My Grandfathers:
[name]August[/name] [name]Bernhardt[/name]
[name]Luther[/name] Melanchthon
My Great Grandfathers:
[name]Charles[/name] [name]Philipp[/name]
[name]Henry[/name] [name]Samuel[/name]
[name]William[/name] [name]Henry[/name]
[name]John[/name] [name]Henry[/name]
My Great-Great Grandfathers:
[name]Philipp[/name] [name]Adam[/name]
Eilert [name]Henry[/name] [name]Christopher[/name]
…
My Grandfathers:
August Bernhardt (1886)
Luther Melanchthon (1903)
My Great Grandfathers:
John Henry (1834)
Henry Samuel (1871)
Charles Phillip (1871)
John Henry (1876)
My Great-Great Grandfathers:
Henry “Christopher” William (1799)
Franz Heinrich (1822)
John “Jacob” (1831)
Eilert “Henry” Christopher (1837)
Phillip Adam (1839)
John Jonas (1839)
Frederick Henry William (1848)
Knute Gulliksen (1852) - son of Norwegian immigrants
When I was 14 years old, I told my 88-year-old grandfather (August) that I would name a son after him someday. I did not consider the fact that my future husband would need to agree. As it turned out, my husband would not go for August. (Ironically, our second son was even born in the month of August.) My husband accepted the middle name Austin instead. The name Austin is a medieval short form of Augustine, derived from Augustus. So both August and Austin have the same origins, and that is how my younger son got the middle name Austin. (Our first son shares his middle name with my father-in-law.) Sorry, Grandpa, it was the closest I could get to keeping my promise!
Maternal Grandfather: [name]Michael[/name] [name]Anthony[/name] (1947) (Brother is [name]Peter[/name] [name]John[/name])
Paternal Grandfather: [name]William[/name] [name]George[/name] (1945)
Maternal Step-Grandfathers: [name]Russell[/name] [name]Leslie[/name] (1928) (Brothers are unknown but he had two)
[name]Francis[/name] [name]Gerard[/name] (1920’s)
Paternal Step-Grandfathers: [name]Anthony[/name] [name]Robert[/name] (1940’s)
Eduardus Lambertus (1943)
[name]William[/name] (1940’s)
Maternal great-grandfathers: [name]Norman[/name] [name]Francis[/name] (1920’s) (Brothers are [name]Alan[/name] [name]Victor[/name] and [name]Basil[/name] [name]John[/name])
[name]John[/name] [name]Frederick[/name] Cathcart (1913) (Brothers are [name]Edwin[/name] [name]Ernest[/name] and [name]Charles[/name])
Paternal great-grandfathers: [name]George[/name] [name]Alfred[/name] [name]Charles[/name] (1904) (Brothers are [name]Andrew[/name] [name]Stanley[/name], [name]Arthur[/name] [name]Ernest[/name], [name]Raymond[/name] [name]Keith[/name], [name]Victor[/name] [name]Norman[/name] and unknown)
[name]George[/name] [name]William[/name] [name]Stone[/name] (1903)
Maternal step-great-grandfathers: [name]Norman[/name] [name]William[/name] (1929)
[name]Clifford[/name] [name]Albert[/name] (1920)
[name]John[/name] [name]Matthew[/name] (1927)
Henreich (1904)
[name]Leslie[/name] [name]Thomas[/name] (1904)
Paternal step-great-grandfathers: [name]James[/name] (1919)
[name]Johannes[/name] [name]Johannes[/name] (1925)
Maternal great-great-grandfathers: [name]Peter[/name] [name]Martin[/name] (1904) (Brother is [name]Cedric[/name] [name]James[/name] Bethune)
[name]John[/name] [name]Victor[/name] (1886) (Brothers are [name]Allan[/name], [name]Lee[/name], [name]James[/name] [name]Alfred[/name] and [name]John[/name] [name]Kimberley[/name])
[name]Edward[/name] Pilgrim (1877) (Brothers are [name]James[/name] [name]Henry[/name] and [name]Albert[/name] [name]Francis[/name])
[name]Edwin[/name] [name]Alfred[/name] (1891) (Brothers are [name]Leslie[/name] [name]William[/name], [name]James[/name] [name]Frederick[/name] and [name]Sydney[/name] [name]Phillip[/name] [name]John[/name])
Paternal great-great-grandfathers: [name]Harold[/name] [name]George[/name] (1876) (Brothers are [name]James[/name] [name]William[/name], [name]John[/name] [name]Ernest[/name], [name]Arthur[/name] and [name]Ethelbert[/name])
[name]George[/name] [name]Alfred[/name] (1874) (Brothers are [name]James[/name], [name]William[/name], [name]Robert[/name], [name]Richard[/name], [name]Alfred[/name] and [name]Frederick[/name])
[name]Sidney[/name] (1865) (Brothers are [name]Sandy[/name], [name]Frank[/name], [name]William[/name] and [name]Robin[/name])
[name]William[/name] [name]James[/name] (1877) (Brother is [name]Charles[/name] [name]Nathaniel[/name])
Maternal step-great-great-grandfathers: [name]Karl[/name] (abt 1880’s)
[name]John[/name] [name]William[/name] (1871)
[name]Thomas[/name] [name]Edward[/name] (1878)
Paternal step-great-great-grandfathers: [name]Anton[/name] (abt 1880’s)
Maternal great-great-great-grandfathers: [name]Rowland[/name] [name]Lewis[/name] (1882) (Brothers are [name]William[/name] [name]Evan[/name], [name]Phillip[/name] [name]Evan[/name], [name]Samuel[/name] and [name]Samuel[/name])
[name]Henry[/name] [name]James[/name] (1872)
[name]James[/name] (1868)
[name]Lee[/name] [name]Brown[/name] (1857) (Brothers are Leibrown, [name]Allen[/name] and [name]Joseph[/name])
[name]Andrew[/name] Brydie (1856) (Brothers are [name]William[/name] [name]Malcolm[/name] and [name]John[/name] [name]Robert[/name])
[name]James[/name] (1850) (Brothers are [name]Henry[/name] [name]Francis[/name], [name]Thomas[/name] and [name]Richard[/name])
[name]Ernest[/name] [name]Melbourne[/name] (1862) (Brothers are Levitt [name]Barry[/name], [name]Ernest[/name] and [name]Percival[/name] [name]Lawrence[/name])
[name]Edwin[/name] (1866) (Brothers are [name]George[/name], Martran [name]Charles[/name] and Mailin)
Paternal great-great-great-grandfathers: [name]Charles[/name] [name]Edward[/name] (1861)
[name]John[/name] [name]James[/name] (1847) (Brothers are [name]George[/name] and [name]John[/name])
[name]Robert[/name] (1858) (Brother is [name]Matthew[/name])
[name]William[/name] (1822) (Brother is [name]Charles[/name])
[name]Robert[/name] (1826) (Brothers are [name]Thomas[/name] and [name]James[/name] [name]Hobson[/name])
[name]Richard[/name] (1835) (Brothers are [name]George[/name], [name]William[/name], [name]Francis[/name], [name]Arthur[/name], [name]Isaac[/name], [name]William[/name], [name]John[/name], [name]Thomas[/name], [name]John[/name] Favell, [name]Robert[/name] and [name]Richard[/name])
[name]Thomas[/name] (1834) (Brothers are [name]Edward[/name] and [name]Henry[/name])
[name]Nathaniel[/name] (1849) (Brothers are [name]William[/name] Cutmore, [name]James[/name], [name]Richard[/name], [name]Samuel[/name] and [name]Robert[/name])
Maternal step-great-great-great-grandfathers: [name]Daniel[/name] (1827)
[name]Stephen[/name] (1834)
[name]James[/name] [name]Lewis[/name] (1837)
[name]William[/name] (1847)
Maternal great-great-great-great-grandfathers: [name]Thomas[/name] (1843)
[name]Evan[/name] (1858)
[name]John[/name] (abt 1850’s)
[name]James[/name] Bacon (1820)
[name]John[/name] (1831)
[name]John[/name] (1837)
[name]Allen[/name] [name]Andrew[/name] (1833)
[name]William[/name] (1833)
[name]Charles[/name] (1817)
[name]James[/name] (1828)
[name]Alexander[/name] (1809)
[name]James[/name] (1828)
[name]John[/name] Levitt [name]Joseph[/name] (1844)
[name]John[/name] (1849)
[name]William[/name] (1829)
Paternal great-great-great-great-grandfathers: [name]George[/name] (1822)
[name]John[/name] [name]Thomas[/name] (1823)
[name]William[/name] (1820)
[name]James[/name] [name]Joseph[/name] (1815)
[name]Richard[/name] (1827)
[name]Charles[/name] (1827)
[name]John[/name] (1810)
[name]Robert[/name] (1795)
[name]George[/name] [name]Barry[/name] (1796)
[name]Thomas[/name] (1801)
[name]Daniel[/name] (1808)
[name]Thomas[/name] (1810)
[name]Thomas[/name] (1817)
[name]Thomas[/name] (1791)
[name]James[/name] [name]Ellis[/name] (1827)
[name]James[/name] (1818)
Grandfathers:
[name]Louis[/name] [name]Glendon[/name]
[name]Alden[/name] [name]Robert[/name]
Great grandfathers:
[name]Moses[/name] [name]Howard[/name]
[name]Roscoe[/name] [name]Clarence[/name]
[name]Frank[/name] [name]Walter[/name]
[name]Aloysius[/name] [name]Myron[/name]
Grandfathers:
[name]Perry[/name] [name]William[/name]
[name]James[/name] [name]David[/name]
Great-grandfathers:
[name]Albert[/name] [name]Allen[/name]
[name]George[/name] [name]Allen[/name]
Not sure of the other two
DH’s grandfathers are/were [name]Marlon[/name] and [name]Guy[/name].
Grandfathers:
[name]John[/name] [name]Thomas[/name] [name]Jr[/name]. (yes, really)
[name]Eugene[/name] [name]Frost[/name]
Great-grandfathers:
[name]Walter[/name] [name]Leonard[/name]
[name]Howard[/name] [name]Payne[/name]
[name]John[/name] [name]Thomas[/name] Sr.
[name]James[/name] F.
Ooh, I see some of you are going back further than great-grandfathers. I’ll do the same. Note that I haven’t done much with some lines of my family, while others I can track back for generations. I’m not going to list everyone, but I’ll try to give a sampling.
Great-great grandfathers
[name]Bennett[/name] (1848)
[name]Alonzo[/name] [name]Bird[/name] (1866)
[name]Thomas[/name] W. (1848)
[name]John[/name] [name]Henry[/name] (1862)
[name]Jacob[/name] (1825)
[name]Joseph[/name] [name]Bailey[/name] (1851)
[name]Timothy[/name] [name]Nicholas[/name] (1850)
[name]Jesse[/name] (1860)
Great-great-great grandfathers
[name]John[/name] W. (1814)
[name]John[/name] [name]Wesley[/name] (1824)
[name]Marion[/name] (1840)
[name]John[/name] [name]Henry[/name] (1834)
[name]Thomas[/name] (1797)
[name]Felix[/name] [name]Washington[/name] (1820)
[name]Samuel[/name] (c. 1820)
Further Back
[name]David[/name] [name]Jonathan[/name] (c. 1780s)
[name]Joab[/name] (1800)
[name]William[/name] [name]Joel[/name] (1760)
[name]Daniel[/name] (1738)
[name]Christian[/name] (1809)
[name]Isaac[/name] [name]Sanson[/name] (1792)
[name]Christopher[/name] (called [name]Christian[/name]) (c. 1770)
[name]Dixon[/name] (1803)
[name]Adam[/name] [name]Aubrey[/name]
[name]Axel[/name] [name]Olof[/name]
[name]Jesse[/name] [name]Alfred[/name]
[name]Hugh[/name] [name]Alvin[/name]
[name]Georg[/name] [name]Ebbe[/name]
[name]Fritz[/name] [name]Oskar[/name] [name]Artur[/name]
My grandfathers were [name]Ian[/name] and [name]Raymond[/name]. My Great-grandfathers were [name]James[/name], [name]George[/name], [name]Wilson[/name], and [name]Oscar[/name].
Grandfathers:
[name]Oliver[/name] [name]Robert[/name] ([name]Bob[/name])- My son [name]Oliver[/name] is named after him
[name]Alphonso[/name] [name]Axel[/name] ([name]Al[/name])- My other son’s middle name is [name]Axel[/name] for him
Maternal Great Grandfathers:
[name]Alphonso[/name] [name]Axel[/name] Holger
[name]William[/name] [name]Albert[/name]
Maternal Great Great Grandfathers:
[name]Amos[/name] ?
[name]Jens[/name] [name]Peter[/name]
[name]Oliver[/name] [name]Lincoln[/name]
[name]Karl[/name] [name]August[/name]
I won’t go into the whole list since on my mother’s side I have records for 13 generations (!) but some of the more interesting names in the list are:
Barent Albertse
[name]Laird[/name]
[name]Rasmus[/name]
Gorius
[name]Ulrich[/name]
[name]Peder[/name]
[name]Iver[/name]
Atwell
Jørgen
[name]Jens[/name]
Gravers [name]Mathias[/name]
[name]Elwood[/name]
[name]Harmon[/name]
Vestol
[name]Cornelius[/name]
[name]Bronson[/name]
[name]Eleazer[/name]
[name]Gamaliel[/name]
[name]Tamar[/name]
Clairborne
[name]Aeneas[/name]
[name]Humphrey[/name]
[name]Heinrich[/name]
Jocum
Geritt
[name]Clemens[/name]
[name]Melchior[/name]
(But there are plenty of [name]William[/name], [name]Jacob[/name], [name]John[/name] and [name]Thomas[/name] as well)
my husband has an [name]Eliphalet[/name] in his tree - reminds me of elephant
In English
Grandfathers: [name]Harvey[/name] [name]Paul[/name] and [name]Alfred[/name] [name]Harold[/name] (who hated [name]Alfred[/name], only used [name]Harold[/name] or sometimes A. [name]Harold[/name])
Great grandfathers: [name]William[/name], [name]Morris[/name], [name]Jules[/name]/[name]George[/name], and [name]Samuel[/name].
Great-great grandfathers: [name]Michael[/name], [name]Solomon[/name], and I’m blanking on the others.
In Hebrew:
Grandfathers: [name]Hanan[/name] [name]Pesach[/name], [name]Avram[/name] [name]Hirsch[/name]/Tzvi
Great-grandfathers: [name]Zev[/name], [name]Moshe[/name] ([name]Moses[/name]), [name]Yehuda[/name] ([name]Judah[/name]), and [name]Samuel[/name].
Great-great-grandfathers: [name]Michael[/name], [name]Shlomo[/name]
Picking “American” names was very important in the older generations, but I actually think Tzvi/[name]Zvi[/name] (however you want to spell it), [name]Hanan[/name], [name]Judah[/name], etc. are mostly at least as attractive as [name]Harold[/name], [name]Jules[/name], or [name]George[/name].
My Mum’s Dad:
[name]Barry[/name] [name]David[/name] (born 1938)
My maternal grandmother’s father:
[name]Cecil[/name] [name]John[/name] (born in the first 10-15 years of the 1900’s)
My Dad’s Dad:
[name]Kevin[/name] [name]Ernest[/name] ([name]Born[/name] circa 1927)
Beyond that I actually don’t know.
Grandpa
[name_m]Joseph- 1924[/name_m]
Great grandpas- late 1800’s
[name_m]John[/name_m]
[name_m]Frederick[/name_m]
[name_m]Otto[/name_m]
Istvan ([name_m]Steve[/name_m])
[name_u]Elias[/name_u]
[name_u]Francis[/name_u] [name_m]Joseph[/name_m]
[name_m]Lorenzo[/name_m]
[name_m]Henry[/name_m] [name_m]Edward[/name_m] (maternal grandpa)
[name_m]Kenneth[/name_m] [name_m]Paul[/name_m] (paternal grandpa)
[name_m]Frederick[/name_m] [name_m]Frank[/name_m] (maternal great-grandpa; grandma’s dad)
[name_m]Leonard[/name_m] (maternal great-grandpa; grandpa’s dad)
Never knew my dad’s grandparents.