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

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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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Taffeta · 30/01/2013 12:25

Alfred, Doris, Samuel and Cecilia.

dontmixthecolours · 30/01/2013 12:29

GP Mary, Brendan, John, Margaret
GGP Alice, Peter, Agnes, Peter

MyDaydream · 30/01/2013 12:29

Joan
Dorothy
Kathleen
David
John
Peter

atthewelles · 30/01/2013 15:13

Maisie, Hilda, Tom, Michael, Esther, Thomas.

Level3at6months · 30/01/2013 15:16

GPs were George and Emily, Harry (Henry) and Emma. Very now!

DancingInTheMoonlight · 30/01/2013 15:29

Bernadette Mary and james Alexander
Edith (Edie) and Thomas
Ggm Rachel

BabyRoger · 30/01/2013 15:32

Helen and George

Patricia and Patrick

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MortifiedAdams · 30/01/2013 15:35

Spencer and Thelma
Elizabeth and Unknown Grin little minx that she was.

My GGPs on one side were Thomas and Alice. DDs MN is Alice but goven before we fount out the GGPs names.

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VisualiseAHorse · 30/01/2013 15:42

Florence and Jack.
Frances and Robin.

frillyflower · 30/01/2013 15:43

GPS = William & Margaret Louisa and Sam & Selena
GGPS = don't know but Enos was a great uncle (Black Country)

biffnbuster · 30/01/2013 15:46

magarate and cyril
kathleen and thomas

FriskyMare · 30/01/2013 15:48

GP Wilfred & Mary Jane, Charlie & Mary
GGP Florence & ? we suspect the vicars son, Charles & Mary (again).

shottspar · 30/01/2013 15:50

Thomas and Elizabeth (Tam and Liza)
William and Kathleen (Wull and Kathy)

SPsFanjoIsAsComfyAsAOnesie · 30/01/2013 15:51

Lily Great GM
Marjorie Nanna
Albert Granddad

They are from my mums side and are all dead

Primrose Great GM
Robert Great GD
Gladys Nanna
Paul Grandad

All alive apart from Robert and on my dads side

angrytree · 30/01/2013 15:52

James and Shelagh, Hugh and Marjory

LittleDonkin · 31/01/2013 18:40

I dont know the names of my Great Grandparents but my Grandparents names are

Joan & Albert

Beatrice & Reginald

cheapandchic · 31/01/2013 18:59

Benjamin
Victoria
John William
Mary
Consuela
Leon
Virginia
Anne
Adelaide
Stanley
Anna

LindaMcCartneySausage · 31/01/2013 19:11

Mabel
Bryce
James
Jess
Mary
Alexander
Janet
Thomas
John
Elizabeth x2
Harry

LindaMcCartneySausage · 31/01/2013 19:13

And DH's are:
Thomas
Mary
Thomas
Mary
Thomas
Mary
Catherine
John
?
?

DomesticCEO · 31/01/2013 19:13

Interesting how many of us don't know our great grandparents names.

Sobering to think that my in only 3 generations my great grandchildren won't even know my name let alone anything interesting about be!! Shock Blush

notnowImreading · 31/01/2013 19:14

Grandparents: Theresa and Leonard, Esther and Robert
Great Grandparents: Florence and Ernest, Robert and Ellen

AThingInYourLife · 31/01/2013 19:23

Grandparents:

Peter and Brenda
Cornelius and Emily

Great grandparents:

Éamonn and Mairéad
Michael and Bríd
Cornelius and Catherine
Jeremiah and Bridget

Yay4may · 31/01/2013 19:28

Interesting thread!

Here's mine...
Edith, Harry, Ruth, Marshall, Hannah, Karl
Albert, Hildegarde, Marie, Jacob, Emil, Emma

DD1's middle name is Ruth and DD2's middle name is Emilia!