No idea, my dad was dead before I was born and mum died giving birth.
Maternal grandfather - a man who was born poor and stayed that way who did a bit of this and that badly, usually depressed, and ended up dying by starving himself to death.
Maternal grandmother - she was the daughter of a failed gold prospector.
Paternal grandfather - a not very good farmer who barely scraped by.
Paternal grandmother - short blocky woman who yelled a lot at her five sons and three daughters. She always looked exhausted.
Yeah, bred for success, that's me.
pues, estamos aqui
Paternal grandfather railroad worker for Canadian Pacific Railway
Paternal GM Housewife
Maternal GF Teacher in Scotland, Farmer and store owner in Canada.
Maternal GM Housewife
All circa 1900
Maternal grandfather: Worked a lathe
Maternal grandmother: Oversaw incoming logistics for 8th USAAF from teh US to UK
Paternal grandfather: Glass works gaffer
Paternal grandmother (Nonna): housewife (i think)
Good thread this Tom
Maternal GF: Army officer in WW1 and WW2. MGM: Housewife.
Paternal GF: Lawyer/prosecuting attorney. PGM: Housewife.
Paternal grandfather: Owned a soap/powder factory which got nicked, died close to broke.
Maternal grandfather: Butcher, also broke by virtue of giving free/cheap to locals that couldn't afford meat. Still managed to scrape together a copper for my tricycle rents (3-4 yrs old); safety was no concern but after the first few times getting lost another coin for an older kid to follow me around, which was cheaper than paying the overdues, and I am told one lost trike. I visited that slum >40 years on, the hole in the wall was still there, enquiries revealed it was being run by the owner's son, his dad having retired to a supervisory stool and sheesha, which he almost fell off of when I introduced myself as his butcher’s grandson. And he remembered my name.
Paternal grandfather - In the British army stationed at Alexandria, Egypt, prior and during WW1
Paternal grandmother - Not sure, I met her when I was about 10 years old - she settled in Salonika, Greece after divorcing her husband.
Maternal grandfather - Working in the oil business in Iraq prior to WWII - I saw some marvelous old 'colonial' photos of him in Baghdad.
Maternal grandmother - Nut sure, I only met here once when I was about 4 years old.
Both grandfathers died before I was born (one had a car accident in the USA, needed a blood transfusion and the docs gave him the wrong blood type - oops!).
Groping women when you're old is fine - everyone thinks you're senile
maternal grandmother, nurse, maternal grandfather served as major in Africa in WW2 then qualified as a mechanical engineer. (designed and manufactured a machine that is to this day in use in the construction of roads etc. Unfortunately not being a business man never got rich from it but it was his whole life)
Paternal grandfather (Opa) P.E. teacher maternal grandmother (Oma) part time music teacher housewife.
“If we stop testing right now we’d have very few cases, if any.” Donald J Trump.
Maternal Grandparents: Cattle/Sheep Station owners.
Paternal Grandparents: Church Minister and wife.
Paternal grandfather: high voltage electrician
Paternal grandmother: housewife
Maternal grandfather: WWII soldier after Allied victory at Rheinwiesenlager camp. Liquor store manager.
Maternal grandmother: textile worker
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