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Loving the thread about grandmothers names...so let's do grandfathers names

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femmeaufoyer · 14/08/2012 17:17

The thread on grandmothers names has given me loads of inspiration for DC2, so I'm now looking for the same for male names.

Mine were William and Ronald
DH were William and Harry

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Frikadellen · 14/08/2012 20:10

Will be more obvious I grew up in Denmark here
Paternal grandfather Holger
Maternal Grandfather Evald
Step grandfather Soren

DH's
Paternal grandfather Harrold
Maternal Grandfather William

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UnnamedFemaleProtagonist · 14/08/2012 20:19

Wilfred Charles and Joseph John.

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1944girl · 14/08/2012 20:26

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CarriMarie · 14/08/2012 20:31

Arthur Stanley Cole (known as Art) and Thomas (known as Tom).

Great grandads were James Cole, Charles Edward, and Thomas

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DoIgetastickerforthat · 14/08/2012 20:32

Mum's dad was James but was known by his middle name, Gordon. Dad's dad was officially Thomas but went by Walter (not his middle name though).

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iheartmycat · 14/08/2012 20:34

Dominick and Joseph

G-Grandads were Francis, Terence, Joseph and Ernest.

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JoInScotland · 14/08/2012 20:36

Frederick and Walter

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thetigerwhocametoteax · 14/08/2012 20:36

mine - philip and leonard
dh - william and sidney

ds1 middle name is william Smile

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longjane · 14/08/2012 20:52

David Thomas John Frederick and Stephen
in any order

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HotDAMNlifeisgood · 14/08/2012 20:59

Jacques and Leo

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nenehooo · 14/08/2012 21:00

My Grandad was Harry!!! Have a current thread about this as I want to name bump after him if it's a he and having argumens with DH over the popularity Grin
He was Henry George officially, and my other one I didn't know but was called Tom.
Only know one of DH's - Walter Earnest - known as Wally! Bless!

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FoofyShmooffer · 14/08/2012 21:00

Grandfathers - Peter and Fred.

Gt Grandfathers - William and John
Samuel and ?

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peggyblackett · 14/08/2012 21:01

William and Edward

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evilgiraffe · 14/08/2012 21:03

Mine are John and Kenneth.
DH's Leslie and Donald.

John is alright, at least!

Grandmothers are much more current, between us we have two Margarets, Patricia and Mary.

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littletomato · 14/08/2012 21:07

John and John. Yawn.

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vvviola · 14/08/2012 21:08

Raymond and Thomas.

If DD2 had turned out to be a boy I was fighting for Raymond as a middle name. One of my biggest regrets is that Grandad died before I met DH. They would have got on famously - although I'm not sure the rest of us could have handled two of them with the same sense of humour!

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insanityscratching · 14/08/2012 21:08

William but always called Bill and Frank

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scaredymcnamechange · 14/08/2012 21:09

Charles and David.

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mumofjust1 · 14/08/2012 21:10

Maternal gf - Wojtec
Paternal gf - Henry, known as Harry

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workshy · 14/08/2012 21:12

mine were George and Lancelot -I kid you not!
everyone knew Lancelot as Fred, I only found out his real name at his funeral!

OH's were Jack and Gordon!

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HecateHarshPants · 14/08/2012 21:12

Arthur and Elijah (known as Bob)

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puds11 · 14/08/2012 21:14

Ernest and Joe

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Buglove · 14/08/2012 21:15

Kenneth and Gerald Grin

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AWomanCalledHorse · 14/08/2012 21:21

Mine: Martyn & Andre.
DH's: Hubert & Bertram.

mumofjust1, love Wojtec! DH dismissed it for DS, not a fan of any of ours but go back another generation and I love them all!

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Lyftiduft · 14/08/2012 21:23

Mine (GF and GGF)- Allan, John, Albert, Joseph, William, and Richard

DHs I can remember- John, Henry, Leslie and Arthur

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