What are/were your Grandads called?

[StuckInTheMiddleWithJude]

Trying another way to get some name inspo 😊

My granddads were called Geoffrey James and Ian and great grandad Stanley.

Thank you

@stuckinthemiddlewithjude

Nope, 4 generations of Harrys, all Harry on the birth certificate! Harry was very popular in the late C19th, early C20th. But people often "corrected" him about what his name was.

Mine are
David Frederick
Anthony

Dh i only know what one was called
Frederick George😁

@AtticaRose I bet they did. I'd only realise the connection because of prince Harry. I don't really 'get' it tbh. Harry is a great name

@daisychain01 this is an anonymous forum though? I don't see how anyone's grandads Christian name would make them traceable

Bertram and Bernard

One great grandfather was Reece William, known as Bill, a bare knuckle boxer!!

I like the name but he was not a nice man by all accounts.

@Justtrying I love the nod to Christmas in his middle name 😊

Lots of John/Jack changes, like Henry and Harry I guess. Although I don't quite understand why as they're all the same length

@Justtrying I love the nod to Christmas in his middle name 😊

Lots of John/Jack changes, like Henry and Harry I guess. Although I don't quite understand why as they're all the same length

Frederick
Thomas
Samuel
Donald
Walter

Grandfathers and g.grandfathers.

Leonard and Neil

Not sure about my Dad's side but Grandad on mums side was Hugh x

@tierraJ I thought the Reece spelling was a more modern take on the Welsh Rhys. Interesting

Henry and...wait for it...Ebor.

Yup.

William ( wull ) and Thomas

@MawkishTwaddle ohhhh that's unusual!

John Richard and Alfred (not sure of his second name).

Albert Edward

Ernest John.

Henry
Michael

Gerald (don't know his middle name if he had one) & Francis Joseph, everyone called him Frank and as a child I was told calling him Francis was not a very good idea.

Other men in that generation roughly in the family tree: Edward Lovel, David Oliver, and also quite a few men who had their mother's maiden name as either their first or middle given name which makes it all look very surname-y in places but was quite popular where I'm from for generations, particularly for oldest boys .

John spencer

Edward Thomas

Reece was a cockney so definitely not Welsh

One of his sons (born circa 1910) was also called Reece

Gervil
Aldus

Stuck yes, it is.

And his nickname was 'Joss'. Work that one out.

@tierraJ I like it 😊