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What are/were your Grandmothers called?

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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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LorelaiRoryEmily · 12/09/2018 13:56

Lily and Kate, great grandmothers were Mary-Ellen, Mary-Anne, Jane and Lillian

Josico58 · 12/09/2018 14:30

Mabel & Maureen

Justgivemesomepeace · 12/09/2018 14:32

Gladys and Mary

youngestisapsycho · 12/09/2018 14:42

I had Rose and Betty... DH's were Beatrice and Dorothy.

theoriginalpineappletart · 12/09/2018 14:44

Sarah (Cissie) and Margaret (Peggy).

Mummyh2016 · 12/09/2018 14:47

Jean and Eileen.
DH has a Dorothy (Dot) and Florence (Floss).

PhilomenaButterfly · 12/09/2018 14:48

Freda and Emmy Ann.

StylishDuck · 12/09/2018 14:49

Davina & Dorothy
DH had an Isabella & an Elizabeth

allmycats · 12/09/2018 14:52

Jessica and Helen
Great Gran = Katharine

ozymandiusking · 12/09/2018 14:56

Mary
Alice
Katie
My mother was called Winifred, I'm quite surprised how many there are here.

MrsST · 12/09/2018 14:59

A Mavis and a Joyce

Mummymummums · 12/09/2018 15:01

Alice and Beatrice

Zoflorabore · 12/09/2018 15:01

Albertine ( born Cologne, Germany )

Mary ( born Liverpool, England )

CheeseTheDay · 12/09/2018 15:03

Elżbieta & Rosa (originally Róża but she Anglicised it)

Lwmommy · 12/09/2018 15:03

Doreen and Thelma

Timeisslippingaway · 12/09/2018 15:04

Agnes and Queenie. Queenie wasn't her real name but she changes as she got older as she hated the way people said her real name.

parkingarmageddon · 12/09/2018 15:05

Ivy and Joyce.

TheLastNigel · 12/09/2018 15:07

Jean and Aileen-May.

MaMisled · 12/09/2018 15:07

Anne and Nellie

Drivenmad80 · 12/09/2018 15:26

Ellen Belle
Mary Catherine

Jitters22 · 12/09/2018 15:29

Dad's mum was Edith Emma and Mum's Mum was Adelia Joyce

Both now long gone, but I remember them well.

wildewillow · 12/09/2018 15:46

Nancy & Vera both born 1920's

Coconutcreampie · 12/09/2018 15:50

Mavis Maureen and mary

AndNoneForGretchenWieners · 12/09/2018 15:52

Jean and Millie.

Great gran was Sarah Elizabeth.

AnneElliott · 12/09/2018 15:54

Mine were Ellen and Gladys. DH side were Emma and Mary.