Were your grandparents born in Victorian times?

[Christine53]

My paternal Grandparents were born in 1877 and 1885. My Grandfather served with the Grenadier Guards in Gibraltar , Egypt and South Africa, where he was wounded at Belmont in 1899. He also served overseas in WW1 and survived to live to the grand old age of 89. My maternal Grandparents were both born in 1901 - a different generation in many ways.

[iolaus]

some way off for me, even some of my great grandparents weren't born then

Maternal Grandparents - 1926 and 1929 (so my grandfather just scraped into end of WW2)
Paternal Grandparents - 1908 and 1907 (so too young for WW1 and not sure about WW2, he died when my dad was 11 - there is a gap in births between 1942 and 1946 with kids every year to 18 months between 1938 and 1951 so I suspect he was away then and probably in the Army)

Great grandfathers
1901 (New Years Eve) - so still 16 at the end of WW1
1900 - so he may have just at the end - haven't been able to find records but that doesn't mean
anything
1886 - again no records but a common name
1859 - he did join up but due to his age he was on homeduties (56 but claimed 50) had been in the miltary in the 1881 census too

[iolaus]

Husband great great grandfather died in WW1 (then his wife died in the flu epidemic - leaving his children orphaned - their youngest daughter (his great grandmother) only died 2 years ago (2 years on Sunday to be accurate) - strange when you realised you were talking to someone who was born before the start of WW1 - though she didn't really remember it

[StanleysChesterton]

Three were, one not.

Paternal gf: 1884 - He died before I was born.
Paternal gm: 1895 - She lived overseas, but she saw me about 3x in total, max, oldest when I was about 6.  She died when I was 13.

Maternal gf: 1886 - Never knew him, no idea when he died (yet), I've only known his name 2 years.
Maternal gm: 1905 - Knew her, she died when I was about 30.

[JenB]

On behalf of my husband I claim the earliest grandparent (so far). His maternal grandfather was born in 1858.

[Scribble1952]

Do you have proof👻

[josey]

Sticking to the title of the post 'your grandparents' - we can all go back beyond Victorian times if we start considering greats.....

paternal: grandma 1880 & grandpa 1883
maternal: grandma 1873 & grandpa 1882
sadly I only ever knew my paternal grandmother.

Definitely a culture of marrying a younger man  still going strong Mr Josey is 6 years younger than me 

[Melbell]

My maternal grandmother was not only born in Victorian times (1887) but when she was 10 saw the Queen at the time of her Diamond Jubilee. I asked her what the Queen was like and she just said 'a little old lady in black, looking fed up'!!

Melbell

[rosie99]

On behalf of my husband I claim the earliest grandparent (so far). His maternal grandfather was born in 1858.

Did he have a much younger wife like my maternal grandfather (bn 1863)  My maternal grandma was born 1883