Grandparent's Names

His Grandparents
[name]John[/name], [name]Mary[/name] [name]Pearl[/name], [name]Erma[/name], [name]George[/name] [name]Arthur[/name]

My Grandparents
[name]Barbara[/name], [name]Michael[/name], [name]Annie[/name], [name]Frank[/name]

His Great Grandparents
[name]George[/name], [name]Mildred[/name], [name]James[/name], [name]Florence[/name]

My Great Grandparents
[name]Frank[/name], [name]Josepha[/name], [name]Thomas[/name], [name]Wilhelmina[/name]

My husband’s grandparents –

[name]Ray[/name] and [name]Bess[/name] (actual given names in both cases)
[name]Ferdinand[/name] “[name]Fred[/name]” and Elpidia “Elpy”

I don’t know my great grandparents’ names. My grandparents were [name]August[/name] [name]Adolph[/name] and [name]Laura[/name] [name]May[/name] and [name]Casper[/name] [name]Frederick[/name] and [name]Mary[/name] [name]Anna[/name].

Paternal Grandpa: [name]William[/name] [name]Arthur[/name] “[name]Art[/name]”
Paternal Grandma: [name]Delma[/name] (not sure of middle)

Maternal Grandpa: [name]Howard[/name] [name]Blaine[/name] “[name]Blaine[/name]”
Maternal Grandma: [name]Gail[/name] (no middle)

Great-Grandparents:
[name]William[/name] [name]Wallace[/name]
[name]Zona[/name] [name]May[/name]

[name]Bert[/name] [name]Walker[/name]
[name]Retta[/name]

Burlean (apparently pronounced like [name]Berlin[/name])
[name]Emma[/name]

[name]Alvin[/name]
[name]Hattie[/name]

Maternal:

Anna Louise
Anofrio Geraldo

Greats:
Natalie Amelia
Kelly Alexis

[name]Josephina[/name] [name]Louise[/name]
Cologio [name]Salvatore[/name]

Paternal:

[name]Dennis[/name] [name]Carrol[/name]
[name]Sarah[/name] [name]Meade[/name]

Maternal grandfather: [name]Frank[/name]
Maternal grandmother: [name]Martha[/name] [name]Jane[/name]
(they divorced and got remarried, I only know my step-grandfather [name]Phillip[/name] [name]Conrad[/name])

Paternal grandfather: [name]Charles[/name] [name]Arthur[/name]
His parents: Charles & Erma
Paternal grandmother: [name]Ramona[/name] [name]Lee[/name]
Her parents: Ralph & Vona

Maternal grandmother: [name]Mary[/name] [name]Lou[/name]
Maternal grandfather: [name]Leonard[/name] [name]Emil[/name] (sometimes went by [name]Lenny[/name])

Paternal grandmother: [name]Gwenyth[/name] [name]Jane[/name] ([name]Gwen[/name])
Paternal grandfather: [name]Owen[/name] [name]Charles[/name]

Other relatives, not sure of relation to me, I’m just taking the names from a family album:
[name]Eugene[/name] ([name]Gene[/name]), [name]Leonard[/name] ([name]Red[/name]), [name]Walter[/name] (Boots), [name]Gerald[/name] ([name]Sonny[/name]), [name]Ronald[/name] ([name]Ron[/name]), [name]Marilyn[/name], [name]Donna[/name], [name]Juanita[/name] ([name]Nita[/name]), [name]June[/name]

I like the English pronunciation of it, in Danish it just sounds slightly dorky :smiley:

Maternal grandmother: Sarala
Paternal grandmother: [name]Manju[/name]
Maternal grandfather: Srinivasamurthi
Paternal grandfather: Pramod

My parents are [name]Indian[/name]. :slight_smile:

Grandparents:
[name]Juanita[/name] and [name]Winfred[/name] then [name]Sherril[/name]
[name]Anne[/name] and [name]Alan[/name]

Great Grandparents
[name]Mary[/name]
[name]Etta[/name] and [name]Sid[/name]
[name]Lena[/name]

[name]Lillie[/name] and [name]Donald[/name], [name]Verna[/name] and [name]William[/name]

On my Mom’s side:

[name]Donatella[/name] [name]Martina[/name]
[name]Marco[/name] [name]Alessandro[/name]

My Mom’s side of the family is fully Italian.

On my Dad’s side:

[name]Giovanna[/name] [name]Lucia[/name]
[name]Benjamin[/name] [name]Vaughn[/name]

I’m half Italian on my Dad’s side of the family, but I’m also Welsh, Scottish, [name]German[/name] and Russian.

Mom’s Side: [name]David[/name] - [name]Susan[/name]

Dad’s Side: [name]Julius[/name] - [name]Judy[/name] ~ Greats ([name]Judy[/name]) : [name]David[/name] - [name]Geneva[/name] Greats ([name]Julius[/name]) ~ [name]Asa[/name] - [name]Ethel[/name]

Maternal grandparents:
[name]August[/name] [name]Bernhardt[/name]
[name]Martha[/name] [name]Elise[/name]

Paternal grandparents:
[name]Luther[/name] Melanchthon
[name]Irene[/name] [name]Thelma[/name]

Maternal great grandparents:
[name]John[/name] [name]Henry[/name] and [name]Augusta[/name] [name]Maria[/name] [name]Dora[/name]
[name]William[/name] [name]Henry[/name] and [name]Ernestine[/name] [name]Christiana[/name]

Paternal great grandparents:
[name]Henry[/name] [name]Samuel[/name] and [name]Alice[/name] [name]Mathilde[/name]
[name]Charles[/name] [name]Philipp[/name] and [name]Emelie[/name]

Alright, these recent posts on grandparents/great grandparents have got me on a quest to find out more. 2 days ago, I only knew the name of one great grandparent. Now, I know a bit more thanks to ancestry.com :smiley:

Some of the more interesting ones:

[name]Ira[/name] [name]Commodore[/name]
[name]Perry[/name] [name]Commodore[/name]
[name]Anderson[/name]

[name]Phoebe[/name] [name]Clara[/name]
[name]Lela[/name]
[name]Flora[/name]
[name]Sabra[/name] [name]Mahala[/name]
[name]Julia[/name]
[name]Matilda[/name]

Maternal grandparents: [name]Eva[/name] [name]Katherine[/name] (love) and [name]James[/name] [name]Donald[/name].
Paternal grandparents: [name]Earnest[/name] and [name]Irene[/name].
My paternal grandmother who recently passed didn’t have a middle name. If I were to name a baby after her I would use her maiden name, [name]Hannah[/name].

Maternal grandparents: [name]Johann[/name] “[name]Hans[/name]” and [name]Veronika[/name] “Vroni”. Her parents were named [name]Emil[/name] and [name]Marie[/name], I don’t know about my granddad’s.
Paternal grandparents: [name]Georg[/name] and [name]Mathilde[/name]. His parents were [name]Georg[/name] and [name]Maria[/name], hers [name]Simon[/name] and … I’m not sure, but I think she was yet another [name]Maria[/name] - after all, we’re talking about small villages in a very Catholic part of Germany.

I love genealogy and recently started documenting my family. Some of the names that were used were pretty awesome…though some a definitely cringe-worthy and I can see why they fell out of use!

Maternal grandparents:
[name]Miriam[/name] [name]Ruth[/name] (goes by [name]Ruth[/name])
[name]Clarence[/name] [name]Alton[/name] (goes by [name]Alton[/name])

Paternal grandparents:
[name]Bonnie[/name] [name]Louis[/name] (went by B.L. I have no clue why his parents chose [name]Bonnie[/name] for his name…)
[name]Alma[/name] [name]Mae[/name] (went by [name]Alma[/name])

I also know [name]Alma[/name]‘s parents’ names (so my great grandparents):
Flavious
[name]Sadie[/name]

[name]Ruth[/name]‘s parents’ names (my great-grandparents):
[name]John[/name]
[name]Maddie[/name] (not short for anything)

Taken from a post on my blog…

Mom’s Side

Grandparents
[name]Violet[/name] [name]Mary[/name] & [name]Edward[/name] [name]William[/name] [name]Peter[/name] [name]Jr[/name].

Great-grandparents
[name]Mary[/name] [name]Jean[/name] & [name]Albert[/name] [name]Arthur[/name] ([name]Violet[/name]’s parents)
[name]Beatrice[/name] [name]Anne[/name] & [name]Edward[/name] [name]William[/name] [name]Peter[/name] Sr. ([name]Edward[/name]’s parents)

Great-great-grandparents
[name]Rose[/name] [name]Kathleen[/name] & [name]Gilbert[/name] [name]Arthur[/name] ([name]Mary[/name]’s parents)
[name]Agnes[/name] [name]Gertrude[/name] [name]Mary[/name] & [name]Arthur[/name] [name]George[/name] ([name]Albert[/name]’s parents)
[name]Harriet[/name] [name]Sophia[/name] & [name]Ernest[/name] [name]Richard[/name] ([name]Beatrice[/name]’s parents)
[name]Helena[/name] [name]Florence[/name] [name]Eliza[/name] & [name]Herbert[/name] [name]Henry[/name] [name]William[/name] ([name]Edward[/name] Sr’s parents)

Dad’s Side

Grandparents
[name]Nora[/name] [name]Frances[/name] & [name]Arthur[/name] [name]Charles[/name] [name]Alfred[/name]

Great-grandparents
[name]Catherine[/name] [name]Mabel[/name] & [name]Frederick[/name] [name]James[/name] ([name]Nora[/name]’s parents)
[name]Rose[/name] [name]Gloria[/name] & [name]Wilfred[/name] [name]Charles[/name] [name]George[/name] ([name]Arthur[/name]’s parents)

Great-great-grandparents
[name]Jane[/name] [name]Elizabeth[/name] & [name]John[/name] [name]Whitaker[/name] ([name]Catherine[/name]’s parents)
[name]Edith[/name] [name]Louisa[/name] & [name]Francis[/name] [name]Silas[/name] ([name]Frederick[/name]’s parents)
[name]Enid[/name] [name]Caroline[/name] & [name]Cadwallader[/name] [name]David[/name] ([name]Rose[/name]’s parents)
[name]Elinor[/name] [name]Maud[/name] & [name]William[/name] [name]Arthur[/name] [name]Isaac[/name] ([name]Wilfred[/name]’s parents)

[name]Yvonne[/name] and [name]Joseph[/name]
[name]Edward[/name] and [name]Fernande[/name]