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

I wonder if the 'surname as middle name' thing is because the parents may not have been married legally.

Edward Stephen
Frederick George

Ronald Alexander( would be 80 now)
George Oliver Edward( would be 98 now )

Kids Grandads are Peter ( 83 ) and Dave ( 57 lol )

Jack and James

My FIL has the mums surname as middle name thing!

Harry and Charles.

Stanley and Bertram

I wonder if the 'surname as middle name' thing is because the parents may not have been married legally.

I think it's just fairly traditional in some areas. Certainly the families I know who did (and continue to do) this were mostly very traditional religious families, so were definitely legally married.

The mother's maiden name as the first son's surname is quite traditional where I live too. Lots of men through the generations called things like Barclay, Campbell, Thompson etc.

My own grandfathers were both called William and were born in the Victorian era

Bernard and Davíð (me) (basically David from Iceland!)

Reginald and OH doesn't know!

Ronald and Guy

George and Frederick

John Louis
Raymond

:)

Sam and Herman

Me- Cyril Aubrey and Leslie George
Dh- Archibald James and Charlie 🙂

Me and DH:
John Russell
Kenneth Percy
Cecil Arthur Sidney
Paul Kurt

Owen
John

Ludwig
Wilfried

Frederick John and John Thomas. I can’t imagine you’ll find either if those inspiring OP. I never met the second one but my Grandad Fred was a really lovely chap and quite dapper too

Eric 😃

Bill
Lawrence

DH's were Joseph and Harry

George Richard

Ronald Stanley

George Henry and Leonardus

Bill and Frank

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Thank you 😀