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What were your great grandfathers called?

235 replies

salharg · 25/06/2022 19:25

Following on from the grandmother thread, also looking for an old fashioned name for DS

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AssignedSlytherinAtBirth · 26/06/2022 10:42

George
James
Albert
John

user1492757084 · 26/06/2022 12:50

Henry
Thomas
John
William

catbirddogchild · 26/06/2022 13:30

Albert
James
Charles
Don't know what the last one was called

Theoldwoman · 26/06/2022 15:28

Francis Frederick
Arthur Kawateri
Alfred Betheridge
Elijah George

ProfYaffle · 26/06/2022 15:32

Walter x 2
George
Joseph

Knockoneofftheshelftowin · 26/06/2022 15:33

Maternal, John and Jimmy.
Paternal, John, not sure about other ggf.

peridito · 26/06/2022 15:47

Ezra

Quinque · 26/06/2022 15:51

Alfred
Samuel
Benjamin Walter
Francis

IdisagreeMrHochhauser · 26/06/2022 17:49

Walter
Alice
George x2
Jennie
Tom
Laura
Dorothy

So not that interesting really

IdisagreeMrHochhauser · 26/06/2022 17:49

Oh sorry. Misread the brief. Blush

mathanxiety · 26/06/2022 19:42

Thomas
Robert
José
Philip

Luredbyapomegranate · 27/06/2022 00:35

Daniel.. no idea about the others… but Charles or Frederick quite likely

HorseInTheHouse · 27/06/2022 14:40

I know two: Russell and Herbert.

One I know the initial was W so likely William but possibly not. No clue about the last one.

Enko · 28/06/2022 17:10

Jens and Michael on my.mothers side but indont know my dad's will text and ask as it surprises me I don't

TheVanguardSix · 28/06/2022 17:14

Mícheál on Mum’s paternal side
Elias and Gottlieb on Dad’s

DelphiniumBlue · 28/06/2022 17:18

Frederick
Nathan
Don't know the other 2

CoalCraft · 28/06/2022 17:56

I only know one of them off the top of my head - Cyril.

TinyDancer91 · 29/06/2022 22:56

Jack
Lewis
John
John?

There's a lot of Johns in my family 😂

caringcarer · 29/06/2022 23:16

Philip
William John
Francis Ernest
Robert John

Frida9 · 30/06/2022 12:56

Charles Thomas and Robert

babyjellyfish · 30/06/2022 13:38

William, Sidney, Thomas and Arthur.

ladycarlotta · 30/06/2022 20:47

Blair, Tom, Reginald and Bill.

KittyMcKitty · 30/06/2022 20:50

Don’t know great grandfathers but grandfathers were Basil and Horace.

MinglingFlamingo · 30/06/2022 21:54

MinglingFlamingo · 25/06/2022 23:13

Frank
Albert possibly x2

Right found out today and can confirm
Brock
Fred
Albert
?

But will find out as my dad has decided to look into the family tree some more

Madamecastafiore · 30/06/2022 21:58

Claude Hubert
James Redfus

Funky old men!! Grin

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