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Old man names needed! What was your Grandfather called?

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MinkyBorage · 06/12/2008 20:36

I know there have been threads about this, but I can't find any for some reason.
At the moment I'm stuck on Stanley, but DH gone off it a bit because my bro was taking the piss about Flat Stanley.
Any ideas would be very gratefully received.

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alarkaspree · 06/12/2008 23:49

Arundel.

Also, John.

LilMatchGirlInVictorianSqualor · 06/12/2008 23:51

Charles and Harry.
DP's are Leonard(Len) and William(Billy)

SnowMuchToBits · 06/12/2008 23:53

John Giles (b 1888) who had bothers called Oswald, Harold Alfred, Owen Williams and Herbert Thomas

and George Henry (b 1881) who had brothers called Thomas, Frederick and Francis John.

My grandmothers' brothers were Harold George, Arthur and Andrew.

BoccaDellaNativita · 06/12/2008 23:55

Combined set from Bocca and Signor Bocca:

Robert Walter Roy William Thomas Frederick George

LivingLaVidaLurker2 · 06/12/2008 23:58

Statler and Wardolf

smartiejake · 06/12/2008 23:59

Mums's dad-Gilbert (lovely man)
Dad's dad-Frank (wife beating bastard who, because my grandmother left him when my dad was 14, I was fortunate enough never to have met.)

CharleeInPantoPapaerChains · 06/12/2008 23:59

John Charles
and
Walter

theramones · 07/12/2008 00:00

Dh's were Walter George and Leonard. Mine were William Henry and George Robert

MenaMilou · 07/12/2008 00:03

Patrick George and Frederick

Linnet · 07/12/2008 00:13

George and Edward
dh's were Charles and Hugh I think.
my great grandads were James and William

Suedonim · 07/12/2008 00:51

My mother's father was called Methusaleh. I kid you not. He was always known as 'Meth' so when I was a child I thought his proper name was Methylated!

BabyTalk13 · 07/12/2008 01:23

Leslie Walter and Percy
Albert and David

PurplePillowsInSantasBed · 07/12/2008 01:27

Joseph and Joshua as far as I know

AbricotsSecs · 07/12/2008 01:29

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BabyTalk13 · 07/12/2008 01:39

Oh I like Sidney!

chloemegjess · 07/12/2008 01:40

My grandads were Peter and ROnald! And then oddly enough my Dad was then Peter Ronald, even though the Peter was on my mums side

SheSellsSeashellsByTheSeashore · 07/12/2008 01:49

jack james/john/benjamin - are from family

joe/norman from DH's family

Califraukincense · 07/12/2008 02:22

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skidoodle · 07/12/2008 02:59

methuselah? Wow, that is fantastic

LoremIpsum · 07/12/2008 03:14

Gerald Mark Medland and William Patrick on my side (can't believe how many Geralds there were!)

Eric and Richard on DHs

Great Uncles were Anthony, Stanley, Thomas, Edgar and George.

DH has a Grover two generations back.

TheGarishlyTwinkleyMadHouse · 07/12/2008 07:42

William James and James William
Richard and William Lynus

If I was a boy Stanley William was to be m,y name

Chamomile · 07/12/2008 07:48

Constantine (Con)

Isaidkissmeunderthemistletoe · 07/12/2008 07:49

My grandad was Stanley George - I love the name Stan.

mickeylou · 07/12/2008 08:23

mine were Robert (Bob) and James Clifford. he was always called Clifford. Think there was need for a saints name as the christian name and then people called them by their second names. seems to have been the same with my mum's gran and great aunties. she is forever saying by gran was really mary but got called polly.

DH's were John and Harry. i am wanting this bean to be Harry if a boy.

merryandmad · 07/12/2008 08:33

Harold Benjamin
Cordon Auben (later changed to Gordon as everyone thought he had said Gordon anyhow)