew his bio dad and I cannot remember for the life of me if he had a stepdad or not.
Maternal - Jeannie-May & Arthur

nickstermum · 13/06/2011 20:50

Olive & Alexander
Mary and Kenneth

spiderlight · 13/06/2011 21:28

Mary Elizabeth (known as May)
Melville George

Esther Mary
Daniel

DownyEmerald · 13/06/2011 21:29

Me
Jack, Angela, Stella, Bill, Jessie, Bob, Josie
(various steps)
siblings and spouses of gps Ron, Don, Barbara, Dorothy May, Peter, Alan, Olive, Kenneth, Margaret, Michael, Sue

DP
Eric, Vera, Richard, Nonna

fruitshootsandheaves · 13/06/2011 21:32

Alice
Herbert

Lilian
Jim

SouthvilleBeeHive · 13/06/2011 21:41

Phyllis Maisie and Reginald John Henry (Phil and Reg)

Great aunts - Muriel, Winnie, Connie, Betty and Bessie

Great uncles - Colin, Frank and Owen

Also had non-related Auntie Olive and Auntie Gracie

moggiek · 13/06/2011 21:48

James
Isabella
Gilbert
Martha

goodgirl76 · 13/06/2011 21:49

Martha and Samuel
Maggie and Junior (James)

Al0uiseG · 13/06/2011 21:50

Albert Edward and Julia Rose

Henrietta and Anthony

RightUpMyRue · 13/06/2011 21:52

Thomas and Audrey
Norman and Maud

neveradullmomentinparadise · 13/06/2011 21:56

Gladys and Fred
Mary and Reginald
Percy on the other side....
Mother is Mispah Harriet, which was a misspelling of Mizpah (known as Mitzie).

lotsofmischief · 13/06/2011 22:00

Fifi & Henry
Constance (Connie) and Lancelot (Lance)
Choosing names is great!

MakeAnotherCuppa · 13/06/2011 22:05

Irene and Harry
Dorothy and Samuel

ThatsNotYours · 13/06/2011 22:07

Beryl
Ernest
Doris
Philip

WickedWitchSouthWest · 13/06/2011 22:19

Daisy
Charles
Mavis
Kenneth

josette · 13/06/2011 22:21

Beatrice, Nell, Frederick, Leslie

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