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Grandparent Names

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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Mermaidspam · 02/09/2011 00:47

Joy
Bartholemew

Frances
Edward Peter

Edith Annie
Eric

Laura
Bart

Ginny
Edward

John
Hannah

Tommy · 02/09/2011 00:48

Antoinette and Winston Hmm
Christina and Albert

I had a great Aunty Annie as well.

Kirstle · 03/09/2011 14:22

Maternal: Alfred (known as Alfie) and Marie (my middle name)
Paternal: Albert (known as Bert) and Mildred (known as Milly) and also paternal 'step gran' Margaret (known as Margaret)

naughtaless · 03/09/2011 14:39

Leonard (Lenny), Gladys. Walter (who called himself Bob) Naomi (called herself Ruth)

naughtaless · 03/09/2011 14:43

Granparents siblings - Desdemona (mona), Dorothy, Miriam (midge), Dorcas, Waldron, Nora, Lucy, Richard, Samuel, Ada, Edna, Lois, Catherine, Bill, John, Louis, Francesca

first1 · 03/09/2011 16:18

My side:
Marie
Franklyn

Martha
Albert

DH's side:
Amelia
Roy

Elizabeth
Peter

HeidiHole · 03/09/2011 17:09

Joan and Joan
Myra and Neil

Hassled · 03/09/2011 17:10

One of my grandmothers was a Clarice. I LOVE Clarice.

pranma · 03/09/2011 18:38

Sally
Alice
Jim
Elias
ggm Harriet and Josephine
ggf Gerard and Robert
dont know the others but my dm was Ruth and df James [I am 67]
dh is 75 and his parents were Thomas[known as Dan(???)]and Mary

ShoutyHamster · 03/09/2011 19:43

Good ones we have in our family are Bettina and Hattie (ladies), and Camber and Gomer (gents). Gomer is Welsh. Not all grandparents btw. LOVE Camber - what a name!!

Greenwing · 03/09/2011 20:06

Alexander & Alice
Albert & Mary Ann
Alfred & Nora ... hadn't realised before how many As there are!

Their siblings: Edna, Vera, Jean, Margaret, James, John, Philip, Walter.

Lilyloo · 03/09/2011 20:09

Henry , Harry , Jack , John

Lillian , Joan , Dot

Lilyloo · 03/09/2011 20:10

Love old names , my 3 dc's names are all on here Smile

rubybambini · 03/09/2011 21:28

Not in my family tree, but if it's a girl...Peggy? Vinnie and Peggy.

(Grandparents were Jessie and Johnny and Max and Ruth.)

ellangirl · 03/09/2011 23:24

Jill, Andrew, Shelagh, William
Great grandparents that I can remember Ursula, John, Evelyn, Adrian, William.

RueDeWakening · 03/09/2011 23:57

Female: Nora, Lucy, Joyce, others include Jean, Betty, Zilpha, Marguerite, Margaret, Annie, Winifred, Tamar.

Male: George, Henry, Stanley, Eric, Geoffrey, Edwin, Tom, John, Frank, Leslie.

80sMum · 04/09/2011 00:25

My grandparents and their siblings' names:
Boys: George, Roland, Cecil, Henry, Charles, William, Ernest, Stanley, Albert, Robert, Eric

Girls: Olive, Dorothy, Hilda, Ellen, Mary, Jessie, Annie, Lilian, Elizabeth, Kathleen, Marjorie, Violet

randomimposter · 04/09/2011 13:38

Albert and Eliza (some of their siblings are Florence, Alfred, Arthur)
Thomas and Mary (some of their siblings are Kathleen, Redmond, Patrick, Rosaleen, Genevieve, Denis, Nancy)

HoneyPablo · 04/09/2011 13:46

My grandparents names were
William and Florence
Samuel and Beatrice

DH's were
George and Alice
William and Ethel

Our children are called Samuel and Alice

Annakin31 · 05/09/2011 11:01

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MeconiumHappens · 06/09/2011 21:16

Reggie, Ted/Teddy, Jimmy, Kitty, Florrie, Edith, Betty, Ivy,

Gingersnap88 · 24/09/2011 14:51

Good idea for a thread Smile

Peter
Patricia

Dominic
Nelly

Not fabulous I'm afraid! Love Robin for a vintagey boys name though.

Xavielli · 24/09/2011 17:50

Madeleine Irene (Rene)
Betsy-Annie (Nancy)

William George (Bill)
John Morris

sarahtigh · 24/09/2011 18:06

thelma eunice and leslie. other set clara and william

AgathaTrunchbull · 24/09/2011 20:11

Snap, cumbria81, I also have Edward and Nora. Grin

Various other suggestions from past generations of family:

Doreen
Clara
Sarah
Mary Jane
Martha
Bridget
Beatrice
Gladys

Albert
Isaac
Martin
Walter
Charles
William
Jarvis
Henry