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What were your great grandfathers called?

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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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TheBirdintheCave · 01/07/2022 13:14

Mum's side: John and William Nelson*

Dad's side: Edmond Thomas and Richard.

*He had a brother called Louis Napoleon because my great great granny Annie was apparently hilarious 😂)

SVRT19674 · 01/07/2022 13:22

Antonio
William Edmund
William
Francisco

CoverYourselfInChocolateGlory · 01/07/2022 21:46

John
Paul
George

No, they weren't the Beatles.

Would have been amazing if the other one was Ringo though, but I don't know about him. Grin

TommyShelby · 02/07/2022 23:39

David John
Thomas John
John Islwyn
Patrick

alot of johns 😂

Pamlar · 04/07/2022 07:36

Hans,
Karl,
Reuben
Judah

RockinHorseShit · 04/07/2022 07:59

Amos

Thegingerpig · 27/10/2022 20:00

Thomas
Alfred
Charles
Wilfred

soulinablackberrypie · 28/10/2022 11:52

Two were Herbert and Richard, not sure about the others.

luciaann · 28/10/2022 12:08

I actually have no idea. How strange

Dragonfly909 · 28/10/2022 13:07

Reginald
Colin
Bertie
Mark

slug · 28/10/2022 13:52

Clive and Thomas are the only 2 I know

Morph22010 · 28/10/2022 15:48

Thomas, George, Laurence and Michael

CatkinToadflax · 28/10/2022 17:35

Christie, Edward, Norman…. and I have no idea about the fourth!

Luredbyapomegranate · 28/10/2022 17:56

Daniel, William, Charles and not sure (Frederick maybe..)

So exactly the names boys have now..

crumpetswithjam · 28/10/2022 17:57

Cecil
John

Echobelly · 28/10/2022 18:01

Sidney, Harry, Max (or Marcus, no one's quite sure) and don't know others' names

ElizabethinherGermanGarden · 28/10/2022 18:01

Joseph, Ernest, Robert and Robert

Maggiesgirl · 28/10/2022 18:04

Alexander and Robert
William and William on M

losingit31 · 28/10/2022 19:36

I don't know, but my grandparents would be Guinness world record holders if still alive now and they were called Horace and Matilda and Ernest and Margery. Only one of those has made a comeback.

Wallywobbles · 28/10/2022 19:43

William
Ernest

Samuel
Charles

Lovelydovey · 28/10/2022 19:46

Thomas
Frank
Hubert
Peter

Dacadactyl · 28/10/2022 20:43

James x 2, Owen and Ellis

rc22 · 28/10/2022 22:15

2 x George, Charles and, I think, William but I'm not 100% on that.

mathanxiety · 29/10/2022 02:58

Robert, Thomas, Philip, Joseph.