Aunts and Uncles?

15 years ago

What are your aunts and uncles names? It seems everyone has an Uncle John. Do you?

Here are mine, including aunts and uncles by marriage (most have passed away):

Aunts:

-Minnie (2)

-Lucy

-Ruby

-Worneta (Neta)

-Jessie

-Eliza (but we called her Loydie)

-Rowena

-Sadie

-Hazel

-Nina

-Jean

-Eva

-Kay

-Kate

Uncles:

-John

-Cleophas (he hated his name, we called him Cleo or Cle)

-Warrick

-Fred

-Stan

-Bert

-Sam

-Isaac

-Gerald

-Elmer

-Frank

-Les

-Edwin

-Gordon

-Dorman

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evatx
15 years ago
All my aunts & uncles have passed away. No Uncle John, though.
Aunts:
Marie
Sallie
Gertrude
Nannie
Lillie
Juanita
Molly
Jen

Uncles:
Wayne
Bill
Thomas
Jim
Horace
Ernest
Jodi_SoCal
15 years ago
Uncle Bob
Uncle Bus (gone now)
Aunt Dotty (gone now)
Aunt Janice

That's it, both of my parents only had one sibling.

Jodi-
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Happy_Go_Lucky_Gayle
15 years ago
Uncles
Jessie
Melvin
L.M. I don't know his real name, LOL!
Jimmy
"H" I don't know his real name, LOL!
Joe

Aunts
Artha Lee
Patricia
Dorothy
Lois
Ima

But, I have a Great Aunt we call "Jon". LOL! Her real name is Jonelle.

Gayle
marygailv
15 years ago
Mine are all long gone, since I am 79. My dad was the Uncle John and mom was Aunt Sylvia. She liked to say she was the last leaf on the tree and she died at 93.

Lavina
Garnetta
Ruby
Ida
Grace
Janyce
Martha

Charles (two of them)
Ralph
Tony
Glenn
Forrest
Harold
Frank
Dave
sandy_in_ia
15 years ago
Uncle Lee (dad's only brother, he has passed)
Uncle Judy (Lee's wife)

Mom was an only child! Quick and easy. :(

Now...for Dean's, I would have to get the geneology out!! Dad had 12 siblings, mom had 8.

Mom's side; JUST siblings, not spouses.
George
Olive
Everette
Evelyn
Loyd (yes, 1 L)
Oscar
Ross (still alive)
Warren (still alive)

Dad's side; JUST siblings..not spouses
John (yep...there is one!)
Sadie
Fannie
Jerry
Tom (given name)
Tena
Myrtle
Virgil
Harold
Marvin
Vernon
Elnora (only one left)
glenda_al
15 years ago
Only 2 living, both in their 90's.
Ivalene
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alisande
15 years ago
No Uncle John, but two Uncle Eds.

I have a short list.

Aunts:

Elsa (Elsie)
Charlotte
Estare (Babe)

Uncles (all by marraige):

Ed
Ed
Bob (ugh)

Can you tell I didn't like Uncle Bob? lol
vannie
15 years ago
Connie
Ivy
Doris
Icie
Martha
Betty
Esta Lee

Norris
Freeman
Ralph
JB
Tom
CE
Wiley
My Daddy was an only child (unusual back then) so these are all from my Mother's side of the family.
caroline94535
15 years ago
I come from a family of multi-multi marriages.

From one aunt, I have...

Uncle JW (John Wesley, same as his father) and they had named my cousin John Richard
Uncle Lloyd Clayton
Uncle John M.
Uncle John C.
Uncle Tim

From the second aunt I have...

Uncle Billy
Uncle Bryce
Uncle Horace

From the third aunt I have...

Uncle James Glenn

And my "blood" uncle was

Uncle Robert Laverne Barrymore W. (Grandma was into movie stars!)

One of Grandma's lifelong friends was "uncle" to my aunts and myself. He was, LOL, Uncle John H.

My youngest brother is John Michael

Now in my MILs family, they took "John" to the extreme, too.

She's Pauline...Married John Wesley, aka "Moon", and named my DH John Wesley "Wes" Jr.

Her sister, Jane, married John Franklin M. One of their sons is Larry John.

Her sister, Virginnia, married John Francis P. They called him "Jack."

My Grandma's brothers were Melvin and Cecil.
caroline94535
15 years ago
I forgot the aunts!!!

Aunt Mary Catherine

Aunt Dawn Marie (I have her middle name as my middle name.)

Aunt Francis Lorene

And aunt-by-marriage, Aunt Ella

My mom is Wanda Jean.

Great aunts were Aunt Jessie and Aunt Willie.

All these relatives are on Grandma/Mom's side. I don't know anyone in my father's family.
vicki_lv_nv
15 years ago
The ones we claim:

Aunt Shirley
Uncle Jack--Mom's brother

Aunt Ruby--Mom's sister
Uncle Larry

Aunt Helen--Mom's sister

Aunt Pauline--Mom's sister
Aunt Marlene--Mom's sister
----both deceased

These are all from my Mom's side.

I couldn't tell you the aunts and uncles from the other side.
Linda Wayman
15 years ago
My dad's name was John, so my cousins had an Uncle John

Aunts:
Florene
Billie Jean
Mabel Ruth ( Red )
Marilyn
Martha
Bess
Tootsie
Lucy

Uncles:
Harold
Thomas
Bill ( 2 of them )
Robert
Buck
Levi
Marty
grammahony
15 years ago
Aunts:
Letty/uncle Chris
Betty/uncle Duane ( both gone)
Bonnie/uncle Earl
Letty and Betty were twins. All my aunts were on my dad's side.

Uncles:
Bill/Aunt Jean (dad's brother)
Darrell/Aunt Bertha (divorced long ago)
Terry/Aunt Elinore
Charles/Aunt Doris (divorced long ago)
None of my uncles are living.
Kathsgrdn
15 years ago
Uncle Garland on my dad's side.

Don't know the names on my mom's side. They're all in Japan and I never met them. Not even sure her last sister is even alive. She had three living brothers, but that was about four years ago.
caroline94535
15 years ago
I forgot Grandma's third sister, my Great Aunt Lulu.

She was the black sheep in the family. Grandma, Aunt Jessie and Aunt Willie rarely spoke of her, and then only only in shameful whispers when they thought I couldn't hear.

Sadly, they're all gone now. I never did learn The Great Secret.
monica_pa Grieves
15 years ago
All great aunts & uncles...

Aunt Pearl
Aunt Mecie
Aunt Fran
Aunt Vera
Aunt Agnes
Aunt Elizabeth
Aunt Mame (when she died, I learned her real name was Mary)

Uncle Harry
Uncle Joe
Uncle Steve
Uncle John
Uncle Bill
Uncle Charley
caflowerluver
15 years ago
Most of mine are gone too except for one uncle on my mom's side and 3 aunts on my dads.

Aunts - Dad's sisters
Alice
Bunny (don't know her official name)
Florence
Jane
Madeline

SIL Aunts
Mary
Agness
Julia
Marge (?)

Uncles - Mom's brothers (no sisters)
Thomas
John
James

BIL Uncles
Donald
Richard
William
Ben

Dad's brothers
Philip
Alexander
Ambroise
Ludwig (don't know where that came from)
Leon

I think there were a couple of more that died when I was very young so don't remember their names. Dad came from a family of 13 or 14.

Clare
donna37
15 years ago
Dad's side
Aunt Mabel,...........................Uncle George (both died before I was born)
Aunt Minnie...........................Uncle Herman
Aunt Bernice..........................Uncle Everett
Uncle Parker..........................Aunt Edna

Mom's side
Aunt Madeline.........................Uncle Carl divored
.......................married........Uncle Claude
Uncle Howard..........................Aunt ?
Uncle Alfred..........................Aunt Ina (only one surviving and is in her mid 90s)
Uncle Marion..........................Aunt Shirley
molly109
15 years ago
Aunts: Clara*
Dale*
Ruby*
Virginia
Jackie
Edith
Lillian

Uncles: Robert* (died before he was married)
Garry*
Jay*
Roy*
Frank*
Robert (another one)
Delmar
Bill

Mom & Dad Siblings* and Aunts & Uncles by marriage.
IndianaKat
15 years ago
Goodness me...hope I can remember....

Uncle Paul and Aunt Susie

Uncle Jim and Aunt Lou (Louise)

Uncle Philo Canada (yep, his middle name was actually Canada...we called him Uncle Can) and Aunt Bernie (her name was actually Bernitha)

Aunt Carrie (her name was really Cora, but she called herself Carrie). She never married.

Uncle Melvin and Aunt Jeanette

Uncle John and Aunt Sylvie

Uncle Grover and Aunt Jane
linda_in_iowa
15 years ago
Aunt Elsie
Aunt Marge
Aunt Lucille

Aunt Lucy
Aunt Marie
Aunt Mildred

Uncle John (the only one still alive at 100 or 101 but has no memory)
Uncle Lawrence
Uncle Cedro
Uncle Clare
Lindsey_CA
15 years ago
Mama's side
Aunt Helen --- married to Uncle Joe (Joseph)

Daddy's side
Aunt Amelia --- married to Uncle Whitey (real name Walter)
Aunt Mary --- married to Uncle Eddie (Edward)
Uncle George --- married to Aunt Celia

Aunt Celia is the only one still living
good36
15 years ago
AUNTS
Sophia
Frances
Josephine
Margaret
Nella
Loraine
Viola
Harriet
Ivy

UNCLES
Frances
Harold
Jim
Gerald
Harvey
Jerald
Harold
Chester
Lester
Married 6 times!! Can not remember any of his wives LOL
Louie

Lots of great aunt and uncles I remember too! But that would take all day to type.
Judy
des_arc_ya_ya
15 years ago
Aunts:

Maxine
Mildred
Dorothy
Virginia

Aunts (By Marriage)

OraLee
Florine
CarrieBelle
Earline
Ermaline
Frances
Billie
Ruth
Evelyn

Uncles:

Frank
Walter
Howard
Don (He WAS a John Donald but went by Don)
Emmett
Clive
Norman
Hubert
Sam
Delford
Arthur
Everett

Uncles By Marriage:

Tony
Vic
Ray

I have one uncle, Clive, my dad's brother and two aunts by marriage left and that is all. My mom is the only one left of her family of ten, so there's no aunts and uncles left on her side of the family.
gazania_gw
15 years ago
Mine are or were:

My Mom's family (only the 3 youngest girls left)
Helen (Russell)
Frank (Mable)
Maragret (Skip?)
Dollie (my Mom)
Lloyd (Anne)
Edith (Norman)
Mildred (James)
Lois (Robert)
Betty (James)
Royal (Constance)
Nedra (Fredrick)

My Dad's family (all are deceased)
Albert (?)
Aletta (Stanley)
Charles (Gertrude)
Ellis (Dorothy)
Pearl (August)
Robert (my Dad)
Daniel (Sarah)
Harry (Died in Childhood)
Emma (Died in Childhood)
Before all of Dad's siblings were born, his Mother had 3 or 4 other children who died along with their father in the great flu epidemic. Their Mother then married her deceased husbands brother and birthed my Dad and all of the above named siblings
clubm
15 years ago
Margaret

Marie

Jeanette

Anna

Uncle's

Dan

John

James

Only had relatives on my Mother's side. My Father was an only child.
czech_chick
15 years ago
AUNTS...

Louise
Frances
Evelyn (Only one alive on this post)
Anne

UNCLES...

Harry
Edward
Rudolph
Anton
Richard
Marigene
15 years ago
Father's side: all have passed away
Rose
Arsene
Zephier (Zeke)
Armedos
Armand
Wilfred (Pete)

Mother's side:
Earl
Mary-alive
Jeanne
Janis
Alice-alive
Commodore
Elizabeth-alive
Harvey
donna_loomis
15 years ago
Uncles:
Milton
August
Otto
Leonard
Gideon
Benjamin

Aunts:
Hulda
Hilda
Lydia
Lydia
Lydia
Martha
Martha
LaVonne
Ella
Bertha

Um, do you think I'm German?
mimi_boo
15 years ago
I have very few...

Uncle Bob
Uncle Bob

Aunt Anne (married too many times to call any of them uncle)
Aunt Ann
Aunt Peg (Margaret)
rosebudms
15 years ago
Aunts:

Oma
Mary
Maude
Fannie
Edna
Myrtle
Earline

Clester
Fannie
Ethel
Lillian

Uncles:
Jim
Marcus
Noonan
Curtis

Maury

Do you want to hear the names of my 75 first cousins?
LOL
Nita__AZ
15 years ago
Aunts
Juanita
Nancy
Pauline
Rita

By marriage
Marion
Doris
another Doris
Lorraine
Anna Mae
One aunt for the life of me I can't remember her name. They lived out of state and we only got to see them a couple of times as I can remember.

Uncles
Joseph
Claude
Maynard
Truxton
Cornell

By marriage
Joseph
Peter
Jerry
intherain
15 years ago
No Uncle John!

Uncles:
Raymond
Don
Doug
Bob
Dick
Mike
Jim

Aunts:
Kathy
Judith
Judy
Sharon
Kris
Joan
Kathi
Pat

By marriage:

Uncles:
Bob
Geoff

Aunts:
Susan
Jean
Marcia Thornley
15 years ago
Uncles:
yes, I have an Uncle John
Frank
Les
Dick
Jim
Phillip
Al

Aunts:
Muriel
Irene
Norma
Sue
Jackie
Dorothy (Dot)
kittiemom
15 years ago
Including by marriage:

Aunts:
Pearl
Edna
Reba
Pat

Uncles:
Ralph
Jimmy
Jonathan
Vernon

These are all on my dad's side. My mom was an only child. I also had quite a few great aunts & uncles on both sides. Many of them died before I was born, but I remember some of them.

Maddie
Carl
Bertha
Lillian
Emma
Leon
Daniel
lindyluwho
15 years ago
Albert
June
Mabel (still alive)
Billy
Bonnie
Christine (Boots)
Onez
Bert
Mary Alice
Russell
Frank (Red)
Jean

No Uncle John but Grandfather and 2 cousins were "John".

Linda
margad
15 years ago
On my father's side

Klara and Walter

On my mother's side

Matilda and Emil
marry
15 years ago
Aunt Betty(mom's sister)and Uncle Lyle
Uncle Bob(mom's brother)and Aunt Carole

Uncle Bob(dad's brother)and Aunts Evelyn,Fran and Ann
Aunt Mary(dad's sister)and Uncle Rich
Aunt Joan(dad's sister)and Uncle Windy(Wendal)

Lots of great aunts and uncles on my mothers side. Not so much on my fathers, might have had something to do with the fact that my dad's father was a good 20 years older than my mother's father. So the greats on dad's side were old and gone by the time that we came along.
There was such an age difference between my two grandfathers that I remember one calling the other sir.
adoptedbyhounds
15 years ago
Let's see...No Uncle John

Warren
Wayne
Morrie
Lee
Ralph

Grace
Ruth
Esther
Helen

Note to Des arc ya ya:

I responded to your email with a letter and pictures of "our" Aunt Grace. Since I never heard back from you after that, I'm afraid your email put me in the "suspicious" file, OR you were really insulted when you saw the pictures because I said Aunt Grace "made me think of you." I was careful not to say you looked like her! Cousin Nikoleta
amicus
15 years ago
Mother's side:

Aunt Laura married Uncle Joe
Aunt Mary married Uncle John
Aunt Violet married Uncle Cyril
Uncle Joe married Aunt Cynthia
Aunt Helen married Uncle Cecil
Uncle Bill married Aunt Shirley
Aunt Mabel married Uncle Harold
Uncle John married Aunt Grace
Uncle Ron married Aunt Ruth
Aunt Valerie

Dad's side

Aunt Fay married Uncle Fred
justlinda
15 years ago
No Uncle John's :(

But Aunt Bea
and
my Sister Bea

There were known in the family as Big B and Little B!
kittywhiskers
15 years ago
Mom's name Ernestine
Aunt Anna married Uncle Ernie (Ernest)
Uncle James married Aunt Grace
Aunt Orma married Uncle Nolie
Aunt Florence married Uncle Allen
Uncle Henry married Aunt Harriet
Aunt Dorothy married Uncle Chester
Uncle Herman married Aunt Thelma
Aunt Myrt (Myrtle) married Uncle Albert then Uncle Leonard (Charles)
Uncle Reginald (died in infancy)

Dad's name Reuben
Uncle Roger married Aunt Margie ( Marjorie) then Aunt Eleanor
Aunt Ruby married Uncle Richard
Cherryfizz
15 years ago
No Uncle John's in my family.

Uncle Sam (Dad's Brother)
Uncle Harry (Godfather) (Mom's Brother)
Uncle Matt (Mom's Brother)
Uncle Joe (Dad's BIL)
Uncle Earl (Dad's BIL)
Uncle Chuck (Dad's BIL)

Aunt Lottie (Dad's SIL)
Aunt Velma (Godmother) (Mom's SIL)
Aunt Hilda (Mom's SIL)
Auntie Margaret (Dad's Sister)
Auntie Elizabeth (Dad's Sister)
Aunt Joan (Dad's Sister)
Auntie Elsie (Mom's Sister)

Great Uncle Fred
Great Uncle Matt

Great Auntie Cissie (I miss her, she was a real character and stood up to my Grandpa, her BIL. They had the best fights. LOL)

The only one left now is my Uncle Joe.

Anne

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