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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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GentleOtter · 12/06/2011 21:43

Grandparents

Helen and William
Clementina-Bell and Robert

pranma · 12/06/2011 21:43

Sally and James
Alice and Elias
dh's were
Annie and John
Rosa and Daniel
One great grandma was Harriet and great grandad Robert
others were Rose and Gerard

Jonnyfan · 12/06/2011 21:44

Eunice
Mildred
Alan
Frederick

howzaboutthat · 12/06/2011 21:45

Mine:

Elizabeth and Harry (Harold)

Ted (Edward) and Wynne

DH:

Barbara and Douglas

Madeline and Harvey

pranma · 12/06/2011 21:47

My parents who would be old enough to be gp to most of you were Ruth Mary and James[Jim]
dh's Mary and Thomas
dh1 Sybil and Fred

thursday · 12/06/2011 21:47

Martha
John Aloysius
Mary
Gerald

PurpleStrawberry · 12/06/2011 21:48

Well mine won't be usable, but I'll share...

Paternal José Francisco & María Purificación
Maternal: Jesús Angel & María Natividad

These are their first names, middle names do not exist in Hispanic culture, you either just have one name (one of my great-grandfather's was just Vicente) or a double compound first name. I have a double name and yes the first of those is María!

nokissymum · 12/06/2011 21:49

jonah and esther.

PurpleStrawberry · 12/06/2011 21:49

Oh and these are my DH's:

Paternal - Jack & Dorothy
Maternal - Henry & Evelyn

WishIWasRimaHorton · 12/06/2011 21:51

Beryl Violet Lavinia
Frederick William

Patrick James Augustine
Edith Lilian

BamBam21 · 12/06/2011 21:52

Michael and Nellie
John and Annie

DP's were Alexander (Sandy) and Jane (Jean)
Daniel and Edith (Ada)

WishIWasRimaHorton · 12/06/2011 21:54

purple strawberry - i love hispanic names.

we always used to make them up as a friend was maria encarnacion (known as encarna), so we used to joke about maria constipacion; maria superannuacion etc

sorry - puerile probably, but it was funny as students and she laughed too (hopefully not through gritted teeth).

ThatVikRinA22 · 12/06/2011 21:54

Kathleen and Henry

Grandad had the bestest ever middle name but it was so unusual it will out me if i post it.

WanderingSheep · 12/06/2011 21:55

Ella
Francis (Frank)

And

William
Florence

Pandygirl · 12/06/2011 21:55

Edith and John
Valmai and William

maggiepy · 12/06/2011 21:56

Alice and Herbert

Daisy and Reg

WanderingSheep · 12/06/2011 21:57

In fact, I really like all my GPs names Smile

MrsShrekTheThird · 12/06/2011 21:58

Fanny and Willy. I kid you not Blush

Fortunately in the family bible they use their full names Frances and William.

roguepixie · 12/06/2011 21:58

Have to share this one... isn't grandparents name but belonged to a great-uncle who died in the Great War .......

Septimus Eugal (sp).

Have always thought that it was such an amazing name ... Grin

PurpleStrawberry · 12/06/2011 22:05

WishIWasRimaHorton - I had to laugh at Maria Superannuacion, as it reminds me of my name. Wink

dixiechick1975 · 12/06/2011 22:10

Irvine
Marjorie

Evelyn (prnounced Ev- lyn not eve-lyn)
George

shineoncrazydiam0nd · 12/06/2011 22:12

Vera Leonia and Alan

Olivia Blanche and John Douglas

alliwant · 12/06/2011 22:21

mine:
Beatrice and Albert
Kenneth and Nancy

My husbands:
Iris and John
Maggie and Charlie

pissovski · 12/06/2011 22:24

Maternal GP (born just pre WW1) = Jessie and Herbert (which he hated)
Their siblings included Ethel Dora, John, Gertrude (gertie), Elsie, Margaret, William, Percy, Harry, Alice May (known as May)

Paternal GP - George and Alma.

DH's maternal GP (don't know paternal) - Catherine and James (born late 1800's). James pops up a lot in his family, and our ds's name.

runnermum2 · 12/06/2011 22:30

Mary Doris
Mary Joan
Willie
John Trevor