Please see below for the recurring grancher mystery... Dafydd Llwyd Subject: Re: [GLA] Grancher Date: Sat, 26 Jun 2004 16:11:56 +1000 In-Reply-To: <006601c45b3d$64be1cd0$6f774ed5@TonysPC> Tony I am not surprised! I couldn't resist a quick look on Google to see what a search on 'grancher' revealed. >From ten minutes research (which means I make no grand claims about reliability!) my current hypothesis is that it 'grancher' is very much a Gwent term. Instances on the net seemed to cluster around Newport, Abertillery and up to Ebbw Vale. I noticed more a lot more occurrences of the spelling 'grancha' than 'grancher'. However, I did not find any clues on its origins. David Canberra > I"m "grancher" to my grandchildren from Gwent, Tony Rogers > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "David Rowlands" < drowlan1@bigpond.net.au> > To: < GLAMORGAN-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, June 26, 2004 1:37 AM > Subject: Re: [GLA] Grancher > > >> Deirdre >> >> I thought it was 'Taid' and 'Nain' in north Wales and 'Tad-cu' and >> Mam-gu' >> (for 'grandfather' and 'grandmother') in South Wales. My north Ceredigion >> grandfather was always 'Taid' and my Rhondda grandfather was (abbreviated >> to) 'Gu' (pronounced 'Gi' with a hard 'G'). >> >> I, too have seen these other names mentioned but have no idea of their >> origin or whether there is any essentially Welsh influence on the > etymology. >> >> David >> Canberra >> >> >>> Hi All >>> >>> The recent threads on 'daps and 'ych a fi', has prompted me to wondered > if our >>> family name for our (Welsh) grandfather had any Welsh language > connections. We >>> called him Grancher. My mother called her (Welsh) grandfather Grancher > also. I >>> noticed some time ago someone else on this list or the Dyfed list > referred to >>> her Grancha. >>> >>> Any ideas? >>> >>> Regards >>> Deirdre Briscombe >>> Dungog, Oz.

My Mum and her sisters (born in Ebbw Vale) called their gt grandfather Grandsher. When my aunt wrote up some notes for me about the family she spelt it "Grandsire" Gwynne > Please see below for the recurring grancher mystery... > > Dafydd Llwyd > > > I am not surprised! I couldn't resist a quick look on Google to see what a > search on 'grancher' revealed. > > >From ten minutes research (which means I make no grand claims about > reliability!) my current hypothesis is that it 'grancher' is very much a > Gwent term. Instances on the net seemed to cluster around Newport, > Abertillery and up to Ebbw Vale. I noticed more a lot more occurrences of > the spelling 'grancha' than 'grancher'. > > However, I did not find any clues on its origins. > > David > Canberra >

I was brought up in Newbridge, Mon and I called my grandfather Grancher Sylvia From: "david lloyd" <scromlet@tiscali.co.uk> Reply-To: monmouthshire@rootsweb.com To: <monmouthshire@rootsweb.com> Subject: Re: [MON] Grancher Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2007 08:22:55 +0100 Please see below for the recurring grancher mystery... Dafydd Llwyd Subject: Re: [GLA] Grancher Date: Sat, 26 Jun 2004 16:11:56 +1000 In-Reply-To: <006601c45b3d$64be1cd0$6f774ed5@TonysPC> Tony I am not surprised! I couldn't resist a quick look on Google to see what a search on 'grancher' revealed. >From ten minutes research (which means I make no grand claims about reliability!) my current hypothesis is that it 'grancher' is very much a Gwent term. Instances on the net seemed to cluster around Newport, Abertillery and up to Ebbw Vale. I noticed more a lot more occurrences of the spelling 'grancha' than 'grancher'. However, I did not find any clues on its origins. David Canberra > I"m "grancher" to my grandchildren from Gwent, Tony Rogers > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "David Rowlands" < drowlan1@bigpond.net.au> > To: < GLAMORGAN-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, June 26, 2004 1:37 AM > Subject: Re: [GLA] Grancher > > >> Deirdre >> >> I thought it was 'Taid' and 'Nain' in north Wales and 'Tad-cu' and >> Mam-gu' >> (for 'grandfather' and 'grandmother') in South Wales. My north Ceredigion >> grandfather was always 'Taid' and my Rhondda grandfather was (abbreviated >> to) 'Gu' (pronounced 'Gi' with a hard 'G'). >> >> I, too have seen these other names mentioned but have no idea of their >> origin or whether there is any essentially Welsh influence on the > etymology. >> >> David >> Canberra >> >> >>> Hi All >>> >>> The recent threads on 'daps and 'ych a fi', has prompted me to wondered > if our >>> family name for our (Welsh) grandfather had any Welsh language > connections. We >>> called him Grancher. My mother called her (Welsh) grandfather Grancher > also. I >>> noticed some time ago someone else on this list or the Dyfed list > referred to >>> her Grancha. >>> >>> Any ideas? >>> >>> Regards >>> Deirdre Briscombe >>> Dungog, Oz. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MONMOUTHSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message _________________________________________________________________ Solve the Conspiracy and win fantastic prizes. http://www.theconspiracygame.co.uk/

G'day It's not exclusive to Monmouthshire either my mother still refers to her grandfather as "Grancher", and they came from around Trealaw, Glamorgan. It may be a common term in southern Wales. Maybe? Jim >I was brought up in Newbridge, Mon and I called my grandfather Grancher >Sylvia > > >From: "david lloyd" <scromlet@tiscali.co.uk> >Reply-To: monmouthshire@rootsweb.com >To: <monmouthshire@rootsweb.com> >Subject: Re: [MON] Grancher >Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2007 08:22:55 +0100 > >Please see below for the recurring grancher mystery... > >Dafydd Llwyd > > >Subject: Re: [GLA] Grancher >Date: Sat, 26 Jun 2004 16:11:56 +1000 >In-Reply-To: <006601c45b3d$64be1cd0$6f774ed5@TonysPC> >Tony > >I am not surprised! I couldn't resist a quick look on Google to see what a >search on 'grancher' revealed. > > >From ten minutes research (which means I make no grand claims about >reliability!) my current hypothesis is that it 'grancher' is very much a >Gwent term. Instances on the net seemed to cluster around Newport, >Abertillery and up to Ebbw Vale. I noticed more a lot more occurrences of >the spelling 'grancha' than 'grancher'. > >However, I did not find any clues on its origins. > >David >Canberra > > > > > I"m "grancher" to my grandchildren from Gwent, Tony Rogers > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "David Rowlands" < drowlan1@bigpond.net.au> > > To: < GLAMORGAN-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Saturday, June 26, 2004 1:37 AM > > Subject: Re: [GLA] Grancher > > > > > >> Deirdre > >> > >> I thought it was 'Taid' and 'Nain' in north Wales and 'Tad-cu' and > >> Mam-gu' > >> (for 'grandfather' and 'grandmother') in South Wales. My north >Ceredigion > >> grandfather was always 'Taid' and my Rhondda grandfather was >(abbreviated > >> to) 'Gu' (pronounced 'Gi' with a hard 'G'). > >> > >> I, too have seen these other names mentioned but have no idea of their > >> origin or whether there is any essentially Welsh influence on the > > etymology. > >> > >> David > >> Canberra > >> > >> > >>> Hi All > >>> > >>> The recent threads on 'daps and 'ych a fi', has prompted me to wondered > > if our > >>> family name for our (Welsh) grandfather had any Welsh language > > connections. We > >>> called him Grancher. My mother called her (Welsh) grandfather Grancher > > also. I > >>> noticed some time ago someone else on this list or the Dyfed list > > referred to > >>> her Grancha. > >>> > >>> Any ideas? > >>> > >>> Regards > >>> Deirdre Briscombe > >>> Dungog, Oz. > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >MONMOUTHSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >_________________________________________________________________ >Solve the Conspiracy and win fantastic prizes. >http://www.theconspiracygame.co.uk/ > > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MONMOUTHSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > >