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What were your grandparents called?

474 replies

Oopsie · 12/06/2011 15:50

I'm looking for some good oldie names.

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GetOrf · 12/06/2011 18:32

Winifred Violet and George

Great grandparents Elvira and Marmaduke (!)

God knows re father's side of family

bluebump · 12/06/2011 18:35

Alfred & Iris

Kathleen (Kay) and Laurence (Larry)

Only my Papa Alfred has died out of all of them, i'm very lucky. My great grandma was Sarah but prefered to be called Sally, she died when she was 97.

Not sure about DP's, they'd all died before he was born.

KaraStarbuckThrace · 12/06/2011 18:36

Hanora & James (thought Nanny was always known as Norah! We only found out she was Hanora after she died, and we found her birth, baptismal and marriage certificates!)

Ana Maria & Carlos

LawrieMarlow · 12/06/2011 18:36

Edna and Ernest
Ivy and Thomas

TheMonster · 12/06/2011 18:38

Leo and Marta
Elsbeth and Horst

I love Elvira and Marmaduke!!

andthenshewasdone · 12/06/2011 18:39

bridie and john francis - known by both names to irish people and as jack to english people
(both from galway, emigrated in their 30's to england)
ursula and john (she from co.clare he from co wexford)

NettoSuperstar · 12/06/2011 18:41

Alec (Alexander) and Celia (Cecilia).

My nephew is Alexander and I believe Celia is coming back into fashion?

mrstimlovejoy · 12/06/2011 18:42

rachel
stuart alfred
charles sawbridge
sylvia may

baskingseals · 12/06/2011 18:42

William
Yvonne Elizabeth

Barbara-Ann (known as Ann)
David

Great-grandparents were
Elsie May
Ernest

Marguerite
Philip

PikaTYchu · 12/06/2011 18:43

Patricia
Eric

Roma
Verdon

I am 25, so the names may not be as old fashioned as you hoped so my great grandparents names that I can remember without phoning my mum up Grin

Mary
Harold

SoupDragon · 12/06/2011 18:45

William
Frances Victoria

Ernest
Beatrice Marguerite.

MidlandsMom · 12/06/2011 18:45

Ivy May and George
Albert and Sue

ResurrectionByChocolate · 12/06/2011 18:45

William & Caroline (aka Cass)
Arthur & Elizabeth (aka Charlotte - dunno why)

devonsmummy · 12/06/2011 18:47

Elsie and Alfred (known as Mick)
Joyce and George
Great nan - mildred

Littlepurpleprincess · 12/06/2011 18:49

Shirley and Jim (James)

Ann and Peter

Great grandparents;

Ina and Patrick

MorallyBankrupt · 12/06/2011 18:49

Iris and Unknown ( she was, by all accounts, particularily 'easy')
Barbara and Albert

2tired2bewitty · 12/06/2011 18:49

Elsie May and Edwin (but know by all as Stan)

Victor Ellis and Florence Muriel (known by all as Muriel)

cookielove · 12/06/2011 18:50

Mary and Harry

Lillian (known as Lil) and Frank (died when i was a baby, and knew only my nans new fella who was George)

RhinestoneCowgirl · 12/06/2011 18:51

Arthur James and Joan

Vernon John and Sylvia Peggy

hotcrossSES · 12/06/2011 18:53

Doreen and Cecil (a shame as they were wonderful people that I'd love to have named my DC after but I really don't like the names!)

Ethel Rose and Edward John

MrsSchadenfreude · 12/06/2011 18:53

Eric and Minna (German)
Albert and Ethel (English)

I had great grandmother called Frieda, and great aunt called Adeheid/Adelaide (Aydel for short). Great Grandfather was Theodore, great uncle Henry.

designerbaby · 12/06/2011 18:54

Mine:
Evelyn
Leonard
Jessica
Arthur

DH's:
Francis
Constantine
Don't know the other two off the top of my head...

RugbyWidow7 · 12/06/2011 18:57

Edwin and Alice
Frank and Annie

DH's
Dorothy and Richard (Dick)
Dorothy and Roland

Lisatheonewhoeatsdrytoast · 12/06/2011 18:59

Mines were/are

Dennis
Margaret

Jessie
Anthony

Lindax · 12/06/2011 18:59

mine:
Isabel (Isa) and Neil
Annie and Jimmy
dh's:
Margaret and Arthur
Joan and Horace

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