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Husband taking Wife's surname
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Nightowl51 | Report | 6 Apr 2008 13:40 |
I was researching a wealthy Dixon Family in Lincs and one of the daughters who was about to marry was told if she kept her name and her husband changed his to hers they would inherit the Hall. |
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Janet 693215 | Report | 5 Apr 2008 22:00 |
It appears common place in Scotland for a wife to retain her maiden name. An absolute boon when your looking for Campbell married to Brown in the census. |
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an_angel_on_a_mission | Report | 5 Apr 2008 21:54 |
I found this confusing, as my grandads nan has her grandparents surname. And to this day we still can not find out who the father of her children was as they were all had her grandparents surname and not their fathers. |
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Jennifer | Report | 5 Apr 2008 15:40 |
Have you viewed the census image to see if a relative is staying with them, sometime the enumerator makes a mistake and lists everyone under the one name. |
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Merlin38 | Report | 5 Apr 2008 12:20 |
You will occasionally find the man's surname given as, for example, Smith alias Jones. |
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Researching: |
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Teddys Girl | Report | 5 Apr 2008 11:54 |
My 2 x great grandmother had a double barrelled name, and I often wondered why. |
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Devon Dweller | Report | 4 Apr 2008 21:24 |
I have one who did that but it was only for one census and the only thing I can think of is that they may have had money problems. |
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Maxine | Report | 4 Apr 2008 21:05 |
I have been trying to trace some of my late mother in laws family but after 1891 census could not find any info. It now seems that in on the 1901 census the family were using the Mother's surname rather than the fathers. I have spoken to an elderly uncle who does not know anything about this but all the christian names and birthdays tie up. |