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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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BlueSuedeStiletto · 17/08/2012 23:27

Oops. I met. Damn you autocorrect!

OrangeLily · 17/08/2012 23:37

Blue was Joseph her surname? What the actual f?

JazzAnnNonMouse · 18/08/2012 08:29

Barry and roger

JazzAnnNonMouse · 18/08/2012 08:30

Great grandparent have nicer names - Lawrence and James

fanoftheinvisibleman · 18/08/2012 08:45

John and Ronald (Ron)

I only know one of Dh's - Jack.

fanoftheinvisibleman · 18/08/2012 08:45

John and Ronald (Ron)

I only know one of Dh's - Jack.

MammaTonic · 18/08/2012 11:18

Mine were James (NN Jim) and Lesley (NN Les)
DH's were Thomas (NN Tommy) and Benjamin (NN Benny)

ditziness · 18/08/2012 20:05

Cosmo and Crawford were my grandfathers

monsterchild · 18/08/2012 20:07

Jacob and Melbourne

glammanana · 18/08/2012 20:17

My nana's name was Jessica Mary she married twice too a Cecil George &
poppa's name was Frederick Freeman (so classic)
DH's where Henry Dylan and Noel Godfrey

QueenFuri · 18/08/2012 20:18

My grandfather's were called Robert (Bob) and Ernst Otto. My great-grandad was called Glass now a few of my cousins and uncles have this as a middle name.

Debs75 · 18/08/2012 20:24

My grandfathers were
Jesse Francis he went by Dick though
William

DP's is Edwin

HistoryNerd · 18/08/2012 20:44

James and Rupert

WyrdMother · 18/08/2012 20:47

Mine - Charles and William
DH - Leonard and Ernest

ornellaia · 18/08/2012 20:48

Ronald (Ronnie) Cornelius, and Frederick (Fred) Lewis. I think almost all the boys in my family have a Lewis somewhere in their name.

johnnycomelurky · 18/08/2012 20:49

Jack (John) and Paul
Jack (John) and John

Sadly, not much variation.

FriggFRIGG · 20/08/2012 10:45

Teddy (Edward)
Lewis

poppy283 · 20/08/2012 14:20

Mine are Dominic and Phillip, known to his gc as Popeye

33goingon64 · 20/08/2012 14:45

Joseph and Horace. DH's GFs were Albert and Tom.

DS is Thomas Joseph.

mickeylou · 22/08/2012 14:47

Mine were Robert (Bob or Bobby) and James but known by his middle name Clifford (Cliff)

DH's were Harry and John.

I love the name Bobby but as I already have a Billy I think it would be a bit much!!

JamieandTheOlympicTorch · 22/08/2012 17:29

Mine were Victor (Vic) - which I think is a cool name

and Robert (Bob) - who I never met

DHs were

Haydn (Welsh) and ????

Chinsup · 22/08/2012 19:19

Roderick and Lodwig

JoInScotland · 22/08/2012 20:27

Walter and Frederick

shockers · 22/08/2012 20:41

Where is Lodwig from Chinsup?

Maurice Robinson (as a middle name) and Joseph Patrick (known as Stan!).

confusedpixie · 22/08/2012 21:08

Mohammed and Edward for me. I think Grin

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