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What were/are your grandfathers called?

178 replies

pod100 · 21/03/2016 21:10

Just copying from the other thread as some lovely girls names have popped up in it!

Mine were Edward and Albert

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YesILikeItToo · 21/03/2016 21:21

James
Xander

RingUpRingRingDown · 21/03/2016 21:21

Stanley
Patrick

noisytoys · 21/03/2016 21:22

John and David

youdontknowmebut · 21/03/2016 21:23

Frederick and Franco.

ChickadeeChick · 21/03/2016 21:24

Both Francis. My middle name is Frances.

Twowrongsdontmakearight · 21/03/2016 21:24

Martin and Fred

marmiteloversunite · 21/03/2016 21:25

Alfred (Fred) and Frank

Smittenkitten2015 · 21/03/2016 21:25

Fred and Robert. My son's middle name is Frederick after his great grandad.

LemonRedwood · 21/03/2016 21:26

Thomas and Derek

indecisivedoctor · 21/03/2016 21:26

Charles & Edgar

LittlehamHums · 21/03/2016 21:27

Grandfathers and their brothers were -

Leonard, Horace, Cecil, Alfred, William, Edgar, Jesse, Frederick, Harold, Horace, Bertram, James, Henry, Charles, Thomas, Albert, Harry, John, Jack, Stanley and Gilbert.

YesILikeItToo · 21/03/2016 21:35

That's a lot of brothers! I think one of mine had a brother called Duff, the other was an only child. Some other names from that generation calling in grandmothers brothers Bremner, George. Not sure what 'Weem' was short for?

Mooey89 · 21/03/2016 21:35

Anthony and Maurice.

Great grandfather was Reuben, which I love.

alltouchedout · 21/03/2016 21:36

Archibald and Ronald

Meow75 · 21/03/2016 21:37

Colin Matthew and Cornelius Frederick (known as Fred).

annandale · 21/03/2016 21:38

Bruce and Jack.

Bruce underused I think.

NoPowerInTheVerseCanStopMe · 21/03/2016 21:40

Richard (Dick) and Robert (Bob)

Clobbered · 21/03/2016 21:41

Colin and Phillip.

My sister and I have sons named after our great-grandfather

ShowOfHands · 21/03/2016 21:43

Grandfathers, great grandfathers and their siblings were combinations of the following:

Colin
Alfred
Josiah
Frederick
Godfrey
William
Orlando
Everard
Harrington
Willoughby
Erasmus
Samuel

Underdogsbollocks · 21/03/2016 21:44

Peter and Mike (well James but Mike was his middle name and he preferred it)

LoopyLily · 21/03/2016 21:47

James and Charles

swarskicat · 21/03/2016 21:49

Norman and Ian

Hepzibar · 21/03/2016 21:50

Christopher and Henry

UnderTheGreenwoodTree · 21/03/2016 21:50

Richard and Arthur.

Roseformeplease · 21/03/2016 22:01

Maurice Edmund
Philip