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What are the names of your grandparents and great grandparents if you know them?

126 replies

HoneyandRum · 30/01/2013 10:26

Ethel and James (Jim)
Josephine and George (First husband Walter died)

Can't remember my GGPs names except Fanny

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crazykittens · 04/02/2013 00:48

my grandparents - agnes & david, enid & francis
great grandparents - hannah & joseph, robert & ginny. i think anyway

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WhiteHairReally · 03/02/2013 23:46

GPs Maisie Bob Ron Frances nn Queenie ('Q')
GGPs Nancy Eric Gerald Muriel nn 'Lovie' Wilfred Daisy George Kate

There's a nursery out there right now where all their namesakes are running around, all except... Muriel, but maybe I'm wrong.

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ATouchOfStuffing · 03/02/2013 21:18

G.parents - Rosemary and Vernon
GGparents - Augustus and Alice

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twinklestar2 · 03/02/2013 13:56

Stanley and Kathleen - Stan and Kitty

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Ihatecobwebs · 03/02/2013 13:48

GPs - Richard & Ivy, Albert & Veronica
GGPs - William & Fanny, Ernest & Sarah, John & Annie, Charles & Ada
GGGPs - William & Emma, Richard & Sarah, George & Eliza, Henry & Gaina, James & Mary, Zachariah & Eliza, Charles & Emma, Owen & Mary
GGGGPs - John & Sarah, Benjamin & Philidelphia, ?&?, ?&?, Thomas & Sarah, ?&?, Robert &?, Charles &?, Thomas & Mary, Jonathan & Maira, ?&?, ?&?, Jonathan & Elizabeth, George & Emma, William & Anne, James & Ann

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Hulababy · 03/02/2013 13:05

lljkk - I have Family Tree Maker which is linked to ancestry.com
Every update I do on one, it updates the other.

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Alisvolatpropiis · 02/02/2013 17:27

I know my great grandmothers names : Florence,Anne,Elin,Rebecca.

Think one of my paternal great grandfathers was called George. One of my maternal great grandfathers may also have been called George thinking about it.

I read someone that in terms of families,by the time you get three generations down from your own,your name is likely to have been forgotten. Is a bit sad but seems true of my great fathers.

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MrsSchadenfreude · 02/02/2013 17:09

On my maternal side:

Minna and Eric

GGP:

Frieda and Ernest

GGGP:

Minna and Theodor

GGGGF:

August

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iheartmycat · 02/02/2013 15:27

GPS - margaret, maud,Joseph,Dominick
GGPS - margaret,terence,catherine-Sarah, ernest, catherine,francis, Thomas,catherine (extreme lack of imagination in the female naming!!)
GGGPS - margaret, Alice, Constantine, Dominick, Mary, Joseph

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Lastofthepodpeople · 02/02/2013 12:16

Mercia,Jimmy, Doreen and Patrick for GPs. For GGPs: Ada, Eric, Sarah. Suddenly sad to realise I don't know the rest.

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FellatioNels0n · 02/02/2013 12:10

At the risk of sounding a bit paranoid, I always wonder if there is a hidden motive for threads like this. If you think you have recognised a close friend or family member it's a very good way to narrow down the field, isn't it? Grin

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eatyourveg · 02/02/2013 12:08

Some professor in Scotland did ours for us as part of a study she was doing on one of my relatives - we only had the first couple of hundred years from family Bibles and having lived on the same farm since 1742 (I think thats the right date) which made it much easier.

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lljkk · 02/02/2013 10:51

Which package do you use, Hula? I can't face entering all my vast info into adatabase, even though I could see the value of it, just dread the tedium of it.

I can't help it... being sucked in:

GGGPs: Jesse, Elizabeth, Jeptha, ?, Charles, probably Sarah, Hartwell, ?, Windsor, Sarah?, Nelson, Harriet, Hector, Catherine, Jane, Jonathan, ?, ?, Priscilla, John, Ward, Eliza, Silas, Nancy, John, Henry, Mary Ellen, Sarah, John, Alexander, Mary Ann

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Hulababy · 02/02/2013 09:24

eatyourveg - that's fab! The post even looks great too - nice pyramid!
Not that far back yet - need some more unusual names to chase.

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Hulababy · 02/02/2013 09:22

lljkk - the software I use does it for me.

Not smug, but am pleased how well my ancestry search has gone since I started last October. Still loads to do though.

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minimuffin · 02/02/2013 08:03

GPs - Nell, Samuel, Elizabeth, Albert

GGPs - Eliza, Crossley, Rose, Joseph, Mary, William, Anne

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AThingInYourLife · 02/02/2013 07:57

Genealogical smuggery! :o

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lljkk · 02/02/2013 07:53

This is just a show-off thread for family history buffs, init?
(My turn)

GGPs: William, Sarah, Samantha, Robert, Raiford, Nellie, Neil, Martha, Margaret, Laura, Joshua, Joseph, George, Flora, Ella, Alexander

I'd get hopelessly confused trying to reliably write down all their parents' names, although I have it all worked out for GGGP generation. I start losing data after that [sulk].

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AThingInYourLife · 02/02/2013 07:35

Super impressed by hula and eatyour's lists :)

Fascinating thread.

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Weightlessbaby · 01/02/2013 23:04

Hmm, Welsh ancestry anyone?!

GPs: Peg, Dave, Pat and Nobby (Albert)
GGps:Umm, there was a George I'm fairly sure. Shamefully, I don't know, never having known them.

DH is much more illustrious and had a GD Thornton and GGD Hezekiah!

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GeorginaWorsley · 01/02/2013 23:03

GPS Ethel ,Arthur,Richard,Noreen.
GGPS Sarah,Frank,Mary Jane,William,Agnes,Richard,Florence,Arthur.
GGGps(that I know)Ellen,Martha,John,mary,Francis,James,Charlotte,Christopher,Mary

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eatyourveg · 01/02/2013 22:58

GP Catherine & Daniel and Annie & Ifor
GGP Mary & Evan
GGP Mary & Lewis
GGP Mary & Ellis
GGGP Elinor & Ellis
GGGGP William & Ann
GGGGGP John & Elinor
GGGGGGP Edmund & Lowry
GGGGGGGP Evan & Jane
GGGGGGGGP Edmund & Sarah
GGGGGGGGGP John & Catherine
GGGGGGGGGGP Edward & Gwen
GGGGGGGGGGGP Humphrey & Jane
GGGGGGGGGGGGP Edward & Catherine
GGGGGGGGGGGGGP Dafydd & Massli
GGGGGGGGGGGGGGP Gruffydd & Jane
GGGGGGGGGGGGGGGP Ynyr & Gwen
GGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGP Meurig & Gwenllian
GGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGP Madog & Efa
GGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGP Cadwgan & Gwenllian
GGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGP Bleddyn & ?
GGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGP Cynfal & Angharad
GGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGP Mererid
GGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGP Hwyel

That goes back to 999 Showing off I know Grin Grin Grin

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YorkshireTeaDrinker · 01/02/2013 22:43

GPs:
Jack and Jean
Margaret and Jim

GGPs
Annie, Muriel, William

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Iwillorderthefood · 01/02/2013 22:38

Grandparents:

Phyllis
Rhona

Arthur Frederick
Arthur

No idea re great grandparents.

Love the name Rhona ( but I never met her).

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SingingSands · 01/02/2013 22:32

GGPs = Mary and Joseph Smile

GPs = Isabella (Isa) and James (Jimmy)

GPs = Audrey and Robert (Bob)

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