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What are/were your Grandmothers called?

376 replies

MrsFoxPlus4 · 12/09/2018 02:12

Following from the grandad thread because it’s fascinating.

I had a granny Jessie.
Nana Elizabeth & Nancy.
Great gran Cecilia & Bessie but I can’t temebe Bessie’s full name.

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powercutie · 12/09/2018 17:58

Francesca (goes by Frankie)
Helle

Ggm:
Ivy
Tove
Julie

SAMlady · 12/09/2018 18:01

Bridget and Eve

SymphonyofShadows · 12/09/2018 18:03

Annie & Kitty, both born at the beginning of the 20th century

AgathaRaisinsCat · 12/09/2018 18:04

Queenie, fabulous name, and Elizabeth Ellen.

Trialsmum · 12/09/2018 18:08

Irene and Patricia.

ForTheLoveOfSleep · 12/09/2018 18:08

Hazel
Margaret
Edna
Betty

SendYouUpInFlames · 12/09/2018 18:10

I still have my nana lynn. Shes my world. My rock. Practicly my mither and i adore her so much. She's my mums mother.

My grandma Mary, which is my dads mother.

And my grandma Jone. She is my nana Lynn's mum.

numptynuts · 12/09/2018 18:12

Ethel and Kathleen

babswindsor · 12/09/2018 18:13

Kathleen and Gladys - not sure those names are ready for a comeback any time soon!

Shadow1234 · 12/09/2018 18:16

Marjorie (known as madge)
Henrietta

ReggieKrayDoYouKnowMyName · 12/09/2018 18:20

Joyce, Elvera and Phyllis (one parent adopted so two mothers). I think we can safely assume that none of those are coming back into vogue any time in the next thousand years.

Raines100 · 12/09/2018 18:25

I had a Grandma Olive, born in late 1918.

crazydoglady6867 · 12/09/2018 18:28

Don’t know the names of my own but my DH grans were called
Esther
Millie

Laniakea · 12/09/2018 18:29

Catherine & Elizabeth

macaronip1e · 12/09/2018 18:30

Kate and Wilomena (normally called Mina for short)

mostdays · 12/09/2018 18:33

Ivy and Josephine

catchingzzzeds · 12/09/2018 18:33

Alice
Jean
Muriel
Lilian

Usuallytootiredbuthappyanyway · 12/09/2018 18:36

Lilian Mary (Lil, not Lily) and Margaret Mitchell (Peggy).

Judashascomeintosomemoney · 12/09/2018 18:36

Joan and Sarah. I miss them both.

moredoll · 12/09/2018 18:39

Mary and Margaret

tierraJ · 12/09/2018 18:46

My nans were:

Rita - born 1925, really miss her x
Dorothy Madaline - born 1920

& 3 of my great grandmothers born in Victorian times:

Lillian
Annie Elizabeth
Elizabeth

Some of my Great Aunts: (born 1900s - 1920s)

Christine
Dorothy
Doris
Lillian
Sally
Nellie
Molly
Josephine

Nellie & Molly were nicknames

ArsenicNLace · 12/09/2018 18:47

Adelaide (which she hated with a passion) and Lillian

Dixiechickonhols · 12/09/2018 19:14

Evelyn (pronounced Ev lyn)
Marjorie known as Madge

whiteroseredrose · 12/09/2018 19:18

Beryl, Millie, and Doris.

pontiouspilates · 12/09/2018 19:28

Florence and Elsie.