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53 replies

shelll999 · 31/08/2011 14:16

and old family members
i really want to use old fashioned name to go with vinnie

boys ive come up with
Ralph
arthur
morris
stanley

girls
betty
nancy

what your grandparents names xxx

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MockingbirdsNotForSale · 31/08/2011 14:19

Annie
Brigette

John
Alexander

GooseyLoosey · 31/08/2011 14:23

Evelyn, Eva, Ralph (called Rafe) and Kit. Also family from same generation: Thomas, Isabella, Annie, Peggy, Lilly, Lucy, Lawrence, William, Albert, Meggie, Molly, John and Donald.

crazynanna · 31/08/2011 14:24

Ruby
Archie

cumbria81 · 31/08/2011 14:27

Edward
Nora

MadHatter302 · 31/08/2011 14:28

Family I have from this generation -

William Edward (Ted)
Ramona
Joyce
Michael
Reuben

Tigresswoods · 31/08/2011 14:29

Have a quick search, this came up a couple if months ago. Got LOADS of posts.

bagelmonkey · 31/08/2011 14:30

Barbara
Jack

Rebecca
No idea what paternal grandfather was called (estranged since my dad was 4y old)

HeathersMummy · 31/08/2011 14:30

Thomas
Elizabeth
William
Kathleen

Other's from same generation -
Edward
Bessie
Margaret
Isobel
James
Andrew
Lilian
Jenny

iskra · 31/08/2011 14:34

This thread comes round regularly!

Harry
Mary
Arthur
Audrey

DP's -

Thomas
Harry
Dorothy
Sybil

alexpolismum · 31/08/2011 14:34

Ronald
Walter

Pamela
Elsie

Also in same generation: Paul, Thomas, Albert, Philip, Winifred, Olive, Elizabeth

greenzebra · 31/08/2011 16:02

Bessie and William

Margeret and Frederick

Irene and Gilbert

Great grand parents Sidney and Florence.

Love Stanley and Sideny could go with Vinnie if you have a DS.

pinkgirlythoughts · 31/08/2011 16:29

My grandparents and their siblings:

Pamela, Charles and Colin

Margaret, Frank, Mary, Olive, Catherine, William and Marlene

Margaret, Sheila and Ena

Dorothy, Robert Sidney (known as Fred), Geoffrey Gordon, Peter and Emily

MrsHuxtable · 31/08/2011 17:23

margarete and franz
emilie and helmut

sjuperwolef · 31/08/2011 17:28

annie nancy and allan james
catherine and james

old relatives - nancy, lorna, hannah, effie, jessie, hazel, norman, errol, joyce, linda.

tallulah · 31/08/2011 17:41

grandparents and their siblings

Flora, Eleanor, Hilda, Olive, John, Harry, Stanley, Edith
Frank, Colin, Mary
Lucy
Albert, George, Raymond, Alexander

& DH's
Bertram, Dora, Cyril
Emma, Lily, Ellen, Ada, Ella, Frederick, Ernest (not much imagination there)
Charlie, Percy, Frederick, Sarah, Daisy, Harry, Ivy, Arthur, Bertie, Harold, Horace, Doris (!), Cyril, Eric, Joseph
Walter, Ernest, Esther, Alfred, Ada

iklboo · 31/08/2011 17:41

Phoebe & James
Elizabeth (Bette) & Harry

I only know a few of Bette's siblings; Stan, George, Harold, James & Gladys.

tallulah · 31/08/2011 17:43

Anyone noticed that with a few exceptions this could be a pre-school register Grin

iskra · 31/08/2011 17:47

Great grandparents -

Barnes and Mary (Molly)
Marie and Humphrey
Georgina and Arthur
Ytschke and Arthur

Hulababy · 31/08/2011 18:00

Mine grandparents/great grandparents:

Dorothy Joan (Joan)
Harold (Harry
Ethel
Joseph Reginald (Reg)
Dinah
Ada
Walter

CurwySwide · 31/08/2011 18:06

Lewis, Florence, John, Maggie

conkerchops · 31/08/2011 18:29

phoebe, charles (charlie), david and ethel

DP's joyce, joyce, william (peter!), marion and lesley

great aunts and uncles: walter, frank, florence (flo), percey, violet, ronnie, sheila, albert (bert), beatrice, charlie, madge, johnny, constance!

i am clearly a fan of this generation of names as we have a connie and a charlie!

etyksm · 01/09/2011 21:59

Veronica (Ronnie)
Cecil
Charles
Amelia
Connie
John
George
Joan

helendigestives · 01/09/2011 23:09

Irene & Sidney
Joan & James

1944girl · 02/09/2011 00:44

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Lonnie · 02/09/2011 00:47

Marie & Evald
Petra & Holger
Step grandparents Edith & Soren

(Danish)

Dh's were
Minnie and Harold
Winnie and William

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