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Family names - what were your grandparents' names?

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    abbyful    June 7, 2011   Kansas City

    My answers:

     

    Marion

    Richard

    &

    Lorine (first name is actually "Vivian" but she goes by her midle name)

    Bob (biological grandfather, I met him for the 1st time a few years back)

    D.L. (grandfather I knew as a child as "grandad")

     

     

    Edit to add FI's grandparents:

    Melba Jo

    Lyle

    &

    Betty Louida (goes by "Lou")

    Bob

     
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    JeniRae    May 2, 2009   Pittsburgh

    Mine: 

    Paul John (PJ)

    Martha Jane (Toots)

    Janice Rae

    Harold Curtis

     

    DH's: 

    James Pettit

    Dorothy (middle? Ann?)

    Fred

    Mary 

     

     
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    Lee_Ann    October 20, 2012   Pittsburgh

    mine:

    George and Ruth

    Ronald and Ella Mae (mae is her middle name, but she doesn't like to go by ella alone)

    FI's:

    Matthew and ? (i can't remember, i never met her, she died about 10 years before we met)

    Ida and Albert

     
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    UpstateCait    October 7, 2011   Upstate, NY

    Mine:
    Moms parents: Malcolm (Monty) and Sharon
    Dads parents: Raymond and Doris

    FI's:
    Moms parents: Don and Suzanne
    Dads parents: Joseph and Janette 

     
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    bunnyfoofoo    May 14, 2011   Wilmington, NC

    Dad's side: Jean and Frank

    Mom's side: Winifred (Winnie) and Herman (Herm)

     
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    DesireeAnne    October 13, 2012   South Jersey

    Only one set for me. Their names are RoseMarie and Ernest.

     
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    Meowkers    August 27, 2011   Los Angeles, CA

    My family is from Russia so our names are slightly different.

    My maternal grandparents are Inna and Anatoliy (the equivalent of Anthony).

    My paternal grandparents are Yudacia - goes by Dasha (the equivalent of Daria) and Yakov, (same as Jacob).

     

    I've also met all my great-grandparents so I'll include them as well

    Ida

    Yosef (Joseph)

    Ida (a second one)

    Gregory

    Maria

    Meyer

    Abram

    Celia

     
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    raevnn    September 17, 2011   Illinois

    Frederick (went by "Rocky")

    Jeanne (pron. jean)

    Marjorie Jean (went by Jean, also went by Penny - nickname based on last name)

    Gina

     
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    nzgirl    January 14, 2012   Wellington, New Zealand

    Mine

    Freda and Desmond (Des)

    Marie and Edward (Ned)

    FI's

    Wilhelmus (Whim) and Yohanna (hunny) - both are dutch

    Ann and Alexander

     
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    FutureMrsChaney    October 1, 2011   Coral Springs,FL

    Mine

    My moms parents who I love!! Joan & Edward

    My dad parents who I have zero realtionship Julius & Judith

    My great grandparents on moms side was super close to them

    Leon & Gussie

    My Dads side

    Rosland

    Fiances

    Moms parents- dont know his grandmas but his grandfathers name was Leo but went by his middle name Edward

    Dads parents- Charles & Erma

     
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    insightstyle    July 16, 2011   Cleveland

    Pauline and Curtis

     
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    insightstyle    July 16, 2011   Cleveland

    Fi's Bonnie and Thomas :)

     
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    Kemma    February 5, 2011   New Zealand

    Gordon Hereward and Edith Heather (Heather)

    William George (Bill) and Desma Mabel (Desma is a polish name)

     
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    cannotwait    February 1, 2009   TX

    Hugh & Margaret; Clifford & Hallie

     
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    ms_nickie    January 1, 2011  

    Earl & Ardlith

    Ronald & Gloria

     
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    SouthernGirl    October 2013   Alabama

    Mine:

    Carolyn and Thomas

    Sue. My dad's dad died when he was young and I don't know his name.

    All of FH's grandparents are dead.

     
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    basketballwifetobe    April 28, 2012   Connecticut

    Paternal Grandparents: Loren and Evergreen (yes Evergreen..) Maternal grandparents William and Helen.

     

    Fi's Paternal Grandparents Ned and Janice

    Fi's Maternal Grandparents Edward and Lois

     
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    Mrs Sarah McK    October 10, 2010   Harrisburg, PA

    Mine: Ann & Timothy, Holly & Don

    His: Grace & Dave, Rachel & Charles

     
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    SuperKate    May 28, 2011   Missouri / Playa del Carmen, Mexico

    Mine:

    Albert and Theresa

    Harriet and James

    FI's

    Donald and Leila (goes by middle name - Arlene)

    Kenneth and ??? 

     
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    Shiner    June 9, 2012   Louisville, KY

    Both of my grandfathers have passed away and both grandmothers remarried.

    Mine:

    Faye & Milford (Step- Tom)

    Donnie & Walter (Step- Harrison)

     

    FIs:

    Lillian & James

    Loretta & Ronald (Ronnie)

     
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    lemondrop    March 13, 2010   Arizona

    Mine:
    William & Catharine

    Robert & Charmion

    His:

    George & Helen

    John & Laura

     
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    LpCutiPie    July 3, 2010   Central Florida

    Mine:

    Edward (Mr Ed) & Jane

    Thomas (Tom) & Francis (Fran)

     

    DH's:

    Harold (Hap) & Ruth

    Libby & Anthony (Tony)

     
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    mandb122    March 6, 2011   Temporarily in Minnesota, From South Carolina, Wedding in Charleston

    Mine: 

    Lewis and Barbara (maternal).  If you want more information, my grandmother's parents were named Helen and Frank.  She was the only grandparent I've ever been close to so I know more about that side of the family.

    Eleanor and Thomas (paternal) and then Michael is my step-grandmother's name (my grandmother and grandfather were divorced and she died before I was born)

    My husband's:

    Jack and Margaret (paternal)

    I actually never knew his mother's parents' names because they both died before he was born so we've never really talked about them.

     
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    Jillbean    June 12, 2011  

    Mine: Rhinehold Augustus & Ingrid, Grace & Norman

    FI's: Violet & Joseph

     
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    M.Ruder    July 2, 2011   Saint Louis

    Peggy & Gene (my family)

     

    John&Eleanor, Betty & Lou (Fi's side)

     
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    linguo42    February 27, 2011   Vancouver, B.C.

    Elsie Mary (went by Mary) & Lawrence Willard Bertram (went by Larry; he had 8 siblings and they were all given three names!)

    and

    Janet & Rudolph (went by Rudy)

     
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    CorgiTales    February 1, 2011  

    Mine: 

    Robert William

    Nancy Mae

    Audrey Jean

    James ?

     

    Great grandparents that I know of: 

    Jaroslov (jerry)

    Bertha

    Mary Lillian

    Harry

     

    DH's grandparents:

    Joyce and Thomas

    That's all I know for his. He doesn't see or speak about his mom's side so I don't know their names. 

     
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    MapleBecky    July 9, 2011   Canada

    I'll add great grandparents and my German grandparents names.  :)

     

    Effie & Andrew

    Shirley & Gordon

    Stanley & Stella

    Mathilde & Helmut (German)

    I also think one grandmother's name in Germany was Anna.

     
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    crh1729    April 7, 2012   Wilson NC

    Mine (I have a lot):

    Mom's side-

    Jean & William (Buck)

    Biological Dad's-

    Biological Parents:

    Elsie

    (Didn't know the dad's name)

    Adoptive Parents:

    William (Billy) & Agnus (died early on)

    Step Adoptive Mom:

    Shirley

     

    Step-Dad's-

    Jenny & Ed

     

    Step-Mom's-

    Elizabeth (Liz) & John

     

    FI has a lot too. Not even going there.. haha

     
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    tinylittlebird    June 24, 2011   Indiana

    Mine: 

    Dad's:

    Jack and Velma

    Mom's

    (Herman) Dale and Lela

    FI's: 

    Thomas and Josephine

    Marvin and Donna

     

    My G-pa on my mom's side was named Herman, but he went by Dale (can you blame him?)

    Also, My grandma Velma's middle name was Irene, and that was also FI's great grandma's name, so we're planning on using it as our first daughter's middle name. 

     

     

     
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    Emilylhenderson    September 10, 2011   wedding in NY living in PA

    Mine-
    John
    Flora Elizabeth (Betty)

    Harold Arnold
    Winifred (Winnie) Louise

    His-
    John (Jack)
    Marietta

    Melvin
    Martha

     
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    Mrs.Estep    December 11, 2010   VA

    i'm named after my mamaw which i call "nanny" her name is Mary Katherine 

    and my papaws name is Robert Lee. those are on my moms side.

    then on my dads side, Wilburn Jimmy & Sandra (idk middle name) 

     
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    Sylvia and Edward

    Gwendolyn and Frederick

     
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    bluebonnet    July 31, 2010   Houston, TX

    Mine: Laddie (technically, it's Ladislav, they're Czech) & Helen (technically Helenca), Joseph (Joe) & Margaret (Peggy)

    His: Virginia & Ganey, Robert & Hazel

     
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    SoonToBeeMrsD    March 24, 2012   Iowa

    Mine:

    Maternal: Jacqueline Marie (Jackie) and Jack (funny huh?)

    Paternal: Lillian Joy (Billie Jo) and James (Jim)

    FI's:

    Maternal: Beverly and Cyril

    Paternal: Virginia and Douglas (Doug)

     
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    mrsawesome09    June 5, 2011   Madison, WI

    Paternal: Dominica (Minnie) Rose & Carmen (Carm) Joseph

    Maternal: Shirley Anne & Ernest Arthur

    and, just cause I love my great-grandparent's names on my dad's side:

    Virginia & Angelo and Carmello & Tomasso

    My sister and I are both named after one of them. =)

     
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    Vitsippa    October 10, 2010  

    Mine:

    Eugenia & Antonio

    Francisca & Martiniano

    Hubby's:

    Laila & Henning

    Ellen & Arthur

     

    Our great-grandparent's names:

    Mine:

    Victoria & Ricardo and Augustina & Martin

    Marciana & Nemesio and Paz & Francisco

    DH's:

    Astrid & Astley and Martin & Albertina

    Karolina & Frans August and Ebba & Gustaf, 

     

     

     
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    magicpotato    June 11, 2011   Wilmington, NC

    Richard and Sylvia

    Calvin and Florence

     

     
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    stargal34    August 21, 2010  

     

    Catherine and Kay

    Catherine (yup both named catherine, its my name too!) and Carl

     
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    artbee    February 28, 2010  

    We're naming our little girl after my husband's great grandma (Rose) and my great grandma (Helen).

    My grandmas are Lea and Lillian, which we couldn't use b/c luckily they're still with us, and my grannpas are Harold and Dennis. My husband's grandmas are Beatrice and Sylvia, and his grandpa is Jack.

     

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